The Pacific, Peleliu Landing

Veteran Sergeant John Basilone ships out soon after Pearl Harbor for Guadalcanal while other young enlistees are sent to boot camp.

Outmanned and with supplies low, Basilone and other marines on Guadacanal rally to repel superior Japanese forces.

After arduous months in Guadalcanal, exhausted Marines are given rest and recreation in Melbourne, where they find the girls friendly and the beer cold.

After leaving Melbourne, the weather works against the leathernecks as Leckie falls seriously ill and Sledge gets assigned to New Britain.

Basilone's fame keeps him in the U.S. selling war bonds, Leckie rejoins his company, and Sledge is reunited with Phillips in Pavuvu.

Water is in short supply and the stifling heat takes control on Peleliu as Leckie is wounded and evacuated.

Sledge finds the carnage and death of his companions on Peleilu increasingly difficult to bear as Basilone continues his bond drive in the States.

Frustrated with his bond selling tour, Basilone goes back to training troops and, after marrying a pretty Marine sergeant, leads his men at Iwo Jima.

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.

After the Japanese surrender, Leckie healed from his wounds and returned home, while Sledge returned to Alabama to reunite with his family and Sid Phillips. Lena visits Basilone's home and has an emotional family reunion.