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Post by neferetus on Jul 26, 2007 11:22:41 GMT -5
This WWII film has an Alamo-like quality to it, as a small band of U.S. marines and civilians on Wake Island in the Pacific take on the might of all Japan in a ferocious two week battle. When first called on to surrender by the Japanese, the marine commander replies "Come and Get Us!"
With a strong cast, including Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, MacDonald Carey, and William Bendix, WAKE ISLAND can be seen this coming Sunday, July 29th, 2007 at 2:30 PM EST. Get your VCRs loaded and ready!
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Post by Greg C. on Jul 26, 2007 11:34:37 GMT -5
I saw a History Channel documentry on this, it was actually titled, "Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific"
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Post by neferetus on Jul 30, 2007 11:34:17 GMT -5
I tuned in yesterday and saw it. I do remember having seen it as a kid and reacting to it just about the same as I did to THE ALAMO. The one scene that stuck with me over the years concerns the cool bravery of the radio operator on Wake Island who's seen relaying information about the battle to the U.S. command. As the Japanese marines break into the radio shack, the operator turns to them and says rather casually, "I'll be with you in a minute", just as they shoot him down.
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Post by Greg C. on Jul 30, 2007 12:20:34 GMT -5
If its the one with Brian Donlevy, it's just been added to my Netfliz list.
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Post by neferetus on Jul 31, 2007 11:41:03 GMT -5
If its the one with Brian Donlevy, it's just been added to my Netfliz list. Yep, that's the one. Boy, you sure can get some esoteric old films on Netflix, can't you? |
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Post by Greg C. on Jul 31, 2007 11:50:14 GMT -5
If its the one with Brian Donlevy, it's just been added to my Netfliz list. Yep, that's the one. Boy, you sure can get some esoteric old films on Netflix, can't you? yep, it has pretty much anything, no matter how old just as long as its a well-known movie. |
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Post by neferetus on Aug 17, 2007 11:01:44 GMT -5
I just saw the end of WAKE ISLAND: ALAMO OF THE PACIFIC on the History Channel. Seems that the U.S. civilian engineers of Wake Island were kept alive so that they could build bunkers for a supposed U.S. re-invasion of the place. Toward the end, when it was evident that the Japanese would lose the Island, the 68 engineers were marched down to the beach and told that they were being sent home. Instead, they were forced to kneel, blind-folded and then machine gunned down by their Japanese captors, making Wake Island a sort of "Goliad of the Pacific, as well.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Aug 17, 2007 16:29:38 GMT -5
The movie has you believe that all of the marines and civilians where killed but infact most where captured and spent the rest of the war as POWs
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Post by Bromhead24 on Aug 17, 2007 16:29:54 GMT -5
The movie has you believe that all of the marines and civilians where killed but infact most where captured and spent the rest of the war as POWs
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Post by seguin on Aug 17, 2007 16:35:43 GMT -5
Toward the end, when it was evident that the Japanese would lose the Island, the 68 engineers were marched down to the beach and told that they were being sent home. Instead, they were forced to kneel, blind-folded and then machine gunned down by their Japanese captors, making Wake Island a sort of " Goliad of the Pacific, as well. Maybe it should be renamed Wakeliad Island... ;D |
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Post by Greg C. on Oct 21, 2007 9:25:06 GMT -5
For those of us that have History International, "Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific" will air tonight at 8pm.
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