Thomas F. (hardtack) -
A wonderful first hand view of what the Marines faced on Peleliu and Okinawa. It is easy to understand why the producers of the HBO series "The Pacific" selected this book and its author to help depict the drama of the U.S. Marines against Japan during World War II.
Eugene Sledge's narration of the filth the Marines and the Japanese lived and fought in on Okinawa takes some understanding. When I was a teenager, I lived down the street from a former Marine who also fought on Okinawa. We thought it funny that he would take three and four showers a day, as he wife once told us. But my reading since then of the conditions the Marines endured on Okinawa have helped me understand why he did so.
If this book ignites your interest, then I strongly recommend that you also read "Tennozan." This book covers the battle of Okinawa in much more depth, and mostly deals with the conditions the Americans, Japanese and Okinawans had to deal with during the battle. It offers a tremendous perspective of war from all three viewpoints.
Eugene Sledge's narration of the filth the Marines and the Japanese lived and fought in on Okinawa takes some understanding. When I was a teenager, I lived down the street from a former Marine who also fought on Okinawa. We thought it funny that he would take three and four showers a day, as he wife once told us. But my reading since then of the conditions the Marines endured on Okinawa have helped me understand why he did so.
If this book ignites your interest, then I strongly recommend that you also read "Tennozan." This book covers the battle of Okinawa in much more depth, and mostly deals with the conditions the Americans, Japanese and Okinawans had to deal with during the battle. It offers a tremendous perspective of war from all three viewpoints.
In depth look at the conditions and events of K company, 1st Marines Division-3rd Battalion, 5th Marines in the Pacific Theater of WW II. The battles of Peleliu and Okinawa sometimes get overshadowed by Iwo Jima and Okinawa but reading this account goes to show that all the island fighting in the Pacific was hell. HBO used the accounts of the author in the miniseries "The Pacific". Great book.
Robert S. (radonfish) - , reviewed With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa on + 131 more book reviews
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