Perhaps the best ever of it's Genre///But needed Edson's Ridge
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Pacific
lvrepoman — 9 years ago(December 07, 2016 11:08 AM)
Going back at least 40 years, I've found WWII Pacific both fascinating and, perhaps, the easiest follow. Perhaps for this reason, The Pacific remains an an absolute favorite. I doubt that there was any battle fought involving Americans that was so close run affair as the Guadalcanal campaign. That battle; land, sea, and air, could have taken a small change any where along the and so profoundly have changed the war.
Of course, the nature of the series limited its scope, and although I would have loved for the naval and air battles to have received some serious attention, I understand why this didn't happen. One battle that I wish had received coverage was the Battle of Edson's, also known as "Bloody Ridge." As a "scholar" of the battle, I can hardly imagine this action being omitted from any account of the land battles.
Anyone else feel this way?
"He was running around like a rooster in a barnyard full of ducks."Pat Novak