The author chronicles his experiences as a member of L Company, a unit assigned to act as the eyes and ears of the 101st Airborne Division in the A Shau Valley of Vietnam.
Relates the life of Navy SEAL Captain Robert A. Gormly, discussing his career in the Navy, his two tours of duty in Vietnam, and his missions in the Persian Gulf.
Military police investigator Earl Grannit, a New York cop in private life, holds the future of World War II on his shoulders when he is charged with finding two German assassins who have infiltrated the Allied troops.