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February 18, 2020 at 11:09 pm #1488188

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Just a small comment on the Iwo Jima 75th anniversary: Some of the photos in the podcast are from the film “Flags Of Our Fathers”, which is quite good. There are two other films and series covering the Pacufic theatre in WW II that I want to recommend: The first is “Letters From Iwo Jima”. It shows the events from the Japanese perspective and they have Ken Watanabe as famous Japanese commanding general on Iwo Jima, Kuribayashi. The second is the series “The Pacific” by HBO. This deals also with the battles of Guadalcanal, Tarawa and Okinawa in addition to Iwo Jima. In this series the brutality of the fighting is depicted in a very drastic way. However, there is much to learn, and we meet people like John Basilone, who is a famous American war hero, who in fact was killed on Iwo Jima.

All of the films inspire me for all kinds of scenarios and table settings for my games in the Pacific: Bunker clearance, tight gorges defended by Japanese MG Teams, dug-in Japanese tanks and much more.

Lest I forget, thanks @oriskany, another good one here and I truly miss your written content. My reading comprehension is still better than my listening comprehension.