![]() For instance, enlistment lends to basic training where he must deal with Cpl. ![]() ![]() With three-quarters of a century’s worth of novels, movies and TV shows to reflect upon, much of Sledge’s narrative may come across as almost a stereotype of a war story. The situation was more than many of us could stand.” And just like, Sledge reverses the decision to wait and enter the war as an officer and instead signs on the lowest of the low on the military totem pole: an infantryman. In his naïve innocence and optimism fueled countless portrayals of war as an exhibition of glorious heroism presented in sterile, antiseptic and bloodless black and white images, the young man writes of his fellow officer training students: “Most of us felt we had joined the Marines to fight, but here we were college boys again. Soon thereafter, however, he learns that this decision will delay by at least two years any chance of seeing any actual combat which he, stirred by patriotism and images of heroism on the battlefield, is eager to pursue. ![]() Upon his family’s advice, he takes advantage of the opportunity to enroll in officer training. One year after that that day of infamy, the Mobile, Alabama resident makes the decision to join enlist in the Marine Corps. Sledge is eager to enlist in the case of saving democracy from the fascist threat following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. ![]() We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.Įugene B. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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