Bruno Sutkus (1924–2003)

The author was able to make quite a few sniper kills in a few months on the Russian front. Interesting to hear the author recount his experience. He does so fairly matter-of-factly with no braggadocio. His experience in Soviet Russia after the war was very sad as he recounts the abuses he lived with and the sacrifices he made. Interesting that he was able to work hard and actually at times be better off than those around him because of it. Not supposed to happen in a communist society but one reaps what one sows.

Not as engaging as The Forgotten Soldier, which I recommend you read for a more detailed view of an infantryman's view of what it was like on the front.… (mehr)