Sterling Mace

About the Author

STERLING MACE enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and was stationed at Parris Island, Camp Lejeune, the Brooklyn Naval Yard, and then finally Pavuvu, before experiencing the toughest fighting the Pacific war had to offer, as a rifleman in K/3/5, at Peleliu and later on Okinawa.  He was a consultant on E.B. Sledge’s book, With the Old Breed. He lives in St. Pete Beach, Florida.