# The Pacific (miniseries)

The Pacific is a 2010 American war drama miniseries produced by HBO, Playtone, and DreamWorks that premiered in the United States on March 14, 2010.
The series is a companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers and focuses on the United States Marine Corps's actions in the Pacific Theater of Operations within the wider Pacific War. Whereas Band of Brothers followed the men of Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment through the European Theater, The Pacific centers on the experiences of three Marines (Robert Leckie, Eugene Sledge, and John Basilone) who were in different regiments (1st, 5th, and 7th, respectively) of the 1st Marine Division.
The Pacific was spearheaded by Bruce C. McKenna (co-executive producer), one of the main writers on Band of Brothers. Hugh Ambrose, the son of Band of Brothers author Stephen Ambrose, was a project consultant.
The Pacific miniseries features the 1st Marine Division's battles in the Pacific, such as Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, and Okinawa, as well as Basilone's involvement in the Battle of Iwo Jima. It is based primarily on the memoirs of two US Marines: With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene Sledge and Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie. It also draws on Sledge's memoir China Marine, as well as Red Blood, Black Sand, the memoir of Chuck Tatum, a Marine who fought alongside Basilone at Iwo Jima.

## Cast

The following actors played starring roles in multiple episodes and are split by the principal character they appear with. Characters from the different plot strands do occasionally interact, while Sidney Phillips serves with Leckie and is the best friend of Sledge.
* James Badge Dale as PFC. Robert Leckie (1920–2001)
* Ashton Holmes as Cpl. Sidney Phillips (1924–2015)
* Josh Helman as PFC. Lew 'Chuckler' Juergens (1918–1982)
* Keith Nobbs as PFC. Wilbur 'Runner' Conley (1921–1997)
* Jacob Pitts as PFC. Bill 'Hoosier' Smith (1922–1985)
* Toby Leonard Moore as 2ndLt. Stone
* Henry Nixon as 1stLt. Hugh Corrigan (1920–2005)
* Tom Budge as PFC. Ronnie Gibson
* Caroline Dhavernas as Vera Keller (1923–2024)
* Joseph Mazzello as Cpl. Eugene Sledge (1923–2001)
* Rami Malek as Cpl. Merriell "Snafu" Shelton (1922–1993)
* Martin McCann as Sgt. R.V. Burgin (1922–2019)
* Brendan Fletcher as PFC. Bill Leyden (1926–2008)
* Linda Cropper as Mary Frank Sledge (1893–1989)
* Conor O'Farrell as Dr. Sledge (1887–1954)
* Dylan Young as PFC. Jay De L'Eau (1923–1997)
* Leon Ford as 1stLt. Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones (1917–1944)
* Scott Gibson as Capt. Andrew Haldane (1917–1944)
* Gary Sweet as MGySgt. Elmo "Gunny" Haney (1898–1979)
* Jon Seda as GySgt. John Basilone (1916–1945)
* Joshua Bitton as Sgt. J.P. Morgan (1919–1980)
* William Sadler as Lt. Col. Lewis "Chesty" Puller (1898–1971)
* Jon Bernthal as Sgt. Manuel 'Manny' Rodriguez (1922−1942)
* Annie Parisse as Sgt. Lena Basilone (1913–1999)
* Ian Meadows as Pvt. Cecil Evans (ep 2)
* Nate Corddry as PFC. 'Loudmouth' (−1944) (ep 4)
* Matt Craven as Capt. Grant (ep 4)
* Anna Torv as Virginia Grey (1917–2004) (ep 5)
* Betty Buckley as Marion Leckie (ep 10)
* Joshua Close as Major Edward Sledge (1920–1985) (ep 10)
* Brandon Keener as Charles Dunworthy (ep 10)
* Claire van der Boom as Stella Karamanlis
* Mark Casamento as George Basilone
* Lelia Goldoni as Dora Basilone
* Andrew Lees as Pfc. Robert Oswalt (1923–1944)
* Joseph R. Sicari as Salvatore Basilone
* Ashley Zukerman as 2ndLt. Robert 'Mac' MacKenzie (−2003)
* Isabel Lucas as Gwen
* Dwight Braswell as PFC. Clifford 'Steve' Evanson (1926–1945)
* Ben Esler as PFC. Charles 'Chuck' Tatum (1926–2014)
* Laurence Breuls as 1stLt. Larkin
* Rohan Nichol as 2ndLt. Lebec

