Contains a detailed memoir describing Forsyth's military years. Covers his training (in a tank crew), voyage to Europe and additional training in England, deployment to the North African theater, and an engagement with enemy tanks that resulted in his capture and transfer to a German POW camp. Describes a serious illness he contracted and the German medical help received. Concerning the POW camp, the memoir describes the living conditions, treatment offered by the guards, work details Forsyth was assigned to, rumors of the war that leaked into the camp, Forsyth's escape attempt, recapture, and subsequent punishment in solitary confinement, and transfers to different camps. Discusses the Russian soldiers that liberated the camp at the war's end, Forsyth's rejoining the American armies, and his journey home. Includes photocopied photographs of Forsyth in full military dress, his POW papers, letters to family members, newspaper articles citing his capture and eventual release, his discharge papers, and a prisoner of war medal citation.
