All language subtitles for The Pacific War in Color Series 1 2of8 Shockwaves 1080p

Narrator: IN 1942,

THE SHOCKWAVES OF WAR

FLOOD INTO EVERY CORNER
\h\h\hOF THE PACIFIC...

FROM STEAMY ISLAND JUNGLES...

TO THE BITTER ALASKAN COLD.

Man: IT WAS THE WORST PLACE.

I FROZE TO DEATH.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
IN THESE UNFAMILIAR LANDS,

ENEMIES THAT WERE
AN OCEAN APART...

[GUNSHOTS]

WILL SOON COME FACE TO FACE.

\h\hMan: MIDWAY WAS OUR FIRST
REAL ENCOUNTER WITH THE ENEMY.

[GUNFIRE]

[EXPLOSION]

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
WITH RARE PERSONAL FILMS...

AND COLOR COMBAT FOOTAGE...

\h\h\h\h\hMan: BULLETS
AND ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE

\h\hWERE COMING AT ME
FROM EVERY DIRECTION.

Narrator: HEAR THE VOICES
\h\h\hAND FEEL THE FIGHT.

♪

♪

Baine Kerr: YOU DIDN’T KNOW
WHEN YOU WERE GOING TO SAIL.

WIVES DIDN’T KNOW ANY GIVEN DAY

\h\hIF THEY WOULD SEE
THEIR HUSBANDS AGAIN.

\h\h\hWE DIDN’T KNOW
WHERE WE WERE GOING.

Acencion Fernandez:
\hALL THEY SAID WAS,

"YOU ALL AREN’T GONNA NEED
\h\h\h\hNO WINTER CLOTHES.

YOU’RE GOING OVERSEAS."

Kerr: THEN, ONE MORNING,
\h\h\hWE WERE UNDERWAY.

♪

Charles Ripper: WE LEFT OUT

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hUNDERNEATH
THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE.

THINGS LOOKED PRETTY GOOD.

IT WAS A REALLY SMOOTH RIDE.

\h\h\h\hTHEN WE GOT OUT,
AND THE OCEAN GOT ROUGH,

AND THE WAVES GOT BIG,

\h\hAND THAT LITTLE BOAT WAS
BOUNCING AROUND LIKE A CORK.

WE WERE ALL SICK AS HELL.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hH.L. Obermiller:
BEFORE I WAS OUT OF THE HARBOR,

I WAS FEEDING FISH
\h\hOVER THE SIDE.

Narrator: FRESHLY TRAINED MEN
\h\h\h\hIN BRAND-NEW UNIFORMS

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hJAM ONTO SHIPS
HEADING TO AN UNFAMILIAR WORLD

6,000 MILES AWAY.

♪

Howard Jones: WE WERE SLEEPING
\h\h\h\hON THE HANGAR DECKS...

THE FLIGHT DECKS.

ANYWHERE WE COULD FIND
\hA PLACE TO LAY DOWN.

Narrator: SOME ARE BARELY 18.

Richard Williams:
I WAS JUST A KID.

I HAD NEVER SPENT A NIGHT AWAY
\h\hFROM MY MOTHER OR FATHER.

I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN MY BUNK
JUST THINKING ABOUT HOME,

AND EVEN CRYING ONCE IN A WHILE.

Narrator: THEY CAN ONLY IMAGINE
WHAT WAR IS LIKE

AND WHERE THEY’RE GOING
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO FIGHT IT.

SERVICEMAN DAN ROCKLIN

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLANDS IN A JUNGLE
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OCEAN.

[BIRD SQUAWKING]

\h\hHE BRINGS HIS OWN CAMERA
TO CAPTURE HOW EXOTIC IT IS.

[SQUAWKING]

\h\hHE’S NEAR PORT MORESBY,
ON THE ISLAND OF NEW GUINEA.

RIVERS ARE INFESTED
\h\hWITH CROCODILES.

KIDS CLIMB TREES FOR COCONUTS.

THEN TRADE THEM FOR CIGARETTES.

THE TRIBE IS WELCOMING,

\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT CAN’T HELP
STARING AT THE STRANGE MEN

POINTING CAMERAS AT THEM.

THEY’LL BE CALLING THIS HOME.

BUT THEY AREN’T HERE FOR FUN.

[ENGINE HUMMING]

\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE JAPANESE
ARE QUICKLY CLOSING IN.

THE JAPANESE ALREADY HOLD
\h\h\hTHE SOLOMON ISLANDS

AND MOST OF NEW GUINEA.

\hNOW A FLEET IS ON THE WAY
TO COMPLETE THE CONQUEST...

IF THEY CAN KICK THE ALLIES
\h\h\h\hOUT OF PORT MORESBY.

IF NEW GUINEA FALLS,

AUSTRALIA FEARS

IT COULD BE NEXT.

\h\h\h\h\hBUT AMERICANS
SEE THE JAPANESE COMING.

\h\h\hCODE BREAKERS
SNIFF OUT THE PLAN.

ADMIRAL CHESTER NIMITZ
\h\hDECIDES TO GAMBLE.

HE SENDS AN ARMADA,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hINCLUDING
FOUR AIRCRAFT CARRIERS,

TO MEET THEM HEAD ON.

[ENGINES ROARING]

THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA

STARTS WITH A BIG BLOW.

[ENGINES ROARING]

\h\h\hAMERICANS SPOT
A JAPANESE CARRIER.

[GUNFIRE]

\h\h\hTHEY DIVE DOWN THROUGH
PIERCING ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE

AND SINK IT.

[GUNFIRE]

\h\h\h\hTHE JAPANESE RESPOND
BY SWARMING AMERICAN SHIPS.

[GUNFIRE AND EXPLOSIONS]

IT’S DOGFIGHT AFTER DOGFIGHT,

BUT NEITHER SIDE’S NAVY
\h\h\hCAN SEE THE OTHER.

PLANES DO ALL THE FIGHTING,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLONG DISTANCE.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWilliam Lockey:
THE PLANES FLEW RIGHT AROUND US,

AND THE GUNS COULDN’T KEEP UP.

[FIRING]

\h\h\hAND THE BOYS COULDN’T
TWIST THAT GUN FAST ENOUGH.

