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 ...

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.

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.

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.

Dec 15, 2023 · 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. His account of that action in With the Old Breed is a book you will not forget.

Sep 19, 2024 · Eugene Sledge at the University of Montevallo Sledge is best known not for his long academic career but as the author of two World War II memoirs: With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa (1981) and China Marine: An Infantryman's Life after World War II (2002).

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.

75 years ago this spring, in May and June 1945, Mo-bile native and U.S. Marine Corps PFC Eugene Bondurant Sledge was fighting on Okinawa as a mortarman with Com-pany K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment of the 1st Ma-rine Division.

Sep 25, 2007 · An Alabama boy steeped in American history and enamored of such heroes as George Washington and Daniel Boone, Eugene B. Sledge became part of the war’s famous 1st Marine Division—3rd Battalion, 5th Marines.

He was assigned to the 1st Marine Division as a replacement, and trained as a mortarman. He fought on Peleliu in September of 1944, and on Okinawa in the spring of 1945.