Crack! and Thump: With a Combat Infantry Officer in World War II

By: Charles Scheffel, Barry Basden

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Captain Charles Scheffel is one of 12 persons whose war experiences were featured in the History Channel production, WWII IN HD, a 10-hour color series narrated by Gary Sinise. CRACK! AND THUMP is Scheffel's chilling account of ground combat of a young company-grade officer who fought with the 9th Infantry Division in North Africa, Sicily, France, Belgium, and Germany. Scheffel vividly recalls the terror, mind-numbing fatigue, raw emotions, and horrific conditions fighting men endured to achieve victory in World War II.

Good story

A very interesting story covering WWII from a personal and unique perspective. The machine narration used here is good overall but does have some telltale bugs

Good story but virtual voice comes across as flat

A good first-hand story and interesting aspects but the AI virtual voice comes across as flat. There are also numerous strange pauses throughout, which degrades from the listening experience. I'm about half-way through and while interesting, not sure I can stick with the story because of the voice. It lacks human intonation, emphasis, and flow.

Excellent

It’s a Great book. AI narrator actually not bad. Loved the story from the officers perspective.

AI reading!

I didn’t care for the computerized reading! A number of mistakes. Words were pronounced wrong!

Excellent Recounting of WWII Combat Officer’s Experiences in the ETO

Virtual voice somewhat detracts the narrative flow, but otherwise it’s acceptable. Highly recommended for history buffs.