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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa Manufacturer: Presidio Press List price: $16.00 95 new & used available from $6.75. |
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| In The Wall Street Journal, Victor Davis Hanson named With the Old Breed one of the top five books on epic twentieth-century battles. Studs Terkel interviewed the author for his definitive oral history, The Good War. Now E. B. Sledge’s acclaimed first-person account of fighting at Peleliu and Okinawa returns to thrill, edify, and inspire a new generation. An Alabama boy steeped in American history and enamored of such heroes as George Washington and Daniel Boone, Eugene B. Sledge became part of the war’s famous 1st Marine Division–3d Battalion, 5th Marines. Even after intense training, he was shocked to be thrown into the battle of Peleliu, where “the world was a nightmare of flashes, explosions, and snapping bullets.” By the time Sledge hit the hell of Okinawa, he was a combat vet, still filled with fear but no longer with panic. Based on notes Sledge secretly kept in a copy of the New Testament, With the Old Breed captures with utter simplicity and searing honesty the experience of a soldier in the fierce Pacific Theater. Here is what saved, threatened, and changed his life. Here, too, is the story of how he learned to hate and kill–and came to love–his fellow man. |
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
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| This classic is the definitive work on the war in the Pacific and the culture of the United States Marines in World War II. Sledge gives a deeply human account of warfare as seen by the grunt on the front lines of battle. From the oppressive tropical heat and thirst of Peleliu to the cold, wet, slimy mud of Okinawa, Sledge takes the reader on a journey with the First Marine Division - The Old Breed - through the depths of depravity and the unspeakable horrors of war as fought by rules established by the Japanese. Heroic acts of bravery were rampant and ordinary as young Marines fought to survive the dreadful brutality and mindless killing that were their daily companions. Few emerged unscathed from the ferocious battles that cost too many their lives and many others their souls. Sledge was one of the fortunate ones who returned home and eventually exorcised his own demons through the telling of his story. This book is a page-turner that will both inform and delight those with even a passing interest in World War II. |
| Beautifully written first-hand account of the author's service in the Pacific in World War II. Written in a simple but elegant narrative style for his family, but later published after readers realized how well the story is told. Highest recommendation; do not miss. My copy was an older edition, not the one offered for sale here. |
| I watched the HBO Series, The Pacific and was interested in reading the underlying biographic texts of the characters. This one was simply fascinating. It is certainly true that Sledge gives what some might call a dispassionate account of the war, but the narrative is fascinating. I have recommended this book to several people, especially for those who want to truly understand what the Marines experienced in that time period. The rules of engagement may have changed since then, but the emotions this man experienced are probably universal. There are some horrific descriptions of man's inhumanity to man, but he presents the information because it truly is necessary for an honest account. A most read for every American History buff. |
| I am moved by this book. I am a Marine and can relate in a way to Eugene Sledge. Great book ! |
| This one of the best books of all time that describes war from a real soldiers point of view. Very personnal, very vivid so much so trhat yuou can almost smell the gun smoke along with all horid smells of war. Whow! |
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
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