Podcasts about Twining

Send us a text This week Greg st down with Craig Twining. Craig is the author of the science fiction book "Mission Eden." They discussed how to write science fiction with a christian worldview, and then got into trying to figure out what ufo's, are, if aliens are just trans-dimensional spiritual beings, as well as if any of that is related to The Nephilim. It was an interesting episode! Enjoy! Private Family Banking: Protect your wealth!Book your next church conference HERE!Dominion Wealth Strategists: Full Service Financial Planning! Covenant Real Estate: "Confidence from Contract to Close" Facebook: Dead Men Walking PodcastYoutube: Dead Men Walking PodcastInstagram: @DeadMenWalkingPodcastTwitter X: @RealDMWPodcastExclusive Content: PubTV AppSupport the show Get your tickets for the Dangerous Friends Conference here! Enter "DMW25" at checkout to get a $25 discount on your ticket price!Check out out the Dead Men Walking snarky merch HERE!

Send us a textThis week Greg st down with Craig Twining. Craig is the author of the science fiction book "Mission Eden." They discussed how to write science fiction with a christian worldview, and then got into trying to figure out what ufo's, are, if aliens are just trans-dimensional spiritual beings, as well as if any of that is related to The Nephilim. It was an interesting episode! Enjoy! Private Family Banking: Protect your wealth!Book your next church conference HERE!Dominion Wealth Strategists: Full Service Financial Planning!

Send us a text This week Greg st down with Craig Twining. Craig is the author of the science fiction book "Mission Eden." They discussed how to write science fiction with a christian worldview, and then got into trying to figure out what ufo's, are, if aliens are just trans-dimensional spiritual beings, as well as if any of that is related to The Nephilim. It was an interesting episode! Enjoy! Private Family Banking: Protect your wealth!Book your next church conference HERE!Dominion Wealth Strategists: Full Service Financial Planning! Covenant Real Estate: "Confidence from Contract to Close" Facebook: Dead Men Walking PodcastYoutube: Dead Men Walking PodcastInstagram: @DeadMenWalkingPodcastTwitter X: @RealDMWPodcastExclusive Content: PubTV AppSupport the show Get your tickets for the Dangerous Friends Conference here! Enter "DMW25" at checkout to get a $25 discount on your ticket price!Check out out the Dead Men Walking snarky merch HERE!

The rural-urban divide in our country continues to widen. Mike Twining of Willard Agri-Service, one of our great ag retailers, is working hard to help bridge the gap between farmers and consumers. Twining was among the speakers at TedX Talks in Arizona and Philadelphia. His speeches presented a compelling case for smarter food buying decisions and a continuation of sustainable agriculture, meaning doing more with less. He said his work in this area has been very encouraging.“It has been really exciting to see the engagement I've had,” Twining remarked. “It's such a neat opportunity to get outside of my normal obit and talk to people, who are sometimes two or three plus generations removed from the farm. ... It has been really gratifying to see how excited they get to actually learn about it and talk with someone still involved in agriculture. I think the vast majority of people are genuinely curious and generally think positively about farmers and agriculture. That has certainly been my experience.” Find out more about Mike's talks on the TedX YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/user/TEDxTalksMore from Mike:Saving the Planet With Your FoodEating Our Way to a Cleaner Planet

Islam, Abbasid slave armies, the role of slave armies in Islamic conquest, Sufism, Far West Ltd., the role of Sufism in militaries and intelligence services, Hermeticism, Janissaries, Ottoman Empire, dehumanization of women in militaries, Hussite Wars, early Protestantism, Islamic support for Protestantism, Bohemia, the Moravian Church, the spread of the Abbasid system to Europe after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, the Islamic influence on Elizabethan England, the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell, Cromwell's New Model Army, the revolution in European military affairs, Unitarianism, Universalism, Quakerism, how the Janissary system influenced Quakerism's interest in public education, Colonial America, how the "pacifistic" Quakers embraced war profiteering, the fragmentation of Quakerism following the American Revolution, Monroe, Wisconsin, the Twining family, the Society of Cincinnati, the Twining family link to the Cincinnati, Royal Arcanum, Freemasonry, Nathan Crooks Twining, Twining's role in spreading militarism in Green County, General Nathan F. Twining, Ufology, Project Blue Book, the Twining memo, American Security Council, American Legion, American Protective League, the military's role in civilian affairs, the American Legion as strikebreakers/labor spiesMusic by: Keith Allen Dennishttps://keithallendennis.bandcamp.com/ Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Esta semana, Thomas Twining, el rey del té.

Esta semana, Thomas Twining, el rey del té.

Esta semana, Thomas Twining, el rey del té.

Esta semana, Thomas Twining, el rey del té.

Esta semana, Thomas Twining, el rey del té.

We had the pleasure of hosting Chris Twining, Head of Integrated Media at Stone Island for a fireside chat where he discussed with Raman insights into how brand marketers are approaching new and emerging technologies to combat the changing media landscape, whilst airing on the side of caution what these changes mean.

In this episode Payton dives into one of the first UFO cases of all time. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intothedarkpod/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7?si=f5224c9fd99542a7 Case Sources: MO41: The Bombshell Before Roswell by Paul Blake Smith The Cape Girardeau (Jir-ar-dough) 1941 UFO Incident by George Dudding KFVS12.com - https://www.kfvs12.com/2021/05/26/alleged-ufo-crash-cape-girardeau-area/ Columbia Tribune - https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/opinion/editorials/2015/02/03/the-1941-cape-girardeau-ufo/985746007/ KLTV.com - https://www.kltv.com/story/7924765/east-texans-shares-family-secret-of-ufo-sighting/ AtlasObscura.com - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-fbi-debunked-these-ufo-documents-in-the-most-childish-way-possible Coast To Coast - https://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2016-02-25-show/ EarthFiles.com - https://www.earthfiles.com/2016/02/26/part-1-the-bombshell-before-roswell-cape-girardeau-mo/ UFOInsight.com -  https://www.ufoinsight.com/ufos/cover-ups/charlotte-mann-grandfather-aliens SouthEastArrow.com - https://www.southeastarrow.com/story/2455754.html HigherIntellect.com - https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/alien.ufo/majestic_12/Twining's%20White%20Hot%20Report%20twining_whitehotreport.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

U.S. growers have benefitted from better machinery, improved varieties, and hi-tech advancements. Biostimulants are an emerging frontier in growing healthy, abundant crops.While plant biostimulants have yielded many positives, additional effort is needed to add clarity and consistency to their definition and regulation.“We really feel confident in a lot of these products moving forward, that growers are going to have an array of new options to deal with things like drought, or challenges that they have continuing to increase their yields, and doing it cost effectively” remarked Nick Young, Environmental Program Manager at the California Department of Food and Agriculture. “It's an exciting time. There hasn't been a time like this in 50 years at least, where there is so much innovation happening that can benefit this industry.”Young is among those working at the state and federal levels, including with the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials (AAPFCO), for uniform fertilizer regulation, protecting growers and consumers, and fostering environmental stewardship.  One goal is standardized, easy to understand fertilizer labels.At the federal level, Congress is working on a bill that would bring a more consistent regulatory approach and clear definition for plant biostimulants, which would help farmers, consumers, and regulators.  The bill is currently part of the Farm Bill package, which is sweeping legislation to help American agriculture and consumers.As work continues to bring a more consistent definition and approach to plant biostimulants, those who utilize this technology see tangible benefits in healthy, sustainable food production.“It's much more of a systems approach to management to achieve consistent, sustainable and profitable gains in crop production,” said Mike Twining, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Willard Agri-Service, a longtime ag retailer working with Redox Bio-Nutrients. “That's really where Redox shines, is having a systematic approach to help growers.”“I believe we will look back 10 years from now and we will say the biological movement, however you want to define that, with companies like Redox and I hope Willard Agri-Service, it's going to be like hybrid seed corn, in terms of how it transforms what we're thinking and doing about crop production, the way we're growing crops, and our ability to utilize plant nutrition to produce profitable yields,” Twining said.

After a question last time round from listener Georgia, Mitch and Isi discuss the influence of modern day influencers; the Royal Family. From backing British made products, influencing the EU referendum and championing mental health and environmental awareness. They also discuss the controversial topics surrounding the armed forces and the love/hate relationship they have with tabloid media. They also try to avoid the elephant in the room on Kate Middleton's absence and apparent inability to use Photoshop. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:23] Hello, welcome to episode... what is it? Oh God. Isi: [0:27] 30... Mitch: [0:29] 30, what would you think? 31? No, don't be silly. Isi: [0:34] Oh God. Mitch: [0:36] Episode 37. (Wow!) Of the Easy English Podcast. Isi: [0:41] Hello. Mitch: [0:41] I planned for us to do an episode about Georgia's question from the last episode, asking; how much the royal family affects our day-to-day life, in the UK. Isi: [0:52] Didn't we talk about the royals before? We did a video episode about the queen's jubilee with Cari from Easy German who's a big 'Crown' 'The Crown' fan and Netflix series. Mitch: [1:04] Yeah I mean that is already one way in which the royal family affects, their part of (The world.) Yeah, they're like... they're back they're back again into common culture. There was a period I think between Diana and now, where they're kind of had a bit of a dip. But now they're kind of like, influencers. They live a life of influencers, in a way, don't they? Isi: [1:26] I guess they're representatives of the monarchy. But in a way, I think they see themselves also as representatives of Britain, of the Commonwealth. Mitch: [1:37] They have some power, in the sense of they don't have any... Isi: [1:41] They're influential. Mitch: [1:42] Yeah, exactly. Isi: [1:42] To a lot of people still. Mitch: [1:44] If they mention a brand or something, then they can have... or talk badly about a brand. Isi: [1:49] But they don't do that, on purpose, they don't they don't want to be political and they are actually they shouldn't be, right? From the legal stand. Mitch: [1:59] They shouldn't be, but obviously like, if you think of Harry and Meghan they had a Spotify and did Kate and William also have a Spotify. (No, I don't think so.) Harry and Meghan had a Spotify podcast right, exclusive. Isi: [2:09] Do they still have that. Mitch: [2:10] No. (I've never listened to it.) It got dropped. (Okay.) Because they're so boring. (Are they?) But Spotify obviously has like... Isi: [2:18] I actually like their Netflix series. I found it quite entertaining. Mitch: [2:22] That was good. (Yeah.) But if you think they have these brands... that they promote, they put their stamp on things that they agree with, principally, things that are British-made. Isi: [2:33] Ah, true, yeah. Like very old, traditional products, like brown sauce. Mitch: [2:39] Twining's tea? Isi: [2:40] I love Twining's tea. Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership

"I believe human beings are built for growth. We're like elastic bands, you know, we're built to be stretched. It takes two things, it takes a mentality, to want to do that to want to put yourself out of a comfort zone. But then action is also required, small steps. And the more and the more small steps you do when you're trying to do something for the first time, the more you become capable and confident about doing it." Julian Harris Top Five Tips For How Leaders Can Increase Their Performance, Creativity and Wellbeing 1.  Understand that our experience is created from our thinking, not from external circumstances2.  You don't have to do it all by yourself. Create a support structure around you.3.  Self-care is non-negotiable so must be timetabled into your calendar.4.  Practise the courage-capability-confidence triangle.5.  There is an intelligent design to all of life, of which we are a part, and which is also a part of us.  TIME STAMP SUMMARY 01:13  We create our experiences05:08  Using your network to your advantage09:37  Courage capability14:01  Don't let yourself get in the way of yourselfWhere to find Julian?Website                    https://www.juliankharris.co.uk/ LinkedIn                   https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliankharris  Julian Harris Bio Julian founded Julian Harris Services fuelled by his vision to make a greater impact and has found his purpose in working with business leaders looking to change the world. Julian has 20 years of experience as a commercial lawyer for brands such as Nike, Twining's, Sports Direct, Asda, Manchester United, and Primark. Julian brings his experience of advising major corporations from a legal perspective into his leadership coaching. Julian is passionate about helping business owners and leaders become the best version of themselves, drawing out their gifts, even when his clients can't see those gifts for themselves.  Julian is currently located in London and works with leaders on both sides of the Atlantic. His clients appreciate his attentiveness and thought-provoking questions that allow them to gain the clarity and confidence they need. When he isn't working with leaders, he enjoys spending time with his family and staying active with Karate and Pilates.  Julian has experience and insight to share with business owners, leaders, and any individual that is looking to make an impact and see their full potential.

