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De Pacific

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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