A Soldier's Tale: Memoirs from the Battlefield

Vowing to join the United States Military instead of going to college, a young man ends up joining the 317th regiment of the United States Army and fighting in the foreign lands of Normandy and Germany. In these memoirs, the soldier brings up such topics as race relations and the ever brutal experiences in combat. He questions the need for conflict in the first place, and wonders whether or not risking one’s life in combat is worth it. He also describes, in detail, the terror of leading armored patrols on foreign soil and dealing with the German Panzer tank divisions head on.