The book, The Hunter and the Hunted is a first person account by the author, Bennet J. Palmer Sr., one of the millions of kids who received thirteen weeks infantry training and were then shipped out from various seaports of America. "All of us wanted one last furlough home before going off to war, but this was something most of us never received."

"We were G.I.'s who just followed orders. We had no newspapers, no radios, and learned only through rumors about what was going on. We were told that we were the 36th replacement Battalion.

Starting on October of '43, I would eventually serve five remarkable campaigns with this same unit." -- Ben Palmer