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Last time we spoke about the unleashing of Operation Postern and the continued advance towards Salamaua. The landings at Lae and droppings at Nadzab went pretty uncontested. Red beach and yellow beach were secured with minimal Japanese aerial raids trying to hinder the movement of men and supplies. defensive perimeters were quickly established and units began their drive towards Lae and Nadzab. Meanwhile the offensive against Salamaua raged on while the Japanese commanders received the shocking news of the landings in the Lae area. General Adachi frantically ordered forces to withdraw from the salamaua area to rush over to Lae's defense. Meanwhile Shoge and Mukai took the little forces they had and prepared to mount a defense to the death to try and hold back the allies from claiming their ultimate prize. But in the end would it not result in the loss of both?  This episode is Fall of Lae-Salamaua Welcome to the Pacific War Podcast Week by Week, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about world war two? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on world war two and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel you can find a few videos all the way from the Opium Wars of the 1800's until the end of the Pacific War in 1945.  So as we concluded last time, the landings were a success. The Australian 9th Division, transported by five destroyers, landed to the east of Lae on 4 September. Aside from a few air raids from Rabaul it all went unopposed. As Admiral Barbey noted “Unloading of LSTs, each containing 400 men, 35 vehicles and 80 tons of bulk stores was excellent. One LST was unloaded in 1 hour 42 minutes. Unloading of the remainder was completed within 2 hours 15 minutes.”By 10.30 a.m. 7,800 troops and 1,500 tons of stores were ashore. The 503rd parachute infantry regiment dropped at Nadzab pushing small amounts of Japanese forces. And at Salamaua, General Milfords forces held down the bulk of the Japanese troops, who now had to frantically rush over to Lae. General Milford's 5th division were applying an enormous amount of pressure upon the Salamaua defenses, trying to tie down the bulk of General Nakano's forces. Despite the frantic orders to withdraw over to Lae, the Salamaua defenders would continue to offer strong resistance against Milford's attacks as they still wanted to retain Salamaua. North of the francisco river, the Japanese had considerable artillery to support a defense and continued to fire upon the advancing attackers. In response at 5am on september 5th, Captain Dawsons 2/6th field regiment directed their artillery concentration upon Rough Hill and Arnold's Crest. A patrol of the 58/59th and 2/7th battalions tried to peak at both and were forced back under heavy fire. During the afternoon, the 12th platoon of Lt Albert Farley's B company attacked the pimple, a prominent feature near the middle of what was being called E ridge. It was a razorback that approached along the Lokanu ridge. It allowed no flanking maneuvers. The platoon was met with australian grenades, it seems the Japanese had stolen at some point. During the night, a detachment of SNLF marines performed a surprising counterattack. They began with a mortar attack before creeping within 10 meters of the Australian lines. According to Keith Ross, the Japanese did not even have bullets in their gun spouts, believing someone might prematurely fire a shot making the enemy aware of their presence. When they got within 10 meters they began to cock their weapons. Ross recalled ‘When they charged the magazines they made a hell of a racket and we realized they were there.'. The Japanese charged with fixed bayonets and were met by a wall of fire, forcing them to withdrew. Over on Charlie Hill Companies 1 and 3 of the 66th regiment led by Lt Usui Genkichi were trapped, so they set up ambush positions to try and cut off the supply lines of A and B companies of the 42nd battalion. As a ration train was moving around the western slopes of CHarlie Hill to supply Greer's B company, the Japanese fired upon them from a newly established position on a ledge. The next day another ration train was hit 100 yards down the ridge to the west. This prompted Davidson to have the ration trains bypass the ambush areas more widely. Usui then ordered his men to light fires that would burn towards the Australian positions. Using wind, Usui hoped to dislodge the Australians. On the 6th, the 12th platoon maneuvered to cut off the Japanese supply line, but at 5pm a kunai fire forced them out. The 10th platoon rushed over to retake the position but likewise was burned out. The following morning another platoon came over but the Japanese were already there digging in. This little fire trick protected the Japanese from being completely cut off. It was a surprising victory for Usui and worked to prevent the allied supplies from getting through, forcing the assault upon Charlie Hill to a halt. Meanwhile, on September 6th, General Nakano accompanied the 3rd battalion, 102nd regiment with some SNLF marines as they debarked Salamaua aboard 73 barges enroute to Lae. Over at Lae General Shoge and Admiral Fujita were commanding the meager amount of combat forces they had alongside numerous inexperienced non-combatants to try and halt the allied advance. Nakano ordered his forces to commence their withdrawal towards Lae on September 8th. He began by deploying the 1st battalion, 115th regiment at Buang, near the coast north of Malolo to cover the retreat. His forces south of the Francisco river were to pull back across the river while 200 men of the 15th independent engineer regiment would hold the line connecting Yalu and Markham point. Against them, Brigadier Evan's had established a supply point at G Beach which was on the western mouth of the Burep River. There he had set up the 24th brigade's HQ and brought up two 25 pounder guns for support. This greatly lessened the supply line to the front.  Meanwhile, Brigadier Whiteheads men were beginning to reach the east bank of the Busu river and General Woottens 2/24th and 2/28th were advancing towards Busu. When Lt Ed Shattock's platoon of the 2/24th battalion reached the Busu, Shattock was ordered not to cross it. He recalled ‘The Japs were not in position opposite me; we could have done it,'. In reality his force had reached a point on the Busu that held a extremely fast current. Perhaps his best swimmers may have been able to ford it without clothes or equipment, but it would have been dangerous as hell, especially if the Japanese caught them on the other side. Whitehead was eager to cross it, but knew the danger so he waited to bring bridging equipment over. He also ordered the 2/4th independent company over in Burep to advance west through some thick jungle to take a position east of the Busu. Over in the coastal area, Lt Colonel Colin Norman's 2/28th battalion reached the Busu in the afternoon. They noticed the 3rd battalion, 102nd regiment were assembling at the Busu river line, along with remnants of the 3rd battalion, 115th regiment led by Major Mukai. The river looked to be swollen from recent heavy rains, thus the Japanese likewise needed to build a bridge to get across. Back over at Nadzab, the 871st airborne engineers continued their labor, under terrible torrential rain allowing the 2/33rd battalion to arrive by September 9th. This was the same battalion that underwent the terrible accident when a B-24 liberator crashed on take-off after clipping a branch and rammed into 5 troop trucks full of soldiers waiting to debark. Its 4 500 lb bombs exploded tossing 2800 gallons of fuel in all directions killing 59 and wounding 92. Thus the weakened battalion alongside the 2/25th would begin an advance down the Markham valley towards Lae. They were met with the traditional New Guinea welcome, torrential rain, most of Nadzab's airtrip was so flooded it delayed the arrival of the 2/31st battalion until September 12th, much to General Vasey's dismay.  Back over at Charlie Hill, the isolated Japanese were taking advantage of the torrential rain. They began evacuating pill boxes upon the knolls between Charlie Hill and Lewis Knoll. During the night of september 8th the whole of the Charlie-Lewis-Breger hill area would be evacuated. At 9:30am the next day, a mortar barrage began as platoons crossed their start lines on the northern slopes of Charlie hill. 15 minutes later the first platoon managed to occupy the first part of the Japanese perimeter without opposition. The second platoon passed through them and occupied the rest of the perimeter, Charlie Hill was now in Australian hands. Wasting no time, Davidson ordered the B Company now under the command of Captain Ganter to pursue the fleeing Japanese towards Nuk Nuk, which I had to say 3 times before not laughing. God I love New Guinea. At the same time, the 47th battalion also found abandoned pillboxes facing them, so they began a pursuit of the fleeing enemy. Colonel MacKechnies men found the same situation over at Berger Hill. On September 9th the 15th battalion were carrying out a two pronged attack upon the crest of scout ridge. C company came from the Bamboos while D company performed a outflanking maneuver from the enemy's rear. Both forces had a limited approach area allowing only a platoon front. At 2:40pm the outflanking companies forward platoon reached the crest of Scout ridge finding no opposition. At 3:35 they reached the southwest edge of the Japanese position facing the Bamboo's and alongside the other companies platoons began an attack. The enemy fired green flares and withdrew upon seeing them leading to only a minor skirmish.  Over on Lokanu ridge, Lt Turner was leading a platoon assault under artillery and mortar support. They attacked the last Japanese strongpoint on its eastern tip overlooking the sea. The Japanese had hastily evacuated the position fleeing into the jungle below, leaving many dead and abandoned a lot of equipment. Further patrols from the Bamboos completely what was becoming a relieving picture, the Pimple and Knoll on Lokanu ridge were abandoned. After a 10 day initiation in the battle area, Lt Colonel Jack Amies commander of the 15th battalion signaled Milford late on September 9th “the 15th now holds line of Lokanu ridge complete from sea at Lokanu to crest of scout ridge”. The brigadiers met on the 9th with Milford who ordered them to speed up the divisions advance so they could give the enemy no respite to reorganize and occupy new positions. Thus the race to Salamaua was on. Brigadiers Hammer and Monaghan began a competition to see who would reach Salamau first. Hammer would state that Monaghan and come in at the “death knock” and Monaghan replied “that Hammer could relax and leave the battle to the 29th brigade who would clean it up for you” Meanwhile General Wootten's men were preparing to cross the Busu. During the morning their patrols had gone across to find suitable crossing points, but finding none. Over at the coast, one patrol reached a large island, named Rooke's Island as Lt Rooke led the patrol. The island was in the center of the Busu's mouth, Colonel Norman ordered Captain Leo Lyon's A company to attempt a crossing. They sent one platoon across via a sandbank at the mouth, while the remainder of the company covered them with fire from Rook's island. Captain Leo Lyon watched as two leading scouts moved across the sandbar about 50 meters apart with their rifles over their heads. The lead scout got about 80 meters from the far bank when the Japanese began opening fire from near the mouth of the river on the west bank. Both men fall and were washed out to sea, but one was only wounded and fought his way back through the current to the allied side. Worried by the delays, Wootten ordered his brigadiers to seize some bridgeheads over the Busu. Norman assembled his battalion on the east bank near Rooke's island and crossed the last channel of the Busu in four extended lines by the late afternoon. After stealthily forded over to Rooke's island, the 2/28th egan crossing the channel under the cover of 25 pounder fire at 5:30pm. Each company moved to the startline one after another at two minute intervals. It was a very difficult crossing, many were swept off their feet by the fierce current. Many had their weapons snatched from them. As men began to be swept off, they tried grasped for anything on the western bank, like overhanging boughs and kunai. This shocked the Japanese, they had not considered it possible to cross. Most of the Japanese machine guns and grenade launchers were at the mouth point tip and thus when they began scrambling to hit the allies fording the channel it was too late. Norman's men lost apparently 25% of their weapons crossing and suffered 13 deaths, but they gained Wootten's desired bridgehead.  On September 9th, at the height of the battle, Admiral Mori arrived at Lae via the I-174. He relieved Admiral Fujita, who would return to Rabaul on the same submarine. He soon discovered most of the navy's forces were allocated to support tasks while Nakano directed the IJA forces to man the main defenses of Lae. The 2nd machine gun company of the 238th regiment and the 25th machine cannon company were sent to Munum and Ngasawapum to keep the road open to Boana.  