‎Guerre‎

‎Irving Montagu (1842-1901), war correspondent and artist of the Illustrated London News and Punch [ Edward Draper, London solici‎

‎Irving Montagu of the Illustrated London News and Punch. Three Autograph Letters Signed one 'Irving Montagu' and two 'Montagu' to Edward Draper‎

‎Two from Briar Cottage Shepherds Bush 2 and 7 January 1893. One on letterhead of 64 Charlotte Street Fitzroy Square London . 'Saturday' no date. The three items in fair condition on aged and worn paper the last two items with traces of grey paper from mounting adhering. ONE: From Charlotte Street. 'Saturday' undataed. Signed 'Irving Montagu'. 2pp. 8vo. Arranging to dine at Draper's in the face of a clashing invitation. TWO: From Briar Cottage 2 January 1893. 4pp. 12mo. Signed 'Montagu'. A warm letter thanking him and praising his family and 'staunch friends': 'You speak very kindly of success in store for me - not so much for myself as for Cissie his wife born Cecilia Laura Borrell 1859-1910 and the bairn do I wish it might be so - you and I are both fighters . I had my share of rough and tumble before my campaigning experiences during the Russo-Turkish War described in his book 'Camp and Studio' 1890 and feel very deeply that I owe what impetus I have had to a wish to deserve well of such old friends as yourselves to whom Cissie Violet and self again unite in best good wishes'. A postscript refers to 'Rufus' and his return to his studio. THREE: From Irving Cottage 7 January 1893. 1p. 12mo. Signed 'Montagu'. He has been 'jacked up this week with a game foot' which thwarted his attempt to visit the Drapers at 60 Vincent Square. His wife Cissie who has had a bad cold joins him in 'mutual Salaams'. Two from Briar Cottage, Shepherds Bush, 2 and 7 January 1893. One on letterhead of 64 Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square [ London unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 18144

‎Youth Committee Against War‎

‎Youth challenges the warmakers! report of the National Youth Anti-War Congress‎

‎New York: Youth Committee Against War 1938. Pamphlet. 31p. staple wraps 5.25x8 inches front wrap unevenly toned penned date on front wrap pen notation on rear wrap staples rusted else good condition. The YCAW was formed in 1937 when the American Student Union dropped under CP influence the Oxford Pledge. Pacifists Trotskyists and the Socialist Party split to form the YCAW and continue with the anti-war agitation. Youth Committee Against War unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 126011

‎United States War Dept‎

‎Annual Reports of the Secretary of War Volume 4‎

‎Hardback. New. hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : A9781344015257 ISBN : 1344015255 9781344015257

‎United States War Office Quartermaster General's Office‎

‎No. II. Names of Officers and Soldiers found on the Battle-fields of the Wilderness and of Spottsylvania Court House VA.; Quartermaster General's Office General Order No. 58‎

‎Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1865. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Fair. vi 20 pages. RARE surviving copy. Ex-library with some of the usual library stamps and markings. The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War in an act passed by the U. S. Congress on July 17 1862. The Department of the Army maintains 2 national cemeteries Arlington National Cemetery and United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery. This publication transmits the record of burials alphabetically arranged three--letter index at the National Cemetery Alexandria Va. This site was admirably adapted for burial purposes and was laid off into blocks and ranges similar to the National Cemetery in Washington D.C. Well-kept gravel walks traverse the grounds the graves have bee sodded and white tablets letter in black are placed at the head of each giving name rank regiments and date of death. A neat office has been erected for the accommodation and convenience of visitors. Every care and attention has been bestowed by the officer in charge in ornamenting and beautifying this cemetery and making it a suitable resting place for our deceased soldiers. The total number of internment are: 3372 white 229 colored; total 3601 of which 3367 white soldiers 2 United States Navy 1 white civilian 2 white females and 229 colored soldiers. The roll of names of soldiers was published for the information of their comrades and friends. Jas. M. Moore Assistant Quartermaster reported as follows: On the evening of June 8th I left Washington D. C. for Belle Plain where I jointed Colonel Bird of the 1st regiment 1st army corps and proceeded to the battle-fields of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House for the purpose of superintending the interments of the remains of Union soldiers yet unburied and marking their burial places for future identification. This work commenced on the 12th and was completed on the 24th of that month. The remains of all soldiers both Union and rebel interred and headboards with the name rank and regiments places at each grave with some exceptions in cases of rebels when it was possible to identify the deceased. The words "Unknown U.S. Soldiers killed May 10 1864" on a neat tablet mark the remains of our own soldiers that could not be identified. On the battle ground of the Wilderness two cemeteries were laid out. The sites were well adapted for the resting-place of those who fell in the vicinity. On the battle-field of Spottsylvania but few men were found unburied many of them having been interred by a Mr. Sandford in compliance with an agreement with General Sherman. Over seven hundred names were found on this battle-field and tablets erected in memory of the deceased. Hundreds of graves on these battle-fields are without any marks whatever to distinguish them and so covered with foliage that the visitor will be unable to find the last resting place of those who have fallen until the rains and snows of winter wash from the surface the light covering of earth and expose the remains. The accompanying list embraces the names of officers and mend whose graves headboards have been erected. Government Printing Office paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 86860

‎United States War Office Quartermaster General's Office‎

‎Roll of Honor. Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defence of the American Union interred in the National Cemeteries at Fortress Monroe and Hampton VA.; Quartermaster General's Office General Order No. 31 May 1 1866‎

‎Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1866. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Fair. 56 pages plus covers. Tabular information. RARE surviving copy. Front cover worn and discolored at spine. Cover has some soiling and chipping. Spine quite chipped. Ex-library with some of the usual library stamps and marking. The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War in an act passed by the U. S. Congress on July 17 1862. The Department of the Army maintains 2 national cemeteries Arlington National Cemetery and United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery. The tabular data on the deceased soldiers is presented in white and colored sections. The roll of names of soldiers was published for the information of surviving comrades and friends. This publication records the deceased United States soldiers interred in the National Cemeteries at Fortress Monroe and Hampton VA alphabetically arranged three-letter index. Brevet Lieut. Colonel and Assistant Quartermaster James M. Moore reports that it was the intention of the officers on duty at the fort to erect a monument to the memory of the deceased. Headboards were being manufactured to be placed at each grave giving the name rank regiment and date of death; and he reported that in a short time these cemeteries would be suitably enclosed by neat and substantial fences. Lt.-Col. Moore further stated that "No efforts will be spared to use the limited means at command to the best advantage in improving and beautifying them and making them suitable resting places for our honored dead." Government Printing Office paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 86862

