With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

Eugene Sledge provides a first-person account of his service as a United States Marine in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Based on notes he kept in a pocket Bible, the memoir details the brutal combat conditions and psychological toll of the battles of Peleliu and Okinawa. It is widely regarded as a definitive front-line account of infantry warfare and its impact on the human spirit.