Silver T Ranch began in November 1999, when Kurt Twining, who had 8 longhorns, decided to "retire"; from there, Kurt and Glenda built Silver T Ranch which now has 250 head of cattle. Silver T Ranch strive to improve their program each and every year through better breeding stock.  The friendships the Twinings have made are worth more than money and they seek to continuously learn from others and while sharing their knowledge with other Longhorn breeders. www.silvertranch.com

We all will face daily challenges. A flat tire, lost keys, a broken washer or unexpected snowstorm.  But how will we respond to these daily challenges? And how will we respond to bigger, more complex challenges? Listen today for practical tips and encouragement on how to respond to daily life. Reach out at unshakenpsalm622@gmail.comFind us on Instagram and Facebook at: WomenoftheWordCTWChrist the Word Sermonshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/christ-the-word-church-sermons/id1515599033Christ the Word Truth and Lifehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/christ-the-word-church-sunday-classes/id1699277705

Many podcasters are enthusiastic about monetizing their content and increasing their audience. However, what frequently occurs is that they embark on this journey without a well-defined strategy, doing the right actions but in an incorrect sequence, often resulting in financial setbacks. In today's episode, Kristin had the privilege of interviewing Jay, an experienced brand-building strategist, who shared invaluable tips on crafting an effective paid media strategy.   In today's episode Kristin and Jay dive into: The importance of understanding the metrics, ad spend, and return on investment (ROI) is critical. Before diving into paid media strategies, it's essential to have a clear understanding of your offer's unique value and what you can expect in return for your investment.  Utilizing real-life scenarios and data-driven analysis can help you make informed decisions when it comes to ad spend. Success in paid media is strongly tied to building trust and a genuine connection with your target audience. Jay recommends taking a systematic approach to developing the "know, like, and trust" factor. How not everyone starts with a vast listener base, but Jay offers encouraging advice for those who are just starting out. The first step is simple: keep going, regardless of your initial progress. Building a brand takes time, and success often depends on discipline and perseverance. Creating a successful paid media strategy is not just about pouring money into advertising. It's about understanding your audience, knowing your numbers, and executing your strategy in the right order. Jay's insights provide a clear roadmap for podcasters and brand builders looking to monetize their content effectively. Remember, the key is not just to spend money but to spend it wisely, with a focus on delivering value and building trust with your audience.   Quotes from Today's Episode: “The right thing in the right order is really where we want to go”-Jay “Who are they? How am I helping them? What do they need most in the world”- Jay   Connect with Jay and Learn More Here   Are you looking for guidance? Contact Kristin for Podcast Coaching Sign-up for November's Podclass: Sign-up Here Schedule a Discovery Call with Kristin to learn more: Book a timeLooking for a community of podcasters? Join us in Podcast Membership  Learn about Podcast Bootcamp From Idea to Launch: Check it out Wanting to monetize and grow your podcast? Learn more here.  Have a question? Reach out to Kristin Join our FB Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wholisticpodcasting/ Connect on IG: @kristinfieldschadwick

* BUY TICKETS FOR OUR NEXT LIVE SHOW!  WHAT: Worst Foot Forward Live - World's Worst Sibling with guests Laura Lexx & Ron WHEN: 5th November 2023 @ 12.00pm WHERE: Bedford Pub, London SW12 9HD TIX: https://www.cheerfulearful.co.uk/ To celebrate our returning guest Laura Lexx we're going back to the topic she talked about when she first appeared on the show: tea! We uncover a colonial hero/villain from the Twining dynasty, why teapots are an essential component in computing and one of the stupdiest scientific experiments ever carried out. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @LauraLexx Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot @Vanderlaugh @LexxLaura @LexxEducation Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan more live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward

