Eugene Sledge
Military Person
1923 – 2001
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Who was Eugene Sledge?
Eugene Bondurant Sledge was a United States Marine, university professor, and author. His 1981 memoir With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa chronicled his combat experiences during World War II and was subsequently used as source material for Ken Burns's PBS documentary, The War, as well as the HBO miniseries The Pacific, in which he is portrayed by Joseph Mazzello.
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- Born
- Nov 4, 1923
Mobile - Also known as
- E.B. Sledge
- Eugene B Sledge
- Sledgehammer
- Eugene Bondurant Sledge
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Florida
- Auburn University
- Murphy High School
- Marion Military Institute
- Lived in
- Mobile
- Died
- Mar 3, 2001
Montevallo
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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