With the Old Breed

Firstly, With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa, was a very interesting book. I am an individual that is not a fan of reading, but this book was interesting to say the lease. I would recommend anyone who is interested in knowing about the reality of going into the combat. In this book, I was very impressed that the author of the book, who goes by the name of Eugene B. Sledge, did an amazing job telling the readers in details what he experienced during his enlistment. Eugene Sledge, who was also

Eugene B. Sledge, With The Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa, (Novato, California: Presidio Press, 1981) With The Old Breed is an amazing narrative about the triumphs and defeats of the Kilo Company, Third Battalion, Fifth Marines in which Private First Class (PFC) Eugene B. Sledge is apart of while on the islands of Peleliu and Okinawa during World War II. Both of these battles were known for their bloody and brutal fights. Sledge gives incredible descriptions of his personal experiences dealing

With the Old Breed by E.B. Sledge, is a memoir that tells the story of training and two battles fought on Peleliu and Okinawa during his time served in WWII in the K Company, 5th Marine regiment, 1st Marine Division. This memoir serves as a primary source that truly displays the horrors, conditions, and attitude that were felt by the soldiers that fought in the Pacific. This memoir examines the hardships that were felt by the Marines. As I got further into the book, I saw the changes in his character

At With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa is a World War II memoir by Eugene Sledge, a United States Marine. The text commences with Sledge's induction into the marines, follows his training through boot camp and Infantry Training Battalion, and describes his pre-combat deployment to Pavuvu. As the story continues Sledge describes the difficulties of living in the frontline, or in the war zone. The war zone life was described as constant fear, fatigue, and filth. The book describes how they found

When reading the Iliad by Homer and With the old Breed by E. B. Sledge, the two stories that revolve around warfare are surprisingly different. Not because of the time period but because of how warfare is viewed in each of these works. In the Iliad, warfare is not only conducted differently but it is viewed as a very heroic and noble thing. Throughout the Iliad, Homer avoids all of the gruesome or evil topics of warfare and simple shows the noble aspects, so much so that he ensures that most of the

Book Report on With the Old Breed by E.B. Sledge In the book, With the Old Breed, Eugene B. Sledge, shares his recollections from the perilous and triumphant events of World War II, while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. During his time as a Marine, he fought two major battles against the Japanese, on the Pacific islands of Peleliu and Okinawa. Throughout the book, E.B. Sledge illustrates his encounters during the war and how they left an everlasting effect on his mind and view of life. As a member

The nature of warfare is unfathomable to someone who hasn’t experienced it. Yet, “With The Old Breed At Peleliu and Okinawa” describes every aspect of war. Sledge describes his experience by giving the reader the idea of what war is like, the ability to picture it in their heads, and evoke some sort of emotions from his experience when he was there. In order for Sledge to describe the nature of his experience in the war, he needed to describe the essence of what it was truly like. “I asked God "Why

“With The Old Breed” begins with the start of the author’s military career. Eugene Sledge was a freshman at Marion Military institute, his family pushing for him to eventually become an officer in the United States Army. But the authors desire to serve his country in battle with the enemy before the war was over was strong enough to make him end his college career and begin anew in the Marine Corps. Already while reading this book I felt closer and more understanding of the, because I too left

Cidnee Rumage Thomas Rodgers HIST 102 22 November 2015 E. B. Sledge: With the Old Breed Once a person dedicates their life to something, everything unknowingly changes. Becoming a marine was more than just a career for Sledge. Sledge definitely changed from the time he went to boot camp until the end of his combat experience in Okinawa. E.B.’s nickname was “Sledgehammer”, it didn’t particularly match his physical appearance though. He was a shy college student, who would not have been expected

Vicious Dichotomy There are several facets of Eugene Sledge's book, With the Old Breed, that makes it a particularly compelling read. For those who have never been formally acclimated with war and the combat situations and peculiar perspectives on life that it offers, this work of literature will prove particularly insightful and, perhaps, a little bit harrowing. Essentially, With the Old Breed chronicles the involvement of the author in World War II as a United States Marine stationed in Japan