"From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the end of World War II--one American officer's riveting true story."--Cover.

Includes index. Included in the U.S. Army Chief of Staff's Professional Reading List, 2004.

Indoctrination -- Saint-Lô breakthrough (first day) -- Saint-Lô breakthrough (second day) -- Saint-Lô breakthrough (third day) -- Saint-Lô breakthrough (fourth day : the massacre of Villebaudon) -- The chase -- Paris -- The pursuit continues -- Siegfried line -- Siegfried -- and mines! -- Slaughter on the Hürtgen Forest -- Rest for the weary -- Battle of the Bulge -- Out of action -- and in Paris -- The Schnee Eifel : second time around -- Evacuation.