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[@Diegesis]

Thanks for coming on this ride with us! Love you all! Caught up on the whole season on Patreon in full length watch alongs. Here: www.patreon.com/diegesischad

[@lawrenceallen8096]

3 years, 8 months. That was it for the USA. WWII for the USA started on December 7th, 1941 and September 2nd, 1945. Not quite one Presidential term. And the entire country re-tooled for war (no cars produced, all families gathered scrap metal and rubber, etc. food rationing), and in that time we split the atom and turned it into a deliverable weapon, mass produced hemispheric air defense weapons like the B-29, were building a ship a day, built and deployed 60 aircraft carriers. And tens of millions of men and women were in uniform, fighting battles in the air, on the sea, below the sea and on land, from the Arctic to the South Pacific to the Equator, to Africa, to Italy, to China. And civil rights? A midwestern 18 year old, say, a guy Johnny Smith who was drafted, trained, sent to fight in the Pacific. He was captured by the Japanese, survived the Bataan Death March, survived 115 degrees in the cargo hold of a Japanese ship on his way to Japan, and spent the rest of the war in a POW camp that was located in Hiroshima. And Truman knew that that camp had both American and Dutch POWs but authorized the bombing anyway. Johnny Smith was vaporized. And at the same time a San Francisco boy named Johnny Nakumura and his family were relocated to Utah along with 70,000 other Japanese Americans, and 40,000 Japanese citizens who were living in the USA (20,000 German-Americans also cooled their heels in camps during the war). He taught school to the children there for the duration of the war and privately studied optometry. After the war, his family business was gone and they returned to San Francisco to rebuild from scratch. But Johnny got his degree in optometry and had 4 children and 12 grand children. So, whose civil rights were violated during that war? EVERYONE'S! P.S. Not ALL Japanese-Americans were interned during the war. Many were soldiers: Japanese American units were highly decorated. Among the more famous American Soldiers: Senator Daniel Inouye (D) Hawaii.

[@gregjohnson9681]

@ Arianna , myself and my wife just got done watching your reaction to “The Last Samurai “. You had the best reaction , the most real reaction that I’ve in all the years watching KZbin! We’ll adopt you anytime! We’ve been through so much loss in our lives, it’s nice to see someone who’s cheering on those who deserve it and celebrate when evil people get what’s coming them!! Take care stay and may God bless your life greatly!.’

[@radekpastor6558]

And now girls you should continue with the movie Thin Red Line which is a great movie about Quadalcanal battles and realities.

[@kantaruti79]

Next you should do"thin red line"

[@Anon54387]

If you think Johnny Walker is bad straight out of the bottle try Seagram's once.

[@TaTopePia]

That scene with Eugene in the woods with his father kills me every time. Especially the way he says "I can't," just heartbreaking.

[@pabloc8808]

I might be mistaken, but I recall reading about Eugene Sledge. After that incident in the woods (not portrayed as accurately, but as close as it gets), Eugene's father suggested he took up birdwatching, a hobby where he wouldn't have to harm any living thing, seeing as doing harm in any way caused him extreme distress. Despite all the horrible things he had to do during the war, Sledge was a good soul and continued to be after the war.

[@stevencass8849]

Yeah, and also the scene where the father is just standing outside Sledge’s door as his son has nightmares. I just feel his father’s pain in that scene.

[@johnmagill7714]

@@pabloc8808 True. But Sledge later said his father took him on that hunting trip to shock him into facing his demons. it was the beginning of his healing process.

[@pabloc8808]

@@johnmagill7714 20th century psychology/psychiatry was something else huh

[@drumaboy111]

I literally cannot watch that episode without crying at that part..

