The Pacific Episode 5

Key Battles of American History

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🗓️ 16 November 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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In this episode, Sean and James discuss Part 5 of The Pacific, in which Eugene Sledge goes into combat for the first time. Sledge is briefly reunited with Phillips on Pavuvu before Phillips departs to return home to Mobile. Sledge meets Merriell "Snafu" Shelton, R.V. Burgin, Bill Leyden, Gunny Haney, and his company commander Andy Haldane, all of whom will be his companions in the fighting come. Later, the 1st Marine Division lands at Peleliu, where they encounter stiff resistance from the Japanese defenders.

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0:00.0	War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding
0:10.8	right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its
0:16.5	size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.
0:24.0	Welcome to Key Battles of American History,
0:26.8	a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.
0:32.8	Here is your host, James Early.
0:43.3	Thank you. your host, James Early. Hello and welcome back to the Pacific, our discussion of the epic 2010 HBO
0:47.5	miniseries of the same name, The Pacific.
0:50.4	I'm your host, James Early, as always, and with me, as always, is Sean McIver.
0:55.8	Well, in our last episode, we saw a little bit of combat.
0:59.3	We saw the first Marines going to, or the first Marine Division going to Cape Gloucester,
1:04.7	and we saw Bob Lecky getting in some pretty gross, or gross, some pretty nasty combat,
1:10.6	seeing some gross things, and then going back
1:13.1	to Pavuvu. So, and we're going to see Eugene Sledge comes in on the action. Now, both of these
1:20.7	men and their respective regiments are going to be heading to another very difficult and fierce
1:27.2	battle for the island of Pelaloo in the Palau Islands.
1:30.9	So before we jump into the plot, as always, Sean may have a few things to say about the background or the director or anything else you want to say, Sean, about this episode particular.
1:42.8	Yeah, well, this is written by Lawrence Andries
1:47.5	and Bruce McKenna, who is one of the producers and creators of the Pacific miniseries. But the
1:52.9	director probably is the most notable and well-known director in the list of directors of all these
1:59.2	episodes. And that is Carl Franklin. He is a
2:03.4	director. He's actually been around for quite a while since the 1980s. He was noted for
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