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Tenth Army Commander
Manage episode 424214564 series 2875251
On June 18, 1945, one month shy of his 59th birthday, Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. became the most senior US military officer to be killed by enemy fire in World War II. At the time, he was leading the Tenth Army on Okinawa. Buckner kept a diary from January 1, 1944, to June 17, 1945. That diary has only recently been fully published. It is an important addition to our understanding of Buckner and the Pacific War. To discuss this diary and Buckner's service, the MacArthur Memorial Podcast hosted Christopher Kolakowski, editor of Tenth Army Commander: The Writings of Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., 1944-1945.
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Chapters
1. Tenth Army Commander (00:00:00)
2. [Ad] TREASON: Claus von Stauffenberg and the Plot to kill Hitler (00:23:24)
3. (Cont.) Tenth Army Commander (00:24:07)
163 episodes
Manage episode 424214564 series 2875251
On June 18, 1945, one month shy of his 59th birthday, Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. became the most senior US military officer to be killed by enemy fire in World War II. At the time, he was leading the Tenth Army on Okinawa. Buckner kept a diary from January 1, 1944, to June 17, 1945. That diary has only recently been fully published. It is an important addition to our understanding of Buckner and the Pacific War. To discuss this diary and Buckner's service, the MacArthur Memorial Podcast hosted Christopher Kolakowski, editor of Tenth Army Commander: The Writings of Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., 1944-1945.
Follow us on:
Twitter: @MacArthur1880; @AEWilliamsClark
Facebook: @MacArthurMemorial
www.macarthurmemorial.org
Chapters
1. Tenth Army Commander (00:00:00)
2. [Ad] TREASON: Claus von Stauffenberg and the Plot to kill Hitler (00:23:24)
3. (Cont.) Tenth Army Commander (00:24:07)
163 episodes
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