Here is a synopsis of each of the ten parts of the series:Part One - Guadalcanal/LeckieFollowing the attacks on Pearl Harbor, the enlisted men learn the score of how it will be the Marine Corps that wins the war for the Allies. The following August, they are shipped to Guadalcanal in order to prevent the encroaching Japanese from reaching Australia, an Allied base. When American supply ships are overtaken and sunk off the coast of the island, the men are forced to defend themselves from scores of invading troops in an extremely bloody battle.Part Two - BasiloneSurrounded, diseased, outnumbered, and starving on Guadalcanal, the Marines are reinforced by the own and an outfit which helps defend from a Japanese invasion of a key airstrip.Part Three - MelbourneAfter the enduring trial that was Guadalcanal, the Marines are sent to recuperate in Melbourne, Australia where they are given a warm reception from the locals as the U.S. builds its forces to attack the Japanese stronghold in the Pacific. While on break, Private Leckie becomes involved with a local girl and her family while Sgt. Basilone is awarded the Medal of Honor and sent home to campaign for the sale of war bonds.Part Four - Gloucester/Pavuvu/BanikaReassigned to Intel, Leckie is stationed in Cape Gloucester in late 1943 where they battle not only the Japanese but also the savage conditions of the jungle. Soon they shipped to Pavuvu where Leckie suffers combat fatigue and is sent to a naval sanitarium of a brief stint, before being returned to his unit.Part Five - Peleliu LandingThe Marines continue to train on the decrepit island of Pavuvu in the Solomon Islands, before being shipped to Peleliu for a violent assault to take an airstrip with the hopes of recapturing The Philippines from the Japanese.Part Six - Peleliu AirfieldThe battle of Peleliu is more deadly than expected, as untold numbers of Japanese line the caves of the island, and acceptable drinking water is nowhere to be found in the 110 degree heat. The man make a dangerous siege of an airfield, and Leckie is wounded and sent home.Part Seven - Peleliu HillsThe marines undertake heavy gunfire and sustain many casualties before clearing the hills of Peleliu of an enemy that will not go quietly. Upon victory of the bloody and costly battle, they return to Pavuvu to rejuvenate for their next task.Part Eight - Iwo JimaFrustrated with selling war bonds, John Basilone requests a transfer and is sent to Fort Pendleton where he trains Marine recruits and romances and marries a corps nurse. Deciding to stay on when his enlistment is up, Basilone leads his men into battle and makes the ultimate sacrifice, as so many other brave men did on the sands of Iwo Jima.Part Nine - OkinawaThe Marines endure a miserable and brutal month long campaign on Okinawa where the Japanese still refuse surrender and use civilians as decoys. As the men clear the island, the atomic bomb is dropped over Hiroshima, signaling the beginning of the end of the war.Part Ten - HomeAs victory in Japan is declared, the men return home and attempt to adjust to civilian life.
Here is a synopsis of each of the ten parts of the series:Part One - Guadalcanal/LeckieFollowing the attacks on Pearl Harbor, the enlisted men learn the score of how it will be the Marine Corps that wins the war for the Allies. The following August, they are shipped to Guadalcanal in order to prevent the encroaching Japanese from reaching Australia, an Allied base. When American supply ships are overtaken and sunk off the coast of the island, the men are forced to defend themselves from scores of invading troops in an extremely bloody battle.Part Two - BasiloneSurrounded, diseased, outnumbered, and starving on Guadalcanal, the Marines are reinforced by the own and an outfit which helps defend from a Japanese invasion of a key airstrip.Part Three - MelbourneAfter the enduring trial that was Guadalcanal, the Marines are sent to recuperate in Melbourne, Australia where they are given a warm reception from the locals as the U.S. builds its forces to attack the Japanese stronghold in the Pacific. While on break, Private Leckie becomes involved with a local girl and her family while Sgt. Basilone is awarded the Medal of Honor and sent home to campaign for the sale of war bonds.Part Four - Gloucester/Pavuvu/BanikaReassigned to Intel, Leckie is stationed in Cape Gloucester in late 1943 where they battle not only the Japanese but also the savage conditions of the jungle. Soon they shipped to Pavuvu where Leckie suffers combat fatigue and is sent to a naval sanitarium of a brief stint, before being returned to his unit.Part Five - Peleliu LandingThe Marines continue to train on the decrepit island of Pavuvu in the Solomon Islands, before being shipped to Peleliu for a violent assault to take an airstrip with the hopes of recapturing The Philippines from the Japanese.Part Six - Peleliu AirfieldThe battle of Peleliu is more deadly than expected, as untold numbers of Japanese line the caves of the island, and acceptable drinking water is nowhere to be found in the 110 degree heat. The man make a dangerous siege of an airfield, and Leckie is wounded and sent home.Part Seven - Peleliu HillsThe marines undertake heavy gunfire and sustain many casualties before clearing the hills of Peleliu of an enemy that will not go quietly. Upon victory of the bloody and costly battle, they return to Pavuvu to rejuvenate for their next task.Part Eight - Iwo JimaFrustrated with selling war bonds, John Basilone requests a transfer and is sent to Fort Pendleton where he trains Marine recruits and romances and marries a corps nurse. Deciding to stay on when his enlistment is up, Basilone leads his men into battle and makes the ultimate sacrifice, as so many other brave men did on the sands of Iwo Jima.Part Nine - OkinawaThe Marines endure a miserable and brutal month long campaign on Okinawa where the Japanese still refuse surrender and use civilians as decoys. As the men clear the island, the atomic bomb is dropped over Hiroshima, signaling the beginning of the end of the war.Part Ten - HomeAs victory in Japan is declared, the men return home and attempt to adjust to civilian life.