MOBILE, Ala. -- The story of the war America fought in the Pacific is coming to life through the eyes of the late Eugene Sledge, a native of Mobile and author of "With the Old Breed." The book is a ...
ONE MILLION STEPS: A MARINE PLATOON AT WAR By Bing West Random House, $27, 320 pages Perhaps the definitive account of Marine Corps infantry in combat is Eugene Sledge’s “With the Old Breed,” a report ...
HOOVER, Ala. (WTVM) - A piece of American war history is now rebuilt decades later. The World War II-era Japanese airfield on a Pacific Island is now named after a Marine hero from Alabama. Henry ...