"This is Darby?s own story of those climactic days, as dictated, just a few months before his death, to his friend General William H. Baumer. Baumer has added background information about the war and on Darby?s life, plus a summary of the exploits of other Ranger units"--Dust jacket.

Includes maps of: Ranger Attack at Arzew, 8 NOV 1942; Ranger Actions in Tunisia, FEB-APR 1943; Ranger Actions in Sicily, JUL-AUG 1943; Ranger Attack on the Sorrento Peninsula (near Salerno), 9 SEP 1943; Ranger Operations - Anzio and Cisterna, JAN 1944. Previously published as: "We led the way", 1980. Some copies are the 1993 reprint edition with the title: "Darby's Rangers : We led the way".

Introduction : Darby's early days -- North African spearhead : Arzew, November 1942 -- Training in northern Scotland : June-September 1942 -- Dieppe and training at Dundee : August-October 1942 -- Tunisian combat : February-March 1943 -- THe Battle of El Guettar : March 1943 -- Landings in Sicily : July 1943 -- To Messina : July-August 1943 -- Sorrento : Salerno's left flank : September 1943 -- Up the "Boot" to Venafro : October-December 1943 -- Landing at Anzio : 22 January 1944 -- Cisterna : death at dawn : 29 January 1944 -- The Rangers live on -- Epilogue : Darby's later assignments.