In 1981, Dr. Sledge published an account of his experiences during the Second World War in a book entitled "With the Old Breed: at Peleliu and Okinawa". "With the Old Breed" is now widely recognized as a classic war memoir.
Dr. Sledge died in 2001 after a long struggle with stomach cancer. Dr. Sledge was buried with full military honors with a full Marine Corps escort in Mobile, Alabama.
A second memoir, "China Marine: An Infantryman's Life after World War II", was published posthumously in 2002.
Dr. Sledge was portrayed in the HBO miniseries "The Pacific" in 2010.
In 1981, Dr. Sledge published an account of his experiences during the Second World War in a book entitled "With the Old Breed: at Peleliu and Okinawa". "With the Old Breed" is now widely recognized as a classic war memoir.
Dr. Sledge died in 2001 after a long struggle with stomach cancer. Dr. Sledge was buried with full military honors with a full Marine Corps escort in Mobile, Alabama.
A second memoir, "China Marine: An Infantryman's Life after World War II", was published posthumously in 2002.
Dr. Sledge was portrayed in the HBO miniseries "The Pacific" in 2010.