Did you see the final episode when they showed the cast and then the pic of the real person ? Casting was fucking right on ! The show didn't have the character development of Band of Brothers and seemed a little rushed because of it but the fighting sequences; it seemed to be more about the horrors of the war in the Pacific ; were absolutely horrific. Almost all of them approached if not exceeded the first 30 minutes of "Saving Private Ryan" in my opinion. All in all I enjoyed all 10 episodes. By the way, there's no overstating the heroism of John Basilone who won the Medal of Honor for his actions on Guadalcanal,came home to sell war bonds and then re-upped only to get killed on the first day of fighting on Iwo Jima or of Chesty Puller the most decorated Marine ever.

WTF is wrong with a little flag waving ? These fucking people were heroes in every sense of the word. None of us here can even begin to imagine what they went through, sacrificed and endured to keep mopes and whores like us free. When I meet a veteran I shake their hand and thank them. We need more like them and more flag waving imo !