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A younger brother, John, followed. Their father, Sidney (1893-1950), was a US Army veteran of the Battle of Argonne Forest who became a teacher, then the principal of Murphy High School, where Phillips graduated in 1941. He was childhood friends with Eugene Sledge.
Eugene Bondurant Sledge (November 4, 1923 – March 3, 2001) was a United States Marine, university professor, and author.His 1981 memoir With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa chronicled his combat experiences during World War II and was used as source material for the Ken Burns PBS documentary The War (2007), as well as the HBO miniseries The Pacific (2010), in which he is portrayed by ...
The following day at Mobile, Alabama, Eugene Sledge visits his childhood friend, Sidney Phillips, who will be leaving soon for the Marines. Sledge also tried to join, but his heart murmur and his father’s disapproval prevents him from enlisting. In August 1942, the Guadalcanal campaign begins. Leckie is assigned along with his colleagues ...
In Mobile, Alabama, childhood friends Eugene Sledge and Sidney Phillips say their goodbyes as Phillips prepares to depart for boot camp. In August 1942, the Guadalcanal Campaign begins. Leckie and the 1st Marines witness the Battle of Savo Island and later participate in the Battle of the Tenaru.
Burgin joined the United States Marine Corps on November 13, 1942, during World War II and was assigned to the 9th Replacement Battalion. He soon became a mortarman in K-Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division (K/3/5), [1] and fought in the Pacific War at Cape Gloucester, [1] then alongside his friends Eugene Sledge and Merriell "Snafu" Shelton, [1] on Peleliu, [1] and Okinawa.
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In September 1944, Phillips returns to Mobile, Alabama, where he informs Sledge's family of his actions in the battlefield. To comfort them, he lies by claiming that Sledge is not in danger and that he is safe. In Peleliu, the Division is struggling to focus due to the limited supplies and poor conditions of the area.
Sledge is resistant in using his military uniform, not wanting to relive the memories. During a society ball, Sledge and Phillips talk about their returns, with Phillips asking him to try to move on for the sake of their families. After struggling to enroll in college, Sledge is taken by his father to a hunting trip.