Last time we spoke about the Huon Gulf offensive. The Japanese until now had not considered their losses at Guadalcanal and Buna-Gona as irretrievable, but with the loss of Salamaua and Lae there was a brutal realization they were going to have to pull back their defensive line. The absolute defense line was established as the entire empire of the rising sun took two steps back. Meanwhile General Douglas MacArthur and the allied war planners decided to revise operation Cartwheel. The enemy was in disarray and this provided an opportunity to keep them off balance and maintain the momentum. They decided to launch an offensive against the Huon Peninsula, to hit places like Finschhafen. The offensive began with another bang as forces landed and advanced to seize immediate objectives to the misery of the retreating Japanese.  This episode is Drive to Finschhafen  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.  Before we leap back over to New Guinea, we first need to talk about some developments in the Solomons. Admirals Kusaka and Samejima were about to launch Operation Se-Go, the evacuation of Kolombangara. Now after the battle of Vella Lavella, Brigadier Potter's 35th battalion was closing in on the Marquana Bay area by September 26th. Potter sent two New Zealander Platoons as a vanguard. To face them, Captain Tsuruya had organized his meager forces and successfully surrounded the New Zealander Platoons. This began a fight for the New Zealander's survival that would last until October 2nd. Worried about the fate of his two platoons, Potter ordered Lt Seward with 3 companies to rescue the platoons. Seward described the endeavor as running straight into a hornets nest. They ran straight into some Japanese machine gun positions, which they nicknamed Machine Gully, and it cost them 18 dead and 10 wounded. Tsuruya managed to halt their advance using Machine Gully, which was a dense rainforest concealing his men. On October 2nd, the two platoons were finally rescued. The horrible casualties prompted Potter to halt attacks until every landing craft could bring over the 37th battalion from Tambala bay to hit the other side. The 37ths movement down the rugged coast would be sluggish, giving the Japanese ample time to prepare for the evacuation of the Tsuruya unit. Meanwhile General Sasaki and Admiral Ota were getting their forces ready for the evacuation. Each unit was responsible for its supply and had to carry enough rations to last until october 5th. All the troops had to carry their weapons and as much ammunition as they could, while medical supplies were divided amongst them. Mountains guns, quick fire guns, heavy machine guns could be disassembled and carried if possible, everything else was to be destroyed. And I mean everything, even street signs were destroyed. Sasaki moved all the wounded to the north shore of Kolombangara who were to be the first loading onto the destroyers. Ota was in charge of all matters related to the embarkation such as communications; locating hiding places for the barges and loading which would take place between September 28-30th. They were expecting to evacuate 7660 men in all. Operation Se-Go began on the 27th, as General Yoshimura's barges headed for Kolombangara in separate groups and Admiral Ijuin prepared his force of 11 destroyers to run towards the northern coast the following day. Only one of Yoshimuras groups led by Commander Tanegashima were intercepted as they headed down the slot. 5 destroyers, the USS Claxton, Spence, Dyson, Foote and Charles Ausburne led by Captain Martin Gillan pounced on the force destroying 4 barges, but the rest eventually escaped to Kolombangara by the 28th with the other groups. Ota hid the barges as he awaited Ijuins destroyers. Ijuin's force were spotted by a PBY due northeast of Green Island, prompting Generals Moore and Twining to launch an air raid. A strike force of radar equipped B-24's of the 394th bombardment squadron intercepted Ijuin's destroyers as they were passing Bougainville strait. None of their bombing attempts found a hit luckily for Ijuin. Meanwhile the barges began to depart up the slot towards Choiseul seeing zero opposition. At Tuki point the barges awaited the destroyers before the loading process began. The only major mishap would occur when the commander of the barges carrying 735 men from Jack Harbor to board the Amagiri steered too widely, missed the signal light from the destroyers and began heading for Vella Lavella. By the time they figured out the mistake and returned to the loading area, the destroyers were gone, with only 1950 men aboard. With the 1950 men aboard, Ijuin's destroyers made their first dash, but would be intercepted again, this time by 27 B-24's. The strike was thwarted by Zero fighter escorts and bad weather allowing Ijuin to arrive safely at Buka by the 29th. After this, the Americans were now fully alert to what was going on and responded by bombing Choiseul. At 9:15am on the 29th, Kakasa was attacked by 17 Dauntless, 12 Avengers and 56 fighter escorts. Destroyers Patterson, McCalla, Foote and Ralph Talbot led by Captain Frank R Walker were sent up the slot to hunt barges as well. On september 29th, Tanegashima headed for Choiseul with 11 barges carrying 1100 men. At 10:30 the Americans found them. There was no moon that night, and frequent rain squalls dotted the slot. Upon seeing the Americans, Tanegashima ordered the barges to scatters and Walker detached McCalla to hunt a small group while the rest of his force hit a larger one. Yano, whose battalion was on the barges recalled his barge running at full speeds as shells flew all around them. No barge was sunk or seriously damaged as they made a quick escape. Thus the first stage of operation Se-Go saw the rescue of over 6000 men, relying on the combination of surprise and gambling to be honest. But 25 barges were lost in the process. For stage 2 Samejima would reinforce the surviving 43 barges and 5 vedettes with 3 torpedo boats and two other armed boats. Yoshimura and Ijuin planned to toss 3 destroyers Kazagumo, Yugumo and Akigumo to be a diversion for the Americans. On the other side, Admiral Halsey ordered Admiral Merill's task force 39 consisting of Light cruisers Montpelier and Denver; and destroyers Eaton, Waller, Cony, Renshaw, Spence, Claxton, Dyson, Selfridge and Charles Ausburne, to sweep the slot. Commander  Chandler with four destroyers, Pringle, Saufley, Radford and Greyson was in the lead, followed by Merrill with two cruisers and nine destroyers.  On the night of October 1st, while Yoshimura's barges were leaving Choiseul en route to Kolombangara. The Americans spotted the decoy destroyers northwest of Choiseul at 9:20 via a VP-54 Black Cat that began tailing the force as it heading in the direction of Vella Lavella. Now Merill had orders to not risk his cruisers unless heavy Japanese units were found, so he turned back and allowed Wilkinson's destroyers to advance. The American chased the decoy towards Vella Lavella as Yoshimura's barges went by relatively unmolested, though a small group of barges would be fired upon by US destroyers, losing 2 in the process. On the morning of October 2nd, Ijuin departed Rabaul with 9 destroyers and at Vila, the Yokosuka 7th guns would fire their last rounds before moving towards the coast. That night, Ijuin approached Kolombangara as Tanegashima awaited with 2100 men to be transported onto the destroyers. They managed to load 145 men by 10:35, but then the destroyers were forced to pull back as Americans had been spotted in the slot. Tanegashima nonetheless, headed for Sumbe Head with the rest, 600 men in all.  Commander Harold O. Larson with three destroyers, Ralph Talbot, Taylor and La Vallette dashed across the slot to hit barges. Largson located the barges and began firing upon them when Ijuin's destroyers appeared at 10:42. The Americans closed in on the Japanese and fired torpedoes at 11:25 scoring no hits. They then opened fire with their guns targeting the Minazuki. The Japanese scattered, prompting a chase, but it fell into nothing by midnight. In the end the Americans managed to sink 5 of Tanegashima barges. With that the Japanese had successfully completed operation Se-Go rescuing 4000 men in the second stage, for a near total of 10,000 men in all. The Japanese had truly proved themselves capable evacuatee's if that is a word, with the evacuation of Guadalcanal, Kiska and Kolombangara. That's all for the Solomon's as now we need to venture back to Green Hell. Poor General Adachi's 18th army was not giving a single break. Just a week after the fall of Lae, General MacArthur's southwest pacific area had launched two new offensives aimed at the Ramu Valley and Finschhafen. Operation Cartwheel had initially scheduled an offensive against the Huon Peninsula to take place 6 weeks after the taking of Lae, but MacArthur pushed this forward due to intelligence indicating the Japanese were in the process of sending heavy reinforcements from Madang to aid Ramu Valley and Finschhafen. The first objectives for the allies were Kaiaput and Dumpu in the Markham and Ramu valleys where airfields could be constructed to help General Kenney extend his arm. Lack of air and naval capability meant the Japanese would be forced to march nearly 200 miles to reach places like Finschhafen with reinforcements, giving MacArthur ample room to hit the port before they could.  Now in the previous episode we saw Brigadier Windeyer successfully land is forces at Scarlet Beach, with the 2/17th advancing further to secure the Song River area; the 2/15th captured Katika and the 2/13th were advancing southwards towards Heldsbach and Tareko. Just like at Lae, the Japanese were taken completely off guard by the landings, prompting General Adachi to order General Yamada to hit the enemy at the most opportune moment while General Katagiri's 20th division were quickly dispatched on 20 large barges for a coastal advance. Katagiri's men reached Sio by barge on September 21st and from there he dispatched his 2nd battalion, 79th regiment with 3 machine gun platoons and an artillery company to the Kalasa-Kelanoa area while the rest would concentrate around the Sio area until september 30th. Yamada ordered his forces to concentrate at the Sattelberg mountains, a important point 1000 meters above sea level which dominated the Finschhafen area. It was hoped holding such a point would allow a launching pad for future counter offensives. Meanwhile Windeyer ordered the 2/15th battalion to lead an advance towards the Bumi river while the 2/13th consolidated at the Heldsbach plantation Launch Jetty area. Yet Wootten also gave Windeyer that task of securing Sattelberg, so he ordered Lt Main's company of the 2/17th with an additional platoon for the job. On September 24th, Main signaled “Coy less one pl now approx 3 miles along main track and proceeding to Sattelberg. Patrol P.I.B moving ahead of coy”. Sattelberg was an interesting spot to defend. It was initially a 19th century German mission, about 5 miles inland with a height of 3150 feet. It offered a birds eye few of the coastal area making it a particularly important point. Allied intelligence misjudged how inaccessible it was and there was the belief its occupation was merely a method of guarding one's right flank. Yamada's men were easily able to slip into Sattelberg via the Tirimoro, Gurunkor and Kunawa, this certainly would not be the same case for the allied forces. On September 22, the 22nd battalion had departed Hopoi. They marched through a swampy terrain towards Wideru without opposition. By 8am on the 23rd, they saw their first signs of the Japanese occupation. They also ran into locals who began reporting to them the Japanese had spent the night at Buiengim. At 1:35pm they reached Bua where leading troops had a small skirmish with a Japanese outpost which quickly withdrew. By 4pm part of the Australian forces seized a steep ridge where the track cut around 250 yards east of Bua. When it began to get dark they began to be fired upon from a mountain gun. The fire was coming from an area near the mouth of the Mongi river. Meanwhile the 2/15th battalion were advancing along a coastal track with its leading platoon reaching the mouth of the Bumi by midday. The river looked to be fordable, what they didnt know was two mixed companies of the 85th naval garrison had fortified and wired positions on its southern bank. When the Australians began crossing they were fired upon, prompting Lt Shrapnel to order 6 3 inch mortars to be brought up to support the Bumi crossing. The battalion continued their advance along the foothills of the Kreutberg Range. This was the first time any units of the 9th division apart from the 2/24th battalion and some individual companies had done any hill-climbing on New Guinea. It was a very tough initiation. There was no track and zero water, the force had to cut their way for about 800 yards through dense jungle and then go up a slope so steep that any man carrying a heavy load had to have it passed up to him. Several tin hats clattered down the hillside and the stretcher bearers left all but two stretchers going half way up. The unsexy stuff about war, but terrain can be just as much of an enemy to you and your objective than the actual enemy. They reached the crest of the ridge, took a breather and then began advancing south. The next day the 2/13th began to join them, allowing the 2/15th to move off towards the Bumi. However to their amazement, upon reaching the river at 10am, they found it unoccupied on the southbank. Barbed wire was seen, but no Japanese. Then as they advanced some more they were fired upon, it was a deception. A company led by Captain Snell was ordered to cross the river to create a beachhead on the opposite bank. The men entered the waist deep water further down, seeing one man killed by enemy fire. Bullets were flying around as the Australians were providing cover fire. As the men crossing went further down they found an area not occupied by the enemy and formed a bridgehead. From there more men were able to safely get across. However the position under pouring rain forced the Australians to improvise. They had a supply issue and needed better access, so they cut a track around the foothills to the bridgehead positions. The difficulty was that the rain had really begun to kick in and it was causing enormous delays. Windeyer ordered a jeep track to be established from the coastal track due north of Kamloa to the bridgehead to compensate. A platoon of the 2/3rd pioneers and some men of the 2/17t7, 2/13th and 2/15th were employed to carry supplies along the current path until the track was made to their misery.   On September 25th Lt Mair led a patrol of the 2/13th out to deal with some troublesome enemy mortars to the east. At around 9am they found a Japanese outpost 20 feet above them. They were fired upon losing 2 men dead and 4 wounded. The enemy was firing from some bunkers and foxholes with barbed wire coming up from the river. Other patrols were made prodding the area as the 2/3rd field company and the pioneers of the 2/15th finished cutting the new jeep track. When the track was completed, Windeyer ordered the men to not advance south of the Bumi for another two days to allow more supplies to be brought up near the river crossing. Back over at Scarlet beach, Japanese aircraft were striking them early in the morning as allied aircraft hit airfields on New Britain. At 12:30pm on September 24th, a Japanese airforce of 12 bombs and 20 Zeros hit Australian positions at the north end of the airstrip. Artillery pieces that had been pounding Kakakog and the Salankaua plantation areas were hit hard. 60 or so bombs were dropped leading to 18 gunner casualties and the 2/3rd field company had 14 deaths and 19 wounded. Despite the airstrikes, by September 25th there was something worse to worry about emerging from the west. After the 2/17th began its advance to Sattelberg which Papuan infantryman had reported was unoccupied, it soon became apparent this was false. After passing 800 yards beyond Jivevaneng, the same papuan infantry could visually see the Sattelberg area was anything but unoccupied, it was heavily fortified. Now the 2/17th were still on the merry way to Sattelberg none the wiser, in fact they reached Jivevaneng and mistook it to be Sattelberg, not realizing they had to cross a place called Coconut Ridge to get to Sattelberg. Windeyer received brand new reports from the Papuans that Sattelberg was heavily fortified while simultaneously the 2/17th vanguard patrols ran into some forward defensive lines around Sattelberg. The 2/17th patrols were hit hard by mortars and grenades forced to pull back quickly. Windeyer decided he was stretched to thin in the area so he ordered everyone to pull back to Jivevaneng. The Japanese now saw the Australian presence on the Sattelberg Road, General Yamada planned an offensive against Heldsbach to cut the enemy off north of Arndt Point. Meanwhile by 2pm, Colonel Grace of the 2/13th was ordered to seize Snell's Hill a high ground southeast of the bridgehead. By 9am some platoons were patrolling the area, when Lt Webb's platoon ran 400 yards into a Japanese position sitting on a Spur controlling a track from Tirimoro. Lt Webb reported it in prompting Colonel Grace to call in for support. The men would be facing around 150 men of Yamadas 85th naval garrison.   Two companies of the 2/15th took up the job and would begin by literally falling and tumbling 150 yards from their assembly line. They were tripping over vines, bamboo and heavy timber descending down a valley. When they got 450 yards from the slope of Snell's Hill they were pretty exhausted. However Yamada's naval troops gave them no time to take breath as they began lobbing grenades down at them. Luckily the grenade shower was rather ineffective. The Australians used cover fire as they could not hope to toss grenades them themselves lest they tumble back down upon their charging men. The Australians charged up the slope bayonets fixed and as they came to its summit, many of the Japanese turned and fled. Sergeant Fink took his men through a kunai patch to try and hit the Japanese rear, managing to clear some machine gun nests in the process. During his sweeping maneuver 10 casualties were inflicted upon the Australians. Finks men drew a lot of the enemy fire, relieving pressure from the others who led a frontal and left wing attack. Over on the left wing Captain Stuarts men charged through some kunai grass overrunning two 13 mm machine gun nests. 40-50 Japanese panicked upon seeing this and ran back to an observation post. Soon the Australian platoons began to consolidate and applied pressure. Stuarts advanced in what he termed “an extended line-desert formation, not in a file according to orthodox jungle tactics”. Three 13mm guns were captured, 7 LMGS, a ton of mortars and rifles and 52 Japanese would be buried on the summit. It was an intense actions seeing potentially 100 casualties inflicted by the 2/15th who in return had 3 deaths and 7 wounded.   