#chuck tatum

[bossboudicca]

gotta love the conflicting or just downright absent information out there on basilone's army service.

and thank you chuck tatum, your information is invaluable but your math is way off. "basilone reenlisted for a three year term in 1937" and the next paragraph "when his tour ended in 1938" buddy!! come on!!

[pookielious]

Beginners guide to The pacific books

Just a list complete list of the books that inspired hbo wars the pacific focusing specifically on them men portrayed in the show feel free to use this post as a guide or a checklist for your book collection I'm also making one for bofb :3

List belooowww the cut ! ↓↓↓

The Robert Leckie books

Helmet for my pillow (by Robert Leckie)

Strong armed men: the United States marines vs. Japan (by Robert Leckie)

Challenge for the Pacific Guadalcanal: the turning point of the war (by Robert Leckie)

Okinawa: A Decorated Marine's Account of the Last Battle of World War II (by Robert Leckie)

The Battle for Iwo Jima (by Robert Leckie)

Marines! (By Robert Leckie)

Eugene sledge books

With the old breed at Peleliu and Okinawa (by Eugene Sledge)

The old breed The complete story revealed : a father and son,and how WWII shaped their lives (by Henry Sledge)

China marine: an infantryman life after world War II (by Eugene Sledge)

Other personal accounts

Red Blood, Black Sand: Fighting Alongside John Basilone from Boot Camp to Iwo Jima (by Chuck Tatum)

You'll Be Sor-Ree! : A Guadalcanal Marine Remembers the Pacific War (by Sid Phillips)

island of the damned; a marine at war in the pacific (by Romus Burgin (burgie) w/ Bill marvel)

Historian written

The pacific: hell was an ocean away (by Hugh Ambrose)

The Old Breed: A History of the First Marine Division in World War II (by George McMillan) (not to be confused with Eugene and Henry Sledge’s books)

There's a trillion billion books made specifically about the 1st marine division but this one centers on the hbo miniseries and the veterans portrayed! Let me know if I missed any major ones I'll definitely add to this : ))

[hbowartournament]

Character Tournament: Round One

learn how to steal this poll

Chuck Tatum vs. Eugene Jackson

Chuck Tatum

Eugene Jackson

Voting ended onJul 1

[janebcnnct]

i feel so grateful for the memoirs we have of those portrayed in the hbowar shows, especially those written long before the shows were even a thought. i think it is so neat how their thoughts are not only there for us to read but also influenced so much within the books that are connected to hbowar

[merriell-allesandro-shelton]

The Pacific Profiles

Check these videos out. Well put together and gives you more insight on these men.

Eugene Sledge

Romus Valton Burgin

Robert Leckie

John Basilone

Chuck Tatum

[lightthewaybackhome]

Red Blood, Black Sand: with John Basilone on Iwo Jima by Chuck Tatum My rating: 4 of 5 stars I knew this book was one of the books they used as source material for the Pacific and so it's been on my radar for a while. I randomly caught the title out of the corner of my eye one day as I walked passed the "for sale" books at the Library. I instantly bought it and brought it home to live happily beside Helmet for my Pillow and With the Old Breed. I will admit that it took me a while to get into the book. The writing style grated on my nerves quite a bit at first. Each chapter started with a quote from within the chapter but none of the chapters were long enough to justify this. I quickly quit reading the opening quote to avoid repetition. Second, the constant use of (that's Marine speak for …) got exhausting to read. The translation alone in a parathesis would have been better, or no translation at all. Many of the terms could have been easily defined by their context, so it kept taking me out of the story. Last, the inclusion of John Basilone on the cover is pretty misleading and sells the story short. Basilone was Tatum's hero and he did serve with him, but Basilone is in less than 5% of this book, possibly less than 1%. If you are looking for books about Basilone, this isn't the book you're looking for. If you are looking for books about the battle on Iwo Jima from a boots-on-the-ground perspective, this is absolutely the book you're looking for. As a WW2 memoir, this book is excellent. Once I got over the above issues, I really enjoyed it. The whole section on Iwo Jima is well-written, heartbreaking, courageous, mind-boggling, and gut-clenching. It is everything you want from a memoir. Learning about Tatum as a person was wonderful. Several parts at the end made me tear up just simply because I had grown to love Tatum himself. I am truly thankful I stumbled across this book and I'm happy it is now on my shelf. View all my reviews

[bennydemarco]

Chuck Tatum + tropical colors

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[hbowardaily]

HBOWarDaily’s 500 followers celebration

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