His experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth in rural Mississippi; his move to Texas in 1939; his decision to join the 112th Cavalry, 1940; mobilization of the Texas National Guard, November, 1940; Louisiana Maneuvers as part of the 3rd Army, Summer, 1941; training at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, and Fort Clark, Brackettville, Texas, with Machine Gun Troop, 1941-42; assignment to New Caledonia, 1942; duty on Woodlark Island, 1943; combat around Arawe, New Britain, 1943-44; combat at Aitape, New Guinea, 1944; the Battle of Driniumor River, 1944; rotation to the States, 1945; assignment to a pack mule outfit, Fort Riley, Kansas, 1945; discharge from the Army, July 2, 1945; the daily routine of life in the horse cavalry.