Journals of War is a coming of age story, a comprehensive firsthand account of pre- to post-World War II, spanning the civilian and military experiences of E. J. McCully.  Compiled from six journals, the book includes the demanding training McCully underwent in Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, his subsequent commission as an officer, and assignment to Camp Adair, Oregon.  It covers his maneuvers in the Oregon desert and the California-Arizona Maneuver Area as well as his tenure at Camp Carson in Colorado.  The book climaxes with McCully's deployment to the European Theater and his extraordinary accomplishments as a Captain and Regimental Personnel Officer in the U.S. Army, where he was charged with the delivery of hundreds of replacements to the front lines.