U know that the Americans wanted to invade Japan insted of bombing it with the atomic bombs? The casualties on the American side alone were calculated on around 100.000. The atomic bombs saved lives. Respect for all the soldiers!
I did an informative speech on Robert Leckie and I got a 100% right off the bat but what got me the the requied points was reading the poem helmet for my pillow and a few quotes from the book as well
That last comment really got to me.... Even with sever alztimers... so bad that he couldn't even remember his own family.... he still remembered the war
White Americans go to church because they know themselves that they have a lot of sins in their lifetimes. They killed tons of Native Americans, enslaved blacks for 350 years, dropped atomic bomb toward human being, and invaded innocent nations (vietnam, iraq, lybia). Today American became fat, which cause a lot of CO2s. If jesus exists, he must punish them. Amen.
It's Veteran's Day, a rainy, windy day here in the Pacific Northwest. Can't think of anything better than spending my time watching "The Pacific" on Blu-Ray all over again. James Badge Dale as Robert Leckie is the best!
Just watching these guys cope with life and death in the depths of a fiery inferno that is the Pacific theatre, really inspires me.
I look up to these men and the many others who have came out and lead successful lives. They deserve a lot of honor and respect. To go through what they have experienced is a test of human endurance, emotional strength, mental fortitude and most importantly a heart that does not succumb to fear.
i stoped watching this when they were taking a hill thing and a women with a babie exploded but i forgot to watch more of this but that was disturbing thing i saw in a war movie
@lvrpatriot01 That's debatable. Vietnam was bad for sure because of its cause and poor execution but at least WWII was just and the soldiers weren't spat upon when they got home.
@lvrpatriot01 You should look into WWI, the Korean War, the Napoleonic Wars, and the American Civil War. WWII no doubt is one of the most destructive wars in the history of mankind but to put Vietnam on par with WWII as being "worse" than some of these others is just not accurate.
Oh don't worry, Yellowstone National Park sits above the largest active volcano in North America. Mt. Rainer will also pop soon, and the San Andreas Fault Line will grind it's swan song. November 2011.
...I haven't had television service in about 4 years now. A meteor is calculated to pass between Earth it's moon over the course of 1.5 days November 25-26, 2011.
I am amazed at the number of people defending Imperial Japan. The US has been no angels throughout history but the Japanese almost surpassed the nazis in the number of people they murdered and enslaved in World War 2. 25 million is a conservative estimate. That's not including the hundreds of thousands victims of torture, forced prostituion, gangrape, and slavery. Not dissing Japan, for the most part they're great, but in World War 2 their army was unbelievably amoral.
its funny how anything war related on youtube you get alot of dickheads who think " they know best " and "what happened " making there worthless points sound legitimate ...in the midst of bloodshed and raining fire you have no fucking idea of what happen bar what you have read in history books and documentries making your own assumptions in your heads pointless ! - but i guess we are all entitled to our own opinion somewhat... ;)
@shitchops im 12 i kno some vvhat of the vvar but i agree vvith u nd one other thing tht people mostly kids my age do tht is very annoying is compare these type of movies vvith video games i don't understand the true life of vvhen ur in a vvar is nd i vvill never get to figure out life in the pacific italian or eto but i can somevvhat get a point from books nd movies nd things like tht
@OldBobo83 i agree with you, but you cant really say who was worse, considering that everything that we learn in schools was written and edited only with approval from the government, which was russia's enemy during the recent "imperial age". so the bottom line is, the winners write the history books
@TheRussianMILF Hey how about Japanese imperialism? Or British Imperialism, or French and Spanish and Chinese and Cambodian and Paraguayan Imperialism........ America isn't the only bad guy in history bub
Japan declared war to the U.S. because of its double standards and the failure to recognize the right to sovereignty of all people, the right of free trade and the right for immigration for all people. Japan was the victim. The Allies were the bad guys. Just look at the crime rate of Japan. The Japanese are a humble, frugal and nonviolent people who value honor and self-sacrifice.
@WavesOfTrolls Though Japan was responding to American agression in the pacific, their society still doesn't embrace the principles of free immigration and sovereignty. Just look at their discrimination against the Ainu people or their refusal to grant full citizenship to any immigrants even those that have been living in Japan for generations. I do agree with the last sentence though, they're a really great race and we could learn a lot from them.
