Semper Anticus

Each year we lose members of the “Greatest Generation,” and with them, living, firsthand accounts of World War II. Fortunately, there are written accounts, but they can be difficult to find.

In Semper Anticus, author Rita Kirchgassner, with the assistance of Hugh F. Foster III, a retired US Army lieutenant colonel, and Dave Kerr gives readers a day-by-day of account of the 157th Infantry’s Service during WWII. Combining morning reports and after-action reports detailing the activity of the ...