Recounts the events surrounding the United States' invasion of the Marianas island group in June 1944, describing how U.S. forces managed to annihilate the Imperial Navy and Japanese ground troops.
Relates the experiences of Black soldiers who fought in the Union Army as well as of those who fought with the Confederate forces during the Civil War.
Describes some of the new weapons and devices which both Confederates and Yankees produced during the Civil War making it the first truly "modern" war in history.