‎Guerre‎

‎US War Department U S‎

‎War Department Technical Manual: Code Practice Equipment February 2 1942 with Changes 1 2 and 3‎

‎Washington DC: GPO 1942-1945. Revised Edition. good with fair to good Changes. 121 8 wraps illus. figures tables appendices some cover soiling stamp on front cover & front of changes crossed out in marker. Small tears chips and creases to margin of Change 2. This manual was used to train radio operators in troop and special service schools. The manual includes a general description of major components of the equipment detailed instructions for its installation and use and information on functioning servicing and repairing. GPO paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 50467

‎US War Department U S‎

‎U.S. War Department Technical Manual TM 3-215: Military Chemistry and Chemical Agents. With Change 2 23 February 1945‎

‎Washington DC: GPO 1942 1945. Revised Edition. fair to good ex-lib. 171 11 wraps illus. tables covers somewhat worn and soiled library stamp on front cover only library marking GPO paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 40708

‎US War Department U S‎

‎War Department Field Manual FM 21-40: Defense Against Chemical Attack‎

‎Washington DC: GPO 1947. Revised Edition. fair to good. 292 wraps illus. figures tables appendices index covers somewhat soiled & creased sticker residue on front cover. Weakness to rear cover. Topics covered include defense against chemical attack chemical agents and their identification physiological effects and first aid use and behavior of chemical agents individual protection collective protection and tactical protection; and training in defense against chemical attack the individual soldier duties and training of all officers and non-commissioned officers duties and training of unit gas personnel and duties and training of the chemical officer. Appendices include approximate duration of hazard from mustard gas contamination military animals in chemical warfare flow of supplies ready reference chart to chemical agents service troop organizations gas mask inspection and drills and protective cover--use and drills. This manual captures the World War II experience and is nearly twice as long as the earlier version. GPO paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 50471

‎US War Department U S‎

‎Annual Report 1858 Volume 2‎

‎Washington DC: James B. Steedman 1858. fair to good rebound in good binding. 670 tables text creased some pages soiled tear and small piece missing on title page. 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. James B. Steedman unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6113

‎UK War Office, General Staff U K‎

‎Infantry Training 4-Company Organization 1914‎

‎London: HMSO 1914. fair. Pocket-size 265 illus. appendices index ink name ins fr bd bds scuffed & soiled bd & sp edges worn pencil & colored pencil underlining. This Infantry Training Manual from 1914 represents the baseline understanding and assumptions that the British Army took into the trenches on the Western Front at the start of the First World War. HMSO unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 23111

‎US War Department U S‎

‎Radio Fundamentals; War Department Technical Manual TM 11-455‎

‎Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1944. Revised Edition. This supersedes TM 11-455 17 July 1941. Wraps. Good. iii 1 336 4 pages. Wraps. Review Questions. Illustrations. Tables. Appendices. Glossary of Radio Terms. RMA Radio Color Codes. Bibliography. Index. Corners of some pages bent covers soiled & worn small tears at spine. This represents the state of knowledge state of practice and standard of training during the final months of the Second World War. It incorporated lessons learned and new technical developments since the issuance of the previous edition in mid-1941. Military manuals are several series of official publications intended to be instructive and informative. They were produced by all the branches of service but are generally called Army manuals. Using a phrase which appeared in many they were "published for the information and guidance of all concerned." During the 1940s military manuals were approved by the Chief of Staff and authenticated by the Adjutant General. Field Manual FM 21-6 List and Index of War Department Publications is a detailed list of the manuals that were available. The War Department which became the Department of the Army in 1947 issued three major classes of publications -- administrative doctrinal training and organizational and technical and equipment publications. Administrative publications include publications such as Army Regulations Special Regulations Bulletins Circulars General and Special Orders and Pamphlets; doctrinal training and organizational publications contain Field Manuals Army Training and Evaluation Programs Training Circulars Tables of Organization and Equipment and Tables of Allowances; and technical and equipment publications include publications such as Technical Manuals Technical Bulletins Supply Manuals etc. The Library of Congress does not have a complete set of these publications but its holdings are extensive and significant. United States Army Field Manuals are published by the United States Army's Army Publishing Directorate. As of 27 July 2007 some 542 field manuals were in use. They contain detailed information and how-tos for procedures important to soldiers serving in the field. Starting in 2010 the US Army began review and revision of all of its doctrinal publications under the initiative "Doctrine 2015". Since then the most important doctrine have been published in Army Doctrine Publications ADP and Army Doctrine Reference Publications ADRP replacing the former key Field Manuals. Army Techniques Publications ATP Army Training Circulars TC and Army Technical Manuals TM round out the suite new of doctrinal publications. Not all FMs are being rescinded. Select Field Manuals will continue to be published periodically reviewed and revised. Army manuals include publications on historic U. S. military vehicles including military motorcycles jeeps military trucks scout cars tanks and amphibians; aircraft including fixed wing and rotary craft; radio equipment; cooking; and language dictionaries and phrase books. United States Government Printing Office paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3418

