After America is drawn into World War II, Hank McCallum finds himself on the USS Yorktown, an aircraft carrier in the Pacific, separated from his brother Theo, in constant danger from torpedoes, and just learning about the prejudice and segregation that plague his new friend from Tonga, Bradford.

When the draft board calls on the eve of World War II, Roman leaves behind a career in minor-league baseball to join the army, and finds himself driving a tank in the North African campaign.

Tells the suffering of the Russians and how they turned the tide.

Text and photographs survey the planning and execution of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Germanoccupied Europe on June 6, 1944.