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40th Infantry Division Overseas: official photographs.

1945Best.-Nr. 64628Los Angeles CA: 40th Infantry Division ca. 1945. Oblong 4to. 120 pp unpaginated. with 200 silver gelatin photographs all mounted and numbered in lower corner w/in negative keyed to indices inserted after the title page occasional creasing to corners. Brick-red publisher’s cloth post-binder two hidden nickel-plated screwposts at gutter margin 40th Infantry Division sunburst emblem patch on front cover in gilt on blue field minor thumbing edgewear slightly shaken occasional fraying to a couple leaves at fore-edge still a VG copy. First edition thus of this 40th Infantry Division regimental souvenir album visually recording the Western National Guard “Sunshine Division’s” participation in the grueling and bloody island hopping campaign during World War II from Guadalcanal to The Philippines often involved in heavy fighting and credited with capturing or killing over 11000 Japanese troops while suffering 715 casualties. These photographs follow the 40th Division’s arrival and activities in Hawaii followed by their movement to Guadalcanal and arrival at Kukum Dock. Photos depict wrecked Japanese ships beached nearby the typical bare-breasted shots of New Britain Indigenous Peoples arrival of nurse units and training on New Britain. As depicted in these images the bloody Philippine Islands campaign opened with multiple regiments from the 40th Division landing at the Lingayen Gulf on Luzon in order to retake the main Philippine Island in January 1945 including views of Tarlac Bamban battle damage artillery pieces war dogs used by segregated African-American patrols on Luzon well-prepared Japanese positions built to repel the American forces machine gunners Japanese casualties and the results of Japanese troops using grenades to commit Hari Kari.The next phase of the campaign involved the 40th Division participating in the Panay & Guimaras Invasion landing at Tigbauan on Panay Island securing Iloilo City and nearby airfields coordinating with Philippine guerrilla forces with photos of the guerrillas views of the landing craft Philippine peoples and guerrillas wounded by Japanese snipers being treated by American forces and the Division artillery. The 40th Division later came together with other forces and moved onto Negros Island from the end of March through August 1945 pushing deep into Negros Island capturing Bacolod and its airfield before continuing on in the heavy surrounding jungle dislodging Japanese troops in the surrounding area. Their artillery and tank battalions proved particularly effective and many of these photographs depict not only the movements and equipment but the aftermath as well. This album does not include the National Guard Division’s participation in the enforcement of the orders to round up and illegally incarcerate Japanese-Americans throughout the West into War Relocation Centers and Internment Camps for the duration of the War. No copies in Worldcat -- this volume should not be confused with the regimental history published in Baton Rouge LA by the Army & Navy Publishing Company -- “40th Infantry Division: the years of World War II 7 December 1941-7 April 1946. 40th Infantry Division, hardcover

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Mindanao and Sulu

1905Best.-Nr. 5045Manila: Sugar News Press 1905. Very good. 22pp. Illustrated. Oblong quarto. Original pictorial wrappers stapled. Moderate dust-soiling and edge wear. Light even toning to text. An early and seemingly-unrecorded promotional touting the people and scenery in Mindanao and Sulu in the southern Philippines in the first decade of the 20th century. The work opens with a Foreword detailing the positive aspects of Mindanao particularly its principal city described here as the "Metropolis of Mindanao and Sulu" with "a population of more than thirty thousand a mixture of Moros or Mohammedan Filipinos Christian Filipinos Chinese Japanese and Europeans." Following the Foreword the remainder of the work is mostly comprised of thirty-four duotone photographic prints printed mostly two per page but occasionally with from one to five per page. The photographs feature numerous scenic and street views in and around Zamboanga including various "Moro houses" and about fifteen portraits of indigenous Filipinos such as a "Moro woman weaving materials for head-turbans and sarongs" a view inside a "weaving school" "Yakan Moros on the island of Basilan" "Muhammad Jamallul Sultan of Sulu" "Joloano Warriors" "Moro Kulintang" and their musical instruments Bogobo and Cotabato warriors "Bajaos - the sea gypsies of Sulu" and "Bogobo musicians." The final two pages of the work are taken up with two poems -- the first is a traditional Filipino poem entitled "No Te Vayas" noted as "Zamboanga's 'Auld Lang Syne" and one titled simply "Zamboanga" by Susan Hart Dyer. The front cover is decorated with a central photograph of an indigenous sailing vessel surrounded by an illustrated beach scene signed at bottom left "Jh. Mendoza." The inside front cover contains an illustration of the Philippine Islands from Batanes down to Sulu. We could locate no other copies of the work by title and imprint information in OCLC. Sugar News Press unknown

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Mindanao and Sulu

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[World War II Photographica]: [Philippines Photographica]:Biblio.com

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM CONTAINING OVER 130 ORIGINAL IMAGES COMPILED BY A MEMBER OF THE 142nd UNITED STATES NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION STATIONED IN GUIUAN DURING 1945 FOLLOWING THE PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN.

