Publisher's Synopsis
Fire Mission, first published in 1957, is author William Mulvihill's fictional account of a U.S. Army field artillery battery during World War II, from just before the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, to the capture of the bridge at Remagen in March 1945. Described through the eyes of a number of characters are the hardships endured by the common soldier fighting in the bitter cold with inadequate food, equipment and shelter.
