Peleliu 1944: Horror in the Pacific, recipient of 1993 Telly Award and 1992 Columbus International Film Festival Citation as Best Documentary and featuring Eugene (E.B.) Sledge,author of With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa, tells the true story of the men of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment (K-3-5) and the ferocious Battle of Peleliu, “an island on fire”, during World War II in the Pacific Theater. In conditions that tested the sanity of each man, 9,000 Marines attacked 10,000 battle-hardened Japanese soldiers dug into hundreds of fortified and reinforced coral and limestone caves. 28 days of unrelenting battle with no quarter asked or given.
Against a backdrop of archival footage and photographs, the Battle of Peleliu is told by Eugene (E. B.) Sledge (also featured in Ken Burns’ film The War as seen on PBS), Bill Leyden, R. V. Burgin, Jay De L’eau (all characters,including Sledge, in the upcoming HBO mini-series, The Pacific, March 2010, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, producers) and Roy “One-Shot” Kelly is as harrowing as any in the history of modern warfare. A battle of total annihilation fought in inhuman conditions.
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December 17, 2010
#1
Haunting, powerful interviews of unsung heroes,
As a son of a Peleliu veteran (12th Defense Battalion), this DVD was a must-have. The interviews of the Company “K” vets are very telling at the physical, psychological, and emotional cost these men gave…and left on that island of coral rock.
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|December 17, 2010
#2
Great Documentary,
If you liked the recent HBO documentary about “The Pacific”, then you will love this DVD about Peleliu.
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|December 17, 2010
#3
Must have DVD for Marines and History buffs,
When we serve in the Marine Corps we knew about Peleliu when we learned the history of the Corps. What we did not learn was the personal moving experiences of the Marines who fought. This is one of the best blends of video and personal narrative that I have seen and I recommend it to anyone who wants to know about the Pacific War.
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