Contains three booklets, written by Laub and his wife, Barbara, that expound on Laub's experiences in the Pacific during and after the war. And This Is War describes the war conditions on the Admiralty Islands. Laub writes about the emotional-numbing effects that war has on one's psyche, the dehumanizing of the enemy, and the bravery that comes to soldiers in the heat of combat. Makes mention of his work as head of a jungle reconnaissance patrol that discovered hidden Japanese positions, for which he received the Bronze Star. The Manus Mansion discusses the history of Christian missionaries on the Pacific island of Manus and the soldiers' encounters with a primitive, cannibalistic native tribe. A Date With Destiny details Laub's cavalry division's invasion of Manilla and the vicious street fighting that took place there. Also includes an account of the storming of the Leyte beachhead in which his brother, Merrill Laub, was killed. This pamphlet makes specific mentions of the psychological terrors of war that soldiers suffer. Photographs, dispersed throughout the pamphlets, show Laub in military dress, with his fellow soldiers, in the jungle, during his later return trips to the Pacific, his brother Merrill, and the Philippine people with whom he shared the gospel.
