A local military hero was honored in Mobile, 25 years after his passing. Eugene Sledge was famed for his World War II memoirs, which were used as source material for everything ...
Hosted by Joey Jones. 'Sledgehammer: My Father The WWII Hero' tells the story of Eugene Sledge, a WWII veteran who served in the Pacific. After the war, Sledge wrote 'With the Old Breed,' a highly ...
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 ...