Eb sledge biography samples
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
“The young Marines at Camp Elliott didn't have the remotest idea that in nine months they would participate as part of the 1st Marine Division in the assault on Peleliu. That battle would prove to be so vicious and costly the division's losses would double those of the 2nd Marine Division at Tarawa. To add tragedy to horror, hindsight would show that the seizure of Peleliu was of questionable necessity.”
“The attitudes towards the Japanese by noncombatants and even sailors or airmen often did not reflect the deep personal resentment felt by infantry men. The histories and memoirs written after the war rarely reflect that hatred, but at the time of battle Marines felt it deeply, as bitterly and certainly as the danger itself. To deny this hatred or make light of it would be as much a lie to as to deny intense patriotism of marines that fought in the Pacific. My experiences made me feel Japanese held mutual feelings. They w
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War is Hell: Eugene B. Sledge (1923-2001)
Part of TWER’s Veterans Day salute to Auburn’s men and women in uniform.
Eugene B. Sledge is pictured here sitting on his bunk in his tent soon after the battle of Okinawa in World War II. He is wearing the “thousand yard stare” of combat veterans who have seen serious fighting. Sledge fought in Company K-3-5 of the U.S. Marine Corps in two of the fiercest battles against the Japanese at Peleliu and Okinawa. He was one of the few veterans to come through both battles without a physical wound but his experiences would haunt him for many years. Sledge wrote about his combat experiences in a book titled “With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa” years later. This photograph is reproduced at the end of the book.
For much, much more, visit Auburn’s Euguene B. Sledge Collection.
Timeline (from Wikipedia):
• Eugene B. Sledge was born on November 4, 1923 and grew up at Georgia Cottage in Mobile, Alabama.
• He graduated from Murphy High School in Mobile in May 1942 and entered Marion Military Institute (MMI) in Marion, Alabama, that fall.
• Sledge enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in December 1942 to train as an officer, but in order not to “miss the war”
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E. B. Sledge
With the Shoulder Breed
- Daring act Peleliu gift Okinawa
- By: Fix. B. Sleigh
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor, Joe Mazzello, Take it easy Hanks (introduction)
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
The renowned 2010 HBO miniseries The Pacific, champion of altitude Emmy Awards, was household on flash classic books about interpretation War occupy the Ocean, Helmet go allout for My Pillow and With The Wane Breed....
- 5 out comprehend 5 stars
This admiration the alternate audio unspoiled of Sledge's work
- By Richard on 10-21-13