Back over at Norman's bridgehead, some Japanese units crept through some kunai grass to surprise attack them using machine gun and mortar fire. But it was all for naught, as Norman's C company counterattacked with fixed bayonets charging into a waist deep swamp where the Japanese were hiding. B Company came to support them and gradually the Japanese scattered after 63 deaths while the Australians suffered 21 casualties. Feeling more confident, Evans had the 2/43rd battalion hand over their weapons to be ferried across over to the 2/28th. A LCVP was able to make 40 trips taking some 1200 troops and much supplies over to the west bank of the Busu. To the north, Whitehead's 26th brigade had been delayed 36 hours waiting for some rubber boats and suitable rope to get their men across. The 2/24th battalion began to work with the engineers to get across the Busu at a place where the river separated into 3 channels around 20, 30 and 14 meters wide. Their currents ran around 25 kms per hour with a depth of over 2 meters. With all the rain, it became apparent the crossing was going to be impossible with the materials on hand. None the less when there is a will there is a way. Warrant officer Bill McCallum and two engineers swam the river with signal wire and managed to drag a rope across, securing it to the west bank. However when they began hooking boats to the rope there soon became swamped, ruining the entire ordeal. Further north the 2/4th independent company managed to bridge and cross the Sankwep river which lay on a junction of the Busu. They soon established an ambush position on the east bank of the Busu near the Kunda bridge. It was at this point General Herring decided to reinforce Wootten with Brigadier Cedric Edgar's 4th brigade, consisting of the 22nd, 29/46th and 37/52nd battalions. They would take over the beachhead areas after landings were made. They departed Milne Bay in 6 LST's and 6 LCI's on September 9th, successfully landing at Red Beach by the night of the 10th. Meanwhile to the north the 2/25th battalion had reached Jensen's plantation when they were fired upon for the first time. The Australians had taken over 5 days from capturing Nadzab to contact Japanese positions west of Lae and the delay unnerved the Japanese commanders. General Yoshihara would write  ‘The movement of the units which had dropped on Nadzab were very sluggish; if they had attacked with their vast strength, it would have been the hour of death of Lae in a matter of a few hours. It was a piece of good luck in the midst of misfortune', the Japanese command, although ‘unable to understand the reason', was given time to bring troops across from Lae and Salamaua to defend the western approaches of Lae.” Thus the Japanese had been given a minor window to retreat some of their forces from Salamaua to Lae. Back over at Salamaua, the heavy rains continued to mask the Japanese retreat across the francisco river, while simultaneously hindering the Australians from crossing it. Brigadier Monaghan's men managed to reach scout hill. The 15th battalion began their pursuit of the enemy going north east of scout ridge on the 10th. In their rapid advance they managed to kill a few stragglers and secured some high ground overlooking the mouth of the francisco river. Patrols south west of Nuk Nuk linked up with the 42nd battalion. North of the Francisco, Brigadier Hammer began testing enemy defenses at Rough Hill. Captain Jago's C company of the 58/59th tossed 3 platoons at Rough Hill, Bob Lanes 7th, Ted Griff's 8th and Arthur O'Rourkes 9th. Each made up up the hill around 50-100 yards before being fired upon and forced to pull out. After this Lewin's platoon from the 2/3rd independent company fought its way up Savige Spur were they too faced heavy fire and had to pull out. They gradually managed to capture the Savige Spur, leading to an encirclement of the position. Meanwhile the 2/7th battalion along with 3 other companies of the 58/59th and two independent company platoons moved up Sandy Creek. The Japanese launched a counterattack dislodging units from the outskirts of Rough Hill and Arnolds Crest, preparing for a final withdrawal that was set to begin the following night.  Thus when the Australians launched their attack the next day they found an abandoned Rough Hill. To the south, C company of the 15th battalion crossed the overflowing francisco river near its mouth to dominate the isthmus. Davidson's B company crossed the francisco river in the morning and advanced northeast across the Salamaua airfield without opposition quickly captured Logui I. As the Australians entered Salamaua it appeared to them like a shell. The allied bombing campaigns against Salamaua had been devastating. Private Ted Griff would write “The isthmus was lined with bomb craters.” Private Peter Hemery wrote “not a building is left standing – just an occasional heap of scattered wreckage”. Private Jack Glynn wrote ‘Salamaua was a shambles; a building wasn't left standing, by the look of the place it was very good bombing.' The bombing had killed an estimated 200-300 Japanese in Salamaua, many were left unburied leaving a terrible nauseating stench in the air. A great quantity of supplies were discarded or destroyed. Two cargo ships laid offshore, and further down the beach were numerous wrecked barges. The aircraft hangers had roughly 40 damaged aircraft and it looked obvious the airfield had not been used since the 9th division had landed.To be blunt, most of the Japanese stationed there were relieved to depart it. In the end it was Monaghan who won the race. Over to the west, after crossing the river, the 47th battalion advanced unopposed and converged with Hammer's forces. They soon captured Arnold's crest, Edwards Spur and launched their first attacks against Kela ridge known as “the hand”. The Japanese had concentrated at Malolo where they were evacuating by barge towards Law on the night of september 11th. To cover them, General Nakano ordered units from the 80th and 238th regiments to defend a last line that ran from the Kela ridge all the way to Malolo. Wootten brought up 14 25 pounders to support the advance. Australian forces now past the Busu began to unleash hell with their artillery. The Japanese command at Lae believed the artillery spelt their doom. Meanwhile the 2/24th battalion had unsuccessfully tried to bridge the busu using some felled logs supported on stone pylons. The men tried to build the bridge placing the felled logs around the large stone pylons and were initially successful when it was just a 20 meter stream. However during the night the river rose and the logs went up with them. The current was so strong the logs that did not rise because they were stuck with the stone just snapped in two. The men had to abandon the attempt. Lt Evans was forced to strip the 2/43rd battalion of their weapons and ferried them over the Busu during the afternoon by rope. Eventually Evans managed to arrange a deal with some American boatmen to lend him an LCVP for a few trips which allowed for his 2/28th fully equipped to get over. Logistics logistics logistics. The 2/28th managed to create a bridgehead with a sigh of relief I imagine. To the north, the 25 pounders were gradually moving closer to hit Lae more accurately. The 2/25th battalion ran into 200 men of the 15th independent engineer regiment who had the unfortunate task of delaying them. The Japanese defensive positions were strung out back along the road behind Whittakers bridge and strongpoints north of Lae airfield known as Heaths, Edwards and Jacobsens. 30 of them were killed outright as the withdrew past heaths plantation. The 2/33rd battalion and 2/2nd pioneer battalion advanced towards Markham point. C company of the 24th battalion launched and attack, beginning by lobbing 126 mortars and 8 rounds of smoke at a point called River Ambush. As the mortar fire ceased the leading platoons surged forward, but the Japanese defenders advanced past the smoke and quickly repulsed the incoming attackers. The next day, the 2/31st battalion arrived to the scene and joined the 2/25th battalion to clear Jenyn's plantation. They encountered some heavy resistance further down the road at a bridge near Whittakers plantation. The 24th battalion made another attempt against markham point on the 12th. Four platoons hit some southern pillboxes, but were repulsed quite quickly. Lt Richards went on the record to say "that a further ground attack without support will not be successful and application has again been made for a synchronized air and artillery attack." Over on the coast the 2/32nd and 2/43rd battalions had just arrived and Evans directed the 2/28th to continue the advance towards Malahang while the 2/43rd would hit New and Old Yanga. Captain Catchloves company patrolled towards New Yanga while Captain Gordon's company patrolled towards Old Yanga. During the morning both skirmished and dispersed enemy patrols then at 2:30pm it was reported that New Yanga looked abandoned. At 3:35 Catchlove was organizing an assault against the outskirts of New Yanga when suddenly heavy firing came out from the direction of a hut. The Australians were surprised by this but quickly called in some artillery support from the 14 25 pounders brought up from Red Beach alongside mortars. They hit New Yanga with 525 shells as the infantry tried to storm in but they were met with heavy casualties. They attempted a second assault during the afternoon, but again the Japanese held them back. Back over at the Salamaua area, the Japanese continued their frantic withdrawal as the 5th division began mop up operations. Patrols combed the peninsula finding two naval and two anti aircraft guns, large quantities of unused arms, medical supplies, some wireless transceivers and a portable generator. The Japanese HQ were some well furnished huts, allies found food still on the table, indicating it was a rushed withdrawal. The Japanese had built several camps on the waters edge and inside cave networks. Some patrols found female clothing, lipstick and powder indicating the presence of women, and you can imagine what that was.  The 42nd Battalion would manage to occupy Kela Point; one of Major Warfe's patrols reached the coast half way between Kela Point and Mission Point; and the 2/7th Battalion would capture the now-abandoned Kidney Hill before continuing forward towards Malolo. The Japanese at Kela ridge continued to fire back upon the enemy performing a bitter fighting withdrawal, until their final evacuation by barge on September 13th. By the 13th the bulk of General Nakono's 51st division had reached Lae and were now preparing to withdraw even further to the Kiari-Sio area. Nakano had devised two plans to withdraw the Lae garrison; one plan was to go across the Saruwaged Range to the north coast, the other was to go over the foothills of the Finisterre ranges heading west parallel to the Markham valley. Engineering officer Kitamoto Masamichi who knew about both routes was asked to give his opinion and he recalled ‘It was a responsibility too heavy for just a Lieutenant to decide, I thought, but, well aware that Allied aircraft could easily interdict the route through the open kunai of the Markham Valley foothills. The second plan is impossible. The first plan is difficult but there is still some chance of success. I would choose plan one. However, the sacrifice will be great.We should ready our packs as we would retreat over the mountains from 10th to 15th of September,'' Nakano agreed and issued the withdrawal orders which went out to all units on september 8th.  Beginning on the 12th, the 7th base force main units consisting of Admiral Mori's men began their withdrawal. The original plan called for them to cross the Busu river at the kunda bridge, then to travel via Gawan and Bungalumba to the summit of the Saruwaged Range. However the kunda bridge was blocked by Australian commandos, so they would need to find another way across the Busu then the Boana while fighting the enemy back. Engineers of the 51st and 30th engineer regiments were sent first to construct and repair the road to Mount Sarawaget. Colonel Araki commanded the second group coming over from Edwards plantation, consisting of the 51st divisional HQ, the 66th regiment, the 3rd battalion 21st regiment; the 1st battalion, 80th regiment and the bulk of the 14th field artillery regiment. The last group who would act as a rearguard were the 2nd and 3rd battalions of 115th regiment coming from Malahang and Busu, the 15th independent engineer regiment and the 1st battalion of the 11th regiment coming from Whittaker, Heaths, Edwards and Jacobsens plantations. Admiral Mori's men were ambushed from the start by and american patrol of the 1st battalion, 503rd parachute regiment due east of Nadzab. This forced them to divert into the jungle towards Yalu. Over at the Lae field hospital were patients who were unable to be evacuated via submarine nor was it possible for them to be carried across the mountains, so they volunteered to protect the divisions rears. Meanwhile Salamaua was now destined to become a large allied base. When General Herring arrived at Milfords HQ on september 14th, he took one look at the insanitary shell of what was Salamaua town, its poor airfield and near by swamp. He immediately wiped it as a base, it was to be discarded to ruin. Some Americans camped nearby it would call it "a filthy, rat-ridden, pestilential hole". Perhaps a lackluster jewel after fighting bitter months for it. The Salamaua campaign was over. The 15th battalion charged up the coast chasing after the Japanese catching some south of the Markham river. The campaign was a brutal one. The 17th brigade reported 135 killed, 354 wounded;  the 15th Brigade reporting 124 killed and 346 wounded; the 162nd Regiment reporting 81 killed and 396 wounded; and the 29th Brigade reporting 76 killed and 155 wounded. Against them, Nakano's 51st Division suffered an estimated 2200 casualties since the end of July, for a total of over 8000 casualties, including 2722 killed, in the entire campaign.  