1945Best.-Nr. 54321Philippines; Okinawa; San Diego. 1945. Photo Album of a Seabee in the Philippines in 1945 A fascinating photographic account of military service in the Philippines compiled by a member of the 142nd U.S. Naval Construction Battalion the Seabees in 1945. Most of the images approximately three-quarters of the album were taken in Guiuan on Samar Island in the central Philippines where the photographer was stationed: Guiuan city square the Seabees' camp numerous portraits of local girls who sometimes pose with American soldiers local families and their activities indigenous architecture and other local scenes. They also show the Immaculate Conception Church with shots of the exterior and detailed views of the silver altar - built in 1595 to 1844 but completely destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Several other photos evidently portray the album's compiler posing next to an American fighter plane while boiling sea shells in front of his tent etc. The final portion of the album contains photos taken during the operations aboard the U.S.S. "Monrovia" and "President Harris" in October-November 1945 including views of Okinawa on the way to China and snapshots of soldiers unloading cargo in China before returning to Manila. There are also eight clear views of Manila showing destroyed Japanese cranes and boats in the harbor American army headquarters and a warehouse. The album concludes with a few photos of the homeward voyage and shows soldiers discharged in San Pedro California. Overall a very good album depicting local life and the activities of the 142nd U.S. Naval Construction Battalion in the Philippines and Yellow Sea in the last months of the World War II. 133 silver gelatin photographs most 2½ x 4 inches but ranging from 2½ x 2½ to several 10 x 7 inches. Oblong folio. Black leatherette album strong tied. Light wear. Photos in corner mounts with many captions. Very good. hardcover

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PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM CONTAINING OVER 130 ORIGINAL IMAGES COMPILED BY A MEMBER OF THE 142nd UNITED STATES NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION STATIONED IN GUIUAN DURING 1945 FOLLOWING THE PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN.

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American Deployment in the PhilippinesBiblio.com

Spanish-American and Philippine-American War Archive of 11 U.S. Military Photographs Documenting Mobilization Camp Life and American Colonial Occupation circa 1898-1901

1898Best.-Nr. 236541898. Spanish American and Philippine American war US military photographs circa 1898 to 1901 documenting the Spanish American War mobilization and the subsequent American occupation of the Philippines. A caption identifying "Co. B Pa. Vol. Mt. Gretna" places one image within Pennsylvania's 1898 volunteer encampment where state militia companies entered federal service during the Spanish American War. A separate inscription "Vigan Philippine Islands Christmas 1901" establishes an American military presence in northern Luzon during the Philippine American War. The photographs record how soldiers were assembled housed transported armed and sustained across stateside and overseas settings. Photo archive of 11 photographs seven silver gelatin and two sepia toned photographs most mounted to cardstock ranging from approximately 5 x 4 to 8 x 10 inches Pennsylvania the Philippine Islands and unidentified locations circa 1898 to 1901. A large company portrait before a conical tent is captioned "Co. B Pa. Vol. Mt. Gretna" among the assembled officers and enlisted men. Other photographs show soldiers standing in opposing ranks along a wooded camp street; five armed men before numbered canvas tents; a mounted officer amid trees and tentage; a long formation carrying an American flag beside railroad tracks telegraph poles freight cars and industrial buildings; and uniformed men posed near a railroad water tower. Two soldiers stand before an open tent crowded with trunks bedding shelving cookware and personal effects while another view records enlisted men seated on the steps of a raised tent furnished with cots. An interior scene shows three soldiers eating smoking pipes and preparing food around a carved table with rifles resting across their laps and beside their chairs. One mount is inscribed "Chas. W. Grammes 925 Maple St. Allentown Pa." while another bears the dated inscription "Vigan Philippine Islands Christmas 1901." Mount Gretna served as Pennsylvania's principal volunteer encampment during the 1898 mobilization but Pennsylvania regiments received different assignments after mustering into federal service. Some units remained stateside or served in Puerto Rico while the 10th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry deployed to the Philippines and later fought Filipino forces after the war with Spain had formally ended. Because the Mount Gretna caption omits a regiment number the company shown cannot be securely identified with Philippine service yet the image preserves the state level mobilization from which such overseas assignments were made. By late 1901 Vigan functioned as an American controlled provincial center in Ilocos Sur where military authority and the new colonial administration operated amid continuing resistance elsewhere in the archipelago. Light surface wear and silvering to several images; tonal variation edge wear and staining to some cardstock mounts. Overall good condition. A concentrated visual record of American military organization from Pennsylvania's 1898 volunteer camps to the daily realities of occupation service in the Philippines. unknown

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Spanish-American and Philippine-American War Archive of 11 U.S. Military Photographs Documenting Mobilization Camp Life and American Colonial Occupation circa 1898-1901

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THE PHILIPPINES, NEW GUINEA - WORLD WAR IIBiblio.com

Historically Important Album with 105 Gelatin Silver Photographs Likely Taken by a Technician of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in Manila After the End of World War II Showing U.S. Soldiers Reconstructing Communication Networks Repairing Overhead Trunk Lines Operating Specialized Consoles Restoring Exchange Equipment etc. the City Views Before and After the Bombardment City Hall Manila Hotel Legislative Finance Commerce & Agricultural Buildings Jones Bridge Escolta St. etc. and Japanese Ships Sunk in Manila Bay; also with Photographs from New Guinea Mostly Depicting the Compiler and His Friends at the Height of the War. Ca. 1943-1945.

