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Eugene B. Sledge
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born
November 04, 1923
in Mobile, Alabama, The United States
died
March 03, 2001
gender
male
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
  4.38 avg rating — 3,580 ratings
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1981
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19 editions
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China Marine: An Infantryman's Life After World War II
by Eugene B. Sledge, Stephen E. Ambrose  4.00 avg rating — 92 ratings
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2002
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2 editions
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I'm Staying with My Boys: The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC / With the Old Breed / Helmet for My Pillow
by Jim Proser, Jerry Cutter, John Basilone  4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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“Until the millennium arrives and countries cease trying to enslave others, it will be necessary to accept one's responsibilities and be willing to make sacrifices for one's country - as my comrades did. As the troops used to say, "If the country is good enough to live in, it's good enough to fight for." With privilege goes responsibility.”
― Eugene B. Sledge, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
― Eugene B. Sledge, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
“War is brutish, inglorious, and a terrible waste... The only redeeming factors were my comrades' incredible bravery and their devotion to each other. Marine Corps training taught us to kill efficiently and to try to survive. But it also taught us loyalty to each other - and love. That espirit de corps sustained us.”
― Eugene B. Sledge, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
― Eugene B. Sledge, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
“The Japanese fought to win - it was a savage, brutal, inhumane, exhausting and dirty business. Our commanders knew that if we were to win and survive, we must be trained realistically for it whether we liked it or not. In the post-war years, the U.S. Marine Corps came in for a great deal of undeserved criticism in my opinion, from well-meaning persons who did not comprehend the magnitude of stress and horror that combat can be. The technology that developed the rifle barrel, the machine gun and high explosive shells has turned war into prolonged, subhuman slaughter. Men must be trained realistically if they are to survive it without breaking, mentally and physically.”
― Eugene B. Sledge, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
― Eugene B. Sledge, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
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