With the Old Breed
Tonight on The War, they made extensive use of the writing of E.B. Sledge from Mobile. He authored "With the Old Breed" and as you may have heard from the show, he wrote very graphic accounts. I remember one passage of having to dig a foxhole through the maggot infested chest of a Japanese soldier. He had to bitch awhile before he was given permission to dig somewhere else.
Another passage spoke of a Marine that went out of his head at night and was giving away their position. He had to be silenced and was.
Mr. Sledge died a few years ago, but his son still lives locally and granted an interview with the Mobile Register, the daily newspaper. If you want to read an insightful account of the Pacific War, this is it.
I'm really learning quite a bit from this show. The fact one of the towns is Mobile is great! It's fun trying to figure out where the old photos were taken.[8D]
Another passage spoke of a Marine that went out of his head at night and was giving away their position. He had to be silenced and was.
Mr. Sledge died a few years ago, but his son still lives locally and granted an interview with the Mobile Register, the daily newspaper. If you want to read an insightful account of the Pacific War, this is it.
I'm really learning quite a bit from this show. The fact one of the towns is Mobile is great! It's fun trying to figure out where the old photos were taken.[8D]
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I getting it all on the DVR and will play it uninterrupted when it's finished.
Sounds good.
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Doug, I think you will enjoy it. Most likely it will be shown in the local schools here eventually. I guess only a few people on the GB forum are watching it. Sad that so few people are willing to learn anything. 0 -
With the Old Breed ranks as one of the best books on the war. A very honest depiction of life as a combat warrior. 0
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