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This 3 page paper discusses the book "No Greater Sacrifice, No Greater Love" by Walker Ford Carter. Bibliography list 2 sources.
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he never knew, but who became vitally important to him. Discussion Carters father, Elmer Norval Carter, "was a family doctor in West Virginia who volunteered for the Army" (About the
book). He was killed by a sniper while he was trying to rescue a wounded soldier (About the book). When Carters mother found out his father was dead, it was
a traumatic experience, so much so that she never married again or even dated anyone else (About the book). However, after she died, Carter found letters that his father had
written to her; the letters spanned an immense space of time, from their grade school years (they were childhood sweethearts) up to the time he was killed in France (About
the book). Nearly 50 years after the end of WWII, two men go to try to "retrace a heros footsteps"; the two were Carters son Walter and the man
Carter had died to save (About the book). The book uses Dr. Carters letters to give readers a portrait of a decent man caught up in the agony of war.
They are also a diary of sorts, showing readers how Carters thinking changes as he goes through the horrific experience of battle. On December 1, 1942, he wrote that he
was "at peace with myself & with God. It seems to me that we are doing what is right; that we are sincerely fighting for something worth while-the right for
individual peace and happiness" (Dr. Carters letters). On December 16, he talks about how comfortably situated they are, "thanks to the British, & everyone is quite friendly" (Dr. Carters letters).
They are going to a reception given by the Lord Mayor, and he is moved to pity by the cheerful nature of the people in the face of what theyd
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