Diario de un marine

Synopsis of Diario de un marine

«Diario de un marine» is the war testimony of E. B. Sledge, published by Booket in paperback (464 pages, in Spanish).

Eugene B. Sledge, a young man from Alabama, recounts his time with the 1st Marine Division in World War II, from training to the battles of Peleliu and Okinawa. He relates the horror and camaraderie of the front, the fear, and how war led him to hate and kill, but also to understand his fellow men. It is the main source for The Pacific.

Published in the Divulgación collection, number 1, with a translation by Aida Candelario Castro. The English original, With the Old Breed, appeared in 1981.

For readers of military history and war memoirs, especially those who want to delve into the real testimony that inspired The Pacific.