A local military hero was honored in Mobile, 25 years after his passing. Eugene Sledge was famed for his World War II memoirs ...

If the premiere of "The Pacific" is any indication of how the rest of HBO's 10-part war epic will play out, we're in for a brutal, fascinating and touching piece of storytelling over the next few ...

A standing-room-only crowd of 171 attended Wednesday's Learning Lunch at the History Museum to hear a roundtable discussion of "The War and Mobile," led by Dr. Sidney Phillips, Katharine Phillips ...

HOOVER, Ala. (WTVM) - A piece of American war history is now rebuilt decades later. The World War II-era Japanese airfield on a Pacific Island is now named after a Marine hero from Alabama. Henry ...

Joe Mazzello's emotionally haunting performance as Marine Eugene Sledge on "The Pacific" clearly had an impact on Sledge's real-life family. Sledge's wife Jeanne was so touched by Mazzello's ...

Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda and James Badge Dale carried most of the "The Pacific" campaign through four episodes, as Eugene Sledge, John Basilone and Robert Leckie, respectively. Enter Rami Malek as ...

Hosted by Joey Jones. 'Sledgehammer: My Father The WWII Hero' tells the story of Eugene Sledge, a WWII veteran who served in the Pacific. After the war, Sledge wrote 'With the Old Breed,' a highly ...

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 ...