HIGGINS, DAVID R.

The Roer River Battles Germany's Stand at the Westwall 1944-45

Philadelphia, PA: Casemate Publishers, 2010. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1935149296. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "During World War II, Operation Grenade was the crossing of the Roer river between Roermond and Düren by the U. S. Ninth Army, commanded by Lieutenant General William Hood Simpson, in February 1945, which marked the beginning of the Allied invasion of Germany. On 9 February, the U. S. Ninth Army—operating under Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery's Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group since the Battle of the Bulge—was to cross the Roer and link up with the Canadian First Army, under Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar, coming from the Nijmegen area of the Netherlands in Operation Veritable, which had started at 05: 00 on 8 February. However, once the Canadians had advanced, the Germans opened the sluice gates of upstream dams (Rur Dam and Urft Dam). This stopped the Americans from crossing as planned. It had been anticipated that the Germans would try to do this, and that General Omar Bradley's U. S. 12th Army Group could capture them in time to stop the flooding. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 41379

Catalogue: World War II

Keywords: 1935149296 World War II David R. Higgins Westwall Roer River Battle

HINCKLEY, TED C.

War, Wings, and a Western Youth 1925-1945

Raleigh, NC: Pentland Press, Inc, 1996. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1571970096. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has two small edge tears to the top front panel. "Ted C. Hinckley was born in New York City in 1925 and received his public school education in Pasadena, CA. He fought with the United States Navy’s Torpedo Squadron 6 during World War II. Hinckley received his BA from Claremont McKenna College, graduating in its first four-year class in 1950. While there he married Scripps student Caryl Chesmore to whom he remained happily devoted for over fifty years. Hinckley later received a BS from Northwest Missouri State University and then an MA from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Hinckley was awarded a PhD in History from Indiana University in 1961. Hinckley taught History at San Jose State University for thirty-one years. During and after his tenure at the university, Hinckley traveled the globe with teaching assignments in Europe, Latin America, Alaska, Micronesia, and as a Fulbright lecturer at the University of Gadja Mada in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Hinckley and his wife happily retired to Lake Whatcom near Bellingham, WA. During his retirement, he spent many years as a shipboard history teacher with United States Navy's PACE program. Among Hinckley's publications are diverse anthologies and three scholarly volumes on America's nineteenth century Alaskan frontier. He also wrote many scripts and screenplays, as well as a children’s book." (archives West). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 39044

Catalogue: World War II

Keywords: 1571970096 World War II Ted C. Hinckley Biography Aviation World war II

HYNES, SAMUEL

Flights of Passage Reflections of a World War II Aviator

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1988. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 087021215X. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Samuel Hynes was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the University of Minnesota and Columbia University. Hynes served as a Marine Corps pilot from 1943 until 1946 and in 1952 and 1953. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He discussed his experiences as a pilot in the documentary series The War by Ken Burns (2007). Burns interviewed Hynes again for The Vietnam War (2017) , where Hynes discussed his experiences at Northwestern University during its anti-Vietnam War protests. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 42677

Catalogue: World War II

Keywords: 087021215X World War II Samuel Hynes Naval Aviators The Navy Aviation Planes Bombers Bomber Pilots

JOY, DEAN P.

Sixty Days in Combat an Infantryman's Memoir of World War II in Europe

New York: Presidio Press /Random House, 2004. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0891418393. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed, with an inscription by the author, on the front endpaper. This is a larger than trade sized paperback. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 42520

Catalogue: World War II

Keywords: 0891418393 World War II Dean P. Joy Infantry Combat

KOENIG, WILLIAM

Over the Hump Airlift to China (Campaign Book No. 23)

New York: Ballantine Books, 1972. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 034509770X. Trade PB. B&W Photographs; This is a trade sized papeback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light bumping and wear to the bottom edge of the book covers , along with some light fading to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. "Japanese forces held all important points in eastern China, including cities, railways, rivers, and ports. From 1937 to 1941, Nationalist China was resupplied from Russian Turkestan, with the goods passing through Sinkiang on the ancient Silk Road. That route, however, was closed down when the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact with Japan in April 1941. Chiang’s only remaining way to obtain strategic supplies from the outside world was through British-controlled Burma. War materiel and munitions passed from the port at Rangoon to the railhead at Lashio. There began the Burma Road, winding about 700 arduous miles across the Himalaya Mountains to Kunming. To get over the high passes, trucks took a perilous course. Drivers had to negotiate several miles of hairpin turns for every mile of forward progress. Protecting the Burma Road was one of the main reasons China had recruited Claire L. Chennault and his American Volunteer Group, the renowned Flying Tigers." (from Air Force Magazine (Oct. 1,2009). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 43015

Catalogue: World War II

Keywords: 034509770X World War II William Koenig Over The Hump Ballantine's Illustrated History Of The Violent Century

LECH, RAYMOND B.

