Author: RAPPORT, LEONARD AND ARTHUR NORTHWOOD JR.
Title: Rendezvous with Destiny, a History of the 101st Airborne Division (Active Division Chapter By Judson J. Connor) Enlarged Edition
Description: Greenville, TX: 101st Airborne Division Association, 1972. Second Edition. Hardcover. B & W & Maps; 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 2 1/2"; xxix, 830 pages; Hardcover has a white spine with black box with gold lettering on spine. Light rubbing, scuffing, bumping to boards. DJ has shelfwear, rubbing, sunning, scuffing, closed tears at top of spine; in a mylar cover. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with b/w pictures and 107 b/w maps. 'Originally published in 1948 by The Infantry Journal Press, this is the official unit history for the 101st Airborne Division in World War II. The 101st Airborne Division was activated in 1942 and fought in France (D-Day and Normandy) , Holland, Belgium and central Germany. ' Only publication date is 1948, but from internal information, this copy is printed on or after 1972. Laid in is a page showing the Airborne logo, drawn by Bill Day, of the Detroit Free Press. 9 appendices at the rear of the book. Extra heavy/ 3.5#. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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