Seasons & Episodes
Guadalcanal/Leckie
In the immediate aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Marine Sgt. John Basilone prepares to ship out and co
Basilone
Basilone and the 7th Marines arrive on Guadalcanal to reinforce Leckie and the rest of the 1st Marine Division as they c
Melbourne
Physically and mentally debilitated after the four-month ordeal on Guadalcanal, Leckie, Basilone and thousands of their
Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika
Finally enlisted as a Marine, Sledge trains for combat at Camp Elliott. The 1st Marine Division lands at Cape Gloucester
Peleliu Landing
Basilone’s celebrity grows as he travels across the country on the war bonds tour. On Pavuvu, Sledge, assigned to the
Peleliu Airfield
Despite the suffocating 115-degree heat and a lack of clean drinking water, Sledge, Leckie and the other Marines confron
Peleliu Hills
The Marines, including the newly christened “Sledgehammer,” continue the battle of Peleliu against an enemy determin
Iwo Jima
Increasingly frustrated by his role campaigning for war bonds, Basilone convinces the Marines to allow him to train troo
Okinawa
After battling across the island of Okinawa for more than a month, Sledge and the rest of the 1st Marine Division are or
Home
After the Japanese surrender, Leckie, healed from his wounds, leaves the hospital and returns home, while Sledge heads b
