{"product_id":"9781603448031","title":"A Cause Greater than Self: The Journey of Captain Michael J. Daly, World War II Medal of Honor Recipient","description":"\u003cp\u003eA privileged, hell-raising youth who had greatly embarrassed his  family—and especially his war-hero father—by being dismissed from West  Point, Michael J. Daly would go on to display selfless courage and  heroic leadership on the battlefields of Europe during World War II.  Starting as an enlisted man and rising through the ranks to become a  captain and company commander, Daly’s devotion to his men and his  determination to live up to the ideals taught to him by his father led  him to extraordinary acts of bravery on behalf of others, resulting in  three Silver Stars, a Bronze Star with “V” attachment for valor, two  Purple Hearts, and finally, the Medal of Honor.\u003cbr\u003eHistorian Stephen J. Ochs mined archives and special collections and  conducted numerous personal interviews with Daly, his family and  friends, and the men whom he commanded and with whom he served. The  result is a carefully constructed, in-depth portrait of a warrior-hero  who found his life’s deepest purpose, both during and after the war, in  selfless service to others. After a period of post-war drift, Daly  finally escaped the “hero’s cage” and found renewed purpose through  family and service. He became a board member at St. Vincent’s Hospital  in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he again assumed the role of defender  and guardian by championing the cause of the indigent poor and the  terminally ill, earning the sobriquet, “conscience of the hospital.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Cause Greater than Self: The Journey of Captain Michael J. Daly, World War II Medal of Honor Recipient\u003c\/i\u003e  is at once a unique, father-son wartime saga, a coming-of-age  narrative, and the tale of a heroic man’s struggle to forge a new and  meaningful postwar life. Daly’s story also highlights the crucial role  played by platoon and company infantry officers in winning both major  battles like those on D-Day and in lesser-known campaigns such as those  of the Colmar Pocket and in south-central Germany, further reinforcing  the debt that Americans owe to them—especially those whose selfless  courage merited the Medal of Honor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Texas A\u0026M University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174548324592,"sku":"9781603448031","price":26.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781603448031_p0.jpg?v=1763830416","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781603448031","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}