Eugene Sledge's military issue Bible. While in the Pacific, he kept a journal on tiny sheets of paper that he stored in the Bible.

Source: The Sledge Family

Selections from Eugene Sledge's "With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa." The acclaimed first-person account was named one of the top five books in epic 20th-century battles.

Source: Random House

Excerpts from "Pacific War Diary," 1942-1945 by James J. Fahey Copyright(c) 1963 and renewed 1991 by James J. Fahey. Used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Front cover of Sam Hynes' memoir, Flights of Passage.

Samples from the diary of Sascha Weinzheimer