The Pacific

[57GoldTopAztec]

Great series so far. It really must have been nasty for those young Marines.

 

[Wisertime]

Very interesting. I've missed the past couple of shows though. Gotta play catch-up.

 

[access]

When I asked my Papaw (Now deceased) what serving in the Pacific theatre was like, he said "boring".

Turns out he piloted a patrol boat around a prison Island. No action, Im sure my Dad appreciated that!

 

[Wisertime]

When I asked my Papaw (Now deceased) what serving in the Pacific theatre was like, he said "boring".

Turns out he piloted a patrol boat around a prison Island. No action, Im sure my Dad appreciated that!

My father was Navy back then. He had some interesting stories to tell me when I was a kid. One was about being docked in a harbor in the Pacific somewhere. While asleep at night, nice and quiet and all, they had discovered afterwards that a couple of German U-Boats were right beneath them, cruising within the harbor. He came home with some cool German Lugers and rifles.

 

[Seoighs]

I appreciate what Spielberg and Hanks are doing to bring this stuff to public attention while we have the opportunity to appreciate the guys who are still with us. 'Wish my Dad were among them.

I know quite a bit about the European war, but am learning more about the Pacific action through this series.

 

[Wisertime]

I appreciate what Spielberg and Hanks are doing to bring this stuff to public attention while we have the opportunity to appreciate the guys who are still with us. 'Wish my Dad were among them.

I know quite a bit about the European war, but am learning more about the Pacific action through this series.

Wish my dad was still here as well. I was never aware of the stopovers in Australia, in which American soldiers practically had their pick of Australian women. Some of it was fun I guess.

 

[Seoighs]

I understand it's STILL that way in Australia, whose women have a fondness for American men...allegedly feeling they are treated better by them. I have happy memories of visits there when I was single (long ago, and I had not yet moved to the States), but I have a cousin in the US Navy who managed to shift his specialty to be based in Japan...so as to visit Australia with some frequency...he speaks highly of the ladies.

 

[J T]

My Dad was on the USS Franklin when it was attacked by a Kamikaze. Eight hundred sailors died that morning. He never talked about it much

 

[RE301]

It's very well done. However, as I know the history, and don't really care about the "personal" stories, it can be a bit dull at times.

 

[sidekick]

I understand it's STILL that way in Australia, whose women have a fondness for American men...allegedly feeling they are treated better by them. I have happy memories of visits there when I was single (long ago, and I had not yet moved to the States), but I have a cousin in the US Navy who managed to shift his specialty to be based in Japan...so as to visit Australia with some frequency...he speaks highly of the ladies.

Probably, Aussie men are more "Joe Blunt" compared to many American men. As a Python fan you will know that many Aussie men are all called Bruce... :lol

More on topic though... While I think it will get better as the series develops and when the Japanese put up the incredible resistance of later. I too, have found it 'slow' so far and for some reason, preferred the characters in "Band of Brothers".

Either way though, a terrible theatre of war.

 

[Mark Kane]

My Dad was Marine and spent the whole war in the South Pacific. He never wanted to talk about it.

 

[57GoldTopAztec]

Loved the last two episodes. Peleliu was incredibly rough and didn't get much news coverage during the war.

 

[mingus]

I have been recording the series with my DVR so I don't miss any episodes. I think it is very well done and I've definitely learned some things about the Pacific theater that I did not know. So much is made about what occurred in Europe (and northern Africa) that we are all familiar with that seems to overshadow the "other" war the U.S. was fighting at the time.

I was born and have lived in Southern California my whole life. At Camp Pendleton (a huge Marine base) is an offramp from Interstate 5 to Basilone Road, which services the base. I knew that John Basilone was a Gunnery Sergeant because of some signage on the base. I did not know why he is so revered and this mini-series has educated me.

It's amazing to me how a country as small as Japan was able to control so much of the Pacific in such a short period of time.