HBO shows episode 2 (of ten) of "The Pacific" Sunday night at 8:00 CDT. It follows the experiences of three 1st Marine Division vets in World War Two: Eugene Sledge, Robert Leckie and John Basilone. Sledge and Leckie survived the war and later wrote famous narratives of their experiences. Basilone received the Medal of Honor for his actions at Guadalcanal and was sent on war bond tours back in the US. He could have safely sat out the rest of the war on the home front, but insisted on returning to action "to be with my boys" and was allowed to join up with the 5th MarDiv as it trained for the invasion of Iwo Jima. "Manila John" was KIA on Iwo Jima and posthumously received the Navy Cross for his exploits in that battle. His widow, Lena Basilone, never remarried. Before she died in 1999 she said "True love only happens once", and "after you've found the best, it's hard to love anyone else". At the time of his death Basilone was as famous as Audie Murphy, but today few know who he even was. Perhaps this series, in the style of the previous "Band of Brothers" episodes, may remind us.