Frit0 Bandit0 Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 My take on these guys at Guadal from the movie is they look like boots in over their head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frit0 Bandit0 Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 For those who don't have HBO Watch the movie... HERE Hit the red button..wait, then hit the green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frit0 Bandit0 Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 Read Bergerud's books. (Fire in the Sky and Touched With Fire - the last I know is still in print, as I've seen it recently). Great books, particularly the second. I suspect you'd like them. Also Richard B. Frank's Guadalcanal is a pretty authoritative history...albiet more from an operational point-of-view. I just bought "Touched with Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific" at Amazon / good reviews The superb account rendered so graphically in this book educates a new generation of readers as to the horrific practical realities involved in the Allied island-hopping strategy at the moment I'm reading through Disaster at Savo Island, 1942by Lieutenant Colonel David E. QuantockUnited States Army Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I just bought "Touched with Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific" at Amazon / good reviews at the moment I'm reading through Disaster at Savo Island, 1942by Lieutenant Colonel David E. QuantockUnited States Army Because I want to learn about the Battle of Savo from a short colonel. Although the naval history of the War of 1812 was written by a cavalry officer who managed to forget to pack his unit's horses (Teddy Roosevelt - seriously, the charge up San Juan Hill was on foot, contrary to the painting), so I shouldn't be so cynical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 M! Garand, The m1 sakinaw actually it's a Saginaw (carbine already field tested and used by the Raiders and Paramarines), The Thompkins um that would be a THompson (I don't know about that magazine clip/maybe), and the M50 which replaces the Tommy Gun the m50, especially with the folding stock does look like a carbine. the m3 replaces/supplements the THompson color] (was issued to the 1st in New Zealand prior to Gaudal...guess it can look like an M1 carbine, from a movie point) One point I thought rediculous was when those Bozo's decided to go to the shore and watch the Japanese ships off shore...Who by the way were looking right back at them and saying in Japanese "look at those Bozo's on the beach". Read Leckies book: Helmet for my pillow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadCap Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Read Bergerud's books. (Fire in the Sky and Touched With Fire - the last I know is still in print, as I've seen it recently). Great books, particularly the second. I suspect you'd like them. Also Richard B. Frank's Guadalcanal is a pretty authoritative history...albiet more from an operational point-of-view. Fantastic author, and an expert on the Imperial Japan. I have just read his analysis of the planned 1945-1946 Allied invasion of the home islands (Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire) and it was terrific. Highly recommended... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Fantastic author, and an expert on the Imperial Japan. I have just read his analysis of the planned 1945-1946 Allied invasion of the home islands (Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire) and it was terrific. Highly recommended... For two excellent fictional accounts of the invasion of JApan, read: 'The Burning Mountain' and 'Lighter than a feather' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 M! Garand, The m1 sakinaw actually it's a Saginaw (carbine already field tested and used by the Raiders and Paramarines), The Thompkins um that would be a THompson (I don't know about that magazine clip/maybe), and the M50 which replaces the Tommy Gun the m50, especially with the folding stock does look like a carbine. the m3 replaces/supplements the THompson color] (was issued to the 1st in New Zealand prior to Gaudal...guess it can look like an M1 carbine, from a movie point) I didn't see it. Was this something you saw/heard in the film? Sakinaw? My God they should get that right. Saginaw has only made steering box's for GM for 80 year's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I didn't see it. Was this something you saw/heard in the film? Sakinaw? My God they should get that right. Saginaw has only made steering box's for GM for 80 year's. Saginaw was one of many companies that churned out cabines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Saginaw was one of many companies that churned out cabines. I am aware of that. I just wondered why you pointed out the "sakinaw" spelling/pronunciation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I am aware of that. I just wondered why you pointed out the "sakinaw" spelling/pronunciation. For the same reason I pointed out the submachine gun was called 'Thompson, not Thomkins' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 For the same reason I pointed out the submachine gun was called 'Thompson, not Thomkins' Who are you correcting? Again, I did not see part one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Tom there is ALOT of unreality in there ... and some of it is pure comedy When was the last time you were in combat in the Pacific? Unreality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Who are you correcting? Again, I did not see part one. Fritobandito on page 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Fritobandito on page 2. Ok I see it. You missed the clip/magazine confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 When was the last time you were in combat in the Pacific? Unreality? He's 90 and remembers that no officer ever pissed himself in a foxhole in the middle of his first fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Ok I see it. You missed the clip/magazine confusion. No, I just figured it was minor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 No, I just figured it was minor. I guess. I am still trying to figure out what this M50 was that look's like a M1 carbine is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady Renko Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 For those who don't have HBO Watch the movie... HERE Hit the red button..wait, then hit the green Or... I don't know... people could actually pay for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 He's 90 and remembers that no officer ever pissed himself in a foxhole in the middle of his first fight. So that means it never happened? Ever? To any officer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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