 U.S. Army warehouses had 13.5 million Red Cross food parcels taken from the ICRC, which were never distributed.The book also states that German civilians were prevented from bringing food to the camps, and that Red Cross food parcels were confiscated by SHAEF, and the War Department banned them from being given to the men in the camps.The book states that Bacque found no evidence of a drastic food shortage in the U.S. Army —

After the publication of Bacque's book, a panel of eight historians gathered for a symposium in the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans from December 7–8, 1990 to review Bacque's work.