With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by E.B. Sledge
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Book Reviews of With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
Book Review: Yikes!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was fortunate enough to serve in W. Germany during the "cold war," with the US Army. Although there was the threat of combat, luckily it didn't happen for us. However, what these guys went through was pure man made hell on earth. It's not just the combat, but more so the stresses of unrelenting heat, humidity, decay, exhaustion, fear, etc. I think taking a bullet through the head would have ended up the easy way out, it was those who survived that in some respects had it the toughest. This country can never fully repay these Marines. Hopefully, they all found their peace with God.Book Review: This is the best book ever written by an American Combat Veteran
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is about combat. Nothing more. It is horrifying. It is well written. It is too well written. If you read this book, you will understand combat. Not "war", but combat. That's Mr. Sledge's goal. He wants the rest of us to understand the horror of combat. This is the best book on combat by an American combat veteran. The only combat book that is better is "The Forgotten Soldier" by Guy Sajer, a German soldier on the Russian front during WWII. Both of these books will make you cry like a baby. Read them back to back & I promise that you will have nightmares.Book Review: Haunting
Summary: 5 Stars
Every time I read about the war in Europe and the fighting that took place on the Eastern Front and how that trumped all the other fronts and theaters of war I am oft reminded of this book. The brutal and vivid descriptions of combat on these Pacific Islands is amazing. In the Pacific US Forces lost, per capita, three times as many men compared to US Forces in Europe. Out of all the books on WWII I have read only two that have received no 1&2 star ratings. This book and "Stopped at Stalingrad: The Luftwaffe and Hitler's Defeat in the East, 1942-1943".Book Review: With the Old Breed
Summary: 5 Stars
While reading this book I could feel the heat, and the sweat running between my toes when Sledge described the climate on Peleliu. One could sense that he was there in combat fighting right next to him. I could smell the rotting human flesh and see the maggots clinging to their clothing while he fought on Okinawa. If you enjoy reading about the war in the South Pacific, this is a must read. From what I have read, no one has ever written a more accurate day to day account of the hell that the American Soldiers experienced on Peleliu.Book Review: a great read
Summary: 5 Stars
if you want to read what it was like to be a "grunt" slogging through the WWII Pacific island battles, this is the book for you. Sledge was a grunt and proud to be a grunt. He did not know the bigger schemes. He was not responsible for decisive group moves - he did what he was told and hoped and hoped to get out alive. From some one who experienced something that I never will, a very good read. I found it hard to put this down.
I'm very grateful to Mr. Sledge for his efforts both during the war and in the telling of it.