HBO: The Pacific - 10 pt miniseries

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A 10 part WW II miniseries, produced by HBO will premiere March 14, 2010.
Similar to Band of Brothers only about US Marine Corps's actions in the Pacific Theater of Operations.

Storyline:
The Pacific is based primarily on two memoirs of U.S. Marines: With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge and Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie. The series will tell the stories of the two authors and Marine John Basilone, as the war against the Empire of Japan rages.

Given the literary sources mentioned above, the series will feature well-known battles involving the 1st Marine Division, such as Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, and Okinawa, as well as Basilone's involvement in the Battle of Iwo Jima.