Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Littafin na biyu na Sledge ya buɗe a cikin 1945 tare da Rukunin Ruwa na Farko da ya rage a Okinawa bayan yaƙin kwanaki 82 don tsabtace da shirya don mamayewar da ake tsammani na "Yokosuka Naval Base a bakin Tokyo Bay". Babu wani daga cikin sojojin ruwa da ya yi tsammanin zai tsira daga irin wannan mamayar. Bayan bama-baman nukiliya da kuma mika wuya na Japan
ba su yi bikin ba, amma a maimakon haka an shagaltar da su ta hanyar komawa ga aikin hannu na tsaftacewa. A cikin kalmomin Sledge, "Ina tsammanin a zahiri muna jin tsoron yin imani da cewa gaskiya ne... Tunawa da abokanmu da yawa da suka mutu har yanzu suna cikin tunaninmu".