[@dastemplar9681]

Eugene’s father was a surgeon in the Army during the First World War. He never saw frontline combat, but he knew very well at hand what war does to people both physically and mentally. In his memoir, Eugene would regard that it was his father’s love and ability to understand that saved him. After the hunting incident, his father suggested he take up hobbies with nature like hiking or bird-watching. This alone did significant wonders to Eugene. His father knew that he wasn’t ready to come back to society, he knew he needed a break from everything. The real tragedy is that not that many like Eugene would ever have supportive and understanding people like that in life.

[@jsbcody]

Per what Lucky Leckie went through with his family, it was a good thing he ended up with Vera.

[@michaelstach5744]

I have a theory about why Snafu didn’t wake Eugene on the train. If you remember from episode 4 Leckie explained to the shrink that the Japanese had murdered sleep. Snafu saw Eugene being able to sleep without fear or anxiety. Eugene was safe on that train. Snafu want going to disrupt that. While not 100% accurate, the college registration scene is pretty close to what happened.

[@emmettmorin6354]

I’ve watched that scene a dozen times by now and never thought of that.

[@ChuckS117]

That makes a lot of sense! Even if it that wasn't the intention, I will forever think of it this way.

[@solvingpolitics3172]

That was awful how the woman phrased the question!

[@maxducoudray]

I think he just didn’t want to say good bye. In that moment as he thought of waking him, he realized it and walked away.

[@dominantprime]

What Eugene actually said at the college would've been a better scene IMO. "Lady, there was a killing war going on, and I was one of the ones who had to do some of the killing." When she started apologizing, he said "That's alright, I know you don't understand."

[@jackmcfarlane7173]

"Y'know what I fought for?" *Long pause* "Television." That's honestly my favorite line in the whole series. That's Leckie's way of saying that he fought for a better future, and if that means television and people striking for their rights, then he welcomes it.

[@captainkeyes1523]

And how much Vera was amused at his sense of humor, it’s one of my favorite parts too

[@jamescameron2490]

One of the most telling scenes, to me, was when Eugene's father says "You have no idea what MEN like him have been through." He recognized that his son was no longer a boy. It was time for his mother to do the same.

[@daddynitro199]

In episode 1, Dr. Sledge says “The boy is disappointed, Mary Frank.” They don’t make a big deal about Dr. Sledge showing his son the respect he was due, because I think the filmmakers knew that the people it would be important to would notice.

[@Tsenq]

Fr when I seen the scene where his mother said he’s acting like a boy for trying to deal with the horrors of war pissed me off. Like how you look at your own son come back from literal *war* see he’s suffering and then say he’s acting like a boy🤦🏽‍♂️

[@notthestatusquo7683]

I don't know how true the character was to real life but Sledge's dad in this series, and this episode specifically, is one of my favorite dads in any movie or TV show that I've ever seen. How patient and understanding he is while never infantilizing him. Just amazing.

[@history_loves_anime8927]

It's pretty acurate. Sledgr said that his dad essentially saved him when he returned.

[@LacoSinfonia]

Such a powerful image when the nurses and orderlies run out to celebrate and all the wounded are left sitting in silence in the hospital.

[@place_there9104]

"The Best Years of Our Lives" from 1946 is a movie that exemplifies the struggles of returning World War II veterans. Won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. A lot of veterans didn't speak about their experiences until many decades later. It was a closed chapter in their lives until a lot of them felt compelled to speak up about their experiences because they were the only ones still alive to tell the stories about their friends that didn't make it.

[@mark-be9mq]

Great suggestion.

[@maxbrazil3712]

It's in my top 10 movie list. Anyone that doesn't cry at the end isn't human.

[@RickSimmons-ej1pv]

Excellent choice. Every one should take the time to look it up and view it. The actors movingly portray the loss, sadness, tenderness and ultimately redemption of WWII vets.

[@hankhill4101]

Note that Burgin lived a long, happy life and died in 2019.