## Production

The Pacific was produced by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman in association with HBO Miniseries, Playtone, DreamWorks, Seven Network and Sky Movies. Seven and Sky both invested in the project for the right to broadcast it in Australia and the United Kingdom respectively. Nine Network has previously broadcast the HBO productions of Band of Brothers. Nine had a broadcast deal with HBO's parent Warner Bros., but then HBO started to distribute its productions separately. In April 2007, the producers set up a production office in Melbourne and began casting.
Originally the project was estimated at $100 million to produce, but ended up costing over $200 million, making The Pacific the most expensive television miniseries ever created at the time. According to the Sydney Morning Herald an estimated A$134 million was spent in Australia. The Australian newspaper Herald Sun estimates that it brought 4,000 jobs and generated A$180 million for the Australian economy.
Filming of the miniseries in Australia started on August 10, 2007, and finished in late May 2008. From August until November 2007 filming took place at locations in and around Port Douglas, Queensland including Mossman, Queensland; Drumsara Plantation, Mowbray National Park and beaches at Rocky Point, Queensland. Production then moved to rural Victoria, in the You Yangs near Lara (from November–December 2007), then at a sand quarry on Sandy Creek Road near Geelong until February 2008. Melbourne city locations were used in late 2007 and through 2008 including Central City Studios at Melbourne Docklands (March 2008); Flinders Street (between Swanston and Elizabeth streets, February 1–4, 2008); the intersection of Swanston and Flinders streets (February 2008); Flinders Street station (February 2–3, 2008). Other suburban locations included Mornington Railway, Bundoora, specifically the Ernest Jones Hall at the La Trobe University campus, Bundoora (late May 2008); the Railway Hotel, South Melbourne (December 2007); Scotch College, Melbourne (December 2007); Melbourne High School (December 2007).
The trains in the series, including K class and S class locomotives, and Club Car Moorabool, were chartered from Steamrail and the Mornington Railway Preservation Society, and were filmed with on the Mornington Railway.
The series's score was written by Hans Zimmer, Geoff Zanelli and Blake Neely and was released on March 9, 2010.
Historian Hugh Ambrose, son of Band of Brothers author Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the official tie-in book to the miniseries, The Pacific: Hell was an Ocean Away (2011), which follows the stories of two of the featured men from the miniseries, Basilone and Sledge, as well as stories of Sledge's close friend Sidney Phillips and two men not featured in the series, marine officer Austin Shofner and US Navy pilot Vernon Micheel. The different cast provides a wider view of the Pacific theatre, allowing the book to include the fall of the Philippines, Midway, Philippine Sea and Luzon and expand the narrative to include depictions of life as experienced by prisoners of war, senior officers and the development of naval aviation. It was published in the UK and the US in March 2010 and Ambrose gave a webcast interview about the book at the Pritzker Military Library on April 15, 2010.

## Broadcast

The series premiered in the US and Canada on March 14, 2010, on HBO. HBO Asia premiered The Pacific at 9 pm on April 3, 2010, with the first two episodes being consecutively broadcast in the first week. Singapore, Hong Kong, and Indonesia had dual languages available. Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, and the Philippines broadcasts were available in high-definition on the HBO Asia HD Channel. The Pacific began broadcast on April 5, 2010, on Sky Movies in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In Portugal, the series was broadcast on April 5, 2010, on AXN and in HD on AXN HD two days after the original broadcast in the US. The series broadcast commenced in Australia on Channel 7 on Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at 8:30 pm. In Denmark, Norway, Finland, France, and Sweden, the series began broadcasting on Canal+; in Turkey, CNBC-e on April 18, 2010; in the Netherlands, on April 7, 2010, on Veronica; and in Greece, on Nova Cinema on April 10, 2010. In New Zealand, the series began broadcasting on April 12, 2010, on TV One. In Italy, the miniseries began broadcast on May 9, 2010, on Sky Cinema 1; in Germany, on July 15, 2010, on Kabel eins. In Japan, the miniseries started July 18, 2010, on WOWOW. In South Africa, the miniseries started broadcasting on May 5, 2010, on the Mnet channel. In the US, the rights to the series were picked up by Ovation and it started airing sometime in 2019.

### Marketing

The first official US trailer for The Pacific aired on HBO before the season 2 premiere of True Blood on June 14, 2009. It showed footage of the three main characters, including a conversation between Leckie and Sledge, Basilone's marriage, and numerous combat scenes. The trailer concluded with "2010" displayed on-screen, alluding to and confirming the series release date. A second trailer was released on the HBO website after which the date "March 2010" is displayed, giving a more specific series release date. On January 14, 2010, Comcast added on-demand content from the series, including a scene from The Pacific, interviews with the producers, and character profiles. Another trailer was shown in February 2010 during Super Bowl XLIV, depicting several combat scenes. An extended trailer (3:47) of the miniseries can be viewed on the series' official website.

## Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Part One" "Guadalcanal (Leckie)" | Tim Van Patten | Bruce C. McKenna | March 14, 2010 (2010-03-14) | 3.08 |
| In the weeks following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Robert Leckie attends church and runs into his longtime neighbor Vera Keller. Leckie, having enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, promises to write to her while overseas. Meanwhile, John Basilone and his fellow noncommissioned officers, Manny Rodriguez and J.P. Morgan, learn from Chesty Puller that the Marine Corps will be entering the Pacific Theater. They attend a Christmas dinner with the Basilone family. In Mobile, Alabama, childhood friends Eugene Sledge and Sidney Phillips say their goodbyes as Phillips prepares to depart for boot camp. In August 1942, the Guadalcanal Campaign begins. Leckie and the 1st Marines witness the Battle of Savo Island and later participate in the Battle of the Tenaru. ||||||
| 2 | "Part Two" "Guadalcanal (Basilone)" | David Nutter | Bruce C. McKenna | March 21, 2010 (2010-03-21) | 2.79 |
| Basilone and the 7th Marines land on Guadalcanal to bolster the defenses around Henderson Field. Basilone, attempting to relocate his machine gun to a better position, bare-handedly cradles the hot barrel and severely burns his arms. Despite this, he continues fighting and kills scores of Japanese troops. The following morning, Basilone discovers that Rodriguez has been killed in action. ||||||
| 3 | "Part Three" "Melbourne" | Jeremy Podeswa | George Pelecanos and Michelle Ashford | March 28, 2010 (2010-03-28) | 2.77 |
| The 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal is relieved and arrives in Melbourne, Australia. Battle weary, many Marines go AWOL, engaging in drunken hijinks. Leckie falls in love with Stella Karamanlis, an Australian girl of Greek descent, who invites him to stay at her parents' home. Not wanting to go through the pain of losing him, Stella breaks up with Leckie and tells him not to return. As a result, Leckie becomes belligerently drunk; when his friend Lew Juergens asks Leckie to relieve him on guard duty so he can urinate, an officer catches him, culminating in Leckie pulling a sidearm and both he and Juergens are punished and demoted. Basilone receives the Medal of Honor for his actions on Guadalcanal and is sent home to sell war bonds. ||||||
| 4 | "Part Four" "Cape Gloucester, Pavuvu, Banika" | Graham Yost | Robert Schenkkan and Graham Yost | April 4, 2010 (2010-04-04) | 2.52 |
| Previously limited by a heart murmur, Eugene Sledge enlists in the Marines and trains for combat, while Leckie and the 1st Marine Division are put into action at Cape Gloucester. The relentless rain and jungle environment takes its toll on the Marines. The Marines arrive on Pavuvu, which serves as a temporary base for the 1st Marine Division. Leckie is treated for nocturnal enuresis caused by combat stress and is sent to Banika to be hospitalized for a number of weeks before returning to Pavuvu. ||||||
| 5 | "Part Five" "Peleliu Landing" | Carl Franklin | Laurence Andries and Bruce C. McKenna | April 11, 2010 (2010-04-11) | 2.71 |
| Sledge is briefly reunited with Phillips on Pavuvu before Phillips departs to return home to Mobile. Sledge meets Merriell "Snafu" Shelton, R.V. Burgin, and Bill Leyden. The 1st Marine Division lands at Peleliu. ||||||
| 6 | "Part Six" "Peleliu Airfield" | Tony To | Bruce C. McKenna and Laurence Andries and Robert Schenkkan | April 18, 2010 (2010-04-18) | 2.38 |
| Sustaining heavy losses and fighting in exceedingly hot conditions with little drinkable water, the Marines move to capture Peleliu's vital airfield. Leckie is wounded by a blast concussion while trying to relay a message to the corpsman. With a face full of shrapnel and limited mobility, he is evacuated and sent to recuperate on a hospital ship. ||||||
| 7 | "Part Seven" "Peleliu Hills" | Tim Van Patten | Bruce C. McKenna | April 25, 2010 (2010-04-25) | 2.55 |
| Sledge and the 5th Marines move into Peleliu's Bloody Nose Ridge to face the Japanese. In the ensuing battle, Captain Andrew "Ack-Ack" Haldane is shot and killed by a Japanese sniper while assessing the area of Hill 140. ||||||
| 8 | "Part Eight" "Iwo Jima" | David Nutter Jeremy Podeswa | Robert Schenkkan and Michelle Ashford | May 2, 2010 (2010-05-02) | 2.34 |
| Tired of selling war bonds, Basilone is transferred to the 5th Marine Division where he trains Marines for combat as a gunnery sergeant. He meets and marries Lena Riggi. Basilone lands at Iwo Jima, but is killed in action on the first day. ||||||
| 9 | "Part Nine" "Okinawa" | Tim Van Patten | Bruce C. McKenna | May 9, 2010 (2010-05-09) | 1.81 |
| Sledge and the 1st Marine Division land at Okinawa. Cynical and exhausted, Sledge and Shelton show no compassion for the Japanese troops and struggle to lead new replacement Marines fresh out of boot camp. The Marines are horrified to discover Okinawan civilians, including women and children, are being forced to act as human shields. Sledge is nearly court martialed after assaulting a Japanese POW. As the battle concludes, the Marines hear of a "new bomb" that "vaporized an entire [Japanese] city in the blink of an eye". ||||||
| 10 | "Part Ten" "Home" | Jeremy Podeswa | Bruce C. McKenna and Robert Schenkkan | May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16) | 1.96 |
| Following the Japanese surrender, the Marines return home. Leckie takes a job with a newspaper; he starts a relationship with Vera, revealing that he never sent the letters he wrote because he believed he was not going to survive the war. Sledge, Shelton, and Burgin arrive home in the spring of 1946. Sledge is still haunted by the horrors of war, he struggles to adjust despite reassurance from his father and Phillips. Basilone's widow, Lena, visits his parents and gives them his Medal of Honor. ||||||

