""Foreword by Fr. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. ; introduction by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.""--Dust jacket.

""Our first baptism of blood"": war opens in the Philippines -- ""The chaplain is the servant of God for all"": chaplains in war training -- ""Surely war is a dirty game"": the chaplains go to war -- Chaplains at the battlefront: Jnuary 1943 to December 1944 -- ""I never expected to come out of the Philippines alive"": chaplains in the Pacific, 1943 -- ""Daily was I shelled, nightly was I bombed"": Father Barry from Sicily to Rome -- ""Face to face with the realism, the tragedy, and the horror of the war"": Father Sampson at D-Day -- ""Our chaplains are becoming more scattered every week"": chaplains in the Pacific, 1944 -- Hope Mr. Hitler goes underground before winter"": chaplains in Europe to the end of 1944 -- Onward to victory: January 1945 to present -- ""I had the devil scared out of me many a time"": closing in on Japan -- ""Facing the insanity of Himmler's madmen"": onward to victory in Europe -- ""You could have heard my cheer in Niles"": onward to victory in the Pacific -- ""I have seen my share of blood, death, mud, hunger and cold"": home.