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United States, War Department
Browning Machine Gun Caliber .30 HB M1919A4 Ground; Basic Field Manual FM 23-45
Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1940. Wraps. Good. Format is approximately 4.5 inches by 7.5 inches. iv 217 3 pages. Photographs. Drawings. Diagrams. Index. This copy belonged to Maj. Carl J. Koenig Ord. Dept. name rank and organization in front cover. worn and soiled. This manual was prepared under the direction of the Chief of Cavalry. "The machine gun caliber .30 M1919A4 is recoil operated belt fed and air cooled. In recoil operation the rearward force of the expanding powder gas kick furnishes the operating energy. The moving parts while locked together at the moment of the explosion are left free within the receiver to be forced to the rear by the recoil. This movement is controlled by means of various springs cams and levers and is utilized to perform the necessary mechanical operations of unlocking the breech extraction and ejection of the empty case and feeding in of the new round as well as cocking locking and firing the mechanism. This manual addresses: Mechanical Training Light Machine Gun Training Marksmanship Ground Targets Air Targets Technique of Fire and provides advice to instructors. This manual represented the state of knowledge state of practice standard of training and state-of-the-art at the start of the Second World War and represents what the American soldier was trained to just prior to the United States entering the conflict. United States Government Printing Office paperback
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United States, War Department
105-MM Howitzer Materiel M2; Technical Manual TM 9-325
Washington DC: United States War Department 1942. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Wraps. Good. Format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches. 134 2 pages. Appendix: List of References. Index. This manual supersedes TM 9-325 May 1 1941 including C1 October 13 1941. Cover has some wear and soiling. Name rank and organization of previous owner on front cover. Page 1 bound with short right edge. This manual was published for the information and guidance of the using arms and services. In addition to a description of the 105--mm howitzer materiel M2 this manual contains technical information required for the identification use and care of the materiel. Disassembly assembly and such repairs as may be handled by using arms personnel will be undertaken only under the supervision of an officer or the chief mechanic. During the Second World War U.S. artillery regiments consisted of an HQ detachment one 155 mm artillery battalion and three 105 mm artillery battalions. Both the 155 mm and 105 mm battalions had twelve guns each divided into three batteries of four guns. The 105 mm M101A1 howitzer previously designated M2A1 was an artillery piece developed and used by the United States. It was the standard U.S. light field howitzer in World War II and saw action in both the European and Pacific theaters. Entering production in 1941 it quickly gained a reputation for accuracy and a powerful punch. The M101A1 fired 105 mm 4.1 in high explosive HE semi-fixed ammunition and had a range of 12330 yards making it suitable for supporting infantry. All of these qualities of the weapon along with its widespread production led to its adoption by many countries after the war. Its ammunition type also became the standard for many foreign countries' later models. United States, War Department paperback
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United States, War Department
Ordnance Maintenance Gun and Carriage 75 MM M1897 All Types and Special Field Artillery Vehicles; Technical Manual TM 9-1305
Washington DC: United States War Department 1941. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Good. Format is approximately 6 inches by 9 inches. 195 3 pages. 59 Figures listed. Appendix: List of References. Index. Name rank and organization of previous owner on front cover. Cover has some wear and soiling. This was prepared at the direction of the Chief of Ordnance. The purpose of this manual is to furnish suitable instructions for the inspection and maintenance and shop repair of the 75 mm guns and carriages and special field artillery vehicles. The instructions are for use of ordnance maintenance companies civilian employees of the Ordnance Department charged with the maintenance and repair of the materiel and as a text for Reserve Officers National Guard and the Reserve Officers; Training Corps. The manual contains instructions for inspections disassembly and assembly maintenance and repair supplementary to those instructions covered in Technical Manuals Nos. 9-305 and 9-1100. It also describes and prescribed the use of special repair tools. Inspection is for the purpose of determining by critical examination the condition of the materiel whether repairs or adjustments are required that all modifications authorized by FSMWO's have been made and to insure that the materiel is in such serviceable condition that it will function properly. The average life of the gun is approximately 10000 rounds. The gun is of the built-up type consisting of the tube breech hoop inner locking hoop outer locking hoop muzzle hoop and jacket the latter being a bronze casting in which the gun barrel is supported. The tube is a forging and extends from the muzzle to the rear end of the powder chamber. Pockets in the rear face form seats for the arms of the extractor. A portion of the breech hoop extends to the rear of the tube to form the breach recess the interior of which is threaded for the reception of the breach block. The breechblock stop swings on the block stop hinge screw and is locked in position by the breechlock stop pin. United States, War Department paperback
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United States War Department
Browning Machine Gun Cal. 50 M2 Water-cooled and Mounts; Technical Manual: TM 9-226
