There are parts of this book that are easy to hear. As one would expect there are parts of the book that are difficult due to the impact that war has on the participants. But the book held my interest from start to finish. Having father who was a member of the Greatest Generation, I understand the need to celebrate, while we can, the dwindling resource our WWII veterans are. Certainly, we would not enjoy the freedoms that we do today if they.had not stepped forward and shouldered the load of winning the war. The Rifle is a good book and I urge it as a good read.