“[Courtney] remembers the sound of gunshots cracking the cold air, the sound of 57 mm shells exploding, and machine guns shattering the sleepless night. He remembers his buddies’ voices, and he remembers the sound of their screams
. . . . His story isn’t the sweeping saga of war, the battle plans, the strategies, the politics, the flashy generals. His story is the diary of the GI, the privates who he believes won the war.”—The [Lafayette] Journal and Courier