Forward Observer is the account of a U.S. Army artillery observation crew in World War Two. Fast-paced and filled with action the book depicts the soldiers' lives from training at the Army's Field Artillery School at Fort Sill Oklahoma a short stay for more training in England and then the unit's transfer to Tunisia where they occupy the frontlines as forward observers for their artillery battalion. Forward Observer is a moving personal story of a seldom-told aspect of combat in the Second World War.