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English: 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.
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Date of birth | 4 November 1923 Mobile | ||||
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- Sledge (surname)
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- 1923 births
- 2001 deaths
- Deaths from stomach cancer
- Alumni of Marion Military Institute
- Alumni of Auburn University
- Male biologists from the United States
- People of Mobile, Alabama
- People of the United States Marine Corps
- Alumni of the University of Florida
- Writers from Alabama
- Male writers from the United States
- Military people of the Battle of Okinawa
- Births in Mobile, Alabama
- Deaths in Shelby County, Alabama