SERGEANT, CAN YOU TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT HOW YOU HAPPENED TO GET THIS MEDAL? YOU MUST HAVE MOWED THEM DOWN: Via
one of the researchers for The Pacific, archival footage of
the real John Basilone meeting NYC Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia to pitch war bonds. (HT:
Poniewozik.) I'm still one episode behind in my viewing, but feel free to discuss.