This is the story of a young American who leaves home and enters the army in 1943, much against his family's wishes. It is a story of duty, love and friendship, the tale of a journey from Michigan's Upper Peninsula to the jungles of New Guinea and Luzon and the hell that was the battle for Manila, a battle in which the Japanese slaughtered innocent Philippinos in their thousands. It is a story of how young Americans were tested, mentally, physically and emotionally and of how they overcame hunger, fear and the ferocious Japanese to liberate the Philippines.
This is the story of a young American who leaves home and enters the army in 1943, much against his family's wishes. It is a story of duty, love and f...