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I really enjoyed this series overall, but it was definitely a much more difficult watch for me than BoB was! (Super important to watch, but super difficult as well)

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Josh Eden

100% agree. Thank you.

Bubba Fett

Its def a tough one. Their experience was vastly different then the European one. Are you going to jump into the 3rd installment for master of the air? Like pacific theater its a greatly uncovered facet of wwii worth looking at. The companion documentary they made to go along side it is spectacular.

RP

You might check out ‘The Thin Red Line’. It’s a cinematic masterpiece on the same conflict but more of an artistic view of an army company at Guadalcanal. 10 out of 10 film, much different vibe than ‘Pacific’. Hanz Zimmer at his best. 🍻

John Thomas

Well done Teegan, this series is a hard watch. In addition to the book Eugene wrote (which I believe is being re-released) he did several interviews where you can hear him talk. His son has also done several interviews and actually went with a tour group back to Peleliu. His son recounted that when they found out who he was (his dad was still alive at the time) the tour group offered an all expense paid trip for Eugene to come along. In his laid back manner, Eugene's response was that he had already had an all expense paid trip to Peleliu and would not be going.....the way the son tells it is much more humorous......Watching along with you sent me down the rabbit hole of watching videos from the Pacific Wars Battlefields. It is very interesting how much they have changed......

Blink More

Thanks for the reaction <3 Just a quick note on why it was so long before he wrote the book, from wikipedia - "At the urging of his wife, Sledge began to compile a memoir of his war experiences as a way to better help him cope. In 1981, he published With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa" The book actually has even more horrors in it that they didn't put in this show because they thought it would be too unbelievable/horrific for tv and make people think they were exaggerating, or something like that. I can't easily find a source for that, but i have seen it mentioned several times, maybe someone else can link or quote where the producers said that. Anyway, great stuff from you, thank you, i look forward to the next heartbreaking thing you watch <3 (i went through a lot more tissues than you this episode and ive already seen it so many times lol)

Clay F

+1 for "The Thin Red Line" (1998). Nom 7 Oscars incl. Best Picture.

Clay F

Emotional episode. That girl signing up people for classes at Alabama Polytechnic reminds me of a young Michelle Williams. When she asked Sledge if the US military had taught him any skills, he replied "they taught me how to kill Japs." Thanks for the reacting to this series. "Masters of the Air" (2024) (excellent) (9 episodes) is the next WWII miniseries produced by Spelberg/Tom Hanks, but you may need a break from a war series. I am excited about True Detective S1. Looking forward to your reaction and commentary.

Joseph LeRoy

My great grandfather was an Iwo Jima survivor. He was a severe alcoholic and never said a single word about his time in the war until 1997. He started talking about it and in 98 he stopped drinking and was clean until he died 10 years ago. You can see in pictures the emotional and mental anguish he had before he started to talk about it. He said they were celebrating peoples 18th birthdays on the ship and never even touched land on Iwo Jima. Everybody always talks about Europe and the Nazis and so many people forget the absolute horrific pacific theater.

scott osborne

ho boy a week without patreon and i got 4 episodes of pacific to watch i was watching it in 2s i would of watched episodes 6 and 7 the day you posted ep 7 then eps 8 and 9 and finish it on this post ho and i still got full metal jacked to watch i know what il be doing all day now whoooooo a day of watching you what could be better than that i already know there will me a lot of emotions flooding my screen

Riggo 82

You know it's funny, but watching you react to these films/shows makes me far more emotionally invested than when I watch them by myself. If your interested, there's a documentary called "Peleliu 1944 : Horror in the Pacific". It's available on YouTube. You might find it interesting since they interview Eugene Sledge & Bill Leyden among others.

Alex Gorell

Yea this one is far more brutal and heartbreaking than Band of Brothers that’s for sure. It definitely makes me understand why we were so willing to drop the bombs. I’d recommend Master of the Air at some point. It’s definitely the weakest of the three but it’s still good. Shows another side of the war that is mostly ignored.

Sterling LaLoge

For some reason Teegan, I just kept picturing you jumping up and down shouting "I want a happy ending! I want a HAPPY ending!" LOL

Paul Nevland

After SO much death, a PhD in Biology, the study of life. I live a few miles from one of those highways named after Gy/Sgt John Basilone

E

This has really been my favorite reaction to this series. Thank you for sharing your experience with this show with us. It really is just so much harder and more emotional in a lot of ways, you got through it, so thank you. Never forget what Sledge, Basilone, Leckie, and thousands of others did. Much love to you! Thank you! <3

Stephen Clarke

amazing the guy who plays Sledge was timmy in the first Jurassic Park

John

If you didn't know, the actor playing the Army guy that's coming to take Vera on the date while Leckie is shooting his shot? That's Garrus from Mass Effect.

rattle wood

The final episode and it’s one of the tough ones. So to add in some extra infos. Leckie never had the aussie girlfriend (sorry) but pretty much after the war he started talking to vera. And while the show has it to where he was losing faith in real life leckie never lost his faith if anything the war reassured him in his belief. For John Basilone he was awarded a navy cross (second highest award before the MOH) for his actions at iwo jima, so john before war was in army stationed in Philippines and was given the nickname “Manila john” and was actually discharged and it was 1940 so less then a year later peral harbor happened so when the war happened he figured the quickest way to get to the fight was the marine corp. after his death he has been horned with ships in his names, roads, schools and most recently the US Navy has named one of its newest destroyers after him and despite the time his legacy is still felt https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_John_Basilone So when we see sledge and the boys in the train they had spent 6 months in china as peacekeepers (this would lead Eugene to writing his second book china marine) So when they got home the initial happiness had passed and people were moving on but sledge had no problem with this. Seems alot of people are shocked by SNAFU not waking up Eugene but if you listen to vets talk and in the intros they say “the Japanese killed sleep” so to see his best friend getting probably his last good nights sleep in awhile better to not wake him up and of course not wanting to say goodbye The part of him going to college is pretty spot on and showed how tough it was for him and alot of vets The hunting scene almost played out like that but the break down happened after they had killer a bird In which wisely his farther recommended instead of shooting them he take pictures and this would begin his healing process and him getting is degree in biology If you want to see something interesting Henry sledge (older son of Eugene) did a reaction to this series and goes to explain and talks about his farther in more detail i highly recommend it a watch https://youtu.be/sCeom6uPnfI?si=2DcE2jzsP8Y5zRSU Now i also highly highly recommend you react or watch in your own time to “he has seen war” it has both vets from band of brothers and the Pacific including their families and they talk about the difficulties returning home and how they began the process of healing, alot of reactors ask what they did and how they returned home and will this documentary explains some of that. It’s much like. “We stand alone” and i personally consider it the 11th episode the pacific. But its up to you if you wanna make a reaction to it, but i still recommend a watch if you want to see more of the old vets https://youtu.be/McKV4PqapO8?si=2Q9n6JcE1WBi7yKq

Tax2er

Will she watch Masters of the Air?

ShadowKnight

Yep, the fact that you survived the hell was doesn't mean that you gonna survive or live like nothing happened after and if get back into civil life, some may do better and others will do worse and you shouldn't apply ANY kind of pressure on those who struggle to start, and "Making plans fo the Future", at least Eugene Sledge's Dad totally understood this, and told Eugene's Mom to leave him alone for a while. How long is a while? as long as he''ll need to. Well, it has been a good journey to watch this Mini Series with you, and band of brothers too, take care of yourself Light.👍