1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 April to June 1945: Focus shifts to the Pacific theater, where the Battle of Okinawa is underway. As America considers an invasion of Japan, efforts to build the atomic bomb are reaching climatic stages.&amp;nbsp; Hosts Kirk Saduski and Donald Miller speak with historian Richard Frank, author of Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire.&amp;nbsp; Academy Award nominee Gary Sinise reads an excerpt from American war correspondent Ernie Pyle.&amp;nbsp; 1945 https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/podcasts/1945-end-wwii <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/36316750/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/187602970