A Tale of War and One Man's Search for Meaning This story is told by a soldier who was a part of the bloody war in Burma, the executive officer of a rugged group of American jungle fighters. He tells us in great detail what the war did to him and how he feels about taking another man's life even to protect his own as he searches for meaning in it all... World War II is winding down in the summer of 1945, but not for Major Jenkins and his band of Merrill's...