[@zagugelblatz]

My Grandpa was in MacArthur's army through New Guinea/Solomons and the Philippines and saw a lot of terrible stuff, including seeing his best friend get blown to pieces right in front of him by an artillery direct hit on their foxhole in New Guinea. (It was raining like crazy and filling up the foxhole, so Grandpa got out for a while to lie on a woven mat of leaves and reeds like the natives had shown them how to make. He had just gotten out of the foxhole when the artillery shell came down.) When he came home, it took him a couple years to unwind. My Grandmother tried to pick up right where they left off, and he wasn't having it. She went to my Great Grandmother about it and said, "I don't think that man wants to live with me anymore!" My Great Grandmother had seen how WWI vets were when they came back, and she told my Grandma, "You need to let him be for a while." Grandma must have taken her advice, because they stayed together and later had my Mom.

[@dioghaltasfoirneartach7258]

Thank you for sharing your story.

[@barreloffun10]

Your great-grandmother was a wise woman.

[@tayzadayzah6681]

Girls even though this is a really hard series to get through (trust me, I know), I am really glad you did. In my opinion it's a very important series and a must watch for everyone. The soldiers of WWII sacrificed so much and their stories need to be told, but more importantly they need to be remembered so we learn from the mistakes and horrors of the past.

[@davidhutchinson5233]

The hell our veterans have experienced. Even up to the present day. As a former Marine who served in Gulf I....I have nothing but unwavering respect. Hand Salute Gentleman and Ladies. Semper Fidelis .

[@DubFreakFreer]

Thank you for covering this series ladies, I truly appreciate it

[@stevefromwork6136]

Some people are sad these men died. Others are grateful such men lived

[@aweebunny]

13:45 the little flower with the sunshine silhouette behind it is a reference to the Japanese battle flag.

[@craigplatel813]

I don't think so. I think its just showing Eugene gaining an interests in studying living things.

[@tehdipstick]

Edward Sledge, Eugene's father, was a medical physician, so he wasn't working in the psychiatric field. However, he was a good doctor, who realized that caring for the physical health of his patients meant caring for their mental health as well. As you noted, he told Eugene how he'd seen the effects fighting in WWI had on people, with them having had "their souls ripped out". PTSD, or 'shell-shock' as it was called at the time, wasn't really that well-understood of a condition at this point. Soldiers were often expected to just get over it, and there wasn't much of a support system in place for returning soldiers like there is now. The often highly-regarded general Patton himself reportedly slapped two of his men for showing symptoms of shell-shock during the Battle of the Bulge. Meanwhile Eugene's dad really understood what his son needed, giving him the time and space he needed, while also supporting him and gently nudging him in the right direction when he needed to. It may seem strange that he'd take Eugene out into the woods to shoot doves after he'd literally just come back from the war, but hunting, especially hunting birds, had been a favorite pastime of his before the war, and Eugene himself later stated that he wanted to go with him that morning, thinking he wouldn't have a problem with handling a firearm until he broke down. Edward suggested that Eugene take up bird-watching and botany instead, and Eugene credited his dad's love and support as being essential in eventually being able to adjust to and thrive in civilian life, as well as helping him develop a love for biology.

[@HammerJammer81]

I deployed over 13 years ago. To this day, I STILL have night terrors. STILL. Did Two Tours to Afghanistan. The days you remember the dreams are write offs, you cannot function. As for the Scne where the Girl seems dumbfounded that Eugene has no other skills for civilian life is EXACTLY what happens still to this day. Its mainly due to Civilians not having a basic understanding of what War actually is/was. Cant blame them, they werent part of it. Also When Eugene breaks down while out with his father. 100% bang on, it happens anywhere and everywhere, handling a weapon just doesnt feel the same.

[@dogawful]

Thank you for your service.

[@RickSimmons-ej1pv]

What you did, you did in our name. Thank you and your comrades for the sacrifices you made.@@dogawful

[@ironwolf2173]

Honestly as someone who spends almost all his free time reading and watching about war. As someone who's never experienced it I can't imagine even a percent of what you or these men saw

[@stevem7192]

If you're wondering why his voice is so familiar, the man that got rejected voiced Garrus in Mass Effect.

