THE PACIFIC The Warriors That HBO Forgot

[1945iwo]

my great grandfather was a black US Marine in the battle of peleliu and he and his unit faught side by side with the the white Marines.

[CaptainAmerica322]

Well they were telling the story of a specific group of Marines. Not Every Marine ever. Band Of Brothers leaft out the Army Air Corps..........because they weren't part of the story.

[B17Boy]

Before we demonize, let us remember that during WWII the military was segregated. For those interested, you can thank Woodrow Wilson for that. Teddy Roosevelt and Taft integrated the U.S. gov't. Wilson re-segregated the gov't when he was elected in 1912. It took Truman, and the efforts and sacrifices of the black soldiers, the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd Regimental Combat team, etc., to show that Americans are Americans and will fight for their freedom, no matter their color. That's what I know.

[gjohnsoningary]

@B17Boy But truth is not demonizing!!! I don't expect Hollyweird to tell the truth for they rarely do. But I've known about Blackmen fighting in World War II since I was a boy because my father is a World War II veteran. He served with the 761st Tank Battalion in Europe. The military was racist and most of the white officers leading the Black troops were redneck southern nitwits with the brain power of a doorknob. Blackmen caught hell! The only time the US calls us American is when there's a war

[JENDALL714]

The Japanese American soldiers are probably more forgotten than the black soldiers! The Japanese American soldiers in the MIS helped to end the war early in the Pacific because they knew the language and could get the enemy to surrender! The Japanese Americans in Europe were the most decorated fighting battalion during the war! Talk about forgotten!

[1banryukyu]

@JENDALL714 Sir

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team fought with honor and was a great help during WWII. But the African American has fought in every war in America and Mr. Crispus Attucks was the first to die in the Boston Massacre March 5th, 1770. We should honor all Americans equally and proudly it was not just one race that helped to make America great but all Americans working together which is helping to make the American dream come true for us all. Peace

[coachingwithcrystal]

OMG I think I see my father in one of the group pix! Thank you!! He was a Marine in WWII from 1943 - 47 in the Pacific.

[watanabe757]

you know, there is a big different with he-who-defends-the-country and he-who-makes-a-lot-of-money...­.

[SuperTopa123]

@phil516 You should record Mr.Snail video or an interview about his war time experience

[SuperTopa123]

i hope there will be movies about afroamerican heroes of ww2 in the pacific soon!

[ACDCJCUSMC]

Im not white nor black, but thanks for serving , black marines/soldiers/sailors/airme­n of WWII

[andreoliveira1969]

Hanks and Spielberg are good KKK Movie Producers..Also in "Saving Private Ryan" and in Band Of Brothers there is almost none Afroamerican soldier.. Waht a Shame !!!

[andreoliveira1969]

HBO and the producers of "Pacific" are RACISTS !!!! What a Shame !!!!

[phil516]

Great video. My neighbor is a African American man who served in Okinawa. I get a chuckle everytime he tell's me the story about how he almost got his head shot off by a Japanese Sniper. ;) Mr. Snail's is one kool dude. :)

[MAairsofter]

blacks were not frontline troops. they were usually cooks or truck drivers very rarely were they combatants.

[TheWolfmaster91]

@MAairsofter Thats not the point though, the point is that these men fought through pain and chaos only to not be mentioned in history accounts. I don't care if they were cook, drivers, or typical maids of the army, they shed blood too.

[gladiluchina]

Brazil expeditionary force fought together with u.s 5th army, against italians,germans in italy and very little is spoken about that,its sad that our black brothers that contributed a lot with lives to the word war 2 were omited in hbo series the pacific.

[TheCairnslocal]

The real warriors that were forgotten in this series were the Australians. Learn something about the REAL history of the early Pacific campaigns and then remake it without the insult to your staunchest ally. I hated the series and I haven't met many Aussies who felt much differently about it.

[Mstei076]

Haved you read ambroses book? Before you cam blame the big bad hbo for keeping the black man down?

[davidwigs]

I don't think it's so much that they forgot about them, but it was much easier to base the miniseries off of soldiers that was easy to research. John Basilone was a national hero, so it's pretty obvious why details are known about him. Robert Leckie wrote a narrative called "Helmet For My Pillow," and Eugene Sledge wrote a narrative called "With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa. These novels were extremely detailed (both of them, I have read) and makes it easier for staff to follow up on.

[emrobin]

Maybe Spike Lee can make a series about black service members fighting during WWII. I'd love to see a series on that. It's part of our history. Come on HBO, get on it.

[harveysuperboy]

@emrobin They will never let it Happen. Because then people would ask certein questions about vets and their benefits or lack of benefits during that time and now. I served in Iraq saved lives was hurt 4 times and still trying to get my awards.