This is the official website of Cape Ann historian, World War II veteran, and author Joseph E. Garland. He brings to his literature the passion and in-depth knowledge only found through first-hand experience � from the rising swells of the Atlantic, to the halls of the teaching hospital, to the front lines of the 45th Infantry Division in World War II. Over the course of the past half century, Joe Garland's more than 20 books have been met with rave reviews. His most recent,