‎Militaire‎

‎Talbot-Booth, Eric Charles Great Britain Army‎

‎The British Army: Its History Customs Traditions and Uniforms‎

‎London : S. Low Marston & Co. 1937-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex library book usual markings. Hardback rebound by library with some water damage creasing or bending to pages. Still very useable. London : S. Low, Marston & Co., hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : mon0000004807

‎LA FRANCE MILITAIRE BULLETIN OFFICIEL‎

‎Librairie Militaire et Coloniale Charles-Lavauzelle & Cie. Catalogue du 1er Mai 1926. Agents directs de vente du Service Geographique de l'Armee. Ecole superieure de Guerre et Brevet d'etat-major ouvrages necessaires aux candidats. Publications militaires 1918-1927 Recentes publications by Berger-Levrault and Librairie Militaire.‎

‎Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle & Cie / Berger-Levrault 1926. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Roy. 8vo. 23 x 16 cm. In French. 174 2 p. 1 errata; 16 2 p.; 16 p.; 16 p. Librairie Militaire et Coloniale Charles-Lavauzelle & Cie. Catalogue du 1er Mai 1926. Agents directs de vente du Service Geographique de l'Armee. Ecole superieure de Guerre et Brevet d'etat-major ouvrages necessaires aux candidats. Publications militaires 1918-1927 Recentes publications by Berger-Levrault and Librairie Militaire. A rare bookseller and publishing catalogue including three booklets. <br/> <br/> Charles-Lavauzelle & Cie / Berger-Levrault paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 046333

‎Canadian Army‎

‎INSTRUCTIONS FOR WINTER AND SKI TRAINING Canadian Army Training Pamphlet No. 6‎

‎Ottawa: Edmond Cloutier 1941. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover; small 8vo; 124 pages. Small slim paperback grey covers with black lettering on front. Gently rubbed edges. The pages are yellowing but glossy and clean with many photographs. Complete with stick figure drawings of common skiing manoeuvres. The front bears an interesting injunction that this booklet not be given directly or indirectly to the Press or any person not in an official position of the Canadian Army. VG <br/> <br/> Edmond Cloutier paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 222723

‎Hellenic Army General Staff‎

‎THE STRUGGLE FOR NORTHERN EPIRUS‎

‎Athens: Army History Directorate 2000. Hardcover. VG/VG. 578 pages in excellent condition. With 5 tables 44 figures and 28 fold-out maps. Previous owner's stamps on the ffep. Green hardcovers with gilt titles and emblem. One corner and one edge lightly bumped. Green illustrated DJ with black titles. Spine slightly faded very light wear on edges. Scarce. VG/VG <br/> <br/> Army History Directorate hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 217248 ISBN : 9607897404 9789607897404

‎Department of the Army‎

‎American Military History 1607-1958: Department Of The Army ROTC Manual 145-20‎

‎Kessinger Publishing 2007-09-12. paperback. New. 7.50x1.16x9.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : DADAX0548439699 ISBN : 0548439699 9780548439692

‎Borden Institute Walter Reed Army Medical Center‎

‎Care of the Combat Amputee Textbooks of Military Medicine‎

‎Department of the Army 2010-02-01. 2009 ed. hardcover. New. 8.80x1.70x11.20. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Department of the Army hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : DADAX0160840775 ISBN : 0160840775 9780160840777

‎U S Army Coastal Engineering Research‎

‎Shore Protection Manual Vol. 2‎

‎Books for Business 2002-06-01. paperback. New. 8.32x1.17x10.86. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Books for Business paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : DADAX0894991760 ISBN : 0894991760 9780894991769

‎U S Army Corps of Engineers‎

‎Gravity Dam Design‎

‎University Press of the Pacific 2005-01-27. paperback. New. 8.25x0.21x11.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. University Press of the Pacific paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : DADAX141021995X ISBN : 141021995X 9781410219954

‎United States Army Corps of Engineers‎

‎Report of Explorations Across the Great Basin of the Territory of Utah For A Direct Wagon-Route From Camp Floyd to Genoa in Carson Valley in 1859 . of War and Under instructions From Bvt. Bri‎

‎University of Michigan Library 2006-09-13. paperback. Used: Good. 6.14x1.14x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. University of Michigan Library paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : SONG1425561705 ISBN : 1425561705 9781425561703

