{"product_id":"why-9781982265205","title":"Why","description":"was born in an old, wooden, two-story hospital in Carrollton, Georgia, in 1949. Some years later it burned to the ground. For the first eleven years of my life, I lived in Bremen, Georgia. I was the oldest child of Alvin and Doris Patterson. Dad and Mother got married soon after Dad returned from Europe in 1946, where he'd served as a .30 machine gunner in the Tenth Mountain Division during World War ll. He was involved in three major battles and received a Presidential Unit Citation and a Bronze Star for saving the lives of many of his company after they were pinned down by a German machine-gun nest. Risking his life, Dad ran for high ground, carrying his machine gun and belts of ammo, which would normally have been a two-man job. He was able take out the machine-gun nest, allowing the company to advance up the mountain they were trying to take control of. Keep in mind that he was a nineteen-year-old country boy from Georgia, who had never been out of Carroll or Haralson counties until just a few months before.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Balboa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50382851408146,"sku":"9781982265205","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2904fdcd-3ca5-47a5-a425-d5be1878e77f.jpg?v=1728772725","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/why-9781982265205","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}