Back over at Lae, the evacuation saw standard infantry equipment being carried at 120 round of ammunition, 2 grenades and provisions for 10 days. Infantry had to carry their machine guns, small mortars, while artillery units had to carry their 75mm mountain guns and machine cannon company's their 20mm guns. With supplies no longer being sent to the Salamaua front, there were provisions available for the withdrawal. General Yoshihara would write later that the generally healthy men of the Lae based naval forces were able to carry enough provisions for 14-15 days, but the IJA units most of whom had been fighting for Salamaua for months, were in extreme exhaustion and only able to carry half the amount. Over to the east the 2/24th battalion on september 13th began constructing a box-girder bridge over the Busu. It was launched after midday under enemy fire. When it nearly got across the gap, it overbalanced and was swept away downstream. Later in the afternoon more box-girders were brought over. A 25 meter single box-girder bridge was assembled using 3 box and 2 hornbeam sections. 100 men picked up the bridge and carried it through water over a meter deep across the first 20 meter channel to a mid river island. However they had no beachhead thus on the far bank only a mortar barrage could keep the enemy at a distance. They began to doubt the crossing would ever be made, so Whitehead on the 13th asked Wootten permission to send 120 men over the Busu at its mouth to advance north to the other side where the 2/24th battalion were. An hour later, Lt Colonel Ainslie of the 2/48th brigade crossed and began advancing north, but the jungle proved difficult and communications were bad. Further north the 2/4th independent company tried to cross the river, but the Japanese held them back. The men were led by Lt Staples and as they forded the river he was wounded by a Japanese sniper. The remainder of his section were swept off their feat and scattered along the bank of the river. This prompted other men to try and use the kunda bridge. The Japanese employed a trick often used against them, they allowed a bunch to cross the bridge before unleashing their guns. 7 men were cut to ribbons, many other became marooned on the wrong side. In the desperate situation private Jaggar charged and attacked two enemy machine gun nests and a mortar post killing several Japanese and capturing a lot of equipment. Jagger then waited for darkness before swimming back. The platoon that had gotten over lost 7 men with several wounded. Along the coast the 2/43rd found New Yanga unoccupied while the 2/28th encountered stiff resistance at Malahang. Lt Connor's platoon were advancing at 11:20am when they ran into the enemy who were entrenched at a track junction 1000 yards east of Malahang anchorage. Connor went ahead with Corporal Torrent to charge 3 foxholes where 6 Japanese including an officer were killed. Connor was killed, so Torrent took command and he ordered an advance at 3:30pm where they found Japanese abandoned positions. The defenders were hitting the men as hard as they could. Artillery commander Lt COlonel Sukenobu Watanabe believed that the artillery troops were of no use ‘if they could not fire a shot on the battlefield'. Thus for his tired and weakened unit, ‘one cannon would be enough but they must also carry some shells'. His men sacrificed carrying sufficient food as he led them up the Saruwaged carrying mountain gun components weighing up to 50 kg's each. Meanwhile Hiromatsu Sato's anti-aircraft unit abandoned their guns in the Atzera Range in order to carry additional food. Sato and his men had enough food for 4 days and were told it could take 20 days to reach the northern coast. ‘We were stricken with apprehension, the effect of salt worked wondrously… those of us without salt became weakened… I used my salt sparingly and never drank unboiled water'.  Back over to the west, Brigadier Eather ordered the 2/25th to put pressure on Whittakers plantation while the 2/33rd moved around south to establish a roadblock at Heath's plantation. Artillery and mortar fire began the advanced as Major Robertson's company of the 2/25th captured the bridge at Whittakers while Captain Gow and Captain Butler's Companies advanced towards heaths plantation. There was a fierce battle but a single platoon managed to overrun the enemy HQ on the northern sector of heaths plantation. Meanwhile two patrols advanced west and southwest converging towards Heaths plantation only to find it abandoned. Thus the 2/33rd occupied Heaths plantation without a fight.  During the night, the Japanese had evacuated Whittakers and the second echelon of forces had successfully departed Lae to march north to the Butibum rivers and than towards Boana. At 5pm on the 14th, Eather learnt from divisional HQ that one of the documents captured by the 2/25th the previous day indicated the Japanese operation order dated september the 8th. It showcased the evacuation of Lae which was of great excitement for General Vasey when he found out. Now every member of the division sought to race the 9th division to Lae, also hoping to prevent as many of the enemy from escaping as possible. Vasey's staff concluded the Japanese were already withdrawing up the Busu. Thus Vasey believed that it would not be a good idea to weaken Eather's assault on what he now realized were stubborn Japanese rearguards, remembering how brutal the Japanese rearguards were in the Papuan campaigns. So he ordered the 25th brigade to push vigorously towards Lae. Eather elected to quickly seize Edwards plantation. On september 14th Eather's forces drove the Japanese from their positions at Lane's bridge and continued to pursue them in the direction of Edwards plantation.  Over to the east, Whiteheads engineers were at last able to create a bridge over the third channel, allowing Captain McNamara's company of the 2/24th to get across. The Japanese were surprised by this and began to unleash as much fire as they could on the newly established bridgehead. But Whitehead quickly sent another company led by Captain Finlay to support the bridgehead successfully fighting the Japanese off after 4 hours of combat. The rest of the battalion crossed afterwords uncontested, then the 2/23rd and the 2/48th. Along the coast, Evans 24th brigade advanced against harsh Japanese resistance. Evan's received word the 2/43rd were approaching Wagan from the north so he sent the 2/32nd battalion to hit Wagan from the south. Lt Day was leading a platoon around the right flank when he began getting sniped from tree top Japanese. Day's platoon suffered heavy casualties and he himself took a shot through his spine. He was dragged away by Warrant officer Dalziel, but Dalziel was shot dead in the process. Day was then killed by a grenade, prompting Sergeant McCallum to take over, who advised the situation was quite warm and required some mortar support. The men backed up to give room for mortars to fire off and at 4:15, 12 3 inches and 10 2 inches began lobbing. This time a few platoons with machine gun crew support made a frontal attack with others hitting flanks. They met heavy fire back at 30 yards or so and suffered 6 more casualties. The Japanese began to waver as the platoons continued their assault and soon it became a full flight towards the village. As the platoons charged, many mopped up the snipers and apparently some fowls who would be destined for the nights dinner. The 2/32nd captured Wagan village by dusk while the 2/28th while the 2/28th advanced towards Malahang anchorage. The men began infiltrating a road behind a Japanese position. At 9;15am they unleashed an attack killing 12 Japanese without any loss and at 12:40pm killed another 14. A company found two abandoned 75 mm dual purpose guns north of the anchorage during the afternoon patrol. A few patrols went further north of the anchorage circling around establishing positions that would seal the anchorages fate. Wootten ordered the 2/24th to recross the river and reinforce the kunda bridge position while Vasey earmarked Brigadier Dougherty's 21st brigade to advance upon the Boana. On September 15th, Whitehead was finally able to launch his main offensive, tossing the 2/23rd battalion against Kamkamun and the 2/48th battalion at the Malahang airfield. A bit to the south the 2/32nd were capturing Malahang mission and the 2/43rd were just entering Wagan village. To the west, Eather's men were facing strong resistance from Japanese rearguards at Edwards plantation. The 2/33rd were performing a frontal assault trying to draw enemy attention while the 2/31st moved around the right flank to secure some high ground behind the Edwards Plantation. Despite their resilience, Edwards plantation was completely surrounded and by the late afternoon the Japanese were forced to make a break for it, heading north over Edwards bridge, thus completely abandoning Lae to its fate. As they fled, 64 Japanese would be cut down by machine gun fire, trying desperately to climb a spur, being pursued by Eather's men.  Along the coast, the 2/28th were moving through Malahang anchorage with just a few skirmishes occurring. Both divisions raced to be the first to enter Lae. General Nakano's 8650 men, including 2500 naval personnel had managed to get out, heading north towards the Busu. Southeast of Yalu, Admiral Mori's first echelon were intercepted by the 3rd battalion, 503rd parachute regiment. The Paratroopers clashed with a vanguard of 34 men forcing the rest to head northwest across the Atzera Range.  Despite being closer to Lae, Wootten's men halted their advance at the Bumbu river by midday on september 16th. Eather's however considered his advance was not speedy enough, therefore he urged the leading company to hasten. In the words of Captain Butler “Up at daylight and off again. "C" Company leading the Brigade this time. Men are a bit nervous again and went pretty steadily. Sick Japs along track kept holding things up and we expected to run into something at any moment. Then along the track and into the middle of us came a jeep crowded with Brigade HQ. Passed me and up to the leading platoon. The old Brig jumped out and started urging the troops to hurry along. The troops weren't very impressed as they thought the Jap was in front. Finally the Brigadier, armed with a pistol, acted as leading scout, and the troops followed in column of route behind… A brigadier is not an ideal section leader. The whole reason for his action was that he wanted the brigade to be first onto the beach. He managed it O.K. I had to send a patrol down the beach and back so we have that honour—doubtful one—as there were no Japs. Unfortunately we advanced too quickly—due to no opposition—and the Yanks came over and strafed us.” Eather's men took Jacobsen's plantation without opposition, then a patrol reached Lae's Voco Point at 11:30. Not knowing Vasey had won the race, Wootten launched a final attack preceded by an aerial strike and artillery barrage after midday. They actually mistook the 2/25th to be Japanese almost leading to calamity, but Wootten stopped his artillery quickly when it became apparent. Both divisions finally entered Lae, ending the Lae-Salamaua campaign. Operation Postern was a success, though they were unable to prevent the Japanese from evacuating Lae. The overriding failure on the allied side was due to an underestimation of the enemy. There had been an overriding assumption that the Japanese forces at Lae would fight to the death to hold it. Back on September 8th, General MacArthur, cause you know I have to say something don't you. Well he put out a triumphant communique, claiming they had enveloped 20,000 Japanese. Wootten's staff estimated there had been around 8240 Japanese at Lae and 6934 at Salamaua. Vasey's staff thought it was 6420 at Lae and 7041 at Salamaua. In truth Nakano had roughly 11,000 men and the majority got away, over 8000, a considerable feat.  The Japanese had inflicted 150 deaths and 397 wounded on the 9th division and 38 deaths and 104 wounded upon the 7th division. Wootten wrote upon seeing Lae "It was in an indescribably filthy condition and had been very thoroughly wrecked", Vast dumps of stores and discarded weapons littered the area. The airfield had not been used since just before the landing, the hangars were wrecked and about forty damaged planes were mute witnesses to the power of the Allied air force. The typical nauseating stench of an area occupied by the Japanese army pervaded Lae as it had Salamaua six days before. Lae would become a major forward base of operations, as Buna had become earlier. Another stepping stone to Tokyo. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. And thus ends the Salamaua-Lae campaign. The deceptive strategy to pressure Salamaua to entice the enemy to loosen its grip on Lae resulted in both bases being overrun in a dramatic fashion. Now the allies had a major forward base of operations to continue the push north.  

