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• Very Good gold embossed green wraps.

• The Franklin County Pioneer Association, Columbus, Ohio May 13, 1924
• One illustration of the Memorial
• Light foxing, some chips and wear to wraps
• 26 pages,5 1/4" x 8".
• "In Memory of Soldiers of the War of 1812 who served from Franklin County - Second Division, Fourth Brigade- and those who served elsewhere, and later became residents of this County and were buried here."
• Lists soldiers, patrons, and various speeches given at the dedication of the Memorial
• Item No: UN1 Price: $75.00

• About Good in bright blue cloth bindings.
• Published by The Thirth-seventh Division Veterans Association, Columbus, Ohio 1926.
• Illustrated with many photographs of people and places.
• Both volumes have broken hinges, spotting on covers and missing endpapers. Sold With All Faults.
• Vol I 404 pages, Vol II 725 pages w/Honor Roll list of members who died in service abroad.
• "By September......we were ready to adopt the program of machine gun construction that would keep pace with our needs, no matter what numbers of troops we might equip for battle. As a foundation for the machine-gun program in September 1917, we place the following ordrs: 1500 water-cooled Browning machine guns with the Remington arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co., of Bridgeport, Conn.; 5000 Browning aircraft machine guns with the Marlin-Rockwell Corporation, of New Haven, Conn.; and 20000 Browning automatic rifles with the Marling Rockwell Corporation."
• "Sixteen carrier pigeons were assigned to each infantry retiment to be distributed as directed by regimental commanders and to "remain in the possession of the regiments until the final objective has been reached, unless they have been used after all other means of communication have failed."
• Item No: UN14 Price: $115.00

• Very Good in Red Cloth Binding, gold lettering and device.
• Published by Battery "D" History Committee, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A. 1921.
• Numerous photographs, and fold out photographs of the unit at various times.
• Corners and edges show shelf wear.
• 163 pages, ads. Includes Roster of men from April 16th, 1917, until April 16th, 1919, 9 1/4" x 12 1/4".
• "On November 11, 1918, at 10:59 A.M. the order, "Cease Firing," was given. Up to this time this Battery had been making history. For the benefit of the past and present membership of the Battery and their friends and in order to enable them to have in future years, in printed from, a record of the Battery and its part in the great World War, which has just come to a successful close, the Battery commander directs that such a record be compiled." John H. Kline, Captain 134th Field Artillery.
• "It was at this point that we crossed the famous "Hindenburg Line" which the "Yands" had taken in wat was know as the St. Mihiel drive. We camped on the road all that day and at five in the afternoon the first platoon,......" Ibid
• Item No: UN 19 Price: $85.00

• Very Good, soft leather wraps, gold embossed lettering.

• The Book Committee, printed by J. P. Bachem, Cologne, Germany.
• This little book is loaded with photographs of persons, & places, as well as cartoons by H. D. Marsh, Gardenston et al.
• One & 1/2" of upper spine is loose, edges are worn, and book is slightly warped.
• 148 pages, 6" X 8"
• No place, 1919, #513-301.1919
• "This book, written while in Germany as Members of the American Army of Occupation, is intended as a memento of the days and nights spent together, whether in barracks, trench, dugout or wine shop."
• Four parts: Preparation; The work, list of participants; Scenes of Here & There; The Army as viewed by the cartoonists.
• Item No: UN2 Price: $65.00

• Very Good, Green Cloth Binding, Gold lettered backstrip.

• Published by Act of the Legislature, 1919 Session, 1928.
• 6 Illustrations, portraits of Gov. Horace F. Graham, Col. Fred B. Thomas, Corp. Leonard A. Lord, Sgt. William R. Knapp, Admiral Henry T. Mayo, and Capt. Philip V. Sherman.
• App 3" circumference stain to back cover, light wear to extremities.
• 759 pages.
• "Chapters include 101st Ammunition Train, 102nd Machine Gun Battalion, The Fourth Division In France, North See Mine Barrage, The Marines Enter The War, Subchasers and Submarrines.
• Appendix: Deocrations, Vermont Casualties, Killed and Wounded, Numerical Record of Vermont Soldiers and Sailors by Organizaionts and Battle Participation.
• Item No: UN 8 Price: $42.00

• Very Good in Red Cloth Binding, Black lettering.
• The research and writing of this book were made possible by a grant from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
• Illustrations: Photographs and maps.
• Page 5 has a wrinkle, o/w clean sound and tight.
• 252 pages w/index Enpapers are map of Tunisia. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4"
• "The personal story of a commander of the 13th Armored Regiment, of C C B, 1st Armored Division, and of the Armored School during World War II"
• "The initial German successes deceived most intelligence officers, including me. No intelligence officer would have believed then that Germany had invaded Russia without having prepared for a winter campaign. Later, Russian successes were equally deceptive." ibid
• Item No: UN 16 Price: $85.00

• Very Good, Colored paper wraps.

