THE PACIFIC 1X8 | Iwo Jima | Reaction
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- Caught up to Episode 9 on Patreon in full length watch alongs.
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Arianna and Maple's first time watching Tom Hank's The Pacific in a reaction.
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Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone was awarded the Navy Cross as well for his actions in Iwo Jima. The Navy Cross is the 2nd highest award a Marine/Sailor can get right under the Medal Of Honor which he was already awarded for his actions previous. He was the only Marine in WW2 to be awarded such honors.
He and Lena were only married for 7 months for such a little time.
He remains a Marine Corps legend to this day. He has a Destroyer named after him in the Navy.
Correction, John Basilone was the only enlisted man in the Marine Corps to be awarded both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross in WW2. Several officers were awarded both. 26 medal of Honors were awarded on Iwo Jima alone.
During WW2 for some reason the War dept. did not like awarding higher rank medals of Valor to enlisted personal. The recommendations for a medal normally got down graded. A Medal of Honor to a Navy Cross, a Navy Cross to a Silver Star, etc.
"He was the only Marine in WW2 to be awarded such honors." You're out of your fucken mind, kid.
@@Patrick-xv6qv still a thing today with enlisted not getting recognized for their valor.
@@Patrick-xv6qvI was at Arlington last month to visit a friend. I stopped by his grave to pay my respects to the man that inspired me to become a Marine
“Oooh a love story? I’m hear for that”
Me: (laughing maniacally) I’m here for it too 😂
they will go insane over episode 9 without a doubt hahahaha considering thats the most brutal and gorey one lmao it will freak them out 🤣🤣🤣im sure they censore like they did previously hahahahaha *ohh a cute love story.gunny gets killed*
That was my reaction too. 😂😂😂 God we’ve got dark souls. Lmfao!
@@J10969 nothing wrong with being dark minded. i live for it. clearly they watch shit they cant handle or they are over the top dramatic 🤔also what is up with the censoreing? if nobody does that. if you cant handle series ,dont watch it,its that simple. you (they) know its a ww2 based series,so dont expect unicorns and rainbows. the softness on band on brothers was just spielberg takeing it more easy after saving private rayan. so many years later he packs out with classic blood,gore and twisted things. also if a guy get shot,hes obviously dead they act like they never seen it before in a movie. but maby im just not very empathic (anymore)
@Bruce Smeltzer nah thats bull because more people react on it,and they dont blurr things out the way this channel does that. that has nothing to do with to gorey or demonitisation. i believe they did it with saving private rayan as well. and that movie is with all its guts and glory on youtube if you pay a few bucks (no pun intended lol) the pacific is in that same range,its not that much different. it has the same level of bruality and gore. they should either not watch it,or grow a pair cuz they act a bit over the top i think. only reason its getting demonotised is due copywrite reasons,or when it violates the TOS have the wrong opinion on gender politics,animal abuse etc. this is a hollywood production so it clearly doesnt violate anything. otherwise you need ot censore everything
@Bruce Smeltzer remmeber: YT holds a very creepy and byond disgusting political agenda as well. which is anti patriotic,guns are exactly that to americans. youtube is a far left cancer idealogywise
I’m down for Ariana watching Band of Brothers with Maple. I hope they watch Generation Kill, few reactors watch it but they seem to enjoy it.
As a former Marine who worked daily with Recon, Generation Kill was really good, and you're right: Doesn't get enough attention from these reactor types.
Ariana has already done BoB so i doubt it will get a rewatch sadly
There's a few good war series which flies under the radar: Generation Kill, Generation War, Catch 22, SAS: Rouge Heroes.... :/
Generation kill is awesome!!
The sacrifices these men made deserve our tears. Proud of you ladies for sticking this out.
Only way we can honor them. Like this. Acknowledging them and what they did, experienced, sacrificed, endured...
Episode 9 is going to be absolutely brutal.
oh yeah. episode 9 is easily the most brutal descent into insanity out of the whole series.
