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Coming to major TV networks as a 10-part mini-series next year.  This could be good.

For a long time rumors have circulated that Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg were
collaborating on a World War II: Pacific Theater/Marine Corps HBO mini series in the same
spirit of their highly respected Band of Brothers.? This is no longer a rumor. In 2010, The Pacific
will air on HBO as a ten part mini series.

The Pacific is based on the books With the Old Breed, by Eugene Sledge, which was hailed by
historian Paul Fussell as one of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war, and Helmet for My
Pillow,? by Robert Leckie (recipient of the Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Annual
Award), as well as original interviews conducted by the filmmakers. Continuing the World War II
oral history work begun by his father Stephen E. Ambrose
(author of the book Band of Brothers), Hugh Ambrose serves as a consultant on the miniseries,
as does Captain Dale Dye, USMC (Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers and Platoon).

The miniseries follows Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.
Specifically, it tracks the intertwined odysseys of three U.S. Marines - Robert Leckie (played by
James Badge Dale), Eugene Sledge (played by Joe Mazzello) and John Basilone (played by
Jon Seda) - across the vast canvas of the Pacific. The extraordinary experiences of these men
and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles
of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted
coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of
Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.

You might want to click on these 2 sites.

http://www.pararesearchteam.com/ThePacific.html   

http://www.hbo.com/events/pacific/video.html