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Executive producers Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman present The Pacific, a series that follows the true journey of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie (James Badge Dale), Eugene Sledge (Joe Mazzello), and John Basilone (Jon Seda) – across the vast stage of the Pacific theater during World War II.
The series tracks these men and their fellow Marines from their first battle with the Japanese on Guadalcanal, through the rainforests of Cape Gloucester and the fortifications of Peleliu, the bloody sands of Iwo Jima, the horrors of Okinawa, and finally to their triumphant yet difficult return home after Japan’s surrender. The miniseries is partially based on Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie and With the Old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge, supplemented with material from Red Blood, Black Sand by Chuck Tatum, China Marine by Eugene B. Sledge, and original interviews conducted by the filmmakers...
