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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa (Paperback)

by E. B. Sledge (Author), Paul Fussell (Contributor) "I enlisted in the Marine Corps on 3 December 1942 at Marion, Alabama ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks; New edition edition (13 Feb 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0195067142
  • ISBN-13: 978-0195067149
  • Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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E. B. Sledge was barely in his twenties when he volunteered for the U. S. Marines. By the time he landed on the beach at Peleliu in 1944, his patriotic idealism and his understanding of the strategic importance of the island were of secondary consequence to his determination to survive. Recalling the friendships forged and lost during the battles, this field memoir is a stirring chronicle of action and courage.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sobering account of the realities of war, 30 May 2000
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By the end of this book I felt a real attatchment to the author and the men who shared the experiences described in the book.

It is not one of the best works of literature I have come across, however it is one of the best accounts of the reality of war on a group of men I have read.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Read this book, 25 Nov 2003
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I would defy anyone, having started this book, to put it down before the final page. A plainly narrated and therefore haunting personal account of bitter and bloody conflict. How human nature succumbs or survives in 'survival conditions', the unfiltered realities of battle experience in the mechanised era, and the loyalty that binds fighting men together.

No political preambles and chapters devoted to strategy here - this is the life of the enlisted men and some of the officers they knew.

I sincerely hope that EB Sledge, by writing of his experiences without artifice or literary illusion, realised he created required reading for anyone interested in the realties of war.

Read it and be awed.

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5.0 out of 5 stars sheer brilliance , 23 Dec 2008
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a book that just tells you what it was like for one man sitting in deaths lap. sheer brilliance in style and content. If you read one book to find out what it was like to be there this would be the man to walk you through it. you can smell the death and and you can feel the fear, but you also feel a love for these men. A true credit to the marine corp and the men of his generation. truly the old and missed breed. now go click the button and buy it.
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