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Sterling Mace Interview (Part III)

Monday, October 8, 2012

Part III of my interview with Sterling Mace (WWII veteran and memoirist) is here. You can also read my review of BATTLEGROUND PACIFIC: A MARINE RIFLEMAN’S COMBAT ODYSSEY IN K/3/5 here.

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Sterling Mace Interview (Part II)

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Part II of my interview with Sterling Mace (WWII veteran and memoirist) is here. You can also read my review of Battleground Pacific: A Marine Rifleman’s Combat Odyssey in K/3/5 here. Happy Tuesday…

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Battleground Pacific: A Marine Rifleman’s Combat Odyssey in K/3/5 by Sterling Mace and Nick Allen Review

Thursday, August 30, 2012

I met Sterling Mace online, after making this rather short post about an interview he gave on a Reddit AMA. Not thinking the post would ever reach him, his response to me personally was about “setting the record straight,” of defining the position of riflemen, in relation to mortarmen, machine gunners, and officers. You see, Sterling […]

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The Pacific: Episode 10

Monday, May 17, 2010

This episode had a dual feel: it was equal parts sweet and sad. The Sweet: seeing Robert Leckie jump back into his life as a reporter was cool. We see his self-assuredness in angling his way back into his old job for more pay, no less. He also makes a play for the girl next […]

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The Pacific: Episode 9

Friday, May 14, 2010

Episode 9 finds the First Marine Division in Okinawa fighting against the mud, the rain, and sheer exhaustion. There was much to like about this episode: it had a distinct “feel” to it, showing the wear of sustained combat on the participants.  We see in-fighting between marines, even Sledge and SNAFU go at it.  And, […]

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The Pacific: Episode 8

Thursday, May 6, 2010

This episode is all about John Basilone. Eugene Sledge and the gang make a brief appearance at the start of the episode only. Of the eight episodes so far, I liked this one a good deal. It pretty much showed a guy finding himself, discovering that the “famous people” club isn’t everything it is cracked […]

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The Pacific: Episode 7

Monday, April 26, 2010

This episode proved to be a dramatic arc in the series, with Sledge becoming the driving force of the narrative. We also learn the fate of “Chuckler” who is borne back on a stretcher from the coral hills missing his leg (from the knee down). In addition, we get to see more of Captain Haldane […]

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The Pacific: Episode 6

Thursday, April 22, 2010

So…wow. This episode was all about the advance across the airfield on Peleliu. If episodes in Band of Brothers had subtitles like “The Breaking Point” or “Carentan,” this one could have easily been called “Flying Limbs” because there were plenty. At one point, Leckie crosses the airfield with his companions amidst thick artillery and small […]

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The Pacific: Episodes 4 and 5

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

This episode shows the mental side of things, with Leckie as the focus.  We see a suicide close up on Cape Gloucester, Leckie develop enuresis, which eventually forces him away from his friends and into a recovery unit filled with really messed up people.  There, he meets up with a DR and over burgers and […]

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The Pacific: Episode 3

Monday, March 29, 2010

Episode 3 finds the guys from the 1st Marine Division in transition. It follows Robert Leckie mostly, off the boat in Australia and into the bed of a local woman. The romance between the two is, of course, sexual (it’s HBO…) and a little graphic. I expected a little of this, since there was a […]

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