10-05-2011, 11:35 AM
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Anyone watch this? We're up to disk 5 (episode 9 i think).
It's the Pacific counterpart of WW2 to Band of Brothers (Europe).
It's pretty heavy to watch. And looking at it, I can't believe that my father never saw battle. Matt and I discussed it and there is no way he was in the Navy, as a gunner's mate yet, and not see anything. Matt thinks he may have just seen so much fucked up shit he decided to clam up about it. He never even told us where he was stationed, where he went (no way to be in the Navy and not go anywhere!) or anything. All he said was he slept in a hammock and he still had his wool blanket until I was well into my 20's. There are photos with him on the boat with his mates but that's it. Matt thinks we can look up his service record via his social security number.
But the show, it's hard to watch. Every island was a slaughter. I have a feeling they're even soft-balling this a little too. I think the reality would be too hard for the average person to watch. My imagination runs wild watching it with all the 'extra stuff' they must have left out.
It's the Pacific counterpart of WW2 to Band of Brothers (Europe).
It's pretty heavy to watch. And looking at it, I can't believe that my father never saw battle. Matt and I discussed it and there is no way he was in the Navy, as a gunner's mate yet, and not see anything. Matt thinks he may have just seen so much fucked up shit he decided to clam up about it. He never even told us where he was stationed, where he went (no way to be in the Navy and not go anywhere!) or anything. All he said was he slept in a hammock and he still had his wool blanket until I was well into my 20's. There are photos with him on the boat with his mates but that's it. Matt thinks we can look up his service record via his social security number.
But the show, it's hard to watch. Every island was a slaughter. I have a feeling they're even soft-balling this a little too. I think the reality would be too hard for the average person to watch. My imagination runs wild watching it with all the 'extra stuff' they must have left out.
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