‎United States War Office Quartermaster General's Office‎

‎Alphabetical Index to Places of Internment of Deceased Union Soldiers in the Various States and Territories as specified in Rolls of Honor Nos. I-XIII Being those issued from The Quartermaster General's Office between June 15 1865 and August 27 1867.; Quartermaster General's Office Circular February 21 1868‎

‎Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1868. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Fair. 16 pages. Tabular information. RARE surviving copy. Front cover worn and discolored at spine. Cover has some soiling and chipping. Spine quite chipped. Edge tears noted. Ex-library with some of the usual library stamps and markings. A few notations likely library related noted. The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War in an act passed by the U. S. Congress on July 17 1862. The Department of the Army maintains 2 national cemeteries Arlington National Cemetery and United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery. This index was published for the information of surviving comrades and friends in connection with the published Rolls of Honor. The alphabetical index was arranged by States to the various places of internment specified in the Rolls of Honor. As no index was contained in any of the volumes of the Rolls of Honor the present work forms a very valuable aid in searching for the manes of the dead who are supposed to have been killed or buried at any specified place. Government Printing Office paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 87041

‎United States War Office Quartermaster General's Office‎

‎Roll of Honor No. I. Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the American Union interred in the National Cemeteries at Washington D.C. from August 3 1861 to June 30 1865.; Quartermaster General's Office General Order No. 24 June 19 1868‎

‎Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1869. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Fair. 193 1 pages. Tabular information. VERY RARE surviving copy of Civil War and Washington D.C. Front cover worn and discolored at spine. Cover has some creasing soiling and chipping. Spine torn. Tape residue present. Edge tears noted. Front and back covers separated by present. . Ex-library with some of the usual library stamps and marking. The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War in an act passed by the U. S. Congress on July 17 1862. The Department of the Army maintains 2 national cemeteries Arlington National Cemetery and United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery. This roll of names of soldiers--victims of the rebellion--interred in the several soldier cemeteries at the capital of the United States was published for the information of their comrades and friends. This includes the grounds of the United States Military Asylum Harmony Battle and New National Cemeteries such as Arlington. The United States Military Asylum cemetery contains about six acres of land divided into blocks divided into ranges and subdivided into single graves. The first interment took place August 3 1861 and the space allotted was filled May 13 1864. It contains five thousand two hundred and eleven graves. The Harmony Cemetery was located on Bladensburg road. It opened February 17 1863 and was reserved for this who died of contagious diseases. The Battle Cemetery derived its name from the sharp engagement which took place around its site on the 12th July 1964. The Battle of Fort Stevens or Jubal Early's Raid. The graves of those who fell in repulsing the rebel attack on on Washington are placed in a circle with a flag-staff in the center from which the emblem of our nationality waves over the remains of those who died in its defense. This is reportedly the Nation's smallest National Cemetery. Since the closing of the United States Military Asylum Cemetery interments were made at Arlington VA. upon the estate formerly the residence of the rebel general R. E. Lee. It opened May 13 1864 and as of June 30 1865 held five thousand and three bodies. In these grounds rest also the remains of many of those who have died in Washington as prisoners of war and who received in hospitals and after death the same care and attention as our own soldiers. Government Printing Office paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 87044

‎War Department, Office of the Chief of Engineers‎

‎Military Maps illustrating the Operations of the Armies of the Potomac & James May 4th 1864 to April 9th 1865 including Battlefields of the Wilderness Spottsylvania North Anna Totopotomoy Cold Harbor The SIEGE of PETERSBURG and RICHMOND Battle-fields of Five Forks Jetersville & Sailor's Creek Highbridge Farmville & Appomattox Court House‎

‎Washington DC: United States War Department Office of the Chief of Engineers 1869. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Fair. RARE SURVIVING COPY IN PRIVATE HANDS. The format for the binding is approximately 18.5 inches by 23.5 inches. The format for the interior pages is approximately 17 inches by 23 inches. This is an oversized book and if sent outside of the United States will require additional shipping charges. This has been rebound with swirled cover and endpapers and leather at spine and corners. Front cover has faded title information. Edges of most sheets reinforced with library tape approximately one half-inch wide on top fore-edge and bottom. Several sheets at the start have insect damage which tails off at the Petersburg map. No insect damage to any map images. Bottoms of each sheet show signs of water staining but all sheets are separate. The photoliths were produced by the N.Y. Lithographing Engraving & Printing Co. Julius Bien Supt. The contents include the title page and two-page maps of Richmond Appomattox Court House The Wilderness Spottsylvania Court House Totopotomoy Petersburg and Five Forks Bermuda Hundred Jetersville and Sailor's Creek Highbridge and Farmville Harper's Ferry Fredericksburg North Anna Chancellorsville Cold Harbor The Gettysburg regions presented in two two-page maps divided top and bottom and Antietam. Many of the maps have red and blue lines indicating the positions of the opposing troops during part of the battle. All maps indicated on the title page are present as well as a map of Harper's Ferry which is not in the collation in Phillips Atlas # 3688. Note at the bottom of the title page: In addition to the Surveys and Maps made previous to and during the Operations extended and detailed surveys were made upon the cessation of hostilities in the several theatres of operations and the Maps partially prepared by order of Lieut.Gen'l U. S. Grant Commanding the Armies of the United States. These Surveys and Maps were executed under the direction of Bvt. Brig. Gen'l N. Michler Major of Engineers and B Bvt. Leiut. Col. P. S. Michie Capt. of Eng'ers. The Maps were subsequently prepared for publication by f Bvt. Brig. Gen'l N. Michler by directions of the Chief of the Corps of Engineers under the authority of the Hon. Secretary of War. The Surveys and Maps relating to the Baattle-fields of the Wilderness Spottsylvania Court House North Anna and Totopotomoy were made by authority of the Hon. Secretary of War under the orders of Brig. & BvtMaj. Gen'l A. A. Humphreys Chief of Engineers and under the direction of Bvt. Brig. Gen'l N. Michler Major of Engineers in 1867. This is the definitive atlas of the course of the Civil War in the East separate from specific maps of the Gettysburg Campaign with maps of the major battlefields in the Virginia from Gettysburg to the end of the war. In addition to maps of those later battles there are also maps of pre-Gettysburg battles of Antietam and Chancellorsville. United States War Department, Office of the Chief of Engineers hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 88097