leckie is my favortite character. when i saw the battle for pelilu and it was focused on sledge i was like wheres leckie? then it switched over to leckie on a 30 .cal machine gun on the landing boats i was like YEAH ITS LECKIE
Has anybody read helmet for my pillow? If not I highly recommend it. I read it and was amazed at what this man went through in just 3 years of fighting
@SonofRa47 Thats why it's hard to have respect for your enemy, I don't know if I should hate japanese or no.. They have backstabbed US in pearl harbor.. But when we think about US today... Bush is the bitch.. not even the whole US... United States only take what they won before... They lost a lot of mens for this foods.. for this gold! I only hope they will not be stupid with.. that the power will not take over 'em.. The only error of japanese and Germans: Leckie RIP from Canada
@MiseryYT I think Japs made lots of mistakes. I am sick of them complaining about Hiroshima after they bomb pearl harbor and Darwin. I am Australian and I know the allies lost civilians as well and I know the Japs lost more too but the US got even. ever since I was little I always was taught that if someone hits you. Then you hit them twice as hard
@MrBrisbaneman1994 agreed, Japs made a lot of mistake, first and important one: By starting this war, it was a kind of suicide feast. And a "Real Turkey shoot" for US marines: By Robert Leckie
@MiseryYT yes, and its always a tragedy when innocents die for no reason (theyre non combattants after all), but as sad as that may be, it happens everytime due to the nature of conflict - violence, more or less controlled. Take for instance the war in Afghanistan - controlling the use of violence to a point where your own troops are incapacitated to act, thus being unable to resolve the conflict and raising the risk of more civilian casualties just by eliminating the conditions to victory...
Yo Hanks, when you get the time. Tell the British side to this damn war!
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE BOB, really love it.
But, The Battle of Dunkirk would be an awsome story to tell, think of those brave men who stayed behind to help the French and British retreat, and another awsome episode would be THE BATTLE OF BRITIAN.
Dont forget guys, Europe was at war way before america came into it =D
@Sturmmann I disagree, the Retreat from Dunkirk is one of the most amazing stories in the war. The French collapse caught the British flatfooted with their backs to the Channel. It all could have been over then and there. There was no way the Army could evacuate them in time. Then average British citizens with fishing boats and yachts and barges anything that could float showed up under fire from the Luftwaffe and rescued nearly 340,000 French and British soldiers.
im really exitcited to read "Helmet for my Pillow" another great book i took 3 whole hours non stop on my first day to read the whole thing is the book "Soldier X" great book its about a guy who is part German and part Russian in ww2.
My dad, 90 yrs old now, is a decorated WWII veteran, served in the Pacific. He is a good man, a good American who served his country well. I resent the demeaning comments from young people that do not understand the great sacrifices these brave men and women did for our country. Many American youth iare soft, weak and lack of a purpose driven life. If they could only bother to read American History, their view of life might change a little, and they would become better persons.
America is losing its Greatest Generation... thousands of these heroes are leaving us each day. I wonder what character, strength and values we'll exhibit.
Hopefully these great men and women will continue to inspire this generation and more to come...
Yo, to that dude hating on this show: They can't portray the "HORRIFIC atrocities" of the pacific BECAUSE IT'S ON TV, DUMBFUCK. You really think they'll get into DETAIL about the war? No. Damn, I'm TWELVE and I watched this show. If they showed the legit shit, I'd be crying.
Leckie is certainly a character, I love how the actor portrays him as fatigued, and tired from fighting. However episodes 5-7 have been my favourite so far onto eugenes story.
vietnam...shit..cant know how afwul it was then... I want to be a soldier but when you see what it causes: pain, sorrow... Those things make me scared...
And for all the guys who did their time and made part in a war like vietnam, WO2...
He forgot his own family but never forget the terrors of the pacific theatre. Leckie and Snafu where my favourite characters. Great acting, great series. In the last episode I nearly cried it was very emmotional.
Really can't imagine the stress where they must handle . They'll always worry if the japs are gona strike again . It's already terrible to put yourself in their shoes and think of the conditions they go through . It'd be more terrible to experience their hardship ..
That line in there about how at the end, even though he forgot about his kids, he never forgot his kids, really brings home the effect this war had on these men. It's incredible.
as a former airborne trooper who has been in four theaters of action, the "pacific" is a piss poor excuse of salute to the men of the pacific theater...the character are so one dimensional and too saccharin...they fail to portray the HORRIFIC atrocities of the japanese army...the series is a MAJOR letdown from the BoB series...tom hanks & spielburg have done an injustice to the usmc.
@jjjazzycraig I thought so too...It makes you wonder about Spielburgs prejudice towards the Germans. There was no accurate perspective on how fierce the Japanese truly were. I found a little too much "social Messaging" from Spielburg in the first few episodes.
as a former airborne trooper who has been in four theaters of action, the "pacific" is a piss poor excuse of salute to the men of the pacific theater...the character are so one dimensional and too saccharin...they fail to portray the HORRIFIC atrocities of the japanese army...the series is a MAJOR letdown from the BoB series...tom hanks & spielburg have done an injustice to the usmc.
Thak you, Leckie, for leaving us your account of the horrors of war up close and personal. We can learn more from this than from some grandiose historical tome on strategy with little regard to the suffering of the individuals involved.
Imagine this guys,if you have been to World War 1,World War 2,Korean War,Vietnam War.....Iraqi War and you Survive,i guess you doesn't wanna live again after what you have experienced.