Washington DC: United States War Department 1940. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Good. Format is approximately 6 inches by 9 inches. 88 pages. Illustrations Photographs Tables Diagrams. Index. Appendix: List of References. Cover has some wear and soiling. Name rank and organization of previous owner on front cover. Prepared under the direction of the Chief of Ordnance. This manual was published for the information and guidance of the using arms and services. This manual contains all the essential information of a technical character required by the using arms for the identification use and care of the particular materiel described. In addition to describing the weapon and its mounts it contains all the essential information required by the using arms to identify use and care for the ammunition spare parts and accessories sighting and fire control equipment and cleaning and preserving material. The disassembling outlined in this manual is the only dissembling which the using troops are authorized to perform. This reflects the state of knowledge and the standards of practice at the height of the Second World War. The M2 Machine Gun or Browning .50 Caliber Machine Gun is a heavy machine gun designed toward the end of World War I by John Browning. Its design is similar to Browning's earlier M1919 Browning machine gun which was chambered for the .30-06 cartridge. The M2 uses the much larger and much more powerful .50 BMG cartridge which was developed alongside and takes its name from the gun itself BMG standing for Browning Machine Gun. It has been referred to as "Ma Deuce" in reference to its M2 nomenclature. It is effective against infantry unarmored or lightly armored vehicles and boats light fortifications and low-flying aircraft. The metallic link disintegrating belt is used in all firing of the gun. United States, War Department paperback
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United States, War Department, Military Intelligence Service
German Infantry Weapons; Special Series No. 14 RESTRICTED
Washington DC: United States War Department Military Intelligence Service 1943. Wraps. Fair. Format is approximately 5.5 inches by 7.5 inches. xii 190 6 pages. 115 Illustrations photographs drawings. 3 Tables . Footnotes. Glossary of German Terms. German Abbreviations. Some page discoloration. Cover has wear and soiling with ink note on front. Cover and several pages have corners chipped. Publication of Special Series is for the purpose of providing officers with reasonably confirmed information from official and other reliable sources. This issue has been prepared with the assistance and collaboration of the Ordnance Intelligence Unit Technical Division Office of the Chief of Ordnance. This work addresses: Pistols Rifles Luger Walther Submachine Gun Mauser Antitank Rifle Stick Hand Grenade Smoke Grenades Machine Gun Mortars Antitank Gun Howitzer Ammunition. The principal German infantry weapons are described here in order to enable U.S. troops to identify and when the opportunity exists to operate them. Sections include information on pistols rifles and grenades machine guns and mortars antitank guns and infantry howitzers and ammunition. United States, War Department, Military Intelligence Service paperback
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War Department
U.S. Rifle Cal. .30 M1903 M1903A1 M1903A3 and M1903A4; Ordnance Maintenance
Washington DC: War Department 1944. Reprint. Trade paperback. Very good. 4-116 plus covers. Illustrations. References. Index. This appears to be a modern reprint of uncertain date place of publication and publisher. The M1903 Springfield formally the United States Rifle Caliber .30-06 Model 1903 is an American five-round magazine fed bolt-action service repeating rifle used primarily during the first half of the 20th century. It was officially adopted as a United States military bolt-action rifle on June 19 1903 and saw service in World War I. It was officially replaced as the standard infantry rifle by the faster-firing semi-automatic eight-round M1 Garand starting in 1936. The M1903 Springfield remained in service as a standard issue infantry rifle during World War II since the U.S. entered the war without sufficient M1 rifles for all troops. It also remained in service as a sniper rifle during World War II the Korean War and even in the early stages of the Vietnam War. It remains popular as a civilian firearm historical collector's piece a competitive shooting rifle and as a military drill rifle. "This technical manual supersedes TM 9-1270 dated 19 May 1942; TB 1270-1 dated 1 May 1942 it does not affect TB 1205-2 dated 1 May 1942; and TB 1270-2 dated 15 December 1942." This manual addresses Disassembly and Assembly Inspection Maintenance and repair and Special Maintenance and includes references. It includes information on the M1903 M1903 A1 M1903A3 M1093 A4 snipers telescopic sight M73B1 bayonet M1905 and M1 Scabbard bayonet M3 M7 and M1910 Gun sling M1907 and M1 and the front sight cover. War Department paperback
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War Department, Division of Militia Affairs
Regulations for the Organized Militia under the Constitution and the Law of the United States 1910
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1911. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Very good. 174 2 pages. Footnotes. Appendix. War Department Document No. 365. Ink smudge inside front cover. Name in ink on fep. The militia of the United States as defined by the U.S. Congress has changed over time. During colonial America all able-bodied men of certain ages were members of the militia depending on the respective states rule. The year before the US Constitution was ratified The Federalist Papers detailed the founders' paramount vision of the militia in 1787. The new Constitution empowered Congress to "organize arm and discipline" this national military force leaving significant control in the hands of each state government. Today as defined by the Militia Act of 1903 the term "militia" is used to describe two classes within the United States: Organized militia - consisting of State militia forces; notably the National Guard and Naval Militia. Unorganized militia - composing the Reserve Militia: every able-bodied man of between 17 and 45 years not a member of the National Guard or Naval Militia. These regulations addressed the relations of the War Department to the Organized Militia of the several States Territories and District of Columbia. These relations are governed by the provision of the provisions of the Constitution of the United States which pertain to the militia and by the federal laws which have been enacted by Congress pursuant to the authority conferred by the constitutional provisions. The National Guard is a militia force organized by each of the states and territoriesdubious - discuss of the United States. Established under Title 10 and Title 32 of the U.S. Code the state National Guard serves as part of the first-line defense for the United States. The state National Guard is divided up into units stationed in each of the 50 states and the U.S. territories and operates under their respective state governor or territorial government. The National Guard may be called up for active duty by the state governors or territorial commanding generals to help respond to domestic emergencies and disaster. Government Printing Office hardcover
