The 2010 war drama The Pacific portrays some truly disturbing moments from World War II, and one such scene is when Rami Malek's character, Snafu Shelton, steals the gold teeth from the mouths of dead Japanese soldiers, raising questions about why he would do such a thing and if such practices actually happened during the war. The Pacific follows the true stories of three men that fought in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The series was produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, who created the iconic war drama Band of Brothers in 2001.

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