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Product Description This is a human-interest story about three young seventeen-year-old men during the Depression days up to Pearl Harbor and to the end of World War II. These young men were a special breed of men; they never had anything, and never asked for anything. They were physically and mentally tough, and strong enough to cope with the hopelessness of the Depression days and the hell of combat of World War II.This story tells about a country that was not prepared to defend itself, an ill equipped Army in weapons, clothes, camps, quarters and all the things that an Army needs to prepare for war. It tells about a unique generation of young men who came to the fore. They learned fast and became a powerful Army that no enemy could defeat. Duty, honor and country were the order of the day. The story also tells about the innermost feelings of a soldier, his loves, hates, frustrations, desperation, courage, passion, fear, pain, rage and despair.A story about hard training for combat and to the limit, a test of character, manhood and spirit. An incredible honor among soldiers, there was a special feeling of friendship between these seventeen year old men, Noel Taylor, Don Korrs and Jack Shark. With young soldiers like them, a country is strong and will not falter.The last night in New York before going overseas, the wild drunks, the fights and beautiful girls who loved them. It describes the long miserable trip on the troopship, the staging area in France and taking position in the battle of Saarlautern. The battles, the killing, wounds and dying of soldiers on both sides and the horrible first sight description of man's inhumanity to man, the taking of the infamous concentration camp, Mulhausen. It describes the emotions of men in combat, the insanity, profanity, braving, fear and suffering of war. The experiences of wounded soldiers in the hospital. The humor, laughter, pain and suffering of soldiers who supported each other.For more information, go to http:/