A review by rakatz
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene B. Sledge

5.0

This honest memoir commanded my respect from page one. Eugene Sledge retells the story of his experiences in the Pacific Theater during WWII. Through his writing about the Peleliu and Okinawa campaigns, Sledge shows us what life as a Marine was like during the war. His prose is blatant and tells exactly what he wants to tell, in exactly the number of words he wants to use. He describes the horrors he encountered without a lot of flashy vocabulary. You get the sense that he wrote this for himself to get the secrets off his chest. The ending is truly one of the best I have ever read. It sums his ideas up perfectly.
Rest in peace Mr. Sledge.