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• Format: NTSC, Color, Full Screen
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000UWQCSC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #348,928 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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They are the stories that have been swept under history's rug... until now. With millions of men facing death at any moment, it is no real surprise that many sought release and escape in sex. SEX IN WORLD WAR II goes into the brothels, between the sheets, and around the world in three steamy and surprising volumes that show why, for many Americans, the war constituted "the best years of our lives." THE PACIFIC FRONT visits an oceanfront Waikiki hotel that was the centerpiece of one of the busiest red-light districts in the world, where 200 enterprising women made millions of dollars.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Buried history in this obscure gem, March 1, 2010

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GloryBee "GB" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Pacific Front (Sex in World War II, Volume 1) (VHS Tape)

With all the softer, more speculative contributions to the History of Sex series of late, and lots of scholars making up creative theories to explain their assumptions, I was delighted to catch a re-run of this early entry in the series from 2002. WOW. Fantastic documentary, interviews with vets who were there, copious footage and photos to take you back, and revelations about the military and police's unique relationship with a thriving community of prostitutes living and working on Hotel Street in Honolulu. Has everything you could want for historians interested in the true, and untold, stories of WWII, and for anyone interested in the tale of how the US government administered and organized brothels for several years during WWII. Facts, facts and more facts for the buff. Rare to find so candid a portrait. Only thing missing is interviews with some of the ladies (though understandable, as many presumably returned to tamer lives on the mainland).