Braun's Battlin' Bastards: The Bushmasters of Company B 1st Batallion, 158th R.C.T.

The late Capt. Braun was a highly decorated WWII veteran and commanded Company B, 1st Batallion, 158th Regimental Combat Team in the South Pacific. This is the amazing story of Braun's service with America's most ethnically diverse fighting unit in that war, The 158th Regimental Combat Team, The Bushmasters. The Bushmasters went into battle in the steaming jungles of New Guinea as green troops but soon proved their mettle against the formidable Japanese 36th "Tiger" Division. This book shows the battles, and the lighter sides of G.I. life, through the eyes of a C.O. who really cared about his men.