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		<title>Marines of the Pacific &#8211; Robert Leckie</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A look at the life of WWII vet Robert Leckie featuring interviews with the high-profile team behind the HBO miniseries &#8220;The Pacific.&#8221; Highly recommended. Watch here.
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		<title>Rare Peleliu Interview Footage to be Shown in Pacific</title>
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What made Band of Brothers so effective in putting the viewer right into the heart of the story was the use of short interview segments with war veterans right before Band aired on TV. The Pacific will follow this same powerful intro sequence to each of the 10 episodes starting in March 14, 2010.  However, [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jon Seda, the actor playing Marine Sgt. John Basilone, attended the 28th annual John Basilone Memorial Parade on Sunday (Sept. 27) in Raritan Borough, New Jersey. Seda, a New Jersey native who spent a year filming his role as Basilone in &#8220;The Pacific,&#8221; said being in Sunday&#8217;s parade was like coming full circle in his [...]]]></description>
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Jon Seda, the actor portraying John Basilone in the upcoming Pacific miniseries, will attend this year&#8217;s World War II festivities being held in Raritan Borough, New Jersey.  HBO is sponsoring a portion of the festival which will include World War II-era music and a military parade. A film crew will be there to document the [...]]]></description>
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As we get ready for the launch of HBO&#8217;s upcoming &#8216;Pacific&#8217; miniseries on March 2010, many of you have been asking for more information about the historical aspects of the show. I have a BOOKS page in the works, but in the meantime, I thought it would be a good idea to showcase some of [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the military vehicle history buffs out there, you can check out some restoration pictures of an LVT &#8220;Alligator&#8221; that is being restored for &#8220;The Pacific&#8221; HBO series by going to this link.
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		<title>Sledge&#8217;s School Years to be Shown in Film</title>
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