Basilone and the 7th Marines arrive on Guadalcanal to reinforce Leckie and the rest of the 1st Marine Division as they continue to defend the crucial airstrip. Basilone plays a key role in repelling a nighttime Japanese attack, but suffers a frightful personal loss. After four months of continuous action, the exhausted and disease-ridden members of the 1st Marine Division are evacuated off the island.
Genres: Action & Adventure , Drama , War & Politics
Keywords: 1940s , guadalcanal , historical , historical-drama , iwo-jima , japanese-soldier , marine-corps , military , military-drama , military-life , miniseries , modern-history , modern-warfare , okinawa , pacific-theater , pacific-war , paratrooper , violence , war , world-war-ii