Novelist Eugene Sledge

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Eugene Sledge

Living place: Alabama

Birthday: 4-11-1923 (101 years old)

Population of US 1923: 111,947,000

Global rank: #59033

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Who is Novelist Eugene Sledge?
His descriptions of World War II combat formed the basis of both the PBS documentary, The War, and the popular HBO miniseries, The Pacific. His published works include With Old Breed:. At Peleliu and Okinawa (1981) and China Marine (published posthumously in 2002) His novel, With Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa, contains graphic descriptions of the war on both Pacific Islands, along with accounts of the physical and mental stress he and his fellow Marines endured.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He joined the Marines at the age of twenty-two; After two years of specialized training, he experienced his first heavyweight fight.

Family life info

He grew up in Mobile, Alabama. His father was Edward Simmons Sledge, a doctor.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Eugene Sledge?
He was portrayed by Joseph Mazzello in the HBO miniseries, The Pacific.

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When was Novelist Eugene Sledge born?
Eugene Sledge birthday 4-11-1923 (at the age of 101).
Where is Novelist Eugene Sledge's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Eugene Sledge was born in Alabama, . is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Scorpius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Eugene Sledge's global rank is 59033 and whose rank is 519 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1923 is about 111,947,000 persons.
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Events in 1923 and 4-11

Events in US in the birth year of Eugene Sledge

  • President Warren G. Harding suddenly falls ill (July 28) while returning from a trip to Alaska and is rushed to San Francisco, where he dies on Aug. 2.
  • The second Ku Klux Klan movement in U.S. history grows, stirring widespread controversy and violence.

Birthday Eugene Sledge (4-11) in history

  • Day 4-11 year 1842: Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, , Illinois
  • Day 4-11 year 1880: James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio, patented the first cash register.
  • Day 4-11 year 1922: Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt.
  • Day 4-11 year 1924: Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming was elected the nation's first woman governor, to serve out the term of her husband who died in office.
  • Day 4-11 year 1956: Russian troops attacked Budapest and crushed the Hungarian revolt under Premier Imre Nagy.
  • Day 4-11 year 1979: The American embassy in Tehran, Iran, was seized by militants and 90 Americans were taken hostage.
  • Day 4-11 year 1995: Israeli Prime Minister, and Nobel Laureate, Yitzhak Rabin, was assassinated by a right-wing Israeli.
  • Day 4-11 year 2008: Democratic senator Barack Obama wins the presidential election against Sen. John McCain, taking 338 electoral votes to McCain's 161. Obama makes history as the first African American U.S. president.
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