With the Old Breed - The World War Two Pacific Classic

Informationen zum Autor E. B. Sledge was born in Mobile, Alabama. In late 1943 he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, and was then sent to the Pacific where he fought at Peleliu and Okinawa. After returning from the war he immediately began working on a book based on the notes he had taken while posted in the Pacific theatre, which became With the Old Breed. Sledge joined the biology faculty of Alabama College, where he taught until his retirement. Sledge died on March 3rd, 2001. Klappentext Landing on the beach at Peleliu in 1944 as twenty-year-old new recruit to the US Marines, Eugene Sledge can only try desperately to survive. This memoir tells the cruelty, bravery and deaths of the men he fought alongside, and of his own journey from patriotic innocence to battle-scarred veteran. Zusammenfassung Landing on the beach at Peleliu in 1944 as twenty-year-old new recruit to the US Marines, Eugene Sledge can only try desperately to survive. This memoir tells the cruelty, bravery and deaths of the men he fought alongside, and of his own journey from patriotic innocence to battle-scarred veteran.

Product details

• Authors: E B Sledge, Eugene B Sledge, Eugene B. Sledge
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.02.2011
• EAN: 9780091937522
• ISBN: 978-0-09-193752-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, HISTORY / General, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Autobiography: historical, political and military, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2)