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Committee on Gulf War and Health: Physiologic, Psychologic, and Psychosocial Effects of Deployment-Related Stress
Gulf War and Health; Volume 6 Physiologic Psychologic and Psychosocial Effects of Deployment-Related Stress
Washington DC: The National Academies Press 2008. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Very good. xviii 339 pages. Oversized book measuring 11-1/4 inches by 8-1/2 inches. Includes Acronyms Preface Summary Introduction Considerations in Identifying and Evaluating the Literature Deployment-Related Stressors The Stress Response Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Health Effects Phychosocial Effects Conclusions and Recommendations and Index. Also includes Tables Boxes and Figures and Acronyms. In this report the committee equated deployment-related stress with being deployed to a war zone although it recognized that not everyone deployed to a war zone would respond to stressors in the same way and that not everyone would necessarily find a particular event stressful. The reaction to deployment-related stressors would depend on numerous factors that were present before during and after deployment. The committee understood that stressors that people experienced in childhood their interactions with friends and family and whether they were wounded during deployment would all play a role in the nature of the response. The committee also understood that some military personnel would have minor reactions and transient health effects some would have severe reactions and more chronic health effects and some would go on to develop posttraumatic stress disorder which could be associated with additional health effects. The sixth in a series of congressionally mandated reports on Gulf War veterans' health this volume evaluates the health effects associated with stress. Since the launch of Operation Desert Storm in 1991 there has been growing concern about the physical and psychological health of Gulf War and other veterans. In the late 1990s Congress responded by asking the National Academy of Sciences NAS to review and evaluate the scientific and medical literature regarding associations between illness and exposure to toxic agents environmental or wartime hazards and preventive medicines or vaccines in members of the armed forces who were exposed to such agents. Deployment to a war zone has a profound impact on the lives of troops and on their family members. There are a plethora of stressors associated with deployment including constant vigilance against unexpected attack difficulty distinguishing enemy combatants from civilians concerns about survival caring for the badly injured and witnessing the death of a person. Less traumatic but more pervasive stressors include anxiety about home life such as loss of a job and income impacts on relationships and absence from family. The focus of this report by the Institute of Medicine IOM Committee on Gulf War and Health: Physiologic and Psychosocial Effects of Deployment-Related Stress is the long-term effects of deployment-related stress. Gulf War and Health: Volume 6. Physiologic and Psychosocial Effects of Development Related Stress evaluates the scientific literature regarding association between deployment-related stressors and health effects and provides meaningful recommendations to remedy this problem. The National Academies Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 79429 ISBN : 0309101778 9780309101776
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The Military Society of the War of 1812, Secretary and Adjutant's Office
The Military Society of the War of 1812; Annals Regulations and Roster
New York: The Military Society of the War of 1812 Secretary and Adjutant's Office 1895. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Good. 6 131 3 pages. Frontis illustration. The dated signature of L. Bayard Smith and the date 1895 is one the fep. In a different color ink is a reference to page. 125. One page 125 there is a short section of Mr. Lewis Bayard Smith who was the son of Joseph Mather Smith 1789-1866 who served with the Surgeon's Mate Detachment 1st Regiment of the New York Militia Horse Artillery from September 2 1814 to December 2 1814. His street address in New York City is also given. The Military Society of the War of 1812 was formed 03 January 1826 by officers of the War of 1812 to press for pensions and bounty land legislation. The Military Society of the War of 1812 and the Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York on 08 January 1848 merged as a sole organization. Since that time there has been a changing role between the two organizations. At present the Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York operates under the leadership of the Military Society of the War of 1812. To Great Britain the War of I8I2 was simply a burdensome adjunct of its greater struggle against Napoleonic France. To the Canadians it was clearly a case of naked American aggression. But to the Americans it was neither simple nor clear. The United States entered the war with confused objectives and divided loyalties and made peace without settling any of the issues that had induced the nation to go to war. Lewis Bayard Smith served in the 7th Regiment New York State Militia New York National Guard during the Civil War. He was an enlisted man. Some surviving correspondence of his are located at the Military History Institute in Carlisle Pennsylvania at CWMiscColl Enlisted man's letters Apr 24 1861-Aug 26 1862. The Military Society of the War of 1812 was formed by officers of the War of 1812 to press for pensions and bounty land legislation. After 1840 only annual meeting's were held and on January 8 1848 the Military Society of the War of 1812 consolidated with "The Veteran Corps of Artillery" in which many of its members were already enrolled and was afterward generally known by the latter title. The Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York VCASNY is an American historic militia organization founded at the end of the American Revolutionary War for the purpose of preventing another British invasion