Dimensions
153 x 228 x 14mm
He never planned on becoming a leader—or a hero . . .
In November 1944—Sergeant William Meller was just twenty years old. Only days into the fighting in Huertgen Forest, he found himself promoted to platoon leader by attrition since every single officer in the rifle companies had already been killed or wounded. Meller and his men, living in freezing foxholes and armed only with rifles and a few machine guns and grenades, fought against the Wehrmacht's battle-hardened soldiers and its juggernaut Panzer tanks, all while under withering barrages of artillery fire.
This is the true story of a man in combat who continuously adapted to his circumstances with grace and courage, ultimately transforming himself from an ordinary young GI to a leader who helped show his soldiers, by example, how to survive war.