[@Mountains4ever]

The weird thing about coming home or getting out of the military is your family expects you to be the same person you were when you left and treat you HORRIBLY when you’re not

[@MichalBreslau]

Leckie's mom actress played in Band of Brothers, episode 9, as German general wife.

[@Legendary_UA]

Nope. Not the same woman. The actress' name is Betty Buckley.

[@maxbrazil3712]

My great uncle Earl fought in the Pacific. After he got back he slept in a separate room because he had nightmares every night until the day he died.

[@stephenarchibald5178]

Eugene’s father was a doctor in the First World War. He has a line saying “that the worst part wasn’t seeing that their flesh was torn but that their souls had been torn.” Absolutely heartbreaking for a dad to see his child in so much agony with no way to help

[@friki-tiki]

14:11 he also has a road named after him on Camp Pendleton.

[@caras2004]

Leckie's parents were in their 40s when he was born. He was supposedly the youngest of 8. When he entered WWII, his parents were in their 60s. Go back to his interactions. Im 52 (youngest of two) and my parents are 85 and 78 (married 60 years). I'm not in the military, but I sometimes deal with the age gap conversations.

[@lukewalker9733]

Thank you for doing this series, it's rough but really well done, and I absolutely loved watching you react to it!

[@danl.909]

You two did a fine job taking this wrenching emotional trip. Thanks.

[@CuttinEJ]

The words that you’re looking for are dignity and composure. Both Robert and Eugene demonstrate that they have feelings and emotions, but they aren’t ruled by them. And Eugene, especially, when he finally breaks down with his Father, demonstrates how real courage works. He suffered and endured the nightmares and resolved it with the same strength that carried him through that awful war and never once whined about how hard and unfair his experience had been. We should all strive for that kind of dignity.

[@kendavis5853]

Thank you for this comment.

[@geraldlarghe7179]

Snafu not waking Sledge was truly respect. To Infantrymen, sleep is never found. His Love for Sledge wouldn't allow him to ruin what is so precious. I said on forst showing this theatre of war was pure savagery. The graphic nature was not gratuitous but the reality that there was no maneuver, no flanking, no deception here. It was brutal, frontal and later in the war 360 degree, subterranean 24/7 combat. The truly horrid part that could not be appreciated was the stench of death that permeated everything and did so forever. Virtually all PTSD is triggered by olfactory senses. Your reaction up until episode 9 was as expected however, 9, I believe was totally misinterpreted by both of you as gratuitous violence instead of what it really represented. An enemy who would use anyone and anything to defend their homeland at any cost. Their warriors code could not allow surrender. The books are even better.

[@DirtNastyCivilian]

My grandfather served aboard the USS Indianapolis, she took part in many of the island campaigns. He refused to allow my grandmother to plant gardenias because he said they smelled like burning bodies.

[@Ranid-eq6so]

1:39 "Johnny Walker Red from the bottle..." Priceless. 7:29 "The girl in Australia" is a fictitious character.

[@Tommy1977777]

Thank you ladies for reviewing this. These old salts hold a special place in the history of the Marine Corps.

[@havok6280]

Generation Kill next? Interesting to contrast the Gulf War with WWII.

[@mattwilkes2321]

God I hope so, reasonably spot on story of Iraq that I really relate to. It's a pretty good representation of early 2000's servicemembers in my opinion.

[@DesertMav]

Thank you both for watching this series, it is not for the faint of heart and it is very tough material to watch.

[@Archangelicus93]

I feel like that scene with Snafu on the train extends really well with the past few episodes where he pulls Eugene back from pulling the gold from the teeth. Even though Snafu is one of the few men that helped Eugene survive the war, he wants Eugene to be better than he is. And that means leaving him without a goodbye. A really hard but incredibly moving series, well done and thank you both for tackling it! This was great to see through your eyes.

