Tom Hanks — Executive Producer

Episodes 10

Making 'The Pacific'

50%
February 25, 20101h
0x2

Behind the scenes of HBO's highly anticipated new World War II miniseries 'The Pacific.'

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

Anatomy of the Pacific War

50%
March 1, 201010m
0x3

The mutual brutality and devastation of the Pacific theater of World War II is explored in this companion to the HBO Miniseries 'ThePacific.' Executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks are interviewed, along with a prominent group of historians, WWII veterans, and others.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

Guadalcanal/Leckie

74%
March 14, 201052m
1x1

In the immediate aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Marine Sgt. John Basilone prepares to ship out and confront the enemy somewhere in the Pacific, while budding journalist Robert Leckie enlists in the Marine Corps. Eugene Sledge, unable to enlist because of a heart murmur, says farewell to his best friend, Sidney Phillips, who is about to leave for boot camp. Exactly eight months after Pearl Harbor, the 1st Marine Division, including Leckie and Phillips, lands on Guadalcanal in order to secure its strategically vital airfield and prepare for the inevitable counterattack.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

Basilone

75%
March 21, 201050m
1x2

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 of the 1st Marine Division are evacuated off the island.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

Melbourne

65%
March 28, 201056m
1x3

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, Basilone is awarded the Medal of Honor and is asked to return home to help sell U.S. war bonds.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika

69%
April 4, 201051m
1x4

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 and stationed on the godforsaken island of Pavuvu, Leckie begins displaying the physical and mental effects of combat and is sent to a naval hospital on nearby Banika for psychiatric observation.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

Peleliu Landing

76%
April 11, 201049m
1x5

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.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

Peleliu Airfield

82%
April 18, 201050m
1x6

Despite the suffocating 115-degree heat and a lack of clean drinking water, Sledge, Leckie and the other Marines confront the highly-fortified enemy as they attempt to capture the Peleliu airfield. After seeing his comrades badly injured, Leckie himself is wounded and evacuated from the island. Sledge witnesses the shocking truth about what is sometimes required to survive and fight another day.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

Peleliu Hills

80%
April 25, 201051m
1x7

The Marines, including the newly christened “Sledgehammer,” continue the battle of Peleliu against an enemy determined to fight to the last man. Devastated by the loss of a revered leader, and witnessing unimaginable barbarity on both sides, Sledge veers to the very edge of moral collapse. Their objective finally secured, the Marines return to Pavuvu fundamentally changed by their experience on Peleliu.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

Iwo Jima

75%
May 2, 201056m
1x8

Increasingly frustrated by his role campaigning for war bonds, Basilone convinces the Marines to allow him to train troops headed for combat. Transferred to Camp Pendleton, he enjoys a whirlwind romance with an initially reluctant female Marine, Lena Riggi. But the couple know they are living on borrowed time, as Basilone is soon to take part in the Marine landing on Iwo Jima.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

Okinawa

80%
May 9, 201058m
1x9

After battling across the island of Okinawa for more than a month, Sledge and the rest of the 1st Marine Division are ordered to relieve an Army division that has been in combat against the most strongly defended Japanese position on the island. The primordial conditions and the moral dilemma posed by the presence of civilians put tremendous strain on the physical and psychological endurance of Sledge and the other Marines.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

Home

76%
Season Finale
May 16, 20101h 1m
1x10

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, but for Sledge, unsure why he survived the war seemingly unscathed, adjustment will require more time.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

Profiles of the Pacific

50%
November 7, 20111h
0x1

Meet six heroes from World War II's Pacific campaign in these companion profiles to the acclaimed HBO Miniseries 'The Pacific.' Included are profiles of Eugene Sledge, Robert Leckie, John Basilone, Sidney Phillips, R.V. Burgin and Chuck Tatum.

Read More

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

Can't find a movie or TV show? Login to create it.

Global

s focus the search bar
p open profile menu
esc close an open window
? open keyboard shortcut window

On media pages

b go back (or to parent when applicable)
e go to edit page

On TV season pages

(right arrow) go to next season
(left arrow) go to previous season

On TV episode pages

(right arrow) go to next episode
(left arrow) go to previous episode

On all image pages

a open add image window

On all edit pages

t open translation selector
ctrl+ s submit form

On discussion pages

n create new discussion
w toggle watching status
p toggle public/private
c toggle close/open
a open activity
r reply to discussion
l go to last reply
ctrl+ enter submit your message
(right arrow) next page
(left arrow) previous page

Settings

Want to rate or add this item to a list?

Login