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Originally Posted by Sainters7

I think he's been getting his hands dirty lately. But its not so much what he does, but rather just how he takes everything in, especially the first couple episodes when it was overwhelming. On his first action episode when they stormed the beach you were basically seeing it all from his eyes, I just felt it was the first time I was actually able to put myself in one of the character's shoes and relate to them.

I don't mind some of the other characters, but they kinda came off to me as too Hollywoodish: Leckie's some brooding stud all the girls wanna f***, Basilone's a smooth war hero all the girls wanna f***, etc. But the way they portrayed Sledge is just as some regular, young, green, intelligent but naive kid from a good home who has no idea what he's getting himself into.

Picture of Eugene Sledge at Okinowa in 1945 along side the actor in the series.