Not to worry. The Band of Brothers series also started off slow, but as the story progressed we got to know the characters, and to understand their plight a little bit. After that I was totally involved. I'm trusting that Hanks and Spielberg will do things the same way with this one. But remember, it was a different kind of war.
Duke has a pretty strong connectionwith the war in the Pacific. A few months ago on the cover of Duke Magazine there was a photo of a large group of Marines in formation apparently ready for inspection. They were all Duke students who would soon graduate and find their way to the Pacific islands to help end that war.
After the war, when I was a freshman at Duke, a Marine veteran of Iwo Jima lived right across the hall from me in House O. His name was Jack Lucas. Google him, and you can read all about his exploits that led to him being the youngest person ever to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest award for valor in the military. He had just turned 17 years old five days before he landed on Iwo. He only had the one year at Duke. He transferred to a smaller school in North Carolina. He passed away last year.