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The Pacific

“Hell was an ocean away.”

2010Drama · Action & Adventure · War & Politics

First aired

March 14, 2010

7.8

TMDB Score

78% match · 2,611 votes

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S01 · E05

Peleliu Landing

Miniseries · Apr 11, 2010 · 49m

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E01▶

Guadalcanal/Leckie

Mar 14, 2010 · 52m

E02▶

Basilone

Mar 21, 2010 · 50m

E03▶

Melbourne

Mar 28, 2010 · 56m

E04▶

Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika

Apr 4, 2010 · 51m

E05Playing

Peleliu Landing

Apr 11, 2010 · 49m

E06▶

Peleliu Airfield

Apr 18, 2010 · 50m

E07▶

Peleliu Hills

Apr 25, 2010 · 51m

E08▶

Iwo Jima

May 2, 2010 · 56m

E09▶

Okinawa

May 9, 2010 · 58m

E10▶

Home

May 16, 2010 · 1h 1m

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 of combat as he, Leckie, and the rest of the 1st Marine Division meet fierce Japanese resistance while landing on the intricately and heavily defended coral island of Peleliu.

About the Series

DramaAction & AdventureWar & Politics

Synopsis

Track the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. A companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.

CreatorBruce C. McKenna