Author: E. B. Sledge
Rating: 4.8/5
Comments: I was in the mood for some non-fiction, so I picked this up because it was one of the sources used in the mini-series "The Pacific" and because I have been playing some Bolt Action with a friend of mine using Pacific theater troops and scenarios.
This book is considered a definitive work on an infantryman's experience in the Pacific, and it is a designation that is well deserved.
If you want to understand the overall tactical and strategic development of the Peleliu and Okinawa battles and campaigns, this is not the book for you. As an infantryman, Sledge can only see what's immediately around him and confusion about what's going on is constant throughout the book.
If you want to know what the grunts in the Pacific experienced, even at a most cursory level, this will tell you in a clear, and evocative language.
If you have any interest in World War 2 or military history, this is worth your time to read.
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