of New York City. At the time of the American Revolution the British Colonies in North America did not have a regular standing army. Instead the colonies depended on an independent militia made up mostly of civilian farmers with few weapons and controlled by the individual colony.1 While the Continental Congress established a regular army in June 1775 this was more of a formality rather than a reality. In 1776 George Washington wrote "I am wearied to death all day with a variety of perplexing circumstances disturbed at the conduct of the militia whose behavior and want of discipline has done great injury to the other troops who never had officers except in a few instances worth the bread they eat"2 In other words while the success of the militia itself is debatable both the regular army and local militia were used to win American Independence. The official end to the American Revolutionary War did not occur until 1783 when the Treaty of Paris was signed. Until then British troops ships and Tories were present and active in New York City and in fact Britain would maintain a presence in the United States until 1815 when the War of 1812 ended. The VCASNY is the oldest military organization in New York State. It was formed in Manhattan on Evacuation Day New York November 25 1790 by Veterans of Washington's Continental Army Corps of Artillery. The founders met at the City Arms Tavern located off Broadway near Trinity Church to establish an independent artillery company of exempts in the event of a return invasion by the British. Exempts were males beyond serving military age and thereby exempt from regular militia service. They are currently headquartered at Manhattan's 7th Regiment Armory in the City of New York. Under federal law they are part of the Organized Militia of the State of New York and under state law it is an Independent Military Organization and an Historic Military Command. Private Federal and State records indicate that there has been and may still be. a lot of debate on this question even since the early days of the VCASNY. Some government authorities have considered them an Organized Militia while others still refer to them as an unorganized militia. In either case it seems that regardless of their legal definition the VCASNY has enjoyed fruitful relations with the United States Army the New York Guard New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs and others. This appears to be especially true during the timeframe of World War I when the VCASNY volunteered for several missions and received federal and state backing. In the foreword to The Minute Men of '17 Colonel George W. Burleigh of the NY Guard thanks Major General Leonard Wood United States Army ". for his foresight in giving encouragement and approval to the whole plan. His successor commanding the Department of the East Major General J. Franklin Bell continued this support for the Corps ." When the VCASNY was formed it consisted exclusively of officers and soldiers of the American Revolutionary War. Little historical records exists to document their activities for the periods between their formation and just prior to the beginning of the War of 1812. It is known however that the active part of the VCASNY was the Artillery Service Detachment. This section was uniformed and it participated in drills. When hostilities with Britain became imminent they became the first independent military organization in New York State to volunteer their services for the field. At this time they entered service on June 25 1812 until July 2 1812 and then again from September 2 1814 until March 2 1815. In 1814 and then again in 1890 the VCASNY amended their regulations to include descendants of both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. This was most likely due to their decreasing numbers and the advanced age of its members. The Military Society of the War of 1812 was formed 03 January 1826 by officers of the War of 1812 to press for pensions and bounty land legislation. The Military Society of the War of 1812 and the Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York on 08 January 1848 merged as a sole organization. Since that time there has been a changing role between the two organizations. At present the Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York operates under the leadership of the Military Society of the War of 1812. The Military Society of the War of 1812, Secretary and Adjutant's Office hardcover
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United States, War Department, Chief of Ordnance
Ordnance Field Manual 1933; Volume Two - Plates
Washington DC: United States War Department Chief of Ordnance 1933. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Fair. VOLUME TWO - PLATES ONLY. Format is approximately 8.25 inches by 11 inches. vi Plates I through XLIII. Spine had separated from the front board and has been reglued. Cover has wear and soiling. Lettering has faded on cover. Volume appears complete except one large fold-out is at the end slightly out of numerical sequence. Some plates are fold-outs and some have multiple sheets. Includes information on geographic organization unit organization checklists types of ammunition types of Army units serviced and personnel requirements. The United States Army Ordnance Corps formerly the United States Army Ordnance Department is a Sustainment branch of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Lee Virginia. The broad mission of the Ordnance Corps is to supply Army combat units with weapons and ammunition including at times their procurement and maintenance. Along with the Quartermaster Corps and Transportation Corps it forms a critical component of the U.S. Army logistics system. The U.S. Army Ordnance Corps mission is to support the development production acquisition and sustainment of weapon systems ammunition missiles electronics and ground mobility materiel during peace and war to provide combat power to the U.S. Army. The officer in charge of the branch for doctrine training and professional development purposes is the Chief of Ordnance. Even though World War I had been raging in Europe for nearly three years the Ordnance Department had to play catch-up when the United States entered the war. With only 97 officers and 1241 enlisted soldiers the department had a myriad of problems to overcome. However by the end of the war it had solved all these problems matured as an organization and adapted to modern mechanized warfare. It established an embryonic process for echelon based maintenance