[GUNFIRE]

Narrator: THEN, AMERICANS HIT
\h\h\hA SECOND ENEMY CARRIER.

\h\hBUT JAPAN RESPONDS
WITH TWO MORTAL BLOWS.

A BOMB RIPS THROUGH THE DECK
\h\h\h\hOF THE USS YORKTOWN,

KILLING 40 MEN.

\h\hAND THE USS LEXINGTON
IS BLASTED BEYOND REPAIR.

♪

BOTH SIDES SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES.

BUT THE ALLIES HAVE HALTED
\h\h\h\hJAPAN’S MOMENTUM.

THOSE LEFT BEHIND

\h\hWILL NEVER KNOW
THE HISTORIC IMPACT

OF THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA.

NOT ONCE DO OPPOSING SHIPS
\h\h\h\h\hSPOT EACH OTHER.

\hNOT ONCE DO THEY
EXCHANGE A SALVO.

IT’S A NEW KIND OF NAVAL BATTLE,
FOUGHT ENTIRELY WITH AIRPLANES.

AND IT’S A SIGH OF RELIEF
\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR AUSTRALIA.

[GUNSHOTS]

[TROLLEY BELL DINGING]

AUSTRALIANS FEEL SAFER.

[DINGING]

FEARS OF A JAPANESE INVASION
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE WANING.

BUT ANOTHER INVASION
\h\h\h\hIS UNDERWAY.

Tim Murphy: SUDDENLY,
\hTHE YANKS WERE HERE.

\h\hTHEY ALL SEEMED TO HAVE
BIG MOUTHS AND SQUARE TEETH

AND CAME FROM PLACES I’D NEVER
\h\h\hHEARD OF, LIKE NEBRASKA.

Narrator: CITIES LIKE BRISBANE
\h\hARE OVERRUN BY AMERICANS.

♪

A PARADE OF U.S. TROOPS

\h\h\h\h\hSHOWS THE SCALE
OF THIS FRIENDLY INVASION.

UP TO A MILLION MEN.

THEIR REPUTATION PRECEDES THEM.

♪

Barry Ralph: THE AMERICANS,

THEY HAD A GOOD RECORD
\h\hFOR SAVING PEOPLE.

\h\h\h\h\h\hI KNEW THAT
FROM WATCHING WESTERNS.

Narrator: IT’S A MARRIAGE
\h\h\h\h\hOF CONVENIENCE.

AUSTRALIA GETS EXTRA PROTECTION.

\hAMERICA GETS A NEW HOME BASE
FOR SOUTH PACIFIC OPERATIONS.

[GUNSHOTS]

THE TWO ALLIED FORCES
\h\hTRAIN TOGETHER...

[GUNSHOTS]

AND PLAY TOGETHER.

AMERICANS PROVIDE THE BASEBALL.

\hAND AUSTRALIANS
PROVIDE THE BEER.

THE MEN SEEM TO GET ALONG
\h\h\h\hFAMOUSLY UNTIL...

♪

\hMaureen Meadows: WE LIKED
EVERYTHING ABOUT THE YANKS.

IN FACT, WE JUST COULDN’T
\h\h\hHELP STARE AT THEM.

Narrator: THE AMERICANS
\hHAVE SHARPER UNIFORMS

AND DEEPER POCKETS.

THEY EARN UP TO TWICE AS MUCH
\h\h\h\hAS THE AUSSIE SOLDIER

\hAND SPLASH THEIR CASH
WHEN THEY HIT THE TOWN.

\h\h\h\h\hBill Bentson: WE HAD
THE CHOCOLATES, THE ICE CREAM,

THE SILK STOCKINGS,
\h\hAND THE DOLLARS.

WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW THE GIRLS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA GOOD TIME.

♪

Colin Kerr-Grant: IN SYDNEY,

YOU WERE COMPETING
\h\hWITH AMERICANS

FOR THE ATTENTION OF WOMEN.

AND SOME OF THE AUSTRALIAN GIRLS
REALLY CHASED THE AMERICANS.

Narrator: AUSTRALIAN MEN
\h\hSTART TAKING OFFENSE

\hAND ADOPT A SLOGAN
DESCRIBING AMERICANS

AS "OVERPAID, OVERSEXED,
\h\h\h\hAND OVER HERE."

♪

THEIR WELCOME IS WEARING THIN.

\hARGUMENTS AMONG TROOPS
TURN INTO STREET FIGHTS.

STREET FIGHTS TURN INTO RIOTS.

MELBOURNE AND BRISBANE
\h\hERUPT INTO CHAOS.

♪

\h\hGENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR
IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.

HE’S IN AUSTRALIA COMMANDING
\h\h\hBOTH NATIONS’ TROOPS.

\hHE’S ABOUT TO SEND THESE
JOINT FORCES INTO BATTLE,

\h\hIF THEY CAN STOP
FIGHTING EACH OTHER.

SPRING 1942.

A NEW ALLIED EXPERIMENT
\h\h\h\h\h\hIS UNDERWAY.

AMERICANS AND AUSTRALIANS DEPLOY
AS ONE ARMY FOR THE FIRST TIME.

\h\h\h\h\hTHEIR NAVIES
REPELLED THE JAPANESE

ENOUGH TO HOLD PORT MORESBY,

THE LAST ALLIED OUTPOST
\h\h\h\h\hON NEW GUINEA.

NOW GROUND TROOPS POUR IN.

\hTHE ALLIED CAMP IS NESTLED
INSIDE A COCONUT PLANTATION.

\hFROM HERE, THEY WANT TO
RETAKE THE ENTIRE ISLAND.

BUT NEW GUINEA IS NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE TO PENETRATE.

MOUNTAINS RISE TO 16,000 FEET,

SURROUNDED BY THICK JUNGLE.

SO THEY TRY TO ENLIST
SOME LOCAL EXPERTISE.

AMERICAN PILOT KEN GERRISH

TAKES HIS OWN FOOTAGE
\hOF CURIOUS TRIBESMEN

IN THE REMOTE HIGHLANDS
\hOUTSIDE PORT MORESBY.

