Sledgehammer - Old Breed Marine Part 2

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[Rustyshacklefization]

@M40 this men fought without all your luxuries of Kevlar and light weight weapons like SAWS...and food and water ..they ate when they got lucky drank nasty oily water ,carried heavy gear with little protection ...the only Armour was the helmet and they never really got a good nights sleep ...as much as i respect the infantry man even today they have it easy compared to the hell that these guys endured...modern wars are like the non battle parts of ww2

[raptorman120]

This book is the most detailed I've ever read on the war, Just reading it might give a weak mind PTSD.

[andyindublinireland]

There is one book I thought was unbeatable as a tough account of WW2, ''With the Jocks'', by Peter White, but this book which I got from the library is in a league of its own. Poor fellows.

[wadyano]

@Rustyshacklefization yes i did see that. at least in previous generations the USA had the resolve to do what had to be done at any cost and as long as it took whether it meant nuking a city or just digging in and not caring what people thought. in generation kill i was flabbergasted when they find themselves on the business end of a sniper's rifle and they need to radio for permission to shoot.

[Rustyshacklefization]

@wadyano No,i just no that the hardships that modern military personnel endure are a lot different then those endured by ,ww2 era personnel. have you watched Generation kill?,i know its a TV show but its based on real events. There is a quote in here that is a great example of what i mean when i say "comfortable" "These men are living out here on rice and beans, sleeping out in the cold in these rags these are some fuckin’ hard men. You ladies bitch if you get an MRE without a Pop Tart."

[wadyano]

@Rustyshacklefization not get comfortable? are you high or something?

[Rustyshacklefization]

@wadyano Just another reason to keep your head up and not get to comfortable while your in a WAR

[Rustyshacklefization]

@wadyano I agree man ...they way i look at this Afghanistan bullshit .. is either do your job and do it right .. or just get the fuck out of there because like you said the sacrifices are unfortunately going to waste because no results are being produced

[wadyano]

@Rustyshacklefization what they men back then had that they don't have today is a country and a government that understand the need to do what one has to do to win a war and not trying to be politically correct and please a fussy united nations. the rules of engagement were basicly get the badguy. we make it impossible for our guys to fight today and then pulle them out before the job is done making their sacrifices wasted.

[hockey6467]

@raptorman120 If you want another book that, in my mind is just as good as Sledge's book, read God isn't here by Richard Overton. The book is about Overton as a medic at Iwo Jima. It starts out a bit slow, but when he describes the battle, you actually get scared and feel that a jap will pop up in front of you.