This is a wrenching first person account of the invasion of Okinawa and the repatriation of the Japanese from Korea. Roland Glenn fought in hand-to-hand combat in Okinawa, an experience he recounts in graphic detail. Glenn's battle experiences have haunted him throughout his life. The consequences on his civilian life find resonance with returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan who will require medical and psychological care for the remainder of their lives. This book is a development of the dramatic presentation that he performs as part of the Veterans History Project, a program based at the Library of Congress that captures the experiences of veterans of all wars.

Glenn served as a combat Infantry Platoon Leader and "I" Company Commander in the Seventeenth Infantry Regiment of the Seventh Infantry Division during the Battle of Okinawa, the last campaign of World War II. He is a recipient of the Purple Heart. After the atom bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, his unit moved from massive killing of enemy on the battlefield to occupying Korea with the mission of fostering peace and repatriating the Japanese Army to their homeland.

Now retired, after an active sixty year career in education, he continues to write stories about his life experiences from his home along the seacoast in Kittery, Maine. Since writing this moving memoir, he has presented his stories before audiences as part of The Veteran's History Project, a program based at The Library of Congress that is attempting to capture the experiences of veterans of all wars.