AN AUSTRALIAN CAPTAIN
\h\h\h\hBREAKS THE ICE

BY TAKING PICTURES OF THE CHIEF.

IT’S THE FIRST TIME HE’S EVER
\h\h\hSEEN A PHOTO OF HIMSELF.

\h\hTHE TRIBE AGREES
ON THE COMMON ENEMY,

AND THEY’RE READY TO FIGHT.

Ken Gerrish: WE WERE FORTUNATE
\h\h\h\hTO GET THESE PICTURES,

AS THIS WAS A REAL WAR PARTY

WHO ACTUALLY DID KILL
\h\hSOME JAP SOLDIERS.

♪

Narrator: NOW THIS UNCOMMON
\h\h\h\hCOLLECTION OF ALLIES

HAS TO FIGHT THE JAPANESE
\h\h\hTHAT SURROUND THEM.

EACH SIDE TAKES POTSHOTS
\h\h\h\h\h\hAT THE OTHER

FROM CLOSE DISTANCE.

BLACK SMOKE RISES

\h\h\hFROM JAPANESE RAIDS
ON THE PORT MORESBY CAMP.

ALLIED PILOTS STRIKE BACK
ON JAPANESE BASES NEARBY,

TURNING ZEROES INTO SCRAP METAL.

ONE SQUADRON TALLIES 200 KILLS.

THEIR PILOTS SELDOM SURVIVE.

THOSE THAT DO BECOME POWs
\hUNDER AUSTRALIAN GUARD.

A CLOSE-QUARTER AIR WAR
\h\hIS A DANGEROUS GAME.

\h\h\h\h\hTHE TWO SIDES
ARE ON THE SAME ISLAND.

IF A PILOT BAILS
INTO THE JUNGLE,

\h\h\h\hALL BETS ARE OFF
ON WHO FINDS HIM FIRST.

SO EVERY PILOT CARRIES
A LIFE VEST, A KNIFE,

AND A PISTOL.

BETWEEN THE JUNGLE ITSELF
\h\hAND THE ENEMY WITHIN,

SURVIVAL ISN’T GUARANTEED.

\h\hBUT IT HELPS TO HAVE
THE LOCALS ON YOUR SIDE.

KEN GERRISH BRINGS HIS CAMERA

\hON A RESCUE MISSION
TO THE WILD INTERIOR.

Gerrish: WE LANDED ON A RIVER
\h\hTO PICK UP A DOWNED PILOT,

AN AUSSIE OFFICER.

Narrator: THE PILOT CAN THANK

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNEW GUINEA’S
OWN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGerrish:
HE WAS ROWED TO THE PLANE

BY NATIVES IN THEIR LOG CANOE.

HE WAS REAL HAPPY TO SEE US.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN FLYBOYS

ARE FORMING A TIGHTER BOND...

\hNOW THAT THEIR LIVES
DEPEND ON EACH OTHER.

THE PRESSURE OF COMBAT PUNCTURES
THEIR PRE-WAR TENSIONS.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHANDSHAKES
ARE REPLACING FISTFIGHTS.

♪

J. Edward Angly: I WILL SAY

\hTHAT ONCE THE SCENE
OF BATTLE IS REACHED,

\h\hTHE TWO BODIES OF TROOPS
GET ALONG EXCEEDINGLY WELL.

\h\h\hNarrator: IT HELPS
THAT THERE ARE NO WOMEN

ON PORT MORESBY BEACHES
\h\h\h\h\hTO FIGHT OVER.

♪

BUT THEY ARE NEVER FAR
\h\hFROM THEIR MINDS.

♪

ALL OVER THE PACIFIC THEATER,

SEXUAL FRUSTRATION LEADS
TO CREATIVE EXPRESSION.

THEIR BELOVED PLANES
\hBECOME THE CANVAS

FOR WHAT THEY CALL "NOSE ART."

THE FARTHER FROM THE PUBLIC EYE,

THE RACIER THE ART.

♪

SOME CHOOSE CARTOON CHARACTERS.

OTHERS OPT FOR INTIMIDATION.

THIS ONE GOES FOR SHEER SIZE.

THIS IS THE LARGEST
\hNOSE ART PAINTING

OF WORLD WAR II,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCALLED
"THE DRAGON AND HIS TAIL."

\h\hTHE AVERAGE AIRFIELD
BECOMES AN ART MUSEUM--

ALBEIT, WITHOUT A ROOF.

WHEN RAIN SOAKS NEW GUINEA,

\hNOTHING AND NO ONE
ESCAPES THE DELUGE.

Gerrish: THE RAIN AVERAGED
\hABOUT TWO INCHES A DAY.

WE DIDN’T FLY ONE MISSION.

\h\h\h\hMOST OF THE TIME
WAS SPENT IN THE TENTS,

\h\hEXCEPT FOR CHOW
OR LATRINE BUSINESS.

Narrator: IT’S TOUGH GOING
\h\h\h\hFOR THE SOLDIERS.

♪

THIS ENDLESS RAIN

\h\hCREATES A PROBLEM
EVEN BIGGER THAN MUD.

Gerrish: PRACTICALLY ALL OUR MEN

\h\h\h\h\h\hHAD MALARIA
AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.

I HAD IT TWICE, ALONG WITH
\hA BOUT OF DENGUE FEVER.

Narrator: THE SOUTH PACIFIC

\h\h\h\h\hIS A HOTBED
FOR TROPICAL DISEASES.

\hINSECT BITES CAUSE
MORE STRETCHER CASES

THAN ENEMY BULLETS.

EVEN WHEN THE SUN
\hCOMES BACK OUT,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFEVERS RAGE
INSIDE THE MEDICAL TENTS.

ON NEW GUINEA ALONE,

\h\h\h\hTHE AVERAGE SOLDIER
ENDURES MALARIA FOUR TIMES.

\hCharles Pase: YOUR BONES
AND EVERYTHING WOULD ACHE.

YOU WOULD BE WEAK.

YOU COULD HARDLY
HOLD UP A RIFLE.

YOU COULD WALK, YOU COULD CRAWL,
BUT YOU COULDN’T DO MUCH ELSE.

Narrator: IT’S A CRIPPLING
\h\h\h\hMANPOWER PROBLEM.

