{"product_id":"9780060763428","title":"One Soldier's Story: A Memoir","description":"At last, in his own words, Bob Dole tells his legendary World War II  story -- a personal odyssey of tremendous courage, sacrifice, and faith.  \u003cp\u003e    In One Soldier's Story, Bob Dole tells the moving, inspirational story  of his harrowing experience in World War II, and how he overcame  life-threatening injuries long before rising to the top of the U.S.  Senate. As a platoon leader in the famed 10th Mountain Division,  twenty-one-year-old Bob Dole was gravely wounded on a hill in the  Italian Alps just two weeks before the end of the war. Trying to pull  his radioman to safety during a fire-fight against a fortified German  position, Dole was hit with shrapnel across his right shoulder and back.  Over the next three years, not expected to survive, he lapsed in and out  of a coma, lost a kidney, lost the use of his right arm and most of the  feeling in his left arm. But he willed himself to live.  Drawing on nearly 300 never-before-seen letters between him and his  family during this period, Dole offers a powerful, vivid portrait of one  man's struggle to survive in the closing moments of the war. With  insight and candor, Dole also focuses on the words, actions, and  selfless deeds of countless American heroes with whom he served,  including two fellow injured soldiers who later joined him in the  Senate, capturing the singular qualities of his generation. He speaks  here not as a politician, but as a wounded G.I. who went on to become  one of our nation's most respected statesmen. In doing so, he gives us a  heartfelt story of uncommon bravery and personal faith -- in himself,  his fellow man, and a greater power. This is the World War II chronicle  that America has been waiting for.   \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055569846512,"sku":"9780060763428","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060763428_p0.jpg?v=1763767423","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060763428","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}