On this day in television history - The Pacific (2010):

The Pacific,
10-part mini-series.
Produced by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, 

HBO, Playtone, DreamWorks, Seven Network and Sky Movies.
Based on the books With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene Sledge

and Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie.
Released in the United States on March 14, 2010.
Music by Blake Neely, Geoff Zanelli and Hans Zimmer.
Episode titles:
Guadalcanal / Leckie; Basilone; Melbourne; Gloucester / Pavuvu / Banika; Peleliu Landing; Peleliu Airfield; Peleliu Hills; Iwo Jima; Okinawa; Home.

Cast:
James Badge Dale, Ashton Holmes, Josh Helman, Keith Nobbs, Jacob Pitts, Toby Leonard Moore, Henry Nixon, Tom Budge, Caroline Dhavernas, Joseph Mazzello, Rami Malek, Martin McCann, Brendan Fletcher, Linda Cropper, Conor O'Farrell, Dylan Young, Leon Ford, Scott Gibson, Gary Sweet, Jon Seda, Joshua Bitton, William Sadler, Jon Bernthal, Annie Parisse.