Had this video half finished for 3-4 months now and finally decided to finish it. Have a few other projects unfinished that I hope to get done soon. Thanks for the support everyone!
“There are no innocent bystanders in hell, but war is chocked full of them. Old ladies, cripples, kids, In fact apart from most of the brass almost everyone involved is an innocent bystander.”
_"Before I had taken a single gaddamn step onto that godforsaken beach, I had lost every friend I knew."_ -Master Sergeant Michael David O'Keefe (My Great Grandfather)
@@Nicolas-sr6zx Who says, that hell starts when you are dead? I think every soldger of WW1 and 2 and many other wars had faced the Hell no matter what country they fought for. But I have to commit that form a christian point of view, war is war and hell is hell. So it's not a question of a gernal hell, but a personal one. Even with or without beliving in a religion.
@nikto Jäger walker No one can beat TALIBAN , Afghanistan is the Graveyard of Empires. No one can win that land and AMERICA attack on TALIBAN not TALIBAN
The beginning scene is so well done. That girl’s naive innocence was such a contrast from what he had just been through. Her sweet pitched voice and cute southern accent would have sounded so foreign to him. Then to realize that he doesn’t belong there, that he doesn’t even fit in even with the majority of returning vets, that he has so few who could understand him, must have felt so lonely.
The best part of this movie is the aftermath impact. When Sledge had the nightmares. His denial of the ugly events that ever happened. And his attempt to erase the images from his mind. So young and yet so old and mellow than an old man. With this, I would say that this is a masterpiece which sets it apart from Band of Brothers.Which makes me feel this series in Pacific is better than BOB in the sense which it covers what many war movies rarely very rarely can ever convey to the audiences.
For me I would say neither is better. The Pacific is more relatable as the episodes only show the three people and you get an in-depth look at them. Band of Brothers differs in that its about Easy Company, and not really about any one person.
Remember this is made from the exploits primarily in 2 books.. With the "old breed at Peleliu & Okinawa" by Eugene Sledge ..And "Helmet for my pillow" by Robert Leckie. Sledge didnt write the book until the 1980's.. There are interviews with some of the men in the story on youtube.
Band of Brothers view and context was about ranks and the respect of the high ranking officers to the lower ranking soldiers who had more experience than them, that is why Major Winters respect his man not by his rank but by the brotherhood. The Pacific view is different, on how the soldier first enters its battle as an innocent and comes back home veteran but with PTSD. The great example for that is Sledge.
I served nearly 28 years as a United States Marine. This entire series relates to every individual Marine, even those who serve today. Each of the actors accurately portray the emotions of Marines who served in combat. Throughout the entire series, the characters (officers, SNCOs, NCOs & below) perfectly demonstrate personal reactions to their surroundings and to each other -- all of which is absolutely accurate.
Honestly tho, what kind of questions are those at the beginning? Being in the Marine Corps in World War II, what would people expect from a young man? An accountant rather than a combat veteran lmao.
km93 19 a lot of jobs in the marine Corps other then mortar squad and infantry. Some of the jobs that could do a lot with numbers back then and help benefit after the war. May not have been the same question but they asked similar ones
To be in a World War at such an impressionable time in a human being's life..... Damn, it must've been Hell on those young men's psyche and outlook on life. Those years are supposed to be all about planning life, chasing skirts, hanging with friends, and getting most of the partying out of your system. God bless those young men and women, we will forever be indebted to them.....
Out of all the WWII movies or series, The Pacific tore me up the most. Its the only one i haven't rewatched. It pretty much followed my FILs journal while he was stationed on Saipan as a copilot on a bomber.
The scene that made me tear up the most is when the old head eventually broke despite already serving in WW1 which just goes to show even if you're already a hardened veteran it doesn't change the fact that you're still just a human and every human being has a breaking point regardless of how tough they are..
My grandfather served in the same unit as John Basilone, also attended his Medal of honor ceremony in Australia after Guadalcanal. Obviously wasn't in Pelilue and or Okinawa with my grandad. John is alot shorter in person from what I remember him telling me. Also had a real gallow sense of humor and very short temper the show was more of a PC version of John from the show compared to the actual guy. "There wasn't a single word that didn't have F-word in it or around it in each sentence whenever he talked.
@@toadslaiz4119 Nah, be was asked to do an interview for HBO for that purpose but it was still a sensitive subject for him. He never talked about it but he wrote about it on his journal only me and my uncle discovered his 4 bronze stars with combat V and his journal few days after his funeral.
Nah homie. Here's a guy who can be taught essentially anything, work with people from all over The United States, and operate efficiently in stressful situations. You just need a technical/hard skill so your soft skills can shine through. That's easy. Anyone can teach someone to do something. But you can't teach what matters most. You're a boot by the way. ❤
More people should watch this video, it shows exactly the horrors of war our great grandparents had to endure so we could live our life the way we want now. We owe our lives to them. I hope these people will never be forgotten.
when i see this i allways am amazed at how back then they had no fancy plate carriers and air support yet they were in brutal hand to hand combat which is not seen today anymore
Never in the history of human conflict there was or ever will be such things as contrast between what's right or wrong, good or evil, only death, destruction and suffer inflicted by each other side, and the winner of that twisted game witch we call war gets to decide who was wrong and who was just. And that's how history writes itself, by blood and the lives of those who believed that they were just.
