Eugene B. Sledge
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Brief Biography
E.B. Sledge was a native of Mobile, Alabama. After briefly attending Marion Military Institute and the Georgia Institute of Technology, Sledge enlisted in the US Marine Corps and fought in Peleliu and Okinawa during World War II. Although he emerged physically unscathed, the psychological scars took years to heal. Following the war, he pursued higher education, earning a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) before earning a doctorate in zoology from the University of Florida. Sledge then briefly worked for the Florida State Department of Agriculture before embarking on a teaching career at Alabama College (now the University of Montevallo). Sledge's personal accounts of his wartime experiences were initially written for his family but were later published, with the second book released after his passing.
Publications
With the Old Breed, at Peleliu and Okinawa. California; Presidio Press, 1981.
China Marine. Tuscaloosa; University of Alabama Press, 2002.
China Marine. Tuscaloosa; University of Alabama Press, 2002.
Themes
E. B. Sledge wrote candid, detailed memoirs about his World War II combat experience. His memoirs discuss the physical and psychological effects of infantry combat.
Publisher
Alabama Authors of the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org
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Citation
Sledge, Eugene B., “Eugene B. Sledge,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed September 19, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/654.