thedrifter
08-05-04, 09:45 AM
With the 1st Marine Division on Peleliu: <br />
The First Day <br />
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by Richard Bruce Watkins <br />
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Attacking a heavily defended hostile shore thousands of miles from home is a terrifying experience. In this...
Lock-n-Load
08-05-04, 11:33 AM
:marine: Ellie...Kudos to you...Marine General Officers from the Joints Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon and the Commandants who resided at Quantico...all rate Pfc Gene Sledge's book: "With The Old Breed"...as the greatest rendition of combat ever written about the island-hopping campaigns during WW2 in the Pacific...Marine Corps historian Colonel, Joe Alexander, often seen on History Channel also agrees...Sledge's unique style of prose has never been surpassed...Sledge went on to the North China campaign [1945-1947] as a grunt in the 1st Marine Div FMF where firefights were often vs Chinese Communists in that mountainous sector...he was encouraged by his Marine comrades to write a book about the North China occupation...he did, and it's entitled, "China Marine"...Pfc Sledge's books can be purchased from the 1st Marine Division Assoc PX for $34.50 [each]. Semper Fi:marine: