THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR and
WHERE THE MARINES FOUGHT IN FRANCE
Major Edwin N. McClellan USMC
Battery Press, 1997. Two volumes in one.The
USMC in the World Waris reprinted from the original
1920 Government Printing Office edition. Where the Marines Fought in
France is reprinted from the Park & Antrim, Chicago edition
published sometime shortly after the war. NEW, still in shrinkwrap. Gilt
lettering & decoration on green cloth-covered boards. Eagle, globe
& anchor device on cover & spine. Tables, notes, index, 198 pp
in the McClellan book; about 60 unpaginated pages of photographs in Where
the Marines Fought in France, two photos per page, each photograph captioned
& identified as to place and, often, date. Dates on undated photos
can be approximated in most cases by comparing to McClellan's text. McClellan's
history was the first history of the Marine Corps in WWI and is still indispensable,
especially as a source of precise statistics. It identifies & provides
synoptic histories of all Marine Corps units on active duty during the
war years, wherever around the globe they were stationed.
$38.00

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