Bloody Peleiliu

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Originally Posted by temujin77

With the Old Breed-At Peleliu and Okinawa is without a doubt the authority of Peleliu. I have just read it some time in 2007 myself as well; the maggots scene and the Marines harvesting for gold teeth are described in such beautiful detail that I'm surprised I never had nightmares about them.

Aside from that great work, Eugene Sledge also was an adviser to the upcoming HBO miniseries The Pacific. He contributed a lot to the recent Ken Burns The War documentary as well.

I've recently read his book n' I wholefully concur that it's one of the best books out there that deals with the ordinary Marines that actually had to do the fighting considering that Sledge was an PfC n' kept writing his diary durin' his time with the 5th Marines.

But I'm very much doubtfull that Sledge was used as an advisor for the "The Pacific" considerin' that he died back in 2001. His book "With the Old Breed" is another thing as that most certainly have been used by the filmmakers as well as Ken Burns used it to a great degree in his series "The War".