All the Drowned Sailors

New York: Stein & Day Publishers, 1982. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 9999959369. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and rubbing to the edges. "In July 1945, Indianapolis completed a top-secret high-speed trip to deliver parts of Little Boy, the first nuclear weapon ever used in combat, to the United States Army Air Force Base on the island of Tinian, and subsequently departed for the Philippines on training duty. At 0015 on 30 July, the ship was torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58, and sank in 12 minutes. Of 1,195 crewmen aboard, approximately 300 went down with the ship. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 40252

Catalogue: World War II

Keywords: 9999959369 Ships & Sailing Raymond B. Lech The Indianapolis World War II Ship Wrecks Disasters Ships & Sailing

LONG, EVERETT A. & I. SHABALIANA & O. MIKHAYLOVA & TATIANA LONG REZNIK

Cobras over the Tundra

Reno, NV: Arktika Pub, 2001. 2nd Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 0963457810. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed, with a short inscription, by the author, on the title page. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The text pages are clean and bright. "The route was developed in 1942 for several reasons. Initially, the 7th Ferrying Group, Ferrying Command, United States Army Air Corps (later Air Transport Command) at Gore Field (Great Falls Municipal Airport) was ordered to organize and develop an air route to send assistance to the Soviet Union through Northern Canada, across Alaska and the Bering Sea to Siberia, and eventually over to the Eastern Front. The US-Canadian Permanent Joint Board on Defense decided in the autumn of 1940 that a string of airports should be constructed at Canadian expense between the city of Edmonton in central Alberta and the Alaska-Yukon border. Late in 1941 the Canadian government reported that rough landing fields had been completed." (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Near Fine .

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Book number: 42925

Catalogue: World War II

Keywords: 0963457810 World War II Everett Long Tatiana Long Alaska-siberia Route 7th Ferrying Group Alaskan Tundra Signed Edition

MACFADDEN PUBLICATIONS, INC.

Liberty (Magazine) Sept. 5, 1942

New York: MacFadden Publications, Inc, 1942. Magazine. B&W and Color Illustrations; The magazine is in Very Good condition and has illustrated paper covers and a stapled spine. The spine ends and corners have some light edge wear , rubbing, and several small nicks and chips missing. The text pages are clean and bright. Articles include: America Fights, World Affairs (by Leonard Engel and A. Leidenfrost) , Henry Ford talks about War - and your Future, Jungle Gold (part I by Oscar Schisgal) , The Wild Party by Charles Bonner, How Long Is a Second by Paul Ernst, Three Strikes by John De Long Leinbach, Night at the Narrows by Arthur Gordon, and more.. Very Good .

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Book number: 36465

Catalogue: World War II

Keywords: World War II Macfadden Publications, Inc. Liiberty Magazine Henry Ford

MAKOS, ADAM

Spearhead an American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II

New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 2019. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0804176728. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The bottom spine end of the book cover have some light bumping and one tiny nick. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean.. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 47076

Catalogue: World War II

Keywords: 0804176728 World War II Adam Makos Tank Warfare Third Reich Tank Gunner

U. S. MARINES

U.S. Marine Pictorial Service: When the Battle Fleet Comes East Recruiting Poster

San Francisco, CA: U. S. Marine Corps, 1934. Poster. Small poster (13" x 14" ) for the U. S. Marine Pictorial Service. A recruiting poster from 1934. This poster comes from the Marine Corps Recruiting station at 100 Harrison St, San Francisco. This poster is in Good only condition. There are a couple of small tears to the top edge of the poster. The bottom left corner (facing front) has tidemarking / foxing (about 3" long x 2" tall at the highest). There is a poke/ tear with some wrinkling to the left edge by the center. "In 1925 NPG moved to the newly constructed Marine Corps warehouse building in the industrial section of San Francisco, at 100 Harrison St.. Signals from Washington and Honolulu were piped into NPG from the receiver station at South San Francisco. Receivers, and antennas on the roof, were installed in the building for the San Diego, Puget Sound, Direction· Finder Stations, and the ship-shore circuits. Operating positions for duplex operation of the Washington and Honolulu circuits and for the other circuits were located arund a large room with desks for the traffic chief, supervisor, and local delivery clerk." (NavCommsta website). Good .

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Book number: 42855

Catalogue: World War II

Keywords: Ephemera U. S. Marines Recruiting Poster World War II U.S. Navy

MATZ, ONAS P.

