Based on research and extended interviews, this work presents an account of the parachuting into Holland as part of Operation Market Garden in the Battle of Arnhem. It discloses some of the terror felt by the paratroopers, and the desperate struggle they faced to stay alive while trying to secure the main highway that passed through Eindhoven.-- From the jacket cover.

Foreword by Mario DiCarlo.

Forward by Mario “Hank” DiCarlo; “Tell everyone I said hello” : rebuilding the battalion - August 1944; “Circle of fire”: the German invasion and occupation of the Netherlands; “All leave cancelled” : prepare for action - September 14, 1944; “A parade ground jump” : September 17, 1944; Road to Eindhoven: September 17- 18, 1944; “A city in chains”: the liberation of Eindhoven- September 18, 1944; “The burning sky”: the bombing of Eindhoven - September 19, 1944; “No time to bleed”: Hells highway- September 21- October 1, 1944; “Life and death on the island”: surviving the nightmare; “Quiet as a church”: Opheusden - October 5- 7, 1944; “Welcome to the meat grinder”: the battle of the island- October 1944; “Operation Pegasus I” : the rescue of the British paras- October 22, 1944; “Our work is nearly done” : Driel- October 26- November 27, 1944; Club Mocambo: Camp Chalons- November 28- December 20, 1944.