[@waynehatchell6343]

PTSD and the nightmares never go away. It's wounds are so deep there is no cure for it. Just treatments to lessen the affects.

[@daveenberg9075]

My Grandfather spent 2 1/2 years fighting on The Western Front in WWI. He spent the next seventy years waking up ever night screaming.

[@waynehatchell6343]

@@daveenberg9075 My Father did two tours in Vietnam. He also waked up every night screaming and sweating. Before he passed away from pancreatic cancer (agent orange related), with Alzheimer's, it doubled and triple his PTSD and his nightmares. Also, from this Cold War and Desert Storm US Navy Veteran, I want to thank your grandfather and your family for their service.

[@joeybossolo7]

It’s been great to see you two ladies muster the courage to carry this through to the end. Thank you.

[@qburns2035]

The documentary called "He has seen War" shows everyone from The Pacific and Band of Brothers. About the affects of the war on the men and women after the war.

[@sauljamielin]

The scene of him coming home and his parents made his room as a storage space was exactly how it went for me when I came home from my deployment in syria. My perspective changed on how family really meant to me from that point on.

[@SC457A]

It is a tough series to watch, and you guys made it through their stories. I read some of the books from Sledge and Leckie. Some good stuff. The series is very different from Band of Brothers. It bothered me some, but I just wanted the same format I think. It was a very different theater of war.

[@marooner-martin]

Has anyone else realized Eugene is the kid from the first Jurassic park?

[@jmadar51]

You ladies did the film justice these men deserved your tears. They were the chosen generation. Thank you 🌹🌹

[@35906]

FYI the part @5:23 wasn't' supposed to be thought of as "rude" it was showing that your own friends and family may not recognize you after war. The way you stand (after being in the military) the way you look, your facial expressions, everything is different. My own neighbors, people who were kind to me and who I was with every other day as a kid didn't recognize me when I got back, so this is how I took this part, I thought it was pointing this out, that you look almost like a different person to people who know you, after you've been through war.

[@bcarreon6409]

I got to be close friends with R.V. Burgin. He was living in Lancaster, Tx. In the next town from over from me. He passed away peacefully in his sleep in April 2019 on my birthday.

[@oldgoat142]

As I watch this, something comes repeatedly to mind. It's going to sound...off, but keep it in context if possible. When I was in the navy, we had to do things as part of our daily jobs which would make zero sense to civilians. While we appreciated, (and still do), their support, they were just dumb as rocks honestly. Unless you had a dad or close family member who understood, parents, siblings, and others simply could not figure out that you're not the same kid you were when you signed up. You became literally a part of something way bigger than yourself. You saw things that would more than likely make them throw up. You don't have to engaged in a war to see a mangled body. Seeing such things fundamentally changes you. In some cases, it's just sheer luck you didn't end up in the same condition. They would just ask the most unbelievable questions, not because they wanted to understand better, but in many cases just wanted to reinforce long held stereotypes. Many were the times we would be told, "Well, you're just a robot trained to kill babies and such," (I once flattened a guy for saying that to my face. Shattered his nose as a permanent reminder). They just couldn't understand you weren't doing a paid cosplay, or romping around the woods or desert playing army like you did as a kid. You had basically handed over your life to your commanders and a blank check to the United States with your life as the price paid to keep this country free, (at least that's the way it was for me when I signed on way back when). There are a lot of battlefield memorials and ships at the bottom of the sea as a reminder of that. They figured that, "Well, you're out. You should just be that person we knew. Why can't you just let it go?" The more of my shipmates memorials and burials I went to, especially those who died in the line of duty, the more asinine that statement became. I look back on those times and just smh. Civilians.

[@Lue_Jonin]

I'm pleased that you two are finished enduring the misery of this film's storylines.....and you both got to find reasons to smile in the wrapup.

