Eugene Bondurant Sledge (November 4, 1923 – March 3, 2001) was a United States Marine, university professor, and author. His 1981 memoir With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa chronicled his combat experiences during World War II and was used as source material for the Ken Burns PBS documentary The War (2007), as well as the HBO ...

Nov 30, 2022 · Eugene B. Sledge (front row, right) and men of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fought together through some of the Pacific War’s most savage battles.

Learn about Eugene Sledge and its unauthorized journal that he later turned into a memoir, With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa.

Aug 21, 2020 · Exactly 75 years ago this spring, in May and June 1945, Mobile native and U.S. Marine Corps PFC Eugene Bondurant Sledge was fighting on Okinawa as a mortarman with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment of the 1st Marine Division.

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa is a World War II memoir by United States Marine Eugene Sledge, first published in 1981. The memoir is based on notes Sledge kept tucked away in a pocket-sized Bible he carried with him during battles he fought at Peleliu and Okinawa.

Sep 19, 2024 · Eugene B. Sledge in 1982 Mobile native Eugene Sledge (1923-2001) is renowned outside of Alabama largely for his graphic portrayal of combat in the Pacific during World War II, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa.

Dec 15, 2023 · Who was Eugene Sledge? Take Eugene Sledge. As if in a movie, his real name gave way to a memorable nickname, The Sledgehammer, due to his devastating skills in combat. Sledge fought in the South Pacific as a member of the 1st Marine Division (3rd Battalion, 5th Marines), seeing action at Okinawa and the lesser-known Peleliu.

Apr 20, 2017 · Eugene Bondurant Sledge (1923-2001) was born in Mobile, Ala. A year after Pearl Harbor, while Sledge was a freshman at a two-year military college, he dropped out to join the Marines.

Sep 2, 2024 · It wasn’t until February of 1946 that Alabama native and now legendary Marine war veteran Eugene “Sledgehammer” Sledge could return home. Sledge, also known as E.B. Sledge, experienced the unimaginable during the campaigns of Peleliu and Okinawa.

Mobilian Eugene Sledge is recognized the world over as a USMC combat veteran of World War II, but there is even more to know, and admire, about “Ugin” of Georgia Cottage. text by AARON TREHUB • photos courtesy AUBURN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES