The Pacific DVD

From executive producers Tom Hanks, Steven Speilberg, and Gary Goetzman, "The Pacific" tracks the real-life journeys of three U.S. Marines - Robert Leckie (James Badge Dale), Eugene Sledge (Joe Mazzelo), and John Basilone (Jon Seda) - across the vast canvas of the Pacific theater during World War II. The miniseries follows these men and their fellow Marines from their first battle with the Japanese on Guadalcanal, through the rain forests of Cape Gloucester and the strongholds of Peleliu, across the bloody sands of Iwo Jima, through the horror of Okinawa, and finally to their triumphant but uneasy return home after V-J Day. The miniseries is based in part on the books "Helmet for My Pillow" by Robert Leckie, and "With the Old Breed" by Eugene Sledge, with additional material from "Red Blood, Black Sand" by Chuch Tatum, and "China Marine" by Eugene Sledge, as well as original interviews conducted by the filmmakers.