While the 2/15th had been tackling Snell Hill, the 2/13th tried to cut across the Tirimoro track to another high ground called Starvation Hill. Around 5 minutes after the Snell battle started, some gunfire could be seen coming over from the other high ground. A few platoon of the 2/13th were immediately ordered to check it out. As the men advanced along the Tirimoro track they came across thick vegetation along the slope going up to Starvation Hill. Companies 7 and 8 of the 238th were defending Starvation Hill and they held a great field of fire looking down. The men began to crawl through it going up along the slope. Men were on their hands and knees going through thick bamboo, the progress was slow and noisy because the bamboo would make sharp snapping sounds. The two leading platoons took what cover they could as a storm of fire erupted. Japanese LMG's were opening up forcing the Australians to try and pull back safely 150 yards and hunker down for the night. 9 men were cut down during the mayhem.  Over in the north, Yamada ordered the 3rd battalion, 80th regiment to hit Scarlet Beach. Enroute to Scarlet beach was Major Pike's company of the 2/17th who were guarding the approaches to the beach from Katika. Pike had sent a small patrol out and 2500 yards to the west they ran into patrols of Yamada's force. At around midday, 30 Japanese attacked a position west of Katika held by Lt McLeod. Two Japanese were killed, including an officer who had a marked map and what looked like an operation order on him. To the south Windeyer received a report of what was going on and ordered Pike to send out a stronger patrol to hit and locate the enemy so their artillery could fire upon them. A platoon went out in the afternoon and after 2000 yards or so found the enemy and ordered the artillery fire in. The platoon was met with heavy fire, leading Sergeant Brightwell to be shot dead as the men pulled back to Katika. Thus Yamada's plans to hit Scarlet Beach quickly dissolved into back and forth patrol skirmishes in the Sattelberg and Katika areas.   The new threat to the west, forced Windeyer to request reinforcements. Reluctantly, General MacArthur and Admirals Barbey and Carpender authorized the sending of reinforcements to an area they had assumed had a small enemy presence. General Herring met with Barbey aboard the Conyngham informing him Finschhafen would required an additional brigade. Barbey declined to transport the extra troops to Finschhafen on the grounds it was against MacArthurs orders. Apparently MacArthur's planners felt that Finschhafen was going to be a pushover and they had pretty much considered the operation won and down already. Herring then asked Carpender to help transport the additional units, but was amazed to discover that the Americans would not comply unless the matter went first to MacArthur. None the less Carpender planned to transport the units via small craft staging out of Lae when Finschhafen was cleared. Then Windeyers urgent requests for reinforcements came in, indicated things were not won and down and Finschhafen had not fallen. Herring then sent a secret signal to Blamey and MacArthur pleaded for additional help, which finally secured him the 2nd battalion of the 43rd regiment by the end of the month. Back over at Jivevaneng on the 27th telephone lines to Zag were suddenly cut and one of hte 2/17th's patrols made contact with the Japanese. The 2/17th at Jivevaneng opened fire with artillery  upon the Sattelberg area and along the main track. Then after dusk a platoon of screaming Japanese apparently screaming Tojo charged the Jivevaneng defensive lines. 6 of them were killed in the attack. Windeyer ordered what became known as the Sattelforce, two companies of the 2/17th led by Lt Main and Lt Pike to take control of the Sattelberg track and the tracks leading back to the beachhead. On the 28th, Sattelforce began probing, but between 3-8pm a company of Japanese made three consecutive attacks against them. All the attacks were coming from the front and left flank, seeing screaming Japanese charging madly upon them. Main's company was soon running low on ammunition and they feared a dawn attack was approaching. Main estimated the enemy had suffered up to 60 casualties at this point. During the morning of the 29th, Main's assumption about a dawn attack came true, as they were hit by a Japanese platoon, but after this the Japanese retired. Main's men found 30 dead Japanese after performing a intense defense in a rather isolated position. The 2/43rd battalion landing at Scarlet beach at 3:30am and their commander Lt Joshua was immediately ordered “you will relieve the troops known as Sattelforce…This relief to be completed as speedily as possible to enable 2/17 battalion to concentrate for operations against Finschhafen”. 13 Hours later they did just that. On september 27th, Windeyer ordered the 2/13th to exploit the gains made by the 2/15th to capture Kakakog, while the 2/15th would attack the Salankaua Plantation. Back over at Starvation Hill, Mortar Sergeant Chown led a patrol, getting as close as possible to the hill. A telephone wire was carried up and Chowne found himself an observation point at the edge of a bamboo patch, just 20 yards or so near the Japanese. Despite being dangerously close to the enemy, he directed 3 inch mortar fire down upon them. He only had 15 mortar bombs, thus this led him to be so critical with his positioning. Before firing them off he sent word to the other Platoon leaders that an attack could be made. A platoon led by Sergeant McVey advanced to the edge of the bamboo ready to pounce. Chown lined up McVeys men called the mortar fire and they charged up the slope. The Japanese were caught by complete surprise seeing the enemy suddenly on top of them. Many of the Japanese fled at the offset, thus Starvation Hill was captured with pinpoint precision. Unbeknownst to the Australians, the only Japanese atop Starvation were rearguards as the 7th and 8th companies of hte 238th regiment had already withdrawn over to Sattelberg that morning. The next day, the 2/13th made their way cautiously over to Kakakog. Their objectives were three demolished buildings known as the “triangle” and the remains of the Kakakog hospital designated “the city”. These were found on the west and east ends of Kakakog respectively. D Company led by Lt Cribb and A company led by Lt Cooper crossed over a spur on their way to hit the triangle. Cribb took the left and Cooper the right as they advanced upon the objective. They were met with a heavy bombardment, but the aim was apparently so bad the men joked “we were under more danger from falling coconuts than the gunnery itself”. Their attack only got 300 yards past Snell's Hill by september 29th. The next day the men continued to advance, and now the enemy's artillery took a toll upon them causing them to halt. Two other companies led by Lt stuart and Colbin were penetrating east of the Ilebbe Creek without any opposition. They got within 50 yards of the Salankaua Plantation but had to cross a bridge to close the distance. To ford the river was just as dangerous as attempting the bridge leading the companies to launch smaller patrols to prod out options. It quickly became apparent by the late afternoon the element of surprise was lost. Luckily for the frustrated men, the Salvation Army and YMCA were up with the troops. The religious and welfare organizations looked after the mens physical and spiritual comfort. After the war there were few Australian ex-soldiers who would not put a coin in a Salvo's box when it was passed around the pub or street corner, as it brought back memories of their aid during the fighting. One soldier who fought across the Bumi wrote  “Another army came down to the Bumi—its weapons a coffee urn, its captain a Good Samaritan. Proudly he hoisted his unit's flag… He came not to reproach us for past sins or preach of the men we might have been. It is ideal, practical Christianity; he succoured the wounded and sick, revived the tired and weary; his was a happy little half-way tavern for those that passed.”   The next day, the 2/17th were relieved and would advance south, while the 2/13th came up for another assault against Kakakog. At 6:20am Colvin reported back to Windeyer there was going to be delays as the men needed to first take some higher ground. Windeyer back over in Scarlet beach decided he would come over to see it for himself. In the meantime some patrols were poking around the Triangle and to their surprise they saw no sign of the enemy. When Windeyer arrived it was decided the men would attack from the northwest. The 2/13th hit the Triangle while the 2/17th hit Salankaua plantation. On October 1st they were supported by an aerial strike at 11am followed up by artillery. For some reason know one ever found out why, this all began at 10:35am instead. 10 Vultee Vengeances and 8 Bostons bombed and strafed Salankaua plantation and Kakakog, doing little damage, but keeping the Japanese hunkered down. As the aircraft disappeared the infantry had run to their assembly points just in the nick of time to be ready to advance under artillery barrage. When one platoon got 250 yards near the City, grenades and mortar fire occurred. The australians could now see the enemy was hiding in the area and waiting for them to advance. As men forded the Ilebbe creek they were fired upon heavily suffering a few casualties before the men dispersed for cover. Instead of continuing across many changed direction and joined the assault upon the Triangle. The Australians were getting pinned down in every sector, seeing men trying to hide behind anything they could. The situation seemed desperate, then suddenly Lt Crawford took charge of the situation and organized a bayonet fixed direct attack across the Ilebbe. Crawford ordered the men to toss their grenades over the top of two platoons charging over the creek in an attempt to rush the enemy post on the other side. One Private Rolfe stood up at the bank of the creek and began firing his Bren from the hip providing wild cover fire. The men charged over the creek, being fired upon by Japanese snipers from tree tops. Despite their firepower, the Japanese were unable to stop the bayonet charge as the Australians ran them down. Crawford was wounded during the action, but they practically annihilated the entire outpost, bayonetting many Japanese. Due east of them near the Salankaua plantation, the men began to take out the tree top snipers. 12 2 inch mortars helped keep the pressure and momentum going. The Creek area was secured seeing 50 dead Japanese at the cost of 27 Australians. With the Ilebbe Creek cleared out, the pressure increased against the Triangle and City. Artillery was raining down upon them, likewise heavy fire was coming back from Kakakog ridge. By 3pm the Australians found themselves pinned down again. Yet again they had to halt their attack and dig in for the night as they had 10 deaths and 70 wounded, though they estimated that they had killed between 80-100 Japanese atop Kakakog ridge. The casualties would force the Japanese to abandon the Salankaua plantation. Meanwhile  after advancing to Kasanga, the 22nd battalion was able to seize Timbulum and Logaweng without opposition and were now preparing to cross the Mape River. On October 2nd, the 2/13th would find Kakakog ridge abandoned, but they very cautiously checked every nock and cranny upon it expecting Japanese ambush. A forward patrol went to the triangle and saw signs of an evacuation, numerous dead Japanese and abandoned equipment everywhere. The 2/17th likewise found the mouth of the Bumi unoccupied and easily secured a bridgehead before finding Salanakaua plantation unoccupied as well. With the enemy gone, the 2/15th were set forward towards Simbang and the 2/17th towards Kolem. With that, Finschhafen had fallen. It was a bitter fight, but by early October it was evident the enemy were yielding the coastal stip to assemble further west at the peak of Sattelberg which dominated the entire area. The 2/17th had already found out the hard way what it was to approach Sattelberg, and now the 2/43rd were trying to rescue one of their companies pinned down at Jivevaneng. Though Finschhafen was theirs, it was by no means secure. Papuan infantry and friendly locals were sending reports the Japanese were entering the wareo-sattelberg area from the north. The cost for this victory had been 73 Australians killed, 285 wounded and 301 sick. To the west at Kaiapit, the Australians were consolidating their position along the Markham valley and preparing to resume their advance on Ramu. Brigadier Dougherty's brigade were flown over to Kaiapit to relieve King's valiant commandos. Meanwhile General Nakai ordered the Saito unit to infiltrate and raid the Australians position. The 80 men of the Saito unit were led by Captain Morisada who organized his men into 4 smaller attack groups. Back on September 23rd, 3 Saito groups carried out their first operation, successfully blowing up the billet of a commanding officer and setting fire to a entire kunai patch that delayed an Australian advance. Meanwhile the bulk of the Nakai detachment withdrew back to the Ramu valley where they established fortifications at the Kankirei Mountains. Kankieri means “summit of joy” and was named so on June of 1943 when troops of the 20th division reached its peak to look down upon Ramu valley, cheering as they did because they had just completed the road from Madang. However by late september the Australians now looked to be approaching said road to Madang.   By the 23rd the 2/16th battalion captured Antiragen and the Umi river crossing. The next day was quite a handful for them alongside the 2/6th independent company. Both had patrols probing the Sagerak when they ran into some Japanese rearguard. 2 inch mortars and rifles pushed the rearguard to pull back and soon some patrols were moving on towards Narawapum. Meanwhile a papuan company was patrolling its northern foothills trying to find a fast route for the Australians to take to catch up to the Japanese in the Boana-Wantoat areas. Around midday the 2/16th and 2/6th were crossing the Umi to secure some high ground south of Sagerak. They clashed with around 20 Japanese carrying full packs in the Narawapum area causing them to flee. All of these Japanese forces were from the 1st battalion, 78th regiment, struggling to estalbish decent delaying actions.    General Vasey then appointed a new objective, Dumpu, where he hoped to catch General Nakano's men whom he assumed were retreating up the Ramu Valley towards Bogadjim. In reality, Nakano's 51st division were withdrawing through the Saruwaged Range, whose track deteriorated as it went up the upper reaches of the Sanem river. Private Kitamoto who was traveling with the 51st would recall “After we escaped the clutches of the enemy we were confronted by nature. Here the living had to walk across the dead to stay on the track. Using the dead bodies as stepping stones and clinging to the slippery lichen covered rocks, the men made their way up the mountain. Fresh red blood ran from the mouth of the dead when they were stepped on and their glassy eyes stared us in the face. Approaching 4000 meters, the cold bit hard into the light summer uniforms the soldiers wore but the exhausted men could not stop to sleep or they would freeze to death. The screaming voices of the men who slipped from the log bridges to their death in the canyons below, and the wailing cries of the men who could move no more and were asking for help. It was a sense of hell, something quite out of this world.'   Under the belief there was a strong enemy presence covering the withdrawal, possibly the full 20th division, Dougherty decided to order the 2/16th back across the Umi river on september 25th. At the same time, Nakai had ordered the bulk of his 78th regiment to take up a position in the Gurumbu-Kankirei area;  for the 1st battalion, 26th field artillery regiment to defend the seashore in the Erima area; and for the 2rd battalion 78th regiment to advance into the Yokopi mountain area to defend Kesawai. Meanwhile the last battalion of the 21st brigade had just arrived to Kaiapit, so Vasey ordered Brigaider Eathers 25th brigade to be the next one flown in.  General Herring had decided to place the Bena Force under Vasey's command, which was ordered to cross the Ramu and assault Dumpu and Kesawai. For the next few days, heavy patrolling was conducted at Dumpu, the upper Ramu valley, Kaiapit, Sagerak and eventually past the Umi. Patrols would find no enemy at Kaiapit, nor Sagerak, this prompted Dougherty to believe there were no enemy east of the Umi. On september 28th, Dougherty ordered the 2/16th battalion to recross the river and successfully began occupying Sagerak as the rest of the brigade made their way over after. On the 29th, the 21st brigade were advancing west, taking Wankon Hill and Marawasa facing no opposition. On that same day, some Australian commandos of the Bena Froce led by Captain Dexter were advancing west of Kesawai where they established a new abmush position. The Australians tried to lure the Japanese to the ambush area with 3 men boldly coming over to the Japanese base, drawing their attention. The 3 men ran back to the ambush position and wondered if it worked, and soon 60 Japanese appeared. Their commanding officers were within 30 yards of the ambush are, when the Australians opened fire. The Australians had taken a semi circle position and the effect was like “a reaper's sycthe”. A larger group of Japanese then rapidly came over once they heard the gunfire and the Australians were soon running low on ammunition. Dexter was wounded, another man was killed, so they began a quick withdraw, racing back for the Ramu in broad daylight. While this was going on Eathers forces were beginning to assemble at Kaiapit.  On September 30th, Dougherty's units advance to the Gusap River which divided Markham and Ramu. In the battalions report of the crossing of the Gusap, they described it as such "It was a complete surprise to most of the battalion to learn that during the day's march—actually just before reaching Arifagan Creek—they had crossed the divide between the Markham and Ramu River basins. The divide was impossible to pinpoint on the ground as the gradients were imperceptible. The only visible indication that a divide had been crossed was that rivers were now flowing in the opposite direction from the Markham drainage basin." It was at this point Vasey realized he might not be facing the full strength of the 20th division as he received a report Wootten was apparently fighting them over at Finschhafen. Upon looking over the matter, Blamey and Herring decided to not heavily commit to Markham and Ramu Valleys, but instead prioritize the battle for Finschhafen. The commanders met at Lae on October 1st, where Herring agreed to allow Vasey to push towards Dumpu, but he would not allow him to remove the whole of two independent companies from the Benabena plateau. Vasey  ordered Dougherty and Eather to concentrate on the Gusap area and for the 2/7th independent company to scout the Bumbum area. God I love new guinea.  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. The Japanese pulled off another incredible evacuation, similar to that of Guadalcanal and Kiska with operation Se-Go. Over on Green Hell the battle for Finschhafen was turning out not to be a pushover, and it was looking like another major offensive was afoot.   

