Australian 🇦🇺 Watches THE PACIFIC s1ep9 for the FIRST TIME 'Okinawa' Reaction!

[@eliemoses]

Hope you guys are enjoying the uploads ❤ God Bless

[@jb4054]

As an American, thank you for honoring these heroes just by watching the stories, their legacy is honored by every person who learns about their stories! Only issue I would take would be about John Basilone. I don't think he would tell you his life was wasted at all. He was a proud Marine, and I do believe he knew the danger of dying in combat and still went to serve even when he didn't have to do it! He was a warrior and would tell you that he gave his life for the cause of freedom and to help rid the world of oppression and evil in that era. I think he would join up again with knowing the same outcome. Men like John Basilone make me proud to be an American for sure, but also it warms my heart to see men and women from countries honor these great men. Their sacrifices will never be forgotten! God bless all the way from the 🇺🇸!!!!!

[@yomangfoo1]

"We were in the depths of the abyss, the ultimate horror of war. . . Men struggled and fought and bled in an environment so degrading I believed we had been flung into hell's own cesspool " - Eugene Sledge

[@petercastaneda5338]

John Basilone went down like a champion.

[@adrianfeliz4779]

In the book Eugene said he cried when he got the letter of his dog passing while shooting and artillery were going off behind him

[@RJKookie]

Your intro was so heartwarming. I know how you feel. My mom shares her bday with John Basilone so I actually always think of him on Nov 4th. As Major Richard M. Gordon said in The Ghosts of Bataan: “Once we go there’s no other voice left behind us.” You’ve become their voice. It’s really beautiful to watch how BoB and The Pacific has positively affected and impacted you because so many young people do not know their history and have become ungrateful, spoiled brats. Major Gordon’s “Horyo: Memoirs of an American POW” isn’t as widely recognized but should be as he is one of the few who tells the true story of Bataan. - In terms of forgiveness, my mom’s uncle who had survived the Death March hated the Japanese and never forgave them for the atrocities committed to him, his comrades, and countrymen (some of our family members were casualties to Japanese war crimes). Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila is such a horrific read but one that should be considered a must-read. The German Cub massacre still haunts me. In the documentary “The Ghosts of Bataan,” the American and Filipino veterans talked about that very issue of forgiveness. Some American & Filipino vets forgave but it wasn’t until 2009 that the Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. finally apologized in person to the surviving 73 Bataan Death March survivors. Lester Tunney was the president of the American Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor POWs of the Japanese during World War II and his goal was to get a public apology from the Japanese government. Highly, highly recommend his book, “My Hitch in Hell” - such an amazing read and one of the best accounts about the Death March. ** Also making another pitch for “The War” because you’ll hear more from Sid and his sister in addition to learning more about Eugene Sledge’s story. Glenn Frazier who was a Death March survivor - learning about his story was both heartbreaking and inspiring. The defiant power of the human spirit is extraordinary. Robert J. Mrazek’s “The Indomitable Florence Finch: The Untold Story of a War Widow Turned Resistance Fighter and Savior of American POWs” is one of the great American heroes who exemplified that defiant power. She deserves a movie of her own!

[@eliemoses]

what a beautiful read! God Bless

[@RJKookie]

@@eliemoses🙏💜 loving your reactions - this definitely was a difficult one but can’t wait to see your reaction to Ep 10 and MoTA!

[@Carln0130]

There were a lot of friendly fire incidents on all sides in WW2. Over time, more care has been taken and more training put in to avoiding it, but war is chaos. They will never be completely eliminated. Eugene was thinking the spotting round he called in caused the damage to the hut.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

Okinawa is 100x bigger in size than Iwo Jima or Pelelieu, so much easier to lose bearings and misread maps. Especially as roads and villages were steadily obliterated in crossfire. You might learn an area briefly, but then it looks different after a battle sweeps through and you're lost.

[@mikealvarez2322]

Battle deaths on Okinawa were 7000. Add to that the 5000 sailors that died due to kamakasi attacks and the toll for the US death toll was 12,000. Of the 7000 battle death on Okinawa 2500 were in taking Hacksaw Ridge.

[@mikealvarez2322]

When I was growing up in the 1950s, my best friend's father fought in Okinawa. He was on a cruiser antii-aircraft battery that got hit by a kamakazi. He still had sharpnel in his body, but felt lucky to have survived the war.

