984th Training Platoon, U.S. Marine Corps

This is a picture of the 984th Training Platoon at the U.S. Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego in 1943. This platoon was Eugene B. Sledge's boot camp platoon. Sledge is pictured third from the left on the bottom row. Sledge was a Marine who fought in World War II and later wrote a book about h...

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Format: Electronic
Published: Auburn University Libraries
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Online Access:http://content.lib.auburn.edu/u?/ebsledge,31
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Summary:This is a picture of the 984th Training Platoon at the U.S. Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego in 1943. This platoon was Eugene B. Sledge's boot camp platoon. Sledge is pictured third from the left on the bottom row. Sledge was a Marine who fought in World War II and later wrote a book about his combat experiences called With The Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa.