Cika wannan jumlar: Yaƙin Duniya na II: A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1942, wani sojan Amirka, wanda yanzu ya zama sandan "Big Red One", ya ja-goranci rundunar sojojinsa ta hanyar
Arewacin Afirka; da farko wani janar na Faransa na Vichy ya harbe su, wanda sojojin Faransa suka rinjaye shi, wadanda suke da aminci ga 'Yancin Faransa. A cikin shekaru biyu masu zuwa, tawagar ta kasance wani ɓangare na mamayewar Allied na Sicily, inda aka ba su bayanan sirri game da wurin da aka yi amfani da tanki na Tiger I kuma mata Sicilian masu godiya suka ciyar da su; saukowa a Omaha Beach a farkon kamfen na Normandy; da 'yanci na Faransa, inda suke yaƙi da Jamusawa a cikin mafaka; da mamaye yammacin Jamus. Takwaransa na sojojin Jamus, Schroeder, ya halarci yawancin waɗannan yaƙe-yaƙe iri ɗaya, kuma a lokuta daban-daban duka shi da sajan suna bayyana ra'ayi ɗaya cewa sojoji masu kisan kai ne, amma ba masu kisan kai ba, kodayake Schroeder kuma yana nuna rashin aminci ga Hitler da Jamus.