Red and green cover with 1 and running soldier sillouitte on front carrying an M1 Garand. Cover hs some tears, but is attached to clean contents. Center is color Map of "The Big Red One's" battles throughout Europe. This booklet contains a brief outline of the "Fighting First" division achievements. This is a copy that the soldiers could send home and has censor clearing stamp in front and place for autographs (none given) in back. Covers engagements from Africa, Sicily, U.K., D-Day Normandy, Soissons, Sigrfied Barrier, Aachen, Hurtgen Forest, The Ardennes, The Roer, THe Rhinelind, The race th... View More...
Paperback with many photos and illustrations. The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and some initial production aircraft were laid down as export models designated as various LB-30s, in the Land Bomber design category. The B-24 was used extensively in World War II. It served in every branch of the American armed forces as well as several Allied air forces and navies. It saw use in every theater of operations. Along with the B-17, the B-24 was the mainstay of the ... View More...
Book in very good condition. Some browning to text block edges. Dust has chips, but now in protective mylar cover. "It was an accurate account of actual events. I learned a lot about the battles of Holland." Reviewer. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages View More...
Blue cover, gilt print. Book and dust in as new condition. Dust in mylar protective cover. The author's experiences during WWII were unique as a member of the Special Engineering forces as they were involved in all four of the D-day assaults in the Army against all four nations the Americans fought in WWII. "Sam Daugherty landed in Normandy at 9:30 a.m. on D-Day with the 531st Engineers. He wrote 200 pages for his family but did not live to see it published" . Sam was "one of the Greatest Generation" who with tens of thousands others helped forge the freedom that America (and the countries he... View More...
Nice Copy!; Book looks new. Dust has rub to top front. "This comprehensive encyclopedia of the struggle in Eastern Europe covers virtually every angle of this conflict from complete order of battles of all nations involved, whether it be army group, army, corp, or division. There is a biographical section on leading commanders of. Both sides, a section on every type of weapon system involved (aircraft, howitzer, mortar, every type of gun, AFV, etc) ". Review ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 512 pages View More...
Part I, Pamphlet No 4, Appreciations, Orders, Messages, and IntercommunicationThe numbered pamphlet that is part of the corded book given to military personnel by the British Army. Three hole punched to fit the book. Most say not to be taken to the trenches, not to be published, or not to be allowed to fall into enemy hands. A rare piece of WWII memorabilia. Book now in archival sleeve to protect condition. Original World War II publication. Scarce.; Field Service Pocket Book; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 32 pages View More...
Cover may have soiling due to age and storage. Cover seperating at spine. A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to engage in minesweeping. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, waterways are maintained clear for safe shipping.; Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 62 pages View More...
This copy is an original not a facsimile. Cover may have soiling due to age and storage This is a paperback book, probably never issued as hardback. This book is protected by an archival quality sleeve to maintain present condition.; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 95 pages View More...
Cover is tattered and have soiling due to age and storage. This book is protected by an archival quality sleeve to maintain present condition. The unit first activated on 10 June 1944 in the United States, being commanded by Lieutenant General Robert Eichelberger. The Eighth Army took part in many of the amphibious landings in the Southwest Pacific Theater of World War II, eventually participating in no less than sixty of them. The first mission of the Eighth Army, in September 1944, was to take over from the U.S. Sixth Army in New Guinea, New Britain, the Admiralty Islands and on Morotai, in ... View More...
Book has small former owners signiture in front. Dust not price clipped. Stated First Printing. From the Preface: Marcel Jullian has carefully reconstructed the story of the Battle of Britain from a mass of factual evidence, from minute-to-minute accounts of the fighting, from a careful examination of Winston Churchill's three "official" crucial days: August 15, September 15 and September 27, as well as a thorough examination of three less well known days when decisions and mistakes - not combat - determined the outcome of the Battle: May 16, when Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding prevent the dis... View More...
Red hardcover. Signed on half title page by author no inscription just his signature. Has former owners name and stamp in front of book on first end paper (not on page signed by author). Dust has been price clipped otherwise book and dust clean and bright. Dust is in mylar cover for protection. Author was son of former mayor of Warsaw and had same name. He served in the underground fighting Nazi occupation from age 12-15. The author kept a journal during his time as a freedom fighter in Warsaw and thirty-three years later transcribed it into this book along with more than 150 photos which he ... View More...
Nice Copy!; Green hardcover with gold lettering. Dust in very good condition. This edition published in 1978 by Book club Associates by arrangement with Macdonald and Jane's Limited. Maps and diagrams by Alec Spark. Printed in Great Britain. Includes an extensive bibliography and index. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages View More...
Hardcover not a reprint. Black cloth cover with red and white print. Dust looks almost new and now in mylar protective coating. Price not clipped. "A very readable and well researched biography. It provides extensive information about the real role of this man during the war. "The Secretary" is definitely worth reading to those interested in just how the highest levels of power in the Third Reich operated." Reviewer. ; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 430 pages View More...
Dust not price clipped. Former owner signature neatly written in front of book. "ommel harbored serious reservations about Hitler. But he was above all obedient and faithful to the military code. That kept him from as he said "being disloyal." But finally he could not take it any longer and he broke his code of honor and supported the plan to remove Hitler." Reviewer.; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 262 pages View More...
Stated first edition. Former owners name neatly written in front. "The Blast of War" is a personal, remarkably fresh account of how the Second World War was fought and won on the political front. In London, North Africa, Italy, and Greece, Harold Macmillan was in the center of great events and on intimate terms with the giant personalities who forged the Allied victory: Churchill, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, De Gaulle, Tito.; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 623 pages View More...
Red cover with white lettering. Rare. Cover may have soiling due to age and storage Book now in archival sleeve to protect condition .; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 34 pages View More...
This is an original paperback book, not a reprint and never issued as hardback. Cover may be somewhat tattered and have soiling due to age and storage This book is protected by an archival quality sleeve to maintain present condition. Original World War II publication. Scarce.; American Forces in Action Series; Photographs, Maps, & Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 214 pages View More...
Book and dust new. Dust has Mylar cover. Signed by several heros of WWII. Includes: Medal of Honor winner Hershel W. Williams from Iowa Jima,From the Band of Brothers Jim "Pee Wee" Martin, and Don Jakeway (101st Airborne) with Don Malarky and Al Mampre (506th Parachute Infantry Regiment), Sid Phillips and Art Staymato (1st Marine Division), and Ned Paluch (Normandy). Seller obtained these signatures personally at a show in Ohio. "This lavishly illustrated companion to the September PBS documentary series reduces the American side of WWII to the local and personal. Documentarian Burns (The Civ... View More...
Signed by Hershel "Woody" Williams a Medal of Honor winner who served at Iwo Jima. "Once the Marianas fell, the U.S. wasted no time in building five airbases there in order to send the Superfortresses, the B-29s, over the Japanese home islands to bomb factories and large cities. On Iwo Jima, the Japanese maintained an airbase and a radar system. Situated half way between the Marianas and Japan, Japanese fighters were sent aloft to harass the B-29s both coming and going on their runs. The radar afforded the enemy a two-hour advance warning of the bombing raids. Iwo was taken to put an end to t... View More...