‎War Department, Adjutant General's Office‎

‎Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of The United States Army for The Years 1861 '62 '63 '64 '65.; Part VIII. Territories of Washington New Mexico Nebraska Colorado Dakota; Veteran Reserve Corps U. S. Veteran Volunteers First Army Corps U. S. Volunteers U. S. Colored Troops‎

‎Gaithersburg MD: Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books 1987. Reprint edition presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. Very good. 12 411 1 pages. Illustration Medal of Honor Errata. Tabular Data. Footnotes. Appendix. Index of Organization. Index of Battles. Index of Names. No dust jacket present. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. Originally published in July of 1867 "by order of the secretary of war in compliance with the joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives" by the Adjutant General's Office. This is volume 8 of a 9 volume set. This volume of the register covers the "Territories of Washington New Mexico Nebraska Colorado Dakota; Veteran Reserve Corps U. S. Veteran Volunteers First Army Corps U. S. Volunteers U. S. Colored Troops". Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 88303 ISBN : 0943261104 9780943261102

‎US Secretary of War, Adjutant General's Office‎

‎Official Army Register of The Volunteer Force of The United States Army For The Years 1861 '62 '63 '64 '65. Part II. New York and New Jersey.‎

‎Gaithersburg MD: Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books 1987. Reprint Edition presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. Very good. 12 305-755 1 164 pages. Errata. Explanations. Tabular data. Index. Part II ONLY. Bookplate of previous owner inside the front cover. No dust jacket present. This register was originally published in August of 1865 "by order of the secretary of war in compliance with the joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives" by the Adjutant General's Office. This is volume II of a 9 volume set. This volume covers the states of New York and New Jersey. The Official Army register of the volunteer force of the United States army is a multi volume work which covers all the individual non-federal state commissioned officers which comprised the bulk of the Union Armies during the Civil War it covers all four years of the war. A General Index was produced as the ninth volume added to the initial 8 volumes produced after the end of the Civil War. "The Volunteer Army Register lists only the officers of volunteer army units which were mustered into Federal service. Although the Volunteer Army Register is a comprehensive listing of all officers attached to volunteer army units the set does not list the names of staff officers aide-de-camps assistant adjutant generals paymasters quartermasters commissaries of subsistence and brigade surgeons". United States Volunteers also known as U.S. Volunteers U.S. Volunteer Army or other variations of these were military volunteers called upon during wartime to assist the United States Army but who were separate from both the Regular Army and the militia. Until the enactment of the Militia Act of 1903 the land forces of the United States were divided into three separate and distinctive organizations: The Regular Army which was the permanent military establishment of the United States in peace and war; The Militia of the several states and territories when called into the service of the United States; and Volunteer forces that the Congress of the United States authorized to be organized for a limited time period as an adjunct to the Regular Army in time of emergencies. Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 89014 ISBN : 094326104X 9780943261041

‎US Secretary of War, Adjutant General's Office‎

‎Official Army Register of The Volunteer Force of The United States Army For The Years 1861 '62 '63 '64 '65. Part III. Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland District of Columbia.‎

‎Gaithersburg MD: Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books 1987. Reprint Edition presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. Very good. 12 757-1002c 1 119 5 pages. Errata. Explanations. Tabular data. Index. Part III ONLY. Bookplate of previous owner inside the front cover. No dust jacket present. This register was originally published in August of 1865 "by order of the secretary of war in compliance with the joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives" by the Adjutant General's Office. This is volume II of a 9 volume set. This volume covers the states of Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland District of Columbia. The Official Army register of the volunteer force of the United States army is a multi volume work which covers all the individual non-federal state commissioned officers which comprised the bulk of the Union Armies during the Civil War it covers all four years of the war. A General Index was produced as the ninth volume added to the initial 8 volumes produced after the end of the Civil War. "The Volunteer Army Register lists only the officers of volunteer army units which were mustered into Federal service. Although the Volunteer Army Register is a comprehensive listing of all officers attached to volunteer army units the set does not list the names of staff officers aide-de-camps assistant adjutant generals paymasters quartermasters commissaries of subsistence and brigade surgeons". United States Volunteers also known as U.S. Volunteers U.S. Volunteer Army or other variations of these were military volunteers called upon during wartime to assist the United States Army but who were separate from both the Regular Army and the militia. Until the enactment of the Militia Act of 1903 the land forces of the United States were divided into three separate and distinctive organizations: The Regular Army which was the permanent military establishment of the United States in peace and war; The Militia of the several states and territories when called into the service of the United States; and Volunteer forces that the Congress of the United States authorized to be organized for a limited time period as an adjunct to the Regular Army in time of emergencies. Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 89015 ISBN : 0943261058 9780943261058

‎US Secretary of War, Adjutant General's Office U S‎

‎Official Army Register of The Volunteer Force of The United States Army For The Years 1861 '62 '63 '64 '65. Part VI. Indiana--Illinois‎

‎Gaithersburg MD: Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books 1987. Reprint Edition presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. Very good. 12 600 4 pages. Errata. Explanations. Footnotes. Tabular data. Index of Organizations. Index of Battles. Index of Names. Part VI ONLY. Bookplate of previous owner inside the front cover. No dust jacket present. This register was originally published in August of 1865 "by order of the secretary of war in compliance with the joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives" by the Adjutant General's Office. This is volume II of a 9 volume set. This volume covers the states of Indiana--Illinois. The Official Army register of the volunteer force of the United States army is a multi volume work which covers all the individual non-federal state commissioned officers which comprised the bulk of the Union Armies during the Civil War it covers all four years of the war. A General Index was produced as the ninth volume added to the initial 8 volumes produced after the end of the Civil War. "The Volunteer Army Register lists only the officers of volunteer army units which were mustered into Federal service. Although the Volunteer Army Register is a comprehensive listing of all officers attached to volunteer army units the set does not list the names of staff officers aide-de-camps assistant adjutant generals paymasters quartermasters commissaries of subsistence and brigade surgeons". United States Volunteers also known as U.S. Volunteers U.S. Volunteer Army or other variations of these were military volunteers called upon during wartime to assist the United States Army but who were separate from both the Regular Army and the militia. Until the enactment of the Militia Act of 1903 the land forces of the United States were divided into three separate and distinctive organizations: The Regular Army which was the permanent military establishment of the United States in peace and war; The Militia of the several states and territories when called into the service of the United States; and Volunteer forces that the Congress of the United States authorized to be organized for a limited time period as an adjunct to the Regular Army in time of emergencies. Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 89018 ISBN : 0943261082 9780943261089

