Jonathan Bratten
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318 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 6 Apr
Jonathan Bratten’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I think that's one of the great lessons of World War II.
What's the one thing you can't do without?
And it's landing craft.
I mean, you could do without heavy bombers.
And of course, the Air Force would object, but...
Yeah, there's that.
There's not being a native-born American.
He doesn't have the sort of star power that a MacArthur is going to have, that an Eisenhower or a Marshall or a Bradley is going to have, or a Patton.
He doesn't have the pithy one-liners.
He just does his job.
He keeps his mouth shut.
He's very reliable.
And he is under MacArthur's thumb.
And I think we really need to emphasize this.
You have a bunch of incredibly competent Corps and Army commanders serving under MacArthur.
who are not getting any press whatsoever, who are getting just sort of rode hard constantly by their boss, and who half of them want to go fight in Europe.
They see Europe as the main theater, and they keep putting in requests to transfer to Europe.
And of course, MacArthur quashes them, doesn't allow a single one up towards Marshall.
So you've got really, really competent guys fighting in almost what is seen as a backwater of the war by 1944.
You know, the real conflict, as many people see it is happening in Europe.
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