{"product_id":"9781479792337","title":"Hard Times, War Times, And More Hard Times","description":"London L. Gore is a World War II veteran serving front-line duty in a Sherman tank with the 5th Armored Division after the Utah Beach landing. Living through the shelling on the battlefield was like being in a never-ending thunderstorm surrounded by unrelenting lightning strikes. After the war, London returned to the Carolinas and worked at timbering and right-of-way clearing. He met and married Ellen and settled in Sumter, South Carolina. Their marriage of fi fty-one years produced two wonderful daughters, four grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Ellen passed in 2003 of natural causes. London remarried and he and his current wife, Mary, reside in Shallotte, a small community in southeastern North Carolina. In this book, he shares a lifetime of memories from childhood to present to include many of his wartime experiences of World War II.","brand":"Xlibris US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125661450480,"sku":"9781479792337","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781479792337_p0.jpg?v=1763618216","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781479792337","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}