You girls, “Yay, we got our love story!”
Me (thinking), “They are really going to be bawling by the end of this episode.”
Curious if this episode or the next one will hit them harder? The next one is definitely the most brutal of the series for sure
The next. There are some horrific scenes in it.
Definitely the next one. The entire episode 9 is just horrific and sad
Yes the next one..i almost gave it away 😂😂😂I’m a retired marine and the story of John basilone has been ingrained in us since the first day of boot camp for me back in June of 1997. I’ve been in 2 theatres of combat and when I first watched this series it had me very emotional.
Yeah episode 9 is still the most brutal imo
I do agree with that statement with episode 9 being pretty tough to watch. Personally find it interesting when viewing Band of Brothers, 9th episode is possible the most serious and toughest to watch.
Lena would receive the news of her husband’s death on her 32nd Birthday, when she learned about John, she collapsed in the mess kitchen accidentally spilling cooking grease onto her arms. She would spend her birthday in the hospital, arms bandaged up, grieving for her husband.
She never remarried. When asked why, she smiled and replied. “Because I already had the best.”
The episode that would make a grown man cry about a love story
There's a reason the War Memorial in DC is the flag raising at Iwo Jima.
For context, D-Day in Europe was less than a day. Iwo Jima was 6 months.
You guys should watch Letters From Iwo Jima, great film showing the perspective of a Japanese soldier
I watched a travelogue about a guy touring around Germany, and something about WW2 was mentioned and how the Germans suffered as well. I really can't bring myself to feel sorry for either the Japanese or the Germans over that whole fiasco. They plunged the world in to war, and the Germans did so twice barely a generation apart.
@@Anon54387 i think there's a difference between a regular soldier who was conscripted and like a Japanese officer or an SS officer. It's not really about feeling sorry for the Japanese, they did horrible war crimes. It's just an interesting pov
@@QuzgaThat film comes nowhere near the actual mindset of the Japanese nor the ruthlessness, the narrow mindedness, self destructive incompetence and monstrosity they displayed in WWII
@@jovanjorgovan23 Sounds like you haven't watched it then lol
Great reaction Ladies!! There are ships, highways and a main road outside of Camp Pendleton named after John Basilone! He was awarded the Navy Cross ( Just below the medal of honor)for his actions on Iwo Jima! The Guadalcanal episode "toned down" John Basilone's actions! Producers felt that the audience would find his actions to hard to believe!! I met an Iwo Jima vet, he said that he waded ashore and left Iwo on a stretcher! He said that he was lucky!! God Bless that generation!
And he only got the Navy Cross because they couldn't give him another Medal of Honor.
This series taught me about John Basilone. In the first episodes, I was super curious about what he did after the war. So I Wikipedia'd him, and...
Sadness. Sorrow. The moment I saw his date of death I was a combination of mad and sad. I was literally like, "Nooooooooo..."
It was the same for me. I'm surprised I hadn't known about him previously. I was always interested in Guadalcanal since my uncle was there with the army.
The war in the Pacific really was different. Brutal beyond belief. At Camp Pendleton the road from the main gate in Oceanside runs all the way to the North gate up by San Onofre. It’s called Basilone Road. I’m glad you decided to watch this series. What these men and women did deserves to be remembered. Semper Fi from an old Marine. ❤
“You wanna live? Get off the beach!” That line has stuck with since the first time I watched this series.
Chuck Tatum, who I met a couple of times at Iwo Jima 5th Marine reunions that I attended with my grandfather, who was a platoon sergeant in the same company as Basilogne. Chuck Tatum wrote a very good book about Iwo Jima titled Red Blood, Black Sand. Tatum had an interesting life after WW2 and built race cars. Until the day he died, Tatum idilozed Basilone.
Basilone was actually killed by a mortar round and not shot, but I guess showing him shot was more dramatic.
