AIRS MARCH 2010 ON HBO

The Pacific is based primarily on two memoirs of U.S. Marines: With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge and Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie.

The 10-part mini-series will tell the intertwined stories of two authors and Marine John Basilone, as the war against the Empire of Japan rages.
Episode One:
stayfrosty: fakemustache: corcordium: Leckie: [reading aloud a letter from home] P.S. Your mother would like to know if you want us to send you your dress blues uniform. [The guys laugh.] Must think we get a lot a fancy dress balls around here. Runner: Hey, if we have one, can I be your date? Leckie: You, are ugly. I want Hoosier. Hoosier: Take a number.  The Pacific 1.01 — Guadalcanal  stayfrosty: fakemustache: corcordium: Leckie: [reading aloud a letter from home] P.S. Your mother would like to know if you want us to send you your dress blues uniform. [The guys laugh.] Must think we get a lot a fancy dress balls around here. Runner: Hey, if we have one, can I be your date? Leckie: You, are ugly. I want Hoosier. Hoosier: Take a number.  The Pacific 1.01 — Guadalcanal 

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fakemustache:

corcordium:

Leckie: [reading aloud a letter from home] P.S. Your mother would like to know if you want us to send you your dress blues uniform. [The guys laugh.] Must think we get a lot a fancy dress balls around here.
Runner: Hey, if we have one, can I be your date?
Leckie: You, are ugly. I want Hoosier.
Hoosier: Take a number. 

The Pacific 1.01 — Guadalcanal