‎Departments of the Army and the Air Force‎

‎TM 8-292 / AFM 160-16: Physical Reconditioning‎

‎Washington D.C: Departments of the Army and the Air Force 1952-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. 219pp b/w illus. Exercises for physical strength and rehabilitation. Binding sound text very good. Plain paper wraps are fragile torn at rear panel about 8cm small chips heavily rubbed. NOT ex-lib. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis Minnesota. Departments of the Army and the Air Force paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 308509

‎US Army‎

‎The First Infantry Division in Vietnam‎

‎1969 1969. hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1969 hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 200-01999

‎Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, Army officer, colonial administrator and astronomer:‎

‎Thomas Makdougall Brisbane Army officer colonial administrator and astronomer Part only of Autograph Letter Signed "T Makdougall Brisbane" to "Captain Johnson Royal Navy Holy Island By Berwick" about a meridian line.‎

‎No date surviving but faint postal stamp looks like "Oct 3 1831" but too faint to be sure. See Image. Top half of bifoliate letter cr.8vo formerly two pages now top halves of two pages torn and lost leaving total 25 lines of Brisbane's scribble. See Images. Text as best I can: ". & I hope the will be equally good today & tomorrow. I am much obliged to your goodness in explaining to the Keeper of the Light House at Longstone the use of the Table of of Time & I should have been glad could you have verified the accuracy of the Meridian Line . According to promise I shall send .craftsmen . BerwickEquations for Tides. the Meridian lines ." to Page 2. See images for both pages No date surviving, but faint postal stamp looks like "Oct 3 | 1831" but too faint to be sure. See Image. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26991

‎Wardle, D L, Colonel (US Army Quartermaster School) U S‎

‎Handwritten letter on US Army Letterhead Detailing and Apologizing for a 'Red-Tape" Snafu with hand-addressed envelope. Vietnam War‎

‎Very Good/No Dust Jacket Issued. Description<br /> Fort Lee Virginia to APO New York: U.S. Army Quartermaster School / Privately Mail-Dispatched 1966. <br /> <br /> Two-page autograph letter signed executed in dark blue ink on a single sheet of official letterhead verso blank for page two. Housed with its matching original hand-addressed and stamped Air Mail envelope. An incredibly candid high-level piece of military correspondence tracking the friction between senior officer management and field personnel during the height of the Vietnam War.<br /> <br /> Writing directly to Master Sergeant Allen B. Correll of the U.S. Army Mortuary System Colonel Wardle directly addresses a severe administrative delay regarding transit assignment instructions explicitly blaming the delay on military bureaucracy and admitting that command channels sometimes get things fouled up.<br /> <br /> Key Features<br /> Visuals: The letterhead displays a crisp bold Department of the Army circular emblem with the official Department of Defense seal at the upper left margin. <br /> Media: Written on standard lightweight military-issue bond paper; envelope features pre-printed red and blue Air Mail border designations along with two original 5-cent blue George Washington postage stamps. <br /> Postal History: Envelope displays a distinct machine-stamped duplex postmark from Fort Lee Virginia dated May 3 1966 3:00 PM. Specs: Letter sheet measures 8.0 x 10.5 inches; envelope measures approximately 9.5 x 4.0 inches.<br /> Transcription Anchor: Includes an incredibly frank copy-specific piece of advice instructing the Sergeant to bypass standard waiting procedures: Recommend you have Major Caldwell or one of his people start burning the wires up to finalize things.<br /> Unusual Military Association: Addressed to a highly specific and somber branch of the service-the U.S. Army Mortuary System stationed at the 20th Station Hospital-a unit that handled the grim high-pressure logistics of processing deceased service members during the expansion of operations in Southeast Asia.<br /> <br /> Condition: Very Good / Fine Postal Survival<br /> The Letter: Displays standard crisp horizontal mailing folds. The paper remains uniformly bright white completely clean and free from tears thumbing or toning. The ink is bold fluid and perfectly legible.<br /> The Envelope: Exhibits a rough contemporary tear along the right vertical edge where it was originally opened by the recipient resulting in minor paper loss to the blank margin edge well clear of the stamps postmark and manuscript address. Light overall storage dusting. Historical Significance -<br /> While official military archives are dense with formalized typed orders that present a veneer of seamless efficiency this private autograph letter provides a rare unvarnished look at the internal frustrations of military administration during a critical period of 1960s troop deployments. The year 1966 marked a massive escalation in American military infrastructure putting unprecedented strain on logistical hubs like the U.S. Army Quartermaster School at Fort Lee.<br /> <br /> This letter exposes the friction caused when those administrative networks failed field personnel. The fact that a full Colonel would put pen to paper to apologize to a Master Sergeant-using terms like red tape and openly declaring that command channels sometimes get things fouled up-revealed a deep breach of standard bureaucratic decorum likely driven by the critical nature of Correll's assignment in the Mortuary System. <br /> <br /> By capturing this raw moment of management transparency the Wardle-Correll letter stands as an excellent primary source for historians studying the operational reality internal communication breakdowns and human infrastructure of the mid-century American military machine.<br /> <br /> SUBJECTS: Military Logistics Vietnam War Era Ephemera Bureaucratic History Postal History / Air Mail U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps.<br /> GENRES: Autograph Letters Signed ALS Envelopes Postal History Military Correspondence.<br /> <br /> Transcription<br /> Letterhead Printed Text: DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY U.S. ARMY QUARTERMASTER SCHOOL FORT LEE VIRGINIA 23801<br /> Manuscript Text:<br /> 3 May 1966<br /> Dear Sergeant Correll: Your letter was received some days ago and I can certainly understand your concern. Needless to say I was a bit upset to.<br /> Without going into the whole picture I will only say that things are finally ironed out and I have been assured by Col Snider AG Personnel AMCENFL only this morning that assignment instructions left OPO last Friday by TWX. He says they USAREUR should have had them by Saturday morning - so ComZ should have a copy by now.<br /> Recommend you have Major Caldwell or one of his people start burning the wires up to finalize things. I think you can still get a port call by 20 May.<br /> Page 2<br /> Will explain the red tape when you get here - but for now will only say that command channels sometimes get things fouled up.<br /> Have a nice trip.<br /> Sincerely Col. Wardle<br /> Envelope Address Text:<br /> Return Address: Col. D. L. Wardle 1662 Brandon Ave Petersburg Virginia<br /> Main Address: Master Sergeant Allen B. Correll U.S. Army Mortuary System 20th Station Hospital unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 22081