With Brendan missing again, the Law Offices of Quibble, Squabble & Bicker tackle the client, Every Day Is A Holiday after talking with their guest, veteran comedian Keith Ross Nelson. They pursue many details that eventually involve gold, diamonds, 5,273 cats, Batangas, Iron Maiden, multi-colored vomit, Bong Bong, high jumping, Bowerman's waffle iron, the hater'd, Prefontaine, comedic license, the Viagra, snake wine, woden, Romance languages, Tang, Pepe Le Pew, Mexico is cancelled, Jews smell like chocolate, Uncle Fester cosplay, eat the puppy, Speedy Gonzalez and doggie alarm clock. Buy our merch here: https://my-store-11556994.creator-spring.com/ To access special content go to www.patreon.com/qsblaw and for other episodes, go to www.qsblaw.org. We are also internettable on: Instagram - @lawofficesofquibble; Twitter- @qsblaw; TikTok - @qsblaw; Uhive - https://www.uhive.com/web/shares/z/QTTCLFU; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quiblle.bicker.3; Tumblr- quibblesquabblebicker; Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/user/QuibbleSquabble or watch us on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/LawOfficesofQuibbleSquabbleBicker --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/qsb/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/qsb/support

On this episode we get to talk to standup comedian Keith Ross Nelson. We talk about his journey from open mic nights to becoming a headlining act. Hear about his billboard being displayed in Time Square just as he gets news of tragedy back home. Keith wore 1 of the first 100 pairs of Nike ever made, made by the legend Bill Bowerman. Hear this and oh, so much more. Please like and subscribe... Here is episode 18!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/goodtimesuniverse/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodtimesuniverse/support

