All came home
By: Paul K. McDevitt ; foreword by William O. Miller
Edition: [First edition].
Publisher: Publish Pros
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Charleston, South Carolina]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780986341007; 9780986341021
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Biography; Veterans; American Personal narratives; American Naval operations; Amphibious operations; Campaigns; Military campaigns; Naval Military operations; American
Other titles: 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. This 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. He 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? A 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? At 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.