With the old breed, at Peleliu and Okinawa
By: E.B. Sledge ; [with a new introduction by Paul Fussell].
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Sledge, E. B. 1923-; United States. Marine Corps. Regiment, 5th. Battalion, 3rd. Company K -- History; United States. Marine Corps -- Biography; Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; Soldiers -- United States -- Biography; Okinawa Island (Japan) -- History
Description: 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. Even after intense training, he was shocked to be thrown into the battle of Peleliu, where “the world was a nightmare of flashes, explosions, and snapping bullets.” By the time Sledge hit the hell of Okinawa, he was a combat vet, still filled with fear but no longer with panic.

Based on notes Sledge secretly kept in a copy of the New Testament, With the Old Breed captures with utter simplicity and searing honesty the experience of a soldier in the fierce Pacific Theater. Here is what saved, threatened, and changed his life. Here, too, is the story of how he learned to hate and kill—and came to love—his fellow man.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-320) and index.
Originally published: Novato, Calif. : Presidio Press, 1981.