Joseph E. Garland, author of over 20 books, and a venerable “old soldier” from the US 45th Infantry Division, is 85 years old today. Since meeting Joe 15 years ago, OBS has republished one of his books, The Gloucester Guide, and today continues to serve as “catalyst” in getting his WWII platoon’s story,Unknown Soldiers, published, whether that will be on paper, on the Web, or both. He started writing the memoir in 1943 when he was 20, not long after taking a leave of absence from Harvard to pick up a gun, join the Infantry, and go off to Europe to fight the Nazis. The book includes the many stories and perspectives of others in his Intelligence & Reconnaissance platoon, following their path up the boot of Italy and on to the liberation of Dachau …