The Pacific Part 10 Home
Release date: Sunday May 16, 2010 Title: 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 family. Leckie adjusts to post-war life by resuming his old job and starting a new relationship,...
May 14th, 2010 by admin
The Pacific Part 9 Okinawa
Air date: Sunday May 9, 2010 Title: Okinawa Summary: Sledge and the 1st Marine division battle in Okinawa for over a month when they are ordered to relieve another company to battle an extremely heavily defended Japanese position on the island. Civilians on the island cause many moral dilemmas and make things much more difficult for the marines. (more…)
May 6th, 2010 by admin
The Pacific Part 8 Iwo Jima
Air date: Sunday May 2, 2010 Title: Iwo Jima Summary: Basilone persuades the Marines to allow him back into the ranks after becoming increasingly tired of selling war bonds. He enjoys a romance while stationed at Camp Pendleton with a female Marine called Lena Riggi. The two Marines know their time together will be short, as Basilone will soon ship out to Iwo Jima. (more…)
April 29th, 2010 by admin
The Pacific Part 7 Peleliu Hills
Air date: Sunday April 25, 2010 Title: Peleliu Hills Summary: The battle continues against the extremely determined Japanese. Terrible acts of barbarism are conducted by both sides and Sledge questions his own moral compass after the loss of a leader. The Marines eventually secure Peleliu with the help of their newly christened ‘Sledgehammer’ and return to Pavuvu, changed men forever. ...
April 22nd, 2010 by admin
The Pacific Part 6 Peleliu Airfield
Air date: Sunday April 18, 2010 Title: Peleliu Airfield Summary: The Marines battle against heat and unclean water and try to take Peleliu airfield. They are met with heavy opposition. Leckie sees many of his comrades killed or injured.Leckie, injured himself is then evacuated off the island, contemplating the notion of retreating to fight another day. (more…)
April 15th, 2010 by admin
The Pacific Part 5 Peleliu Landing
Air date: Sunday April 11, 2010 Episode title: 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 of combat as he, Leckie, and the rest of the 1st Marine Division meet fierce...
April 9th, 2010 by admin
The Pacific Part 4 Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika
Original air date: Sunday April 4, 2010 Title: 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 ominous enemy is the smothering jungle itself. Having survived Gloucester...
April 1st, 2010 by admin
The Pacific Part 3 Melbourne
Air date: March 28, 2010 Title: 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, Leckie becomes deeply attached to an Australian woman and her first-generation Greek family. Meanwhile,...
March 26th, 2010 by admin
The Pacific Season 1 Episode 2 Basilone
Air date: Sunday March 21, 2010 Title: Basilone 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 personal loss. After four months of continuous action, the exhausted and disease-ridden members...
March 18th, 2010 by admin
