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What makes 2nd Lieutenant Phil Larimores story special is what happened in World War IIs closing days and the peopleand horseshe interacted with in his Forrest Gumplike tale that is emotional heartbreaking and inspiringGrowing up in the 1930s in Memphis Tennessee Phil Larimore is the ultimate Boy Scoutable to read maps put a compass to good use and traverse wild swamps and desolate canyons His other great skill is riding horsesPhil does poorly in school however leading his parents to send him to a military academy After Pearl Harbor Phil realizes he is destined for war Three weeks before his eighteenth birthday he becomes the youngest candidate to ever graduate from Officer Candidate School OCS at Fort Benning GeorgiaLanding on the Anzio beachhead in February 1944 Phil is put in charge of an Ammunition Pioneer Platoon in the 3rd Infantry Division Their job deliver ammunition to the frontline foxholesa dangerous assignment involving regular forays into No Mans LandAs Phil fights his way up the Italian boot into Southern France and across the Rhine River into Germany he is caught up in some of the most intense combat ever But its what happens in the final stages of the war and his homecoming that makes Phils story incredibly special and heartwarmingAn emotional tale of courage daring and heroism At First Light will remind you of the indomitable human spirit that lives in all of us