Sledge begins as a green marine in awe of the veterans who trained and then fought beside him. If nothing would ever be the same for Sledge after Peleliu than certainly nothing could ever be the same after Okinawa. On Okinawa, Sledge and his friends fight through the filth and disgust, battling the relentless Japanese and their luck. They rest and retrain until they are sent to the infamous Okinawa. What was planned to be a short campaign turns into a month-long battle until he and his comrades can return to Pavuvu. He is deployed to the Pacific where he is stationed at Pavuvu Island before deployed to fight in the assault at Peleliu. Army, Sledge felt a calling to join as soon as possible.
Although at the time he was enrolled as a freshman in Marion Military Institute and was urged by his family to remain in school to qualify for a technical vocation in the U.S. The story begins on Decemin Marion, Alabama with Sledge’s choice to enlist in the Marine Corps. With the Old Breed is the story of the 1st Marine Division, 5th Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Company K, seen through the eyes of E.B. But it also taught loyalty to each other – and love. Marine Corps training taught us to kill efficiently and to try to survive.
Sledge’s story of his service in the Pacific during World War II, the author argues that war is “brutish, inglorious and a terrible waste” with constant artillery fire being the worst part, but the brotherhood of the Marine Corps was enough to make the experience worth it: “The only redeeming factors were my comrades’ incredible bravery and their devotion to each other. The firsthand account of World War II in the Pacific in the New York Times Bestseller, With the Old Breed allows the reader to easily read and attempt to understand and imagine the incredible task given to marines in the Peleliu and Okinawa campaigns. Reviewed by Emma Vita, Undergraduate Student of International Relations, Boston University.
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