Publisher's Synopsis
William Landhauser, immigrated alone to the U.S. at 16 and joined the U.S. Cavalry in order to qualify for citizenship. He served during the Mexican-American War from 1846 to1848, a conflict over vast territories in the American West. Later, his son James Landhauser played an important role in another war, WWII. Here is the story of two generations of heroes, their stories preserved by nine students at Jefferson Elementary School in Muscatine, Iowa.