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The Fifth Marine Regiment is known as the "Old Breed" because it fought in all of the nation's major wars in the twentieth century.

Sledge was a member of Company K, Third Battalion, Fifth Regiment of the First Marine Division-K/3/5 for short.

It was Sledge's wife, Jeanne, who convinced him that his work should be published. He later pieced together his memoir to help his family understand his World War II experiences. Sledge took while he was serving in the Pacific.

With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa began as a series of notes E.B.

Things to remember while reading excerpts from With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa: About eleven thousand Japanese soldiers were killed. When the fighting was all over, more than sixty-five hundred marines and thirty-two hundred army soldiers were dead or wounded.

The casualties suffered on both sides were staggering. forces captured the island of Peleliu on October 21, 1944.

More than eleven hundred marines were killed or wounded on the first day of fighting alone. Approximately twenty-eight thousand Americans-a combined force of marine and army divisions-participated in the brutal, bloody struggle for the island. Peleliu was only 6 miles long and 2 miles wide, but its rugged terrain and unbearably hot climate made for a slow and miserable battle. 218-219.) The entire area was heavily defended by Japanese troops. The Palau Islands campaign was viewed originally as a crucial stepping-stone in the liberation of the Philippines from Japan. Marines invaded Peleliu (pronounced "PELL-eh-loo" or "PEH-lell-you"), one of the Palau Islands in the western Pacific Ocean. Excerpt from With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa