The average GI in World War II carried a rifle, had military support, was committed to whatever action his unit was engaged in, and often had time to rest and regroup before advancing. Conversely, the combat photographer had his camera, a sidearm, and a jeep, was sent wherever there was fighting to document what was happening. He often saw the worst of the war. Charles Eugene Sumners, a still photographer in the 166th Signal Photo Company, offers his memories--some sad, some life-changing, some happy, but many horrendous--of World War II in this work. With the aid of hundreds of his photographs reproduced in this book, he remembers Camp Crowder, Missouri, the trip overseas, Ireland, England, other combat photographers, the events at Saint L, Nehou, Avranches, Paris, Reims, Nancy and others in France and Belgium, the Battle of the Bulge, Saar and the Moselle Triangle, refugees, Germany under Hitler, General Patton at the Rhine, conflicts in Germany, the 6th Armored Division, labor camps, POWs, graves registration, souvenirs, the end of the war, going home, his friend Russ Meyer, and going back to Europe after the war.