My father was a soldier in World War II like most of the fathers in the neighborhood where we grew up. As a child I saw war as exciting and heroic. Now that I am old enough to be a parent myself I realize how difficult it must have been and how being a soldier shaped my father's life.
What you are about to read are recollections my father has shared with his children. He recalls the impressions and feelings of an eighteen-year-old soldier with honesty, clarity, and humor that temper the difficulties and losses.
It is the story of thousands of men who served their country at the time, not Hollywood heroes but men who have been the backbone of our country throughout our lives.—Clarke Green.