[@WNC_BUCKEYE]

Do you happen to know which cruiser

[@mikealvarez2322]

​@@WNC_BUCKEYE That was over 65 years ago. I just remember the word cruiser. For I know it could have been a battleship or destroyer. I do remember he taught US how to play the game battleship on graph paper. It was more challenging than today's commercial game.

[@andreraymond6860]

At this point I can tell you about the source material without spoiling the end too much. The series was principally based on two memoirs and a biography. The biography was of John Basilone. The memoirs were 'A Helmet For My Pillow' by Robert Leckie and 'With The Old Breed' by Eugene Sledge. So, yeah, they both survived WWII. Sledge waited many decades before writing down his recollections of Pelleliu and Okinawa. Leckie wroye many books in the years after the war, many on the war in the Pacific. Helmet for my Pillow is superb.

[@joseortega7815]

Bruh, I KNEW you were gonna bring up Godzilla Minus One when they were talking about kamikazes. I had that feeling. 😂😂😂😂

[@mikealvarez2322]

The difference between Vietnam and WW2 is approximately 200 days. The average soldier in WW2 spent an average of 40 days in combat. The average number of combat days for a soldier in Vietnam was 240 days.

[@mikealvarez2322]

The Okionawans were not part of Japanese culture. They were treated as a conquered people. The Okinawans like the Philippinoes suffered terribly at the hands of the Japanese. Over 100,000 Okinawans died in the battle.

[@lawrenceallen8096]

For 6 weeks, 500 yards away, you are hacking them with shovels, shooting them, burning them alive, burning them alive. And then suddenly you're on a trail and you're not supposed to touch them. Wow!

[@chrisg8767]

Not necessarily for a reaction, but if you want more about WWII I HIGHLY recommend you check out "The War" by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. It's a seven-part documentary that talks to a lot of veterans and recreates stories from the letters of other veterans. For that matter, check out Ken Burns' documentaries on the American Civil War and Vietnam as well.

[@hornerinf]

A life wasted? No way. A true hero has not wasted a moment. He made every second count for something! He used his life to fight for freedom. Nothing wasted...rather well spent.

[@mikealvarez2322]

I so appreciate your interest in finding true history, especially that which cannot be adequately covered in an hour TV episode.

[@arhickernell]

One of the most brutal episodes

[@JoshDeCoster]

Killing it bro! Episode 10 is amazing. At 8:40, Most every veteran hated the Japanese with a passion after the war, due to the sheer brutality and sadistic nature of the IJN and IJA, not to mention what they did to all civilians they came across. The total tally of Japan for their genocide of civilians was 31 million in Asia. I think they tried to get Japanese and American vets to meet 60 years later, and tons refused (though not the case of every marine some forgave). I always like to think Europe was a gentleman’s war, as brutal as it was, but the Pacific was an entire different level of hate for one another

[@betathoughtexperiment]

24:14 about 5-10% of casualties are friendly fire in war

[@joeyr4429]

Definitely check out He Has Seen War, a "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific" documentary. Have a good one.

[@vernonviz]

That, right there 43:35 is a hell of a scene. Show's humanity isn't fucked

[@petercastaneda5338]

The Marine Corps is a strictly volunteer organization. The few, the proud, the Marines. All elite units like Marines, Rangers, and Airborne are all voluntary. That said. So many Marines were being put out of action. The government had to start drafting qualified men into the Corps. Regular volunteer Marines kinda looked down on them.

[@richardstephens5570]

The Marines began drafting men in 1943. They did this again during the Korean War and Vietnam.

[@petercastaneda5338]

Yes sir.

[@bernardoblanco4286]

The reason the mortars got wet wasnt because of the seconds of changing tha cape that was covering it but because the soldier changed the new one with the old hole fulled one that he had. Thats why trough the whole episode they have an atitude with the guy who has a girl

[@bernardsalvatore1929]

Conscription and the draft are the SAME thing!! Being, not volunteer but in the draft it's done by numbers!! Each individual has a number and if your number comes up you're drafted, you have to go into the service!! That was in effect until right about the end of the Vietnam War and I don't think we have had a draft SINCE then!!!

[@chrisg8767]

Correct - the draft/conscription in the US goes back to the Civil War and was used in major conflicts up through Vietnam. The US draft was ended in 1975, though young men are required to register for Selective Service at age 18 in case there should ever be a need to re-institute a draft.

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

@@chrisg8767 I turned 18 in July '75 and I never even had to register. It was reinstituted for 18 year olds in 1980.

