在书封上的简介里第二段写得很真诚，原文有着惨淡平实的美感。

Most of the soldiers of the 101st U.S. Airborne Division - the Screaming Eagles - did not go in on the beaches of Normandy but dropped onto the dark fields of France dangling from parachutes or strapped into gliders. And many watched as their comrades were gunned down as they floated in midair or dangled from trees and could do nothing to save them. These eyewitness accounts are given by the commanders, the platoon sergeants, the medics,the chaplains, and the lowly privates. We read in their words of the wait for the orders to fly, the tension that filled the planes, the tragedy of those who never made it to the ground, their disorientation on landing, their drowsiness due to medication and lack of sleep, and their sheer will to survive, find the rest of their units, and get their missions accomplished - knowing that the men storming the beaches of Normandy were counting on them.

George Koskimaki is a noted historian of the 101st Airborne Division.

In his introduction of this book, here is some description about himself:

『My own experiences are included. I served as radioman for General Maxwell D. Taylor, the division commander, and parachuted from his plan. Throughout the war I kept a daily log of my actions on onion-skin paper from the backs of Signal Corps message books. Larer, as we returned to the rear areas for rest, I transcribed my notes into the regular diary which had been left behind. My fiacee, now my wife, saved all my letters from the battle areas.』

从这段描述里面，既能知道当年Koskimaki的部队编制和工种，还知道他的爱情史。其实当年这么艰苦条件下还坚持log的人，想不成为二战101空降师的专家也难。

http://www.screamingeagle.org/是101那个老鹰头的官网，能看到更多信息。