With the Old BreedÓ remains the most powerful & moving account of the U.S. Marines in World War II. Here, Sledge continues his story with this long-awaited sequel. After Japan's surrender in 1945, Sledge & his company were sent to China to maintain order & to calm the seething cauldron of political & ideological unrest created by opposing factions. His regiment was the first Marine unit to return to Beijing where they witnessed the last of old China & the rise of the Communist state. Also recounts the difficulty of returning to his hometown of Mobile, Alabama, & resuming civilian life while haunted by shadows of close combat. A frank depiction of the real costs of war, emotional & psychological as well as physical.

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