218: Exploring World War 2 Battlefields with JD Huitt of The History Underground

JD Huitt of the YouTube channel The History Underground joins us today. JD is a historian who has spent much of his personal time travelling to and documenting historical locations to provide the viewer a firsthand view of what these past battle sites look like today. We discuss with JD his recent trip to WWII’s Pacific Theater and the Marine and Japanese fight on these remote islands. JD spent time on Saipan, where he documented key locations of the Battle of Saipan—which has been referred to as the "Pacific D-Day" with the invasion fleet departing Pearl Harbor the day before the Normandy invasion on 5 June 1944. The History Underground: Support the show and become a War Stories patron: Website:

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218: Exploring World War 2 Battlefields with JD Huitt of The History Underground is an episode from War Stories by Preston Stewart by Preston Stewart.

This episode is 01:01:00 long.

This episode was published on Sep 16, 2022.

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