### Special

| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| "Anatomy of a War" | TBD | TBD | 2010 (2010) | TBD |
| This episode is a companion piece to the series. It uses historical footage, footage from the series, and interviews with participants, scholars, and members of the series cast and crew to try to explain the societal, cultural, and religious reasons that contributed to the ferocity and brutality of the Japanese military during World War II. |||||

## Reception
### Critical reception

The Pacific received widespread critical acclaim. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 89% with an average rating of 8.5 out of 10, based on 46 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "An honest, albeit horrifying, exploration of World War II, The Pacific is a visually stunning miniseries not for the faint of heart." On Metacritic, the series has a weighted average score of 86 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
Time magazine's James Poniewozik named it one of the Top 10 TV Series of 2010. IGN reviewer Ramsey Isler gave the entire miniseries an 8.5 out of 10, saying, "Although I don't think The Pacific overtakes Band of Brothers in terms of technical execution and overall entertainment value, many of the comparisons will be moot as The Pacific is a different kind of series with different goals. This series sought to look beyond the combat and it paints a full, vivid picture of the war and the people that fought in it through focused, individual stories. That's a tall order for any series to fulfill, and although The Pacific doesn't always come through with shining colors, it does make an admirable effort." IGN also reviewed each episode, with Episode 9 receiving a perfect 10 out of 10 score.

### Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
| 2010 | Artios Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Movie/Mini Series | Meg Liberman, Cami Patton, Christine King, and Jennifer Euston | Won |
| 2010 | Hollywood Post Alliance Awards | Outstanding Color Grading – Television | Steve Porter (for "Peleliu Landing") | Won |
| 2010 | IGN Summer Movie Awards | Best TV DVD or Blu-Ray | Best TV DVD or Blu-Ray | Nominated |
| 2010 | Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Best DVD | Best DVD | Nominated |
| 2010 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Motion Picture or Miniseries | Best Motion Picture or Miniseries | Won |
| 2010 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | James Badge Dale | Nominated |
| 2010 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Joseph Mazzello | Nominated |
| 2010 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Ashton Holmes | Nominated |
| 2010 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Won |
| 2010 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Won |
| 2010 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Won |
| 2010 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Cinematography in a Non-Series | Best Cinematography in a Non-Series | Won |
| 2010 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Costume Design in a Non-Series | Best Costume Design in a Non-Series | Nominated |
| 2010 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Editing in a Non-Series | Best Editing in a Non-Series | Won |
| 2010 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Makeup/Hairstyling in a Non-Series | Best Makeup/Hairstyling in a Non-Series | Nominated |
| 2010 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Music in a Non-Series | Best Music in a Non-Series | Won |
| 2010 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Production Design in a Non-Series | Best Production Design in a Non-Series | Nominated |
| 2010 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Sound in a Non-Series | Best Sound in a Non-Series | Won |
| 2010 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Visual Effects in a Non-Series | Best Visual Effects in a Non-Series | Won |
| 2010 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best New Titles Sequence | Best New Titles Sequence | Won |
| 2010 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Miniseries | Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Gary Goetzman, Tony To, Graham Yost, Eugene Kelly, Bruce C. McKenna, Cherylanne Martin, Todd London, Steven Shareshian, and Tim Van Patten | Won |
| 2010 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special | David Nutter and Jeremy Podeswa (for "Iwo Jima") | Nominated |
| 2010 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Tim Van Patten (for "Okinawa") | Nominated |
| 2010 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Robert Schenkkan and Michelle Ashford (for "Iwo Jima") | Nominated |
| 2010 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Bruce C. McKenna and Robert Schenkkan (for "Home") | Nominated |
| 2010 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie | Anthony Pratt, Dominic Hyman, Richard Hobbs, Scott Bird, Jim Millett, Rolland Pike, and Lisa Thompson | Won |
| 2010 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | Meg Liberman, Cami Patton, Christine King, Jennifer Euston, and Suzanne Smith | Won |
| 2010 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie | Remi Adefarasin (for "Peleliu Landing") | Nominated |
| 2010 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie | Stephen F. Windon (for "Okinawa") | Nominated |
| 2010 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | Penny Rose and Ken Crouch (for "Melbourne") | Nominated |
| 2010 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Main Title Design | Steve Fuller, Ahmet Ahmet, Peter Frankfurt, and Lauren Hartstone | Nominated |
| 2010 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries or a Movie (Non-Prosthetic) | Chiara Tripodi and Toni French | Won |
| 2010 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special | Jason Baird, Sean Genders, Jac Charlton, Chad Atkinson, Ben Rittenhouse, Steve Katz, Robert Charlton, and Greg Nicotero | Won |
| 2010 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) | Blake Neely, Geoff Zanelli, and Hans Zimmer (for "Home") | Nominated |
| 2010 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie | Edward A. Warschilka (for "Peleliu Landing") | Nominated |
| 2010 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie | Alan Cody (for "Iwo Jima") | Nominated |
| 2010 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie | Alan Cody and Marta Evry (for "Okinawa") | Nominated |
| 2010 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | Tom Bellfort, Benjamin L. Cook, Daniel S. Irwin, Hector C. Gika, Charles Maynes, Paul Aulicino, John C. Stuver, David Williams, Michelle Pazer, John Finklea, Jody Thomas, and Katie Rose (for "Peleliu Landing") | Won |
| 2010 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie | Andrew Ramage, Michael Minkler, and Daniel J. Leahy (for "Basilone") | Won |
| 2010 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie | Andrew Ramage, Michael Minkler, Daniel J. Leahy, and Craig Mann (for "Peleliu Landing") | Nominated |
| 2010 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie | Gary Wilkins, Michael Minkler, Daniel J. Leahy, and Marc Fishman (for "Iwo Jima") | Nominated |
| 2010 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie | Gary Wilkins, Michael Minkler, and Daniel J. Leahy (for "Okinawa") | Nominated |
| 2010 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | John E. Sullivan, Joss Williams, David Taritero, Peter Webb, Dion Hatch, John P. Mesa, Jerry Pooler, and Paul Graff (for "Guadalcanal/Leckie") | Nominated |
