China diary
In this diary, written in 1946, Eugene B. Sledge observes that civilians have no idea of what the front-line combat infantrymen have faced; all the civilians see are medals and newspaper articles. Sledge says that he might not have boarded the transport U.S.S. President Polk if he'd known what...
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| Summary: | In this diary, written in 1946, Eugene B. Sledge observes that civilians have no idea of what the front-line combat infantrymen have faced; all the civilians see are medals and newspaper articles. Sledge says that he might not have boarded the transport U.S.S. President Polk if he'd known what combat was like. He then compares the transport to a slave ship with the crowded conditions and stinking air. |
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