{"product_id":"9781449796495","title":"A Reluctant Hero's Footsteps","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2011, by chance I discovered the after-action reports of the 329th Infantry Regiment, my father’s World War II unit, on the Internet. An idea was born: use these to reconstruct my father’s path in Europe. I would take my three children, Richard, Mary, and Stephen, on a trip to retrace those footsteps. This book is about our travels, but it is much more. It documents the life of a man and his family, the history of a unit, and how, through research and luck, we were able piece together the story. As far as possible, I tell the tale of my father’s life with pictures and artifacts from that life. In parallel, I relate the history of the unit he joined in combat, inserting pictures where I can. In fitting all the records together with the trip itself, I discovered my father in new ways and built a memory for my children. In an appendix, I give you a guide as to how you can do this for your veterans as well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WestBow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107168829680,"sku":"9781449796495","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781449796495_p0.jpg?v=1763836486","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781449796495","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}