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HBO and The Navy Memorial Invite Visitors to Thank WWII Veterans and Military Via Video Tribute Kiosks

Record your own video tribute message and be a part of the HBO Pacific Tribute Campaign

In honor of WWII veterans and in appreciation of those currently serving, HBO is  launching a video tribute campaign for the troops in partnership with national museums dedicated to preserving the history of WWII.  Visitors to the Navy Memorial now have the chance to record a video “thank you” message that will become part of a national tribute.

Select video tributes will be collected for a montage that will appear on HBO.com and will be distributed to the troops through partnerships with military and veterans organizations.

Download the Widget and send a tribute right from your home computer!

"The Pacific," a 10-part miniseries event, executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, the producers of "Band of Brothers," starts March 14 at 9PM, following Sundays at 9PM, only on HBO.


Meet the Main Characters

Sgt. John A. Basilone

 

Pfc. Robert H. Leckie

 

Pfc. Sidney Phillips

 

Pfc. Eugene B. Sledge

BGen. Evans F. Carlson

Adm. William Halsey

  • Service Profile
  • Commander of the Third Fleet, provided more distant cover and support for the invasion of the island of Formosa
 

Send a Tribute

Have a web camera? Download the widget below. Record and email a video message to your favorite veteran.

Learn more about some of the characters featured in HBO's "The Pacific."

Gen. Roy Geiger

Adm. Raymond A. Spruance

  • Service Profile
  • Directed the campaigns that captured the Gilbert Islands, Marshall Islands, Marianas, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.

Sgt. Michael Strank

  • Service Profile
  • One of the Marines who hoisted the flag atop Mt. Suribachi; he also was directed to take a second (larger) flag up the volcano to replace to the first one.

FAdm. Chester Nimitz

FAdm. Ernest J. King

MajGen. William Rupertus

  • Service Profile
  • Commander of the 1st Marine Division and led the division during the Battle of Peleliu – predicted the island would be secured in four days

Adm. Thomas Kinkaid

  • Service Profile
  • Commander of the Seventh Fleet, provided the amphibious forces and close air support during Battle of Leyte Gulf

 

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