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The series focuses on the United States Marine Corps 's actions in the Pacific Theater of Operations within the wider Pacific War. It primarily centers on the experiences of three Marines ( Robert Leckie, Eugene Sledge, and John Basilone) who were in different regiments ( 1st, 5th, and 7th, respectively) of the 1st Marine Division.
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Mar 28, 2010 · Edit page. Melbourne: Directed by Jeremy Podeswa. With James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Joshua Bitton. After arduous months in Guadalcanal, exhausted Marines are given rest and recreation in Melbourne, where they find the girls friendly and the beer cold.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Jeremy Podeswa
- 2010-03-28
- Robert Leckie
- Eugene Sledge
- Sidney Phillips
- John Basilone
- Lena Riggi
Played By James Badge Dale
Robert Leckie's memoir of the war, Helmet For My Pillow, was one of the main sources used forThe Pacific. A machine gunner in the 1st Marine Division, Bob Leckie survived grueling campaigns in Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester, before being wounded in the Battle of Peleliu and later sent home with a Purple Heart. James Badge Dale, who played Robert Leckie in The Pacific, found his first big role as Chase Edmunds in season 2 of 24. From there, he gradually found notable and high-profile roles in...
Played By Joseph Mazzello
Eugene Sledge was played by Joseph Mazello in the cast of The Pacific. Much like Leckie's memoir, Eugene Sledge's book, With the Old Breed, was another primary source used in putting The Pacific's story together. Initially held back from joining the Marines by a heart murmur, Sledge shipped out to the Pacific Theater in 1943 and served as part of a mortar unit with the 1st Marine Division. Joseph Mazzello got his big break as a child actor playing Timmy in Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park. He...
Played By Ashton Holmes
Eugene Sledge's childhood best friend from the town of Mobile, Alabama, Sidney Phillips enlisted in the Marines when he was just 17 years old and celebrated his 18th birthday while serving in the Guadalcanal campaign. He later wrote his own memoir, You'll be Sor-ree, that recounted his experiences in the Pacific Theater. Phillips is played by Ashton Holmes in the cast of The Pacific. Ashton Holmes' first major movie role was in the Oscar-nominated crime movie A History of Violence playing Vig...
Played By Jon Seda
John Basilone's story is told inThe Pacific with one episode dedicated to him. Basilone was recruited for war bond tours after earning the Medal of Honor for holding off overwhelming numbers of Japanese soldiers in the Battle for Henderson Field, during the Guadalcanal campaign. A real-life Captain America, he became a celebrity and was featured in comic books and propaganda posters, and helped to raise $1.4 million in war bonds. Wanting to return to active service before the end of the war,...
Played By Annie Parisse
Sgt. Lena Riggi met Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone while he was training new recruits at Camp Pendleton, where she was serving as a field cook with the Marine Corps Women's Reserve. They married in July 1944, just seven months before Basilone's death on Iwo Jima. In 1949, she christened a Navy destroyer ship, the USS Basilone. Lena Riggie is played by Annie Parisse in The Pacific, who is also known for her roles in National Treasure, Friends From College, and The Following.
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The Pacific - Full Cast & Crew. A 10-part miniseries about U.S. Marines fighting the Japanese in the Pacific in World War II begins in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor and ends...
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Mar 30, 2024 · The Pacific, an Emmy-winning miniseries produced by HBO, follows the lives of three US Marines as they navigate the treacherous battlegrounds of World War II's Pacific Theater. The show's cast that delivers performances that evoke raw emotion and capture the essence of humanity during wartime.
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The Pacific is a 2010 American war drama miniseries produced by HBO, Playtone, and DreamWorks that premiered in the United States on March 14, 2010.. The series is a companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers and focuses on the United States Marine Corps's actions in the Pacific Theater of Operations within the wider Pacific War.
