The year is 1942 and Porter Osborne, Jr., is safely ensconced in medical
school. He is physically safe, although taunted by the beckoning finger
of Uncle Sam. Haunted by the family motto, "Remember who you are, "
Porter wrestles with a flood of conflicting emotions. A year later, the
conflicts still unresolved, he is an elisted man in the U.S. Army. In
the face of incomprehensible delays and inefficiency, he wonders how
America will ever prevail in the world war. Surgical Technician PFC
Porter Osborne finally lands at Omaha Beach and joins the Allied fight
against Germany.
The final novel in the trilogy that began with "Run with the Horsemen"
and "The Whisper of the River," "When all the World Was Young" continues
the story of young Porter Osborne with the supreme wit and wisdom that
readers have come to expect from the intimitable Ferrol Sams.