He arrives at Pearl Harbor early on the morning of December.Ĭonlin is reassigned to the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, together with his old bootcamp training mate they take part in the Makin Island raid. After training, Conlin is assigned, without the rest of his training battalion, to serve abroad the U.S.S. As he bleeds out, the game flashes back to the start of Conlin's first day of basic training, where the player is introduced to the characters that will become his squad the squad leader Frank Minoso a big, smooth talking, New Jersey native sniper William 'Willie' Gaines, a country boy from North Carolina and corpsman James Sullivan, a quiet sailor from a rich family in Oak Park, Illinois. Conlin fight his way onto to the shore, only to get cut down by a bullet during a Japanese counterattack. Marine in the Pacific Theater of World War II, aboard the USS West Virginia during the attack on Pearl Harbor, taking part in the defense.Īs Conlin's Amtrac approaches the shore, it's hit by an artillery shell, throwing Conlin and the other passengers into the shallow ocean, forcing them to wade ashore.
The game begins with the player, in the role of Pvt.