@@sirnamelessguy7395 Democracy vs. the regime, that is testing biological weapons on women and children? I think evil was pretty fucking evident in this story.
samo petancic so burning town & cities full of civilians isn’t evil. Dropping nukes on cities isn’t evil, the USA targeted populated areas. Just like in Europe when the allies bomb towns so that the Nazi can’t get labor work for near by projects. So their are no good vs evil. Every one did acts of evil.
@@Wicked-hx7yg nah dude that's justified, they all were fucking Nazis and Fascist even the fucking kids and your average Joe, whoes only concern was to feed his family. The extermination of millions,is not justified, holocaust was tragic, but also Berlin, Hiroshima, Nagasaki was tragic to, when civilians minding their own business are involved, things tend to go Grey, so for people like @samo petancic everyone did their job, there are no heroes, just soldiers doing their job, and the side who won had the privilege to call themselves whatever they want. To refeltc how grey ww2 was I like to think of a quote that Major-General Raymond Huff of the US Army "If the Germans had won, I would have been on trial at Nurem berg instead of them". So yeah, War is hell.
All nationalities deserve respect they may have been enemies, or allies, but on the battlefield they are the same. All countries lost lives. Young men who didn't get to live the rest of their lives in peace. Men Who died In all theaters of war, European, Pacific, Africa, The East and more. Doesn't matter if you're German, American, Japanese, French, etc. Those young men never got to live a decent, peaceful life in a world without war.
Former active duty Marine, volunteering in Ukraine, fighting in Ukraine. I finally believe in what I'm doing, finally an evil that must be stopped. If I don't come back, when you read this, remember what me and my American, Canadian, British, Swedish, French, and so many other nationalities boys did here. Semper Fidelis, Slava Ukraini 🇺🇲🇺🇦 Sgt H, USMC
What I appreciate most about this series is it shows just a peak into the hell war really is and the permanent effect it has on those we send. I've so wanted a film or documentary done that would drive that home so that those who've not seen it can at a minimum respect those who have. And hopefully get a sense of what it is we as a nation ask of them. Please show them the respect they've rightfully earned by 1st caring enough to. They can't forget and you sure as hell shouldn't either. God bless.
"War is hell, if you find yourself there, you will fight against demons, but soon you realize that you yourself are a demon. If you somehow manage to escape hell, you go a live your life, you soon realize that you never escaped it, it follows you wherever you go. There is no escape."
I'm afraid I'd have lost my humanity over there. If one can see through the eyes of a combat veteran one will not only see but feel what they felt. And then perhaps understand what they had to do. My father-in-law dropped bombs on Japan and did not bat an eye about it and had no remorse. He flew 35 missions out of Guam and Saipan. B-29 Superfortress. He would never fly in a commercial plane after the war. Never again would he board a plane. I understand completely. He never talked about it. My father was in the infantry and he never talked about his experiences in Korea around Pork Chop Hill, or The battle of the Outposts. His positions were overrun twice by the Chinese. In hoards they came. He was lucky both times to get out with his carbine and his helmet. When they returned after retaking the ground the dead were everywhere. Literally, everywhere. I can see why men broke down and never returned the same.
A soldier doesn't fight what is in front of him, But to fight for what is behind him... In peace sons bury their fathers In war fathers bury their sons.
What made them the Greatest wasn't what they did during the war. It's that they were able to come home and be normal again. I don't think I could do that. NICELY edited.
I don't think any of them were truly whole again. My father was a Marine in the Pacific, and while he married, had 7 kids and worked into his 80s, he was never without PTSD symptoms.
A parte mais marcante,foi a despedida. A guerra transforma as pessoas.Sou do Brasil 🇧🇷,um país com características continentais. Nossos soldados lutaram a segunda guerra mundial.Os alemães vieram aqui e afundaram vários navios mercantes. Assim nos arrastaram para o conflito...
my grandfather served on the Japanese side... was stationed at the very southern tip of japan when the war finally ended. I was told that his unit was getting ready for the anticipated invasion that never came. He never actually go to see combat as he was too young to fight until right before the end of the war.
Even though the japanese are in the wrong, I still respect some of those who solely fought for their family and I respect those who knew that If they fought the Marines they will never return home
Greatest generation of Americans to ever grace this great nation. If it wasn't for the young man that sacrifice so much the West Coast would have been open to Japan and we all be speaking Japanese and German now. Tell the Liberals open up a history book and go back and start teaching what's really important in school classrooms. American history. How the hell do these kids know where they're going in this country if you don't know where we come from? Again God bless them young men and the women who served in World War II
Fuck you. My Dad was a Marine in the Pacific and a lifelong liberal. You're not fit to shine his boots. It's you right-wingers that want to erase our history and make it fan fiction. We have to learn from our mistakes if we're going to survive.
never insult veterans, you never know how much they suffered and sacrificed to keep people like you and me safe. Just because their flesh my not have been torn, no scars on their body, doesn't mean they came out un-scratched. Those who die in war are the only ones who truly see the end of the war. those who survive have to live it for the rest of their lives.
Isnt there anything the marine Corp taught you that you can continue here? My friends grandpa: How to effectively eliminate a machine gun position with extreme prejudice.
When I got out of the Army... In college, speech class we had to do a 5 minute impromptu speech on what we learned, in our last job, that applied to our future job. I was nervous, didn't know what to say so I just started... and trying to be funny, I said, "I Learned how to Jump out of airplanes and learned how to kill people..." The room got silent... and I realized in that moment "no... I don't have any skills that I can take into the civilian world to help me get a better job..." I just sat down... I am so grateful I never had to fight in war...
