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Fighter pilots United States Biography Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944 Sailors United States Biography Sledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant) 1923-2001 Soldiers United States Biography World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Area Personal narratives, American World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American World War, 1939-1945 Pacific Area World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, AmericanFluckey, Eugene B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Illinois Press 1997
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.54 FLUSledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant)
Summary: As a society, America needs from time to time to question the conduct of its foreign relations. WITH THE OLD BREED, by Eugene B. Sledge, provides the ultimate "reality check" by serving as a graphic reminder of the horrors America has periodically required its young men to endure for the higher cause of defending freedom. The battles of Peleliu (1944) and Okinawa (1945) were particularly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5426 SLESummary: "In one volume, three unforgettable memoirs that capture the brutality, fear, and heroism of the American land, air, and sea war in the Pacific. "Every generation is a secret society," former Marine pilot Samuel Hynes wrote. "The secret that my generation--the one that came of age during the Second World War--shared was simply the war itself." This volume brings together the powerful memoirs of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2021