The Pacific


Douglas Brinkley, Author: “How Tom Hanks Became America's Historian in Chief”

Interview by Jim Dingeman

As part of HBO’s 10-part miniseries The Pacific, Jim Dingeman speaks with Douglas Brinkely about its most famous producer and amateur historian, Tom Hanks.

Richard Frank on The Pacific

Interviewed by Jim Dingeman

Richard Frank, author of Guadacanal and Downfall, give his analysis of HBO’s The Pacific.

Hugh Ambrose, Historical Consultant to The Pacific

Interviewed by Jim Dingeman

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Part Three:

Philip Beidler, University of Alabama, author of The Good War’s Greatest Hits—The World War II Classic and American Remembering

Interview by Jim Dingeman

Bruce C. McKenna, Head Writer of The Pacific

Interview by Jim Dingeman

Jeanine Basinger, Professor at Wesleyn University and author of The World War Two Combat Film

Interview by Jim Dingeman

James Delson and Jim Dingeman discuss The Pacific with a focus on Episode 1:

Col Joseph Alexander, author of Storm Landings

Interview by Jim Dingeman

Official Military Histories of battles featured in The Pacific:

History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II, Volume I
History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II, Volume II: Isolation of Rabaul
History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II, Volume III: Central Pacific Drive
History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II, Volume IV: Western Pacific Operations
History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II, Volume V: Victory and Occupation
Marines in World War II Historical Monograph: The Guadalcanal Campaign
Marines in World War II Historical Monograph: The Battle for Tarawa
Marines in World War II Commemorative Series, Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa
Marines in World War II Historical Monograph, Iwo Jima: Amphibious Epic
The Assault on Peleliu
The Campaign on New Britain
Okinawa: Victory in the Pacific

With the Marines at Tawara

A 1944 documentary by Louis Heyward that used footage taken during the Battle of Tawara. Like The Pacific, With the Marines at Tawara deals with the 2nd Marine division. It won an Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject in 1945.



Real Soldiers featured in The Pacific







John Basilone meets the Mayor of NYC

Battle Footage

Marines moving up the horseshoe of Peleliu

Lost Evidence: Peleliu

A documentary on Peleliu with interviews with some of those that fought there.