• Historical Division, War Department, Washington, D. C. First Issued 25 November 1943
• 12 pull out maps, with various photographic illustrations, and line drawings.
• Some chipping and wrinkling to wraps edges
• 80 pages, plus maps.6" x 9".
• Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: None
• "..is the first of a series called AMERICAN FORCES IN ACTION, prepared at the suggestion of General of the Army George C. Marshall, former Cheif of Staff....designed for military personel only and primarily for wounded soldiers in hospitals to tell them the military story of the campaigns and battles in which they served..."
• Item No: UN4 Price: $32.00

• Fine in maroon hardcover with gold-embossed printing, circa 1946
• The Comet Press, New York
• Photographs
• Light shelf wear to lower extremities.
• 164 pages, (87 leaves Dornbusch 1950:1089, Smith:9958) 9 x 12 1/4"
• "This, the 31st Naval Construction Battalion Cruise Book, has been prepared in the hope that it will bring back to all men who have been attached to the battalion recollections of interesting and important events." Commander W. C. G. Church CEC, USN
• "When the battle breaks out you no longer ask questions, you do not indulge in petty griping. You simply do your job, for all you are worth. You are scared to death, and at the same time, you think you ought to be on the front lines along with those other guys who are doing more than their share. Yet you know that somebody has to work behind the lines, and that they cannot carry on without you." Ibid
• Item No: UN 18 Price: $225.00

• Good in Decorated Paper covered boards, Tan cloth backstrip. Germany 1946 First Edition
• Publishes by the Board of Directors of the 7th Infantry Division Officiers' Association.
• Illustrations: Black & White photographs, and two colored maps.
• Backstrip splitting along hinge, inner hinges cracking, some soil & spotting on covers, light foxing.
• 249 pages, 9 1/2" X 12 1/2" Includes Honor Roll, Killed in Action, Missing in Action, Awards & Medals.
• "When the 76th went to war the first time, after activation at Camp Devens, Ayer, Massachusetts, in September of 1917, it was not the streamlined triangular division we know today."..."It was the first National Army division to be drawn from civilian ranks, with most of the personnel coming from the New England area."
• The division was officially deactivated 31 August 1945 at Hof, Germany.
• Item No: UN 21 Price: $140.00

• Very Good, pictorial paper covered boards.

• Published by 83rd Division I & E Section C. D. Philos Major Inf. First Edition
• Illustrations: Photographs, and fold out colored maps.
• Lower front hinge broken, 1" strips gone from backstrip, contents sound and tight.
• 119 pages with statistics.
• Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: None.
• "Contents include Dedication, Message of Commanding General, Training, In the UK, Hell, Hedgrows and Heinies, Battering Brittan's Bastions, Those 20 Thousand, Liberationg Luxembourg.
• Salute to the services, Decorations and awards, Commendations and Citations, Statistics and Attached and supporting units.
• Item No: UN 11 Price: $90.00

• Very Good in Pictorial Wraps.

• Published by Information -Education Section - Miousa, Produced by Headquarters 85th Infantry Division
• Illustrated with photographs by T/5 William Shanks & T/4 Harry A. Davis and maps by Sgt George Gulbrandsen, which are passed by Field Press Sensor and may be mailed home.
• Front wrap pulled free from staple, pages are browned with age.
• 88 pages, 5" X 6 3/4". 1944
• Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: None
• "It is with pleasure and great pride that I look upon the achievements of the 85th Infantry Division during 1944. May this booklet help you as it has me to remember the great part we have played in the defeat of the enemy during this period and provide inspiration for further acheivement" John B. Coulter, Major General U. S. Army
• Item No: UN5 Price: $55.00

• Very Good red cloth binding, no jacket

• Publisher: Dodd Mead & Company, NY 1944 first edition
• Numerous Photographic Illustrations and line drawings.
• Some spots on cover, backstrip faded, light shelf wear.
• 225 pages with Roster of Bombing Squadron Seventeen, Killed in Line of Duty, Missing in Action, Officers, Enlisted Men.
• Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: None
• "Seamen everywhere divide ships into two classes. There are "taut" ships and "happy" ships.The extreme of iron-fisted discipline covering every second of a ship's life can produce just as miserable an existence as on a ship where it is lacking completely. In the short space of a few months, the two extremes were so well blended aboard the new carrier that she acheved a "taut bur happy" condition which suited everyone."
• ""Miniature Japanese flags and ships, dozens upon dozens of them, painted on the sides of the Island were glistening in the morning sunlight. Jap flags for more than a hundred enemy planes destroyed. Jap ships for the more than fifty cruisers, destroyers and merchantmen damaged and destroyed."
• Item No: UN 6 Price: $48.00

• Very Good in gray pictorial cloth.