‎US War Department U S‎

‎Handbook on Japanese Military Forces 13 September 1944. "Restricted"; Technical Manual TM-E-30-480‎

‎Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1944. Presumed First printing this issuance. Olive Green cloth boards with string ties through three holes. Fair. The format is approximately 7.75 inches by 10.25 inches. vi 401 1 pages. Several fold-outs not in page count. 3 sheets/6 pages of colored uniform plates present and not part of the page count. Illustrations including diagrams and profiles. Tabular Data. Appendix--Supplemental data. This is of problematic condition. Cover worn and soiled. There are moisture stains at some parts of top pages. There is substantial page browning. Page 195/6 has been torn away at the three left margin holes but the page is present and the text intact. Some fore-edge chips/erosion noted. FRAGILE. This superseded TM 30-480 of 21 September 1942. This is marked RESTRICTED. The information contained in restricted documents and the essential characteristics of restricted material may be given to any person known to be in the service of the United States and to persons of undoubted loyalty and discretion who are cooperating in Government work but will not be communicated to the public or to the press except by authorized military public relations agencies. This contains information on Recruitment and Training; Japanese Military System; Field Organization; Japanese Air Service; Special Forces; Japanese Military Police; Tactics of the Japanese Army; Supply Movements and evacuation; Weapons; Equipment; Uniforms Personal Equipment and Insignia; Conventional Signs and Abbreviations; Military Terms and Characters Appendix--Supplemental Data. This appears to be the last full revision issue prior to the end of the War in the Pacific in August/September 1945. There appear to have been up to 6 change notices issued but none are present here. This would have been the 'Handbook of Record' used in training the U.S. Army forces intended to be used for the invasion of the Japanese homeland. 1. This handbook on Japanese Military Forces TM-E 30-480 has been prepared by the United States War Department with the assistance and cooperation of representatives from the following headquarters: British War Office; General Headquarters Southwest Pacific Area; Southeast Asia Command and General Headquarters India; Headquarters United States Army Forces in South Pacific Area; Headquarters United States Army Forces in Central Pacific Area; Allied Land Headquarters Australia. In general it represents the agreed views of these headquarters at the time this handbook was written. For the most part the material contained in this handbook is based on information obtained in operations to 30 June 1944. This has been supplemented by study of Japanese Army manuals and other official and unofficial documents published by the Japanese before and after the beginning of hostilities and by reports and observations of American and British military attachés and observers. 2. PURPOSE AND SCOPE. The purpose of this handbook which constitutes a revision of TM 30-480 21 September 1942 is to give in a single publication the broad outlines as well as pertinent details of the organization equipment and training of the Japanese Army. In addition Japanese tactical doctrines and techniques as set forth in their manuals and observed in action are discussed. The handbook is not intended to be complete or final; detailed information on particular subjects may be found in the special publications already available or in preparation by the various agencies and commands concerned. 3. LANGUAGE DIFFICULTIES. In cases where confusion might result Romanji or other romanized form of the Japanese terms is given together with the translation. A Japanese-English and English-Japanese glossary of the more important items is also included. Because of differences in American British and Japanese terminology for certain army units a translation of the Japanese terms has been used throughout. Thus units of all arms and services are called regiments battalions companies platoons and squads sections. For American readers the change in terminology should cause no particular confusion except that some Japanese regimental organizations especially in the Cavalry and the Engineers correspond more closely to battalions in that they contain only three or four companies. Since the handbook is intended for use by both American and British forces commonly accepted or understood military terms of both nations have been used. Where no common term exists both British and American terms appear the British in parentheses. 4. REVISIONS. It is intended to keep the handbook up to date with necessary revisions and corrections as further information becomes available. In order that this may be facilitated it is requested that all suggestions for changes or additions be communicated to the Military Intelligence Division War Department Washington 25 D.C. United States Government Printing Office hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 89946

‎US War Department, Army War College, Historical Section U S‎

‎Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War American Expeditionary Forces Divisions; War Department Documents No. 23a‎

‎Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 1931. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Good. vii 1 451 3 pages. Tables. Cover worn. This work was prepared in the Historical Section of the Army War College. It was approved and published by General Douglas MacArthur Chief of Staff by order of the Secretary of War. The purpose of this work by the Historical Section of the Army War College was to present the essential facts of the participation of the land forces of the United States in the World War. It deals with the command composition and operations of large units. This volume contains outline histories of the divisions with served in Europe during the war. Original sources the majority of which are official papers of the War Department for the basis. The command lists were compiled for this publication by the Adjutant General. The front lines of the divisions during battle are based primarily on a series of specials studies by the American Battle Monuments Commission and an analysis by the Historical Section of the original material on file in the War Department. Units smaller than a regiment are not shown unless they were engaged in combat. Credit for participation in an operation is given a division from the time it entered corps reserve provided the operation was in progress or when it assumed command of a front without passing through corps reserve. The contents are presented as: Preface Regular Army Divisions National Guard Divisions National Army Divisions Composition of Divisions Tables of Organization of Divisions Calendar and Abbreviations. U. S. Government Printing Office hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 82204

‎United States, War Department‎

‎Abstract of the Official Record of Proceedings of the Reno Court of Inquiry; Convened at Chicago Illinois 13 January 1879 By the President of the United States Upon the request of Major Marcus A. Reno 7th Cavalry TO Investigate his conduct at The Battle of the Little Big Horn 25-26 June 1876‎