Its been centuries but unforgotten. I cant seem to erase all these remembering the stories my grandmother told me about Japs killing Filipino male babies, throwing them on the air with their swords waiting. She almost lost her mind when it happened to her son, my uncle..and now I'm teaching English to Japanese students and we were good friends...so ironic..is the fact that at times, can't help but think..Oh, their Japs....
Hey does anyone know if hoosier died, I've been wanting to know cause they havent said anything about him since he got shot. Also what happened to J.P morgan they havent showed anything about him since episode two i think
My Grandad was a British Royal Marine and I am very proud of my Grandad God bless him and everytime I watch The Pacific it makes me think of my Grandad and at the same time as the Americans was fighting the japs my Grandad was fighting the Germans x
i may not be in war or even experienced it...but i can tell the sadness these soldiers experience. seeing your friends go down one by one..seeing your fellow soldiers die everywhere you look..this is reality of war..in war there is no exeptions
@DOXULOS That is true DOXULOS, the Greeks proved themselves worthy fighters all the time. I find it sad that so many countries fought and died for the Allies cause and they are forgotten.
i'm 3 eps in and am waiting for it to get some respect for the OTHER nations who had been fighting for 2 years already!
I get that this is an American production but i really hoped it would be different from the other US movies and shows which portray the US and the saviours of the world who single handedly defeated the Germans and Japanese.
Its good for a shoot em up war flick with some drama thrown in but thats all so far.
@yourboringshutup you know the show is based off the main characters' memoirs. It's an American show about these specific American guys from their books. You want a movie that features other countries, have the other countries make them. Oh thats right, they won't have HBO behind the helm. Too bad.
@ksb78 See the problem when an American makes a film, they blow everything up. Thats all they do, its death, death, explosions and then more death. You have never matched a film to other countries in terms of good old fashioned acting without all your CGI !! I for one am a big fan of a good movie and i fully appreciate the story here, but where these marines served according to the book meant that they worked closely with the British Commonwealth forces!! Where are they in this film ?
@tankcommander94 If you read Hugh Ambrose book, "The Pacific". It states that the commomwealth forces were already engage in Indochina,Burma,Europe and Africa. You have to remember we (the Americans) did not join the war till 1941. By that time. the commonwealth have been at war with the Axis power since 1938. Americans came in and won at Guadalcanal to prevent the invasion of Australia from Japan and to prevent the japanese from cutting off supplies.
@ksb78 See the problem when an American makes a film, they blow everything up. Thats all they do, its death, death, explosions and then more death. You have never matched a film to other countries in terms of good old fashioned acting without all your CGI !! I for one am a big fan of a good movie and i fully appreciate the story here, but where these marines served according to the book meant that they worked closely with the British Commonwealth forces!! Where are they in this film ?
@ksb78 Dam straight mate great series about the marines not the airforce or the poms or the Aussies or the Fuzzy Wuzzies just about these specific marines not the whole bloody campain. Whats that yourboringshutups major malfunction.
reli looking forward to this but i still think its criminal there isn't a mini series on this scale to celebrate the USSRs contribution to winning ww2.
Please don't call them soldiers. They were Marines!
oheady6531 4 hours ago
These are the men who made me want to be a Marine! Semper Fi
oheady6531 4 hours ago
I am reading helmet for my pillow great book
grahamswitz 1 week ago
I think these soldiers should be remembered for what they did.they fought for freedom.
grahamswitz 1 week ago
U know that the Americans wanted to invade Japan insted of bombing it with the atomic bombs? The casualties on the American side alone were calculated on around 100.000. The atomic bombs saved lives. Respect for all the soldiers!
SuperKaasKaas 3 weeks ago
Semper Fi
docwhispr 1 month ago
These actors all did a great job...
xCh34pShOtx 1 month ago
I did an informative speech on Robert Leckie and I got a 100% right off the bat but what got me the the requied points was reading the poem helmet for my pillow and a few quotes from the book as well
TheBossMan635 1 month ago
That last comment really got to me.... Even with sever alztimers... so bad that he couldn't even remember his own family.... he still remembered the war
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White Americans go to church because they know themselves that they have a lot of sins in their lifetimes. They killed tons of Native Americans, enslaved blacks for 350 years, dropped atomic bomb toward human being, and invaded innocent nations (vietnam, iraq, lybia). Today American became fat, which cause a lot of CO2s. If jesus exists, he must punish them. Amen.
mcblackjesus 2 months ago
Semper Fi devil and keep those gates guarded.
Tamayo1980 2 months ago
It's Veteran's Day, a rainy, windy day here in the Pacific Northwest. Can't think of anything better than spending my time watching "The Pacific" on Blu-Ray all over again. James Badge Dale as Robert Leckie is the best!
xqwyzts 3 months ago 2
Just watching these guys cope with life and death in the depths of a fiery inferno that is the Pacific theatre, really inspires me.
I look up to these men and the many others who have came out and lead successful lives. They deserve a lot of honor and respect. To go through what they have experienced is a test of human endurance, emotional strength, mental fortitude and most importantly a heart that does not succumb to fear.
