In this episode, Lt.Col. Brian Kerg joins me to talk about the Battle of Saipan in June/July 1944, and the leadership challenges that arose at the time, resulting in a Marine Corps Officer relieving an Army Officer.
Links
Commanding the Pacific: Marine Corps Generals in World War II by Stephen R. Taaffe (Amazon)
Coral and Brass by Holland M. Smith (Amazon)
Howlin Mad vs. The Army: Conflict in Command, Saipan 1944 by Harry Gailey (Amazon)
New Guinea and the Marianas: March 1944 - August 1944 by Samuel Eliot Morison (Amazon)
To the Marianas: War in the Central Pacific 1944 by Edwin Hoyt (Amazon)
Mother of Tanks website (http://www.motheroftanks.com/podcast/)
Bonus Content (https://www.patreon.com/c/motheroftanks)
Why We Fight ~ 1944