Customer Reviews

Great book by a great man - By: B. Cooper, 23 Sep 2008
Having read several books by & about members of E Company I had looked forward to this new volume & I was not disappointed at all.

Sgt. Malarkey spent more time on the front line than any other soldierin the company & here he desribes all those events, as well as the rest of his life,in brutally honest, searing terms.

The writing style is deceptively skilled, he appears to be relating thingsin a very straight-forward manner but actually creates a moving & gripping narrative.

There are sections on his childhood & obviously the majority given over to his war years but he also honestly describes the trouble he had readjusting to life after the war & his opinions on the Ambrose book & subsequent mini-series.

Of particular interest to fans of E company are his stories of the men at reunions & their post war relations.

I am alwaysin awe of these men when I read of their attitude of "we did what had to be done" & none more so than Sgt. Malarkey who here gives us a moving & well written memoir.