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Last time we spoke about the Komiatum Offensive in New Guinea. The drive to Lae and Salamaua was raging on New Guinea. Mount Tambu was assaulted and the allies received hellish casualties trying to take it. The legendary Bull Allen saved countless lives during this action, but Mount Tambu simply couldn't be captured. The allies chose to isolate and surround mount Tambu instead. The allies secured took the sugarcane knoll, the timbered knoll and then found a path heading to Komiatum. Nakano ordered his men to hold Komiatum ridge, but their situation became more and more desperate. Allied artillery and aerial bombardment alongside the enveloping maneuvers were taking a toll, the Japanese had suffered 900 casualties since July 23rd. With more men dying minute by minute, Nakano ordered a withdrawal from Komiatum still believing the primary target of the allies was Salamaua. This episode is the Fall of Kiska & Battle of Vella Lavella  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 before venturing back to the frigid northern aleutians, we have a lot of action to talk about in the south Pacific. On August 3rd, General Sasaki was forced to order a withdrawal from Munda. General Griswold sent a message over to Admiral Hasley declaring “Our ground forces today wrested Munda from the Japs and present it to you as sole owner”. Halsey in his typical fashion replied “keep ‘em dying”. Despite the blood, sweat and tears taking Munda, as a whole, operation cartwheel had fallen a month behind schedule. As Griswold noted “the months fighting had not been the Americans' finest hour in the Solomon islands campaign”. Halsey would add to it “the smoke of charred reputations still makes me cough”. Now just because Munda had fallen did not mean the work was all done, there was to be cleanup operations of course. General Sasaki ordered his forces to retreat northwards, most were enroute to the Kure 6th farm; the 13th regiment and Sasaki's HQ were going to Bairoko; the 3rd battalion, 23rd regiment and Yokosuka 7th guns were heading to Baanga island. The Americans would be in hot pursuit. General Griswold divided the cleanup operations, giving the 25th division the task of advancing across New Georgia to seize Bairoko Harbor and the Piru Plantation. General Hodge 's 43rd division was given the task of seizing the islands of Arundel and Baanga. General Collins would deploy the 1st battalion, 27th regiment and Colonel Dalton's 161st regiment to advance up the Bairoko trail; the rest of Colonel Douglas Sugg's 27th would advance along the Zieta Trail towards the Piru plantation. General Sasaki learnt on August 6th, the American navy had scored a small but conclusive victory when 6 US destroyers sunk 3 IJN destroyers, the Arashi, Kawakaze and Hagikaze during the Naval battle of Vella Gulf. This of course meant the Japanese reinforcement convoy had failed, thus Sasaki wasted no time ordered a general withdrawal to Kolombangara by the way of Baanga Island. Sasaki needed to give the men more time, so he reinforced the Yano battalion with the 12th company of the 3rd battalion, 23rd regiment who were left to defend the Kure 6th farm. Major Yano Keiji, a veteran of Guadalcanal, selected a rough terrain east and south of Zieta village and the Kure 6th farm to dig in. The Americans would later refer to it as “Zieta Garden”. The garden was to be Yano's first line of defense across the Zieta river. There was a bit of high ground due north of Zieta Village which would have been easier to defend, but he needed his men to protect the trail running to Lulu Channel and Baanga, his only line of communications. The 3rd battalion, 23rd regiment in the meantime were securing Baanga. General Sasaki radioed his plans to the 8th Fleet, but to his surprise was told to hold onto New Georgia until late September for “future operations”. Sasaki was bewildered by this, but understood Admiral Samejima then commanding the 8th fleet was trying to direct a land battle, and obviously he was not experienced in such things. What Sasaki did not know at the time was Samejima was being instructed by General headquarters to do this. On August 7th, the Army and Navy had agreed to pull out of the Central Solomons and would cooperate to bolster Bougainville's defenses. A revisión later on August 13th would instruct Koga, Kusaka and Imamura to hold onto as much of New Georgia as possible while Bougainville was being reinforced. Full evacuation of New Georgia was set for late September to early October, but the actual dates were dependent on the Bougainville progress. On August 8th Sugg's 2nd battalion advanced through a deep ravine going roughly 2 miles up the trail when his men were met with heavy machine gun fire. The Yano battalion was defending the barge supply route through the Lulu channel as their comrades and supplies made their way to Baanga. On August 9th, the 27th began their assault upon the Kure 6th Farm, employing a envelopment maneuver. The Yano battalion was holding them at bay, but gradually the allied forces were confining the Japanese into a smaller and smaller pocket. Meanwhile the 1st battalion was advancing north along the Munda-Bairoko trail where they joined Colonel Liversedge's men. On the 10th, Hodge ordered the 169th regiment to hit Baanga and on the 11th patrols from their 3rd battalion had located the Japanese strongpoint on its southwest tip. By nightfall, the American assault of the Kure 6th Farm forced Colonel Yano to withdraw back across the Zieta River to form a new defensive perimeter. His men performed a fighting withdrawal throughout the night seeing many Japanese scream and throw rocks at the Americans. The usual night time activities that kept the allied forces miserable.  On the 12th the Americans unleashed an artillery bombardment upon the Kure 6th Farm positions not realizing they had already been abandoned. The 89th had fired 2700 rounds, the heaviest concentration of the operation on completely empty positions. The Americans advanced over Yano's old positions, crossed the river and fell upon Yano's new defensive perimeter. On that day General Barker assumed command of the 43rd division as General Hodge returned to his command of the Americal Division. Barker began by sending L Company of the 169th regiment to occupy Baanga. L Company were met with unexpectedly heavy Japanese fire suffering 28 casualties before they were forced to pull back.    Meanwhile on August 13th, Sugg's 3rd battalion with E company managed to launch their main assault against the Yano battalion. They were attempting a envelopment maneuver against Yano's flanks, but heavy resistance saw Yano's right flank repel the attack. On the left there was a marshy plain that hindered the American advance forcing them to go too far left and thus failing to apply enough pressure. Although the assault failed, the unexpected left advance saw some gain. A patrol from H company stumbled across a heavily used trail leading to the Lulu channel. They established a roadblock that night allowing ambush efforts to hit the trail. The roadblock convinced Yano he was soon to be cut off, so he immediately prepared a withdrawal to Baanga.    In the meantime, Barker decided to use Vela Cela island as a launching point for an assault against Maanga. On August the 14th, the 3rd battalion, 169th regiment began occupying the small island before using it as a springboard to land at Baanga. However the Americans quickly found themselves surrounded by a mangrove swamp and the Japanese began tossing counter attacks until night fell.  Yano's forces repelled numerous American attacks from the 3rd battalion throughout the day, afternoon and night. The Japanese threw back one attack led by four marine tanks, which had crossed the river on a bridge engineers built. While doing this his men also began their retreat westwards. H Company met a brief exchange with Yano's men, but Yano decided not to seriously clash with them and withdrew his battalion to Baanga by the 15th.  The 27th occupied Zieta village, making contact with Schultz 3rd battalion, 148th infantry over on Zieta Hill to the north. After this the 27th would advance upon Piru plantation and Sunday Inlet, too which they also ran into mangrove swamps greatly hindering them. The fight for the Zieta area had cost them 168 casualties, the americans were seeing a continuous flow of fierce counterattacks at Baanga, prompting Barker to decided he would reinforce the beachhead with the 2nd battalion 169th regiment and the 1st and 3rd battalions of the 172nd regiment.   At this point General Griswold and Admirals Halsey and Wilkinson were trying to figure out what to do next. Halsey's original plan after the taking of Munda was to attack Kolombangara, but the recent performance of the Japanese defenders made the Americans quite skittish about performing an amphibious invasion. The battle for Munda point was one of the fiercest defenses the Japanese had put up. More than 30,000 troops had been brought over to face 5000 Japanese defenders within their network of entrenchments. As pointed out by the commander in chief of the US Navy planning memorandum “If we are going to require such overwhelming superiority at every point where we attack the Japanese, it is time for radical change in the estimate of the forces that will be required to defeat the Japanese now in the Southwest and Central Pacific.” Munda Point airfield would become a landmark victory because of the 6000 foot runway it would soon provide, alongside taxiways and its capacity as a base of operations. Halsey would later declare its airfield “to be the finest in the south pacific” and the Seabees would be awarded with a citation for their great efforts. Commander Doane would receive a special mention “by virtue of his planning, leadership, industry, and working ‘round the clock' to make serviceable the Munda Airfield on August 14th, 1943, a good four days ahead of the original schedule.” The seabees work was a testament not only to their morale and organization, but also the fact they held superior equipment. Admiral Nimitz would go on the record to state “one of the outstanding features of the war in both the North and South Pacific areas has been the ability of US forces to build and use airfields, on a terrain and with a speed which would have been considered fantastically impossible in our pre-war days.” Overall the Georgia campaign would go on the be an essential component in the strangulation of Rabaul, as pointed out by historian Eliot Morison “The Central Solomons ranks with Guadalcanal and Buna-Gona for intensity of human tribulation. We had Munda and we needed it for the next move, toward Rabaul; but we certainly took it the hard way. The strategy and tactics of the New Georgia campaign were among the least successful of any allied campaign in the Pacific”.   Allied intelligence indicated Kolombangara had roughly 10,000 Japanese defenders, thus Halsey was inclined to seek an alternative method rather than slugging it out. He thought perhaps they could bypass Kolombangara completely and instead land on Vella Lavella. If they managed to pull that off, it would cut off the Japanese supply line to Kolombangara which was basically surviving on fishing boats and barges based out of Buin. Halsey noted “Kolombangara was 35 miles nearer the Shortlands and Kahili. According to coast-watchers, its garrison numbered not more than 250, and its shoreline would offer at least one airstrip.” A reconnaissance carried out back on July 22nd reported very few enemy troops on the island and that it held a feasible airfield site at Barakoma which also had beaches capable for LST's to land at. Thus Halsey approved the plan and Griswold formed the Northern Landing Force, placed under the command of Brigadier General Robert McClure. The force consisted of the recently arrived 35th regiment of the 25th division attached to the 25th cavalry reconnaissance troops, all led by Colonel Everett Brown; the 4th defense battalion, the 58th naval construction battalion and the Naval base group.  To hit Vella Lavella they would require air supremacy and artillery planted upon Piru Plantation and the Enogai-Bairoko area. General Twinnings AirSols had 161 fighters back on July 31st, but by August 18th they would have 129 functioning. Twining had sufficient strength in bombers as the number of light and medium bombers had dropped by less than a dozen, at around 129. For heavy bombers his increased from 48 to 61. It was critical Munda airfields be fully operational by mid august, sothe Seabees of the 73rd and 24th naval construction battalions went to work. Admiral Fitch's plan for Munda airfield called for a 6000 long foot runway with a minimum 8 inch coral surface and taxiways and revetments ready for over 200 fighters by September 25th. Eventually this would also include 48 heavy bombers. The immediate job was the fighter strip as always, you prepare your defenses against air attacks before you bring in the heavy bombers. He had a week to make the field operational. Commander Doane of the 73rd Seabees had two critical assets. The first was Munda was by far the best airfield site in the Solomons. Beneath one to 3 feet of topsoil was solid coral and there was a plentiful supply of live coral which hardened like concrete, great for the surfacing. Second the 73rd was the best equipped battalion yet to arrive to the solomons with D-7 and D-8 bulldozers, ¾ yard power shovels, 8 yard carryalls and 7 ton rollers. Weather was good and the moon was bright for the week permitting night time work without lights. The immediate threat would have been a 12cm of the Yokosuka 7th SNLF at Baanga, but they never fired upon them. Again, wars are won by logistics and it can't be expressed enough what a colossal amount the Seabees did for the Pacific War. By August 14th, Mulcahy flew over to set up his HQ and the VMF-123 and VMF-124 flew into the base with a R4D carrying their gear and personnel. For the incoming invasion P-40s would be coming from Segi while Corsairs would be launched from Munda.  Admiral Kusaka had reformed his 1st Base air force thanks to the arrival of his long-sought reinforcements. In mid July reinforcements arrived to the Solomons in the form of the 201st Kokutai Aerial Bomb group and carrier Division 2's naval bombers from Ryujo. The overall strength of the 1st base air force was now at around 230 aircraft of various types. The land-based bombers would go to Rear Admiral Ueno Keizo's 25th air flotilla over in Rabaul. They were tasked with night bombing raids against Guadalcanal and New Georgia now. Naval fights and bombers would be merged into the 1st combined air attack force, later reformed into the 26th air flotilla led by Rear Admiral Sakamaki Munetake. There job was to destroy any enemy shipping in New Georgia and to conduct interceptions over the Munda-Buin areas. It was understood the Americans held numerical superiority, but the Japanese were willing to take them on hoping their fighting spirit would prevail. Meanwhile, back on the night of August 12th, Admiral Wilkinson deployed an advance party of 14 men led by Captain George Kriner to perform a reconnaissance of Vella Lavella. They would be reinforced by Companies E and G of the 103rd regiment when the scouts found 40 Japanese around Biloa and another 100 5 miles north of Barakoma. They had reached the island secretly using 4 PT boats, though Japanese floatplanes would made to bomb one of them. After the successful arrival of the advance party at Barakoma, F Company of the 103rd landed on August 14th to reinforce the beachhead.  The main invasión force designated Task Force 31 led by Admiral Wilkinson  would consist of 10 destroyers, 5 destroyer transports, 12 LCI's, 3 LST's and two subchasers. At 3:05am  the 1st transport group of the force departed consisting of the destroyer transports with 6 escort destroyers were carrying the 1st and 2nd battalions of the 35th regiment. Captain Ryan led the group aboard Nicholas while Wilkinson was aboard Cony. The second transport group made up of the smaller vessels carried the Seabees and support personally following an hour behind with 4 destroyer escorts led by Captain William Cooke. After the force departed Guadalcanal they were to approach the Gizo Strait around midnight, before beginning to unload in the early hours of august 15th, under the cover of fighters.  However Wilkinson would not be aware his force was spotted by a G3M Betty bomber which reported back to Admiral Samaki who immediately launched a strike force. By 8am, the 1st and 2nd battalions of the 35th regiment had landed. While the 3rd battalion began their unloading process enemy aircraft appeared. 48 Zeros and 6 Vals were intercepted by American fighters. By 9:15 all the troops were landed, now the equipment began to be unloaded. The Japanese launched two waves from Buin, the first appeared at 12:30, made up of 48 Zero's and 11 Vals. They were intercepted leading to no damage being done to the landing forces. 7 Zeros came in low to strafe the beach but were turned away by fire from 65 automatic weapons aboard the LST's. LST's in the past lacked adequate anti aircraft protection, thus 20 20mm guns were borrowed from Guadalcanal and set to use. At 5:30 32 Zero's and 8 Vals showed up but they too were intercepted. By 6pm the LSTs were beginning to retract. The strikes had amounted to 12 men killed on the beach and 40 wounded, it could have been much worse. The Japanese reported losing 9 Zeros and 8 Vals for the day while the Americans would claim to have lost a total of 5 fighters. Without any real land battle the amphibious invasion of Vella Lavella was a resounding success. After darkness settled in, Admiral Ueno's 5th air attack force over in Rabaul launched their final attempt against the American convoys. At 5:30pm, 3 Betty's that had launched out of Vunakanau were spotting the convoy and reporting their movements. They came across the LCI's southeast of Gatukai and the LSTs as they were approaching the Gizo strait. 23 Bettys in 3 Chutai's, one armed with torpedoes the other two with bombs approached. The torpedo armed Betty's attacked the LCI's while the bombers went for the LST's. The American destroyers tossed up a lot of anti aircraft fire as the torpedoes and bombs failed to hit targets. 4 Betty's would be damaged badly for their efforts. The Japanese reaction to the terrible results was to form an unrealistic plan to wipe out the American invasion by sending a single battalion to the island. When the landings became known, officers of the 8th fleet and 17th army formed a conference. They estimated, with accuracy surprisingly, that the landing force was around a brigade in strength. One officer proposed the idea to send a battalion to counterland. General Imamura's HQ calmly pointed out that sending a single battalion against a brigade would be like “pouring water on a hot stone”. The men were desperately more needed for the defense of Bougainville. The Japanese knew they were vastly outnumbered in the Solomons and that the fight for the central solomons was pretty much lost. They believed their only chance to successfully defend the rest of the solomons was to carry out a slow retreat in order to build up forces in Bougainville and Rabaul.  It was decided that two rifle companies of the Miktami battalion and a platoon from the Yokosuka 7th SNLF would be sent to Horaniu on the northeast corner of Vella Lavella. These forces would establish a barge staging base between Kolombangara and the Shortlands. Alongside this Rekata bay would be evacuated and its 7th Kure SNLF would set up a relay base at Choiseul. Imamura nad Kusaka planned to hold Horaniu for as long as possible, trying to establish a new supply route along the west coast of Choiseul.  For the Horaniu operation, Admiral Ijuins destroyer squadron of Sazanami, Shigure, Hamakaze and Isokaze were going to escort 22 barges, supported by 3 torpedo boats and two subchasers. The small armada departed Rabaul on August 17th, but Ijuin's destroyers were spotted quickly by an allied search plane 100 miles out of Rabaul. In fact, Wilkinson was anticipating the Japanese heading for Kolombangara or perhaps Barakoma. He sent 4 destroyers, the Nicholas, O'Bannon, Taylor and Chevalier under Captain Thomas Ryan. Ryan had been an ensign in Yokohama during the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake, where he saved the love of one Mrs. Slack from the burning Grand Hotel. This earned him the medal of honor making him 1 of 18 men to receive the medal of honor during the interwar period of 1920-1940. Ryans force departed Tulagi while the other American convoy, the 2nd echelon led by Cooke were landing equipment at Barakoma. By nightfall Ryans squadron were coming up the slot while the enemy convoy was being harassed by 4 Avengers. The Avengers failed to score hits, but the anti aircraft gunfire alerted Ryan, as the Japanese were reversing course heading in his direction. At 12:29am on August 18th O'Bannon made radar contact and a few minutes later the Americans could see the Japanese ships. At 12:32 the Japanese spotted Ryans force, prompting Ijuin to order a 45 degree turn northwest to try and lure the enemy away from the convoy. As his ruse succeeded there would be a pretty ineffective long range gun and torpedo duel seeing Hamakaze and Isokaze taking slight damage. Meanwhile the Japanese barges were racing to the coast. Ryan believed he had foiled the reinforcement when he engaged the destroyers . But because Chevalier was facing some mechanical failures and could not keep up speed to chase the Japanese destroyers, Ryan decided to turn back to engage the already landed reinforcements at Horaniu. However they managed to escape north too quickly, thus the Horaniu operation was quite a bit of success, with a lot of luck at play. Now we are shifting over to the frigid north waters of the Aleutians. The fall of Attu and Munda were pivotal moments of the Pacific war that completely changed the course of their respective campaigns. When Munda was taken, the Japanese realized the central solomons were a lost cause and began to move all resources and men they could to Bougainville. When Attu was taken, the Japanese realized the Aleutian islands campaign was a lost cause and decided to evacuate the forces on Kiska. The battle of the pips and miraculous evacuation of Kiska was completed by the end of July. Kiska was pummeled on July 26th and 27th under clear sunny weather. 104 tons of bombs hit Kiska's installation on the 26th in a large attack consisting of 32 B-24's, 24 P-38 lightnings and 38 P-40's. On the 27th it was hit with 22 tons of bombs. On August 1st Lt Bernard O'Donnel conducted the first reconnaissance sweep since the July 27th bombing and observed no Japanese fights, no anti aircraft fire and no ships at harbor. Meanwhile the blockade was being performed by Giffen and Griffen's task force who bombarded Kiska. Intelligence crews working on aerial photographs of the island and its installations noted a number of odd features. Practically all the buildings around 23 in all appeared destroyed, but with rubble patterns suggesting demolition rather than bombing. The Japanese also appeared to have done no repair work on the craters in the north head runway, which was very odd, it was around the clock kind of work for them. All the garrisons trucks seemed to be parked on the beach in clusters and it seemed they were not moving day to day. Some pilots reported a bit of activity, like narrowly missing flak and some vehicles and ships seen moving below, but Kinkaids HQ noted all these reports were coming from green pilots. Experienced fliers were not reporting such things. Radio traffic had vanished, some wondering if the bombing was so tremendous it destroyed all the radios. Generals Butler and DeWitt believed the Green pilots, but Generals Buckner and Holland Smith were very suspicious, pointing out that the Japanese had already carried out a secret massive evacuation at Guadalcanal. In fact Buckner and Smith kept asking Kinkaid to toss some Alaskan scouts ashore in rubber boats at night prior to an invasion to report if the island was abandoned or not. But Kinkaid had the last say in the matter and declined to do so. Kinkaid's decision was to go ahead with a full scale invasion of the island. In his words “if the enemy had evacuated the island, the troop landings would be a good training exercises, a super dress rehearsal, excellent for training purposes”.  On August 12th, Captain George Ruddel, leading a squadron of 4 fighters circled low over the anti aircraft gun positions on Kiska, received no flak so he landed on her North head runway dodging nearly 30 craters. The 3 other fighters followed suit and the pilots performed a tiny expedition for some time. They found no sign of people, just destroyed buildings and abandoned equipment. Nonetheless Ruddels report would not stop Kinkaid, only some scolding for doing something so dangerous. The invasion of Kiska, codenamed operation cottage, was set for August 15th. The invasion force was 30,000 Americans and 5300 Canadians under the overall command of Major General Charles Harrison Corlet. It consisted of Brigadier General Archibald Arnolds 7th division; Buckner's 4th regiment; Colonel Roy Victor Rickards 87th mountain infantry regiment, the 13th Canadian Brigade known as the Greenlight Force which consisted of the Canadian Fusiliers regiment, the 1st Battalion of Winnipeg Grenadiers, the Rocky Mountain Rangers regiment and Le Regiment de Hull led by Major General George Pearkers; there was also Colonel Robert Fredericks 1st Special Service force consisting of 2500 paratroops of elite American-Canadian commandos. Kiska marked the first time Canadian conscripts were sent to a combat zone in WW2. The men were equipped in Arctic gear, trained mostly at Adak, practicing amphibious landings using LCI's and LCT's. The naval forces were commanded by Admiral Rockwell were more than 100 warships strong, with Admiral Baker leading a group to bombard Kiska with over 60 tons on August 14th. The journey to the abandoned island was pretty uneventful. On August 15th, Admiral Rockwell dispatched the transports to gather off Kiska during a period of light fog. Major General Corlett's plan was to stage a diversionary landing using a detachment of Alaskan Scout led by Colonel Verbeck to hit Gertrude Cove which was assumed to be heavily fortified. While this occurred an advance force of the 1st, 2nd and provisional battalions of the 1st regiment, 1st special service force would secure the western side of the island, known as Quisling cove. The main force would land at a beach on the north near the Kiska volcano. Colonel Verbecks scouts and Colonel Robert Fredericks commands were the first to come ashore. They were met by empty machine gun nests as they climbed Lard Hill, Larry Hill and Lawson Hill, interesting names. They investigated caves and ravines only to find destroyed equipment. But perhaps the enemy was simply further up in the hills saving their ammunition to ambush them. During the morning the main force landed on Kiskas northern side whereupon they immediately began climbing some cliffs to reach objectives. In the process each battalion of the 87th mountain regiment captured Robber Hill, Riot Hill and Rose Hill. US Army Lt George Earle recalled this of the unique landscapes of Kiska “At one end was a perfectly shaped steaming volcano, cloudcushioned, well- wrapped […] all around were cliff-walled shores and, when visible, a bright green matting of waist-high tundra scrub and deep lush mosses – a great green sponge of slopes rising to a rocky knife-edge crest nearly eight hundred feet above the shore up in the fog, and zigzagging its ridge-line backbone toward the […] four-thousand foot cone of the volcano”. Lt Earle also noted the incessant rain and fog, Kiska saw roughly 250 days of rain per year on average and held a ton of clouds blotting out sunshine. On the day the allied force landed the island was blanketed with a thick fog. As the allied forces advanced they ran into a variety of booby traps the Japanese had taken a lot of time to leave behind, these included; typical land mines, improvised 155m shells with trigger wires, M-93 mine's laid upside down wired to blocks of TNT, timed bombs, candle bombs, and the classic grenades with trip wire. There was to be several casualties from booby traps. In the fog as timed bombs or other traps went off, allied forces opened fire towards noises believing the enemy was upon them. There was some friendly fire incidents amongst the Americans and Canadians, but not as much that has been perpetuated by quite a few videos on Youtube mind you. Its actually a myth thats been perpetuated in many books, in fact the main source I have been using for the Aleutian islands campaign is guilty of it sad to say. The friendly fire incidents on Kiska was not a large skirmish between American and Canadian forces that resulted in many deaths or wounded, no that was pretty much summed up to booby traps, a lot of them. If you want to know more about this, I did a podcast interview on my youtube channel, the Pacific War channel with Brad St.Croix, a historian focused on Canadian military history. The episode is titled the Canadian experience during the Pacific War, and Brad had a lot of, going to admit, vented anger about debunking this myth haha. Please go check it out, I have to admit of all my podcast episodes it has not received many views and I am sad at this because there's a lot of interesting stuff, like how Canada was going to be part of Operation Downfall. Anyways. The Americans and Canadians suspected the Japanese might be retreating into the interior or hiding in fight pits, so they were tense the entire time, after the stories from Attu who could blame them. The crack of a single rifle fire, would be met with more, but it always died down quickly. Corlett's forces continued to climb uphill towards Link Hill and Ranger Hill in the direction of the main enemy camp at Kiska harbor. They found all the fortifications they came across abandoned. The second wave of the main force were brought over consisted of the 1st regiment, 1st special service force who landed at Little Kiska Island unopposed. By August 18th Corlett was confident the enemy was not on Kiska, but he continued the search nonetheless, into the caves and ravine, until August 22nd. To quote Ian Toll's 2nd book of his pacific war trilogy  “Considering the expenditure of naval ordnance and aerial bombs on an island that had been vacated by the enemy, and the tremendous investment of shipping and troops in a bloodless invasion, the Kiska operation had been slightly farcical. In Pearl Harbor, the news was received in good humor. Nimitz liked to tell visitors how advance elements of the huge invasion force, creeping inland with weapons at the ready, were warmly greeted by a single affable dog that trotted out to beg for food” Indeed the capture of Kiska which ushered the end to the Aleutians campaign, was kind of a enormous blunder when you consider the amount of resources allocated to it. You always have to consider these resources could have been brought to the south pacific, but hindsight is hindsight. After the battle of Attu, the allies expected an absolute bloodbath on Kiska. For Corlett's men, the americans suffered 18 deaths, 170 wounded, the Canadians 4 killed and 4 wounded, 130 men also got trench foot. The destroyer Abner Read struck a Japanese mine on August 18th, suffering 70 dead and 47 wounded to bring the total casualties to 313. Generals Buckner and DeWitt sought an invasion of Paramushiro, but the joint chiefs of staff would gradually reject the idea because it was simply seen to be easier to drive through the central or south pacific to Japan. But I would like to point out, if the south and central pacific campaigns did not go well, the idea of hitting the Japanese home islands from the Aleutians could have been a very real thing. Kinkaid, Butler, Eareckson amongst many others would leave the north pacific to deploy in other theaters. It was only really Buckner who remained, DeWitt returned to the west coast, as did the majority of forces. Wanted a feel good end to this one. So the allied forces on Kiska found more than just booby traps, turns out the Japanese had abandoned a number of dogs on the island, so the allied troops adopted many of them and turned them into unit mascots and pets. Surviving photos of the soldiers and the dogs are abundant and cute. 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. The amphibious assault of Vella Lavella was a huge success, though now the battle for the small island was on. The farcical battle of Kiska had ushered in the end of the Aleutian islands campaign, birthing a long persisting myth to this very day of an incredible friendly fire battle. 

