Jim Downey

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621 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 13 Jul

Jim Downey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Soon enough, Japanese newspapers are permitted to report on Yamamoto's death. matched

Journalist Kiyosawa Kiyoshi sums up the country's feelings. matched

There is widespread sentiment of dark foreboding about the future course of the war." matched

It seems that Chester Nimitz's question of whether Japan could replace Yamamoto with someone better has been answered. matched

The scale of what these months have cost is staggering. matched

The waters north of Guadalcanal now bear the name Iron Bottom Sound. matched

And the men of the Juno, among them, five brothers named Sullivan, rest beneath it. matched

But what they bought was real. matched

Guadalcanal is secured. matched

The Tokyo Express is broken. matched

The tide that began turning at Midway has found its strength at Guadalcanal. matched

That's how President Franklin Roosevelt sees it, declaring that... matched

It would seem that the turning point in this war has at last been reached. matched

He's right. matched

But Admiral Ernie King still needs to press the offensive. matched

General Douglas MacArthur is itching to keep his promise to return to the Philippines. matched

And there are so many Pacific islands yet to rest from the Japanese. matched

You might just say that Marines and sailors will be hopping from one blood-soaked beach to the next. matched

Yes, Admiral Yamamoto's war in the Pacific has ended. matched

But ours? matched

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