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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 miniseries The Pacific (2010), in which he is portrayed by ...
China Marine: An Infantryman's Life after World War II is the second memoir written by United States Marine Corporal Eugene B. Sledge, published posthumously with foreword by Stephen E. Ambrose, without subtitle, on May 10, 2002 by University of Alabama Press [1] It was republished in paperback with the full title by Oxford University Press in July 2003. [2]
It primarily centers on the experiences of three Marines (Robert Leckie, Eugene Sledge, and John Basilone) who were in different regiments (1st, 5th, and 7th, respectively) of the 1st Marine Division. The episode follows Basilone's insatisfaction with his post-war status, and his decision to become involved again with the Marines.
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Sledge contemplates pulling the trigger, but cannot bring himself to do so and instead stays with her as she dies. With his perspective changed, Sledge abandons his disdain for the Japanese. He spares a Japanese boy, but gets angry when one of his soldiers proudly executes the boy. A few days later, Sledge, Snafu and Burgin leave for their new ...
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Sledge is resistant in using his military uniform, not wanting to relive the memories. During a society ball, Sledge and Phillips talk about their returns, with Phillips asking him to try to move on for the sake of their families. After struggling to enroll in college, Sledge is taken by his father to a hunting trip.