History teaches us over and over that we cannot simply hide the past and deny what happened.  It has been tried many times.  Many of us know too well that those attempts to shelter our children only hasten the repition of war.  Let us stay educated to respond knowingly to stop future bullying early that could again signal major war.

They come to you straight forward and honestly from those on the receiving end of direct orders from our government---or as a patriotic calling to duty.  These stories are not from studious historians rummaging around dusty tomes talking on the grand scale of war.  Here you are sitting in the living room of your neighbors.  These men and women are going to make you laugh and cry about their real life experiences leading up to, involvement in, and after war.