‎Junior Army and Navy Stores, Limited‎

‎THE COSSACK POST JOURNAL OF B SQUADRON PAGET'S HORSE DELAREY'S FARM LICHTENBERG TRANSVAAL February to May 1901‎

‎London: Junior Army and Navy Stores Limited 1901. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 189 pages; b/w illustrations throuhgout frontispiece plate not bound in. Original hardback binding good with a little general wear black paint heavily splashed on the rear board and a little to spine see images. Contents clean and tight original yellow coated endpapers unmarked no inscriptions. A good copy. Junior Army and Navy Stores, Limited Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 034234

‎The Army Historical Foundation‎

‎U.S. Army A Complete History‎

‎Universe Publishing 2004-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Universe Publishing hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 100-02026 ISBN : 0883636409 9780883636404

‎Unit Commander, Naples, British Army‎

‎WANTED! For Attempted Murder and Armed Robbery All Escaped from Custody in Naples on Night 3/4 July 1945 Believed Travelling North‎

‎Naples: British Army 1945. Poster. Very Good. No Binding. 40.5 x 26.5. Very scarce and fascinating original item dating to the end of the WWII. A Wanted poster for three soldiers who had taken to a life of violent crime: - Pte Cooper 26; Gdsm Booker 27; and Gnr Tomlinson 27. 'Specialize in Armed Hold-ups of WD Vehicles all types. Will not hesitate to shoot. If seen or thought to have been seen report facts immediately to nearest Provost or Unit Commander.' Details of the three fugitives are given with photographs of Copper and Tomlinson. A few neat fold lines and a few very small nicks to edges otherwise very good. An extremely scarce item. British Army unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 030790

‎British Army of the Rhine‎

‎Background Letter January - December 1952 Vol. V Abridged‎

‎Berlin: Control Commission for Germany British Element 1952. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 214p. Control Commission for Germany ( British Element ) Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 023460

