Weekend reading

I have been re-reading E.B. Sledge's memoir of World War II -- With the Old Breed.. I owned an original hardback copy in the late 1980s, but it, like around 150-200 other books were destroyed by termites while stored temporarily at my Mother-in-Law's house. I lost priceless books on the Civil War, The SpanAm war, and some truly expensive books about the Zulu Wars, among others.

Back to the point, if you have never read Sledge you are missing out on a true literary masterpiece. The 'Sledgehammer' paints a personal account of the iseries of war. Parts of this memoir are being used in the HBO Miniseries The Pacific.