Episode 1
Guadalcanal/Leckie
In the immediate aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Marine Sgt. John Basilone prepares to ship...
Episode 2
Basilone
Basilone and the 7th Marines arrive on Guadalcanal to reinforce Leckie and the rest of the 1st Marine Division...
Episode 3
Melbourne
Physically and mentally debilitated after the four-month ordeal on Guadalcanal, Leckie, Basilone and thousands...
Episode 4
Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika
Finally enlisted as a Marine, Sledge trains for combat at Camp Elliott. The 1st Marine Division lands at Cape...
Episode 5
Peleliu Landing
Basilone’s celebrity grows as he travels across the country on the war bonds tour. On Pavuvu, Sledge, assigned...
Episode 6
Peleliu Airfield
Despite the suffocating 115-degree heat and a lack of clean drinking water, Sledge, Leckie and the other Marin...
Episode 7
Peleliu Hills
The Marines, including the newly christened “Sledgehammer,” continue the battle of Peleliu against an enemy de...
Episode 8
Iwo Jima
Increasingly frustrated by his role campaigning for war bonds, Basilone convinces the Marines to allow him to...
Episode 9
Okinawa
After battling across the island of Okinawa for more than a month, Sledge and the rest of the 1st Marine Divis...
Episode 10
Home
After the Japanese surrender, Leckie, healed from his wounds, leaves the hospital and returns home, while Sled...