This memoir written by Eugene Swartz covers his childhood in Luxembourg through his work in Military Intelligence for the United States during World War II, and his post-war service in the CIA and DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency, which was founded in 1961 as the nation's primary producer of foreign military intelligence).

The memoir has no table of contents, but is divided into these chapters: Introduction, Luxembourg At War, My Return Trip to America (1940), 1940-1942, Active Duty, 1943, The Military Intelligence Training Center, California Maneuvers, Sailing to England and War, In Normandy, The Breakout From Normandy, The Breakout, The Battle of Mortrain, The Battle of the Bulge, My Return Home, Push Into Germany, The Drive to the Rhine, The Race to Berlin, 1945, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, CIA, Air Force Intelligence, DIA China Section, and Annex (My Travels).

Besides text, contained within the memoir are photocopies -- of photographs, newspaper clippings, letters, maps, military memoranda, diplomas, and certificates. The manuscript itself is computer-typed, spiral-bound, and nearly one inch thick.