FIGHTING MALARIA WILL TAKE
\h\hA WHOLE SEPARATE WAR.

THE ARMY’S MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
\h\h\h\h\hRUSHES INTO ACTION.

MALARIA CONTROL UNITS SPRAY DDT
LIBERALLY ACROSS THE ISLAND.

\hTRAINING FILMS URGE TROOPS
TO TAKE STRICT PRECAUTIONS.

Announcer: SLEEVES DOWN,

SHIRT BUTTONED,

REPELLENT SMEARED ON,

AND SMEARED ON OFTEN ENOUGH
TO KEEP THE MOSQUITOS AWAY.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHIS EQUIPMENT
IS AS IMPORTANT AS BULLETS.

Narrator: THEY SPEED UP TRIALS

OF THE ANTIMALARIAL MEDICINE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hATABRINE.

\h\hPase: THE CHEMICAL
WAS VERY, VERY BITTER,

VERY NASTY TASTING.

MY MEN HATED IT LIKE POISON.

\h\h\hNarrator: EVEN THE NURSES
EXPERIENCE WICKED SIDE EFFECTS.

\hEleanor Hughes:
WE STARTED TAKING

THESE LITTLE YELLOW PILLS.

THEY TURNED YOUR SKIN
\hAND EYEBALLS YELLOW.

Narrator: SOON, RUMORS FLY THAT

ATABRINE CAUSES INFERTILITY.

THE PILLS ARE SO UNPOPULAR

THAT MEDICS ARE DEPLOYED
\h\h\h\h\hIN CHOW LINES

TO MONITOR THEIR INTAKE.

THE DISEASE AFFECTS BOTH SIDES.

UP TO 90% OF JAPANESE TROOPS

SUFFER FROM MALARIA
\h\hAND DYSENTERY.

AMERICANS WHO RUSHED TO ENLIST

\h\h\hARE NOW FEELING EVERY MILE
OF OCEAN BETWEEN THEM AND HOME.

\h\h\h\h\h\hWHAT THEY NEED
IS A HOME AWAY FROM HOME.

THIS PLACE LOOKS LIKE HEAVEN...

\h\h\h\hESPECIALLY FOR
DISEASE-RIDDEN TROOPS.

♪

THEY’RE GETTING SHIPPED
\h\h\h\hTO NEW ZEALAND,

A GREEN AND SPACIOUS COUNTRY

\h\h\hWITH FEWER PEOPLE
THAN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNorm Hatch:
WHEN I WENT TO NEW ZEALAND,

I WAS REMINDED OF A WESTERN TOWN
IN THE LATE 1800s.

\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
BY THE SUMMER OF 1942,

AMERICAN TROOPS ARE ARRIVING
\h\h\h\h\hBY THE THOUSANDS.

NEW ZEALAND PUTS OUT
\h\hTHE WELCOME MAT.

♪

THEY SET UP 19 HOSPITALS WITH
THE LATEST MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.

♪

\h\h\h\h\h\hLOCAL FARM FAMILIES
TAKE IN TROOPS LIKE SECOND SONS

AND NURSE THEM BACK TO HEALTH,
\h\h\h\h\h\hNEW ZEALAND STYLE.

Hatch: ONCE THEY GOT OUT
\h\hINTO THE COUNTRYSIDE

AND WERE ABLE TO DO HARD WORK,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEAT GOOD FOOD,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND DRINK
COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MILK,

THEY SOON BECAME VERY WELL.

♪

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
THERE IS LITTLE OF THE TENSION

THAT FOLLOWED AMERICANS
\h\h\h\hINTO AUSTRALIA.

THAT WAS A FORCED MARRIAGE.

IN NEW ZEALAND, IT’S MORE LIKE
\h\h\h\h\h\hA LOVING ADOPTION.

[DOG BARKS]

TROOPS GET HEALTHY

\h\h\hAND GET READY
TO REJOIN THE FIGHT.

THERE’S A BIG ONE BREWING AHEAD.

BY JUNE OF 1942,

\h\h\h\hALLIED TEAMWORK
IS HOLDING PORT MORESBY

AND PROTECTING AUSTRALIA.

\hJAPAN HAS HIT A WALL
IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC,

SO THE EMPIRE LOOKS EAST,

TO MIDWAY.

IT’S A CRITICAL HALFWAY POINT
\h\hBETWEEN ASIA AND THE U.S.

\h\h\h\h\hTHE AMERICAN FORCES
PROTECTING MIDWAY ARE MEAGER.

THE APPROACHING JAPANESE FLEET
\h\h\h\hIS FOUR TIMES BIGGER.

LIKE THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK,

THEY COULD ANNIHILATE ANOTHER
\hHUGE CHUNK OF THE U.S. NAVY

AND LEAVE THEM ALMOST HELPLESS.

BUT THIS TIME,

AMERICANS HAVE SURPRISE
\h\h\h\h\hON THEIR SIDE.

ONCE AGAIN, THEY’VE CRACKED
\h\h\h\h\hTHE JAPANESE CODE

AND KNOW THEIR PLAN.

EVEN THOUGH HE’S OUTGUNNED,
ADMIRAL NIMITZ DOESN’T RUN.

INSTEAD,

HE’LL WAIT FOR THE JAPANESE
\h\h\hTO ATTACK THE ISLAND,

THEN LAUNCH A SURPRISE
\h\h\h\h\hOF HIS OWN.

BUT IT MEANS THE MEN ON MIDWAY
\h\h\h\h\h\hARE SITTING DUCKS.

♪

AT SUNRISE, AMERICANS HEAR
\h\hTHE APPROACHING BUZZ.

THEY STEEL THEMSELVES
\h\hFOR AN ONSLAUGHT.

[GUNFIRE]

[ENGINES ROARING]

[GUNFIRE]

THE FEW PLANES THEY HAVE

SCRAMBLE TO INTERCEPT
\h\h\h\hTHE ATTACKERS.

[ENGINES ROARING]

[GUNFIRE]

[EXPLOSIONS]

[ENGINES ROARING]

[GUNFIRE]

[EXPLOSION]

\hTHE JAPANESE BOMB THE RUNWAYS
AND OBLITERATE THE COMMAND POST.

