The amphibious forces of the Army and Navy brought the first American troops to the shores of Europe in World War II. The front flap of the DJ is laid in at title page. Previous owner's name and a list of his tours between June 8, 1943 to January 1, 1944, parallelled my own father's footsteps in the war. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 236 pages; 30896 View More...
With 400 photographs, drawings, diagrams and battle charts. Technical research by Rear Admiral Thomas L. Wattles, U. S. Navy, retired. Designed and illustrated by Fred Freeman. A detailed account of the operations of U. S. Destroyers in the Second World War, prepared from personal narratives and official records. DJ badly chipped and soiled with several tears, now in new mylar. No writing, hiliting, underlining, marginalia. With the exception of a few faint spots on foredge and the endpapers being upside down (yes, upside down) , front and rear, this book could pass for almost new condition ; ... View More...
