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NutmegCT

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Finally (after 14 years ...) I watched the entire ten episodes of The Pacific.

That is one of the best/accurate portrayals of WW2 US military I've ever seen. The guys before the war, during training, first battle experience, comradeship and respect, first "love affairs", endless misery endured because "our cause is just", broken bodies and souls. Then the return to US and trying to adjust to "normal" life.

The last episode reminds me of Wyler's 1946 "The Best Years of our Lives": Our world has changed, and so have we.

Excellent.
 
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I like the Pacific series, I was just a kid when they all were coming home. There were a lot of stories at the time I didn't understand being too young to grasp the reality of it all. We kids were living on Grandpop's farm, so we were kinda of isolated. I think it hit me when I was told my Uncle Jake was never coming home, his ship had sunk somewhere in the Atlantic. My dad and three brothers all made it back. Dad never talked about it much. They all served in the European campaign but one was transferred to the Pacific. Nannies 5 boys all went to war, and 4 came back. PJ
 
It was an excellent series. I watched it a few years ago and was blown away with the level of detail that went into making that show. The two books it is largely based off of are also worth reading if you get the chance; E.B. Sledge, With the Old Breed, and Robert Leckie, Helmet for my Pillow.
 
Walt - did you notice the color of the bathrobes worn by the guys in the psychiatric ward?

I think that's the source of the WW2 term "he's a maroon" for someone who behaves strangely.
 
NutmegCT said:
Walt - did you notice the color of the bathrobes worn by the guys in the psychiatric ward?

I think that's the source of the WW2 term "he's a maroon" for someone who behaves strangely.
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My Dad was a 19 year old medic in WWII. At the time, the concept of PTSD wasn't a thing, but we now believe that he suffered from PTSD in his post-war life.
 
Basil said:
My Dad was a 19 year old medic in WWII. At the time, the concept of PTSD wasn't a thing, but we now believe that he suffered from PTSD in his post-war life.
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Recently there have been several articles about the impact of being around large munitions being fired and the impact to the human body. Seems the original term was pretty accurate - shell shock.
 
Silverghost said:
Recently there have been several articles about the impact of being around large munitions being fired and the impact to the human body. Seems the original term was pretty accurate - shell shock.
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That wasn't what impacted Dad - it was seeing his buddies shot to he** all around him and having to tend to them as a medic - just barely out of high school.
 
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