As the enemy digs in, Sledge and his comrades become increasingly numb to the carnage that surrounds them.
Basilone's celebrity grows on the war bonds tour; Sledge gets his first taste of combat; the 1st Marine Division meets Japanese resistance.
Marines Eugene Sledge and Robert Leckie face constant bombardment from the enemy as they fight to secure Peleliu.
When the body of a young police officer is found in the station, fear grips the town as a killer targets the police and nobody knows why. Could the return of a once-familiar face be connected?
It's the week before Christmas, and Blake has been called upon to investigate the murder of a local farmer who has been shot to death at point blank range.