1. Life before the war -- 2. Rifles and bayonets: induction and training -- 3. Overseas to the land down under: Australia -- 4. A South Sea island: New Guinea -- 5. Bypassing a Japanese army: Aitape -- 6. Go Dutch: Morotai, Netherlands, East Indies -- 7. Breakneck Ridge: Leyte, Philippine Islands -- 8. Smoke 'em outta their caves: Luzon, Philippine Islands -- 9. Surrender and going home -- 10. Life after war