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Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/lionsledbydonkeys Once upon a time, the US went to war against a small tribe in the pacific northwest, and, despite winning due to the massive power imbalance, they managed to get their asses kicked the entire time. Sources: Arthur Quinn. Hell With the Fire Out: A History of the Modoc War Terry Johnston. Devil's Backbone: The Modoc War, 1872–3 Robert McNally. The Modoc War: A Little Indian War Goes Big https://www.historynet.com/the-modoc-war-a-little-indian-war-goes-big/ Kurt Nelson. The Modoc War of 1872. https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-modoc-war-of-1872/ https://www.militarymuseum.org/Modoc1.html https://www.csuchico.edu/alva/projects/2012/the-beginning-of-the-end.shtml https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/labe/intro.htm

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Support the show on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/lionsledbydonkeys check out our merch store! https://llbdmerch.com/ Marines storm ashore a rainforest-bound, diseased-filled, swampy death trap of an island to take an airfield with no strategic value. Sources: Bernard Nalty. The Green Inferno. Frank Hough. The Campaign on New Britain John Miller. History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II. Volume II: Isolation of Rabaul Al Hemingway. The Incessant Rains of the Green Inferno. WWII History Volume 9, No. 7 Sidney Phillips. The Fighting Conditions on Cape Gloucester. (video interview) https://marinesidphillips.com/sid-phillips-on-capegloucester.htm

Support the show on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/lionsledbydonkeys Check out The Worst of All Possible Worlds: https://www.worstpossible.world Joe is joined by the cast of The Worst of All Possible Worlds to talk about the time the US attempted to open Korea with gunboat diplomacy in 1871. Sources: Thomas Duvernay. Sinmiyangyo: The 1871 Conflict Between the United States and Korea Eric Niderost. Military Heritage Magazine. August 2002. Vol 4, no. 1 http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20100407175236/http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/marine_amphib_korea.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20041011181532/http://www.kimsoft.com/2000/sherman.htm https://hsp.org/blogs/hidden-histories/the-other-korean-war-a-little-known-conflict-in-american-history

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