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  • TV-MA
  • HBO
  • Mar 14, 2010
  • 52 m
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  • HBO
  • Mar 14, 2010
  • 52 m

Summary From the creative team behind Band of Brothers comes this ten-hour miniseries tracing three American marines as they fight World War II in the Pacific. The series was shot on location in Australia, and is produced by HBO Films in association with Playtone and DreamWorks television.

Directed By: Timothy Van Patten

Written By: Bruce C. McKenna, Robert Leckie, Eugene Sledge, Chuck Tatum

  • TV-MA
  • HBO
  • Mar 14, 2010
  • 52 m
  • TV-MA
  • HBO
  • Mar 14, 2010
  • 52 m
The Pacific
S1 • Episode 1
Guadalcanal/Leckie
Air Date: Mar 14, 2010
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Summary From the creative team behind Band of Brothers comes this ten-hour miniseries tracing three American marines as they fight World War II in the Pacific. The series was shot on location in Australia, and is produced by HBO Films in association with Playtone and DreamWorks television.

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Episode 1 • Mar 14, 2010 • 52 m
Guadalcanal/Leckie
Veteran Sergeant John Basilone ships out soon after Pearl Harbor for Guadalcanal while other young enlistees are sent to boot camp.
Episode 2 • Mar 21, 2010 • 50 m
Basilone
Outmanned and with supplies low, Basilone and other marines on Guadacanal rally to repel superior Japanese forces.
Episode 3 • Mar 28, 2010 • 56 m
Melbourne
After arduous months in Guadalcanal, exhausted Marines are given rest and recreation in Melbourne, where they find the girls friendly and the beer cold.
Episode 4 • Apr 4, 2010 • 54 m
Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika
After leaving Melbourne, the weather works against the leathernecks as Leckie falls seriously ill and Sledge gets assigned to New Britain.
Episode 5 • Apr 11, 2010 • 49 m
Peleliu Landing
Basilone's fame keeps him in the U.S. selling war bonds, Leckie rejoins his company, and Sledge is reunited with Phillips in Pavuvu.
Episode 6 • Apr 18, 2010 • 50 m
Peleliu Airfield
Water is in short supply and the stifling heat takes control on Peleliu as Leckie is wounded and evacuated.
Episode 7 • Apr 25, 2010 • 55 m
Peleliu Hills
Sledge finds the carnage and death of his companions on Peleilu increasingly difficult to bear as Basilone continues his bond drive in the States.
Episode 8 • May 2, 2010 • 57 m
Iwo Jima
Frustrated with his bond selling tour, Basilone goes back to training troops and, after marrying a pretty Marine sergeant, leads his men at Iwo Jima.
Episode 9 • May 9, 2010 • 58 m
Okinawa
The 1st Marine Division fight a determined Japanese force on Okinawa who prefer death to surrender and are indifferent to the lives of Okinawan civilians.
Episode 10 • May 16, 2010 • 1 h 1 m
Home
After V-J Day, Leckie and Sledge return home and try to readjust to civilian life.

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