{"product_id":"9780986341007","title":"All Came Home: A World War II story told through the letters of Boat Group Commander, Joseph B. McDevitt","description":"\"All Came Home\" is a true story of junior reserve officer Joe McDevitt during WWII, as told through letters mailed home to his family. \u003cp\u003eThis is a quintessential American story about a youngster of German and Irish ancestry striving to achieve the American dream. Then comes WWII, and Joe postpones his driving personal ambition in order to enlist in the Navy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe joins the Pacific Amphibious Forces where men wage war on the open water in small boats. Could the Navy really make a warrior out of him... someone who thinks of nothing else but the sea and the war?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA romance flourishes, and, like many of his peers, Joe must choose: marry now, and leave a young war bride behind, or wait to wed his true love when, and if, he returns?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt war, he endures one bloody assault after another: ground-shaking bombardments, thundering artillery and mortar barrages, and the conviction that chance alone determines who lives and who dies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne way or another, all came home...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Killian Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49785393807600,"sku":"9780986341007","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780986341007","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}