| 2010 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | John E. Sullivan, Joss Williams, David Taritero, David Goldberg, Angelo Sahin, Marco Recuay, William Mesa, Chris Bremble, and Jerry Pooler (for "Peleliu Landing") | Won |
| 2010 | Satellite Awards | Best Miniseries | Best Miniseries | Nominated |
| 2010 | Television Critics Association Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials | Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials | Won |
| 2011 | American Cinema Editors Awards | Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television | Marta Evry and Alan Cody (for Okinawa") | Nominated |
| 2011 | American Film Institute Awards | Top 10 Television Programs | Top 10 Television Programs | Won |
| 2011 | American Society of Cinematographers Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Motion Picture/Miniseries | Stephen F. Windon (for "Okinawa") | Won |
| 2011 | Australian Cinematographers Society Awards | Drama or Comedy Series & Telefeatures | Stephen F. Windon (for "Iwo Jima") | Won |
| 2011 | Cinema Audio Society Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Movies and Mini-Series | Andrew Ramage, Michael Minkler, and Daniel J. Leahy (for "Basilone") | Nominated |
| 2011 | Cinema Audio Society Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Movies and Mini-Series | Andrew Ramage, Michael Minkler, Daniel J. Leahy, and Craig Mann (for "Peleliu Landing") | Nominated |
| 2011 | Cinema Audio Society Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Movies and Mini-Series | Gary Wilkins, Michael Minkler, Daniel J. Leahy, and Marc Fishman (for "Iwo Jima") | Nominated |
| 2011 | Cinema Audio Society Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Movies and Mini-Series | Gary Wilkins, Michael Minkler, and Daniel J. Leahy (for "Okinawa") | Nominated |
| 2011 | Costume Designers Guild Awards | Outstanding Made for Television Movie or Miniseries | Penny Rose | Nominated |
| 2011 | Critics' Choice Awards | Best Picture Made for Television | Best Picture Made for Television | Won |
| 2011 | Directors Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Miniseries | David Nutter and Jeremy Podeswa (for "Basilone") | Nominated |
| 2011 | Directors Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Miniseries | Jeremy Podeswa (for "Home") | Nominated |
| 2011 | Directors Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Miniseries | Tim Van Patten (for "Okinawa") | Nominated |
| 2011 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Miniseries or Television Film | Best Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated |
| 2011 | Golden Reel Awards | Best Sound Editing – Long Form Dialogue and ADR in Television | Tom Bellfort, Daniel S. Irwin, John C. Stuver, Michael Hertlein, Michelle Pazer, and David Williams (for "Basilone") | Won |
| 2011 | Golden Reel Awards | Best Sound Editing - Long Form Sound Effects and Foley in Television | Tom Bellfort, Hector C. Gika, Paul Aulicino, Benjamin L. Cook, Charles Maynes, Katherine Rose, and Jody Thomas (for "Peleliu Landing") | Won |
| 2011 | Guild of Music Supervisors Awards | Best Music Supervision for Movie of the Week | Deva Anderson and Evyen Klean | Nominated |
| 2011 | Guild of Music Supervisors Awards | Best Music Supervision for Movie of the Week | Evyen Klean | Won |
| 2011 | Humanitas Prize | 60 Minute Network or Syndicated Television | Bruce C. McKenna and Robert Schenkkan (for "Home") | Nominated |
| 2011 | Imagen Awards | Best Supporting Actor – Television | Jon Seda | Nominated |
| 2011 | Imagen Awards | Best Actor – Television | Jon Seda | Nominated |
| 2011 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Jon Seda | Nominated |
| 2011 | Peabody Awards | Peabody Awards | A Playtone and DreamWorks Productions in association with HBO Miniseries | Won |
| 2011 | Prism Awards | Performance in a TV Movie or Miniseries | James Badge Dale | Nominated |
| 2011 | Producers Guild of America Awards | David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television | Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Eugene Kelly, Todd London, Cherylanne Martin, Bruce C. McKenna, Steven Shareshian, Steven Spielberg, Tony To, Tim Van Patten, and Graham Yost | Won |
| 2011 | Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special | John Sullivan, David Taritero, William Mesa, and Marco Requay | Won |
| 2011 | Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program | Marco Recuay, Morgan McDermott, and Nicholas Lund-Ulrich (for "Iwo Jima" – Battle of Iwo Jima) | Won |
| 2011 | Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial | Jeremy Nelson, John P. Mesa, Dan Novy, and Tyler Cote (for "Peleliu Landing") | Won |
| 2019 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Hall of Fame – Television Programs | Hall of Fame – Television Programs | Inducted |

## Home media

In 2011, HBO aired a documentary entitled He Has Seen War with Tom Hanks as executive producer and Mark Herzog as a director about the postwar stories of and lasting effects of the war, including post-traumatic stress disorder, on not only 1st Marine Division members but also the members of E ("Easy") Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, who were the subjects of Band of Brothers after fighting in Operation Overlord in Normandy (including Brécourt Manor on D-Day and Carentan), in Operation Market Garden and Operation Pegasus in the Netherlands and in the Siege of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.
Eugene Sledge's and Robert Leckie's families both appear, as does the family of Easy Company 1st Lieutenant Lynn "Buck" Compton. Staff Sergeant William "Wild Bill" Guarnere and Technical Sergeant Donald Malarkey, both of Easy Company, also appear alongside their families.