SMOKE BILLOWS HIGH INTO THE SKY

\h\h\h\h\h\hAS THEY TEAR
INTO THE AMERICAN BASE.

THEY SET THE HANGARS ABLAZE.

[ENGINES ROARING]

[EXPLOSION]

AMERICAN MARINES DESPERATELY
\h\h\h\hSCRAMBLE FOR COVER,

HOPING THE NAVY CAN SUMMON
\h\h\h\h\hA COUNTERATTACK

AND SAVE THE ISLAND.

♪

Judson Brodie: THE LOUDSPEAKER
\h\h\h\h\h\hCAME ON AND SAID,

"WE’VE GOT ENEMY PLANES
\h\h\h\h\hAPPROACHING."

\h\hNarrator: JUDSON BRODIE
IS ABOARD THE USS YORKTOWN.

\h\h\hBrodie: THERE WERE
SO MANY JAPANESE PLANES

FALLING AT ONE TIME

THAT IT LOOKED LIKE A CURTAIN
\hCOMING DOWN ACROSS THE SKY.

Narrator: AMERICAN GUNS
FILL THE AIR WITH FLAK.

BUT THE JAPANESE ARE RELENTLESS.

\h\h\hBrodie: THE SECOND ATTACK,
THEY GOT TWO TORPEDO HITS ON US.

YOU HAVE NEVER IN YOUR LIFE
\h\h\hFELT ANYTHING LIKE IT.

Narrator: JAPAN THINKS IT HAS
\hAMERICA’S NAVY ON ITS KNEES.

INSTEAD, IT’S ON ITS WAY.

[ENGINE ROARS]

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAMERICANS
SAW THE JAPANESE COMING.

SO BEFORE THEY ARRIVED,

THEY LAUNCHED WHOLE SQUADRONS OF
TORPEDO PLANES AND DIVE BOMBERS.

\h\h\h150 AIRPLANES
RACE TO STRIKE BACK,

LEAVING THEIR HOME SHIPS
UNDER FIRE BEHIND THEM.

[ENGINES ROARING]

[BOOM]

WITHOUT AIR COVER,

\h\hAMERICAN SHIPS
FACE AN ONSLAUGHT.

[GUNFIRE]

\hJAPANESE PILOTS
HAVE A FIELD DAY.

[GUNFIRE]

BUT WHEN THE AMERICAN PLANES
\hREACH THE JAPANESE FLEET,

THEY CATCH THEM OFF GUARD.

THEY, TOO, HAVE NO AIR COVER.

[ENGINES ROARING]

AMERICAN PILOTS MAKE IT COUNT.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY DESTROY
ALL FOUR JAPANESE CARRIERS.

[EXPLOSION]

\h\hTHE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
IS A STUNNING TURNABOUT.

\h\h\h\hAMERICA CUTS DEEP
INTO JAPANESE NAVAL POWER.

\h\h\hIT’S THEIR FIRST
CLEAR VICTORY AT SEA.

IT’S NOT WITHOUT SACRIFICE.

AMERICA LOSES ONE CARRIER
\h\h\hAND 307 SERVICEMEN.

MORE ARE INJURED AND ADRIFT,
\h\h\h\h\h\hAWAITING RESCUE.

BUT THEY PROVE AMERICA
\h\hCAN FIGHT BACK...

AND WIN.

THE JAPANESE HIGH COMMAND
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS SHAKEN.

THE TIDE IS TURNING.

♪

[ENGINES ROARING]

♪

WHEN NEWS FROM THE FRONT LINES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hREACHES HOME,

AMERICANS ARE JUBILANT.

♪

DOWNTOWN PHILADELPHIA
\h\h\hBECOMES A STAGE

TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE WAR.

♪

OFFICIALLY, THIS IS A RALLY
\h\h\h\h\hTO BUY WAR BONDS.

UNOFFICIALLY, IT’S A PARTY.

STAR POWER DRAWS A CROWD.

ON STAGE IS JAMES CAGNEY,

LUCILLE BALL,

MICKEY ROONEY,

DICK POWELL,

PAUL HENREID,

AND HARPO MARX.

BESIDES FANFARE AND PARADES,

THERE’S ANOTHER REMINDER
THAT A WAR IS GOING ON.

[RINGING]

CIVIL DEFENSE DRILLS.

\h\h\hTHEY BECOME ROUTINE
FOR AMERICAN SCHOOL KIDS.

BUT FOR EVERYONE
ON THE MAINLAND,

WAR REMAINS ABSTRACT.

FOR HAWAIIANS, IT’S REAL.

PEARL HARBOR STILL LOOKS LIKE
\hIT WAS FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN.

PARADISE IS NOW PENNED IN.

THE BEACH IS OFF LIMITS,

FRAMED BY BARBED WIRE.

\hTHE ENTIRE TERRITORY
IS UNDER MARTIAL LAW.

\h\h\hTHOUSANDS OF SCHOOL KIDS
ARE REGISTERED, FINGERPRINTED,

AND MADE TO WEAR I.D. BADGES.

LOCALS LINE UP FOR RATION CARDS
AND GAS MASKS.

OLDER KIDS PRACTICE HOW FAST
\h\h\hTHEY CAN GET THEM ON.

♪

THE YOUNGEST ONES HAVE TO GET
\h\h\hINTO A FULL BODY BAG...

[CRYING]

AS IF THEY AREN’T SCARED ENOUGH.

[CRYING]

MORE THAN A THIRD OF HAWAIIANS
\h\h\hARE OF JAPANESE DESCENT.

\h\h\hTHEY’RE NERVOUS
AND TRYING TO BLEND IN

BY REMOVING ANY SIGNS
\h\hOF THEIR ANCESTRY.

BUT HERE, THERE’S NO TALK
\h\h\hOF MASS INTERNMENT.

SUCH IS NOT THE CASE
\h\hON THE MAINLAND.

♪

\h\h\h\h\hTHE ISHIKAWAS
ARE A FISHING FAMILY...

LIVING IN CALIFORNIA.

♪

THESE ARE THEIR HOME MOVIES
\h\h\h\hFROM BEFORE THE WAR.

