I was really pleased we'd nailed them; prisoners are the best source of battlefield information, and with the fight still going on full tilt around us, it'd be useful to find out what the hell was happening in the enemy camp. (Chapter 1, pgs. 27-28)

It really was a great relief, knowing I would not have to prove myself to anyone anymore - but what I didn't know at the time was that the name I made for myself on 6 February 1951, was one I'd have to live up to for the next twenty years. (Chapter 4, pg. 66)

Some discretion had to be given to the fact that he was not only volunteering his own life and safety, but the lives and safety of forty-two other soldiers in his command, but Jack's demonstrated example rubbed off on the members of his platoon - soon they all wanted to fight and be...