Boyington's B*st*rds Podcast

Better title this month I think. Hey this one has not one, but two made up islands! The 'well if we could just get a mission we won't get court martialled' trope continues.  (Also, is it martialled or martialed?). OK, turns out it must be the double l one right? This one was broadcast on December 7, 1976.  You may not know this, but, a pretty big thing happened on  December 7, 1941,...

This one has some great 70s guest stars. The New Georgia campaign actually happened! Pappy and the Black Sheep don't seem to get that in wartime the whole thing doesn't revolve around you. The lack of military discipline in the show can usually be overlooked, but Steve and I are pretty sure enlisted men don't talk to officers like they do in this episode. Coastwatchers were a real thing, JFK knew...

I wonder if this episode title would be used today. We get Pappy drinking aftershave in this one! Come to think of it, I shouldn't have used an exclamation point there, like, am I excited about alcohol use disorder? Classic military movie trope of volunteers only in this one. Classic military movie trop of drawing lots. Whitmore Jr is really good in this one as usual. The USS Princeton was a real...

Obligatory title comment, this one is not one of my better ones. Hey this one has a date! Douglas MacArthur was really good at being MacArthur. George Takei! This one is stupid fun. Nobody would have been that calm, on either side. There's a magic B25 in this episode that changes livery. There's stock footage from Tora Tora Tora in this one, and there's of course a Tor Tora Tora connection in this...