‎US War Department, Historical Division U S‎

‎Omaha Beachhead 6 June - 13 June 1944. American Forces in Action Series‎

‎Washington DC: GPO 1945. fair to good. Quarto 167 maps wraps illus. maps 16 fold-out maps color appendices corners of book & covers bent covers scuffed & edges worn. Staple holding last map has come loose--map is bound but not stapled. GPO paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9706

‎US War Department U S‎

‎Notes on the Meteorologic Elements Affecting Artillery. Translated and Edited at the Army War College October 1917‎

‎Washington DC: GPO 1917. fair. 15 wraps figures insect damage small holes in margins covers worn foxed and stained name stamps on front cover. Some creasing to cover edges and small pieces missing. War Department Document No. 688. Topics covered include air temperature atmospheric pressure hygrometric condition and wind. GPO paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 50193

‎UK War Office, The Royal Signals U K‎

‎Handbook of Line Communication Volume I. W.O. Code No. 1698‎

‎London: HMSO 1962. Reprint Edition. fair to good. 905 v.1 only illus. figures incl. some fold-out tables appendices supplement index pencil notes ins rear flyleaf. Ink name inside front board weakness to boards board and spine edges worn small tears at top and bottom edges of spine large scratch on rear board. Subtitled: A comprehensive text-book dealing with the theoretical and practical aspects of the transmission of intelligence over lines. Reprint of the edition originally published in 1947. Topics covered include direct currents alternating currents AC circuits metal rectifiers and power supplies thermionic valves valve amplifiers feedback oscillators modulation the cathode ray oscilloscope four-terminal networks attenuation and attenuators filters line transmission and mathematical treatment of line transmission. HMSO hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 16259

‎US War Department U S‎

‎Notes on Recent Operations July 1917. "Confidential--For Official Use Only"‎

‎Washington DC: GPO 1917. fair to good. 144 wraps figures top corner of front cover and a few pages bent blue pencil notation on front cover text slightly darkened. Small tears on top edge of last page. War Department Document No. 630. Topics covered include instructions for gunners drawn from the lessons of the Battle of the Somme notes on the work of an instruction division in the German Army estimates by the artillery of the moment when the enemy will make his attack lessons to be drawn by the infantry from the combats on the right bank of the Meuse experience of the recent fighting at Verdun assault battalions in the German Army supply of ammunition in the field information from captured documents experiences of the German firstarmy in the Somme Battle the Hindenburg position and tactical notes among others. GPO paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 47576

‎US War Department U S‎

‎Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended 6/30 1904 Vol. XIV: Acts of the Philippine Commission.‎

‎Washington DC: GPO 1904. fair to good. 720 illus. tables index binding cracked at p. 390 boards and spine spotted scuffed & soiled sm pc missing edge of rear bd. This volume contains Acts of the Philippine Commission Nos. 950-1251 inclusive and Public Resolutions from September 24 1900 to August 31 1904. GPO hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 22477

‎Washington War Tax Resistance/Washington Area Anti-Draft Board‎

‎War Tax Resistance/Wake Up!‎

‎Washington DC: Washington War Tax Resistanc c. 1970. good. 8.5" x 11" 1 sheet single mimeographed sheet ink from another sheet has transferred onto this sheet on one side. Rare ephemera. One side discusses methods of refusing taxes to finance the Vietnam war; the other side addressed to prospective inductees who have reported for their Army physicals discusses methods of draft resistance. Washington War Tax Resistanc unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 15796

‎US War Department, Medical Field Service School U S‎

‎The Army Medical Bulletin No. 59 Jan. 1942. The Anopheline Mosquitoes of the N Half of the Western Hemisphere & Philippines‎

‎Carlisle Barracks PA: Medical Field Service School 1942. fair to good. 213 wraps illus. tables charts appendices references marginal ink underlining on a few pages ink name on front cover. Covers somewhat soiled and worn small tears at spine address label on rear cover top corner of front cover and first 15 pages creased. This special issue of the Army Medical Bulletin was written by James Stevens Simmons and Thomas Henry Gardiner Aitken. Full title is: The Anopheline Mosquitoes of the Northern Half of the Western Hemisphere and of the Philippine Islands Distribution Habits Identification Importance as Vectors and Control. Discusses anopheline mosquitoes of the neararctic region; the neotropical region of Mexico Central America Northern South America and the Caribbean area; and the Philippine Islands. Also discusses mosquito control with special reference to malaria. Medical Field Service School paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 49289

‎US War Department U S‎

‎Annual Report 1863‎

‎Washington DC: GPO 1863. good rebound in good binding. 510 tables pages somewhat darkened. 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." GPO unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 12310

‎US War Department, Office of the Chief of Staff, Second (Military Information) Division U S‎

‎Bulletin of Military Notes No. II June 30 1904‎

‎Washington DC: GPO 1904. as is. 290 wraps illus. figures tables fold-out charts book list index fr cover detached spine missing covers worn & stained. Small tears and small pieces missing along cover edges some foxing to text p. 4 soiled binding cracked at p. 228. Contains articles on armaments artillery military budgets naval personnel and battleships and military pay among many other topics world-wide. GPO paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 15533

‎US War Department U S‎

‎War Department Technical Manual TM 3-305: Use of Chemical Agents and Munitions in Training. "Restricted"‎

‎Washington DC: GPO 1944. Revised Edition. fair to good. Quarto 59 wraps profusely illus. figures references appendix covers soiled and discolored front cover creased text darkened. GPO paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 12398

‎US Army War College U S‎

‎Training Circular No. 2: Notes on the Employment of Machine Guns. "Confidential! For Official Use Only"‎

‎Washington DC: GPO 1918. fair to good. 56 wraps figures front cover somewhat stained small stains in inner margin of several pages small tears/chips to front cover. War Department Document No. 712. Topics covered include warfare of highly organized defenses--the offensive; warfare of highly organized defenses--the defensive; attack and defense of wooded areas and towns; consolidation; warfare of improvised defenses and open fighting. GPO paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 43686

‎US War Department, Office of the Chief of Ordnance U S‎

‎Description and Rules for the Management of the United States Rifle Caliber .30 Model of 1903‎

‎Washington DC: GPO 1917. Revised Edition. fair to good. 80 illus. tables charts fold-out plans index pencil notes pp. 5-6 some soiling in margins of a few pages boards soiled. Some wear and small ding to board edges stamp on front board. GPO hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 12026

‎UK War Office, Chief of the Imperial General Staff U K‎

‎Soviet Army Uniforms 1961. "Restricted"‎

‎London: HMSO 1961. fair to good. 91 profusely illus. most in color appendices glossary some foxing flyleaves some wear cover & spine edges covers scuffed. Topics covered include military ranks arms and services uniforms miscellaneous uniforms officer candidates cadets workmen in military construction detachments and work dress and titles orders medals and badges. HMSO unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14865

‎US War Department, Militia Bureau U S‎

‎Manual of Basic Training and Standards of Proficiency for the National Guard; Volume I: Basic for All Arms‎

‎Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1927. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Hardcover. fair to good. Volume 1 ONLY. 4.25" x 6.75. vi 278 pages. Illustrations. Tables. Music. Crossouts in heavy black crayon inside boards and flyleaves some soiling and wear to boards and spine. War Department Militia Bureau Document No. 918. Topics covered include military courtesy salutes rank and precedence the forage ration permanent and semipermanent camps bivouacs the uniform outline of first aid to the injured or sick physical training riot duty articles of war infantry drill defense against chemical warfare bugle calls and drill in command among many others. United States Government Printing Office hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 49134

‎US Army War College U S‎

‎Artillery Firing or Instructions on Artillery Fire Part IV and part of Part V. "For Official Use Only." July 1918‎

‎Washington DC: U.S. Army War College 1918. Wraps. good. Pocket-sized 70 pages. Wraps illus. diagrams fold-out plate footnotes. Name of previous owner written at top of front cover. Covers somewhat worn and soiled. Complete title: Artillery firing or instructions on artillery fire Part IV and part of Part V translated from the French project d'instruction sur le tir d'artillerie edition November 10 1917 at Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces France January 1918. U.S. Army War College paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 45909

‎US War Department, Historical Division U S‎

‎St-Lo 7 July - 19 July 1944‎

‎Washington DC: GPO 1947. fair to good. Quarto 128 wraps illus. maps fold-out maps covers soiled and stained small rough spot on front cover some foxing. GPO paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3693

‎Town of New Canaan, War Records Committee‎

‎New Canaan War Veterans Speak Volume I.‎

‎New Canaan CT: Town of New Canaan 1946. good. 154 v.1 only it is not clear if this was the only volume issued wraps index covers worn stained & soiled rear cover chipped. A series of short vignettes by veterans describing service in various military units and theaters of operations. Includes the town's Honor Roll. Town of New Canaan paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 36083

‎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. Stiff boards. Fair. vii 1 451 3 pages. Tables. Cover worn and spine chipped. Marbled edges. Previous owner's Peter J. Linder address sticker inside front cover. 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. Front cover has Harry A. Estep stamped in gold lettering as is the title of the work. This is the copy that was given to then serving Congressman Estep. Harry Allison Estep February 1 1884 - February 28 1968 was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. He attended Purdue University. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1913. He was admitted to the bar in 1914 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh. He served as assistant district attorney of Allegheny County Pennsylvania from 1917 to 1927. Estep was elected as a Republican to the Seventieth Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses. He resumed the practice of law until his retirement in 1964. He died in Oakland Pennsylvania and is buried in Allegheny Cemetery. This Order of Battle provides outline histories of the American divisions which served in Europe during World War I. This copy was from the collection of Peter J. Linder of Ellicott City Maryland. Peter J. Linder was educated at Princeton University 1949 AB and Syracuse University 1954 MA. Peter served in the Army National Guard. He was an avid genealogist and performed extensive research on World War I casualties. 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 15978

‎US War Department, Chemical Warfare Service U S‎

‎A Handbook of Chemical Warfare Agents. "For Official Use Only"‎

‎Washington DC: GPO 1931. good. 59 figures fold-out chart references some soiling to boards small ding top of rear board some wear to board & spine edges. GPO hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 13515