$300.00
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ALBUM OF USMC DEFENSE DEPARTMENT PHOTOGRAPHS, PACIFIC WAR.
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$25.00
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Attiwill, Kenneth,.
FORTRESS: THE STORY OF THE SIEGE AND FALL OF SINGAPORE.
N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960. First Edition. VG/VG. Spine of dust jacket slightly faded. Some
light chipping and a one-inch taped repair between spine and rear panel of DJ. Original "$4.50" price on
jacket. Jacket in mylar protector. Book clean and tight. Photographs, index, 243 pages.
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$25.00
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Averill, Gerald P.,
MUSTANG: A COMBAT MARINE.
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$28.00
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Browning, John Gaitha (Olera Stewart Toliver, editor),
AN ARTIST AT WAR: THE JOURNAL OF JOHN GAITHA BROWNING.
UNT Press., NEW, still in shrinkwrap. Hardcover with dust jacket.
4 maps, 20illustrations, 304 pp. "When 29-year-old artist John
Gaitha Browning enlisted in the army in 1942, he kept a journal
beginning in Fort Ord, California, through his journey to Australia,
and then in New Guinea, to his combat experience in the Philippines,
ending in June 1945. In civilian life, Browning was a well-known
artist with a deep understanding of the Southwest and its rugged
beauty."
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$39.00
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Cameron, Craig M.,
AMERICAN SAMURAI: MYTH, IMAGINATION, AND THE CONDUCT OF
BATTLE IN THE FIRST MARINE DIVISION, 1941~1951
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$35.00
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Chapline, Neal,
MOLLY'S BOOTS.
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$28.00
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Croizat, Victor J., Colonel, USMC (Ret),
JOURNEY AMONG WARRIORS: THE MEMOIRS OF A MARINE.
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$25.00
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Crump, Irving,
GYRENE'S COMPANION.
New Haven, Connecticutt: D.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc. (gun manufacurer),
1943.
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$55.00
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Del Valle, Col P.A., USMC,
SEMPER FIDELIS: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
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$60.00
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Feuer, A.B. (ed).,
COAST WATCHING IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS:
The Bougainville Reports, December 1941 - July 1943.
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$25.00
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Finney, Ben,
ONCE A MARINE, ALWAYS A MARINE.
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$45.00
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Givvin, Lou, USMCR,
"THINK IT OVER MATE".
Essential kit item for every WWII Marine and sailor, especially when
on shore leave.
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$85.00
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Goe, W. Charles,
IS WAR HELL? A Marine Chaplain's Journal.
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$35.00
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Hammel, Eric,
MUNDA TRAIL: The New Georgia Campaign.
copy. Hardcover with dust jacket. (NY: Orion Books, 1989).
Maps, photographs, appendices, bibliography, index, 252 pages.
~~~ From Booknews: From June to August 1943,
outnumbered Japanese engaged some 4,000 US infantrymen untried
in jungle warfare in the Solomon Islands. A military historian
depicts this nearly forgotten battle to take the Munda airfield,
one of the first sustained offensive actions to turn the tide
in the Pacific.
~~~ A pristine first edition. Paperback currently in print at $24.95, hardcover currently OUT OF PRINT.
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$25.00
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Harker, Jack S.,
HMNZS ACHILLES.
Battery Press, 1989. NEW, hardcover. 53 photos/drawings, 264 pages. World War II New Zealand cruiser history.
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$38.00
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Heinl, Robert D. Jr, LtCol, USMC, and LtCol John A. Crown USMC,
THE MARSHALLS: Increasing the Tempo.
Battery Press, Nashville, 1991. Reprint of the Historical Branch,
G-3 Division, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps 1954 edition.
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$240.00
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HISTORY OF U.S. MARINE CORPS OPERATIONS IN
WORLD WAR II.
Nashville: Battery Press, NEW set of five
volumes, totalling 3,382 pages. Reprinted by Battery Press
1993-94. Volume I: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal. Volume II:
Isolation of Rabaul. Volume III: Central Pacific Drive.
Volume IV: Western Pacific Operations. Volume V: Victory and
Occupation.
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$38.00
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Hough, Frank O., LtCol, USMCR and Major John A. Crown USMC,
THE CAMPAIGN ON NEW BRITAIN.
Nashville: Battery Press, 1992. NEW. Reprinted from the 1952 edition.
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$30.00
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Howarth, Stephen,
MEN OF WAR: Great Naval Captains of World War II.
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$30.00
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Isby, David C.,
LEAVE NO MAN BEHIND: Liberation and Capture Missions.
NEW copy, hardcover with dust jacket. Wiedenfield & Nicolson, 2004. Maps, photographs, notes, glossary, index, 416 pages. Includes an account of the Los Banos, Philippines, February, 1945. Other operations included from the following conflicts: Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Iran, Grenada, Panama, Somalia, Afghanistan, and the current war in Iraq. "Isby, an attorney and consultant on national security issues, investigates the most famous missions of the US Army's Special Forces, the "Green Berets," from the liberation of Allied prisoners at the end of WWII to the rescue of US Army Private Jessica Lynch in 2003. He reveals why some missions were great successes while others ended in tragedy. Numerous b&w historical photos are included."
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$65.00
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Israels, Josef, II,
HE'S IN THE MARINE CORPS NOW.
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$125.00
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Johnston, Richard W.,
FOLLOW ME! The Story of the Second Marine Division in World War II.
Original 1948 edition in ratty dust jacket.
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$40.00
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Jones Jr, Wilbur D, Captain USNR (Ret),
GYRENE: The World War II United States Marine.
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$25.00
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Katcher, Philip,
U.S. 1st MARINE DIVISION, 1941-45.
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$15.00
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Keiser, Gordon W.,
THE US MARINE CORPS AND DEFENSE UNIFICATION, 1944-47:
The Politics of Survival.
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$35.00
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Kennard, Richard C., Major, USMCR,
COMBAT LETTERS HOME.
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$28.00
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Lane, LtCol Kerry, USMC (Ret),
MARINE PIONEERS: The Unsung Heroes of World War II.
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$35.00
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Leach, Douglas Edward,
NOW HEAR THIS: The Memoir of a Junior Naval Officer in the Great Pacific War.
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$25.00
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Lent, Henry B.,
SEABEE: Bill Scott Builds and Fights for the Navy.
The Macmillan Company, 1944.
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$75.00
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Letcher, John Seymour, BrigGen, USMC Ret.,
ONE MARINE'S STORY.
McClure Press, Verona, Virginia, 1970., Signed by Author.
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$20.00
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Levin, Dan.
FROM THE BATTLEFIELD: Dispatches of a WWII Marine.
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$35.00
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Lindstrom, Lamont, and Geoffrey M. White,
ISLAND ENCOUNTERS:
Black and White Memories of the Pacific War.
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$25.00
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Lord, Walter,
LONELY VIGIL: Coastwatchers of the Solomons.
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$30.00
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[MacArthur] Harry A. Gailey,
MACARTHUR'S VICTORY: The War in New Guinea, 1943-1944.
Presidio Press, 2004. NEW copy. Hardcover with dust
jacket. First Edition. Maps, notes, bibliography, index, 292 pages.
~~ From the publisher:
"In March 1942, General Douglas MacArthur faced an enemy who, in the space of a few months, had captured Malaya, Burma, the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, and, from their base at Raubaul in New Britain, threatened Australia. Upon his retreat to Australia, MacArthur hoped to find enough men and materiel for a quick offensive against the Japanese. Instead, he had available to him only a small and shattered air force, inadequate naval support, and an army made up almost entirely of untried reservists." Here is one of history's most controversial commanders, battling his own superiors for enough supplies (as President Roosevelt favored the European Theater), butting heads with the Navy (which opposed his initiatives), and on his way to making good his promise of liberating the Philippines."
~~ from Library Journal: "Gailey (MacArthur Strikes Back) covers the campaign to expel the Japanese from New Guinea in workmanlike detail. He begins with the less obvious battles at Wau and Salamuau, prior to the mid-1942 defense of Milne Bay. Gailey then traces the steady and certain defeat of the Japanese forces up to their collapse on the Vogelkop peninsula. MacArthur might have come in for considerable praise here, but Gailey does not focus on MacArthur as much as the title of this book might suggest. While this was a very skillfully managed campaign in which American losses were fewer than those at Iwo Jima, the author's focus is more on the platoon, regimental, and divisional levels than on the high command. There is an extensive bibliography mainly comprising secondary sources. ...this is a worthwhile book for specialists and comprehensive collections."
~~ HARDCOVER OUT OF PRINT.