[@Tommy1977777]

I still deal with my "what will I do now?". As for alcohol jaegermeister straight from the bottle was my thing. Not anymore mind you. Lol

[@agarlicsorbet6482]

So maybe as a society we should start accepting that military does more harm than good to a human psyche in that they make them trapped in their own violent memories. And the way i see it goes both ways for tali ragh**ds or any fanatic warmongering factions too, not just you marines.

[@caras2004]

I honestly respect you, ladies for crying throughout these reactions. I've seen different reactions and you too have shown more of the emotional side of war than others. I was not in the military. My wife who lived in be 49 years old passed away from familial ALS July 20, 2019. She inherited from her father who died from the same disease. She had it for 2years 8months 2days. We were married 15years 1month 8days. She was 5'3 and im 6'6. The last time i cried was July 22, 2019.

[@bustedupgrunt1177]

Yep, perhaps a tough 10 episodes to watch. But much harder for those lads, and the nation as a whole to live thru for almost 4 years, in daily real time. Few came out of that unscathed.

[@fazsum41]

It’s not mentioned in this but Sledge was still in the marines and still stationed in the southern part of the world well into 1946. Even after the war ended a lot of the pacific forces were still there dealing with what was now the Chinese civil war, essentially they dealt with repatriation of Japanese and Korean forces of the Empire of Japan and little skirmishes here and there with the PLA and peace negotiations between the PLA(current ruler of China) and Nationalist party(essentially what became Taiwan).

[@Godzilla00X]

Eugene's father worked with soliders who served in WW1. He knew what war does to a person which he warned Eugene about.

[@overanDownUnder]

When I first saw this, I was sitting in the waiting room at the VA. It was such a weird feeling breaking into tears finally figuring out others have dealt with the same issues you’re currently going through.

[@GeorgeMccormick-r7t]

I remember when I got back from the Marine Corps to Chicago. I wanted to surprise my Mom and Dad who were separated by then. I just pop up out of no where and she almost fell down, and then hugged me.

[@wordword6039]

Its weird coming home. I was in for 26 years (did Iraq a few times and deployed over 10 times but NOTHING like these guys) and coming home to my children was just the best thing every time seriously. My parents were great but they werent sure how to act. My most memorable besides my children was my father in law. He was a former Marine in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. And when I saw him we were alone and he just hugged me and cried. Thinking back I know he was reliving his own memories. Such good people.

[@LEWTSPEC]

The Pacific is what you show someone when they say "PTSD is fake or made up"

[@tomw324]

Thanks for sticking this one out. I know it was hard but I do think it was important to portray that the War in the Pacific as it was, something much more brutal than the war in Europe as showcased in Band of Brothers. I don't know why, but I still like this one just a hair better, not for the horrors of war course but I guess for how the human spirit can endure such things and in most cases survive. Mostly I find the characters in the Pacific miniseries just a little more compelling... but not by much. But sorry it was such an ordeal. Second the nomination of Best Years of Our Lives, just a splendid movie shot right after WWII about soldiers adjusting after coming home.

[@martinsky2086]

thank you for watching "The Pacific" always remember them all on memorial day

[@RowdyAndroid]

9:07 While the night terrors from PTSD can eventually subside, one experience shows that at least for Eugene, it was always under the surface. If I remember right, Eugene Sledge's wife Jeanne went with him to a veterans reunion decades after the war. While there, she was told by one of his old comrades that if she ever wanted to wake him up from his sleep, all she would have to do is whisper "Sledgehammer" gently into his ear. One night, she decided to test that and while he was asleep in his chair, she leaned down and gently whispered "Sledgehammer." She said that in an instant, he was awake and had his hand on her, his eyes piercing hers His only words to her were "Where? Where are they?" In that moment, she wasn't looking at her husband anymore; it was the same terrified boy-soldier in a foxhole from 1945. She never woke him like that again. For all that Eugene Sledge healed (and it's amazing and wonderful that he DID heal), the trauma never truly left him.

