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Narrator this is the pacific as you know it, wide stretches of water, but this is the pacific as the joint chief of staffs view it, a battlefield, a vast fortressstudded plane on which the japanese defend the heart of the homeland. It is the most heavily fortified island in the world. This was the most heavily heavily fortified island in the world. Buried deep underground, the jap preparations for murder. 20,000 fighting men waited for us to make the first move. And they dont have to wait long. [explosions] the navy begins to soften up the island so we can land. [explosions] planes from our Ca...

You know it, wide stretches of water, but this is the pacific as the joint chief of staffs view it, a battlefield, a vast fortressstudded plain on which the japanese defend the heart of the homeland. It is the most heavily fortified island in the world. Buried deep underground lay 20 years of jap preparations for murder. 20,000 of their toughest fighting men waited for us to make the first move. And they dont have to wait long. [explosions] the navy begins to soften up the island so we can land. [explosions] planes from our Carrier Force take off to strafe and bomb. [machine gun fire] [explosi...

Dont think it is enough to contextualize. Because people are not going to stop and read what is on a plaque. If it is on a monument or on monument avenue, or some other place, i say, remove them, take them down, put them in a museum and contextualize it. I dont believe in destroying history, that history doesnt have to be in my face all the time. And it certainly doesnt have to that i amic lands helping, my taxes are helping to pay for. If it is in someones home or someones personal property, that is their business. But if it is a public space, it should not be there. If i am expected to maint...

Heavily f5 et q sliemd in thebk long. Keep a sharp lookout for zp;6vm we county even have time to remove our dead. There are heavy defenses on the ridges overlooking this plain. They draw a bead on us again. They chased us off there five times. We came back six. We brought in our wounded, and we took a breather. The injured are carried to the rear. Plasma is given on the way. Hospital dugouts are ready for anything. And we are ready to advance again. We called for artillery. Artillery develops at night. One of our ammunition dumps goes up. In two weeks, weve cleaned out plenty of japs between...

This film might disturb some viewers. [orchestral music] narrator this is the pacific as you know it wide stretches up water, but this is the pacific as the joint chief of staffs view it, a battlefield, a vast, plane on whiched the japanese defensive lineman is in the heart of the homeland. It is the most heavily fortified island in the world. Very deep underground, the japanese weight. 20,000 other fighting men waited for us to make the first move. And they dont have to wait long. [explosions] the navy begins to soften up the island so we can land. [explosions] planes from our Carrier Force t...