Intro
Contents
List of Maps
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part One: Morning
Chapter 1. A Pencil for a Pick
Chapter 2. A Petty Officer of Pigeons
Chapter 3. A Dress Rehearsal
Chapter 4. The First "Kamikaze"
Chapter 5. And Then Another
Chapter 6. The "Photo Joes"
Chapter 7. The Second Time Around
Chapter 8. A Most Unlikely Place to Land
Chapter 9. To the Rescue
Chapter 10. Qualifying for the Scouts
Chapter 11. Even the Best of the Best
Chapter 12. A Distant and Unnecessary Death
Chapter 13. Boots on the Ground and in the Air
Part Two: Noon

Chapter 14. Rumors of a Rest
Chapter 15. Yankees in France
Chapter 16. Clinging to the Scrabble
Chapter 17. Into Thin Air
Chapter 18. Burma Bridge Busters
Chapter 19. A Day at the Beach
Chapter 20. A Not So Quiet War
Chapter 21. Of Wolfpacks and Windmills
Chapter 22. Rough Roads and Seas
Chapter 23. A Shark with Torpedoes
Part Three: Evening
Chapter 24. Lost in the Vosges
Chapter 25. Under Cover of Darkness
Part Four: Day's End
Epilogue
Appendix: List of American Military Who Died on October 24, 1944
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index