We are a free people the guarantee and contract of our liberty is simply stated and written down for all men to know and ponder but words without deeds are barren for what are they on the plough or sail or land or life if freedom fails.

This is the story of an American soldier on the Anzio beachhead awaiting the signal for H-hour and the remembrances out of his life that gave bone and blood and heart to our word guarantee of freedom.

Written by: Sylvia and Robert L. Richards