Track the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. A companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.
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Air Date: 2010-03-14
In the immediate aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Marine Sgt. John Basilone prepares to ship out and...
Air Date: 2010-03-21
Basilone and the 7th Marines arrive on Guadalcanal to reinforce Leckie and the rest of the 1st Marine Division as the...
Air Date: 2010-03-28
Physically and mentally debilitated after the four-month ordeal on Guadalcanal, Leckie, Basilone and thousands of the...
Air Date: 2010-04-04
Finally enlisted as a Marine, Sledge trains for combat at Camp Elliott. The 1st Marine Division lands at Cape Glouces...
Air Date: 2010-04-11
Basilone’s celebrity grows as he travels across the country on the war bonds tour. On Pavuvu, Sledge, assigned to the...
Air Date: 2010-04-18
Despite the suffocating 115-degree heat and a lack of clean drinking water, Sledge, Leckie and the other Marines conf...
Air Date: 2010-04-25
The Marines, including the newly christened “Sledgehammer,” continue the battle of Peleliu against an enemy determine...
Air Date: 2010-05-02
Increasingly frustrated by his role campaigning for war bonds, Basilone convinces the Marines to allow him to train t...
Air Date: 2010-05-09
After battling across the island of Okinawa for more than a month, Sledge and the rest of the 1st Marine Division are...
Air Date: 2010-05-16
After the Japanese surrender, Leckie, healed from his wounds, leaves the hospital and returns home, while Sledge head...