William Halsey Jr.
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Sep 24, 2026
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
MacArthur himself will lead the western pincer from Port Moresby up the Japanese occupied northern coast of New Guinea.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
The eastern pincer, commanded by Admiral William Bull Halsey, will start from Guadalcanal and move north through the Japanese controlled Solomon Islands.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
From these two points, the US Navy can complete the encirclement.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
As with Guadalcanal, Cartwheel begins with intense aerial bombardment and shelling.
Greg KotHOST
Yeah.
Jim DeRogatisHOST
Admiral Halsey.
Greg KotHOST
[laughs] Admiral Halsey.
Jim DeRogatisHOST
[imitates trumpet]
Greg KotHOST
Uh, I can already see the hate mail coming in on this one.
Les DamonVOICE_ACTOR
...ride down the main streets of Tokyo...
Les DamonVOICE_ACTOR
And with Admiral Halsey and his sailors, drive in tanks and armored cars across the moat and enter the Imperial Palace
speaker_4VOICE_ACTOR
while American airplanes fly overhead in clouds so thick that they blot out the rising sun.
speaker_1NARRATOR
As the third program of Words at War, we have dramatized for you portions of the popular book They Call It Pacific by Clark Lee.
John HolbrookSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The British, American, and Canadian ambassadors were on hand, too.
John HolbrookSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Over in the Pacific, Admiral Halsey's roaming third fleet has struck again, this time in one of its deepest stabs toward the Japanese homeland.
John HolbrookSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
For the first time, American warships have hit Marcus Island.
John HolbrookSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They steam boldly within 1,100 miles of Tokyo to strike a crippling blow at the island at the eastern approaches to Japan.
Tail DraggerHOST
That was considerably further out than planned.
Tail DraggerHOST
Admiral William Halsey faced a choice.
Tail DraggerHOST
Abort or launch early, and accept the additional fuel burn.
Tail DraggerHOST
He launched.
Stephen RogersHOST
I don't want to embarrass anybody, but sometimes I will mention names because I, like you, I get sick and tired of this stuff.
Stephen RogersHOST
Imagine, imagine during World War II, When generals like General George Patton were around and Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Halsey and many of those great heroes of our time, imagine some retired general or admiral getting on television criticizing the operations that General MacArthur, that General Patton, that Doolittle and others were involved with.
Stephen RogersHOST
Imagine them doing that? they would be immediately taken to task.
Stephen RogersHOST
Taken to task.
Seth ParidonHOST
We are in October 1944, specifically October 24th, 1944.
Seth ParidonHOST
This is now Task Force 38 under William F. Halsey.
Seth ParidonHOST
This is going to be the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and this damn thing is in the way.
Seth ParidonHOST
This burning thing out here is USS Princeton.
Aaron BennettNARRATOR
Many died in anonymity, without knowledge of the contribution their services had made to the final victory.
Aaron BennettNARRATOR
Perhaps they would be gratified to know that no less an authority than Admiral William F. Halsey recorded that the Coast Watchers saved Guadalcanal and Guadalcanal saved the Pacific.
Aaron BennettNARRATOR
Robert V. Aquilina The First Marine Division Patch The First Division Shoulder Patch originally was authorized for wear by members of units who were organic or attached to the division in its four landings in the Pacific War.
Aaron BennettNARRATOR
It was the first unit patch to be authorized for wear in World War II and specifically commemorated the division's sacrifices and victory in the battle for Guadalcanal.
Mark PainterHOST
The Japanese bomb set off a chain reaction of explosions, and Princeton had to be abandoned and scuttled.
Mark PainterHOST
Shortly afterward, Admiral Halsey, the 3rd Fleet commander, received word of Kurita's fleet approaching via the Sibuyan Sea.
Mark PainterHOST
Halsey, never one to duck a fight, ordered airstrikes.
Mark PainterHOST
At 10.30, the first of these carrier airstrikes reached Kurita's fleet.
Mark PainterHOST
Musashi was hit by a bomb and a torpedo, but the ship plowed ahead, seemingly unperturbed.
Mark PainterHOST
About a thousand of the ship's crew died.
Mark PainterHOST
Almost 1,400 were rescued.
Mark PainterHOST
Admiral Halsey's 3rd Fleet in the Philippine Sea had spotted Center Force and Southern Force and had been striking Center Force all day.
Dan SnowNARRATOR
It was a sight seen frequently at Bikini Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands between 1946 and 1958, when the United States conducted more than 20 nuclear weapons tests in the area.
Dan SnowNARRATOR
Admiral William F. Halsey Jr., or Bull as he was known, oversaw operations as his old warship, the Independence, was one of those selected as a target vessel for the tests.
Dan SnowNARRATOR
Tagged the Pacific Proving Grounds, the bomb testing area saw the first detonation on the 1st of July 1946 in Operation Crossroads.
Dan SnowNARRATOR
The idea of using ships as targets instead of detonating the bombs on land was to see what the effect atomic weapons would have on naval fleets.
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