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

"Conscripted" Yes, the majority of US soldiers in WWII were drafted----2/3 of all soldiers were drafted. It's a widespread KZbin myth that "There were plenty of volunteers", but that is simply wrong. Some services--like the Marines and Air Force--were almost all volunteers. The Army was full of conscripted men.

[@texastea.2734]

It was a point of pride for the marines to be volunteer, but after WW2 they lost this pride only would really get it back after Vietnam

[@williambranch4283]

This is bad. But the last episode closes the family circle and is good ;-)

[@BlueDebut]

I've been binge watching a lot of your war film content and I love how you make an effort to pause for input. I don't care if a scene grabs you, don't worry about talking Just let it take you on the journey. I think there's a lot more to be said about no verbal reaction to a well-done scene because it must affect you even more.

[@mikealvarez2322]

To answer your question about forgiveness and reconciliation between Japanese and Americans you might want to check some of the shows on KZbin that have veterans of both nations reuniting on the battlefields where they fought. There is also a true movie about an American POW who was mistreated and tortured by the Japanese who after the war went back to Japan to forgive the very guards who mistreated him. I believe the name of the movie is UNDEFEATED.

[@gmaqwert]

UNBROKEN. Best book I’ve ever read. The movie doesn’t do it justice.

[@mikealvarez2322]

​@@gmaqwert thanks and no movie ever does the book its based on justice. I discovered that with JAWS and THE GODFATHER.

[@liltoaster7308]

The pipe Eugene is smoking in the show is the real pipe that the real Eugene Sledge carried with him. The Sledge family allowed the actor to use it for the show.

[@Northbravo]

Damn man you dressed up rn, it cold on that side of the pacific rn?

[@eliemoses]

This was a couple of days ago hahahaha yea i was freezing my ass off but its only like 7 degrees celcius

[@williambranch4283]

That and he has to live upside down his whole life ;-))

[@dondumitru7093]

@@williambranch4283 Effects the circulation, living upside down does.

[@prettymuchbangtan]

you should definitely react to the third and final HBO war miniseries, GENERATION KILL. as someone who served in the invasion and following war that it takes place in i can tell you with certainty that its factual, realistic and fantastic

[@BlueDebut]

I second this. I grew up with Band of Brothers and The Pacific but I loved how Generation Kill handles things and it's very underrated.

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

I doubt there would be much of a positive feeling possible for Japanese soldiers while the War was on. They behaved barbarically---insanely fearless, but utterly without compassion time and time again. The things they did to captured Allied soldiers and to any and all civilians in their way--from Nanking to Manila--were murderous and extremely sadistic.

[@BassGuitar4life]

The woman and the baby restore a degree of humanity in him. Hence, why he is upset with the young Japanese soldier being killed.

[@DBPVIDano]

You’re right. It was much worse than this. Read Leckie’s and Sledge’s books for a more in-depth look at what happened. I read their books before the series premiered. I love the series, but after watching it the first time, my initial thought was, “this doesn’t even come close to depicting how unbelievably horrifying and dehumanizing it was”! Things like the constant swarms of flies coming from the maggot covered corpses, and the constant stench and massive extent of the bodies is far too hard and disturbing to depict in this series. Not to mention the grotesquely inhuman things both sides did to the bodies of their enemies. It makes you marvel at what a man is able to witness, endure, stoop to, rise to, ignore, overcome, and withstand.

[@chrisvibz4753]

can you react to the movie “Lone Survivor” ? you would love it!

[@eliemoses]

seen it sooooo good

[@chrisvibz4753]

@@eliemoses right? was sad but good. i think one you havent seen is called “Brothers” with toby macguire its an amazing film. i say watch it and record then if you like it you should post it brother! its a war movie but it takes a different perspective (dont want to spoil it lol”

[@RJKookie]

@@eliemoses Have you already seen “Black Hawk Down”? How about “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi”? If you have seen it, then maybe that’s why Leckie looks familiar to you.

[@eliemoses]

@@RJKookie yepp own 13 hours on blu ray and seen black hawk hahahhah

[@SamGray]

I thought the show went downhill after Glen was killed.

[@mikealvarez2322]

Please consider the movie UNBROKEN not Undefeated.

[@paddington1670]

do you really need to be wearing a snow jacket and toque in Australia? I know it's your winter now, where it's our summer, but cmon, it cant possibly be cold enough for that attire.

[@joseavellanos9338]

Say, will you do Generation Kill after this?

[@eliemoses]

Masters of the air

[@RickSimmons-ej1pv]

What you Aussies went through on Buna and Borneo wasn't much different.