To Hell and Back

This is the classic war memoir of America's most decorated WWII combat vet. War is hell and Audie Murphy was in it all the way. It is amazing that he survived. This book is more introspective than many first person accounts of war. It really takes you down into the dust, mud, fear, anger, endless discomfort, horror, and most of all the terrible danger of being a front-line infantryman during WW2. Also, it brings out the bonding, friendship, and even humor they experienced.
The parts about defending and then trying to break out from Anzio really hit home with me. My father was somewhere nearby; they may have even met.
Still a powerful book 70 years later.