Summary

1943

Frank is sent to Africa and is assigned to an elite sniper unit in the Atlas Mountains. Below land mines are being laid for Rommel’s army. The panzers begin to appear over the horizon and attack American tanks, blowing many of them up. Frank and his fellow snipers fire on the panzers with armor-penetrating ammunition. Rosanna and everyone in the family know that Julius is dead. They don’t know where Frank is but finally get a letter that Frank is alive, has been made a corporal, and is in charge of a unit. Frank’s unit is transferred to Sicily where they do not meet any resistance. They investigate an auto accident and find the driver dead at the wheel and the German officer that he was driving, lying injured on the ground. As they approach, the officer shoots himself. He survives the...