This memoir constitutes a very descriptive picture of the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bobbitt begins his narrative by describing his entrance into the war and his first post in Hawaii. Following this service, his unit was sent to Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Bobbitt describes the horrors of battles fought before they landed on the Island. They were next sent to relatively peaceful New Britain, an island in the Bismarck Archipelago.

Bobbitt and Company L saw heavy fighting on the Negros and Luzon Islands when they were assigned to the Philippine campaign. The terrain was difficult to traverse because of the mountainous landscape, and it was on these islands that Bobbitt received shrapnel wounds in his thumb. Bobbitt provides strong descriptions of the death that was present on these battlefields, but he considers it a part of war and does not lament much. He also voices his strong dislike of the Japanese for the atrocities of the war and philosophizes on the necessity of war to keep domestic peace.

In addition to Bobbitt's narrative, this memoir contains maps of the battle areas, pictures from during and after the war, an abbreviation list, and copies of Bobbitt's vital documents from the war (including discharge papers and health records.)