It is quite obvious that the author spent many hours researching this battle and its warriors in order to write this book. Mr. Glass introduced his characters (those from the battle) telling how they grew up, through military training, and what they did during the battle.

The battle, itself, seemed like a blow-by-blow commentary where the author reported both the 1,000 feet high observations and the action occurring on the ground; one of the fiercest of the war. A single company held off repeated assaults by an enemy four times their strength, only half of the soldiers survived.

After the battle, the survivors discussed how they acted and what they might have done differently during the battle. It was clear that the battalion commander should have paid more attention to those troops on the ground instead of rushing them and also involving Delta Company to support Charlie much earlier in the battle then he did.

Mr. Glass continued to report on the survivors of Charlie Company up to the publication of the book, both the good and the bad. Finally, the book includes both a character summation and a glossary of terms used in the story.

Operation Medina could have ended differently and many more lives could have been saved. The men of Charlie Company were truly the Lions of Medina. Good job Mr. Glass! ( )