‎Harrisburg PA: The Stackpole Company 1954. Presumed First Edition First printing Thus. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 24 cm. xxx 303 3 pages. Slight DJ wear. Illustrated end papers. Frontis illustration. illus. maps one fold-out Index. Benteen's Battle Map at end. Preface by Colonel W. A. Graham. This is commonly known as the Reno report. A Court of Inquiry unlike of Court Martial which tries only criminal charges formally preferred is a purely investigator body whose one and only function is to inquire into and report upon aspersions or other derogatory matter respecting a person in the military service with a view to establishing facts; and if so directed it recommends the action if any that should be taken in the premises. The Curt of Inquiry authorized by the President on the 25th day of November 1878 convened at Chicago Illinois 13 January 1879 and adjourned 11 February 1879 after an extended hearing with daily sessions excluding Sundays only. The testimony of 23 witnesses was taken all of whom were subjected to cross examination under oath and eleven documentary exhibits ere received in evidence. The inquiry quickly developed into a broad investigation of the manner in which the battle was fought and competent historian and students consider the record of its proceedings to be the chief and most important repository of authentic detailed information on the subject. The original official record some 1300 pages in length was held in the confidential files of the Judge Advocate General's Office until 1941 when it went to the National Archives. In 1951 a verbatim edition of the official record limited to 125 copies complete and unexpurgated was published by Graham. This volume is an abstract. The Abstract was made by Col. Graham in 1921 and with some revisional additionsis the identical abstract of which copies were furnished to former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker General E. S. Godfrey General Nelson A. Miles General H. L. Scott E. A. Brininstool W. M. Camp and later to Frederic Van de Water. The abstract contains the meat or gist of the evidence summarized the testimony of each witness with especial emphasis upon its bearing on the progress of the battle its first object being to present to readers a word picture of the combat as told by the only persons aside from the Indians who possessed first hand knowledge of the facts. Col. Graham was born at Chicago Illinois January 23 1875. LLB University of Iowa 1897. Admitted to the Iowa Bar 1897 and was in general practice of law Cedar Falls Iowa 1897-1902; and in Des Moines 1902-16. He served as Captain Infantry Iowa National Guard 1912-17 and on the Mexican Border 1916-17; as Major Judge Advocate's Department United States Army 1920. He was promoted to Colonel in 1931 and retired from the Army in 1939. He was decorated with the Mexican Border Service Medal Victory Medal with Meuse-Argonne and Defensive Sector bars. He was the author of "The Story of the Little Big Horn" 1926; "The Custer Myth" 1953; "Abstract of the Reno Court of Inquiry" 1954. Marcus Albert Reno November 15 1834 - March 30 1889 was a United States career military officer who served in the American Civil War where he was a combatant in a number of major battles and later under George Armstrong Custer in the Great Sioux War against the Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne. Reno is most noted for his prominent role in the Battle of the Little Bighorn where he failed to support Custer's position on the battlefield remaining instead in a defensive formation with his troops about four miles away. This event has since been a longstanding subject of controversy regarding his command decisions in the course of one of the most infamous defeats in the history of the United States military. After 26 days of testimony Judge Advocate General W. M. Dunn submitted his opinion and recommendations to the Secretary of War George W. McCrary on February 21 1879. He concluded "I concur with the court in its exoneration of Major Reno from the charges of cowardice which have been brought against him." He added "The suspicion or accusation that Gen. Custer owed his death and the destruction of his command to the failure of Major Reno through incompetencey or cowardice to go to his relief is considered as set to rest." The court of inquiry did little to change public opinion. Enlisted men later stated they had been coerced into giving a positive report to both Reno and Benteen. Lieutenant Charles DeRudio told Walter Mason Camp "that there was a private understanding between a number of officers that they would do all they could to save Reno." In 1904 a story in the Northwestern Christian Advocate claimed that Reno had admitted to its former editor that "his strange actions" during and after the Battle of Little Bighorn were "due to drink" The Stackpole Company hardcover‎

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‎United States War Department‎

‎Troops in Campaign; Regulations for the Army of the United States‎

‎Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1892. Presumed First Edition First printing. Stiff boards. Good. Format is approximately 3.75 inches by 4.75 inches. War Department Document No. 196 Office of the Adjutant General. 4 54 2 pages with two foldouts Specimen Page of a Topographical Note-Book 28 A map and Specimen Page of a Topographical Note-Book 28 B which is a table with columns entitled Remarks Left. Offsets Left. Courses and Distances. Offsets Rights. and Remarks Right. The President of the United States directs that the following regulations for troops in campaign be published for the government of all concerned and they they be strictly observed. Nothing contrary to the tenor of these regulations will be enjoined in any part of the forces of the United States by any commander whatsoever. S. B. Elkins Secretary of War. The major contents are: I Organization of an Army in the Field II Tents Baggage and Baggage Trains III Headquarters Depots etc. IV Intrenched Posts V Reconnaissances VI Military Occupations Contributions and Requisitions VII Safeguards VIII Prisoners of War IX Marches X Journals of Marches Military Maps XI Convoys and their Escorts XII Movement of Troops by Rail and Water XIII Advance Guards and Outposts XIV Sieges XV Battles. These regulations were specifically for volunteer forces not individuals in the Regular Army National Guard or Reserve. These were the regulations of record during the Spanish-American War and possibly also for the Punitive Expedition into Mexico led by General Pershing. The Army of the United States is one of the four major service components of the United States Army the others being the Regular Army the United States Army Reserve and the Army National Guard of the United States but it has been inactive since the suspension of the draft in 1973 and the U.S. military's transition to a volunteer force. Personnel serving in the United States Army during a major national emergency or armed conflict either voluntarily or involuntarily were enlisted into the Army of the United States without specifying service in a component. It also includes the "Retired Reserve". Those are retired soldiers that have reached the required years of creditable service or creditable service and age; regardless of the component or components they formerly served in. The term "Army of the United States" or "Armies of the United States" is also the legal name of the collective land forces of the United States as prescribed by the United States Constitution. In this concept the term "Army of the United States" has been in use since at least 1841 as in the title General Regulations for the Army of the United States. The original concept of a non-Regular Army component existing to augment the standing military can trace its origins to the United States Volunteers. State volunteer forces were used extensively to augment the Regular Army throughout the 19th and early 20th century. There is no equivalent to the Army of the United States in the Navy Marine Corps or Coast Guard. During WWII officers who joined one of these branches were typically commissioned into the "Naval Reserve" "Marine Corps Reserve" or "Coast Guard Reserve" respectively the last of these being newly created in the run up to the war with the understanding that their active service would be only for the duration of the hostilities. In 1948 for a very brief period a component known as the "Air Forces of the United States" AFUS existed to augment Army Air Forces personnel who held AUS ranks into the newly created United States Air Force. Government Printing Office hardcover‎

