Okinawa
- Episode aired May 9, 2010
- TV-MA
- 58m
The 1st Marine Division fight a determined Japanese force on Okinawa who prefer death to surrender and are indifferent to the lives of Okinawan civilians.The 1st Marine Division fight a determined Japanese force on Okinawa who prefer death to surrender and are indifferent to the lives of Okinawan civilians.The 1st Marine Division fight a determined Japanese force on Okinawa who prefer death to surrender and are indifferent to the lives of Okinawan civilians.
- PFC Robert Leckie
- (credit only)
- PFC Eugene Sledge
- (as Joe Mazzello)
- Sgt. John Basilone
- (credit only)
- Pvt. 'Kathy' Peck
- (as Christopher Foy)
- Marine
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTowards the end of this episode, 2nd Lt. Mac (played by Ashley Zukerman) mentions that the U.S. "dropped some kind of new bomb" that vaporized an entire city. He was, of course, speaking of the atomic bomb "Little Boy" dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
In 2014, Zukerman portrayed Charlie Isaac's in the miniseries "Manhattan" which chronicled the creation of the atomic bomb.
- Quotes
Merriell Shelton: [sees Eugene reading a letter and looking troubled] Eugene?
[he doesn't answer]
Merriell Shelton: Gene?
Eugene B. Sledge: [distantly] My dog died.
Merriell Shelton: [sits beside him] I'm sorry.
Eugene B. Sledge: He was a good dog.
Merriell Shelton: How old was he?
Eugene B. Sledge: Got him as a pup 'bout nine years ago, maybe ten.
Merriell Shelton: [studying Eugene's face] They say dogs live, what, seven years to every one of ours?
[Eugene doesn't say anything, and Snafu leans against his shoulder]
Pvt. Hamm: [also with a letter] My brother was on the Bunker Hill.
Merriell Shelton: [sarcastically] Wow.
Pvt. Hamm: [angry] Ship got hit by two kamikazes. Five hundred guys died, asshole.
[Snafu looks abashed]
Pvt. Hamm: How the fuck can they do that? Fly themselves into a ship?
Merriell Shelton: [with irony] Emperor is God. Duty to God.
Pvt. Hamm: They can't fuckin' surrender?
Eugene B. Sledge: I hope they don't.
[Hamm and Snafu look surprised]
Eugene B. Sledge: I hope we get to kill every last one of 'em.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2010)
- SoundtracksHonor - Main Title Theme From The Pacific
(uncredited)
Composed by Blake Neely, Geoff Zanelli, Hans Zimmer
- danpiedra
- May 8, 2010
Details
- Runtime58 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1