I shame they didn't show the entire battle of Iwo Jima, but understandable because this episode was about Basilone. Iwo to the day is considered the bloodiest battle in the history of the Marine Corps. A battle that was only supposed to take 3 or 4 days took over 30 days. Iwo was the only battle in the Pacific where the US Marine casualties outnumbered the Japanese.
When taking the first of the 2 airfields on Iwo, the Japanese defenses were so well organized and they were in their tunnels and caves that the Marines advance was only on average 20 yards an hour.
The tunnel and cave system the Japanese had built and dug stretched from one end of the Island to the other. On Mt Suribachi there was a tunnel and cave system 7 stories deep into the mountain. It was so complex and the Japanese fought from those caves an tunnels that one Marine Major commented that the Marines fought on the Island and the Japanese fought in the island. When planes flew over the island for reconnaissance photos the only troops they could see in the photos were the Marines because the Japanese were underground.
It was also the first time in Marine Corps history where black Marines fought alongside white Marines. Black Marines were used as rear troops who did supply etc. But due the the number of casualties the Marines were taking on Iwo and they could not be reinforced, Gen. Howland Smith, the General in charge of the Marines on Iwo, sent Black Marienes into combat for the first time as reinforcements.
The main reason the Battle was so difficult for the Marines was because of the Japanese General in command of the Japanese troops on Iwo. Kuribayashi was the best General the Japanese had and he was a brilliant mitary tactician. He knew he could not defeat the Marines and knew he was not going to be reinforced so he wanted to at least make the Battle drag on for as long as he could and have his men kill as many Americans as they could before they were killed.
He was the one who had the tunnel system extended and to be used defensively as well as it was and he didn't believe on the suicide banzai charges and ordered his officers not to make them, they were not happy about that because the Japanes felt those charges were an honorable way to die in battle.
When the Marines first landed on the beaches, Kuribayashi orded his men to to fire and they waited until several waves of Marines landed before they opened fire. That way the Japanese could inflict as many casualties as possible. Kuribayashi order to that waa a actually going against orders he was given. It was the standard tactic for the Japanese to fire on the Americans even before they landed. But Kuribayashi saw that tactic had not worked at all and went against his orders.
Iwo was a very important island to take. For the two airfields, which were used extensively, and that it was the first battle on Japanese land. It was given back to Japan after the war.
To this day the island is only open to non Japanese citizens one time a year and that is the anniversary of the battle and many veterans of the battle and their families go. They have to get a special visa from the Japanese govt. to go there and they are nit allowed to pick up anything from the ground they may find except the black sand of the island.
Remember that when John had been on Guadalcanal, the Japanese army relied on the banzai charge as a main tactic. That's what he was used to and he even yells that out as Evanson and Tatum are training "The Japanese banzai charge is right there". On Iwo Jima, the Japanese were mainly in a defensive position and forced the Marines to fight for every inch of the island. So, he may have been experienced in combat, but he was also learning a lot about a new type of combat on the fly.
It was specific to Iwo Jima. The Japanese Commanding General faced mutiny almost the entire time for NOT ordering the banzai attack. His subordinates thought he was a coward.
Really compelling watching you both watching this and learning more about the Pacific war. My uncle served and was wounded in battle. Although he was very successful after and raised a family, it scarred his mind for the rest of his life. Prepare yourselves for Episode 9. It. Is. Brutal.
definitely read with the old breed by E.B. Sledge it's such an informative dive into his campaign in the pacific, helmet for my pillow i haven't read yet but ive heard similar things
I’m currently reading Sid Phillips book. “You’ll be sorry” it’s good
Girls I'm so sorry. This has been a rough series. But no spoilers the next episode is even harder. So prepare yourselves. 2 more your almost through it. I think every one appreciates you watching this series.
just randomly found your channel and instantly binged watched this. my great uncle was actually in this war and they represented him in the show. William Leyden or Bill Leyden
Every I drive from San Diego to Los Angeles and back I give a nod to John Basilone Road near Camp Pendleton.
Brace for the next episode, that one is hellishly brutal.