ConstantineJoseph 4 months ago
USMC: We Fight What You Fear
stonecoldkiller33 4 months ago 2
I laughed pretty hard at seeing Ivy League.
capella1234 5 months ago
KILL THEM ALL !
US MARINES !
slim22rj 6 months ago
i stoped watching this when they were taking a hill thing and a women with a babie exploded but i forgot to watch more of this but that was disturbing thing i saw in a war movie
WhatEverGameing 7 months ago
ww2 and vietnam r the worse wars in the history ever.....
lvrpatriot01 7 months ago
@lvrpatriot01 That's debatable. Vietnam was bad for sure because of its cause and poor execution but at least WWII was just and the soldiers weren't spat upon when they got home.
HeardGraceshot 7 months ago
@lvrpatriot01 You should look into WWI, the Korean War, the Napoleonic Wars, and the American Civil War. WWII no doubt is one of the most destructive wars in the history of mankind but to put Vietnam on par with WWII as being "worse" than some of these others is just not accurate.
Michael71186 6 months ago
Lucky Leckie R.I.P
theMilkShakeMan100 7 months ago
best documentary I've seen
r4ducu 8 months ago
this is my great great uncle... im not kidding...
thatsurfkid 9 months ago 6
@thatsurfkid that is cool. RIP Robert Leckie
UHapr23 8 months ago
Great brave,proud men - Love from your British allies and friends ..
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God bless Japanese earthquakes
onetthome 10 months ago
@onetthome Up yours
TheyHearUsNow 10 months ago
@onetthome I am Chinese and the Japanese inflicted far more suffering on my people than any other. Yet still, your statement is sick.
It is too late for revenge, and besides, America got it anyway.
heindrich1988 10 months ago
@onetthome
Oh don't worry, Yellowstone National Park sits above the largest active volcano in North America. Mt. Rainer will also pop soon, and the San Andreas Fault Line will grind it's swan song. November 2011.
WunderDoob 9 months ago
@WunderDoob Oh boy someone has been watching the discovery channel. Stop peddling your bullshit here, but then again you are the expert right?
DocHolliday1879 9 months ago
@DocHolliday1879
...I haven't had television service in about 4 years now. A meteor is calculated to pass between Earth it's moon over the course of 1.5 days November 25-26, 2011.
WunderDoob 9 months ago
@WunderDoob oh alright let me mark that on my calendar, kill yourself now to save time(Only if you are one of them)
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karubigyudon 9 months ago
@onetthome that is a ridiculous comment you cunt
UHapr23 8 months ago
I am amazed at the number of people defending Imperial Japan. The US has been no angels throughout history but the Japanese almost surpassed the nazis in the number of people they murdered and enslaved in World War 2. 25 million is a conservative estimate. That's not including the hundreds of thousands victims of torture, forced prostituion, gangrape, and slavery. Not dissing Japan, for the most part they're great, but in World War 2 their army was unbelievably amoral.
bschou 10 months ago
whats that haircut that sledge and hoosier have called?
smell0my0nipples 11 months ago
Great great men..
bhoyjack 11 months ago
its funny how anything war related on youtube you get alot of dickheads who think " they know best " and "what happened " making there worthless points sound legitimate ...in the midst of bloodshed and raining fire you have no fucking idea of what happen bar what you have read in history books and documentries making your own assumptions in your heads pointless ! - but i guess we are all entitled to our own opinion somewhat... ;)
shitchops 11 months ago
@shitchops im 12 i kno some vvhat of the vvar but i agree vvith u nd one other thing tht people mostly kids my age do tht is very annoying is compare these type of movies vvith video games i don't understand the true life of vvhen ur in a vvar is nd i vvill never get to figure out life in the pacific italian or eto but i can somevvhat get a point from books nd movies nd things like tht
jammedlocker0 11 months ago
"Even when he had forgot all of us, he never forgot being in the Pacific" Brings a tear to my eye
TheFlearoy 1 year ago 52
@TheFlearoy yes a sad reality :*(
shitchops 11 months ago
@TheFlearoy thats my history teacher(his son). Hes awesome, he has The Pacific Posters in his classroom.
GoldenSmurf14 3 months ago
i agree
commisar44 1 month ago
I bought this DVD right away when it was available in my country...