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$35.00
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[MacArthur], Stephen R. Taaffe,
MACARTHUR'S JUNGLE WAR:
The 1944 New Guinea Campaign.
University Press of Kansas, 1998, NEW copy. Hardcover with dust
jacket. First Edition. 10 maps, notes, bibliography, index, 312 pages.
~~ When General Douglas MacArthur led Allied troops into the jungles of New Guinea
in World War II, he was already looking ahead. By successfully leapfrogging
Japanese forces on that island, he placed his armies in a position to fulfill
his personal promise to liberate the Philippines.
~~ The New Guinea campaign has gone down in history as one of MacArthur's
shining successes. Now Stephen Taaffe has written the definitive history of that
assault, showing why it succeeded and what it contributed to the overall
strategy against Japan. His book tells not only how victory was gained through a
combination of technology, tactics, and army-navy cooperation but also how the
New Guinea campaign exemplified the strategic differences that plagued the
Pacific War, since many high-ranking officers considered it a diversionary
tactic rather than a key offensive.
~~ MacArthur's Jungle War examines the campaign's strategic background
and individual operations, describing the enormous challenges posed by jungle
and amphibious warfare. Perhaps more important, it offers a balanced assessment
of MacArthur's leadership and limitations, revealing his reliance on familiar
battle plans and showing the vital role that subordinates played in his victory.
Taaffe tells how MacArthur manipulated the complex New Guinea campaign in
service of his ultimate goal-to return to the Philippines. He also discloses how
MacArthur frequently deceived both his superiors and the public in order to
promote his own agenda and examines errors the general would later repeat on a
larger scale through the Korean War.
~~ MacArthur's Jungle War offers historians a more analytical treatment
of the New Guinea campaign than is found in previous works, and is written with
a dramatic flair that will appeal to military buffs. By revealing the
interaction among American military planning, interservice politics, MacArthur's
generalship, and the American way of war, Taaffe's account provides a clearer
understanding of America's Pacific war strategy and shows that the New Guinea
offensive was not a mere backwater affair but a critical part of the war against
Japan.
~~ HARDCOVER OUT OF PRINT.
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$20.00
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Manchester, William,
GOODBYE DARKNESS:
A Memoir of the Pacific War.
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$25.00
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Mason, Theodore C., Foreward by Edward L. Beach,
BATTLESHIP SAILOR .
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$75.00
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McCahill, William P., Captain,
FIRST TO FIGHT.
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$29.00
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McMillan, George, C. Peter Zurlinden, Jr., Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.,
David Dempsey, Keyes Beech, & Herman Kogan,
UNCOMMON VALOR: Marine Divisions in Action.
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Melson, Maj Charles D.USMC (Ret)
UP THE SLOT, MARINES IN THE CENTRAL SOLOMONS. Marines in World War II Commemorative Series,
Marine Corps Historical Center, Washington. DC. 1993. NEW copy,
first edition, softcover, 36 pgs, 8½x11.
1st Marine Raider Regiment, 1st and 4th Marine Raider Battalions. Army 43rd
Infantry Division, Army 37th Infantry Division, Marine 11th Defense Bn.,
3rd. Marine Raiders. 20th and 24 Naval Construction Bn.(Seabees) Army 103rd,
129th, 148th Regimental Combat Teams, 70th Coast Artillery and 1st
Commando, Fiji Guerillas: landings and battles in the New Georgia Islands:
Segi, Viru Harbor, Bairoko, Rice Landing, Van Gunu, Rendova, Rrussell
Islands, Pavuvu.
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$25.00
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Moffat, Alexander, Capt.,
A NAVY MAVERICK COMES OF AGE, 1939-1945.
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$25.00
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Muir, Malcolm, THE IOWA CLASS BATTLESHIPS:
Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri & Wisconsin.
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$30.00
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North, Oliver, with Joe Musser,
WAR STORIES II: Heroism in the Pacific.
With DVD. Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2004. NEW copy, hardcover with dust jacket. Photographs, timeline, glossary, index, maps, DVD, 471 pages.
"Here, in their own words, as told to decorated combat veteran Lt. Colonel Oliver North, are the personal stories of American veterans - soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines - about what it was really like to fight in the Pacific." In War Stories II: Heroism in the Pacific, you'll experience the fierce combat at Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Bougainville, Peleliu, and Okinawa; you'll fly into flak with the fabled Flying Tigers and the Black Sheep Squadron of Pappy Boyington; and you'll come face-to-face with the enemy, as North interviews the Japanese veterans who once fought so tenaciously against us. "
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$150.00
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OCCUPATION OF JAPAN BY SECOND MARINE DIVISION.
