I discovered earlier today that it was Sledge's birthday (and Basilone's, much to my shame), which merited some sort of celebration. In my discussion of said celebration with
muccamukk I realized that it would probably make sense to provide a list of The Pacific boys' birthdays and heights, since a bunch of us already threw together the same lists for the men of Easy Company,
which you can find here.And lo, we have done so. Thank you Mucca for your help.
Here are all the TP boys' heights and birthdays for anyone who needs them:
THE PACIFIC BOYS’ BIRTHDAYS
January
Bill “Hoosier” Smith | | January 14, 1922 |
Merriell “Snafu” Shelton | | January 21, 1922 |
February
March
April
Elmo “Gunny” Haney | | April ??, 1898 |
Edward “Hillbilly” Jones | | April 1, 1917 |
May
June
July
Bud “Runner” Conley | | July 9, 1921 |
August
R. V. Burgin | | August 13, 1922 |
Manuel “Manny” Rodriguez | | August 17, 1922 |
Andrew “Ack Ack” Haldane | | August 22, 1917 |
September
Sidney Phillips, Jr. | | September 2, 1924 |
October
Lew “Chuckler” Juergens | | October 22, 1918 |
November
John Basilone | | November 4, 1916 |
Eugene B. Sledge | | November 4, 1923 |
December
Robert “Lucky” Leckie | | December 18, 1920 |
I couldn’t find J. P. Morgan’s birthdate anywhere, so if anyone comes across it let me know!
THE PACIFIC BOYS’ HEIGHTS
This list is based on the actors, not the actual men.
6"2 | 188 cm | Lew “Chuckler” Juergens | | |
6"1 | 185 cm | Andrew “Ack Ack” Haldane | Edward “Hillbilly” Jones* | |
6"0 | 183 cm | Elmo “Gunny” Haney | | |
5"11 | 180 cm | Manuel “Manny” Rodriguez | | |
5"10 | 178 cm | Robert Leckie | | |
5"9 | 175 cm | John Basilone | Merriell “Snafu” Shelton | Eugene Sledge |
5"8 | 173 cm | Bill “Hoosier” Smith | Sidney Phillips, Jr. | |
5"7 | 170 cm | R. V. Burgin | | |
5"6 | 168 cm | Bud “Runner” Conley | J. P. Morgan | |
5"5 | 165 cm | Bill Leyden | | |
*We couldn't find Leon Ford’s actual height so we estimated based on several scenes in the show that he seems to be somewhere around 6”1/185cm.
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