Episode 4 was slow and left me kind of disappointed by I understand why they did it.War is not all battle and glory.Episode 3 was about R and R in Australia which was a big part of the war in the PTO, but it was not just R and R, it was a refit period for the 1st Marines after months of combat on Guadalcanal.Episode 4 followed Leckie after his transfer to a intel unit that landed on New Britain at Cape Gloucester in late 1943.There was a battle scene but it was more about how the constant rain and awful living conditions destroyed some men mentally and physically.Leckie's time at the rest camp on Banika was slow but interesting.I believe they could have combined episodes 3 and 4 into episode 3 and could have covered it just as well.Anyway, great show still and believe it is about to pick up even more since next week it covers battle of peleliu, which should be intense.Hopefully no more slow episodes.
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