Eugene Sledge on Okinawa, 1945

Eugene B. Sledge photographed in camp during the summer of 1945 after the World War II Pacific Theater Battle of Okinawa, in which his unit survived 82 days of combat.

Marine Eugene Sledge on Okinawa during World War II
Courtesy of Auburn University Libraries, Eugene Sledge Collection
Marine Eugene Sledge on Okinawa during World War II