Ka kammala wannan magana: A ƙarshen 1940, ɗan Henry Gerecke, Hank ya shiga rundunar sojojin Amurka. Bayan shekara guda a watan Disambar 1941, Japan ta kai hari kan Pearl Harbor kuma Amurka ta shiga Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu don yin yaƙi tare da Burtaniya da sauran sojojin haɗin gwiwa a kan ikon axis. Corky ya bi misalin babban ɗan'uwansa ta hanyar shiga soja a watan Satumbar 1942 yayin da Henry Gerecke ya ci gaba da aikinsa a Ofishin Jakadancin City. A watan Yunin 1943 Henry Gerecke ya bi 'ya'yansa maza zuwa yaƙi kuma ya ba da kansa a matsayin limamin soja. A watan Agusta, Gerecke ya riga ya fara da watan horo a Makarantar Chaplain a Jami'ar Harvard wanda bayan haka aka tura shi zuwa Hermitage a Kudancin Ingila tare da Asibitin Janar na Ninety-Eighth na Sojojin Amurka, asibitin da ke karɓar sojoji da suka ji rauni daga layin gaba na
Yankin Yammacin Turai. Bayan ranar VE ba a buƙatar Ninety-Eighth a Ingila don haka tare da Gerecke a matsayin firist ɗin su suka tafi Munich, Jamus don sake kafa asibitin da aka lalata a cikin garin Jamus da yaƙi ya lalata.