for field units a tradition of Ordnance education at one of the officer or enlisted Ordnance schools a new proving ground at Aberdeen Maryland and a plan to coordinate production and mobilize industry. By the end of the war the Ordnance Department numbered 5954 officers and 62047 enlisted soldiers with 22700 of those officers and soldiers serving in the American Expeditionary Force in France. During the interwar period the lessons from WWI were studied and consolidated. The Ordnance Field Manual of 1933 was a foundational doctrinal statement prior to the onset of the Second World War. The Ordnance mission in the field during WWII operated on a scale never experienced previously by the Ordnance Department. During World War II the Ordnance Branch gained its third core competency Bomb Disposal renamed Explosive Ordnance Disposal after WWII added to its previous missions of ammunition handling and maintenance. By war's end there were more than 2200 Ordnance units of approximately 40 types ranging in size from squads to regiments. United States, War Department, Chief of Ordnance hardcover
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US War Department U S
A Bill to Increase the Efficiency of the Medical Department of the United States Army
Washington DC: GPO 1904. fair. 51 wraps no cover present tables tears in first page near spine and fore-edge minor ink corrections to text. Subtitled: As Approved by the Secretary of War February 18 1904. Includes a memorandum for the Chief of Staff on the need for additional Colonels and Lieutenant-Colonels in the Medical Corps driven in part by the experiences of the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection. This report deals with the disposition and distribution of medical officers and contains excerpts from a British Boer War report. GPO paperback
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US War Department, Military Intelligence Division U S
Special Studies No. 18: German Winter Warfare 15 December 1943. "Restricted"
Washington DC: GPO 1943. fair. 215 wraps illus. figures tables some pages darkened covers quite stained and worn some damp stains to text no pgs stuck This work is substantially a translation of a German document which has been edited in the style and format of War Department publications. The handbook was based on the experiences of the German Army during the first two winters of the war in Russia and focused on the solution of the two main problems of winter warfare: mobility and shelter. Topics covered include winter mud and thaw; marches and orientation; roads; railroad movements; winter bivouacs and shelter; construction of winter positions; heating facilities; camouflage concealment and identification; protection against cold snow and thaw; rations in winter; winter health measures; evacuation of wounded; care and use of weapons and equipment; signal communication; and skis snowshoes and snow vehicles. GPO paperback
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Great Britain, Government Committee on Treatment by the Enemy of British Prisoners of War
Report on the Transport of British Prisoners of War to Germany August-December 1914
Place_Pub: London: HMSO 1918. fair ex-lib. 34 cm 53 wraps library stamps on front cover covers worn and soiled item has been folded small tears in covers partially disbound. This report on British military personnel captured on the Western Front and sent to Germany is based on the statements of 48 British officers and 77 noncommissioned officers and enlisted personnel captured at different times between the outbreak of war and the end of 1914. HMSO paperback
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US War Department, Office of the Assistant Secretary of War, Planning Branch U S
Army Extension Courses Special Text No. 229: Industrial Mobilization Procurement of Munitions. 1934 Edition
Washington DC: GPO 1934. fair. 91 wraps map charts some fold-out text has darkened front cover quite worn: sm tears sm pcs missing separated from text. Topics covered include organization of the office of the Assistant Secretary of War preliminary steps in procurement planning planning for the procurement of primary items planning for the procurement of contributory items planning for the procurement of contributory services coordinating agencies and Industrial Mobilization Plan. GPO paperback
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Maryland Historical Society, War Records Division
Maryland in World War II
Baltimore MD: Maryland Historical Society 1950. fair to good vols. 1 & 2 ex-lib. 1623 total 4 vols. illus. tables apps index some lib stamps v.2 crossed out in marker rough spot ins r bd v.2 bds scuffed. Volume I is on military participation volume II is on industry and agriculture volume III is on home front volunteer services and volume IV is the gold star honor roll. Maryland Historical Society unknown
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US War Department U S
Selective Service Regulations Prescribed by the President Under the Authority Vested in Him by . the Selective Service Laws
Washington DC: GPO 1918. fair to poor ex-lib. 433 wraps tables forms index text brown and brittle front cover separated from text rear cover missing stamp on fr cover. Pieces missing to edges of front cover rear flyleaf detached from text pieces missing to edges p. 428 rear flyleaf front cover creased. GPO paperback
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US War Department, Chief of Infantry U S
Army Extension Courses Special Text No. 9: Defensive Combat and Organization of the Ground. 1932 Edition
Washington DC: GPO 1932. fair to good. 89 wraps fold-out map appendix glossary covers soiled and foxed small tears at spine. Topics covered include general considerations of defensive combat; field fortification; employment of infantry weapons and supporting artillery and coordination of their fires; occupation of a defensive position; conduct of defense; and infantry units in defensive combat. The appendix contains measures for defense against chemical agents. GPO paperback
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Airlines War Training Institute
Survival
Washington DC: Airlines War Training Inst 1943. good. 116 wraps card covers coves somewhat worn and soiled. Foreword by Eddie Richenbacker. A manual for aircraft crews forced down in all parts of the world--including hints on living off the land building shelters traveling protection against disease saving life and limb. This manual was produced under Government license. Airlines War Training Inst paperback