‎United States Army 372d Infantry (Colored)‎

‎The 372d Infantry: a Marching Tradition‎

‎n.p. 1944. 1st ed. Paperback. Good. photos 54p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28cm. Cover rather scuffed and soiled with about one-half of rear panel with an extensive but not showing through brown stain. Rather heavy vertical crease. Moderate browning soiling and other wear. Well-worn but basically sound. Scarce item about this African Amnerican military unit. The 371st and 372d Infantry Regiments were seconded to the 157th Infantry division of the French Army in 1918 during World War I and were involved in significant military action as part of the France's "Red Hand Division. The 372d was reconstituted in the National Guard in 1925 until World War II. The Regiment was not attached to a Division and served stateside and in the territory of Hawaii during World War II. Colonel Edward Orval Gourdin a double Harvard graduate undergraduate and law school and a silver medalist at the 1924 Olympics was the Regiment's commanding officer during World War II. He was later the first African American appointed as a Massachusetts Superior Court judge in 1951 and had achieved the rank of Brigadier General when he retired from the National Guard in 1959. The original owner of this book was a Staff Sergeant in the Regiment. Signed on first blank page by 14 individuals -- most seem to be fellow NCOs. paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 90244

‎United States Army Air Forces Air Force 2nd Altitude Indoctrination Unit‎

‎Survival at Altitude of Heavy Bomber Crews‎

‎Loincol Nebraska: Repro. Dept. L.A.A.F. 1944. illustrations 5 52p. plus a few As and Bs. Softcover in original wrapper Stapled. Restricted. Uncommon. Repro. Dept., L.A.A.F. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 96024

‎Jones, Isabel [or, less likely, Grace], apparently a Nurse in the Union Army during the Civil War‎

‎Autograph Letter Signed. dated September 28 1862‎

‎1862. Poor. 20 cm x 25 cm single sheet folded to make 4 handwritten pages. Large patriotic color Illustration of a bald eagle with 2 U.S. flags occupies top third of first page of stationery. Two horizontal fold mark. Split halfway across on a fold on the last two pages. Pinkish color to much of the letter suggesting old damping. Ink quite faded and generally difficult to read. Many words are so indistinct that it was impossible for us to read them and some other words or phrases are just gone. Her letter is addressed to an otherwise unidentified cousin. Jones does not seem to show on standard lists of Civil War Nurses but the information in this letter suggests that she should. Here is our effort to transcribe this difficult-to-decipher letter: "Your letter of the 21st came to hand in due time but I had about made my mind that you was not going to write to me. I was glad to hear from you and hope that you will not fail to write again. I am well. Hoping you enjoy the same good blessing. We are situated on the same ground we occupied a part of last Fall and Winter. We have been here about four weeks. After spending the summer on the peninsula we are very glad to obtain old ground which seems almost like home. You want to know why I am in the hospital. It is not because I am sick but because others are sick and need care. I am what is termed nurse. My wages are $26.50 per month. The business is by no means delightful but I get along very well. We have got one fellow who is very sick I fear he will not recover. On the Peninsula my health became very poor but now I am well. I wish that I could hear that Grandmother is on the gain but fear I never shall. Tell hear I think of her nearly all of the time and and want to see but if I fail to see her I expect to see her in Heaven. I have wrote to your father. I presume he has received my last letter before now. I do not know that I can tell you anything about the war that would amount to anything more than you already know. As we are at present we are retired from the active field I am not as well posted as when we were aamid the turmoils of battle. I have not heard a battle sound since we came across the river. Apparently all seems quiet which seems good. top two lines at top of 4th page too indistinct to decipher My hospital service is every other day. Every other day and night. I have to work taking care of the sick of our regiment then I am idle twenty-four hours. . several lines gone or indistinct here and the I will have a chance to eat army rations wear army cloths and a few moremostly indistinct lines ." She ends the letter by requesting that her cousin write to her at Hospital 50th NY Engineer Regiment Washington D.C. Online information reports that the regiment composed mostly of men from New York and a small number from Pennsylvania lost by death 10 killed in action 7 from wounds received and 214 from disease and other causes. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 91613

‎United States Army Reserve‎

‎Field Order of Battle Handbook May 1989 S-2 Section 11Th Special Forces Group Airborne United States Army Reserve Fr Meade MD‎

‎United States Army Reserve. Good. 1989. Paperback. Spine has been repaired but is nice and straight binding is tight pages are unmarked some wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Spine has been repaired but is nice and straight binding is tight pages are unmarked some wear. . United States Army Reserve paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 514426

