02848cam a2200373 4500 657296973 TxAuBib 20230218120000.0 ||||||s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781470303174 1470303175 11e6cae4-0a67-426e-99bf-e0bf09316122 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 339278 OverDrive (Product ID) 57578 57578 TxAuBib Sledge, E.B. With the Old Breed [Libby Audiobook] : At Peleliu and Okinawa. Recorded Books, Inc., 2012. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 401MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 401MB. This modern classic of military history has been called "one of the most important personal accounts of war that I have ever read" by distinguished historian John Keegan. Author E.B. Sledge served with the First Marine Division during WWII, and his first-hand narrative is unsurpassed in its sincerity. Sledge's experience shows in this fascinating account of two of the most harrowing and pivotal island battles of the Pacific theater. On Peleliu and Okinawa the action was extremely fierce. Amidst oppressive heat and over land obliterated by artillery shells, the combat raged ferociously. Casualties were extreme on both sides, and by the time the Americans had broken through at Okinawa, more than 62,000 Japanese soldiers were dead. Against military policy, Sledge scribbled notes and jammed them into his copy of the New Testament. Those notes form the backbone of what Navy Times said "has been called the best World War II memoir of an enlisted man." The rich tones of narrator George Wilson enhance the drama of this frank and astonishing chronicle. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-02-17 20:00:03. Wilson, George K. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1694-1/339278-WithTheOldBreed.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1694-1/339278-WithTheOldBreed.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=11E6CAE4-0A67-426E-99BF-E0BF09316122&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1694-1/339278-WithTheOldBreed.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1694-1/339278-WithTheOldBreed.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=11E6CAE4-0A67-426E-99BF-E0BF09316122&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)