HHAddendum EP33 Sledgehammer and Big Shot
Added 2025-07-05 03:08:00 +0000 UTCDescription: “Henry Sledge, son of Eugene Sledge, writer of the classic war memoir “With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa” has released a book that includes tons of material left out of his dad's memoir along with details about growing up as the son of “Sledgehammer”.
Show Notes:
1. “With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa” by E.B. Sledge
2. “The Old Breed... The Complete Story Revealed: A Father, A Son, and How WWII in the Pacific Shaped Their Lives” by W. Henry Sledge
3. “Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War” by Paul Fussell
4. “Hell in the Pacific” 2001 Carlton Television https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1509650
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Comments
Hey Dan, this was a great episode, but when are we getting Alexander part 3?
Gilles Gamèche
2025-11-15 04:36:09 +0000 UTC“With the Old Breed” was the first WWII books that I read many years ago and it is one of the best memoirs of the Pacific Campaign. It is almost required reading for us Marines or at least it should be.
Charles Jewell
2025-07-05 22:35:01 +0000 UTCLet's go!
B-wick
2025-07-05 12:36:05 +0000 UTC