• Publisher: Washington Infantry Journal Press, July 1946 First Edition
• Illustrations: Photographs and line drawings.
• Some light stains on cover, corners bumped, 2" bend upper front cover.
• 444 pages w/appendis, including THE VALLIANT DEAD, 8vo.
• Colored Operations Map of the Timberwolf Division in Europe, Sept. 1944-May 1945 as endpapers.
• Includes THE INFANTRY by Ernie Pyle
• Item No: UN 7 Price: $110.00

• Near Fine in VG Dust Jacket, Black simulated leather, gold decorated, covered board.
• Publisher Go For Broke, Inc., Richmond, California, First Printing, April 1982
• A pictorial history of the Japanese American 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
• light foxing, and small chips in dust jacket o/w fine.
• 172 pages, 9 1/2 x 11 3/4
• Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number:81-84167
• "And they became heroes because they dared to take that first step to become "equals" with others in American society." Capt (Chaplain) George Aki 100/442nd Regimental Combat Team
• "These are some of the best goddam fighters in the U.S. Army. If you have more send the over." General Mark W. Clark
• Item No: UN 15 Price: $145.00

• Very Good in VG Dust Jacket, Pictorial paper covered board covers.

• Printed by F. Bruckmann KG., Munich, Germany, Austria, 1 June 1945
• Illustrations and layout by Carl Saleter, cover design - map by Joe Torre, Photos by 163 Signal Photo Co. and 45th Division News.
• Light wear, small chips and tears to dust jacket.
• Approx 224 pages 8 1/4" X 11 3/4"
• Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: None
• Photo's and news stories of engagements, Medal Winners, List of killed in action, Citations & Decorations
• Each Company or platoon is pictured, and the men named.
• Item No: UN 9 Price: $135.00

• Good,Blue cloth, with gold embossed eagle.

• Published 1945 by the 397th Infantry Book Council
• Illustrations in color and black and white and sepia.
• Cover spotted, back outer hinge cracking, upper spine chipped, extremities worn.
• 314 pages, First Edition
• Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: None.
• Published in Stuttgart, Germany this handsome book portrays a picture of the battlefield, conceived there, and written a short distance from the actual scenes of combat. There are numerous citations and decorations which have been recommended but not yet awarded and therefore many names and incidents have not been chronicled.
• All photographs are unposed and consequently aesthetic and scenic effects have been sacrificed for realism.
• Item No: UN 10 Price: $110.00

• Very Good, paper covered boards.

• Publishing House: Co-operative "Zur Limmat" Zurich, Printed in Switzerland, 2nd edition.
• Illustrations: Monochrome and 4 color gravure by Conzett & Huber, Zurich.
• Paper backstripworn and chipped, corners of paper covers chipped.
• 179 pages.
• Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: None
• "A souvenir of the visit of American soldiers to Switzerland in 1945 46.
• 200 Beautiful pictures of the Alps, bridges, railways, people, etc.
• Item No: UN 12 Price: $25.00

• Very Good in paper wraps, colored patch on cover.

• Publisher Public Relations officer of the XIII Corps and approved by U. S. Army censors.
• Illustrations photographs, with one exception, were taken by Signal Corps photographers attached to XIII Corps. The photograph of General Gillem was taken by WOJG K. LeRoy Thiem
• Printed in Peine, Germany June 1945, First edition, pages browned with age.
• 43 pages, 8 1/4" x 11 3/4".
• Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: None
• "In 180 days, the XIII Corps, its units and the divisions under its control, marched from Holland to the Elbe River deep in Germany. There it met the westward-surging Russians shortly before the close of the war in Europe.
• In an attempt to present an honest, overall picture of this 300-odd mile drive, the Public Relations Section of the XIII Corps has gathered together reports of the press in chronological order. These records speak for themselves."
• Item No: UN 13 Price: $85.00

• Very Good in Red simulated leather, gold lettering & device.
• Army and Navy Publishing Company of Louisiana,
• Illustrations: Coat of Arms: Staff, Headquarters Detachment, 526th Rocket Field Artillery Batallion, 623rd Field Artillery Observation Battalion, 628th Rocket Field Artillery Battalion, 664th Field Artillery Battalion, Field Artillery Training Detachment No. 1, 166th Infantry Training Detachment, Field Artillery Motor Pool Detachment F.A.S., Field Artilllery Training Detachment No. 2.
• Light shelf wear, lower front corner bumped.
• 164 pages, 9 1/4 x 12 1/4.
• "In after years, I feel sure that this book will recall many pleasant memories and friendships resulting from your service to your country in this greatest of all wars and will again bring to mind the mutual problems, hardships, achievements and good times which you and yur comrads went through together." Brigadier General G. H. Paine USA Commanding
• Item No: UN 17 Price: $65.00

• Near Fine in bright blue embossed, simulated leather binding with tri-color shoulder patch embossed.
• Published by Albert Love Enterprises Atlanta, GA.
• Illustrations throughout of the men and activities of this Division.
• Light shelf wear upper & lower edges.
• 376 pages, 9 1.4" x 12".
• "The 47th "Viking" Infantry Division is one of the youngest outfits in the American armed forces, yet it has a proud and victorious lineage stretching back 1,000 years." Ibid
• On Friday eventing, the 15th of December at 5:45 P.M., the Division Commander, General Hendricson received a telephone call from a representative of the Associated Press. the representative said, "I understand your didvision has been alerted for induction into Federal Service. Do you have a comment?" The General replied, "No, only to say, I must be getting into a rut, this is the fourth time it has happened to me.""Ibid
• Item No: UN 20 Price: $65.00

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