The Pacific - Season 1 Episode 5 Peleliu Landing
Basilone’s celebrity grows as he travels across the country on the war bonds tour. On Pavuvu, Sledge, assigned to the 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, is briefly reunited with Phillips and Leckie rejoins his company. Sledge then gets his first taste of combat as he, Leckie, and the rest of the 1st Marine Division meet fierce Japanese resistance while landing on the intricately and heavily defended coral island of Peleliu.
- Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure, War & Politics
- Studio: HBO
- Keyword: world war ii, marine corps, okinawa, pacific war, miniseries, historical, military life, guadalcanal, iwo jima, pacific theater, military, historical drama, paratrooper, 1940s, war, modern warfare, modern history, military drama
- Cast: James Badge Dale, Jon Seda, Joseph Mazzello, Ashton Holmes, Jacob Pitts, Rami Malek