China Marine

An Infantryman's Life After World War II

China Marine is the sequel to E. B. Sledge's critically acclaimed memoir, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa.

Picking up where his previous memoir leaves off, Sledge, a young marine in the First Division, traces his company's movements and charts his own difficult passage to peace following his horrific experiences in the Pacific. He reflects on his duty in the ancient city of Peiping (now Beijing) and recounts the difficulty of returning to his hometown of Mobile, Alabama, and resuming civilian life haunted by the shadows of close combat.

Distinguished historians have praised Sledge's first book as the definitive rifleman's account of World War II, ranking it with the Civil War's Red Badge of Courage and World War I's All Quiet on the Western Front. Although With the Old Breed ends with the surrender of Japan, marines in the Pacific were still faced with the mission of disarming the immense Japanese forces on the Asian mainland and reestablishing order. For infantrymen so long engaged in the savage and surreal world of close combat, there remained the personal tasks of regaining normalcy and dealing with suppressed memories, fears, and guilt.

©2002 Jeanne Sledge (P)2017 Tantor

Reseñas de la Crítica

"A quite satisfactory conclusion to its thoroughly satisfactory predecessor." ( Booklist)

Amazing

read both books and felt like I could see through his eyes, and felt his emotions in a way.

TRUTH

A must read for those who view war as a game. The mental horror of war.....

A great story great lessons

It is sad we don’t learn from the mistakes of history both secular and in the Bible. America has been blessed by great sacrifices of some who have come before us most notably combat soldiers. Many people didn’t appreciate it then as now. My favorite accounts are those of actual soldiers without the propaganda and brain washing of professors.

Corpsman pronunciation

My main complaint is that a narrator reading a book about the Marine Corps should know how to pronounce Corpsman properly. It is "core-men." Other than that enjoy!

EB Sledges final chapter, a necessary read.

After reading With the Old Breed this book a welcome conclusion to Mr. Sledges story. I found it very well written and I appreciated his descriptive views of the world he had been placed in