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US War Department, Adjutant-General's Office U S
Roster of General Officers and Officers of the General Staff U.S. Volunteers Arranged According to Rank
Washington DC: GPO 1898. fair to good. 32 wraps roster covers soiled creases at spine red ink initials on front cover stamp on rear cover. GPO paperback
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Conseil Superieur de Guerre Interallie [Supreme War Council]
Carte d'Identite Identity Card
Versailles France: Conseil Superieur de Guerre 1918. fair. 1 folded card photo on the right side issuance information on the left side cloth backing on other side worn and soiled. This is the identity card issued to Major Coward General Staff United States Army on 1 February 1918. The Supreme War Council was the major inter-allied military planning body during the First World War. Bears official French stamp and signature of the issuing official. This item is ideal for museum display or for serious World War I and ephemera collectors. Conseil Superieur de Guerre hardcover
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US War Department, Office of the Judge Advocate General U S
A Manual for Courts-Martial Courts of Inquiry and of Other Procedure Under Military Law. Effective March 1 1917
Washington DC: GPO 1916. Revised Edition. good. 421 appendices index slight darkening to text board corners worn some wear to spine edges. War Department Document No. 560. This manual introduces and interprets to the military establishment the revised Articles of War which become effective March 1 1917. GPO unknown
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US War Department, Air Service, Division of Military Aeronautics U S
Air Service Medical
Washington DC: GPO 1919. fair. 446 illus. figures tables index pp. 5-8 had become separated and have been reglued boards somewhat worn and soiled. Captures the state of aviation medicine at the end of World War I. GPO hardcover
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US War Department U S
War Dept. Basic Field Manual FM 21-25: Elementary Map and Aerial Photograph Reading with Change 1
Washington DC: GPO 1941-1942. Revised Edition. good. 100 8 wraps illus. fold-out color map figures references index small stains & creases to rear cover edges of Change 1 creased. GPO paperback
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US War Department, Second Division, General Staff (Military Information Division) U S
Manchuria set of 7 maps redrawn from Russian 2 Verst Map scale 1:84000
Washington DC: U.S. War Department c. 1920. very good. 22" x 20.25" 7 sheets 7 maps mostly black and white some color folded size 4.75" x 7.5". Russo-Japanese War era. The seven maps are of Liaoyang Pensihu Ssufangtai Tentai Kangiolishan Yentai Ssufangtai Mukden and Fushun. We will consider breaking up the set and selling individual maps. U.S. War Department unknown
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US War Department U S
Regulations for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point New York
New York: John F. Baldwin 1873. Revised Edition. fair to good. 98 index slight foxing to text ink name ins 2nd front flyleaf boards scuffed & stained small tears to top edge of spine. John F. Baldwin hardcover
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US War Department, Military Intelligence Service U S
Enemy Air-Borne Forces. Special Series No. 7 December 2 1942. "Restricted"
Washington DC: GPO 1942. good. 104 wraps footnotes figures tables appendices some soiling to covers classification somewhat blacked out. Scarce manual. Topics covered include air-borne operations in World War II German parachute troops German glider-borne developments German air-borne transport Italian air-borne forces Japanese air-borne forces and enemy air-borne tactics. Appendices cover an intimate report on a former member of the German 5th Parachute Regiment intelligence information on the German 5th Parachute Regiment German parachutes and the dropping of German arms containers. GPO paperback
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US War Department U S
War Dept. Tech. Manual TM 30-259: Military Dictionary Part I: English-Italian Part II: Italian-English
Washington DC: GPO 1943. fair to good. 357 wraps appendices covers somewhat worn/soiled "Restricted" classification crossed out & manual is stamped unclassified. GPO paperback
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US War Department U S
Machine Gun Notes. Edited at Army War College May 1917. "Confidential! For Official Use Only"
Washington DC: GPO 1917. fair to good. 207 wraps figures fold-out charts appendices covers foxed and stained some foxing and staining to text front cover creased. Ink name and stamp on front cover. War Department Document No. 603. Topics covered include notes on the employment of Lewis guns in desert warfare; infantry machine-gun company training; notes on the employment of machine guns 37-mm. guns and light automatic weapons by cavalry; method of instruction in the Lewis gun; methods of laying machine guns in the direction of invisible targets by means of maps compass and traversing dial; some notes on Lewis guns and machine guns; French notes on machine guns; and Order of the Sixth Bavarian division regarding machine guns. GPO paperback
Référence libraire : 44317
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US War Department, Office of the Chief Signal Officer U S
Signal Book United States Army 1916
Washington DC: GPO 1916. Revised Edition. Wraps. fair. Pocket size 4.24 inches by 5.75 inches 2 64 2 pages. Flexible fabric covers. Illustrations some with color. Tables. Name inside front cover. Red mark inside front cover. Covers worn and spotted. Pencil erasure residue on fep. War Department Document No. 500. This supersedes Signal Book United States Army 1914. This 1916 Signal Book represents the baseline that the United States Army took into the First World War. The United States Army Signal Corps USASC develops tests provides and manages communications and information systems support for the command and control of combined arms forces. It was established in 1860 the brainchild of United States Army Major Albert J. Myer and has had an important role from the American Civil War through to the current day. Over its history it had the initial responsibility for a number of functions and new technologies that are currently managed by other organizations including military intelligence weather forecasting and aviation. In addition to visual signaling including heliograph the corps supplied telephone and telegraph wire lines and cable communications fostered the use of telephones in combat employed combat photography and renewed the use of balloons. Shortly after the war the Signal Corps constructed the Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System WAMCATS also known as the Alaska Communications System ACS introducing the first wireless telegraph in the Western Hemisphere. GPO paperback
