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Eugene Bondurant Sledge (November 4, 1923 – March 3, 2001) 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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  • Eugene Sledge
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  • Eugene Bondurant Sledge (November 4, 1923 – March 3, 2001) 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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  • King Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division
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  • 19421946(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1923-11-04(xsd:date)
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death place
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  • Sledgehammer
Name
  • Eugene Bondurant Sledge
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  • service-star
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  • Sledge in 1946
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  • 106(xsd:integer)
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  • Army of Occupation ribbon.svg
  • Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribbon.svg
  • China Service Medal ribbon.svg
  • US Navy Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon.png
  • World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg
  • Marine Corps Good Conduct ribbon.svg
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  • Place of burial
Birth Place
  • Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
death date
  • 2001-03-03(xsd:date)
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  • 24(xsd:integer)
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laterwork
  • Professor of Biology, author
placeofburial
  • Pine Crest Cemetery
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  • Eugene Bondurant Sledge (November 4, 1923 – March 3, 2001) 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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