Twenty-Five Yards of War: The Extraordinary Courage of Ordinary Men in World War II
"Drez, a Vietnam veteran, is in sync with his interviewees, and his facile pen brings their stories to life."  --Publishers Weekly"Gripping . . . gives new meaning to such time-honored terms as true grit, undaunted courage, and quiet valor."  --Douglas Brinkley, Director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans"In a palpable, unfeigned way, Drez extols their heroism and valor through his focus on the individual combat experience."  --Booklist"[Drez] has a sense of the dramatic and an ability to make his readers feel that they are there."  --Stephen E. Ambrose