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Merriell Allesandro Shelton (January 21, 1922 – May 3, 1993) was a United States Marine who served in the Pacific theater during World War II.He is depicted in the 1981 memoir With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene Sledge which chronicled their combat experiences.
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 ...
Burgin joined the United States Marine Corps on November 13, 1942, during World War II and was assigned to the 9th Replacement Battalion. He soon became a mortarman in K-Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division (K/3/5), [1] and fought in the Pacific War at Cape Gloucester, [1] then alongside his friends Eugene Sledge and Merriell "Snafu" Shelton, [1] on Peleliu, [1] and Okinawa.
They meet their partners, Burgin, Merriell "Snafu" Shelton, and Jay De L'eau. There, Sledge reunites with Phillips, but Phillips informs him that he is already leaving to go back home. As he is pushed by Captain Andrew Haldane and 1st Lieutenant Edward "Hillbilly" Jones, Sledge bonds with Leckie, who gives him advice.
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's memoir gives a firsthand perspective on the Pacific Theatre.His memoir is a front-line account of infantry combat in the Pacific War.It brings the reader into the island hopping, the jungle heat and rain, the filth and malaise, the fear of potential banzai attacks, and the hopelessness and loss of humanity that characterized the campaign in the Pacific.