‎United States Army Southern Division of Louisiana‎

‎General Orders No. 32‎

‎New Orleans 1865. Very Good. 9p. Tied softcover pamphlet. No separate wrapper. 21 cm. Modest spotting and soil. Colonel N. B. Bartram 20th U. S. Colored Infantry was President of this General Court Martial which convened on May 29 1865 and before which 22 soldiers appeared all but 3 of whom served in various the United States Colored Infantry -- one of the exceptions served in the 18th New York Cavalry and the other two served in the 1st New Orleans Volunteers. Charges ranged from Conduct to the Prejudice of Good Order and Military Discipline to Riotous and Mutinous Conduct. The sentence for the latter was that Private John F. Thompson be "confined at hard labor with ball and chain attached to his left leg weighing thirty-two 32 pounds chain two feet long . for the period of two years and forfeit . the whole of his monthly pay for and during the remaining and unexpired term of his enlistment." Two soldiers were found not guilty and two others facing multiple charges were found guilty of only some of the charges. All other soldiers were found guilty. An officer in the 1st New Orleans Volunteers was only given a reprimand after he used his sword to strike an enlisted man because of circumstances which are detailed at some length. Additionally page 7 includes the results of a separate military commision convened with Major M. Maloney as President on March 24 1865 to deal with three civilians -- all three were found not guilty. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 89901

‎WWII Black Troops; US Army U S‎

‎African American Military History Black U.S. Army Soldiers and Integrated Units Documented in Korea and U.S. Military Bases Early 1950s‎

‎1951. African American U.S. Army soldiers photographed during the early Korean War era document Black military service during the first years following the formal desegregation of the United States armed forces. Twenty photographs dating from approximately 1950 to 1952 depict African American soldiers in uniform at military bases and in field conditions associated with Korean War deployment. Several images also show Black and white soldiers posing together providing visual documentation of the Army during the first phase of racial integration ordered by President Harry S. Truman through Executive Order 9981 in 1948. Inscriptions on several photographs including one signed portrait reading "Joe Moddin 1951" identify individual servicemen and record personal messages written during active service.<br /> <br /> Twenty black and white photographs depicting African American soldiers in U.S. Army uniforms during the early 1950s. Photographs include scenes of soldiers standing with military trucks traveling along roads in Korea and posing with fellow servicemen at military installations where barracks structures are visible in the background. Several images show troops operating or stationed in rough winter terrain consistent with Korean War conditions. Three photographs contain extended inscriptions on the verso dated December 1951 and January 1952. Another photograph is a portrait image signed and dated "Joe Moddin 1951." The images collectively portray daily military life including group portraits transportation scenes and base environments during wartime deployment.<br /> <br /> The Korean War fought between 1950 and 1953 became the first major conflict in which the United States attempted to implement racially integrated military units following Truman's desegregation order. African American soldiers had served in segregated formations throughout World War II and their wartime service contributed to growing national pressure to dismantle racial segregation within the armed forces. By the early years of the Korean War the Army began integrating many units in training and field operations bringing together soldiers of different racial backgrounds in combat and support roles. Historians estimate that roughly 600000 African Americans served in the armed forces during the Korean War and Black servicemen accounted for a significant portion of U.S. casualties during the conflict. These photographs provide ground-level visual documentation of soldiers serving during the transitional period when formal military segregation was being dismantled but integration remained uneven in practice. Twenty photographs. Minor handling wear typical of mid twentieth century vernacular photographs. Overall condition very good. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19189

‎WWII; Tuskegee Airmen; US Army U S‎

‎African American Tuskegee Airmen Signatures and Photographs of Black U.S. Army Air Forces Personnel World War II Era‎

