tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675393718702467550.post8172571063571624227..comments2019-08-11T10:01:26.564-07:00Comments on Hill Place: Protocol, Cohesion and Sacrifice in "They Were Expendable"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675393718702467550.post-38815453080530493822014-04-01T16:50:36.127-07:002014-04-01T16:50:36.127-07:00Very well done post.Very well done post.Dan Day, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05896579878291701895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675393718702467550.post-72986376498884211152013-04-01T04:05:56.290-07:002013-04-01T04:05:56.290-07:00I wonder what military personnel at the time thoug...I wonder what military personnel at the time thought of it. Any idea when, in 1945, it was released? If prior to the Japanese surrender in late summer, the tension concerning the war and its outcome would still have been intense. If in the fall, after the surrender, one suspects that he tensions would have relaxed somewhat, and the reception of the film would have been different, too. Did military personnel tend to respect such films? Did Navy personnel believe that this film--and others like it--were accurate portrayals of events or did they see these as pure propaganda films? What did the military personnel who served in combat in WWII think of John Wayne? <br /><br />In any case, your review is brilliant. It is a thorough and fascinating dissection of film, its characters, its plot. . . I congratulate you this accomplishment. I am definitely going to have to revisit "They Were Expendable," as it has been years since I last saw it. Now, I will see it in a whole new light.<br /><br />Have you published a book of these film histories/reviews? If not, you should. Heck, with the volume you produce, you could do a multi-volume set! <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com