Eugene B. Sledge with microscope
This picture of Eugene B. Sledge was taken in 1963 in the Biology Department of the University of Montevallo. Sledge is shown here posing in front of a microscope. Sledge was a combat infantryman with the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific in World War II. After the war, Sledge obtained his bachelor&#...
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| Summary: | This picture of Eugene B. Sledge was taken in 1963 in the Biology Department of the University of Montevallo. Sledge is shown here posing in front of a microscope. Sledge was a combat infantryman with the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific in World War II. After the war, Sledge obtained his bachelor's degree and Master of Science degree in biology from Auburn University. He obtained his Ph.D. in biology from the University of Florida then spent his career teaching biology at the University of Montevallo in Alabama until his retirement. In later years, he wrote a book about his World War II combat experience called With The Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa. |
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