{"id":3699,"date":"2026-02-09T05:04:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T05:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/?page_id=3699"},"modified":"2026-04-30T13:52:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:52:34","slug":"ep-222","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/ep-222\/","title":{"rendered":"EP-222"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2614541\/episodes\/19099368-the-iron-graves-of-saipan-dan-king-on-the-japanese-9th-tank-regiment.mp3?download=true\">Listen \/ Download<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Iron-Graves-Saipan-Firsthand-Manchuria\/dp\/B0FRN8JBW7\/ref=pd_lpo_d_sccl_2\/145-7946081-6241855?pd_rd_w=oYH7u&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.4c8c52db-06f8-4e42-8e56-912796f2ea6c&amp;pf_rd_p=4c8c52db-06f8-4e42-8e56-912796f2ea6c&amp;pf_rd_r=7F567MCERQE4YTBA1FNA&amp;pd_rd_wg=KGQEB&amp;pd_rd_r=de1dcb84-d983-45f4-8940-2ac4548df436&amp;pd_rd_i=B0FRN8JBW7&amp;psc=1\">Get the Book!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-19099368\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2614541\/episodes\/19099368-the-iron-graves-of-saipan-dan-king-on-the-japanese-9th-tank-regiment.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-19099368&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This week on What\u2019s The Scuttlebutt, Don and Dennis are joined by returning guest and author Dan King to dive deep into his latest book, The Iron Graves of Saipan: Firsthand Accounts of the Japanese 9th Tank Regiment from Manchuria to the Mariana Islands. Dan brings a rare and gripping perspective on World War II, drawing from firsthand accounts, personal records, and meticulous research to tell the largely untold story of the Japanese 9th Tank Regiment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Iron Graves of Saipan: Untold Stories of WWII Tank Warfare with Dan King\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tz1GAhaRolY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The book traces the unit\u2019s journey from its early days in Manchuria to its devastating final stand during the Battle of Saipan\u2014one of the most brutal and decisive battles of the Pacific Theater. We talk about the human side of war, armored warfare in the Pacific, how these stories were uncovered, and why preserving voices from all sides of history matters. 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If you\u2019re into military history, WWII, or powerful firsthand storytelling, this is an episode you don\u2019t want to miss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3699","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3699"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3793,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3699\/revisions\/3793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}