The development of the US Army armored force in preparation for WWII; the actions of the 756th Tank Battalion in North Africa, Italy, and the southern France pincher movement; the 3rd Armored Group actions on D-Day at Omaha Beach, the breakout through the hedgerows and on through Argentan-Falaise and the Siegfried Line; The Hurtgen Forest battles and Battle of the Bulge; J.B. Stokes and the Band of Brothers on D-Day and at Bastogne; Aggie muster on the Elbe River; the surrender of Nazi Germany and the occupation activities including shipping the V-2 rockets and relocation of Russian POWs. Accounts of family member involvement in WWII, the Korean War, and Vietnam as aircraft gunners, artillery officers, forward air observers, parachute and helicopter resupply, fighter pilots, naval support, and army, marine, and paratrooper combat riflemen.