‎1941. Partially identified Black Airmen photographs and Tuskegee Airmen signatures. African American airmen associated with the United States Army Air Forces during the World War II era document the struggle the struggle of entry into military aviation during a period when the armed forces remained racially segregated. This archive contains sixteen items including photographs of Black airmen in uniform and autographs of Tuskegee Airmen the pioneering African American pilots and support personnel trained beginning in 1941 after federal pressure forced the Army Air Corps to open limited aviation training opportunities to Black candidates.<br /> <br /> Five original photographs of African American airmen in Army Air Forces or early U.S. Air Force uniforms and nine signed note cards bearing the signatures of Tuskegee Airmen veterans. The archive also includes a contemporary pamphlet and photograph of a monument commemorating the Tuskegee Airmen. Signatures appear on white unlined cards measuring approximately 5 x 3 inches and include Claude Platt of the 301st Fighter Squadron and an Army primary flight instructor Charles A. Lane Jr. of the 99th Fighter Squadron Charles McGee of the 302nd Fighter Squadron Luther E. McIlwain Eldridge Williams of the 332nd Fighter Wing Leroy Bowman of the 301st Fighter Squadron Edward E. Tillman of the 477th Bombardment Group Utota Knox of the 302nd Fighter Squadron and Curtis C. Robinson of the 99th Fighter Squadron. The five photographs include two panoramic images measuring approximately 8 x 15 inches and 8 x 17.5 inches and three smaller photographs measuring roughly 3 x 5 inches. <br /> <br /> One panorama shows a large formation of troops assembled in ranks with a band and flag bearers present with African American personnel grouped separately from white soldiers and women within the formation. A second panorama shows approximately four dozen Black airmen marching in formation near a military installation. The smaller photographs depict African American airmen wearing service uniforms with airman caps and winged shoulder insignia; one image bears the inscription "To Mother - From Son in the service" while another real photo postcard shows a Black airman posing with a Black woman seated in a prop carriage behind a decorative mule annotated with "me" above the woman and the initials "T.B." above the man. <br /> <br /> The Tuskegee Airmen program began in 1941 when the U.S. Army Air Corps initiated training for African American pilots at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama following federal directives requiring the military to allow limited Black participation in aviation roles. Units such as the 99th Fighter Squadron and the 332nd Fighter Group became the most visible African American flying units during World War II flying escort and combat missions in the European theater while operating within a segregated military structure. Their service challenged long standing claims that African Americans were unsuited for combat aviation and became a major milestone in the broader campaign for racial equality in the armed forces. The experience of these aviators and the public recognition of their accomplishments contributed to growing pressure for the desegregation of the military culminating in President Harry S. Truman's 1948 order ending official racial segregation in the armed forces. Five photographs ranging from approximately 3 x 5 inches to panoramic formats up to about 8 x 17.5 inches accompany nine signed note cards. One panoramic photograph shows slight water staining and a fold at the left corner; the remaining photographs and signatures remain well preserved. Overall condition very good. The material preserves visual documentation of African American participation in military aviation alongside signatures of several Tuskegee Airmen who served in fighter and bomber units during the war. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19356

‎US Army in Postwar Japan U S‎

‎Cold War Military History 11th Airborne Division Arctic Angels Training and Occupation Duty in Postwar Japan 1947‎

‎1947. 11th Airborne Division paratroopers photographed during the early American occupation of Japan document airborne training and daily military life within one of the most distinguished U.S. Army airborne units of the Second World War. More than two hundred photographs dating primarily from 1947 depict members of the 11th Airborne Division conducting parachute jump training weapons drills and daily base activities while stationed in Japan after the end of the Pacific War. The photographs appear to have been assembled by a soldier identified through accompanying material as Jeff C. Wall likely assigned to a military government team in Yamagata Prefecture. The images capture the division during the transitional period between wartime combat service in the Pacific and the emerging American military presence in East Asia that characterized the early Cold War.<br /> <br /> Archive contains 217 Silver Gelatin photographs ranging from approximately 2.25 x 2.5 inches to 4.75 x 6.5 inches depicting paratroopers of the 11th Airborne Division in Japan. The archive includes twelve photographs documenting parachute jump training sequences from aircraft exit through descent and landing as well as several images of fully equipped paratroopers lined up before boarding troop carrier aircraft. Numerous photographs show soldiers around transport planes and other aircraft on base airfields. Additional images depict artillery and machine gun training exercises paratroopers assembled outside a command building displaying the slogan "Shape Up or Ship Out" and informal scenes of soldiers gathered around barracks or posing in groups. The photographs also record elements of base life including an enlisted men's club ticket associated with the Yamagata Military Government Team women service personnel including a nurse playing cards with soldiers and views of the surrounding Japanese landscape. Approximately fifteen photographs show Mount Fuji and nearby terrain around the camp in northern Japan.<br /> <br /> The 11th Airborne Division earned distinction during World War II through its combat operations in the Pacific theater particularly during the campaign for Luzon in the Philippines in 1945 where the division conducted airborne assaults and participated in the liberation of Manila. Units of the division also carried out a well known raid that freed Allied prisoners from the Los Baños internment camp. Following Japan's surrender in 1945 the division became part of the U.S. occupation force tasked with maintaining security and administrative control across parts of Japan. The 1947 photographs document airborne training and routine service during this occupation period when American military forces remained stationed throughout the country while the geopolitical tensions of the emerging Cold War began reshaping U.S. global military deployments. In later years the division was reassigned to Alaska where its airborne operations in Arctic environments led to the nickname "Arctic Angels." Minor handling wear typical of vernacular military photographs. Overall condition very good. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19644