♪

THEY ARE JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS

\h\h\h\h\h\hBUILDING A LIFE
ON THE AMERICAN WEST COAST.

BUT IN 1942,

THAT’S JUST WHERE A SUSPICIOUS
GOVERNMENT DOESN’T WANT THEM.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hRoberta Shiroma:
WE HAD TO GET RID OF EVERYTHING.

WE WERE GIVEN ONE MONTH.

Takeo Shiroma: PEOPLE WHO LIVED
CLOSER TO THE OCEAN,

THEY ONLY HAD 24 HOURS.

Narrator: TAKEO AND ROBERTA
\h\h\h\hSHIROMA ARE CHILDREN

WHEN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PUTS
\h\hTHEIR FAMILIES ON A TRAIN.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hRoberta:
THE NIGHT BEFORE WE LEFT,

MY PARENTS DIDN’T KNOW
\hWHERE WE WERE GOING.

♪

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
THEY ARE HEADED INLAND,

TO ONE OF THE TEN HASTILY BUILT
INTERNMENT CAMPS

ORDERED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
\h\h\hAT THE START OF THE WAR.

♪

\h\hTakeo: THERE WOULD BE
TWO FAMILIES IN ONE ROOM.

Roberta: WHEN WE GOT THERE,

MY MOTHER HAD TO STUFF
CANVAS BAGS WITH HAY,

WHICH WERE TO BE OUR MATTRESSES.

I CAN’T REMEMBER THE FOOD.

\h\h\h\hI CAN REMEMBER
NOT WANTING TO EAT IT.

I WOULD JUST LOOK AT IT.

[TOLLING]

Narrator: THEY STUDY...

WORK...

EVEN JOIN THE MILITARY.

BUT THEY ARE NOT FREE.

\hTHE GOVERNMENT ROUNDS UP MORE
THAN 110,000 JAPANESE AMERICANS,

CLAIMING IT’S FOR
THEIR OWN SAFETY.

BUT NOT EVERYONE BUYS IT.

Takeo: IF WE WERE PUT THERE
\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR PROTECTION,

\hWHY WERE THE GUNS
AT THE GUARD TOWERS

\h\h\hPOINTED INWARD
INSTEAD OF OUTWARD?

♪

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
BACK ON THE BATTLEFRONT...

MIDWAY IS A COLOSSAL VICTORY
\h\h\h\h\hFOR THE AMERICANS.

♪

BUT DURING THAT FOUR-DAY BATTLE,

THE JAPANESE PUNCTURE
THROUGH ANOTHER FRONT.

\h\h\hTHE EMPIRE RACES
INTO THE NORTH PACIFIC

AND SEIZES TWO ISLANDS
\h\hIN THE ALEUTIANS--

KISKA AND ATTU.

\h\h\h\h\hBOTH ARE PART
OF THE ALASKA TERRITORY.

♪

\h\hTHE JAPANESE ARE NOW
ON NORTH AMERICAN SOIL.

IT’S WAY TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT.

\h\h\h\h\h\h4,500 TROOPS RUSH
TO THE NEARBY OUTPOST OF ADAK.

FROM HERE, THEY’LL TRY
\h\hTO BUILD A RUNWAY

AND LAUNCH COUNTERSTRIKES
ON THE OCCUPIED ISLANDS...

\h\h\h\h\hIF THIS ISLAND
DOESN’T KILL THEM FIRST.

♪

\h\h\h\h\hADAK IS BARREN,
WINDSWEPT, AND MERCILESS.

\h\h\h\h\hFred Leighton:
IT WAS THE WORST PLACE.

I FROZE TO DEATH.

THEY SENT US UP THERE
\h\hFROM PEARL HARBOR,

\hAND WE DIDN’T HAVE
ANY WINTER CLOTHING.

\h\hNarrator: FRIGID AIR
RIPS IN FROM THE ARCTIC.

THE TROPICAL DANGERS
\h\hOF INSECT BITES

GIVE WAY TO FROSTBITE.

WINDSWEPT WAVES ENVELOP
\h\h\hEVERYTHING IN ICE.

MEN CAN ONLY FIGHT BACK
\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH PICKS.

WEATHER IS ONE PROBLEM;

ISOLATION IS ANOTHER.

♪

EVERYTHING MUST COME IN BY SHIP.

EVERY MAN...

EVERY MACHINE...

EVERY MEAL.

IT’S LIKE CAMPING
ON ANOTHER PLANET.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLeighton:
THERE WERE NO TREES UP THERE.

\h\h\h\h\h\hSOMEONE FLEW ONE IN
FROM THE STATES AND PLANTED IT.

I DON’T THINK IT LIVED.

Narrator: NEWS APPEARS
\h\hON BULLETIN BOARDS

SINCE NEWSPAPERS MIGHT BE
THREE MONTHS OUT OF DATE.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEVEN THOUGH
THEY’RE ON AMERICAN SOIL,

HOME SEEMS A WORLD AWAY.

[MEN LAUGHING]

BUT MAIL CALL THAWS THEIR MOODS.

BASEBALL EASES THEIR MINDS.

AND MUSIC LIFTS THEIR MORALE.

♪

\h\hAFTER ALL, WHINING
WON’T KEEP THEM WARM.

WORK WILL.

BUILDING AN AIRFIELD
ON THE FROZEN TUNDRA

TAKES BRUTE FORCE.

ENGINES GROAN IN THE COLD.

HAMMERS STING THEIR HANDS.

BUT THERE’S A PAYOFF--

AN AIRSTRIP PAVED WITH STEEL.

\hPLATES COME TOGETHER
LIKE BUILDING BLOCKS.

IT’S DONE IN ONLY TWO WEEKS.

AND IT’S WEATHERPROOF.

\h\h\hNOW THEY CAN STOP
FIGHTING THE WEATHER...

AND FIGHT THE WAR.

[ENGINES ROARING]

AMERICAN PILOTS GEAR UP
\h\hFOR THE FIRST RAIDS

\h\h\h\h\hAGAINST JAPANESE
CAMPED ON U.S. TERRITORY.

