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Sledgehammer Half Marathon, 10k & 5k

Sat, Feb 05

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North Topsail Beach

Take in the views and explore North Topsail Beach while running on the beach in either our Half Marathon, 10k or 5k.

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Sledgehammer Half Marathon, 10k & 5k
Sledgehammer Half Marathon, 10k & 5k

Time & Location

Feb 05, 2022, 7:30 AM

North Topsail Beach, 2250 Island Dr, North Topsail Beach, NC 28460, USA

About The Event

Jacksonville-Onslow Sports Commission is proud to present the "Sledgehammer Race Series" in memory of Dr. E. B. Sledge.  The mission statement of the "Sledgehammer Race Series" is: To Honor the memory of Sledgehammer and All Combat Veterans."  Sledge was a lifelong Marine who spent the remainder of his post war years coming to terms with what he and his fellow combatants experienced during World War II.

E. B. "Sledgehammer" Sledge chose to volunteer for the U. S.  Marine Corps in 1942.  He was assigned to K company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Division (K/3/5) where he reached the rank of Corporal in the Pacific Theater. Sledgehammer was a 60mm mortarman at Peleliu and Okinawa where he served with Corporal R. V. Burgin and PFC. Merriell "Snafu" Shelton.  Sledgehammer also served as a rifleman and stretcher bearer when fighting was too close for effective mortar use.   Sledge would go on to…

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