Thursday, April 22, 2010

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.