\hTHEY FIRE UP 9 BOMBERS,
12 FIGHTERS, AND 100 MEN.

♪

ALASKAN SKIES ARE UNFORGIVING.

CHALLENGES START AT TAKEOFF.

\h\h\h\h\hFIERCE WINDS
PULL FORMATIONS APART.

\h\hFOR TWO HOURS, IT’S A BATTLE
JUST TO STAY ON THE FLIGHT PATH

AND STAY TOGETHER.

[ENGINES ROARING]

AS THEY NEAR KISKA,

\h\h\h10,000 JAPANESE
REVEAL THEIR DEFENSES.

[ARTILLERY FIRE]

[EXPLOSIONS]

[GUNFIRE]

\h\hTHEY HURL FLAK TO TRY TO
PUNCH HOLES IN THE PLANES...

\h\h\h\h\hOR AT LEAST
FORCE THEM OFF COURSE.

ANY DEVIATION IN FLIGHT,

AND THEY WILL MISS THE TARGET.

[FIRING]

\h\h\hAMERICAN GUNNERS
TRY TO CLEAR THE WAY.

IT’S AN AIRBORNE GAME
\h\h\h\h\hOF CHICKEN.

FINALLY, THE TARGETS APPEAR...

[BOMBS WHISTLING]

AND THE BOMBS DROP.

[WHISTLING]

[EXPLOSIONS]

[BOMBS WHISTLING]

[EXPLOSIONS]

[EXPLOSIONS]

JAPANESE HANGARS GO UP IN SMOKE.

[EXPLOSIONS]

\h\h\h\hIN JUST A FEW
WHITE-KNUCKLE MINUTES,

THE DAMAGE IS DONE.

♪

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

THE RAIDS ARE RELENTLESS--

DAWN TO DUSK EVERY DAY
\h\h\hFOR OVER A YEAR.

IT’S CALLED THE KISKA BLITZ.

\h\h\h\hTHE JAPANESE ENDURE
SIX MILLION POUNDS OF BOMBS.

\h\h\h\hAMERICANS WANT
THEIR ISLANDS BACK...

AT ANY PRICE.

BY NOW, JAPAN’S REACH

EXTENDS FROM THE FRIGID
\hALEUTIAN MOUNTAINS...

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO THE EDGE
OF THE TOWERING HIMALAYAS.

JAPAN HAS TIGHTENED
\h\hITS GRIP ON ASIA

BY CLOSING THE BURMA ROAD,

THE MAIN ALLIED ROUTE SUPPLYING
CHINA’S FIGHT AGAINST JAPAN.

THE ONLY OTHER ROUTE
IS SCRAPING THE SKY.

ALLIES ATTEMPT ONE OF THE MOST
\h\hAMBITIOUS AVIATION EFFORTS

OF WORLD WAR II--

\h\hFLYING SUPPLIES
OVER THE HIMALAYAS,

NICKNAMED "THE HUMP."

IT WOULD PUSH THE LIMITS
\h\hOF MAN AND MACHINE.

\h\h\h\h\hBUT THESE PILOTS
ARE WILLING TO RISK IT...

IN A PAN AM CLIPPER.

♪

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAnnouncer:
THESE PAN AMERICAN AIRMEN

VOLUNTEERED TO RISK EVERYTHING

THROUGH THE MOST TREACHEROUS
MOUNTAIN PASSES AND WEATHER

KNOWN TO MAN.

[ENGINES ROARING]

Narrator: FLYING TIGERS

ESCORT THESE RETROFITTED
\h\h\hCOMMERCIAL PLANES.

\h\h\h\h\hBUT EXTREME WINDS
TOSS THEM AROUND LIKE KITES.

SUDDEN STORMS TAKE THEIR TOLL.

HUNDREDS OF PLANES
AND PILOTS PERISH.

THERE MUST BE A BETTER WAY
TO GET SUPPLIES TO CHINA.

\h\hBrooke Dolan: THE CARE
OF THE TIBETAN GOVERNMENT

FOR OUR SAFETY IS TOUCHING.

Narrator: CAPTAIN BROOKE DOLAN
IS ON THE JOURNEY OF HIS LIFE.

\h\h\h\h\h\hIF THE PLANES
CAN’T GET OVER "THE HUMP,"

DOLAN WILL TRY TO GO THROUGH IT
BY TRAVERSING TIBET.

JOINING DOLAN IS ILIA TOLSTOY,

LEO TOLSTOY’S GRANDSON.

THEY’RE ON A SECRET MISSION

\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR THE U.S. OFFICE
OF STRATEGIC SERVICES, OR OSS--

THE PRECURSOR TO THE CIA.

\h\h\h\hTHE JOURNEY STARTS WITH
A TRADITIONAL TIBETAN CEREMONY.

♪

TOGETHER, THEY ARRIVE IN LHASA
\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH TREPIDATION.

THEY CAN’T CROSS TIBET WITHOUT
PERMISSION FROM A 7-YEAR-OLD--

HIS HOLINESS, THE DALAI LLAMA.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHE MEETS
HIS VERY FIRST AMERICANS.

\h\h\hDolan: TO SAY THAT
WE ARE AFFECTED WITH JOY

IS TO PUT IT MILDLY.

\hWE ARE PERMITTED
TO TRAVEL THE ROAD

IN WHICH WE’RE MOST INTERESTED.

\hNarrator: IT TAKES FIVE MONTHS
OF GRUELING TRAVEL BY SADDLE...

THROUGH A THOUSAND MILES
\hOF BREATHTAKING BEAUTY

AND HEART-STOPPING HAZARDS.

Dolan: BOULDERS WERE
CONTINUALLY BREAKING

AND PLUNGING INTO THE CANYON,

ACTED ON BY THE FIERCE
\h\hWEATHERING FORCES

OF THE TIBETAN CLIMATE--

\h\h\h\hHOT DAYTIME SUN
AND FREEZING MOONLIGHT.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
FINALLY, THEY REACH CHINA.

THE JOURNEY IS A SUCCESS,

BUT THE STRATEGY IS A FAILURE.

DISTANCE AND DIFFICULTIES
\h\h\h\hMAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE

FOR A SUSTAINED SUPPLY PUSH
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHROUGH TIBET.

THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE LIES DEEP
\h\h\hIN THE JUNGLES OF BURMA.

A PLANE FLIES IN LOW...

BUT IT’S NOT DROPPING BOMBS.

THEY’RE SUPPLIES FOR ANOTHER
\h\h\hSECRET OSS OPERATION--

A GUERRILLA WAR.

♪

LOCAL KACHIN FIGHTERS

\h\hARE ALREADY FIGHTING
THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION

AND DECIDE TO JOIN FORCES.

\h\hOSS OPERATIVES FUNNEL IN
A STEADY STREAM OF WEAPONS.

IN RETURN, THE KACHIN OFFER
\hON-THE-GROUND INTELLIGENCE

AND INVALUABLE SKILL.

Charlton Ogburn, Jr.:
\h\h\h\hWE NEVER MOVED

WITHOUT KACHIN GUIDES.

THEY MADE US THINK

OF A ROBIN HOOD VERSION
\h\h\hOF THE BOY SCOUTS.

SOME COULD NOT HAVE BEEN
MORE THAN 12 YEARS OLD.

[ENGINES ROARING]

Narrator: THE KACHIN

\h\h\h\hJUMP RIGHT INTO
20th CENTURY WARFARE...

LEARNING HOW TO PARACHUTE
\h\h\hBEHIND ENEMY LINES.

IN TURN, ALLIES LEARN THE TRICKS
OF JUNGLE TRANSPORTATION--

RIDING HIGH TO AVOID THE SNAKES.

THE COVERT PARTNERSHIP PAYS OFF.

THEY CARVE SECRET PATHWAYS
\hTHROUGH JAPANESE LINES.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMORE THAN
4,000 JAPANESE WILL DIE

\h\h\h\hAT THE HANDS
OF THESE OPERATIVES,

\hALL IN A SECRET WAR
FOUGHT IN THE SHADOWS.

ELSEWHERE IT WILL TAKE
\h\h\h\hDIRECT FORCE.

IN JULY 1942,

AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE

SPOTS A LARGE-SCALE
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

\h\h\h\h\h\hON AN ISLAND
FEW HAVE EVER HEARD OF--

GUADALCANAL.

\h\h\h\h\hIT’S THE FRAMEWORK
OF A NEW JAPANESE AIR BASE--

BIG ENOUGH TO HOST
LONG-RANGE BOMBERS

THAT COULD ONCE AGAIN THREATEN
\h\hNEW GUINEA AND AUSTRALIA.

\h\hTHE AMERICANS DECIDE
TO GO ON THE OFFENSIVE.

THERE IS NO COLOR FOOTAGE
\h\h\h\h\hOF THE INVASION,

BUT THIS IS THE AFTERMATH.

\h\h\h\h\h11,000 MARINES
PILE UP ON THE BEACHES.

A JAPANESE COUNTERATTACK FORCES
THEIR SUPPORT SHIPS TO PULL OUT,

\hLEAVING THEM STRANDED
WITH FEW REINFORCEMENTS.

\h\h\h\hTHEY SET UP A BASE
WITH WHAT LITTLE SUPPLIES

THEY’VE SCRAMBLED
\hTO BRING ASHORE.

THE JAPANESE RETREAT
\hINTO THE INTERIOR.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNOW AN ISLAND
ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF DELAWARE

IS POCKMARKED WITH TROOPS
\h\h\h\hFROM BOTH SIDES...

\h\h\hEACH CONTROLLING
A MOSAIC OF TERRITORY.

IT TURNS INTO A BLOODY
\hSIX-MONTH NIGHTMARE.

[EXPLOSIONS]

WITHOUT ANY CLEAR FRONT LINES,
\h\hIT’S AMBUSH AFTER AMBUSH.

[GUNFIRE]

\hGUADALCANAL BECOMES
A BATTLE OF ATTRITION.

♪

IN 1943, THE AMERICANS
FINALLY TAKE CONTROL.

BUT THE WOUNDS ARE STILL RAW.

AMERICA LOSES 15,000,
\h\hKILLED OR WOUNDED.

\hFIRST LADY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
ARRIVES TO COMFORT THE FALLEN.

\hADMIRAL WILLIAM HALSEY
ADVISED HER NOT TO COME.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHE FEARED
SHE’D BE A DISTRACTION.

\hBUT SHE QUICKLY
CHANGES HIS MIND.

\h\h\h\hWilliam Halsey:
SHE WENT INTO EVERY WARD

AND SPOKE TO EVERY PATIENT.

I MARVELED AT HER HARDIHOOD,
\hBOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL.

SHE ALONE DID MORE THAN ANYONE
\h\hWHO CAME THROUGH MY AREA.

♪

\hNarrator: SHE CONTINUES ON
TO OTHER PACIFIC WAR ZONES.

A MONTH-LONG, 25,000-MILE TOUR.

SHE BRAVES THE HAZARDS OF WAR TO
MEET MORE THAN 400,000 TROOPS.

SHE AFFECTIONATELY CALLS THEM
\h\h\h\h"SONS OF THE NATION."

\h\h\hEleanor Roosevelt:
ALL THE MEN ARE OUR MEN,

PART OF OUR UNITED STATES,

WHICH THEY HAVE SAVED

SO THAT WE CAN STILL CALL IT

THE LAND OF THE FREE

AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
18 MONTHS INTO THE WAR,

THE SHOCKWAVES HAVE SPREAD
\hFAR BEYOND PEARL HARBOR.

[GUNFIRE]

THE WAR IS GROWING BIGGER...

[BOOMING]

AND MOVING SLOWER.

[GUNFIRE]

QUICK AIR AND SEA STRIKES

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE GIVING WAY
TO LONG, BLOODY LAND BATTLES

\h\h\hTHAT DRAIN TIME,
RESOURCES, AND LIVES.

♪

JAPAN IS NOT DETERRED.

INSTEAD, IT’S DETERMINED.

\h\h\h\hTHE PACIFIC WAR
IS NO LONGER A SIDESHOW

TO THE FIGHTING IN EUROPE.

IT WILL SOON BECOME
\h\h\hITS OWN HELL.

♪