Quotes by : Eugene B. Sledge

As I crawled out of the abyss of combat and over the rail of the Sea Runner, I realized that compassion....

The Japanese fought to win - it was a savage, brutal, inhumane, exhausting and dirty business. Our commanders....

To the non-combatants and those on the periphery of action, the war meant only boredom or occasional....

As the sun disappeared below the horizon and its glare no longer reflected off a glassy sea, I thought....

Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines.

Something in me died at Peleliu. Perhaps it was the childish innocence that accepted as faith the claim....