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Generation Kill

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

A few weeks back, I posted this over at the WBG forums about the new HBO mini-series Generation Kill (based on the book by Evan Wright). It’s worth a watch, I think, just to see the interaction between the rank and file guys. Plus, there are characters called “Encino Man” and “Captain America.” Though minor […]

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More on Battle 360 on the History Channel

Friday, May 2, 2008

From reader JS (used with permission): As a carrier buff with particular interest in the USS Enterprise and Solomon campaigns, I was excited with the news of The History Channel’s Battle360 project and awaiting this expensive and multipart series with much anticipation. Indeed, Big E, a gallant ship and crew, served in every major campaign […]

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The Pacific War, #14

Sunday, October 7, 2007

So what do you do when you have no time for anything but work but feel like a post is due? Link to Dale Dye. That’s what you do. His weekly update is as interesting as ever. I’m particularly impressed with our plans to demonstrate Platoon Sergeant Basilone’s heroics in the fighting on 23-25 October […]

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Operation Cobra in The War

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

So in the Invasion episode of The War, I found the discussion of Operation Cobra a little short. I mean, how is it possible to discuss this event and not mention the fact that Allied bombers also killed and wounded American soldiers due to “short” drops? One web page… Over 100 U.S. soldiers were killed […]

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The Pacific War, #13

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Saturday, 29 September 2007 If this were a literature course and we were studying the old Freytag pyramid, I’d say this latest entry constitutes some significant rising action. We’ve had a little exposition and are moving steadily toward the climax (though I think we have a ways to go), falling action, and denouement of the […]

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The Pacific War, #12

Monday, September 24, 2007

Dateline: September 22, 2007 More from Dale Dye on the product of the work taking place now… In some of the most spectacular and stirring sequences I have ever seen put on film, we landed on the Orange and White Beaches of Peleliu last week. Much of what I saw on those bitterly opposed landing […]

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The Pacific War, #10

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

TexasNick over the PacificFans.com forum (now defunct) posted a real gem on this web site recently. They are set photos from the Pacific War series, the first I’ve seen outside of a recent news article. The photos are hosted via flickr under the name of Rens Spanjaard, and the text is dutch, at least according […]

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The Pacific War, #9

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Dateline: Saturday, 8 September 2007 So I was checking out the Entourage season 2 DVD yesterday, and guess who makes an appearance? Dale Dye was there dropping f-bombs all over the place. I thought then…” ’bout time for another entry from Mr. Dye. It’s been a week.” So this morning, I read that a good […]

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The Pacific War #7

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Dateline AUG 25, 2007– Dale Dye has posted an update on The Pacific War project, now filming in Australia. He writes: It’s hot and muggy here in tropical North Queensland just as it was on Guadalcanal back in August 1942. We’ve managed to sweat our way through a second week of filming on this epic […]

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The Pacific War, #6

Sunday, August 19, 2007

TexasNick over www.pacificfans.com posted a link to a beach landing for the Pacific War series, now filming in Australia. I would love to link up to this, but alas. Visit the link above, read the article, and check out the picture. Sadly, there is only one, and it’s not that big. This section of the […]

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