Référence libraire : 15958
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US War Department, Chief of Finance and Inspector General U S
Army Extension Courses Special Text No. 17: Property Emergency Procurement and Funds. 1931 Edition
Washington DC: GPO 1931. fair to good. 55 wraps figures text has darkened covers somewhat soiled and small stains. Topics covered include property accountability and responsibility emergency procurement and company and detachment funds. GPO paperback
Référence libraire : 49308
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US War Department U S
War Dept. Basic Field Manual FM 21-26: Advanced Map and Aerial Photograph Reading with Change 1
Washington DC: GPO 1941-1942. Revised Edition. fair to good. 190 8 wraps illus. fold-out map figures tables index covers soiled & edges creased small tear at spine edges Change 1 bent. GPO paperback
Référence libraire : 12336
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US War Department U S
Chemical Warfare Service Field Manual FM 3-5: Tactics of Chemical Warfare
Washington DC: GPO 1942. good. 122 wraps illus. figures charts references appendices index stamp on fr cover crossed out in marker covers somewhat soiled. Topics covered include tactics and technique of chemical attack chemical agents and materiel effect of weather and terrain on chemical agents and tactical employment of chemical agents; use of chemical agents by various troops chemical troops infantry field artillery cavalry air force and engineer troops; chemical staff officer; and chemical staff officer with Army Ground Forces division chemical officer corps chemical officer and Army chemical officer. GPO paperback
Référence libraire : 50423
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US War Department U S
Soldier's Handbook of the Rifle and Score Book for Special Course C Arranged for The United States Rifle Model of 1917
Washington DC: GPO 1918. good. 131 wraps illus. diagrams front cover worn soiled and curled at edges. Edited at the Army War College November 1917 Corrected to May 1 1918. War Department Document No. 698. This handbook is intended as a guide for all soldiers of the Regular Army National Guard and National Army who arearmed with the rifle and should be used to supplement the instruction which they will receive from their organizations. This softcover work is ephemeral and relatively few copies have survived in the years since publication. GPO paperback
Référence libraire : 46142
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US War Department U S
Courts-Martial Procedure Based on Manual for Courts-Martial 1921. War Department Document No. 1053
Place_Pub: Washington DC: U.S. Infantry Association 1921. fair to good. 211 figures index name stamp on several pages ink notations inside bds sticker residue top of spine some wear spine edges. This book supplements the Manual for Courts-Martial showing briefly and in logical sequence the various steps to be taken in the preparation and investigation of charges and the trial of cases. U.S. Infantry Association unknown
Référence libraire : 52757
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US War Department, Historical Division U S
St-Lo 7 July - 19 July 1944
Washington DC: GPO 1947. fair. Quarto 128 wraps illus. maps fold-out maps covers soiled & corners bent corners of some pages bent bottom corn title pg torn off. GPO paperback
Référence libraire : 4844
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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"
Washington DC: U.S. Navy Department 1943. Revised Edition. fair to good. Approx. 250 wraps profusely illus. covers creased & soiled ink name on front cover pages somewhat darkened. Includes Aircraft Supplement No. 1. U.S. Navy Department paperback
Référence libraire : 6048
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US War Department, Office of the Chief of Ordnance U S
Notes on the French 75 mm. Gun Materiel "Cours Special de 75 mm." by L. Andre Captain of Artillery French Army
Washington DC: GPO 1917. fair to good. 54 wraps stiff card covers illus. w/ 49 plates some fold-out index rear cover weak covers soiled binding cracked at p.25. Translated from the French September 21 1917. Official number of this copy No. 53. Topics covered include ammunition for 75 mm. gun model of 1897; projectiles; the propelling charge; limbers; caisson; breech mechanism; firing mechanism; transversing mechanism; elevating mechanism; recoil mechanism; abatage; sights; and the site level. GPO paperback
Référence libraire : 49222
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US War Department, Surgeon General U S
Army Extension Courses Special Text No. 19: Military Sanitation and First Aid. 1933 Edition
Washington DC: GPO 1933. fair to good. 38 wraps illus. text has darkened small stains on front cover. A listing of general courses officers' courses enlisted men's courses and extension courses. The description of each course includes length scope subjects and texts. GPO paperback
Référence libraire : 49304
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US War Department U S
Historical Report of the Chief Engineer Including All Operations of the Engineer Department
Washington DC: GPO 1919. good. 437 illus. many fold-out index boards somewhat worn and soiled pencil erasure on front endpaper. Subtitled: American Expeditionary Force 1917-1919. Dornbush 708. GPO hardcover
Référence libraire : 33875
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US War Department U S
War Department Technical Manual TM 5-315: Fire Protection by Troop Organizations in Theaters of Operations
Washington DC: GPO 1944. fair. 184 wraps illus. maps tables references appendix index damp stains in text margins no pages stuck covers soiled. Stamp on front cover. GPO paperback
Référence libraire : 12400
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US War Department U S
War Dept. Tech. Manual TM 30-255: Military Dictionary Advance Installment. Part I: English-German Part II: German-English
