Eugene Sledge
Birth date
November 4, 1923
Death date
March 3, 2001
Place of birth
Mobile, Alabama, USA
Profession
Writing
Age
77 years
Biography
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 used as source material for the Ken Burns PBS documentary The War (2007), as well as the HBO miniseries The Pacific (2010), in which he is portrayed by Joseph Mazzello.
