With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
Memoir by E.B. Sledge
Blurb
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa is a World War II memoir by Eugene Sledge, a United States Marine. Since its first publication in 1981, With the Old Breed has been recognized as one of the best first-hand accounts of combat in the Pacific during World War II. The memoir is based on notes Sledge kept tucked away in a pocket-sized Bible he carried with him during battles.
First Published
1981
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Jeanders
Eugene Sledge transports you into the mindset of the soldier with amazing sincerity. A must read for anyone interested in war history.
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