Tom Hanks was instrumental in raising funds for DC's WWII Memorial when Congress appropriated only 10 percent of the fun

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10. I highly recommend it, and it is must see TV if your Dad served in the Pacific.

You will understand why the guys never talked about it when they got home.
The fighting was brutal, the Japanese were under orders from their emperor to fight
to the death.

You will understand what the men went through, not only the fighting, but lack
of supplies, food, etc. The conditions were dismal.

But it is all done very well, what else can you expect from Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg??

The story is told through the eyes of one GI, the main character.

Do you know what islands your Dad was on?
After WWII, I lived on one of those islands during the Viet Nam war.
Military kid. House was right next to the beach where there was fierce fighting years before
during WWII.