"Authentic and stirring". -- Martin Blumenson, author of The Patton Papers. "Crosby transports his readers directly to the front. Here is social history combining thumbnail sketches of key battles with powerful portraits of men of the cloth under fire". -- American Historical Review. "Crosby's style is characteristic of the finest examples of America's vast World War II literature". -- Eric Hammel, author of Guadalcanal: Starvation Island. "A powerful story that provides a marvelous passage through the Second World War". -- Parameters.