I found Dick's account very powerful and moving. An account of the European theatre of the war not commonly heard of today. Sure, everyone has heard of Normandy, Dunkirk, Auchewitz, Bergen-Belson, Ardennes, and all the big battles. Dick, however, brought to life the names and places of places previously unknown, to me at least. Places where the war took turns for the worste, and for the better.
For me, I found the chapters: Advance of the King Tigers, and Buchenwald, the most powerful and stunning reading of all. The story, in a nutshell, moved me. Private Dick Arnolds' account of his time in Hitlers' Europe was one of fear, pain, uncertainty, insurmountable obstacles, grief, atrocity, love, faith, forgiveness, and most of all, victory!
Private Arnold will now rest, with his fellow band of brothers, and take his place in the annuals of history. His story will live on, and be told to countless others, as a reminder to us all always, that the world as we know it today could have been a far different place, if not for all the brave and courageous men, like Dick Arnold, who gave all they had, and more!!