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‎War Department, Office of the Chief of Staff‎

‎Field Service Regulations United States Army 1913; With corrections to May 21 1913‎

‎Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1913. Corrected Edition. Hardcover. Good. Format is approximately 4 inches by 5.75 inches. 297 5 pages. Footnotes. Illustrations some in color. Appendices. Index. Stamp of the Chief Surgeon in ink in several places. Cover has some wear and soiling. Fep creased. Includes Articles on Organization; The Service of Information; Orders; The service of security; Marches and convoys; Shelter; The service of supply; ; Transportation; Combat; The sanitary service; The Laws of War--Instructions for the government of the armies of the United States in time of War. Also includes appendices on flags and pennants form of field message blank Abbreviations and conventional signs authorized for field maps and sketches; Forms of field orders; Road space and dimensions of camps; Weights measures and practicability of slopes; Forms for infantry trenches; and Amplifying instructions relative to the administration and supply of troops in war. This is War Department Document Number 363. This work was revised by the General Staff of the Army and published for the information and government of the Regular Army and organized militia of the United States. On page 11 the footnote states that "After January 21 1910 the organization armament and discipline of the Organized Military in the several states Territories and the District of Columbia will be the same with some minor exceptions as that which was now or may hereafter be prescribed for the Regular Army." This was the foundation upon which the U.S. Army was organized and was to initially operate during the First World War. Military doctrine is the expression of how military forces contribute to campaigns major operations battles and engagements. It is a guide to action rather than being hard and fast rules. Doctrine provides a common frame of reference across the military. It helps standardize operations facilitating readiness by establishing common ways of accomplishing military tasks. Doctrine links theory history experimentation and practice. Its objective is to foster initiative and creative thinking. Doctrine provides the military with an authoritative body of statements on how military forces conduct operations and provides a common lexicon for use by military planners and leaders. Until 1905 the Army had no official doctrine. After the Spanish-American War of 1898 a number of reforms that included Army Schools and a General Staff were instituted to modernize the Army. Included in these reforms was an attempt to codify the way the Army was to fight and a combined arms organization. The First Field Service Regulations FSR were published in 1905 and detailed the way the Army was to be organized and how it would fight. Other editions to the FSR were published in 1910 and 1913. Unfortunately these manuals only addressed combat in the United States and didn't address the realities of combat on the Western Front in Europe in World War I. During that conflict the U.S. Army had to rely on doctrine copied from British manuals and translated from the French. In 1923 five years after the war a comprehensive FSR was published which addressed the complexities of modern warfare. This was the last doctrinal manual to be published for 16 years. Because of the changes in military technology that occurred in the 1920s and 1930s the Office of the Chief of Staff published a tentative manual in 1939. It was titled FM 100-5 Operations a title its successors would retain until 1993. Government Printing Office hardcover‎

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‎United States, War Department‎

‎Ordnance Maintenance U.S. Rifles Cal. .30; M1 M1C Sniper's and M1D Sniper's TM 9-1275 War Department Technical Manual‎

‎Washington DC: United States War Department c1947. Appears to be a reprint without information as to source. Wraps. Good. iii 1 104 4 pages. Illustrations. This manual supersedes TM 9-1275 6 November 1942 including C 1 15 May 1943; TB 23-5-6 5 June 1944; TB ORD 207 28 September 1944; OFSTB 9-1275-5 28 June 1943; and so much of TB ORD 272 26 March 1945 as pertains to materiel covered in this manual. This manual represents the state of knowledge and the standards of practice after consideration of the experience gained during the Second World War. Information on Sniper rifles is extremely scarce. Contents include: Introduction; INspection Prior to Disassembly; Tools Gages and Fixtures; General Maintenance; Barrel and Receiver Group; Trigger Housing Group; Stock and Hand Guards; Equipment; Function Firing and Final Inspection; Malfunctions and Corrections; Appendix References; and Index. This manual is published for the information and guidance of ordnance maintenance personnel. It contains detailed instructions for inspection disassembly maintenance and repair of the U.S. rifle cal. .30 M1; U.S. rifle cal. .30 M1C sniper's; and the U.S. rifle cal. .30 M1D sniper's. This manual does not contain general assembly or disassembly or information which is intended primarily for the using arms since such information is available to ordnance maintenance personnel in FM 23-5. Where "repair tolerances" as opposed to tolerances for new manufacture have been set up such repair tolerances will continue in use. If additional tolerances or variations are desired submit a specific request to the Chief of Ordnance. Only rifles having the new spline-type gas cylinder are to be rebuilt. The receivers on rifles having the old type gas cylinders are of early manufacture and cause "eleven o'clock" feed stoppages. They are identified by the top of the front feed rib being cut away instead of coming up to a square corner. Since the M1 M1C and M1D rifles are basically the same mechanically as well as in operation and functioning the disassembly assembly inspection maintenance and repair are covered generally. Characteristics: The U.S. rifles cal. .30 M1 M1C and M1D are gas-operated clip-loaded air cooled semiautomatic shoulder weapons. These rifles may be equipped with gun sling M1907 leather or gun sling M1 webbing. When desired grenade launcher M7 or M7A1 or bayonet M1 may be used with the rifles. Difference Between Models: The U.S. rifles cal. .30 M1 M1C and M1D are basically the same. However rifles of early and present manufacturer of the same model may differ somewhat due to changes in design of some of the component parts. The U.S. rifle M1C sniper's is the standard U.S. rifle M1 with telescope M81 or M82 mounted on the receiver and a cheek pad laced to the stock. The flash hider M2 is furnished as an accessory with the M1C and M1D models. The U.S. rifle M1D differs from the U.S. rifle M1C sniper's only in the design of the telescope mount and bracket. On the M1C model the telescope is held in a removable mount having a dovetailed slide mating with that of a bracket permanently attached to the receiver and locked in place by means of two locking screws. On the M1D model the telescope is held in a removable mount which in turn is attached to a fixed base on the barrel of the rifle by means of one screw and dowel pin. United States, War Department paperback‎

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‎United States War Department, Office of the Chief of Staff, War College Division‎

‎Bibliography of State Participation in the Civil War 1861-1866; General Staff No. 19 War Department Library Subject Catalogue No. 6‎