Maeguk 1 year ago
@OldBobo83 :)
TheRussianMILF 1 year ago
@OldBobo83 i agree with you, but you cant really say who was worse, considering that everything that we learn in schools was written and edited only with approval from the government, which was russia's enemy during the recent "imperial age". so the bottom line is, the winners write the history books
TheRussianMILF 1 year ago
What a beautiful clip. Total respect to the US from your staunchest allies in the UK..
bhoyjack 1 year ago 3
well, i gotta respect the japs.
even though they didnt stand a chance, they sure as hell gave those american imperialists a run for their money
TheRussianMILF 1 year ago
@TheRussianMILF Hey how about Japanese imperialism? Or British Imperialism, or French and Spanish and Chinese and Cambodian and Paraguayan Imperialism........ America isn't the only bad guy in history bub
papacharlie123 2 months ago
the whole time i didn't want anyone in leckie's squad to get killed i was gonna be sad cause they were like a family
soldiermman 1 year ago
Japan declared war to the U.S. because of its double standards and the failure to recognize the right to sovereignty of all people, the right of free trade and the right for immigration for all people. Japan was the victim. The Allies were the bad guys. Just look at the crime rate of Japan. The Japanese are a humble, frugal and nonviolent people who value honor and self-sacrifice.
WavesOfTrolls 1 year ago
@WavesOfTrolls Though Japan was responding to American agression in the pacific, their society still doesn't embrace the principles of free immigration and sovereignty. Just look at their discrimination against the Ainu people or their refusal to grant full citizenship to any immigrants even those that have been living in Japan for generations. I do agree with the last sentence though, they're a really great race and we could learn a lot from them.
xenos60 1 year ago
@xenos60 great depression > famine stroke japan > invasion of manchuria
WavesOfTrolls 1 year ago
@WavesOfTrolls ergo famine stricken Japan = massacre and ill treatment of Chinese civilians?
xenos60 1 year ago
@xenos60 famine stroke japan and 50% of its population would have died if they didn't do anything.
WavesOfTrolls 1 year ago
@WavesOfTrolls And this excuses human rights abuse how?
xenos60 1 year ago
@xenos60 YES SINCE THE SYSTEM WAS UNFAIR AND RACIST
WavesOfTrolls 1 year ago
@WavesOfTrolls Can you expand on that please?
xenos60 1 year ago
leckie is my favortite character. when i saw the battle for pelilu and it was focused on sledge i was like wheres leckie? then it switched over to leckie on a 30 .cal machine gun on the landing boats i was like YEAH ITS LECKIE
mrmastercheif7 1 year ago
his daughter looks exactly like him.
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R.I.P Robert Leckie. You and your fellow marines are HEROS!!!!!!!!
Hats off to Badge Dale. I've read Leckie's book and in my mind Badge Dale gets Leckie bang on. Best performance in the whole series.
R.I.P Lucky!
RoyalMarines2312 1 year ago
R.I.P Robert Leckie. You and your fellow marines are HEROS!!!!!!!!
Hats off to Badge Dale. I've read Leckie's book and in my mind Badge Dale gets Leckie bang on. Best performance in the whole series.
R.I.P Lucky!
RoyalMarines2312 1 year ago 2
"When he had forgot all of us, he hadn't forgot the war in the pacific"
Thats crazy..really shows what war does to a man.
awesomesolo 1 year ago
Has anybody read helmet for my pillow? If not I highly recommend it. I read it and was amazed at what this man went through in just 3 years of fighting
notredale123 1 year ago
Is it me or, is the actor playing leckie also a porn actor...
EduardoElSexypants 1 year ago
his dauhter got his purple heart
commanderalvarado 1 year ago
I bet this guy would have been a character to know.
palehorse2032 1 year ago
i share his brithday
bananabrian121 1 year ago
@bananabrian121 lucky
MrBrisbaneman1994 1 year ago
Worked for the Courier Express in my hometown, Bflo NY.
tommyt1971 1 year ago
Best character in the series. So mysterious and mischievous
notredale123 1 year ago
"I believe in ammunition.." me too leck
SKatman115 1 year ago
Im not pretty good in English, he said they killed 22 hundred Japs, and they lost 26 mens.. 22 000???
MiseryYT 1 year ago
@MiseryYT 2,200 men not 22,000, that would have been insane
SonofRa47 1 year ago
@SonofRa47 hehe ok, thanks:P well, 2,200 is already insane
MiseryYT 1 year ago
@MiseryYT it is actually, all those lives for a piece of shit island they didnt even use
SonofRa47 1 year ago
@SonofRa47 Thats why it's hard to have respect for your enemy, I don't know if I should hate japanese or no.. They have backstabbed US in pearl harbor.. But when we think about US today... Bush is the bitch.. not even the whole US... United States only take what they won before... They lost a lot of mens for this foods.. for this gold! I only hope they will not be stupid with.. that the power will not take over 'em.. The only error of japanese and Germans: Leckie RIP from Canada
MiseryYT 1 year ago
@MiseryYT I think Japs made lots of mistakes. I am sick of them complaining about Hiroshima after they bomb pearl harbor and Darwin. I am Australian and I know the allies lost civilians as well and I know the Japs lost more too but the US got even. ever since I was little I always was taught that if someone hits you. Then you hit them twice as hard
MrBrisbaneman1994 1 year ago
@MrBrisbaneman1994 agreed, Japs made a lot of mistake, first and important one: By starting this war, it was a kind of suicide feast. And a "Real Turkey shoot" for US marines: By Robert Leckie
MiseryYT 1 year ago
@MiseryYT Its not "backstabbing", its war. Why should they reveal their intentions, if only an idiot does that?
