THE PACIFIC part 10 Watch Along
Added 2024-03-04 17:00:13 +0000 UTCAHH! WOW what an amazing series finale!!! I was destroyed!
Thanks so much for being here with me on this journey!! WOW! It was a tough road!
xx
ames
Comments
We did it John! That last episode!!! 😭
Amalia Wolf
2024-03-08 23:56:23 +0000 UTCWowwwww. A lot to think on this. Thanks for sharing that Robert ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Amalia Wolf
2024-03-08 23:56:10 +0000 UTCGreat reaction, Ames, as always. You really are the best at these sorts of things: smart, empathic, thoughtful and sensitive. Just as in real life, the war in the Pacific—and this series that so admirably portrays it—often gets, to some degree, overlooked in favor of the European war and Band of Brothers respectively. At least in the case of the two TV series, BoB, tough as it is in parts, is the “easier” watch told in a way that is probably more audience pleasing/satisfying, but I think they did the Marines proud with this series. In my view, the war in the Pacific was an uglier, more brutal one and that had to be shown with an unblinking honesty to make the entire production worthwhile. A note on the weight that these experiences carried on the men in their later lives. Upon discharge they were told that they might feel anxious and upset at certain times for no reason and that they should just "pretend that they felt okay". Believe it or not, that actually worked for a lot of them, to some degree. Also, not coincidentally, that was a generation that drank A LOT more than subsequent generations, so self-medicating was another prevalent method of coping. In the case of my WW2 and Korean War vet grandfather, he certainly suffered lifelong nightmares that were probably tougher on my Nona, honestly. He also dealt with regular malaria recurrences well into the 1960s which were even more frightening, I gather, as he would hallucinate being back there. I do, however, believe that he was traumatized more by his year in Korea (specifically the Battle of The Chosin Reservoir) than by his three in the Pacific. If people overlook the Pacific war sometimes, they’ve altogether forgotten the Korean War (1950-1953, 36,000+ KIA and 100,00+ wounded), which is something that ate at and embittered Gramps til the end.
Robert Livingood
2024-03-05 11:23:22 +0000 UTC"Three years ago in a miserable part of the Pacific, I was laying in the mud, dreaming about a moment like this with you." - Robert Leckie to Vera Keller. What a lovely thing for Robert to say! I made it through the finale, Ames!! I confess it took a lot of tissues! What an emotional episode!!
John Courtright
2024-03-05 02:44:30 +0000 UTC