‎Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1913. Third Edition Revised and Enlarged stated. Presumed first printing thus. Wraps. Fair/No DJ present. x 1140 2 pages. Abbreviations. Appendix. Front and back covers partially detached and heavily soiled torn and chipped. The first edition of this catalogue was published in 1897 the second edition 1899 and the supplement to the second edition in 1904. The general arrangement is alphabetical by state with the following threefold division in each State: Official publications such as reports of adjutants general governors' messages State registers etc. Regimental histories in alphabetical and numerical sequence and Miscellaneous such as State county and town histories and all material bearing upon the local participation not embraced in the preceding divisions. General associations both Union and Confederate covering more than one State memorial organizations army corps occasional periodicals etc. are contained in the appendix. Many synonyms of Confederate organizations have been added. In several of the Southern and border States there were both Confederate and Federal organizations. It has been found convenient to designate the Federal organizations by the use of the word Union in parenthesis. According to information found on Wikipedia in August 2022 The American Civil War bibliography comprises books that deal in large part with the American Civil War. There are over 60000 books on the war with more appearing each month. Authors James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier stated in 2012 "No event in American history has been so thoroughly studied not merely by historians but by tens of thousands of other Americans who have made the war their hobby. Perhaps a hundred thousand books have been published about the Civil War." There is no complete bibliography to the war; the largest guide to books is over 40 years old and lists over 6000 of the most valuable titles as evaluated by three leading scholars. Many specialized topics such as Abraham Lincoln women and medicine have their own lengthy bibliographies. The books on major campaigns typically contain their own specialized guides to the sources and literature. The most comprehensive guide to the historiography annotates over a thousand major titles with an emphasis on military topics. The most recent guide to literary and non-military topics is A History of American Civil War Literature 2016 edited by Coleman Hutchison. It emphasizes cultural studies memory diaries southern literary writings and famous novelists. United States War Department. Bibliography of State Participation in the Civil War. Washington D.C.: 1913 is listed among the enumerated bibliographies. This appears to be the last edition issued by the War Department. Government Printing Office paperback‎

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‎US War Department and US Navy Department U S U S‎

‎War Dept. FM 30-30/Navy Dept. BUAER 3: Recognition Pictorial Manual. "Restricted"; FM 30-3- Military Intelligence Aircraft Recognition Pictorial Manual per General G. C. Marshall Chief of Staff on first page‎

‎Washington DC: U.S. Navy Department 1943. Revised Edition issued June 1943. Wraps. Fair. Three-hole punched laced. Taped edges near spine. Approx. 150 wraps profusely illustrated. Tabbed sections on U.S. Army aircraft U.S. Navy aircraft United Kingdom British Aircraft German Aircraft Japanese Aircraft Italian Aircraft Russian Aircraft no pages in this section and Miscellaneous Aircraft no pages in this section. Covers creased soiled & stained pages somewhat darkened soiled and stained. Ink notation on front cover. Name of Stanley R. Simon in ink on the front cover. This is possibly the same Stanley Simon who was with the First Ordnance Squadron stationed at Tinian Island Los Alamos NM and Wendover UT and was a member of the 509th Composite Group and a Manhattan Project Veteran. This manual supersedes FM 30-30 February 21 1942; FM 30-31 August 1 1941; FM 30-34 July 18 1941; FM 30-35 March 11 1942; FM 30-38 March 16 1942 and FM 30-39 October 24 1941. It was also issues by the Training Division Bureau of Aeronautics Navy Department June 1943. "This document contains information affecting the national defense of the United States with the meaning of the Espionage Act 50 U.S.C. 31 and 32 as Amended. Its transmission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law." The present manual was primarily designed for self-instruction and general use but also served as a text in recognition course. It includes four types of material: black and shite silhouettes wash drawings protographs and editorial matter. Silhouettes are the foundation on which all recognition training is based. The first requirement in warfare is the ability to distinguish friend from foe. Nowhere is this more difficult than in the air. Owing to the great speeds and heights attained by modern aircraft recognition is frequently dependent on a momentary glimpse. In the same way instant and accurate recognition of surface craft mechanized ground equipment etc. is fraught with great difficulties owning to varying conditions of visibility distance and variety of types. Before the outbreak of this war few realized the grave problems of recognition that the increasing dominance of air power would present. The existence of these problems was soon apparent when after two months the casualties of the British Advance Air Striking Force in France amount to:--Shot down by the Germans eight; shot down by the French nine. In those days the only questions asked was "Is it in range' Since them mistakes in recognition on the sea on land and in the air have been too numerous to mentions. Usually these mistakes are attended by the most serious consequences. It is now fully realized that the only way to prevent these occurrences is by demanding the highest general level of proficiency in recognition throughout the services. This can only be attained by concentrated study. It is not suggested that practice will main one absolutely perfect with it will certainly go most of the way toward reducing the changes of a man being a danger not only to himself but to his comrades-in-arms. The Navy's problem at sea whether on warship or merchant ship is to know as soon as possible where any aircraft or ship within sight is friendly or hostile what type it is and how it is likely to attack and from that to estimate the best method of defense. The Army's problems are also varied. Antiaircraft gunners should be able to recognize any airplane within range or likely to come within range whether flying directly toward the battery or not. Instant recognition save lives and leads to the destruction of the enemy. The first thin to be appreciated is that recognition does not begin and end with appearance. It is also essential to recognize the exact type. U.S. Navy Department paperback‎

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‎War Department, Historical Division‎

‎Small Unit Actions; France: 2d Ranger Battalion at Pointe du Hoc; Saipan: 27th Division on Tanapag Plain Italy; 351st Infantry at Santa Maria Infante; France 4th Armored Division at Singling‎

‎Washington DC: War Department Historical Division 1946. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Good. x 212 pages with folding map at back. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Maps. Abbreviations. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some corners creased. Some page wear and soiling. Format is 8 inches by 10.25 inches. This is one of the American Forces in Action Series. The Historical Division's Information and Historical Units attached to field armies conducted extensive interviews with personnel of units engaged in typical unusual or critical actions. The interviews were accompanied by terrain study of the battlefield sometimes conducted with members of the units being interviewed. Every effort was made by careful checking and rechecking to obtain a full and accurate account. The four narratives given here will serve as samples of the source materials thus obtained containing in very large measure data which are not to be found in unit records. The latter were used in every case however to check and supplement interviews. The actions chosen for this publication illustrate widely varying tactical problems and methods. Only one Pointe du Hoc represents a highly specialized form of action; the others are typical of scores of battles in their respective theaters of operations. All are average in the sense that they are not 'success' stories but cross sections of a war which involved reverses as well as victories. This fact will be obscured in histories of campaigns and major battles for in these U.S. forces were almost uniformly successful. But the larger successes were won by actions like those recorded here; in every phase of the war battalions and companies went through a daily fare of experience that was never uniform that nearly always included some measure of trial and even defeat as part of the fuller pattern which over a longer period added up to victory. War Department, Historical Division paperback‎