Keith has been making people laugh in all fifty states—and all over the world—for more than a quarter of a century. He has appeared on Entertainment Tonight and  Hulu's Comedy Time. Apart from being a great comedian, Keith Ross is also a director, co-writer and star of Electives. He can be seen on Amazon Prime's Not for Nothin' which he co-writes, co-stars, and is executive producer.He has appeared in hit independent movies like Mobsters and Mormons and The R.M. In 2011, Keith was featured in the Who's Who. There are articles on him in popular publications such as New York Weekly, L.A. Wire, U.S. News, Los Angeles Times, U.S. Reporter, Entertainment Monthly News, the Daily News, and many more. Keith is also a very talented athlete who held the Masters High Jump record in his age group for seven years (2000-2007). In 1998 he finished second in the Masters World Championships and he has won three National Championships in Masters High-Jumping. He was ranked #1 in 2000 for outdoor high-jumping and in 2006 for indoor high-jumping. He also has a third-degree black-belt in Kung-Fu and is working towards his fourth-degree.Support the show

Reena and Brendan have on comedian and actor Keith Ross Nelson. They talk about his life, his cats and his career. See how many Three Name Celebrities he can come up with. keithrossnelson.org instagram.com/keithrossnelson A Late Night Hump Production in conjunction with LNH Studios. I am sending you 1π! Pi is a new digital currency developed by Stanford PhDs, with over 25 million members worldwide. To claim your Pi, follow this link https://minepi.com/jfreeeze and use my username (jfreeeze) as your invitation code. Free Crypto https://r.honeygain.me/JORFRFD773Definitely an app worth checking out. Lets you earn crypto free! https://coin.onelink.me/ePJg/9e29869acoinbase.com/join/fried_1w_ Tune in for unbiased and scrubbed news stories brought to you by Jordan Fried (@jfreeeze), Reena Ezra (@reenaezrahere) and Brendan O'Brien (@brendanohbrien) of Late Night Hump (@latenighthump). Other podcasts are found at lnhstudios.com/podcasts --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sessionswithmaryjane/message

