Cover: the globe and anchor approved in 1868 by Jacob Zeilin to be the Marine Corps emblem. Red background. Very light edgewear to this November 1975 issue. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 28622 View More...
Five Marines are considered Leatherneck legends, also members of the "old breed," those who have gone before. A multi-person "memoir" of combat experience that spans five wars: WWI, the Banana Wars, WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam war. ; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages; 26658 View More...
In this 60th anniversary of V-E day in 2005, the voices of those who lived through those momentous days are being stilled all too rapidly. At the height of the U. S. Mission in Europe in 1944 and 1945, some 3 million Americans were serving there. Although not all of them were soldiers, each of them has a story to tell of the liberation of a continent. These stories must not be lost to history. A victoriously illustrated account of American history. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 122 pages; 30781 View More...
This book takes up the story of America's war in the Pacific two years after Pearl Harbor and traces the momentous arc of the struggle's final year. In these pages, Douglas MacArthur makes good on his promise to the people of the Philippines, "I shall return"; gutsy U. S. Marines brave ferocious odds to invade the heavily fortified islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa; and U. S. Physicists race to create a potent new weapon, a killing machine designed to end the killing. That the U. S. Could muster such an overwhelming response to the Japanese threat is remarkable in itself but more so given the wa... View More...