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Today on the Dads with Daughters Podcast, we bring you father and host of the Feel Good Fatherhood Podcast, Jay Twining. We talk about Jay Twining's own experience as a father as well as things that he has learned when interviewing and talking with other fathers on the Feel Good Fatherhood Podcast. The Feel Good Fatherhood Podcast offers unfiltered conversations for fathers about parenting, relationships, and building their families.  If you've enjoyed today's episode of the Dads With Daughters podcast, we invite you to check out the Fatherhood Insider. The Fatherhood Insider is the essential resource for any dad that wants to be the best dad that he can be. We know that no child comes with an instruction manual, and most are figuring it out as they go along. The Fatherhood Insider is full of valuable resources and information that will up your game on fatherhood. Through our extensive course library, interactive forum, step-by-step roadmaps, and more you will engage and learn with experts but more importantly with dads like you. So check it out today!

Recorded on 7/30/2023 - What a week! With the historical UFO Congressional Hearings, there is a true schism within the intelligence community. AARO was not happy with the hearings, so Burchette and Gaetz, et. all asked McCarthy for a new UAP committee. Also, Schumer passes his UAP Secrecy Act in the NDAA, of which the White House says it will sign. Adam & Topher discuss all this in this longer-than-usual episode! Topics Discussed: X Steganography here. Twining white hot report here. Livestream of Congressional hearing here. Pentagon blocks lawmakers from UFO data ahead of UAP hearing here. Christopher Mellon Interview here. Fox News interviews Burchett here. Vaccines cause of SIDS here. Earth under surveillance since the 1880s here. Rogan thinks this is a psyop here. This is why, Joe here. Hillary's chef drowned too after Obama's chef here. Women behind plasket in Congress here. Topher hears news about UAP hearings in the car here. Questioning to Grusch about biologics here. Corbell slips up and says UFOs aren't real here. Schellenberger UAP timeline here. Corbell on CNN regarding hearings here. Another Grusch clip regarding locations here. Trump administration knew here. Another Corbell news clip here. Time magazine covering hearings here. Germans fed up with Ukraine war here. Physical evidence - unclassified document here. UAP disclosure act passed here. They told us they found aliens before epstein's clients here. Some say psyop, including the why files, some say Jesus' return here. Structures on the moon here. Cry baby Kirkpatrick here. Bye bye AARO here. NASA taking it seriously here. Whitehouse will sign UAP act here. UAP is sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Qinneba⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(formerly the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CBD Online Store⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,) home of the best ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CBD gummies⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tinctures⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠creams⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vapes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠smokes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. All independently tested for purity and potency. Subscribe to our Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and follow Topher ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/uncovering-anomalies-podcast/support

