Basilone
- Episode aired Mar 21, 2010
- TV-MA
- 50m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
2.8K
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Outmanned and with supplies low, Basilone and other marines on Guadacanal rally to repel superior Japanese forces.Outmanned and with supplies low, Basilone and other marines on Guadacanal rally to repel superior Japanese forces.Outmanned and with supplies low, Basilone and other marines on Guadacanal rally to repel superior Japanese forces.
Joseph Mazzello
- PFC Eugene Sledge
- (as Joe Mazzello)
Ben Connolly
- Marine
- (as Benjamin Connolly)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJohn Basilone Medal of Honor citation, verbatim: The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pride in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR to
SERGEANT JOHN BASILONE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
for service as set forth in the following CITATION:
Medal of Honour For extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry in action against enemy Japanese forces, above and beyond the call of duty, while serving with the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division in the Lunga Area, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, on 24 and 25 October 1942. While the enemy was hammering at the Marines' defensive positions, Sgt. BASILONE, in charge of 2 sections of heavy machine guns, fought valiantly to check the savage and determined assault. In a fierce frontal attack with the Japanese blasting his guns with grenades and mortar fire, one of Sgt. BASILONE'S sections, with its gun crews, was put out of action, leaving only 2 men able to carry on. Moving an extra gun into position, he placed it in action, then, under continual fire, repaired another and personally manned it, gallantly holding his line until replacements arrived. A little later, with ammunition critically low and the supply lines cut off, Sgt. BASILONE, at great risk of his life and in the face of continued enemy attack, battled his way through hostile lines with urgently needed shells for his gunners, thereby contributing in large measure to the virtual annihilation of a Japanese regiment. His great personal valor and courageous initiative were in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.[11]
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
- GoofsThere is a cry of "Medic!". Since this is the Marines, it should be a cry of "Corpsman!". Medics are in the Army and Air Force. Corpsmen are in the Navy and the Marines.
- Quotes
Dr. Sledge: The worst part about treating those combat boys from the Great War wasn't that they'd had their flesh torn - it was that they had had their souls torn out. I couldn't bear to look into your eyes one day and see no love there no spark no... no life. That would break my heart.
- ConnectionsReferences Pride of the Marines (1945)
- SoundtracksHonor - Main Title Theme From The Pacific
(uncredited)
Composed by Blake Neely, Geoff Zanelli, Hans Zimmer
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A crucial character developing episode failed.
The character development is atrocious so far. unfortunately a crucial episode that should have left the viewer with that -after the first battle feeling- a binding of individual personalities into a group of soldiers was just not there. This episode should have led the audience to sympathize and respect individuals they may not have felt commonality with. We would have felt the soldiers overcoming individual issues to band together as a cohesive unit to accomplish an impossible task leaving us with admiration and a desire to see them succeed.
Unfortunately, all I saw was cliche jocular humor before a battle in which I didn't even know who I was looking at most of the time or why I was supposed to care about them.
Still it had decent acting and cinematography.
Unfortunately, all I saw was cliche jocular humor before a battle in which I didn't even know who I was looking at most of the time or why I was supposed to care about them.
Still it had decent acting and cinematography.
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- kabukiindustries
- Apr 10, 2019
Details
- Runtime50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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