If you had the chance to talk to a WWII vet......

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

I'd ask him if he knew John Basilone.
Since I know who it is now, ask him about "The Pacific." What facts were true? What did they change?

I had about 10 minutes with him (maybe I kind of stalled him but I REALLY wanted to talk with him). I asked him about Tv is Tv but reality is of course what really happened. I asked what was completely fabricated in the show. He said if I recalled the point in the show where they were on the train in Australia and one of the Marines shot and killed a cow (a dairy cow)? Never happened. In fact, they didn't even have rifles. They had packs, but not rifles.

The other was the swearing. In 'The Pacific', they swore a lot. In reality, they rarely swore.

John Basilone was in a different unit. Albeit they were all in 1st Marine Division, Basilone was in a different Battalion. He knew who he was, just not on a personal level.