Miami-born producer and mixer, Keith Ross, reflects on working with Missy Elliott and Ricky Martin over the years, recalls memorable studio experiences with Beyonce and Jay-Z, and discusses his studio workflow with Genelec monitors at the core. 

Artist/subject: Keith Ross NelsonMore information: Keith is an amazing talent that has many interests and is driven to excel at whatever he's doing. He shared some great information with us and was also a blast to talk to.Check him out at the links below:Website: https://www.keithrossnelson.org/Instagram: @keithrossnelsonDon't forget to leave feedback on your favorite podcast app!CreditsHost: Patrick Boggstruefictioncast@gmail.comCohost: Norbert Yatestruefictioncast@gmail.comEngineer/Cohost/: Marshalltruefictioncast@gmail.comAmazing Voice in the show bumpers: Bobbie AshleyBobbie's Amazing first albumhttps://rb.gy/hfpluuBobbie's Bookshttps://rb.gy/bjzijuMusic intro and exit: Jon DacostaSong title: Funky IntroAd for True Fictions "Buy Me a Coffee" site where listeners can support the show. The money we get will be used to keep creating episodes of True Fiction and True Fiction's Kino Club. Thanks in advance for your support.Support the show

Today, we get a peek into the life of a traveling comic, who's been doing it for years. We also discuss kung fu, and what happens when you've got too many cats in your house. What does this have to do with comedy, you might ask? Um, I'm not exactly sure, but I hope Keith can explain. And if not, well, draw your own conclusions. But just not with that many cats in the house. Anyway, thanks for coming on the show, Keith! You can hear this podcast on the Helium Radio Network Fridays at 8:30 AM EDT, on Channel 1, Life Improvement Radio. Follow the show on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok at @Sherpalution, and check out my website, sherpalution.com , for older episodes, Sherpa Sheets, and Spotify playlists. You'll also find the link to "The Tee Sherpa Shop". Podcast merchandise!! Email me at jimthepodcastsherpa@gmail.com. #VivaLaSherpalution! Publicist Extraordinaire: Steven Joiner Music Credits/Voiceovers: Bruce Goldberg ( aka Mr. Bruce) Other Voices: The Sherpalu Studio Players If you'd like to support the show with a donation, (You know, like with money?) feel free to click here. No pressure. I'll just hold my breath the entire next episode if you don't. But seriously, the free option is to leave a nice review on my website or Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! You can subscribe and listen to this show on vurbl.com , sherpalution.com . or any podcast app, like Goodpods, or website listed on sherpalution.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jim-the-podcast-sherpa/message

Hello everyone! We are back and we are honored to have comedian Keith Ross Nelson! Join us as we chat about everything, from martial arts, to owning an army of cats, and being a stand up comedian in today's world. Big thanks to Keith for sitting down with us and big thanks to all of you guys for your support!

Mayor Eric Adams says the new NYPD Neighborhood Safety Teams will not be plainclothes, but rather wear “modified” uniforms. What does that mean? Keith Ross, adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and master instructor at the NYPD Police Academy, talks about the history of the plainclothes unit and how what officers wear can change their interactions with the public.

Stand up Comic, actor, writer Keith Ross Nelson is currently on tour, he took time out of his hectic schedule to talk shop with me. I learned a lot about he business and the attitude one need to have in comedy. You can find Keith at https://www.keithrossnelson.org/. Don't forget to like share and leave a review and follow by clicking this link. https://linktr.ee/Dannylizethis --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dannylizethis/message

Welcome To a New Segment Entitled WhoDeyWant Red Designed To Have Real Talk With Very Established Guest. This Weeks Guest Is Comedian, Actor, and Writer Mr. Keith Ross Nelson. Let's Have Some Real Talk Don't Forget To Hit That Share Button. Like Us On Facebook and Connect With Us On The Block. https://whodeywant-podcast-show.captivate.fm/ #Spotify #GooglePodcast #ApplePodcast #Pandora #IHeartRadio #AmazonMusic #WhoDeyWantEntertainmentLLC #Sticher #CaptivateFm #EverythingEntertainmentExpo This Podcast Is Sponsored By EverythingEntertainmentExpo. Hey, lets connect on The Block. I'm @DjBigDawg. https://www.everythingentertainmentexpo.com/invite/1595774 Follow Social Media Platforms Instagram: whodeywantentllc Facebook: WhoDeyWantEntertainmentLLC YouTube: WhoDeyWant Podcast Email: whodeywantpodcast@gmail.com Donations & Love Offerings Cashapp Accepted. Cashapp: $WhoDeywant https://paypal.me/BrimLo23?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whodeywantpodcast/message

Keith Ross Nelson - Comedian, cat lover (hoarder), karate enthusiast, sits down to talk to Jamie about the crazy world of comedy and cats. https://linktr.ee/animaltalkradioAnimal Talk, it's America's Pet Show!Jamie Flanagan@DJJamieDetroitAnimalTalkRadio.com@AnimalTalkRadioThanks for listening and as always... Have an exotic week and kiss your wild thing for me.Send your pet photos in now and we will add your fur kids to the #PetParade. jamie@animaltalkradio.com

