1 Season
10 Episode
The Pacific - Season 1 Episode 2 Basilone
Hell was an ocean away.
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.
- Year: 2010
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure, War & Politics
- Studio: HBO
- Keyword: world war ii, marine corps, okinawa, pacific war, miniseries, historical, military life, guadalcanal, iwo jima, pacific theater, military, historical drama, paratrooper, 1940s, war, modern warfare, modern history, military drama
- Director: Bruce C. McKenna
- Cast: James Badge Dale, Jon Seda, Joseph Mazzello, Ashton Holmes, Jacob Pitts, Rami Malek