FROM FIJI THROUGH THE PHILIPPINES
WITH THE 13th AIR FORCE

Newsfoto Publishing Company, First Printing, 1948. Issued without dust jacket. Soiled boards. Interior pages in Very Good condition, except that endpages show browning, a number of pages show minor edgewear, and one print has a 1¼" marginal tear extending into ½" of painting. Signature of previous owner, believed to be that of the widow of a 13th Air Force pilot.

Contents include a two-page introduction and 13-page short history of the squadron, followed by over ninety prints from the original watercolors by Robert Laessig. The prints, including margins, are all 13x10. Each print is accompanied by explanatory text on the facing page. Laessig would later design the official White House Christmas Cards for five years during the Johnson administration.


Prints are divided into chronological sections, as follows:

I Origins in Fiji and Australia

II Formative Stage at New Caledonia

III Founding of Thirteenth Air Force at Espiritu Santo

IV Guadalcanal Base

V Reduction of Rabaul from Munda

VI Strafing and Fighter Cover from Bougainville

VII Low Level Bombardment from Treasury

VIII Long Range Strikes from the Admiralties

IX New Guinea Offensive

X Attack from Morotai and Counter-attack

$495.00