By Doug DePew
Paperback: 239 pages

Publisher: Outskirts Press
Published: February 28, 2011
ISBN: 9781432771324

In this very personal memoir, the author carries the reader through his two year tour as a young Infantryman in Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment (Pershing). He shares with you the highs and lows of life in the boiler pot of a Pershing unit and in Heilbronn, Federal Republic of Germany. He takes you to the site, to the field, and out on the town. This very readable adventure is both brutally honest and irreverently funny. For the first time, someone from inside 56th Field Artillery Command (Pershing) speaks out on exactly what it was like to serve in that command during the very momentous period at the end of the Cold War. The narrative is extremely personal, but it is written in a way that is universal and will be widely enjoyed by any audience. The author explains the tremendous toll it took on the minds, hearts, bodies, and souls of the men who volunteered to stand between the Eagle and the Bear. Someone is finally sharing what millions experienced in this very entertaining memoir. You will stand by the author and see the world through his eyes.
 

About The Author

Doug DePew served just over four years in the US Army as an 11B Infantryman. He then earned a BSEd in history from Southwest Missouri State University and is currently a teacher in a prison in Missouri as well as an author.