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China Marine: An Infantryman's Life after World War II Paperback – September 4, 2003

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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press; 8.5.2003 edition (September 4, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0195167767
  • ISBN-13: 978-0195167764
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 0.5 x 5.3 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsHemingway would like this book
By Smallchief on November 24, 2007
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E. B. Sledge's "With the Old Breed" is by common consent one of the finest -- if not the finest -- account of the life of a combat infantryman in World War II. At Pelieu and Okinawa, Sledge was one of only 10 men in his Marine company of 240 to escape being wounded or killed. "China Marine" is the follow-up to "With the Old Breed," a lesser work but one that tells of what happened to Sledge after the war.

With Sledge's experience, one would have thought that he would have been among the first among the military to be demobilized after the end of the war with Japan -- but no, he and his colleagues were sent to China to disarm the Japanese soldiers there and to maintain order in several northern Chinese cities. This is Sledge's account of the six months he spent in China. His view is that of a Private First Class -- but an educated and sophisticated PFC, the son of a medical doctor from Mobile, Alabama, and an outstanding writer. He delighted in Peking, fresh food, a clean bunk, light duties, and friendship with the sophisticated Soong family -- but the danger from attack by communist armies was always there.

Sledge goes on to tell of the trauma of his discharge from the Marines and homecoming to Mobile and, briefly, his long years of struggle with what we call today Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It's a small book, only 160 pages, and an interesting, beautifully written, account of the decompression of a combat soldier and his return home.

Sledge died in 2001 but he was often quoted in Ken Burn's recent PBS series on World War II. Sledge is a true American hero.

Smallchief
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5.0 out of 5 starsBy a veteran of the physical and psychological scars of war
By Midwest Book Review on February 9, 2004
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China Marine: An Infantryman's Life After World War II is the powerful World War II memoir of E. B. Sledge and the sequel to his "With The Old Breed: At Peleliu And Okinawa". Sledge is a veteran of the physical and psychological scars of war, and this former Marine narrates the end of the old China and the rise of the Communist state through the eyes of someone who was there and saw it all. Sledge also presents the troubles of having to adapt to civilian life when the era of combat had faded. A moving true story of balancing life with the immense demands of nobly serving one's country, China Marine is a welcome and recommended contribution to the growing library of World War II era biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe Title Says It All....Another Outstanding Book by Gene Sledge
By Dr. R. E. Sullivan on August 11, 2008
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China Marine Gene Sledge is an old friend although I've never met him. Any book by him is more than worth the few dollars it would take to own it. Most Americans have no knowledge of the fact that immediately following WW II 60,000 U. S. Marines were sent into North China. Their real purpose was to keep that area from falling into the hands of Mao Tse Tsung's 8th Route Army when the Japanese withdrew. We Marines were to fill the gap, and then turn this critical ground that contained much of the coal available in China. The Russians raised hell in the UN about the US not repatriating the Jap troops to their mainland. The US objective was to maintain them in place as additional insurance in order to keep Mao's ChiComs in Manchuria the caves of Yemen where they had been kept in check by the Japs during WW II. With pressure from the UN, the last of the Japs and Koreans were sent home by about June of 1946, leaving a dwindling number of Marines to literally "hold the fort." Essentially, this is what Sledge writes about. Imagine to have survived the battles for Peleliu and Okinawa only to be sent to North China where too many Marines were to be killed. Sledge, because of his time overseas, was able to leave China early in '46, as I recall. Those of us who had arrived late to the Pacific Theater during WW II would remain guarding the railroads and bridges that moved the coal. And so, you say: "How come I haven't read anything about this? It was not mentioned in my History classes in high school or college."
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5.0 out of 5 starsWONDERFUL FOLLOW UP ACCOUNT OF A MAN'S LIFE.
By D. Blankenship HALL OF FAMETOP 50 REVIEWER on August 20, 2010
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I put off reading this work by E.B. Sledge for a a long time. I had read "With the Old Breed" a number of years ago and gave it a reread more recently. In my opinion, and the opinion of many, many others, `Old Breed" is the best firsthand account of combat experience by an enlisted man ever written. It deals with the battle at Pelieu and Okinawa; both battles of which the author survived...one of only 10 men that made it out of 240. I will admit though that Sledge's first book was a traumatic reading experience. On one hand I did not want to put myself through that again, but on the other hand, I was fascinated that a man could survive this ordeal and, to be quite frank, ever be whole again. I actually worried about this very, very brave man and what became of him.

This work, China Marine, begins where "Old Breed" ends. After Japan surrendered, E.B. Sledge was sent to Northern China in order to keep the peace there during the transition after the long Japanese occupation. The majority of the book covers this period of his life; records his experiences and observations and shares with us how he begins the healing process. A goodly portion of the book gives his account of his returning to civilian life; the adjustments and the mental process he went through.

The reader should note that if he or she is looking for a blood and guts combat account, then they should look elsewhere. That is not the purpose of this work. No, this is the personal story of a man whose entire world was changed and who lived through an ordeal that was with him through the rest of his life. It is a rather sensitive story and a story that most certainly should have been told.

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5.0 out of 5 starsit is good to see the SledgeHammer was able to learn to ...

If you read E. B. Sledge's. “With the Old Breed” you need to read “China Marine. “China Marine” completes his story. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Stuart Bailey
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An excellent post WW2 book by Sledge. His first had vivid scenes of combat in the Pacific while this one is valuable for his
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Published 2 months ago by Peter J. Merlin
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Everyone should read "With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa," and "China Marine," by Eugene B. Sledge.

Published 4 months ago by MK
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A highly satisfying conclusion to "With the Old Breed."

Published 4 months ago by mick
5.0 out of 5 starswell written, schould a requirement for everyone that flippantly ...

well written , schould a requirement for everyone that flippantly suggest sending men to war .

Published 5 months ago by Robert Barker
3.0 out of 5 starsLife after war is not fair, either.

As others have commented, this is not as well written or interesting as the author's deservedly famous first book. Read more

Published 5 months ago by truri
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Excellent follow up to "With the Old Breed".

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