I know that this series has been extremely tough to get through, but I just want to say that I appreciate you both so very much for getting through it. These stories are incredibly important for everyone to see, hear, and experience (especially for this generation). It's important to remember what was sacrificed for us to live the comfortable lives that we do now, and it also helps us prevent history repeating itself. Although the next episode will arguably be the hardest to get through, episode 10 is a great send off to the series as a whole, and delivers one of the most important messages in the history of mankind.
Just so you know in addtion to "We Stand Alone" they made another compilation of interviews called "He Has Seen War" with both survivors from Band of Brothers and the Pacific...it covers what the men had to deal with coming back
This episode to me was the most emotional, since I married a Woman Marine (WM) and because my Dad was a Navy Corpsman with the Marines at the Battle of Okinawa. I am glad you watched The Pacific, I watched this before I saw Band Of Brothers.
my dad was a Corpsman in Iraq and Afghanistan, i’m currently in the process of going into the marine corps, still waiting on my highschool diploma at the end of the month though
I saw a documentary about veterans from both sides and they met each other and talked and revised the tranches and places.
i understand the stigma of emotional response. some do see it as weak and soft or whatever. i don't think it should be seen as that. connecting with this show on that level is the normal response. history taught thru school and books puts an intellectual barrier up, sometimes completely abstracting the stories to fairytale levels. people lived these stories, that is the important message here. crying over their pain and sacrifice is the right way to honor their memory
My great grandfather stormed the beaches with him that day.
The depiction of Basilone's death is actually WAY understated from what he actually did on his last day. He did so much, saved so many lives and killed so many Japanese before he died that it would take up a WHOLE EPISODE.
Interesting movie set, “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters from Iwo Jima”. Both directed by Clint Eastwood. Flags tells the story of Iwo from the America perspective, and Letters from the Japanese.
I have watched this series several times. Its one of my favorites. but seeing yall's reaction too it has openned it up into another way for me. I love the emotion that yall show for the truly horrific events that occured in this time. thank yall for watching this series.
To this day, they still have John Basilone day. June 7th, 1948 was when it was unveiled. It's still celebrated in New Jersey. I believe they still have a parade for him every year. Not sure if it's changed or motified but I remember hearing and reading about it!!
For reference Tarawa was very brutal and was essentially a practice run for the rest of the island hopping campaigns. It was a very brutal battle because it was the first actual contested landing of the Pacific theater.
On the day John died, Lena was working in the kitchen carrying a pan of hot grease and saw the headline about the Iwo Jima invasion - for some reason it startled her and she drop the pan, seriously burning herself. She received the news that John had died while recovering in the hospital.
The civilian government employee in charge of my company motor pool at PMO Camp Lejeune in the 1990s was at Iwo Jima. He was well respected by every Marine: officers and enlisted 👍😎
If only you understood what’s coming at Iwo! Iwo Jima are two words that give every combat Marine a cold shiver down his spine
I'm always a day late and a dollar short but John Basilone is a legend of the Corps next to Dan Daly and Chesty Puller. They are what we all looked up to even to this day.
Thank you for reacting to this miniseries. My father was decorated with a presidential situation as a forward mortar scout on Iwo Jima. He never came back the same.
The last few episodes of this one are really hard watches. Proud of you guys for sticking it out.
Arianna: Oh, this is a love story. I'm here for that.
HBO: Gotcha!
I know this shit is hard. I'm so glad y'all are pushing through.
😂 "...If somebody doesn't get a 'love victory', out of this!?"
8:42 "At least we are having more fun watching this" oh my sweet summer children. The ending of this is gonna be rough for you I think.
The beginning of this episode always gets me. I remember years ago, I was almost 30, and I'd read everything I could find up that point about WW2. I thought I'd known about everything in the pacific theater. Then, one of my friends told me about Sledge's book and mentioned Peleliu, and I said "Where?" I was shocked to then find out how bad it was, and how it had virtually disappeared from history books.
