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Title: With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene B. Sledge, Paul Fussell ISBN: 0-19-506714-2 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: September, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.97 (93 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A vivid first hand account of the brutality of war.
Comment: Very few authors of books on the war in the South Pacific bring the vivid first hand experiences to light the way Dr. Sledge is able to do. He paints a picture that your mind and spirit is able to see as you read his words. He tells of the funny side of war, if there is one, the emense amount of hard work involved, and the brutality of war as he experienced it. The contrast of fighting on a barren coral rock, as was Peleliu, to the muck and mud of Okinawa is compelling.
As I have been a close personal friend of Dr. Sledge for over 30 years, I have heard many times in his own words the accounts of the battles fought on Peleliu and Okinawa. However, Dr. Sledge, in the words he writes is able to bring the battles to life, and involve the reader as if they were there. His story is so much like the man he is, strong, well prepared, confident, a believer in God, and willing to go to war for his country and "kill japs".
Anyone who wishes to gain insight into the nature of the war with the Japanese, and of war in general, needs to read this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: The best first-hand account of Marine combat during WWII
Comment: Author Eugene Sledge served as a mortarman with the 1st Marine Division during the battles of Peleliu and Okinawa. His devasting account of the horrors he witnessed are a must read for anyone interested in WWII. This could be the best personal memoir of combat ever written. If you want a full appreciation of what the generation of Americans who endured WWII combat went through, buy this book now.
Sledge takes the reader with him as he joins the Marine Corp, goes through boot camp, and ends up with the grizzled combat veterans of the 1st Marine Division. He takes us through his initiation of combat on Peleliu, a coral island which had some of the worst fighting, up to that point, in the Pacific. Today, there is a general belief that the battle for Peleliu was unnecessary, owing to the advancement of the schedule for the invasion of the Philippines. If this was an unneeded battle, Sledge shows in full detail the horrible sacrifice young Americans suffered.
His account of the battle of Okinawa is even more devasting. Where Peleliu was a dry, parched hell, Okinawa is a hell of rain, mud, muck and decay. Sledge is unstinting in exposing the horror and ever-present danger facing those in the frontlines. He shows the casual brutality of combat, and does not turn away from showing the hatred most Marines had for the Japanese. He shows the close bonds that develop between the members of a combat unit, the terror of shell-shocked soldiers, dodging bullets & shells on stretcher bearer duty, the stench of fighting in the middle of human decay, and the loss that is felt when friends die.
"With the Old Breed" is mandatory reading for anyone interested in WWII.
Rating: 5
Summary: The most detailed and pogniont recounting of any war
Comment: This book takes war for all it is. War is brutal and Sledge does not hide any of it. He brings the war to you clearly and plainly. He is not an author, he is a writer simply writing about what he say, felt, and experienced. After reading this book there is no way you will not have a whole new appreciation for "The Big Red One" and all military units. This is the best book recounting WWII out there. It has a clarity and honesty that no reporter could get, this book is from a front line solider and shows what he saw. Absolutely superb.
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Title: Utmost Savagery by Col. Joseph Alexander ISBN: 0804115591 Publisher: Ivy Books Pub. Date: 27 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War by William Manchester ISBN: 0316501115 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 12 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Strong Men Armed: The United States Marines Against Japan by Robert Leckie ISBN: 0306807858 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: China Marine by E. B. Sledge, Stephen E. Ambrose, Joseph H. Alexander ISBN: 0817311610 Publisher: Univ. of Alabama Press Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle by Richard B. Frank ISBN: 0140165614 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 1992 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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