![]() During some of the worst firefights, as his friends were cut down by enemy fire, Sledge wrote several times, "What a waste." I remembered how he chose his words and the pictures he painted with his engaging, yet simple, descriptions. His words were honest, forthright and just plain accessible. Sledge took notes throughout both campaigns, intending to write a short memoir for his family. ![]() He wanted to become an officer but enlisted to get to battle sooner. He joined the Marines and fought in two battles in World War II: Peleliu and Okinawa. The writing of With The Old Breed, and the reading of it too, after the jump.Įugene Sledge grew up in south Alabama. Little did I know how With The Old Breed would later parallel many aspects of my life. It's the kind of book you love to reread. I soaked it all in and read as much about those eras as I could. ![]() The early Deep South, the Civil Rights movement, World War II. I first read With The Old Breed when I was in college. Joe Mazzello plays Eugene Sledge in HBO's The Pacific. ![]()
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