{"product_id":"a-dangerous-assignment-9780811734851","title":"A Dangerous Assignment","description":"\u003cli\u003eRare memoir of a risky job performed by relatively few troops\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eHonest and observant narrative describes the good, bad, and ugly of the war\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCovers World War II's closing months in eastern France and Germany\u003cp\u003eCpl. Bill Hanford had one of the U.S. Army's most dangerous jobs in World War II: artillery forward observer (FO). Tasked with calling in heavy fire on the enemy, FOs accompanied infantrymen into combat, crawled into no-man's-land, and ascended observation posts like hills and ridges to find their targets. But beyond the usual perils of ground combat, FOs were specially targeted by the enemy because of their crucial role in directing artillery fire. Hanford spent much of his time fighting in the Vosges Mountains in eastern France and then in Germany in late 1944 and early 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stackpole Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811734851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.01w x 0.65d","brand":"William B. Hanford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52259537748149,"sku":"9780811734851","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_82727436-fb76-401f-afe9-46dff17aa23c.jpg?v=1771342061","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-dangerous-assignment-9780811734851","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}