Best.-Nr. PD10Oblong Octavo album ca.182x295 cm or 7 ¼ x 11 ½ in. 30 card stock leaves with 2 free endpapers. With 105 original gelatin silver photographs including one loose from ca. 104x75 cm 4 x 3 in to 47x64 cm 1 ¾ x 2 ½ in. All photos with white ink captions in English on the mounts seven photos captioned in negatives some photos dated. Period dark green half leather binding with raised bands; guilt-tooled ornaments on the front cover and the spine. Seven photos missing one page lacks fragments at the right margin several pages with minor tears but otherwise a very good album with strong interesting photos. Historically interesting collection of original photographs mostly documenting the technical reconstruction of Manila’s communication networks after the end of World War II. As follows from the photographs the compiler was a technician or lineman with the U.S. Army Signal Corps. First stationed in Pittsburgh in 1943 he likely underwent specialized technical training at one of the city's industrial or academic centers before being deployed to Finschhafen New Guinea. There he was tasked with establishing the communications infrastructure for the Allied base following the recapture of the town from Japanese forces. Finally he was sent to Manila in the fall of 1945 where he assisted in the massive effort to reconstruct the city’s destroyed telephone and telegraph systems during the initial months of the post-war occupation. The album contains 105 rare early photographs from the Pacific Theatre with most images taken in Manila in the fall of 1945. The photos capture Japanese ships sunk by U.S. forces in Manila Bay and the city’s architecture before and after the artillery bombardment Escolta Street Jones Bridge the ruins of City Hall the University of the Philippines the Manila Hotel San Vicente de Paul Parish Department of Finance Building today’s National Museum of Anthropology Commerce & Agriculture Building today’s National Museum of Natural History and Legislative Building today’s National Museum of Fine Arts. Especially interesting are about fifteen candid photographs documenting the technical reconstruction of Manila’s communication networks. Outdoor scenes show the compiler’s companions with climbing spikes and safety belts repairing overhead trunk lines. Interior views depict a “Test Desk” with technicians both American and Philippian operating specialized consoles and patch cords the massive Main Distribution Frame MDF with thousands of line terminations and heavy power panel equipment. The series also includes several photographs from Clark Field showing “Ralph” and “Eddie” posing beside wrecked aircraft. The other interesting photos from the collection show “a Native of New Guinea” posing with American soldiers as well as the compiler and his friends in military uniforms in Finschhafen and Pittsburgh beside their tents barracks and orderly room. Overall historically interesting collection of original gelatin silver photographs illustrating rare scenes from the service of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. hardcover

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Baguio: The Philippines Simla. By R.M. Woolley caption title

1905Best.-Nr. 5191N.p. 1905. About very good. 3pp. rectos only. About 900 words. Folio. Typescript with manuscript corrections and notations. Light wear and soiling slight creasing. Together with two silver gelatin photographs. A short but interesting essay on the mountain city of Baguio. It reads a bit like a travel article or potential newspaper puff piece for tourism and has been edited by hand with manuscript notations and corrections. It opens "Somewhere 'round about Petersburg the Czar of the Russias has what he calls his winter palace; down in Indian the English have what they call Simla their summer capital and here we Americans have Baguio." The author goes on to discuss the oppression of the tropics and therefore the need for cooler cities to enable functional government discussing the needs of the "white man" for livable conditions in such a place: "In the Philippines there are some months of the year that are extraordinarily summer summer in all the sense that the word implies summer until one can't rest and do it comfortably. It is during this time that the summer capital comes in as a life-saving station for the overworked and rundown public servant and such others as care to take advantage of the rural pueblo. . drudging all year in a comparatively warm atmosphere and then to be hit with a blast that seems like a draft from the furnace of the place that has its main thoroughfare paved with good resolutions is more than the average Anglo-Saxon can stand." He continues: "Shortly after the arrival of the civil commission in the islands the Governor wasn't long in deciding.that the English were pretty wise in having their summer capitals. He also decided the Philippines must have one. It was necessary if the white man was to stay indefinitely." He describes the process of locating Baguio in the pine forests and establishing a small town there despite the lack of a road and precipitous ascent to the area: "The committee reported the climate fine incomparable just like that of the United States in late fall and that one had to sleep under heavy blankets at night to keep warm. . despite skepticism . it proved a fact and one that was a blessing. Think of the pleasure of residing in the Philippines where flies seldom bother where mosquitos as a rule are few where patent leather shoes never crack.and having a delightfully hilly resort not ninety miles away to go to when one's spleen enlarges from a languid life or the malaria attacks with unrelenting persistence." He goes on to note that it costs nearly as much to go to Baguio as it does to travel to China "so that its full benefit has not yet been felt by the more humble in life". The typescript is accompanied by two photographs of the Philippines one depicting a trail through a pine forest presumably around Baguio and the other showing a Filipino woman being carried by two Filipino men in a sedan chair. unknown