Peleliu Landing
- Episode aired Apr 11, 2010
- TV-MA
- 49m
Basilone's fame keeps him in the U.S. selling war bonds, Leckie rejoins his company, and Sledge is reunited with Phillips in Pavuvu.Basilone's fame keeps him in the U.S. selling war bonds, Leckie rejoins his company, and Sledge is reunited with Phillips in Pavuvu.Basilone's fame keeps him in the U.S. selling war bonds, Leckie rejoins his company, and Sledge is reunited with Phillips in Pavuvu.
- Awards
- 1 win
- PFC Eugene Sledge
- (as Joe Mazzello)
- 1st Lt. Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones
- (as Leon Willem Ford)
- Private Young
- (as Nathin Butler)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDespite both being two main leads, this episode is the only time when Robert Leckie and Eugene Sledge actually meet.
- GoofsAt about the 30 min mark, as the Marines are landing on the beach you see a few Marines firing .30 cal machine guns mounted on the Amtraks At one point you see a gunner pull the cocking handle of his weapon - in the shot the cocking handle is on the left side of the weapon. Likely the shot has been reversed as a .30 cal with the handle on the left simply never existed.
- Quotes
PFC Robert Leckie: [in Leckie's 'library,' he sees Sledge picking up a Bible and chuckles] Now that explains it. You're a believer.
Eugene B. Sledge: Yes.
PFC Robert Leckie: OK, question: God created everything, right? The heavens, seven seas, Marine Corps...
[gestures to the sleeping Runner]
PFC Robert Leckie: Sleeping Beauty there...
Eugene B. Sledge: [chuckles] Even him.
PFC Robert Leckie: Land crabs, rats, mosquitoes...
Eugene B. Sledge: Mosquito's a little tough to understand, I guess.
PFC Robert Leckie: God created Japs too, right?
[Eugene's smile fades]
PFC Robert Leckie: Yellow slants who've tried to kill me on many occasions. Japs come from the garden of Eden too?
Eugene B. Sledge: Well, what we do is up to us. He gives us a choice.
PFC Robert Leckie: Free will, right. 'Cept he's God, of course, so he knows what we're gonna do before we do it.
Eugene B. Sledge: Predestination.
PFC Robert Leckie: So the whole game is fixed by the will of Gramps on his throne while we're down here for what? His entertainment? That makes us chumps, or God's a sadist and either way, I got no use for him.
Eugene B. Sledge: So what do you believe in?
PFC Robert Leckie: I believe in ammunition.
[Eugene chuckles]
PFC Robert Leckie: Tell you what, though - since I'm not on speaking terms anymore, next time you're havin' a chat with the old geezer, can you ask him to sink a few Jap transports and have 'em all fall on their bayonets so I can get the fuck out of here and go home? Sure would appreciate it.
[Eugene turns to leave and puts the Bible back]
PFC Robert Leckie: You go ahead and keep it. Don't know what I have it in the first place.
Eugene B. Sledge: No thanks.
[goes to the mouth of the tent]
Eugene B. Sledge: Got my own.
[holds it up and leaves]
- ConnectionsFeatures For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
- SoundtracksHonor - Main Title Theme From The Pacific
(uncredited)
Composed by Blake Neely, Geoff Zanelli, Hans Zimmer
- keithfmanaton
- Nov 28, 2021
Details
- Runtime49 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1