2xpto 1 year ago
@2xpto well lol, but they killed civilians:(
MiseryYT 1 year ago
@MiseryYT yes, and its always a tragedy when innocents die for no reason (theyre non combattants after all), but as sad as that may be, it happens everytime due to the nature of conflict - violence, more or less controlled. Take for instance the war in Afghanistan - controlling the use of violence to a point where your own troops are incapacitated to act, thus being unable to resolve the conflict and raising the risk of more civilian casualties just by eliminating the conditions to victory...
2xpto 1 year ago
@2xpto In world war 2, they shipped some mens who didn't want to go to the war, there's a lot of innocents who got killed.
MiseryYT 1 year ago
@MiseryYT In Japan, Germany and other places it was conscription where all men had to go and fight in the war, at no decision of thier own.
renno103 1 year ago
oooooooooooorah leathernecks!
77musica 1 year ago
Semper Fi and GOD bless you Robert Leckie.
xo51xo 1 year ago
Yo Hanks, when you get the time. Tell the British side to this damn war!
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE BOB, really love it.
But, The Battle of Dunkirk would be an awsome story to tell, think of those brave men who stayed behind to help the French and British retreat, and another awsome episode would be THE BATTLE OF BRITIAN.
Dont forget guys, Europe was at war way before america came into it =D
Awsomo666 1 year ago
@Awsomo666
brits have way too many movies about gallipoli type quagmires and retreats
none of it is interesting
a bridge too far....another british defeat
Sturmmann 1 year ago
@Sturmmann Lol thats because they were not made good, not like BOB, if it was made like that it would be awsome!
Awsomo666 1 year ago
@Awsomo666
thats why americans dont find movies of british defeats interesting
as a whole
theres no reason to make a movie about the retreat from dunkirk
might as well make a movie about isandlwanna
Sturmmann 1 year ago
@Sturmmann I disagree, the Retreat from Dunkirk is one of the most amazing stories in the war. The French collapse caught the British flatfooted with their backs to the Channel. It all could have been over then and there. There was no way the Army could evacuate them in time. Then average British citizens with fishing boats and yachts and barges anything that could float showed up under fire from the Luftwaffe and rescued nearly 340,000 French and British soldiers.
EnigmaticMrWu 11 months ago 3
@EnigmaticMrWu
only a brit would find a retreat amazing.
no wonder mere fishermen came over to get their sons back across the channel
british pride and arrogance tought it could hold the hun blitzkrieg back alone by itself.
Sturmmann 11 months ago
@EnigmaticMrWu no the withdrawal from the Chosin Resevoir by the Marines is the greatest story of any war
baezalejandro 11 months ago
@baezalejandro got that right
BUFFTHEDOCTOR 11 months ago
@Awsomo666 They need to do one on the Germans, get the real other side of the war told
chicagocubsforever 1 year ago
Wow, USMC casualties 26, Japanese casualties over 2,200.... hoorah
deztroyahh 1 year ago
Leckie was the most interesting of the three in my opinion
Snako85 1 year ago
@Snako85 too bad they barely showed him though
Snako85 1 year ago
Helmet for My Pillow is an awesome book...Leckie was a GREAT writer!
Gambitgirl1974 1 year ago 21
@Gambitgirl1974 worth to buy it? im about to buy Eugene's book.. maybe Leckie's too
MiseryYT 1 year ago
@MiseryYT
yes, you should definitely buy it, Leckie's style is almost poetic, despite the horror of the subject matter.
Gambitgirl1974 1 year ago
the world best movies
nice5539 1 year ago 3
@nice5539
Not only this, but Band of Brothers. Best damn movies ive ever seen.
bMMflash 1 year ago
@nice5539 agreed, The Pacific changed my mind so much!
GodzynWeird 1 year ago
war why ;
billonthepill 1 year ago
im really exitcited to read "Helmet for my Pillow" another great book i took 3 whole hours non stop on my first day to read the whole thing is the book "Soldier X" great book its about a guy who is part German and part Russian in ww2.
TheGreendude0 1 year ago
Peace ! we need learn from our past ... and never do again the same mistakes...
vascoenmexico 1 year ago
My dad, 90 yrs old now, is a decorated WWII veteran, served in the Pacific. He is a good man, a good American who served his country well. I resent the demeaning comments from young people that do not understand the great sacrifices these brave men and women did for our country. Many American youth iare soft, weak and lack of a purpose driven life. If they could only bother to read American History, their view of life might change a little, and they would become better persons.
isabellamatisse 1 year ago
Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie is an excellent book. I would recommend it 100%
shacko116463 1 year ago
wow, i never knew ma family was this influential. i keep on learning more about the leckie's/lecky's
MasterSlim1 1 year ago
America is losing its Greatest Generation... thousands of these heroes are leaving us each day. I wonder what character, strength and values we'll exhibit.
