The first episode of our second season involves an item that tells a momentous story in both Australian and world military history. This item has a significant connection with the final hours of a highly intelligent and well-traveled naval officer who meticulously planned the attack on Pearl Harbor. He believed, ‘To die for Emperor and Nation is the highest hope of a military man’, which was indeed his fate on 18 April 1943 near Bougainville, Territory of New Guinea.
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The MacArthur Museum Brisbane is located in MacArthur Chambers, 201 Edward Street, level 8. The MacArthur Museum is currently closed due to COVID-19 restrictions, but when it reopens it is open on Tuesdays, Thursday and Sundays from 10am to 3pm (entry costs vary). For more information visit their website: https://mmb.org.au
With special thanks:
John Wright, Managing Director, MacArthur Museum.
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Music:
Aliaksei Yukhevich, Light Corporate, jamendo.com, Licensed.
Image:
Marshal Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Public Domain