Unfortunately, for Americans the European theater really overshadowed the Pacific. So many men died, were wounded, or were mentally scarred on hundreds of tiny little jungle islands. And it wasn't just the men who saw combat. A friend of mine's dad was a Seabee (Naval Construction Battalion). He never saw combat in the pacific, but his job was to deliver bulldozers onto the islands once it was safe to do so. I can't remember which islands he was on, but his story was about driving bulldozers onto the beach from landing craft and trying to avoid the bodies that were still there. He never fired a shot, never had a shot fired at him, but he was terribly scarred by the experience.
Every year they have a parade called John Basilone Memorial Parade. absolute legend.
KEN BURNS
Good docuseries on:
The civil war
The war (ww2)
The Vietnam War
He has a good way of showing the personal aspect of war or the individual experiences of war from the front, the rear, the air, the water, back home without getting the viewer so emotionally involved we experience genuine hurt at the outcome of the character. Good stuff. Hang tough ladies almost there!
I was in the Marine Corps from 2015-19 and in bootcamp everyone is taught about John Basilone to the point where you think of this man as a Demi-God. Every US Marine Knows his story but getting to see a civilians point of view is so interesting, amazing video.
9:58 - Arianna, ask and u shall receive - that’s Lena and John.
She never remarried.
Wait till u c what Lena does - A CLASS ACT.
Clint Eastwood made 2really good movies centered around the battle for Iwo Jima. "Flags of Our Fathers" was told from the American perspective and centered on the 6 men that raised the flag on Iwo Jima captured in the most famous WW2 photo ever taken. The other movie, "Letters From Iwo Jima" is told from the Japanese side. Both were shot at the same time. I hope you ladies will find the time to watch them.
The fact that you’re struggling with this series is exactly the point. The veterans who served in the Pacific Theatre were ground down like this island after island. Their story is not told nearly enough. Those folks deserve for the todays generations to know what they did. The differences between this and Band of Brothers is are well planned and executed.
Thank you again ladies.
I find that you both have true empathic souls which is what makes your reviews so difficult for you to deal with but it's makes you both good and carrying people which
is in short supply in many of todays people because we've become allot more jaded and compartmentalized in how we deal with one another especially if we don't share the same cultural or political viewpoints. Hats off to the both of you for your caring empathic reviews.
My grandfather was on an LCI(G) gun ship at Peleliu.
Your response to the Iwo scenes were pretty much spot on to what I thought they would be. Knowing what Okinawa has in store for you is making me feel bad for you. It’s gut wrenching.
My first duty station out of schools battalion was camp Schwab on Okinawa.
As a "docuseries" I would suggest watching the movie "They shall never grow old". It was produced at the request of the British government by the producer of the Lord of the rings. He used his staff in New Zealand to take 100 hours of the black and white graining films and 500 hours of 1950# interviews with British soldiers who fought in "The Great War". If you think this was difficult that will be mind altering. To see what 4 years and 2+MILLION British alone casualties, while gaining only milea of ground can do to people...stand by!
It is truly a study in history as the Ukrainians are repeating the very same conflict and have lost nearly 400+ in little over a year. The meat grinder of trench warfare.
You will truly appreciate things if you watch it. Please see the 2hr theatre version where Mr Jackson explains how he made the ghost of 1914 file become real talking moving men that you would say hello to. Fascinating stuff
D day stands for Departure day. It applies to every amphibious landing. Normandy landing has made it sound like it only pertains to that operation.
Basilone is the ultimate American hero. All soldiers and alike should learn from his commitment. He died for his soldiers like a true leader. That island wouldn't have been taken if it wasn't for him. He deserved 2 MOH.
Iwo Jima was one of the defining battles that convinced the US that invading mainland Japan would be too costly.
