Peleliu Landing 

Basilone's fame keeps him in the U.S. selling war bonds, Leckie rejoins his company, and Sledge is reunited with Phillips in Pavuvu.

Director:

Carl Franklin

Writers:

Laurence Andries, Bruce C. McKenna

Stars:

James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda

1 win.

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
James Badge Dale	...	PFC Robert Leckie
Joseph Mazzello	...	PFC Eugene Sledge (as Joe Mazzello)
Jon Seda	...	Sgt. John Basilone
Brendan Fletcher	...	PFC Bill Leyden
Leon Ford	...	1st Lt. Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones (as Leon Willem Ford)
Scott Gibson	...	Capt. Andrew Haldane
Josh Helman	...	PFC Lew 'Chuckler' Juergens
Ashton Holmes	...	PFC Sidney Phillips
Rami Malek	...	PFC Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton
Martin McCann	...	Cpl. R.V. Burgin
Keith Nobbs	...	PFC Wilbur 'Runner' Conley
Jacob Pitts	...	PFC Bill 'Hoosier' Smith
Gary Sweet	...	Sgt. Elmo 'Gunny' Haney
Anna Torv	...	Virginia Grey
Dylan Young	...	PFC Jay De L'Eau

Storyline

Gentle-natured, fragile PFC Eugene Sledge arrives on rats and crabs-infested Pavuvu fresh from boot-camp, where hazing-minded Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton gives him a rude welcome to the mortar unit, which is bitterly disappointed not to get another Australian shore leave. Meanwhile Basilone leads the empty life of spoiled Hollywood star, while his brother George leaves for the front. Eugene's joy over being reunited with mates from home is cut short as Sidney Phillips eagerly packs to travel back home, but Leckie, who rejoined, is pleased his 'library' finally has an avid reader, albeit not an atheist like him. While the land on coral Peleliu, strategically close to the Philippines, Eugene crumbles under heavy Japanse fire, but the Marines pull trough, despite heavy losses, and the real fight for the air base is till to come.

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Plot Keywords:

year 1944 | male objectification | naked in public | nudity | taking off pants | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

Despite both being two main leads, this episode is the only time when Robert Leckie and Eugene Sledge actually meet.

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Goofs

Msgt is correctly referred to a "Gunny." A Marine Gunnery Sergeant has three stripes above, and two below, which is the insignia of Msgt Basilone.

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Quotes

[last lines, as Sledge and Oswalt look out over the burning Peleliu airfield at night]
PFC Robert Oswalt: Look at that. You ever been to the Grand Canyon?
Eugene B. Sledge: No.
PFC Robert Oswalt: My dad went when he was a boy. He was always goin' on about it when I was little. I'd ask him about it, he said I had to see it to understand. He finally took me when I was ten. We got there late at night to these cabins, couldn't see a thing on account of the dark. Next morning, we got up, went outside... ten yards from where we slept, the fucking Grand ...
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Connections

Features For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)

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Soundtracks

With The Old Breed - End Title Theme From The Pacific
(uncredited)
Composed by Blake Neely, Geoff Zanelli, Hans Zimmer

User Reviews

Getting better ...ish

Too bad it's more than halfway through the series, but, it's finally coming together into a six.

The first half of this episode drops these points big time with it's haze the new guy BS and the look how well the veterans have adapted to the tropics by cutting the sleeves off their shirts crap.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 April 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Playtone, DreamWorks, Home Box Office (HBO)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

49 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1