Author Eugene B. Sledge was part of the war's famous 1st Marine Division - 3d Battalion, 5th Marines. Based on the notes that Sledge secretly kept in a copy of the New Testament, With the Old Breed captures with utter simplicity and honesty the experience of a soldier in the fierce Pacific Theater. Here is what saved, threatened, and changed his life. Here, too, is the story of how he learned to hate and kill - and later to love - his fellow man. Used as the basis for the upcoming 10 part TV mini series produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. Soft cover. 353 pages.