John Basilone
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John Basilone was a United States Marine Corps gunnery sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle for Henderson Field in the Guadalcanal campaign, and the Navy Cross posthu
Basilone in 1943
John Basilone's headstone in Arlington National Cemetery
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Sergeant Lena Mae Basilone, USMC(WR), widow of John Basilone, prepares to christen the destroyer USS Basilone (December 21, 1945).
The Pacific (miniseries)
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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 Pacific is the second of three companion piece
John Basilone
…United States Navy destroyers named in his honor. Basilone would gain renewed attention as one of the protagonists of the 2010 television miniseries The Pacific, in which he was portrayed by Jon Seda. Basilone was born in his parents' home in Buffalo, New York, on November 4, 1916. He was the sixth of ten…
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Executive producers Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg talk with veterans of the World War II Pacific theater March 11 after a ceremony honoring the men at the World War II Memorial.
Replica Type 95 Ha-Go light tank in the National Museum of Singapore, one of four constructed for the miniseries.