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"Hell was an ocean away"

The Pacific is a miniseries that aired from March 12 to May 16, 2010.

About the Show:
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.
The Pacific is based primarily on two memoirs of U.S. Marines, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene Sledge and Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie. The miniseries tells the stories of the two authors and Marine John Basilone, as the war against the Empire of Japan rages. It also draws on Sledge's China Marine and Red Blood, Black Sand, the memoir of Chuck Tatum, a Marine who fought alongside Basilone on Iwo Jima.

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Main Cast and Characters:

Cast	Characters
Jon Seda	Sgt. John Basilone
Joseph Mazzello	PFC Eugene Sledge
James Badge Dale	PFC Robert Leckie

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Episode 1: Guadalcanal/Leckie
Directly following the attack on Pearl Harbour, Sargent John Basilone ships out to fight the enemy somewhere in the Pacific, and a young journalist called Robert Leckie enlists in the Marine Corps. Sidney Phillips ships off to boot camp after saying farewell to his friend Eugene Sledge, who cannot go with him due to a heart murmur. Eight months later, Phillips and Leckie, having completed boot camp are sent to secure a airfield on Guadalcanal, and to help defend it against counter-attack.

Episode 2: Basilone
Back-up lands on Guadalcanal in the form of the 7th marines including Basilone to help defend the airfield. Basilone helps defend against a Japanese night raid, suffering a loss in the process. The marines, after four months of fighting enemies and disease are evacuated off the island.  

Episode 3: Melbourne
Leckie, Basilone and thousands of other soldiers land in Melbourne physically and mentally drained. On arrival they are greeted by crowds of people cheering and treating them as heroes. Basilone is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour and is asked to return home. Meanwhile Leckie develops strong feelings for an Australian woman.

Episode 4: Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika
Having finally enlisted as a marine, Sledge is sent to Camp Elliot to train for battle. The 1st Marine Corps ships out to battle the Japanese who are holding an island off New Britain called Cape Gloucester. The marines fight bravely, but find the jungle to be the greatest enemy. Leckie having survived Camp Gloucester begins to show the effects of combat and is sent to a naval psychiatric hospital.

Episode 5: Peleliu Landing
Basilone travels the country selling war bonds as his celebrity increases. Sledge has finished his training and is now part of the 5th marines, 1st marine division and is reunited with his friend Phillips. Leckie also rejoins the company. The marines land on the heavily defended island of Peleliu, where Sledge gets his first taste of combat against the Japanese.

Episode 6: Peleliu Airfield
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.

Episode 7: Peleliu Hills
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.

Episode 8: Iwo Jima
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.

Episode 9: Okinawa
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.

Episode 10: Home
The Japanese have finally surrendered. Leckie adjusts to a normal life back at his old job after healing from his wounds at the hospital. Sledge returns home and is reunited once again with his good friend Sidney Phillips. Basilone's family is visited by Lena and an emotional meeting follows.

Source: Tv.com