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Episode 16 – With the Old Breed. Additional readings and recommended resources

Link to interview with Eugene B. Sledge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lak91EKMnB0

Link to “Marine Corps Ground Training In World War Two” https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/MarineCorpsGroundTrainingInWWll.pdf. This study was prepared by the Marine Corps’ Historical Branch.

Link to “War World 2: Battle of Peleliu From Japan's Perspective” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNPpPvVSh1I. This documentary provides an overview of the battle for Peleliu from the strategic to tactical level.

“Goodbye Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War” by William Manchester. Manchester revisits his combat experiences as he revisits the Pacific Islands where he fought. William Shirer calls this book, “The most moving memoir of combat on WW II that I have ever read. A testimony to the fortitude of man...a gripping, haunting, book."

“Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific” by Robert Leckie. Leckie participated in all of the 1st Marine Division’s Pacific campaigns except Okinawa. He tells his story in this book.

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