Pfc. Bill "Hoosier" Smith

Hoosier is one of the Marines of K Company shipping out into the Pacific war, a lean, watchful presence among the enlisted men. He keeps close to Sledge and Leckie's orbit without needing the spotlight, steady and dryly competent, the kind of soldier who does the job without complaint or bravado.

Pitts plays him with an economy that suits the show's ensemble approach — Hoosier never announces himself, but he's a fixed point of calm amid the chaos, and that restraint becomes its own kind of characterization. In a miniseries crowded with anguish, his quiet steadiness gives the audience somewhere to rest their eyes.