[@andrewcampbell3314]

Transitioning back from an active combat zone to civilian life was one of the hardest challenges of my life and was and is the same for a lot of others

[@mmxxiii9503]

2:53 that part and Eugene's breakdown killed me at the end

[@kaybevang536]

The look on Eugene's brother looks understanding he probably also had comrades going through this as well in europe

[@Ghost7511]

BTS I barely recognise the actor who played Eugene Sledge... Was previously known for playing a kid in the first Jurassic Park... He also recently played in Bohemian Rhapsody the movie about Freddie Mercury with... Rami Mallek 😉

[@cameltanker1286]

The vast majority of combat veterans would not talk about their experiences with civilians as they could not understand what the combat vet had been through. When asked most would just reply "I did my part" and left it at that.

[@NickB1967]

6:25 "Obviously I've been wasting a lot of gasoline" - Keep in mind that while the war had just ended, rationing rules had not quite ended yet, so that phrase actually has more meaning than you might think.

[@blastechee-3546]

My favorite scene (was not shown) but right after Leckie talks about television at dinner. At the blessing Leckie is looking at Vera and he can not take his eyes off her.

[@jtrocker9976]

“We thought the Japanese would never surrender. Many refused to believe it. Sitting in stunned silence, we remembered our dead. So many dead. So many maimed. So many bright futures consigned to the ashes of the past. So many dreams lost in the madness that had engulfed us. Except for a few widely scattered shouts of joy, the survivors of the abyss sat hollow-eyed and silent, trying to comprehend a world without war.” - Eugene Sledge

[@joereilly1519]

there is one thing to tell you guys" Eugene Sledge's unit spent a year in China after Okinawa. He wrote a book called " China Marine". Its a good story also.

[@geraldbatts575]

I love that maple has her emotional support appa.

[@mmxxiii9503]

Appa rules!

[@chopracer]

as someone who served (not in th us military and obviously not in ww2) its always the scene of the panic attack that gets me

[@leejamison2608]

Thank you both for your touching and empathetic review!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@cardiac19]

Even the "easy" episode is brutal.

[@yrrek1983]

6:09 If the roles were reversed,( man with 2 women at his door making dates with both of them). If one walked away and said "this was a waist" they would've said "you could do better girl, who does he think he is"

[@blandis93312]

The scene at the college is straight out of Sledge’s book.

[@georgepetty6473]

The actors who played Snafu and Eugene were reunited in Bohemian Rhapsody as Freddie Mercury and John Deacon.

[@nathanpeabody4388]

"Only the dead know the end of war"...the rest of us relive it every day.

[@gergelykallai1351]

I really enjoyed your reaction to this series. I bet a few dozen people mentioned these, but you should also watch: Generation Kill (2003 Iraqi invasion), Generation War (3 episode miniseries about 5 german teenagers, and their experience of the WWII), Catch 22 series by Hulu, and SAS: Rouge Heroes. :D

[@ammasaline2744]

10th is the best part of ThePacific, such so real and touched

[@davidbigd9047]

As you asked about why she asked Eugene what the Marine Corps taught him that would transfer to college, I will give this explanation: if you want to continue in a career field after service, you have to choose a job within the branch of service which has a corresponding field. Otherwise, combat experience will not help your application to attend college unfortunately.

[@timm2428]

Trust me,you dont ever want to know what ptsd dreams are like.

[@MapleDivine]

True. I had them for two years for something completely separate but still horrible 😣 eventually through lots of therapy and support they went away though that is not the case for eveyone

[@timm2428]

@@MapleDivine Mine arent from combat either and so incredibly sorry to hear you had them. I still live with mine yrs later.

[@geraldlarghe7179]

Suggest "The best years of Our lives" as a follow up. No violence or anything like this BUT a brilliant movie on those coming home after the war.