An American Educated General, Kuribayashi fortified almost every single foot of the island; Tunneling his soldiers deep into Mount Suribachi and across the entire area. The Volcanic Sand was so hot when you dug down that some recounted being able to heat their rations at the bottom of their fighting hole. The Japanese fought for every inch, even leading a massive Banzai charge at the end that nearly dislodged the unprepared unit they attacked. Of a garrison of roughly 20,000, only about 200 Japanese actually surrendered and were taken prisoner.
Flag of our father and Letters from Iwo Jima show more on the battle for Iwo Jima, but as you can imagine are also tear jerkers.
War is hell! To me the Pacific war was the most brutal. The German soldier was not trained in the fanatical mindset of the Japanese soldier, where one did not disgrace themselves and their family by surrender. This alone made the combat so much more brutal and the horrors these men faced so much more intense. You can see this in the diferences of how the U.S. combatants fought their enemy.
I instantly enjoyed this from the moment I saw Ariana was wearing a Kris Letang jersey.
I'm not sure if you found out this information about his marriage. They married in July of 1944 & he pasted away on February of 1945. They were married for a little over 6 months before his passing. She never remarried and went to him in 1999 at the age of 86 still wearing her wedding ring.
Arianna and Maple: Yaaaaayyy!!! A love story!!!!
Me: oh no....
Love the series. Your reactions are great. Also love that old Pens jersey!!
You know what's funny we all knew you were not gonna make it out of this one without crying.
Letters from iWo jima is a must watch
@1:40 "Can you imagine that? having to re-live it over and over?" Every suriving Medal of Honor and Victoria Cross "VC" (highest British galantry medal) has always had to re-live it because they have been pressed over and over by the public and publishers, news, and authors for the story over and over. One VC recipient, Bill Speakman, single handed fended off over 1000 Chinese attackers with all sorts of various weapons and grenades, even resorting to hurling empty food cans and glass bottles to scare the enemy into retreating, because he was the sole survivor of his unit to defend a major position. After getting the VC all he could reflect in the days and years to come after people kept hounding him to know what happened he said it made him feel like " A freak in a freak show". Having lost all his friends and being bothered to re-account it all.
@15:00 there are dozens of first hand account documentaries with interviews all over youtube and thousands of books of first hand accounts. As a Historian (BA & MA) I highly recommend "With the Old Breed" BY Eugene Sledge (Best rendition of first hand accounts) and "Semper Fi, Mac" by Henry Berry. Robert Lecky also published a detailed account of his war in "My helmet for my Pillow". The books by Eugene and Lecky along with the troves of accounts recorded by John Basilone, his family, and Nina were used in writing and producing "The Pacific". If you want to honor those men who fought in the Pacific, I highly recommend reading these first.
Dig deep, finish strong, these ARE stories that need to be told and above all Remembered. Thank you.
My thought when I saw this thumbnail: “Oh, no…🤣”
Every amphibious landing operation had a D-Day. Also, I'm excited about how they're going to react to the next episode. It's definitely the most brutal episode out of the series. However, the last episode is pretty good and a great ending.
Band of brothers would be such a party after watching this
If you're interested in books on this, check out With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge, and Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie. Those books were source material for The Pacific.
I have heard they still have a parade in Basilone's home town in NJ for him.
The Pacific as a show is great. = Chum buckets and the ones that float to the top and climb out are the survivors.
Robert Leckie "A helemt for My Pillow" Eugene Sledge "With the Old Breed" the books that were used as the basis for the Pacific. it is hard to watch and think that people did these things to each other on such a large scale. but to sugar coat the reality is a disservice. that being said I respect and understand the desire to read about it as opposed to watching it. Thank you for sticking it out and being true to yourselves. It is what makes this type of process matter. cheers
There's an interesting detail in here that got a little glazed over. When Basilone reports to the post, he is saluted by the sentry, and he looks surprised to be saluted. Basilone is an enlisted man, and enlisted do not receive salutes, UNLESS they are Medal Of Honor recipients. For an enlisted man, it must have felt so weird to be saluted by everyone, including officers who outrank him.
Love the Letang jersey!
