The Pacific
The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 10 – Home
The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 10 – Home
Summary: After the Japanese surrender, Leckie, healed from his wounds, leaves the hospital and returns home, while Sledge heads back to Alabama to be reunited with his family and Sid Phillips. Lena visits Basilone’s home and has an emotional meeting with his fam More >
The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 9 – Okinawa
The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 9 – Okinawa
Summary: Increasingly frustrated by his role campaigning for war bonds, Basilone convinces the Marines to allow him to train trooAfter battling across the island of Okinawa for more than a month, Sledge and the rest of the 1st Marine Division are ordered to More >
The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 8 – Iwo Jima
The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 8 – Iwo Jima
Summary: Increasingly frustrated by his role campaigning for war bonds, Basilone convinces the Marines to allow him to train troops headed for combat. Transferred to Camp Pendleton, he enjoys a whirlwind romance with an initially reluctant female Marine, Lena Rigg (more…)
More > The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 7 – Peleliu Hills
The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 7 – Peleliu Hills
Summary: The Marines, including the newly christened “Sledgehammer,†continue the battle of Peleliu against an enemy determined to fight to the last man. Devastated by the loss of a revered leader, and witnessing unimaginable barbarity on both sides, Sledge ve (more…)
More > The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 6 – Peleliu Airfield
The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 6 – Peleliu Airfield
Summary: Despite the suffocating 115-degree heat and a lack of clean drinking water, Sledge, Leckie and the other Marines confront the highly-fortified enemy as they attempt to capture the Peleliu airfield. After seeing his comrades badly injured, Leckie himself i (more…)
More > The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 5 – Peleliu Landing
The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 5 – Peleliu Landing
Summary: Basilone’s celebrity grows as he travels across the country on the war bonds tour. On Pavuvu, Sledge, assigned to the 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, is briefly reunited with Phillips and Leckie rejoins his company. Sledge then gets his first taste More >
The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 4 – Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika
The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 4 – Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika
Summary: Finally enlisted as a Marine, Sledge trains for combat at Camp Elliott. The 1st Marine Division lands at Cape Gloucester on the Japanese-held island of New Britain. As Leckie and the other Marines battle the Japanese, they quickly realize that the more More >
The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 3 – Melbourne
The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 3 – Melbourne
Summary: Physically and mentally debilitated after the four-month ordeal on Guadalcanal, Leckie, Basilone and thousands of their comrades land in Melbourne, where they are greeted by adoring crowds and viewed as the saviors of Australia. While his buddies carouse, (more…)
The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 2 – Guadalcanal/Leckie
The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 2 – Guadalcanal/Leckie
Summary: Basilone and the 7th Marines arrive on Guadalcanal to reinforce Leckie and the rest of the 1st Marine Division as they continue to defend the crucial airstrip. Basilone plays a key role in repelling a nighttime Japanese attack, but suffers a frightful More >
The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 1 – Guadalcanal/Leckie
The Pacific: Season 1, Episode 1 – Guadalcanal/Leckie
Summary: In the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Marine Sgt. John Basilone prepares to ship out; budding journalist Robert Leckie enlists in the Marine Corps; Sidney Phillips leaves for boot camp; the 1st Marine Division lands on Guadalcanal. (more…)
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