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Episode 2: The Pacific - FULL Reaction (Patreon)

Published:
2025-04-07 16:00:11
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2026-06

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Basilone is basically Captain America of the Pacific!!! Imagine him and Spiers together?! They would have ended the war in a week!

I'm so sorry it is taking me a bit longer to learn the character names in this! I've studied up and did a much better job in Episode 3!! I think this show is harder for me to learn who everyone is because we didn't have training to bond with them and were thrown almost directly into the fighting. That being said, I am still loving the show, but my brain is having a harder time remembering all of the names!!

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celilmandir

Don't worry about the names, like you said this is much harder because it's right into the action right away and a lot of the combat scenes are in darkness, which isn't anywhere near done as well as they did in BoB. And they jump around from unit to unit so you'll always be seeing new faces too.

E

Don't worry about the names too much, you're doing great if you did better on episode 3 already! You'll know their names well over time. Main thing is knowing the three different main characters, Bob Leckie (Writer, poet), John Basilone (badass Marine, leader), and Eugene Sledge (heart murmur, can't join yet). Thank you for posting this so fast 🙌❤️ Also I agree Basilone was superhuman and the definition of a Marine. Him and Speirs would kick serious butt

Dan M

No worries, Teegan. I had the same issue. I still have a hard time remembering the names of the some of the characters. lol…the only one that I remembered right off the bat was Eugene (Joe Mazzello) because he was Tim in Jurassic Park and John Deacon in Bohemian Rhapsody.

Roope Toivanen

I have no idea what anyone's name is either so hopefully that gets a little easier lol, really enjoying this either way though!

Clay F

This episode takes place (in October 1942) 10 months after the Pearl Harbor attack. I like the scene when they are told they are heroes back home. In 4th grade (9 yrs old), I read a book about the Battle for Guadalcanal. The scene with Eugene's father talking about those in The Great War (WWI) having injury to their soul is powerful. Thanks for the reaction. I am very much looking forward to watching your reaction to the remaining episodes of this series. I had difficulty learning/retaining the names in both BoB and The Pacific. I think the intro music will eventually have the same or similar signficance and meaning for you as the intro music for Band of Brothers, but do agree it hard to top the BoB intro music.

scott osborne

the one that burnt his hand and arm with the gun he is this series version of bull from BoB this episode one of the best of the series

Chris Bolling

You are correct about the supplies. Neither the USA or Japan were prepared for a major campaign on Guadalcanal. The Marines called the campaign "Operation Shoestring" and the Japanese called Guadalcanal "Starvation Island." The campaign was a months long standoff where the US controlled the sea in the day and the Japanese at night. I highly recommend the books "Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle" by Richard Frank.

Dan M

Michael Kamen composed the music for Band of Brothers. He also composed the music for the original X-Men movie. Hans Zimmer composed that very special song from your wedding, Now We Are Free, from Gladiator.

Dan M

I remember this one summer at Airborne Camp…

E

Btw yesss Basilone's story on Guadalcanal was made simpler for the show, he did this FOR TWO DAYS and did more than what the series shows in those two days. They did this exactly because it would seem too unbelievable. This reaction was great, you're definitely doing it justice. The "You're heroes back home" line always gets me too 🥲 They were doing all this sacrifice and enduring the worst conditions, thinking nobody outside of that island even knew they were there. They were there for each other and didn't even think they would be on every newspaper back home. And you're absolutely correct with the no breaks thing, they were stuck on the island, surviving, until the campaign was over or an airfield was fully secure enough to get men out safely. Ships weren't safe, especially when fighting was still going on in the island, so they had to just "pray and hold on" as the veteran put it.

BreadMill

At 16 minutes in, when they're being shelled by artillery, sledge wrote in his book several times about artillery being the absolute worst torture. Being able to hear the shells coming but not knowing where they were gonna land was a horrible feeling. I feel for those who have had to experience that

joey gerke

If you want to know more about John Basilone watch the video on him by "The Fat electrician" on youtube.

rattle wood

So that was a naval bombing . Now in BOB you see what happens when 88, rockets, and motors do what you witnessed was Japanese 14in (35CM) to 6in (15CM) shells landing on those men which is basically the biggest shell being the size of a small car with more explosive power and destruction. And the Japanese did this almost every night with battleships and cruisers bombing the airfield. As i said in the first video the Japanese controlled the seas at night but at day the US controlled the waters due to limited air power of the “cactus“ Air Force and harassing tactics by PT boats (they carried torpedoes) kept the Japanese from getting supplies. For johns actions that night and the following days would see him awarded the Medal of Honor his citation reads as following. “For extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry in action against enemy Japanese forces, above and beyond the call of duty, while serving with the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division in the Lunga area, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, on 24 and 25 October 1942. While the enemy was hammering at the Marines' defensive positions, Sgt. Basilone, in charge of two sections of heavy machine guns, fought valiantly to check the savage and determined assault. In a fierce frontal attack with the Japanese blasting his guns with grenades and mortar fire, one of Sgt. Basilone's sections, with its guncrews, was put out of action, leaving only two men able to carry on. Moving an extra gun into position, he placed it in action, then, under continual fire, repaired another and personally manned it, gallantly holding his line until replacements arrived. A little later, with ammunition critically low and the supply lines cut off, Sgt. Basilone, at great risk of his life and in the face of continued enemy attack, battled his way through hostile lines with urgently needed shells for his gunners, thereby contributing in large measure to the virtual annihilation of a Japanese regiment. His great personal valor and courageous initiative were in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.” After this attack the Japanese would continued to be squeezed by newly arrived USN battleships and carriers and waves of fresh troops and supplies, wheres the Japanese couldn’t do this and had a tough time not only reinforcing but evacuating what men they could after losing the battle . Overall despite the hardships the battle of Guadalcanal would be a proving ground for the marines and army and beginning of the end for the Japanese with the scales tipping to the allies but the end of the war was still not in sight