1931. J.J. Martin photograph album 1931-1930s documents United States Marine Corps service during interwar naval deployments and records the geographic reach social structure and daily experience of enlisted personnel attached to the USS Arkansas BB-33. The album establishes direct evidence of Marine Corps participation in peacetime naval operations that linked domestic training hemispheric presence in Central and South America and European port visits during a period when the United States maintained strategic visibility without active wartime mobilization. The inclusion of a certificate marking Martin's crossing of the equator en route to Chile on October 22 1931 places the album within formal naval ritual practice while the extensive listing of fellow servicemen with names home locations and personal remarks provides unusually detailed documentation of interpersonal networks identity and camaraderie within Marine detachments aboard capital ships.<br /> <br /> Photo album 1931-1930s likely compiled aboard U.S.S. Arkansas during voyages throughout the United States Central and South America Panama Canal Zone and Europe. Oblong format album measuring approximately 8 x 11 inches containing 49 pages including approximately 120 original photographs ranging in size from approximately 2 x 3 inches to 5 x 6.5 inches. The first nine pages consist of handwritten entries identifying fellow Marines and acquaintances with names residences and descriptive commentary. The remaining pages contain photographs depicting uniformed Marines aboard ship shipboard life port visits civilian encounters including women and children at various locations and views associated with transoceanic travel routes including the Panama Canal and European destinations. Several photographs bear captions and a printed equatorial crossing certificate is laid in.<br /> <br /> Service aboard U.S.S. Arkansas during the interwar years situates this album within a broader framework of American naval diplomacy and military readiness between the First and Second World Wars when battleships functioned as instruments of both training and international presence. Marine detachments assigned to such vessels fulfilled roles in ship security ceremonial duties and expeditionary readiness and their photographic records provide granular insight into how service members experienced global mobility during a period often defined in historiography by relative peace but sustained military infrastructure. The combination of named social registers visual documentation of multinational encounters and evidence of naval ritual contributes to research in military social history interwar geopolitics and the cultural life of enlisted Marines operating within the expanding reach of U.S. naval power. Light soiling to leather boards with two of three ties detached; some page tears and instances of loose or missing photographs; images generally remain clear with subjects unaffected. Overall good condition. unknown
Marine Corps Institute 1993-01-01. Paperback. Like New. 9x4x1. ~ Like-NEW Inside and Out! Clean & Crisp Pages. E-mail for more info./pics Marine Corps Institute paperback
Jostens Military Publications 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Minor shelf and handling wear overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Third Battalion Platon 358. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Jostens Military Publications hardcover
Marine Corps Gazette 1951. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket. Includes: illustrations maps. Title from Cover. This compilation includes the following: The Pusan Perimeter: Fight for a Foothold by Lynn Montross reprinted from the June 1951 issue of The Marine Corps Gazette 30-39 p.; The Inchon Landing--Victory Over Time and Tide by Lynn Montross Reprinted from July 1951 issue 26-35 p.; The Capture of Seoul: Battle of the Barricades by Lynn Montross reprinted from the August 1951 issue 26-37 p.; Minute Men--1950 Model: The Reserves in Action by Ernest H. Guisti reprinted from the September 1951 issue 22-31 p.; Wonsan to the Reservoir: Red China Enters The Fight by Lynn Montross reprinted from the October 1951 issue 30-39 p.; Breakout from the Reservoir: Marine Epic of Fire and Ice by Lynn Montross reprinted from the November 1951 issue 22-37 p.; The Hungnam Evacuation: Amphibious Landing in Reverse by Lynn Montross reprinted from the December 1951 issue 18-27 p.; The Pohang Guerrilla Hunt: 1600 Square Miles of Trouble by Lynn Montross reprinted from the January 1952 issue 18-27 p.; Buttoning Up the Offensive: The Marines in Operation Killer by Lynn Montross reprinted from the February 1952 issue 30-39 p.; Advance to the 38th Parallel: The Marines in Operation Ripper by Lynn Montross reprinted from the March 1952 issue 18-27 p.; Marine Air Over the Pusan Perimeter by Ernest H. Giusti reprinted from the May 1952 issue 18-27 p.; Marine Air Over Inchon-Seoul by Ernest H. Giusti and Kenneth W. Condit reprinted from the June 1952 issue 18-27 p.; Marine Air at the Chosin Reservoir by Kenneth W. Condit and Ernest H. Giusti reprinted from the July 1952 issue 18-25 p.; Marine Air Covers the Breakout by Kenneth W. Condit and Ernest H. Giusti reprinted from the August 1952 issue 20-27 p.; All In A Day's Work: The Engineers and Shore Party in Korea by Lynn Montross reprinted from the September 1952 issue24-31 p; March of the Iron Cavalry: Marine Tanks in Korea by Lynn Montross reprinted from the October 1952 issue 46-54 p.; Marine Artillery in Korea by Kenneth W. Condit reprinted from the November 1952 issue 26-33 p.; They Make Men Whole Again: The Medical Battalion and Chaplains in Korea by Lynne Montross reprinted from the December 1952 issue 42-49 p.; Marine Supply in Korea by Kenneth W. Condit reprinted from the January 1953 issue 48-55 p.; Red China on the Offensive by Lynn Montross reprinted from the July 1953 issue 16-24 p.; Advance to the Punchbowl by Lynn Montross reprinted from the August 1953 issue 14-23 p.; and Flying Windmills in Korea by Lynn Montross reprinted from the September 1953 issue 16-25 p. Marine Corps Gazette hardcover
<p>Personnel Qualification Standard PQS For Fleet Marine Force Warfare Officer FMFWO Fleet Marine Force Qualified Officer FMFQO: Study Guide by Marine Corps is a Marine Corps spiral bound publication. The book was published in 2013. Both the spiralbound book and the covers are in good condition with only a written name twice and some fraying/creasing. This copy would make a special addition to any collection or library. "Fascinating and very interesting this book offers great insights techniques requirements and much much more!" It also has a wonderful collection of illustrations. This is an exceptional book and read. You can buy with confidence we have been selling books for over 50 years. Thanks for buying.</p> Marine Corps