Stories of Faith & Courage from World War II: Battlefields & Blessings

Larkin Spivey is a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War and a retired Marine Corps officer. He commanded infantry and reconnaissance units in combat as well as being trained in parachute, submarine, and Special Forces operations. He was with the blockade force during the Cuban Missile Crisis and served President Nixon in the White House. As a faculty member at The Citadel, he taught courses in U.S. military history, a subject of life long personal and professional interest. He is the author of God in the Trenches and Miracles of the American Revolution. He now writes full time and resides in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with his wife, Lani, and their four children. He is a lay eucharistic minister of the Episcopal Church and is actively involved in the Cursillo renewal movement and the Luis Palau Evangelistic Association.

Jocelyn Green is an award-winning freelance writer and editor and an active member of the Evangelical Press Association. The wife of a former Coast Guard officer, she is also the author (along with contributing writers) of Faith Deployed: Daily Encouragement for Military Wives. Her numerous freelance clients include magazines such as Christianity Today, InSite, Today’s Christian, and Today’s Pentecostal Evangel. Jocelyn and her family live in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Battlefields & Blessings: Stories of Faith & Courage from World War II‘s first purpose is to strengthen the faith of its readers by showing the power of others’ faith under the most extreme circumstances imaginable. This is accomplished through 365 one-page stories from America’s greatest conflict presented in a daily devotional format with relevant scripture readings for each day of the year.

Additionally, the book presents a unique and concise history of World War II with summaries, maps, and photographs of the major campaigns of the war. On this level, the individual stories provide insights into the war and combat not found in typical historical accounts.