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TELEVISION The ‘Greatest Generation’ story has been told many times, but the jungles of the Pacific were a special hell
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Avery Hale collects and delivers shoes to people around the world.
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Stepping up for charity By Kathryn Roethel CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER
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Forgotten theater Beyond the fact that HBO’s ambitious new miniseries, “The Pacific,” is a superb, viscerally moving and harrowing depiction of World War II and a worthy complement to “Band of Brothers” (2001), it offers a resounding yes to a nagging question: Do we really need another movie about World War II? In recent years, the “Greatest Generation” canon has pervaded popular culture via books, movies and documentaries. When Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks did “Saving Private Ryan” for the big screen in 1998 and followed it with “Band of Brothers” for HBO three years later, some saw these works as a kind of nostalgic look at a previous style
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The Pacific: Miniseries. Executive-produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. 9 p.m. Sundays on HBO.
Above, Joe Mazzello (right, with Rami Malek) plays Eugene B. Sledge, whose book was a source for “The Pacific.”
of warfare — less like the Persian Gulf War and the onrush of nationless terrorism. (“Band of Brothers” aired the first two hours — of 10 total — two days before the Sept. 11 attacks.) Tom Brokaw’s book “The Greatest Generation” also came out in 1998 (as did the movie “The Thin Red Line”). Add more books and media saturation, and you have the runaway veneration of a generation. It seemed that the entertainment industry had exhausted films about Vietnam and found the ongoing Iraq war too ever-present, a “living room war” that kept people Goodman continues on E2
Kentfield’s Avery Hale has collected and delivered 2,500 new and gently used pairs of shoes to people in developing countries, including Peru, South Africa and — last week — Haiti. Those statistics are even more impressive when you learn that Avery Hale is only 15. In 2006, Avery’s parents, Tom and Liz Hale, returned from a vacation in Peru. They showed their daughter — then 12 — photos of children they met in local villages. The first thing Avery noticed was that most of the kids weren’t wearing shoes. A few had sandals they’d made themselves from discarded tire treads. Their feet were bruised, cut and infected. “It was such a small thing they needed, just a pair of shoes,” Avery said in a recent interview. “I thought I could help if I just started small, right here in my community.” Avery began by asking friends and family to donate used but still wearable shoes. She collected a dozen pairs. “I thought, ‘If I can get 12 pairs, I can probably get Step continues on E4
HOME & GARDEN
Modern meets vintage when boutique owner falls for Eichler By Chantal Lamers S P ECI AL TO THE CHRONICLE
You never know what you’ll come across on Craigslist. Jennifer Jones can vouch for that. While searching for a midcentury dresser last fall, she happened upon a rental listing for a fourbedroom Eichler in the Oakland hills with a bay view. Smitten, she surrendered her quintessential San Francisco apartment and moved into a
A retro record player spinning vinyl shows Jennifer Jones’ affinity for vintage items.
light-filled, midcentury retreat. Some might consider that a bit impulsive. For
those who can identify with Jones’ craving for vintage, such a move is entirely rational. Enviable, even. Jones owns Candystore Collective in the Mission District (www. candystorecollective. com), the ultimate assemblage for women and men’s indie designers, vintage furnishings and kitsch knickknacks, indelible paper goods and a succession of art Eichler continues on E5
Photos by Adam Lau / Special to The Chronicle
Jennifer Jones, owner of Candystore Collective, uses a neutral palette and cozies up the Eichler with ’70s chairs from Craigslist for a laid-back vibe.
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