Eugene Sledge
# Eugene Sledge

Eugene Sledge (4 de novembro de 1923 — 3 de março de 2001) foi um fuzileiro naval, professor de universidade e escritor norte americano.
       - As I strolled the streets of Mobile, civilian life seemed so strange. People rushed around in a hurry about seemingly insignificant things. Few seemed to realize how blessed they were to be free and untouched by the horrors of war. To them, a veteran was a veteran—all were the same, whether one man had survived the deadliest combat or another had pounded a typewriter while in uniform.
          - Fonte: como citado in: China Marine - An Infantryman's Life After World War II, Por E. B. Sledge· OUP USA, 2003, ISBN: 9780195167764, 0195167767