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With the Old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge
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it was amazing
bookshelves: history, world-war-2

A wonderful read. I had trouble putting this brutal but heartfelt book down. It hides nothing about the inhumanity of the Pacific conflict that Sledge was part of but in the end his prose shows a retention of his own humanity.
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November 3, 2011 – Shelved
November 22, 2011 – Shelved as: history
June 17, 2014 – Shelved as: world-war-2

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message 1: by Dmitri (new) - rated it 3 stars
Jan 27, 2022 01:49PM

Dmitri I heard this was a great book. Thanks for your recommendation.


message 2: by Numidica (new) - rated it 5 stars
Jan 27, 2022 03:36PM

Numidica This book and Quartered Safe Out Here vie for the title of best infantryman's memoir of WW2. Super book. Glad you liked it.


message 3: by fourtriplezed (new) - rated it 5 stars
Jan 28, 2022 01:14AM

fourtriplezed Dmitri wrote: "I heard this was a great book. Thanks for your recommendation."

I tend to not particularly "like" autobio's but this one was superb. I will be interested in what you think when you finally get around to it.


message 4: by fourtriplezed (new) - rated it 5 stars
Jan 28, 2022 01:15AM

fourtriplezed Numidica wrote: "This book and Quartered Safe Out Here vie for the title of best infantryman's memoir of WW2. Super book. Glad you liked it."

Another that has been on the radar. Must get around to reading this.


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