[@AmatureAstronomer]

Happy to see these girls enjoyed the finale more than some of the earlier episodes.

[@crimsonpride48]

On June 12 2022 The USS John Basilone was launched DDG 122 , This is the second U.S Warship to be named John Basilone , SEMPER FI ! Gunny Basilone.

[@sandiegobrewreview]

There is a bust of John basilone in little Italy, San Diego, California if you guys ever come to San Diego you should check it out

[@bobkatfan2013]

Been waiting for this! Now gotta wait for Masters of the Air!

[@eschiedler]

Truly an epic conflict. BTW President Bush the elder fought as a pilot against Japan, got shot down and rescued by a submarine. President Kennedy fought against the Japanese on a small PT boat and almost got rammed by a destroyer and President Nixon was in the Navy in the Pacific as well. edit: the latter won a ton of money in poker while in the service

[@prollins6443]

Kennedy's PT boat did get rammed by a Japanese destroyer. He was lucky to survive.

[@eschiedler]

@@prollins6443 Thanks for the reminder. I had read the story and that slipped my mind.

[@sumguyman8656]

Yay!!! You made it! May we as a nation never forget their sacrifices.

[@bizjetfixr8352]

"Why would she say it like that?" Because she was not untypical of a significant percentage of the US population, whose only knowledge of the war came from radio,, newspapers and newsreel. There was a controversy in the Pentagon, about releasing the film from Tarawa. The Pentagon and Navy wanted to release it, because the home front had no clue. They compromised and released a "PG" version. The public was shocked, because they had never seen such horrendous film. The Marines that were there thought it was sanitized and relatively tame.. The only USMC shown were the ones washed ashore, face down, against the seawall. It didn't show faces/heads blown off, dead with both legs blown off, bayoneted, etc.

[@gowkie3940]

"Hey guys, welcome back to diet Jesus" Maple - every video lol

[@stevem2323]

Love the difference between two brothers, one was in Europe the second on Pacific, and it shows.

[@theblackbear211]

My Father, and at least 7 of my uncles were veterans of WW2. At least 2 were Marines, one was at Tulagi and Edson's Ridge (on Guadalcanal)... each dealt with the war in their own way, none of them spoke much about it directly, but occasional they would say a few words, that spoke volumes. Some only wrote down their histories in old age, at the urging of others. Some took many of their experiences with them... only to be hinted at by long stored mementos.

[@mikenpcbfla]

Highly recommend Ken Burns The War on PBS. Syd and Eugene are both featured in it and it goes incredibly in depth

[@pauldurkee4764]

The scene where Robert Leckie goes to Vera's house and her mother didn't recognise him, when men went to war they changed very quickly, very different men returned, and it wasn't just outward appearances.

[@K_Pyle]

I may be desensitized to all the violence is the previous episodes but this... this gets me.

[@mark-be9mq]

You hope by remembering, we do them the respect of honoring what they did the peace they won for us & learn from their horrors to avoid war everywhere, at all times, whenever possible. And to start by being more gentle, more kind to one another.

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

I always thought with his experience with mortars, Sledge would've done good in the demolition business or similar work.

[@psauce9837]

According to sources close to Lena, she never remarried because she already had the best

[@eibbor171]

Eugenes dad is the MVP

[@woodspirit98]

Lecky suffered from ptsd his whole life. In later life he developed Alzheimer's and dementia and the war was about the only thing he remembered. It wasnt a pleasant end for him.

[@NS1.]

2:21 - That is a prime example of those types of families that don't know how to show love, or hardly any emotion. It's so awkward and fairly annoying, but I think they don't mean any harm. They simply just suck at showing/giving affection.

[@sreggird60]

When I came home in 1991 my mother cried like a baby.

[@Tommytoolsqueezer]

The Pacfic always chokes me up more then band of brothers.. I love both series! But man, the Pacfic theatre of war was just brutal from day one until the end