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$25.00
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Parry, Francis Fox, Col, USMC Ret.
THREE-WAR MARINE: THE PACIFIC~KOREA~VIETNAM.
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$30.00
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Parsons, Captain Robert P., Medical Corps, USN.,
MOB 3: A Naval Hospital in a South Sea Jungle.
The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1945.
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$24.00
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Putney, Capt William W., DVM, USMC (Ret),
ALWAYS FAITHFUL:
A Memoir of the Marine Dogs of WWII
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$25.00
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Reasoner, James,
ZERO HOUR: A Novel of World War II
Book III of the "Last Good War" series. VG/VG. Remainder dot on top of book (page edges). Jacket crimped but untorn at bottom of spine. Otherwise in new condition. Tom Doherty Associates, 2003. 494 pages. "November, 1942. In the Pacific with the U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal, and in North Africa with the British Armored Tank Command, James Reasoner puts readers into the thick of the most deadly action of World War II. The British Tank Command has been fighting an uphill battle with Rommel's Panzers. Brothers Joe and Dale Parker, detailed from the U.S. Army to help the British tankers, find themselves helping to turn the tide against the Desert Fox. Meanwhile, their friend Adam Bergman is in the Solomon Islands with the Marines, as the U.S. starts the bloody fight to reclaim the Pacific. Reasoner takes us into the heart of the fight in both theaters of war, and to wartime struggles on the home front, and in hospitals on ships and in temporary quarters near the fronts. The immediacy of his prose and the urgency of his story convey a passion and conviction that will stir the blood of anyone who cares about freedom and wants to understand its price."
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$85.00
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Rentz, John N., Maj USMCR.
MARINES
IN THE CENTRAL SOLOMONS. (Original 1952 edition)
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$38.00
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Rentz, John N., Maj, USMCR,
MARINES IN THE CENTRAL SOLOMONS.
Battery Press, Nashville, 1989. Reprint of the Historical Section,
Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps 1952 edition.,
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$20.00
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Richmond, Peter, MY
FATHER'S WAR: A Son's Journey. (A son retraces his father's steps on
Guadalcanal, Peleliu & New Britain.)
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$25.00
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Seelig, Major Frederick A., USMCR (Ret).,
ONE MARINE MUSTANG'S MEMOIRS: Fifty Months
with Defense Battalions in the Pacific,
1940-1945.
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$75.00
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Smith, S.E.,
THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN WORLD WAR II.
The most extensive anthology ever published on the U.S. Marines in WWII.
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$40.00
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Soule, Thayer, LtCol, USMCR, Ret..
SHOOTING THE PACIFIC WAR: Marine Corps Combat Photography in WWII.
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$45.00
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Steichen, Edward, Capt USNR (compiler),
U.S. NAVY WAR
PHOTOGRAPHS, PEARL HARBOR TO TOKYO HARBOR.
US Camera, NY, circa 1945.
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$25.00
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Stremlow, Mary V., Colonel USMCR (Ret),
FREE A MARINE TO FIGHT:
Women Marines in World War II.
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$50.00
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Turner Editorial Staff, BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF:
Greatest of All Sea Battles, Commemorative Edition .
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$100.00
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Vandegrift, General A.A., with Robert B. Asprey, USMC,
ONCE A MARINE.
W.W. Norton & Company, 1964.
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$45.00
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Vanderbreggen Jr., Cornelius,
LETTERS OF A LEATHERNECK.
Private Printing, 1948. Signed by Author.
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$35.00
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Vanderbreggen Jr., Cornelius,
LETTERS OF A LEATHERNECK.
Private Printing, 1948.
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$25.00
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Vat, Dan van der, THE PACIFIC CAMPAIGN:
World War II, The THE U.S.~Japanese Naval War, 1941~1945.
NY: Simon & Schuster., 1991. VG. Advance
Uncorrected Reader's Proof from publisher.
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$30.00
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Woodard, C. Vann, BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF.
Battery Press, 1989. NEW, hardcover issued without dust jacket. 46 photos/drawings,
6 maps, 244 pages. The history of the largest naval battle of world War II.
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