Welcome back, Uncommon Leaders!  I'm excited to present Part 2 of my captivating interview with Jay Twining. Jay is a highly sought-after Personal Brand Strategist and  the  host of the Feel Good Fatherhood Show. If you missed out on Part 1, don't worry—I've got you covered. Be sure to check out the previous episode by following this link. In this concluding segment of our 2-part interview, I had the privilege of asking Jay the customary first-time guest questions, and let me tell you, his responses did not disappoint. Prepare to be inspired as Jay opens up about a personal blind spot he once struggled with, which was a lack of self-awareness coupled with an arrogant attitude. He candidly shares how he used to believe he possessed all-encompassing knowledge and the ultimate opinion, even when he lacked the necessary understanding and experience on certain subjects. However, through uncomfortable discussions with his wife and others, he had a powerful realization—his perspective was limited, and he needed to cultivate humility.This revelation holds tremendous value for leaders like you and me. Join us as Jay delves deeper into his transformative journey, offering profound insights and lessons that can help us address our own blind spots and foster personal and professional growth.Get ready for an enlightening conversation that will challenge your perspectives and leave you with practical wisdom to apply in your own life.  Jay Twining on LinkedIn: CLICK HERE Jay Twining's personal website: CLICK HERE Feel Good Fatherhood Show on YoutubePart 1 of our interview – CLICK HERE Did you know that many of the things that I discussed on the Uncommon Leader Podcast are subjects that I coach to other leaders and organizations? If you would be interested in having me discuss one-on-one or group coaching with you, or know someone who is looking to move from underperforming to uncommon in their business or life, I would love to chat with you. Click this link to  set up a FREE CALL  to discuss how coaching might benefit you and your team. Until next time, Go and Grow Champions!!Thanks for listening in to the Uncommon Leader Podcast. Please take just a minute to share this podcast with that someone you know that you thought of when you heard this episode. One of the most valuable things you can do is to rate the podcast and leave a review. You can do that on Apple podcasts, or rate the podcast on Spotify or any other platform you listen. Did you know that many of the things that I discuss on the Uncommon Leader Podcast are subjects that I coach other leaders and organizations ? If you would be interested in having me discuss 1:1 or group coaching with you, or know someone who is looking to move from Underperforming to Uncommon in their business or life, I would love to chat with you. Click this link to set up a FREE CALL to discuss how coaching might benefit you and your team) Until next time, Go and Grow Champions!!Connect with me

Welcome, back Uncommon Leaders! I am excited to welcome Jay Twining to our podcast today. Jay is a highly sought-after Personal Brand Strategist, empowering coaches, consultants, founders, and speakers to gain clarity on their goals and audience. As the host of the Feel Good Fatherhood Show, Jay brings a unique perspective to our conversation, which took off from the moment we hit 'record.' Our discussion was so engaging that I decided to split it into two parts so that you can fully absorb the depth of our exchange. In part one, Jay and I delve deep into the challenges of being a father, leader, and coach in today's high-pressure world. He shares valuable insights on the importance of focusing on the process of achieving our goals, including consistent effort, clarity of thought, and unwavering commitment. I am confident that you will find this episode both informative and enjoyable. So, without further ado, let's get started!" Jay Twining on LinkedIn: CLICK HERE Jay's personal website: CLICK HEREFeel Good Fatherhood Show on Youtube Did you know that many of the things that I discussed on the Uncommon Leader Podcast are subjects that I coach and consult on with other leaders and organizations? If you would be interested in having me discuss one-on-one or group coaching with you, or know someone who is looking to move from underperforming to uncommon in their business or life, I would love to chat with you.Click this link to set up a free call to discuss how coaching might benefit you and your team. Until next time, Go and Grow Champions!Thanks for listening in to the Uncommon Leader Podcast. Please take just a minute to share this podcast with that someone you know that you thought of when you heard this episode. One of the most valuable things you can do is to rate the podcast and leave a review. You can do that on Apple podcasts, or rate the podcast on Spotify or any other platform you listen. Did you know that many of the things that I discuss on the Uncommon Leader Podcast are subjects that I coach other leaders and organizations ? If you would be interested in having me discuss 1:1 or group coaching with you, or know someone who is looking to move from Underperforming to Uncommon in their business or life, I would love to chat with you. Click this link to set up a FREE CALL to discuss how coaching might benefit you and your team) Until next time, Go and Grow Champions!!Connect with me

Do you ever feel like you're drowning in societal pressures to be the perfect dad? Have you tried following outdated advice and still feel disconnected from your children? It's time to break free from the mimetic traps and discover the true transformative power of being a positive father figure. Join us in this episode and learn effective strategies to forge meaningful relationships with your children, overcome societal expectations, and become the engaged and attentive father you've always wanted to be.In this episode, you will be able to:Appreciate the transformative power of an inspiring father figure and how it enhances family dynamics.Tackle mimetic traps head-on and resist common misconceptions about what it means to be a father.Cultivate meaningful relationships with your children, fostering a lifelong bond.Embrace your identity as a father by transcending societal norms and expectations.Ensure you are an engaged and attentive presence in your children's lives, guiding them on their journey.My special guest is Jay TwiningIntroducing Jay Twining, a devoted father and husband who understands the importance of fatherhood in today's world. As the creator and host of the YouTube show Feel Good Fatherhood, Jay offers support, inspiration, and practical advice to fathers facing the challenges of parenthood. Drawing from his background in video game development and teaching, Jay highlights the crucial role fathers play in the lives of their children and families. By sharing his own journey of overcoming mimetic traps and societal pressures, Jay empowers fathers to become the best version of themselves for the sake of their loved ones.The key moments in this episode are:00:00:00 - Introduction, 00:06:44 - The Importance of Fatherhood, 00:10:30 - Finding Purpose in Fatherhood, 00:13:11 - Impact of Fatherlessness, 00:16:49 - Mimetic Traps, 00:14:31 - The Importance of Fatherhood, 00:19:37 - Masculinity and De-escalation, 00:25:38 - Mimetic Traps, 00:28:56 - Fatherhood and Unconscious Questions, 00:29:47 - Understanding Mimetic Traps in Fatherhood, 00:31:13 - Teaching Attention to Detail, 00:34:21 - Breaking the Locker Room Talk Mimetic Trap, 00:35:19 - Embracing the Weird, 00:39:18 - Continue Being Awesome, Host your podcast on Buzzsprout using this link, and you will get great service plus a $20 Amazon gift card if you sign up for one of their paid plans. BeyondTheRut.com/buzzsprout. Beyond the Rut Podcast and The Shadows Podcast are members of Lima Charlie Network whose mission is to empower others to reach new heights in leadership, self-development, and communication by connecting our audience with a network of podcasters and thought-leaders focused on sharing tools for impactful improvement. Visit LimaCharlieNetwork.com for more information!Support the show

In this recap episode of Flow Over Fear, Adam Hill revisits his insightful interview with Jay Twining, host of the Feel Good Fatherhood podcast and brand strategist for Brand Builders Group. Adam delves into topics discussed in the interview including the significance of personal brands, the fears that fathers face, and how to rise above those fears by shining a light on them. Additionally, Adam discusses Jay's journey from the gaming industry to becoming an impactful fatherhood mentor and advocate for authentic living. Tune in to discover powerful takeaways and learn how to embrace a more authentic, present, and impactful role as a parent. 00:00 - Introduction and Jay Twining's background as host of the Feel Good Fatherhood podcast and brand strategist. 01:01 - The importance of branding as it relates to fatherhood and the fears that come with it. The number one fear for people is public speaking. 04:31 - Three primary fears within fatherhood:   1. Fear of not being the father.   2. Impostor syndrome - Are we fit to be a father and a provider?   3. Fear of hurting the child. 07:39 - Acknowledging and shining a light on our fears to make them smaller and to rise above them. 08:47 - Difference between fear and danger: Danger is felt in our hearts, while fear is in our heads. Transcending fear to become more than we are. 10:13 - Jay's journey in the gaming industry and realizing the importance of being present as a father. If life choices are costing you and you're afraid, it's time to make a change. 12:44 - Being authentic to ourselves in our lives, careers, and relationships in order to be present as parents. 14:24 - The impact of poor relationships with parents on children and the decision to change and become better for the next generation. 16:14 - Jay's journey to helping people with personal branding and fatherhood through the Feel Good Fatherhood podcast.  17:23 - Connect with Jay Twining on LinkedIn and check out the Feel Good Fatherhood podcast on YouTube. @feelgoodfatherhood

Parenthood is a crucial aspect of our lives, and that's why we need to understand how we can better navigate this role as parents.  In today's episode, Adam sits down with Jay Twining, host of the "Feel Good Fatherhood" podcast. Jay's podcast provides a platform for fathers to share their experiences, challenges, personal development values, and perspectives on fatherhood. Besides being a podcast host, Jay is a resident personal brand strategist at Brand Builders Group, where he helps high-achieving individuals build their personal brand through effective marketing strategies.  Here are some power takeaways from today's conversation: Overcoming fear in fatherhood and personal branding The importance of framing fear positively Overcoming your fears as a father The two ways we experience fear and danger Episode Highlights: [02:22] Overcoming Fear: A Key to Success in Fatherhood and Personal Branding Putting yourself out there is fundamental to achieving your goals and being recognized in the world, whether it's building a personal brand or raising a family. The fear of public speaking is one of the most common fears people have, even more than the fear of getting eaten by a shark or getting burned alive. Ultimately, Twining suggests that shifting our focus from fear to flow can propel us toward success and deeper fulfillment in all aspects of life. [12:41] Framing Fear Positively They say that all of life is a journey, and each experience is like a stepping stone. It can be hard to look at a difficult situation with gratitude, but it's important to reflect on how it has made us stronger. Acknowledging our growth and development enables us to recognize the lessons learned from the past and be thankful for them. We may not have been in control of the situation, but we can take control of how we choose to respond. We can look back upon our experience with an appreciation for what it has taught us and share it with others as an example of strength and resilience. [15:23] Overcoming Your Fears as a Father Everyone experiences fear and anxiety during the anticipation of fatherhood, but it's important to remember that you are capable. Acknowledging your feelings is the first step towards taking control of how you choose to respond. Taking a moment to reflect on our experiences allows us to recognize the lessons we can learn from them and be thankful for what they have taught us. Don't let imposter syndrome take over.  While there may never be a "right time," or a "right amount of anything," new fathers can draw confidence in the fact that humans have been having children for centuries, and we are all capable of providing for them. [24:58] Dealing with Imposter Syndrome as a Father Impostor syndrome can happen when you find yourself in a new situation and feel unsure about your abilities. It's common to question whether you truly belong or if you have what it takes to succeed. The truth is, if it's a new situation, it's expected that you won't know everything or have all the answers. You'll likely have to figure things out as you go along, regardless of the amount of training you may have received. It's important to recognize that feeling like an impostor is a common experience, especially when taking on new challenges. Remember to be kind to yourself, embrace the learning process, and keep pushing forward. Resources Mentioned: Brand Builders Group YouTube @FeelGoodFatherhood

Kevin Twining, a partner in Locke Lord, LLP's Dallas office and co-chair of the firm's public finance group, joins us to discuss financing for large infrastructure projects. Sometimes that means accessing the public markets, sometimes it means financing through private banks. Kevin gives us a look behind the curtain to see how public entities acquire the funds for the projects that eminent domain practitioners work on.   If you will be in Austin for the ALI-CLE Eminent Domain Conference, please join us for a karaoke night at The Highball (1120 S Lamar Blvd) on Thursday, February 2 from 8:00 – 11:00 pm.   Registration is open for CLE International's Texas Eminent Domain Conference in Austin, TX at the Austin Country Club, April 13-14, 2023. Register here.   Please share your thoughts on the show or this episode with me. I'm on Twitter @J_Clint. If you have thoughts about future show guests or ideas for episodes, please let me know.

In this special end of the year episode of .think Atlantic, our host Thibault Muzergues is joined by special guest, none other than IRI President Dr. Daniel Twining to review the transatlantic space's most influential events of the year. Dr. Twining's expertise regarding political parties, autocracies, and strategies as we enter the New Year will be the center of this episode's discussion. Dr. Daniel Twining joined the International Republican Institute as President in 2017, where he leads the Institute's mission to advance democracy and freedom around the world. He heads IRI's team of over 800 global experts to link citizens and governments, motivate people to engage in the political process, and guide politicians and government officials to be responsive to citizens. Previously, Dr. Twining served as counselor to the president and director of the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund, as a member of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff, as the foreign policy advisor to U.S. Senator John McCain, and as a staff member of the U.S. Trade Representative. He has been an associate of the National Intelligence Council, taught at Georgetown University, and served as a military instructor associated with the Naval Postgraduate School. He serves on the Bush Institute's Human Freedom Advisory Council and the Wilson Center's Asia Advisory Board. He has been a columnist for Foreign Policy and Nikkei and served as an advisor to six presidential campaigns. From 2004-7, he was the Fulbright/Oxford Scholar at Oxford University. Find Dan on Twitter: @DCTwining Find IRI on Twitter: @IRIglobal Find Thibault on Twitter: @tmuzergues Visit IRI's website at www.iri.org

Maine Yoga Adventures - on Instagram and FacebookHolly Twining on Guides Gone WildWashington Baths (Portland, ME)Variety is the spice of life, as they say, and by that definition Holly Twining of Maine Yoga Adventures has been LIV-ING.Based on her update, I'm thinking she needs to change her business name to 'International Yoga Adventures' - wait until you hear about all the amazing places she's been lately, and what she's got planned heading to in 2023!But she hasn't forgotten her home base in Maine, and has plenty of winter fun on tap that will be made that much more awesome now that we got a good solid dumping of snow, hooray! Head on over to Maine Yoga Adventures to find out all about it…