A few things to add:
1. Lena never re-married. When asked why, she said "I've already had the best", and she also christened the ship named after John.
2. John Basilone died day 1 on Iwo, and word spread around the island to all marines he had got hit. It was a big blow to morale. This battle would rage on for 30+ more days (Letters from Iwo Jima and Flags of our Fathers are good films on this particular battle).
3. Okinawa is going to destroy you girls, but also it is very good to see these things with our own eyes. Most of time we get pictures or just book/stories on ww2 and everyone can visualize what happened for themselves. But when you have media on the screen actually potraying it how it was, it leaves a lasting image and impression on you that youll never forget. Thats why I think its important to watch these, no matter how difficult it can get
Okinawa is next. Pfew if there ever was a hell on earth it must have been on this island during the marines campaign in WW2
I learned about GySgt Basilone going through Marine Corps infantry training. If you signed up for infantry, especially as a machinegunner, you best better know about John Basilone.
8:20 I swear that looks like the location "From Here to Eternity".
You guys are gluttons for punishment 😂
Basilone raised a lot fo money thorugh war bonds that paid for the supplies of the soldiers in the field. It may have seemed tawdry but it was a necessary effort in support of the war.
Bro who else is ready for them to watch episode 9?
I think you would get a lot out of watching Ken Burns' documentary series about World War II titled "The War." He tells the stories of people from four American towns, and there's a lot of screen time interviewing the veterans as they were when he filmed it. It's a documentary that flows like this kind of story, and I think it's even better than his Civil War docuseries. His "The Vietnam War" is also a masterpiece.
Of 22000 Japanese on Iwo Jima , only 216 were captured
7000 Marines were killed and 20,000 wounded
You girls should take a look at Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, both companion movies are set during this battle.
I always felt 10 is the toughest, wrapping this nightmare up is tough!!
The reason why there were so many "Dear John" letters during the time period. Why many people didn't get involved into romance, Stella breaking up with Leckie, etc
As a kid, I had an assignment where I got to pick my own topic to cover for an essay. I chose to do it on the second world war after having seen Saving Private Ryan and it led me down a rabbit hole for life where I would simply begin to absorb anything related to the topic and the time period. It began as a fascination, but as I matured I came to feel it was important to really understand the era as it was the most destructive period of human history. 75 million lives lost in the span of just under a decade. The majority of those being innocents and civilians, and all brought about by petty and ultimately stupid notions of things such as racial superiority, fascist zeal, and imperialistic zealotry.
In that I am glad that people like Spielberg and Tom Hanks have devoted so much time and effort towards recreations such as The Pacific, but we really must do more to truly educate and inform people about the sorts of things that caused the events portrayed in these series, because the sentiments which stirred such tragedy are still very much so alive in peoples minds today.
I am ready for the next chapter
The real Allina Basilone was just as beautiful as the actress portraying her
I visited John's resting place in Arlington.
0:12 Pirric victory?
6:55 He is correct, the IJA was in combat since the 1930s
Please watch 'From The Earth To The Moon', produced by Tom Hanks with the same level of production value as Band Of Brothers and The Pacific. It's a bout the Apollo space missions from the late 1960s. Really fun and interesting.
MAPLE: 'That gate has really changed over time'.
ME: 'Oh. So is that a place where you spend a lot of time, darling?'
I always assume that John Basilone was a real life Captain america
Here we go 😂
Great review ladies. The Pacicie is an excllent series but can be tough to watch at times. All war is horrible, but the Pacific Theater was extra brutal and this show does an good job of hightling it. Keep up the great work. I love that you are talking about doing a rewatch of Band of Brothers with Maple I think that would be great. I would love to see you sharing reactions to that series as well.
Never apologise for crying over real stories like this, ladies. It doesn't mean you're weak or soppy: it means you're normally, healthily empathetic human beings. It's the people who don't cry who need to explain themselves.
This episode reminds me that they should watch Flags Of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima too.