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‎United States, War Department‎

‎Orientation for Artillery; War Department Technical Manual TM 44-225‎

‎Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 1944. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Wraps. Good. v 1 248 2 pages. Illustrations. Fold-outs. Charts and Tables. Index. With Change No. 1 7 1 pages laid in. Change No. 1 includes Figure 106 Standard time zones in the United States. Cover has some wear and soiling. This manual supersedes TM 4-225 Orientation 15 July 1941. 1. Definition Orientation is defined as any process by which direction is ascertained. When the word orientation is used in connection with artillery however it includes the location of points in both a horizontal and vertical direction and the establishment of lines of known length and azimuth. 2. Methods The methods of solution of an orientation problem are dependent upon the time available for the solution and the equipment at hand. The methods presented in this manual include both quick approximate methods and more lengthy precise methods. 3. Precision Precision is the ideal which is sought for in the solution of any orientation problem. However the time permitted for the solution may not be sufficient to allow the completion of the problem by a precise method. A hasty approximation of direction is far preferable to an uncompleted survey made with a high degree of precision. The greatest precision consistent with the time available must be the goal of all reconnaissance officers. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback‎

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‎US War and Navy Departments, Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, Joint Crossroads Committee U S‎

‎Radiological Defense; A Manual Prepared by the Joint Crossroads Committee Volume II The Principles of Military Defense against Atomic Weapons‎

‎Washington DC: GPO 1951. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Hardcover. good. Quarto Approximately 8 inches by 10.5 inches Volume II ONLY. xiv 242 pages. Illustrations some with color. Figures. Tables. Bibliography. Appendix I II and III. Index. This publication was Restricted and remarked by stamp as Unclassified. Ex-library with usual library markings. Cover has some wear and soiling. Small tear in frontis illustration. Foreword by Brigadier General Herbert B. Loper Armed Forces Special Weapons Project. The purpose of this volume was to provide in its true perspective the essential background information which would make possible intelligent planning in advance and appropriate action in an emergency. The first half of the book deals with the characteristics of atomic weapons and their effects on structures equipment and personnel. The second half considered the steps that could be taken to minimize those effects and to control their consequences. The Armed Forces Special Weapons Project AFSWP was a U. S. military agency responsible for those aspects of nuclear weapons remaining under military control after the Manhattan Project was succeeded by the Atomic Energy Commission. These responsibilities included the maintenance storage surveillance security and handling of nuclear weapons as well as supporting nuclear testing. The AFSWP was a joint organization staffed by the U. S. Army U. S. Navy and U. S. Air Force. Major General Leslie R. Groves was its first chief. The early nuclear weapons were stored as components rather than complete devices and required expert knowledge to assemble. The short life of their lead-acid batteries and modulated neutron initiators and the heat generated by the fissile cores precluded storing them assembled. The large quantity of explosives in each weapon demanded special care be taken in handling. A team of regular Army officers were trained in the assembly and handling of the weapons. GPO hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 76953

‎US War and Navy Departments, Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, Joint Crossroads Committee U S‎

‎Radiological Defense; A Manual Prepared by the Joint Crossroads Committee Volume I Radiological Safety‎

‎Washington DC: GPO 1948. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Hardcover. good. Quarto Approximately 8 inches by 10.5 inches Volume I ONLY. xi 3 163 3 pages. Frontis. Illustrations. Figures. Tables. Bibliography. Appendix on Fission Products. Subject Index. This publication was Official Use Only and remarked Unclassified in pencil. Ex-library with usual library markings. Cover has some wear and soiling. Name in ink inside front cover. Small tear in frontis illustration. Foreword by Major General L. R. Groves Armed Forces Special Weapons Project. This text is a reprint of a document formerly issued under the title of Radiological Safety. The previous document had been classified as Restricted. Upon review this document was found to have contained no restricted data under Public Law 585 79th Congress the Atomic Energy Act of 1946. Additional volumes were anticipated. The Armed Forces Special Weapons Project AFSWP was a U. S. military agency responsible for those aspects of nuclear weapons remaining under military control after the Manhattan Project was succeeded by the Atomic Energy Commission. These responsibilities included the maintenance storage surveillance security and handling of nuclear weapons as well as supporting nuclear testing. The AFSWP was a joint organization staffed by the U. S. Army U. S. Navy and U. S. Air Force. Major General Leslie R. Groves was its first chief. The early nuclear weapons were stored as components rather than complete devices and required expert knowledge to assemble. The short life of their lead-acid batteries and modulated neutron initiators and the heat generated by the fissile cores precluded storing them assembled. The large quantity of explosives in each weapon demanded special care be taken in handling. A team of regular Army officers were trained in the assembly and handling of the weapons. GPO hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 56732

‎United States, War Department‎

‎Employment of Antiaircraft Guns; Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual FM 4-104‎

‎Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1943. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Good. Format is approximately 4.25 inches by 6.75 inches. iii 1 92 pages. Illustrations photographs diagrams. Appendix I and II. Index. RESTRICTED. Some page discoloration. Cover has some wear soiling and discoloration. This manual addressed: Organization and Staff Officers Characteristics of Weapons and Aerial Targets Control of Fire Communications Employment in Rear Areas Employment in Combat Zone Employment Against Land and Naval Targets Reconnaissance Camouflage. This was later superseded by FM 44-4. This represents the state of knowledge the standard of training the state of practice and the state-of-the-art about the mid-point of U.S. Army operations during World War II. Anti-aircraft guns are weapons designed to attack aircraft. Such weapons commonly have a high rate of fire and are able to fire shells designed to damage aircraft. They also are capable of firing at high angles but are also usually able to hit ground targets as well in a direct fire role. United States Government Printing Office paperback‎

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