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Title details for With the Old Breed by E.B. Sledge - Available

With the Old Breed

At Peleliu and Okinawa

by E.B. Sledge
George K. Wilson
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This modern classic of military history has been called "one of the most important personal accounts of war that I have ever read" by distinguished historian John Keegan. Author E.B. Sledge served with the First Marine Division during WWII, and his first-hand narrative is unsurpassed in its sincerity. Sledge's experience shows in this fascinating account of two of the most harrowing and pivotal island battles of the Pacific theater. On Peleliu and Okinawa the action was extremely fierce. Amidst oppressive heat and over land obliterated by artillery shells, the combat raged ferociously. Casualties were extreme on both sides, and by the time the Americans had broken through at Okinawa, more than 62,000 Japanese soldiers were dead. Against military policy, Sledge scribbled notes and jammed them into his copy of the New Testament. Those notes form the backbone of what Navy Times said "has been called the best World War II memoir of an enlisted man." The rich tones of narrator George Wilson enhance the drama of this frank and astonishing chronicle.

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  • Release date

    July 1, 2012

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781470303174
      • File size: 420642 KB
      • Duration: 14:36:20

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This interesting and highly personal memoir of WWII is unusual in that it was written by a private first class, rather than by a senior officer or military historian. It recounts the experience of K Company, Third Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division in the battles of Peleliu and Okinawa--two of the bloodiest in the division's illustrious history. George Wilson offers a clear and straightforward reading of Sledge's experiences, many of which were horrific. He is respectful of the author's voice and doesn't attempt to overdramatize some truly terrible events. On the very few occasions when he takes another voice, such as that of a marine drill instructor, he doesn't sound like a marine--but that's a minor quibble about an excellent production. R.E.K. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      Hearing this history is sobering. Late in WWII, in the Pacific, two of the most harrowing and costly battles took place between U.S. Marine and Army units, and Japanese Imperial forces. One was on the tiny island of Peleliu, the other on Okinawa, just a hop from mainland Japan. This audiobook is one of the most plainly written and, perhaps because of that, emotionally wrenching accounts of the entire war. Narrator Joe Mazzello's voice sounds like that of a young Marine, a little clipped, plainspoken, with fear and horror barely under control. The soldier's idealism is almost tangible as it is slowly eaten away. Marc Vietor narrates the shorter, less intimate historical portions of the text, sounding like a professor filling in some gaps. Tom Hanks delivers the brief introduction. D.R.W. (c) AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine

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  • English

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