The Veteran Next Door, a compelling collection of stories told by the veterans themselves from the battlefronts of World War II. Share their lives, losses, and heartaches, all up close and personal. A young Jewish girl trying to not be sent to Auschwitz, to Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Atlantic Naval battles, Mediterranean, and against Kamikazes in the Pacific. Experience becoming a prisoner of war during the Battle of the Bulge, fight across France and Germany with an awardee of the Medal of Honor, and a young private who did not know what to do. Then there was the battle of Athens, Tennessee.