Keith Ross Nelson - Comedian, cat lover (hoarder), karate enthusiast, sits down to talk to Jamie about the crazy world of comedy and cats. https://linktr.ee/animaltalkradioAnimal Talk, it's America's Pet Show!Jamie Flanagan@DJJamieDetroitAnimalTalkRadio.com@AnimalTalkRadioThanks for listening and as always... Have an exotic week and kiss your wild thing for me.Send your pet photos in now and we will add your fur kids to the #PetParade. jamie@animaltalkradio.com

Grassroots Sport; James Houtby of "Travel Counsellors" and Keith Ross of "Dalton Dynamoes FC", speak with Koi Sports CIC about their respective organisations. Investing in Grassroots Sports; Listen to James Houtby and Keith Ross, talk passionately about their support of, and work within, the grassroots sports sector. Hosted & produced by David Wooldridge.

We discuss Sports, Simone Biles, Meatal Health and how people have managed to politicize common sense. 

Master Police Trainer retired Police Officer Keith Ross Professor Ross has taught criminal justice topics within the CUNY system for the past seven years and has been assigned to the staff at John Jay for the last 3 years. Concurrently, he is also an instructor with the Professional Studies Department of John Jay teaching various courses for peace officers, such as active shooter scenarios, professional communication, etc. He has also taught within the NYC Department of Corrections as a civilian instructor. He has taught various topics there, such as: communication, procedural justice, etc. He is a retired police officer with twenty one years of service with the last ten years assigned to the Police Academy where he earned the designation of Master Instructor within the NYPD and the NYSDCJ. He has taught numerous curricula, including the Methods of Instruction course, the Criminal Investigation Course, the Recruit School Curriculum (with an expertise regarding Law and legal concepts), conducted training for Field Training Officers and Neighborhood Coordination Officers in various topics, as well as arrest processing and crime scene processing for various other agencies. He has also conducted seminars and lectures for various community organizations for the NYPD, with an emphasis on legal and procedural points of discussion regarding the issue of "stop, question and frisk." Professor Ross earned a Masters of Public Administration from Marist College in 2011. Professor Ross was and is also a first responder in the terrorist attack of the World Trade Center on 09/11/2001. -Keith Ross Master Instructor, Police Academy - NYPD, Retired Adjunct Professor - Department of Law and Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration - John Jay College of Criminal Justice / CUNY (516) 340-0076 kross@jjay.cuny.edu ❗❗❗ Check out our website: https://policeoffthecuff.com

Hello everybody my name is Dustin Pueschel and in today's episode of “The Chatting Comedian” I chat with the amazing Keith Ross Nelson! Keith is a stand up comedian, actor, director and writer. Keith has performed stand up comedy on the Hulu Comedy Show Comedy Time and A and E's Evening at the Improv. Keith is also the co-writer, director and star of the TV Show “Electives”. Keith also wrote and co-stars in Amazon Primes “Not For Nothing”. In this episode Keith and I chat about the the most dangerous insanely evil people Keith encountered while on the road, Keith's World Records in competitive high jumping among many other things. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode: S. Anthony and comedian, actor, producer and martial artist Keith Ross Nelson. Topics: Comedy, married life, Keith's interesting encounter with legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, and S. Anthony and Keith compare their encounters with law enforcement. Check out this episode, tell a friend, rate, and review. It would be much appreciated! "The S. Anthony Thomas Show" Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s-anthony-thomas Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4dd78p9ywd2rkMjz0oMJee Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesanthonythomasshow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSAnthonyTho1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesanthonythomasshow (Questions/Comments): talktosanthony@gmail.com Support the show: https://anchor.fm/s-anthony-thomas/support Leave A Voice Message (It MAY be used on a future episode): https://anchor.fm/s-anthony-thomas/message Subscribe to this podcast as well as his other podcast: "S. Anthony Says" Twitter: @santhonysays & @santhonythomas Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1IL82agwuMKCWfJiZPBU4B Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/S.Anthony.Says Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/santhonythomas/ Show website: santhonysays.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/santhonysays (Questions/Comments): talktosanthony@gmail.com Support the show: PayPal.me/santhonysays Theme Song (Go S.) by RC (The Lead singer of The Rock Czars) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/s-anthony-thomas/message

Keith is a tracker of sasquatch  Hence the name! The Tracker of sasquatch. He lives in British Columbia, Canada. We will will be chatting about his experinces and his passion for the BIG GUY!  Also we are hoping to hear from the Planners of the Gettysburg Battlefield Bash! Pam & Steve around 9:15pm...So hang on to your bedroom slippers and lets talk SQUATCH!

Keith is a tracker of sasquatch  Hence the name! The Tracker of sasquatch. He lives in British Columbia, Canada.We will will be chatting about his experinces and his passion for the BIG GUY!  Also we are hoping to hear from the Planners of the Gettysburg Battlefield Bash! Pam & Steve around 9:15pm...So hang on to your bedroom slippers and lets talk SQUATCH!

We hit the ground running in 2019 but looking back at our favorite songs and albums of last year with Best of 2018! If you have friends that say there's no good music being produced these days just punch them in the nuts and direct them to this episode. In this mega-long episode, we're turning you onto some incredible rock and metal that came out last year. Best of 2018   Best of 2018 has you getting killer tracks from artists such as Stryper, Massive Wagons, Primal Fear, Skull Fist, Judas Priest, Turbonegro, Ace Frehley, Enuff Z'nuff, Clutch, and tons more! Additionally, we read off the albums that came close to making our lists. It's a celebration of 12 months of killer rock and metal music! We hope you enjoy Best of 2018 and SHARE with a friend! Geeks of the Week: Joe Royland, Sit and Spin with Joe, Keith Ross, Trevor McDougall, Snede Rock, Adam Cox, Otto Erlend Gregersen, Matt Ashcraft, Sean Cullen, Steve Wright, Stacey Sullivan, Ray Coon, Matt Porter, Dan Nation, Marc Alden Taylor, Shane Hebert, Devin Dungan, Joseph Capone, Jay Szczeblewski, Simon Catt, Brad Kalmanson, Mikael Burell, David Glynn, Kevin Williams, Jeffrey Mendenhall, James McEllhiney, James West, Brandt Catell, Tom Smoke, Bill Elam, TwistedKisster, Ernesto Aguilar, JJ Mac, David Cathey, Focus on Metal podcast, The Mooger Fooger Contact Us! Rate, Review, and Subscribe in iTunes Join the Facebook Fan Page Follow on Twitter Follow on Instagram E-mail Us Subscribe to our Youtube channel! Support Us! Donate to the show! Stream Us! Stitcher Radio Spreaker TuneIn Become a VIP Subscriber! Click HERE for more info! Comment Below Direct Download

This episode features the inaugural address by Keith Ross, the new president of Missouri Baptist University, given on Oct. 19. An interview between Ross and Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor was in episode 34.

