Cross of Iron in Bloomington, MN

Cross of Iron
, first published in English in 1956 as
The Willing Flesh,
is a classic, realistic novel of a German Army platoon trapped behind Russian lines on the Eastern Front in World War II. Author Willi Heinrich (1920-2005) served in the heavily mauled 101st Jäger Division, and was himself wounded five times during the war.
was also made into a film of the same name by Sam Peckinpah in 1977.