The Pacific

S01E06

Peleliu Airfield

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.

• Directed by Tony To
• Written by Robert Schenkkan, Laurence Andries

S01E07

Peleliu Hills

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.

• Directed by Tim Van Patten
• Written by Bruce C. McKenna

S01E09

Okinawa

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.

• Directed by Tim Van Patten
• Written by Bruce C. McKenna

S01E10

Home

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.

• Directed by Jeremy Podeswa
• Written by Robert Schenkkan, Bruce C. McKenna

S01E02

Basilone

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.

• Directed by David Nutter
• Written by Bruce C. McKenna

S01E01

Guadalcanal/Leckie

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.

• Directed by Tim Van Patten
• Written by Bruce C. McKenna

S00E01

Profiles of the Pacific

S01E10

Home

• Directed by Jeremy Podeswa
• Written by Robert Schenkkan, Bruce C. McKenna

S01E09

Okinawa

• Directed by Tim Van Patten
• Written by Bruce C. McKenna

S01E08

Iwo Jima

• Directed by David Nutter, Jeremy Podeswa
• Written by Robert Schenkkan, Michelle Ashford

S01E07

Peleliu Hills

• Directed by Tim Van Patten
• Written by Bruce C. McKenna

S01E06

Peleliu Airfield

• Directed by Tony To
• Written by Robert Schenkkan, Laurence Andries