Book Errata
No book survives being passed from author to editor to editor and through the layout process without some glitches. So as we notices things that aren't quite right we'll list them here. Items listed with a 2P indicates that has been corrected in the 2nd Printing.
Page 43, last paragraph, it should of course read the "rifle battalion is the largest infantry unit in which the commander was normally under small arms fire."
Page 50, Chart of rank insignia. Although technically not an error, one entry needs clarification. The Navy equivalent to Brigadier General has traditionally been the Rear Admiral (Lower Half) - as opposed to the higher grade Rear Admiral (Upper Half) who equates to a two star general. In 1943 The U.S. Navy decided that they wanted to keep the number of actual admirals down, but wanted a rank for those men taking on more responsibility than a Captain, and thus authorized the rank of Commodore at the same pay grade as that of the Rear Admiral (Lower Half) . These Commodores were almost exclusively line officers (i.e. command positions), and the Commodore rank was eliminated in 1947. So while correct, it would have been more correct to say Commodore or Rear Admiral (Lower Half).
Page 56 Pre-war, the Army War College was located at Washington Barracks, now Fort Leslie J. McNair in Washington, DC. (The old building housed part of the National War College when I was there in 1988-89.) The Army War College re-started at Ft. Leavenworth in 1950 and moved to Carlisle the following year
Page 76 Walter Reed Hospital is indeed located in the District Of Columbia (to the north). A minor slip as I was meant it was outside the central part of the city.
2P Page 192. Illustration missing
of Engineer
Officer's button. 
2P Page 198 overseas cap piping chart changes
Top three lines should be:
General Officers – Gold
Officers - Gold and Black
Warrant officer - silver and black
Remove the lines for chaplains, general Staff Corps, IG, Jag USMA Profs, Spec Reserve Mil Intel Reserve . warrant officers
Add note that: Members of the General Staff, Chaplains, Inspector General, J.A.G. , USMA Professors, Specialist Reserve and Military Intelligence Reserve were almost exclusively officers. They would wear the gold and black piping of an officer rather than a branch color.
2P Page 202. Yes, master and senior para wings are mixed up. Senior was for 30 jumps, and Master was for 65 jumps.
2P Page 204 Incorrect Caption: What the top left caption was supposed to say is that even when you find original uniforms such as this, there may well be times when the insignia is not applied according to regulations. In this case the C.I.B., which is supposed to be above all other insignia, has been attached below the ribbons. It is probable that the original owner had taken it off for cleaning and just put it back wrong.
Page 216, Major error in not mentioning the Distinguished Flying Cross. Man this is really embarrassing this got dropped out. The Distinguished Flying Cross was, and is, a multi-service award (like the Air Medal) that ranks just below the Silver Star and just above the Bronze Star and Purple Heart
Page 236 Divisional Listings
There has been some concern about the listings of "days in combat" for each division. These are taken from an Official Army Document which count only the days of which the unit is in reasonable contact with the enemy, NOT days overseas. Some units, such as the 29th Division which spent a LONG time training in England, which are not counted in this figure. So as some units were overseas and in Theater for vastly longer than listed, these are the official Army numbers for days in contact with the enemy.