AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Victory in the Pacific

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Victory in the Pacific

Tuesday, August 5 at 9 Victory in the Pacific examines the final year of World War II in the Pacific theater, including the rationale for using the atomic bomb, and features the first-hand recollections of both American and Japanese civilians and soldiers — even a kamikaze pilot who survived his failed mission. “In the annals of warfare, the final year of the war in the Pacific stands alone,” says director Austin Hoyt. “It would be as brutal as …