The Pacific is a TV mini-series created by Bruce C. McKenna in 2010 and based on the book With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene B. Sledge, first published in 1981. The TV series features James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, William Sadler, Rami Malek, Ashton Holmes, and others.
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Book by Robert Leckie
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Storyline
The Pacific miniseries features the 1st Marine Division’s battles in the Pacific, such as Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, and Okinawa, as well as Basilone’s involvement in the Battle of Iwo Jima. It also draws on Sledge’s memoir China Marine and Red Blood, Black Sand, the memoir of Chuck Tatum, a Marine who fought alongside Basilone at Iwo Jima.
Movie vs Book
Year
2010
Minutes
530
Movie Rate
8.30
Source: IMDb
TV Mini-Series
The Pacific
Creator: Bruce C. McKenna
Country: USA
Year: 2010
Length: 8h50m / 10 episodes
Year
1981
Pages
354
Book Rate
8.90
S: Goodreads
Book
With the Old Breed
Subtitle: At Peleliu and Okinawa
Author: Eugene B. Sledge
Country: USA
First published in: 1981
Length: 354 pages
Genre: Biography
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