The Phenomenology Booth is a virtual exhibit devoted to the philosophical field of phenomenology. The exhibit is hosted on the Wipf and Stock Blog and includes a set of interviews with philosophers and theologians working in phenomenology, as well as a selection of Wipf and Stock's books in phenomenology. You can find the link to the booth below. Dr. Donald Wallenfang is a Secular Discalced Carmelite and Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. He has published many books with us at Cascade, including a Cascade Companion to phenomenology, Dialectical Anatomy of the Eucharist, and Emmanuel: Levinas and Variations on God with Us. Wallenfang was a student of Jean-Luc Marion while doing his PhD. He is also married and the father of six children. In this interview for our phenomenology booth, Dr. Wallenfang and I discuss Jean-Luc Marion, Emmanuel Levinas, Edith Stein, John Paul II, and the relationship between phenomenology and metaphysics. PODCAST LINKS: The Phenomenology Booth: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2022/11/15/the-phenomenology-booth/ Author page: https://wipfandstock.com/search-results/?keyword=donald+wallenfang Dr. Wallenfang's academia.edu page: https://shms-mi.academia.edu/DonaldWallenfangOCDS CONNECT: Website: https://wipfandstock.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvht9V0Pndgvwh5vkpe0GGw Twitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstock Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstock Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/ SOURCES MENTIONED: Engelland, Chad. Phenomenology. Heidegger, Martin. Being and Time. Husserl, Edmund. The Idea of Phenomenology. ———. Logical Investigations. 2 vols. John Paul II. Fides et Ratio. Levinas, Emmanuel. Ethics and Infinity: Interviews with Philippe Nemo. ———. Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence. ———. Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority. Marion, Jean-Luc. Being Given: Toward a Phenomenology of Givenness. ———. God Without Being: Hors-Texte. ———. “Sketch of a Phenomenological Concept of Sacrifice.” Robbins, Jill, ed. Is It Righteous to Be?: Interviews with Emmanuel Levinas. Rosenzweig, Franz. The Star of Redemption. Sokolowski, Robert. Introduction to Phenomenology. Stein, Edith. Knowledge and Faith. ———. Potency and Act: Studies Towards a Philosophy of Being. Wallenfang, Donald. Dialectical Anatomy of the Eucharist: An Étude in Phenomenology. ———. Emmanuel: Levinas and Variations on God with Us. ———. Human and Divine Being: A Study on the Theological Anthropology of Edith Stein. ———. Phenomenology: A Basic Introduction in the Light of Jesus Christ. Zahavi, Dan. Husserl's Phenomenology. ———. Phenomenology: The Basics. OUTLINE: (01:48) – How phenomenology is like Apple computers (07:46) – Some good introductory books (10:07) – Studying with Jean-Luc Marion (15:08) – Wading through the jargon (20:13) – Reconciling phenomenology and metaphysics (27:18) – Emmanuel Levinas and/vs. Jean-Luc Marion (32:08) – Phenomenology as ecumenical endeavor (35:46) – Levinas and Stein in light of the Holocaust (40:46) – Phenomenology's contributions to theology

Mark and Katie try Twining's Buttermint herbal tea and Mark forgets about Buttermints. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chai-this-at-home/message

This week, we discuss what organizations like the International Republican Institute are doing to help curb the malicious actions of states who repress their people. What are the roles of interests and values in the context of America's foreign policy? What can democratic countries do to counter authoritarian regimes? What is the role of the U.S. Congress in shaping foreign policy, and how this arrangement uniquely American? Dr. Daniel Twining is President of the International Republican Institute. Previously, Dr. Twining directed the German Marshall Fund's Asia program, was a member of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff and served as a foreign policy advisor to the late U.S. Senator John McCain. We are thrilled to have him join to answer these questions! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Three documents are discussed that prove there's an extraterrestrial presence on Earth and that the U.S. government has kept this fact secret for 75 years. Extraterrestrial Reality • A podcast on Anchor Link to Wilburt Smith memo: Wilbert Smith files (sunrisepage.com) Link to article about the Gen. Twining letter to Brig. Gen. Schulgen: The Twining Memo Still Speaks to UAP Report Authors | Trail of the Saucers (medium.com) Link to article about Dr. Sarbacher's letter: Scientist claimed that the US Government is in possession of UFO Wrecks and Alien Corpses - Monkey & Elf | Aliens, Angels & The Apocalypse (monkeyandelf.com) Link to video about MJ-12: https://youtu.be/-TF3BVxWCSk Link to video about MJ-12 operations manual: https://youtu.be/gsXHnL4tGVU UFOs and the National Security State Vol. 2: https://amzn.to/39Y6qOc Top Secret/Majic: Operation Majestic-12 and the United States Government's UFO Cover-up: https://amzn.to/3xRzAXe Link to Roswell: The Ultimate Cold Case - Closed: https://amzn.to/3yobCnN --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/james-quirk/support

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March 23, 2022 ~ The Incoming President of Teijin Automotive Technologies North America and Chief Operating Officer of Teijin's Composite Business Unit talks to Paul about the supplier's work in the automotive industry.

Kristen is an experienced executive sales leader with a demonstrated success in building teams, large-scale transformation, strategy, program execution, operational excellence, solution selling, acquiring new markets, and accelerating growth. FireMon is the leading network security policy management company that delivers continuous security for hybrid enterprises through a powerful fusion of vulnerability management, compliance, and orchestration. In her role, Kristen leads a team of business development reps and territory sales managers. Prior to joining FireMon, Kristen was the VP of the North America Inside Sales organization for HPE, where she was responsible for building a best-in-class, high-performing sales culture. Kristen serves as the President of the Dallas Chapter for the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP) and is a proud member of the Executive Advisory Board for the Sales Program at University Texas Dallas. Kristen is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Bentley University, where she earned a B.S. in Marketing and Spanish. Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/salescommunity/message

My friend Jay Twining sat down with me this week to talk about how he's leaving behind generational differences through intentional living. He assessed his parents' life and behaviors to determine what he did and didn't want to continue in his own life, something we can overlook and inadvertently subject and pass along to our children. You'll hear how the possibilities people shared impacted and shaped his thinking. Yet, he wasn't solely reliant upon them, taking action to direct his path. For example, deciding if he wanted to remain within the video game industry or struggling to find his new career was viable and worth the desire to be present as a husband and dad. Jay encourages you and me to dream unreasonably, extend courage for ourselves in seeing who we want to become, take the adventurous route, and play it big. That life is like a horse, running by us and we have the opportunity to grab the reins and direct it where we want. Hear how Jay has taken responsibility in his life for himself and for his family to be intentional, living a fully aligned life that exudes integrity and joy. Connect with Jay Twining Website: http://jaytwining.com/ (http://jaytwining.com/) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jay.twining/ (https://www.facebook.com/jay.twining/) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaytwining/ (https://www.instagram.com/jaytwining/) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaytwining/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaytwining/) Connect with Mike Forrester https://linktr.ee/hicoachmike (https://linktr.ee/hicoachmike) Mentioned in this episode: LFT Facebook Group Ad Are you feeling like no one understands your struggles, that you're isolated and alone? Like no one has your back to support, encourage or celebrate your wins with you? Well, let me personally invite you to join me in the living fearless today facebook group. Hey, we recently launched the group and are open to other men, just like you, who want to know their worth, value and purpose to grow in confidence, find their worth and appreciate their contributions. So if you simply search living fearless today on Facebook and uh, then just click to join us. I look forward to meeting you, seeing your growth and the success you begin to experience in your life within this band of men.

In this episode we move to the other side of the world to look at some tea history in the British Colonies. The tea trade by now has transformeded into an entire industry and becomes the most important traded commodity of the British East India Company. Twining's emerges onto the scene along with coffeehouse culture where tea was also to be had. Over in the American colonies, the Yanks embrace tea as much as the Brits. Milk and sugar with tea become all the rage. And when the Her Majesty's government starts hitting up the American colonists with the Indemnity Acts of 1767, the Townshend Acts in 1770, and finally, the Tea Act of 1773, it leads to the Boston Tea Party and an eventual "parting of ways" between the colonists and their British masters. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-tea-history-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time to spill the tea! Join us as we introduce one of our favorite teas, Earl Grey, and the, uh, history, behind it! Learn about some of the health benefits, find out why there are NO CAPES, and read tea leaves. We made an Earl Grey according to Mr. Twinings himself and tried some “Earl Grey” tea cookies. As a bonus we tried a traditional Chai Tea with our local chai “expert,” the boy, Mike! Find out what kind of tea you are!  Send us your questions or just say hey:  webrewgood@gmail.com @webrewgood on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok Links and Citations: Earl Grey Food & Wine: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foodandwine.com/tea/breakfast-tea/earl-grey-tea%3famp=true  Tea Forte: https://www.teaforte.com/tealiving/the-mysterious-history-of-earl-grey-tea/ Twining: https://twiningsusa.com/collections/black-teas/products/earl-grey?gclid=CjwKCAjw9r-DBhBxEiwA9qYUpR4nYcMYynB5mRo4kiF7BueO_W7Lg-cmZb2EdCeehN6cI9fIFw6zzBoCs-0QAvD_BwE Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Grey-2nd-Earl-Grey  Wall St Journal Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8QsBMpVKUk&list=WL&index=3&ab_channel=WallStreetJournal  Fresh Tea: https://freshtea.com/most-popular-tea/  Oxford English Dictionary: https://public.oed.com/blog/early-grey-the-results-of-the-oed-appeal-on-earl-grey-tea/  Ceylon, Healthline: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/ceylon-tea#what-it-is  Bergamot, Healthline: https://www.healthline.com/health/bergamot-oil#overview  Bergamot, Farmer's Almanac: https://www.farmersalmanac.com/what-is-bergamot-30519  Lady Grey Trademark: https://trademarks.justia.com/745/70/lady-74570886.html  How to Read Tea Leaves  Twinings: https://www.twinings.co.uk/our-communi-tea/latest-news-and-articles/the-basics-of-reading-tea-leaves  The Spuce Eats - https://www.thespruceeats.com/tasseography-tea-leaf-reading-symbols-765838 Tea Quiz - https://www.buzzfeed.com/annaborges/which-tea-are-you 

You better work... from home! Gwen and Danielle talk about work-from-home fashion, rules for working at home, and have an amazing chat with bestselling historical fiction author, Lauren Willig. Then we check in on goals, set new ones, and talk about what's bringing us joy! Work from Home Fashion and Rules Danielle Sweatshirts – Daily Ritual V-Neck Jeans – Old Navy Rockstars and Madewell Skinny Jeans Tee-shirts - Target Universal Thread V-Neck and Universal Standard Tee Rex Leggings: Cupocupa High Waisted Leggings (with pockets) Gwen Vionic Slippers * Interview with Lauren Willig! BAND OF SISTERS – now available! The accompanying book club guide is fascinating. Nespresso makes the world go round. A video about Lauren's research into the Smith College Relief Unit Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery takes place during this time in history as well! Lauren's Recommendations: The Miss Silver Series by Patricia Wentworth The mysteries of Mary Roberts Rinehart, aka the “American Agatha Christie” British chick lit by Trisha Ashley The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Jane Austen... with DRAGONS: Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton Follow Lauren!  Website, Facebook Author Page, Instagram, Twitter * Our Comforts... Danielle Tea! A true classic: Twining's English Breakfast Tea and a delicious herbal option: Trader Joe's Ginger Tumeric Tea (only available in stores) Gwen My mom getting her first vaccine! Find us on the Socials! Gwen Twitter Facebook Instagram Danielle Twitter Instagram Fresh Fiction Twitter Facebook Instagram EventBrite

Friday Fundamentals 115: Kristen Twining

Overview:This week, we've got another great episode for you with Kristin Twining, VP of business development and inside sales for FireMon. She spent most of her career at Hewlett Packard Enterprise where she started off as an individual contributor, then moving into leadership, and ultimately running the inside sales organization at FireMon. We talk about lessons field sales can learn from inside sales and about how to manage a career and a family.What You'll Learn Kristin's remarkable career in salesLessons from inside sales mid-pandemicKristin on the future of salesHow to succeed at home and at work Follow in Kristin's footstepsShow Agenda and TimestampsShow Introduction [00:10]About Kristin Twining and FireMon [2:03]Lessons from inside sales mid-pandemic [18:50]Kristin on the future of sales [23:04]How to succeed both at home and at work [26:32] Follow in Kristin's footsteps [33:36]Sam's Corner [37:25] 

Hey y'all in this weeks episode I discuss the Super Bowl, Gorilla glue girl, and have an in depth conversation with my guest this week on body positivity. I hope you enjoy!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nigel-johnson6/support

EP7: In today's episode we talk with Holly Twining from the coast of Maine. She runs Maine Yoga Adventures. The tagline is Yoga + Nature...and a little extra! You sure don't want to miss this one.

As strategic competition between the U.S. and China heats up, old Cold War-era questions on the importance of values are being asked anew: to what extent does ideology, democracy in particular, factor into U.S. foreign policy in Asia? Mike is joined by Ambassador Derek Mitchell of the National Democratic Institute and Dr. Dan Twining of the International Republican Institute to dive into the past, present, and future roles of democracy support in U.S. Asia policy. The three begin by discussing the cliched idea that the U.S. must always choose between promotion of its values and defense of its hard interests. Mike, Derek, and Dan then turn to how the U.S. should approach Asian allies whose democratic institutions are under attack domestically and from abroad. The trio conclude the discussion by examining how the U.S. might encourage its democratic allies in Asia to see how support for democratic governance benefits their own security concerns.