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This is the second time around and learned a lot more than the initial shock of the first viewing. Outstanding character development and the horrors of war in the Pacific.
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CPT Joseph K Murdock, The Pacific is based primarily on the memoirs of two U.S. Marines: With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene Sledge; and Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie. Eugene Sledge was a graduate of Auburn University, my alma mater! WAR EAGLE!
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LTC Stephen C.
According to the Wikipedia bio on Eugene Sledge, "When he came to enroll at Auburn University, the clerk at the Registrar's office asked him if the Marine Corps taught him anything useful. Sledge replied saying 'Lady, there was a killing war. The Marine Corps taught me how to kill Japs and try to survive. Now, if that don't fit into any academic course, I'm sorry. But some of us had to do the killing — and most of my buddies got killed or wounded.'"
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Cpl Jeff N.
CPT Joseph K Murdock The books will give you far better context when you watch the mini-series. There is a lot of nuance and story lost even in the 10 or so hours he series runs. Also, the series is based upon the life of John Basilone as well. He didn't write a book as he was killed on Iwo Jima. But the book, "I'm Staying with my Boys ties to a lot of Basilone's experience.
It is an well done series by Speieberg and Hanks.
It is an well done series by Speieberg and Hanks.
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I saw it. It was okay but not nearly as good as Band of Brothers. I didn't really love the characters, acting and stories behind them. However the story of the Pacific theater was great and the change in each of the characters over the length of the series. I thought the movie "The Thin Red Line" was better.
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Gotta disagree. I despised the "Thin Red Line" when I saw it, and reinforced that with a more recent viewing. The choices in casting were particularly galling, almost to a man. I thought that movie was terrible.
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