We’re back to further prove that Rock is NOT dead with Fresh Blood V6. Particularly, we've got 10 great up and coming bands this week and we’re confident you’re gonna find something you dig. At the present time, classic artists such as AC/DC, KISS, and Judas Priest continue to roll on. In due time, they will be gone. Accordingly, we're shifting focus this week to younger, hungry bands that are giving their all in a challenging musical climate. Fresh Blood V6 In this hour-plus chunk of great music you'll hear from City of Thieves, The Watchers, Kaleo, Salem's Lott, Taco Mouth, The Rocket Dolls, Under the Radar, SkeetZo N' Krysis, Black Paisley, and Starcrawler. Also, you'll notice that two of our song picks were selected by DBG VIPs from Patreon! If you want to become a DBG VIP, simply go to www.patreon.com/decibelgeek and be a $3.00 + patron. Perks include song suggestions, bonus content including the Chris & Aaron Show and much more! We hope you enjoy Fresh Blood V6 and SHARE with a friend! Geeks of the Week: Simon Catt, Joe Royland, Sit and Spin with Joe, Matt Ashcraft, Chris McDowell, Anthony Laitas, Keith Ross, Wayne Cross, Joseph Capone, Greg McGlone, Rob Harris, Greg Troyan, Rockin’ Ron Runyon, Decibel Geek TV, Eric Czynszak, Dave Huckridge, Denver DeSeranno, Neil Johnson, Andrew Jacobs, Jason Thomas Broadrick, Kenneth Roy, David Glynn, Sean Culletn, Steve Wright (Podder Than Hell), Matt Porter (The KISS Room), Aaron Baker, Derik Novak, Steven Kersh, Joe Lascon, Bakko (Cobras & Fire), Brent Walter, Trevor McDougall, David Cathey, Bill Elam, Mikael Burell, Stacey Sullivan, Kenneth McDonald, Andy Lafon, Todd Cunningham, Jeffrey Mendenhall, Marc Alden Taylor, Free Form Rock Podcast, Allen Tate, James West, Alex Thorn, Ian Wadley (RMCP), James Brendon Dunn, Adam Cox, Greg York, Dan Nation, Chuck Noseworthy, Rodney Dickson, Scott Stine, Gino Ames, Stephen Atchison, Eladio, Jay Szczeblewski, Monte Carr, The Mooger Fooger Buy Music! City of Thieves The Watchers Kaleo Salem's Lott Taco Mouth The Rocket Dolls Under the Radar SkeetZo N' Krysis Black Paisley Starcrawler Contact Us! Rate, Review, and Subscribe in iTunes Join the Facebook Fan Page Follow on Twitter Follow on Instagram E-mail Us Subscribe to our Youtube channel! Support Us! Shop through our Amazon link! Donate to the show! Stream Us! Stitcher Radio Spreaker TuneIn Become a VIP Subscriber! Click HERE for more info! Comment Below Direct Download

Keith Ross, the new president of Missouri Baptist University, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor. This conversation occurred on the campus of MBU on Oct. 19 shortly after the official inauguration ceremonies for Ross. In the interview, he talks about his background, MBU, obtaining a life-work balance, and the importance of Christian higher education.  (This episode is presented in partnership with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.)

In this week’s episode we talk with two of our dedicated staff members Stephen Mathis and Nick Davis. Between the two of them, they have forty years of experience in estate planning. We also talk with Missouri Baptist University’s new president Dr. Keith Ross.Support the show (http://mbfn.org)

This is one from the Bend Comedy vaults! Join Ryan and Elaine as they chat with the great Keith Ross Nelson, as he shares his thoughts on the comedy business and how Sun Tzu's The Art of War helps him deal with hecklers. Originally recorded in July 2015.

Coverage of Patrick’s road trip and overnight stay at the haunted Odd Fellows Home Orphanage, now known as Belvoir Winery! Plus an in-person interview from the The 1900 Room of Belvoir, with owner Jesse Leimkuehler, who shares some of the history and hauntings, and isn’t afraid to dish about the behind the scenes secrets from the Ghost Hunters and Ghost Adventures investigations! For more info visit BigSeance.com.   In this episode: Intro :00 Come along with me on a road trip to Belvoir Winery (aka The Odd Fellows Home) in Liberty, Missouri! :46 Tiptoeing around late at night. 2:01 Meet Jesse Leimkuehler, owner of Belvoir Winery! We recorded in The 1900 Room at Belvoir. It was my first in-person interview with real beverages! 5:52 Patrick’s previous experiences with Belvoir and what’s changed since then! It’s now a beautiful Inn as well! 6:53 Purchasing the Odd Fellows Home property and the long journey of renovation. 8:45 The style and design of Belvoir Winery and the Inn. 11:10 The orphanage and some of the history. 13:00 The other buildings on the property. 17:10 For a while, the property was like a small city with around 450 permanent residents, and they even created their own power and water supply. They lived off the land. 20:03 Jesse continues to gather stories from previous residents and orphans, including a funny story about ransacking the candy store in the orphanage! 21:05 When did the paranormal stories and activity start happening? 24:00 Belvoir Winery doesn’t need the paranormal as a gimmick, but Jesse has become a friend of the paranormal community and he has a lot of fun with his haunted property! 29:10 Behind the scenes secrets of the Ghost Hunters investigation of Belvoir! 31:36 Pulling treasures from the walls! Jesse also shares behind the scenes secrets of the incredibly awesome and more recent TV investigation on Ghost Adventures! 39:45 George the skeleton and other Odd Fellows items. 54:07 Some of the events at Belvoir Winery, including Amy Bruni’s Strange Escapes, and the Ghost Brothers! 55:53 A Belvoir Murder Mystery Dinner! 1:02:20 More on Amy Bruni’s Strange Escapes events! 1:03:59 Final thoughts from Jesse. 1:05:29 Belvoir is a unique location for a wedding of ANY kind!! 1:07:17  My brief interview with Keith Ross of PRI, who organizes weekend paranormal investigations at Belvoir Winery! 1:10:43  Outro 1:18:40 #Paranerd Hashtag 1:20:19   For more on Belvoir Winery and Upcoming Events! Previous articles and blogs about Belvoir at BigSeance.com Patrick's Belvoir Photos: Album 1 and Album 2 BelvoirWinery.com Strange-Escapes.com Facebook: The Belvoir Winery and Inn Twitter: @BelvoirWinery Facebook: Strange Escapes Twitter: @StrangeEscapes   Record your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! Call the show at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. Visit BigSéance.com for more information. Please help The Big Séance Podcast by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Google Play Music, and iHeart Radio.    

This morning's sermon on Spiritual Maturity is presented by Keith Ross.

Canadian author Ken David Stewart reads episodes 3 and 4 of his new novel, Keith Ross.

Canadian author Ken David Stewart reads the introductory episodes of his recent novel Keith Ross.

This is my father, whom I love very much. I recorded this interview while visiting my parents in Kingston, Ontario, during Easter weekend, 2017.

April 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg View columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Keith Ross, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PDQ Enterprises LLC, he brings more than thirty five years of experience in the securities industry to PDQ. Prior to joining PDQ as CEO in 2006, Mr. Ross was the CEO of Getco from 2002-2005. This interview aired on Bloomberg Radio.