At age 19, Keith Kreitman was sent to the front lines as a combat medic in the European Theatre in the final days of World War II. Highly decorated for courage under fire, he never considered himself a hero, but a citizen-soldier who holds no illusions about war. The gritty, realistic account of combat is balanced with the touching human and sometimes humorous accounts of the experience of military service, war and the aftermath. Col. Dave Grossman, author of "On Killing" and "On Combat" says, "This book is a riveting example of the nature of combat.... A powerful, dynamic and unique book that is a 'must' for any reader interested in WWII, or ... in the reality of war." Bruce McKenna, writer for HBO's "Band of Brothers," calls it "One of the most honest, searing and intelligent war memoirs I've ever read.... Keith captures--and this is rare--the chaos, fear, and capricious randomness of combat in a manner that very few writers ever... More > have, with an economical and forceful style that any writer would envy.”< Less
