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 warÆs famous 1st Marine Divisionù3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. Even after intense training, he was shocked to be thrown into the battle of Peleliu, where ôthe world was a nightmare of flashes, explosions, and snapping bullets.ö 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 killùand came to loveùhis fellow man.
Personen: Sledge, E. B.
Sledge, E. B.:
With the Old Breed / E. B. Sledge. - London : Vintage Random House, 2011. - 323 S.
ISBN 978-0-09-193752-2 br.
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