Posted on 09/30/2007 8:45:19 PM PDT by jrooney
PBS is showing a great documentary on the Battle of Peleliu in the Pacific during WW2. My dad was in the 1st Marine Division during this battle and saw many good friends die there. It is a good watch for family members of WW2 vets.
My grandpappy was a combat medic in the 81st at Anguar and then at Pelilieu. He would never talk about it. Terrible stuff.
God bless your dad, and all who fought for us in WWII!
My mom called me and my brothers and asked us all to watch what our dad went through. This was his first battle during the war. Bloody battle with high loses.
Thanks for the info.
Thank you. My Dad is 83 now and a survivor of a stroke and heart attack this past year. He has felt his time may be coming, so he has started to face the memories of what he did and faced during the war and is actually watching the show himself tonight. That is a big change even from 5 years ago when he wanted the war to be a distant memory.
God bless him for his service and sacrifices.
I believe however the whole key here is 'HOW BAD WAR IS' so why should we be in a war now. Why else...PBS is such a lefty group...they are ALWAYS very agenda driven....trying to convince the public we need to cut and run in Iraq
The Burns series is remarkable. Reminders of how much FUBAR there was and how wonderful that generation was. Makes me sad to see us as we are now.
God Bless your father and grant him peace and relief.
Cheers!
I agree with your assessment. As a reference of the war though, it is facinating for me because I can see what my Dad faced as a young man.
It was horrible what our country and those men went through. What a horrific event and all the lives lost. My oh my....what a war...I’m watching it again. There’s so much to it you’ve got to watch it again to catch it all.
Yep. If this is all you were exposed to, you would get a very distorted sense of history in that era. Unfortunately, kids today aren’t getting the full story, and when they get a chance to dig for the truth, they are told it is just American propaganda. Sad.
I just called my Mom to see how my Dad was reacting to it and she said pretty good. The 1st Marine Division was so decimated from this battle, after wards they and my dad were sent to “Pevuvu” (probably misspelled by me) to regroup and refortify before heading to Okinawa.
My dad was silent about his service for many years until all of us kids were grown. We have slowly got him to open up and talk about it.
“My dad was in the 1st Marine Division during this battle and saw
many good friends die there.”
More than likely you’ve read the book linked below.
But, for forum members that met E.B. Sledge for the first time by
watching “The War”...they need to read it if they haven’t yet.
(Fair Warning: It’s honest, graphic and ugly)
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
by E.B. Sledge
http://www.amazon.com/Old-Breed-At-Peleliu-Okinawa/dp/0891419195/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-1181878-9330064?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191211924&sr=1-1
No I have not read it but will get it so I can understand better what happened. Thank you for the link. I really appreciate it.
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