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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
Gilles Gamèche
Hey Dan, this was a great episode, but when are we getting Alexander part 3?
Charles Jewell
“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.
B-wick
Let's go!
