[TP REWATCH] Part Five and Part Six

[thrillingdetectivetales]

Welcome to the rewatch discussion post for PART FIVE and PART SIX of The Pacific.
You are welcome to discuss any and all aspects of the episodes in the comments on this post. Please recognize that others may hold different opinions than yours and continue to abide by our #1 rule: don't be a dick. Additionally, I ask that y'all take care to keep spoiler content off of spoiler-free threads. Otherwise, have fun!

Part Five
Spoiler-free thread.
Spoiler friendly thread.

Part Six
Spoiler-free thread.
Spoiler friendly thread.

If you'd like to chat about the episode in real time, join us over on Discord.*

To participate in discussions about previous episodes, you can visit the posts below:

Part One & Part Two
Part Three & Part Four

* Please note that during this rewatch, we have done away with spoiler friendly and spoiler-free Discord channels and will simply be using the dedicated channel for The Pacific. As such, if you participate in the discussion on the Discord server you may encounter spoilers.

Comments

Re: Part Five [SPOILER-FREE]

[muccamukk]

There really wasn't very much training shown in the series. In reality they did train and practice landings, but the training craft were often not the ones they'd actually use. Sledge trained on one that had a ramp that let down, so he wasn't used to climbing over the side.

(A book by another marine that I read said they didn't have the tracked ones on his beach, and they all got dropped off on a reef and had to wade to shore while getting shot at.)

Re: Part Five [SPOILER-FREE]

[yourlibrarian]

Thanks for that! It did make me curious because compared to more recent equipment, what was developed for WW II was actually quite effective at doing what it needed to. I daresay part of that is exactly why Eisenhower became so worried about the military industrial complex that was in business for the sake of making money rather than serving the needs of the soldier or the nation. As it happens, I just watched the movie The Pentagon Wars last night. Although it was framed as a satire, it was based on an actual event and the memoirs of the central character. And the reality was nothing to laugh about.