History of the 2nd Ferrying Group, Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, New Castle Army Air Base, Wilmington, Delaware

Seattle, WA: Modet Enterprises, 1993. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0963565206. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book is in clean, bright condition. There is one very small spot of rubbing to the top rear spine end. The dust jacket has several smallish edge tears, along with one semi-closed tear to the top front edge that's approximately 2" in length. "Air Transport Command (ATC) was a United States Air Force unit that was created during World War II as the strategic airlift component of the United States Army Air Forces. It had two main missions, the first being the delivery of supplies and equipment between the United States and the overseas combat theaters; the second was the ferrying of aircraft from the manufacturing plants in the United States to where they were needed for training or for operational use in combat. ATC also operated a worldwide air transportation system for military personnel. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 42927

Catalogue: World War II

Keywords: 0963565206 World War II

MAUROIS, ANDRE

Tragedy in France an Eyewitness Account By Andre Maurois

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940. 6th Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some fading and bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's penciled name on the front pastedown. This copy has been signed by the author on the front endpaper. The price clipped dust jacket has edge wear, small edge tears, nicks and chips missing, and some spots of ground-in dirt and rubbing. There is noticeable fading to the spine of the book. "André Maurois (born Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog; 26 July 1885 – 9 October 1967) was a French author...During World War I he joined the French army and served as an interpreter and later a liaison officer with the British army. His first novel, Les silences du colonel Bramble, was a witty and socially realistic account of that experience. It was an immediate success in France. It was translated and became popular in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries as The Silence of Colonel Bramble. Many of his other works have also been translated into English, as they often dealt with British people or topics, such as his biographies of Disraeli, Byron, and Shelley." ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 33386

Catalogue: World War II

Keywords: World War II Andre Maurois France Signed Editions Memoirs Reminiscences World war II

AIR MINISTRY / UNITED KINGDOM AIR MINISTRY

Coastal Command the Air Ministry Account of the Part Played By Coastal Command in the Battle of the Seas 1939 - 1942

London, England: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1942. Trade Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 011708347X. B&W Illustrations; This is a paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean condition. There is noticeable slanting to the spine of the book. The front spine joint has been reglued, and there is a chip missing from the bottom spine end. The text pages are clean and bright. "RAF Coastal Command was a formation within the Royal Air Force (RAF). Founded in 1936, it was to act as the RAF maritime arm, after the Fleet Air Arm became part of the Royal Navy in 1937. Naval aviation was neglected in the inter-war period, 1919–1939, and as a consequence the service did not receive the resources it needed to develop properly or efficiently. This continued until the outbreak of the Second World War, during which it came to prominence. Owing to the Air Ministry's concentration on RAF Fighter Command and RAF Bomber Command, Coastal Command was often referred to as the "Cinderella Service", a phrase first used by the First Lord of the Admiralty at the time A V Alexander. Its primary task was to protect convoys from the German Kriegsmarine's U-boat force. It also protected Allied shipping from the aerial threat posed by the Luftwaffe. The main operations of Coastal Command were defensive, defending supplies lines in the various theatres of war, most notably the battle of the Atlantic." (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .

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Book number: 39493

Catalogue: World War II

Keywords: 011708347X World War II United Kingdom Admiralty United Kingdom Coastal Command England Aviation Aeronautics / Astronautics World war II

U. S. EMERGENCY MANAGMENT OFFICE

"How Steel Is Made" Poster

Washington, D. C.: U. S. Emergency Managment Office, 1942. 1st Printing. Poster. Color Illustrations; This poster is in Very Good+ condition. The poster is 20" x 36" in size. There are a couple of small tears to the creases and a couple of small holes / partial holes to the bottom edge of the poster, at the vertical crease. "The poster explains how scrap metal is converted into steel for the war effort. The border of the poster is made up of 27 yellow boxes. In each box is an illustration of a household or industrial that item the can be recycled for the military. Examples that are provided in the office include 1,000 light bulbs can be turned into four compasses; one wash pail can be turned into three bayonets; and one copper kettle can be turned into 84 rounds of ammunition for a rifle. In the center of the poster in red type are the words: “How steel is made. ” The words are printed over the red and yellow blaze from a blast furnace. Underneath the title of the poster are a dozen black and white drawings showing the process of making steel from start to finish; from unloading a boat of steel ore to completing a part in a machine shop. The colors of yellow and red are used in the drawings to represent hot steel. Underneath drawings of how steel is made is a drawing of the final products, which are lines of planes, tanks, trucks and cannons with a battleship in the background. Red bars run across the top and the bottom of the poster. The bar on top is has no text, but the bar at the bottom has yellow type that reads: “Half of every tank, gun, ship and submarine is made from scrap steel. ” (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 44996

Catalogue: World War II

Keywords: World War II U. S. Emergency Management Office Steel Production Scrap Steel World War II Equipment Propaganda

U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

Till We Meet Again - Buy War Bonds

Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1942. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Poster. Illustrated by Joseph Hirsch. Color Illustrations; This is an original World War II poster, sized 22" x 28". The poster is in Very Good+ condition and has only the slightest tinge of toning to the very edges of the reverse of the poster. The verso (illustrated side) is clean and bright. There are a couple of tiny nicks / beginning tears to a couple of the creases. This poster is by Joseph Hirsch and has the designation: Government Printing Office - 1942 - O 491735 - WSS 645-A on the bottom edge of the verso.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 44886

Catalogue: World War II

Keywords: World War II Posters U. S. Government Printing Office World War II Ephemera Joseph Hirsch Propaganda