Eugene B. Sledge was born in Mobile November 4 ... With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa. After the war he returned to Alabama, married Jeanne Arcenaux, had two sons, and became a biologist ...

Eugene Sledge More than 16 million Americans served ... And it didn’t bother me at all. But about a week after the war ended, I saw an automobile accident and I got sick as I normally would ...

Marine Robert Leckie has his first taste of combat on Guadalcanal, while privileged Eugene Sledge longs to join the war. The Marines head to Australia for some much-needed R&R. As Leckie falls for a ...

Henry Sledge, son of World War II Marine Eugene Sledge will speak Friday evening. Free tours of Eisenhower’s home are also available Saturday and Sunday. For more information on events planned ...

After the Japanese surrender, Leckie, healed from his wounds, leaves the hospital and returns home, while Sledge ... War II's Pacific campaign in these companion profiles to the acclaimed HBO ...