Hopefully these great men and women will continue to inspire this generation and more to come...
USA4July1776 1 year ago
His wife has a purple heart on her chain o.O
Tux3d0 1 year ago 5
@Tux3d0 it's his daughter...
teixsa 1 year ago
@teixsa Yeah her lol
Tux3d0 1 year ago
@Tux3d0
dont u mean leckies daughter?
mumugamer2006 1 year ago
@mumugamer2006 yes
Tux3d0 1 year ago
@Tux3d0 thats his douter
TheSherman100 1 year ago
I pray that the Japan-U.S. friendship continue forever.
mojyamo 1 year ago 50
@mojyamo Me too my friend
KXRB16 1 year ago
@mojyamo JApan will not attack or fight anymore ... but they ready to defence at all costs (north korea ^_^)
333stalker 10 months ago
oh wow Robert Leckie's son was my 8th grade history teacher.
papasmurf627 1 year ago
looks awsome keep it up
skatendestroy99 1 year ago
tward the end when he had forgotten his children.. he still coould remeber being in the pacific... some deeep words right there
jakeeboii20 1 year ago
Oorah
hardcoremarinecor100 1 year ago
Yo, to that dude hating on this show: They can't portray the "HORRIFIC atrocities" of the pacific BECAUSE IT'S ON TV, DUMBFUCK. You really think they'll get into DETAIL about the war? No. Damn, I'm TWELVE and I watched this show. If they showed the legit shit, I'd be crying.
xxteeheeyayxx 1 year ago
@xxteeheeyayxx TWELVE your parents should punish you for bad words
MrS5099 1 year ago
thumbs up for the Marines.
ririckyrickyracoon03 1 year ago
Leckie is certainly a character, I love how the actor portrays him as fatigued, and tired from fighting. However episodes 5-7 have been my favourite so far onto eugenes story.
MysterySparkStudios 1 year ago
December 18th was his birthday?!?!? It's my birthday too!
deathwing98 1 year ago
why isn't there a profie for snafu ??? will it be on the boxset ?
19gee83 1 year ago
vietnam...shit..cant know how afwul it was then... I want to be a soldier but when you see what it causes: pain, sorrow... Those things make me scared...
And for all the guys who did their time and made part in a war like vietnam, WO2...
Maximum respect from our generation...( im 17 ;p)
noobshotpro 1 year ago
1:26... who leaves such a beautiful girl to fight a war.
Faxe90Swe 1 year ago
my fav profile of the series
34ytrhtrghrf 1 year ago
this drama so sad!!@!@
racist drama
kysfifriend 1 year ago
@kysfifriend what do you mean?
gercelean 1 year ago
his daughter is wearing a purple heart
oifmarine81 1 year ago
He forgot his own family but never forget the terrors of the pacific theatre. Leckie and Snafu where my favourite characters. Great acting, great series. In the last episode I nearly cried it was very emmotional.
Deej173 1 year ago
this is probably the best video i've ever seen on youtube. RIP Leckie
shanagreen 1 year ago
Really can't imagine the stress where they must handle . They'll always worry if the japs are gona strike again . It's already terrible to put yourself in their shoes and think of the conditions they go through . It'd be more terrible to experience their hardship ..
Truth5212 1 year ago
nice video
hendrickson11 1 year ago
spielberg and hanks should be shot for treason after this treatment.
jjjazzycraig 1 year ago
those men are the reason why i want to join the army. respect for all who have fought in wars.
UNDERW0RLDx 1 year ago
@UNDERW0RLDx
The same with me! RIP all the people that have fallen during WWII, WWI and may all our troops out in service atm come home safe!
imapplhelper 1 year ago
3:24. The guy talking, whats his name?
highrifle 1 year ago
That line in there about how at the end, even though he forgot about his kids, he never forgot his kids, really brings home the effect this war had on these men. It's incredible.
Vexis525 1 year ago
as a former airborne trooper who has been in four theaters of action, the "pacific" is a piss poor excuse of salute to the men of the pacific theater...the character are so one dimensional and too saccharin...they fail to portray the HORRIFIC atrocities of the japanese army...the series is a MAJOR letdown from the BoB series...tom hanks & spielburg have done an injustice to the usmc.
jjjazzycraig 1 year ago
@jjjazzycraig
You are a former airborne trooper that has been in four theatres of action, yet your profile says Israel?
rawdawg15 1 year ago
@jjjazzycraig I thought so too...It makes you wonder about Spielburgs prejudice towards the Germans. There was no accurate perspective on how fierce the Japanese truly were. I found a little too much "social Messaging" from Spielburg in the first few episodes.
3d8541 1 year ago
as a former airborne trooper who has been in four theaters of action, the "pacific" is a piss poor excuse of salute to the men of the pacific theater...the character are so one dimensional and too saccharin...they fail to portray the HORRIFIC atrocities of the japanese army...the series is a MAJOR letdown from the BoB series...tom hanks & spielburg have done an injustice to the usmc.
jjjazzycraig 1 year ago
Thak you, Leckie, for leaving us your account of the horrors of war up close and personal. We can learn more from this than from some grandiose historical tome on strategy with little regard to the suffering of the individuals involved.
RoninDave 1 year ago
Imagine this guys,if you have been to World War 1,World War 2,Korean War,Vietnam War.....Iraqi War and you Survive,i guess you doesn't wanna live again after what you have experienced.
luftwaffe789456123 1 year ago
robert leckie is my hero ive read his book helmet for my pilow
MrElkhunt4 1 year ago
Leckie my favourite character. And tom hanks thanks for blessing us with such a great series ^_^
DaveWhoWhatDave 1 year ago
Its been centuries but unforgotten. I cant seem to erase all these remembering the stories my grandmother told me about Japs killing Filipino male babies, throwing them on the air with their swords waiting. She almost lost her mind when it happened to her son, my uncle..and now I'm teaching English to Japanese students and we were good friends...so ironic..is the fact that at times, can't help but think..Oh, their Japs....
marjesc88 1 year ago 4
Hey does anyone know if hoosier died, I've been wanting to know cause they havent said anything about him since he got shot. Also what happened to J.P morgan they havent showed anything about him since episode two i think
Killerstroke96 1 year ago
My Grandad was a British Royal Marine and I am very proud of my Grandad God bless him and everytime I watch The Pacific it makes me think of my Grandad and at the same time as the Americans was fighting the japs my Grandad was fighting the Germans x
R I P Grandad xxx
emma878 1 year ago
R.I.P Robert Leckie
raupleminze 1 year ago 55
I love this show, and I love Tom Hanks.
This made me so much more appreciative of our servicemen.
SnickersInTheBarn 1 year ago 3
i may not be in war or even experienced it...but i can tell the sadness these soldiers experience. seeing your friends go down one by one..seeing your fellow soldiers die everywhere you look..this is reality of war..in war there is no exeptions
avengerizer16 1 year ago
@DOXULOS That is true DOXULOS, the Greeks proved themselves worthy fighters all the time. I find it sad that so many countries fought and died for the Allies cause and they are forgotten.
Toddinfantry 1 year ago
tom hanks is becaming in a specialist in war film's e productions of 'em.
I ever enjoy his work, and now i have a new one reason to it.
I hope the series became closer here in brazil.
popsracer18 1 year ago
i'm 3 eps in and am waiting for it to get some respect for the OTHER nations who had been fighting for 2 years already!
I get that this is an American production but i really hoped it would be different from the other US movies and shows which portray the US and the saviours of the world who single handedly defeated the Germans and Japanese.
Its good for a shoot em up war flick with some drama thrown in but thats all so far.
yourboringshutup 1 year ago
@yourboringshutup you know the show is based off the main characters' memoirs. It's an American show about these specific American guys from their books. You want a movie that features other countries, have the other countries make them. Oh thats right, they won't have HBO behind the helm. Too bad.
ksb78 1 year ago 11
@ksb78 See the problem when an American makes a film, they blow everything up. Thats all they do, its death, death, explosions and then more death. You have never matched a film to other countries in terms of good old fashioned acting without all your CGI !! I for one am a big fan of a good movie and i fully appreciate the story here, but where these marines served according to the book meant that they worked closely with the British Commonwealth forces!! Where are they in this film ?
tankcommander94 1 year ago
@tankcommander94 not in the pacific you have ur story all wrong
British Commonwealth forces were struggling to hold the German Afrika Korps away from the Suez Canal. ...at the time of guadacanal...
southbay13thst 1 year ago
@tankcommander94 If you read Hugh Ambrose book, "The Pacific". It states that the commomwealth forces were already engage in Indochina,Burma,Europe and Africa. You have to remember we (the Americans) did not join the war till 1941. By that time. the commonwealth have been at war with the Axis power since 1938. Americans came in and won at Guadalcanal to prevent the invasion of Australia from Japan and to prevent the japanese from cutting off supplies.
noe7778 1 year ago
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@ksb78 See the problem when an American makes a film, they blow everything up. Thats all they do, its death, death, explosions and then more death. You have never matched a film to other countries in terms of good old fashioned acting without all your CGI !! I for one am a big fan of a good movie and i fully appreciate the story here, but where these marines served according to the book meant that they worked closely with the British Commonwealth forces!! Where are they in this film ?
tankcommander94 1 year ago
@ksb78 Dam straight mate great series about the marines not the airforce or the poms or the Aussies or the Fuzzy Wuzzies just about these specific marines not the whole bloody campain. Whats that yourboringshutups major malfunction.
Just a god dam cocksucker i guess
IndiaRshit 1 year ago
posers.
LongliveSnak2e 1 year ago
reli looking forward to this but i still think its criminal there isn't a mini series on this scale to celebrate the USSRs contribution to winning ww2.
nath6644 1 year ago