Washington DC: GPO 1941. fair to good. 709 wraps appendices covers somewhat worn and soiled small rough spot on front cover small tears and chips at spine. GPO paperback
Référence libraire : 15442
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US War Department U S
Annual Report 1857
Washington DC: William A. Harris 1858. fair to good rebound in good binding. 572 tables pages slightly darkened text issued by Senate. From WIkipedia: "The United States Department of War also called the War Department and occasionally War Office in the early years was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army. The War Department also bore responsibility for naval affairs until the establishment of the Navy Department in 1798 and for most land-based air forces until the creation of the Department of the Air Force in 1947. The Secretary of War headed the war department throughout its existence. The War Department existed from 1789 until September 18 1947 when it split into Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force and joined the Department of the Navy as part of the new joint National Military Establishment NME renamed the United States Department of Defense in 1949. The Secretary of War a civilian with such responsibilities as finance and purchases and a minor role in directing military affairs headed the War Department." William A. Harris unknown
Référence libraire : 6112
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US War Department, Chemical Warfare Service, Medical Division U S
A Handbook: First-Aid Treatment for Injuries from Chemical Agents
Washington DC: GPO 1931. fair to good. 13 wraps covers soiled and scuffed corners of covers and text bent. GPO paperback
Référence libraire : 13512
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US War Department U S
War Department Pamphlet No. 31-135: Military Government Guide. Organization of the Iron and Steel Industry of Enemy Europe
Washington DC: GPO 1945. First Edition. First Printing. fair. 138 wraps illus. diagrams. fold-out charts at the rear footnotes covers chipped worn & soiled some pg discoloration. Classified "Confidential. " Military Government Guides on Germany are designed to aid officers responsible for military government in that country. This Guide has been approved by the Committee on Civil Affairs Studies. The document contains information affecting the national defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Act 50 U.S.C. 31and 32 as amended. Its transmission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. There are no declassification markings but this item is believed to have been declassified by the implementation of past Executive Orders. GPO paperback
Référence libraire : 46490
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US War Department U S
Methods of Instructing Skirmishers and Small Groups of Skirmishers
Washington DC: GPO 1917. First Edition. as is covers missing. 37 wraps figures text has darkened some foxing to text minor insect damage in margin no loss of text covers missing. Lower corner of most pages creased. A knowledge of how to conduct small groups of skirmishers in battle is indispensable to noncommissioned officers and corporals and is indeed the basis of their efficiency. GPO paperback
Référence libraire : 50185
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US War Department U S
War Dept. Technical Manual TM 30-480: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces May 14 1941. "Restricted"
Washington DC: GPO 1941. fair to good. 273 wraps illus. fold-out map figures tables appendix index ink name on fr cover covers soiled small tears at spine. Contains information on recruitment and mobilization organization uniforms armament ammunition training and tactics among other topics. GPO paperback
Référence libraire : 8070
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US War Department U S
Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30 1902. Vol. VIII: Miscellaneous Reports
Washington DC: GPO 1902. good. 190 tables index weakness to front board small stains to boards. This volume contains among other reports reports of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Commission the Gettysburg National Military Park Commission the Shiloh National Military Park Commission and the Vicksburg National Military Park Commission. The volume also contains the report of the board of visitors to the U.S. Military Academy and the report of the superintendent of U.S. Military Academy. GPO hardcover
Référence libraire : 5379
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US War Department U S
War Department Technical Manual TM 5-267: Camouflage. June 1 1943. "Restricted"
Washington DC: GPO 1943. good. 40 wraps profusely illus. some in color covers slightly soiled. Topics covered include the aerial viewpoint North Africa and the Middle East domonstration areas airdrome camouflage and camouflage clothing. GPO hardcover
Référence libraire : 13846
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US War Department U S
Handbook of Fire-Control Equipment for Field Artillery August 31 1916
Washington DC: GPO 1916. good. 101 wraps illus. with 22 plates tables index small tear at bottom of spine & small chip missing some wear to covers/spine. Numbered copy no. 1795. Total ordnance equipment for the headquarters company of a regiment of heavy horse or light artillery. Equipment includes reel cart telescope range finder aiming circle sextant telemeter and more; for each piece of equipment there is a diagram nomenclature of parts information on use and care of the equipment and more. Among the specific equipment covered are: Battery Commander Telescope models of 1904 1905 and 1915; Observation Telescope model of 1908; Field Artillery Plotter model of 1907 and both Goerz and Bausch & Lomb Field Artillery range finders. GPO paperback
Référence libraire : 44330
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US Secretary of Defense's Advisory Committee on Prisoners of War U S
POW: The Fight Continues After the Battle
Washington DC: GPO 1955. good. 82 wraps charts appendices bibliography small stain on rear cover some wear to lower edge of document. Also contains a 4-page press release dated August 17 1955 on the President's Executive Order promulgating a code of conduct for members of the U.S. armed forces edges creased and discolored and small tears and a 1-page copy of a letter transmitting the report. GPO paperback
Référence libraire : 10596
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