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Office of History, Headquarters, Pacific Air Forces, 1995. First edition. . Trade paperback. Very good. light shelfwear.

Marine photo album recording his true experiences in the Pacific at the end of the 2nd World war. Album includes 30 postcards and 93 photos, many from his time serving in the Pacific. Album is 10.5"x13.25". Loosely tied cardboard boards with forty black pages, many filled with photos and postcards. Frontcover has decoration of globe, eagle, and the motto of the Marine Corps, "semper fidelis," or "always loyal" in Latin. Photos from the Marine's time at base, with other marines, airplanes, and various places in the Pacific during the war. Some of the most interesting ones are of local life in the Pacific, including stray dogs, monkeys, local women, and boats on the river. Many of the postcards have illustrated views of marine bases and soldiers in action. Postcards are written to the marine's family in Georgia. Negatives, news articles, documents and a ribbon are laid in. Photo sizes 2.5"x3.5" and 3"x4." Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 lost all but one of its twelve F4F-3s during the attack on… Leer más

[various places], 1946. A vivid portrait of the war lives of three service members from the same family, and their sister who wrote to them all from Brooklyn. The youngest son Charles Margulis enlisted in the Army at the age of 19 in November 1942, and was sent to the Pacific in late July 1943. Harry enlisted the following March 1943 at age 25 and was overseas in Europe by November 1944. Arthur, the oldest at 31, was in the Army by October 1943, serving his time in various places in the United States. Hannah, affectionately knows to her brothers as "Hank," made it her mission to keep them all in touch, typing out informative one page letters to the brothers, apparently sending each a copy. Many of the letters are accompanied by their mailing envelops, though the stamps have been removed. Louis Margulis, their father, had emigrated to the United States from Maripole [Mariupol], Russia [now Ukraine] as a child in 1884, according to his naturalization records. He signed his intent to become a citizen of… Leer más

[Philippines, New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, New Zealand, Hawaii, ca. 1942-1945].. 213 photographs from 2¾ x 2¼ to 6½ x 8½ inches, corner-mounted; plus twenty-two pieces of ephemera mounted or laid in, including two mimeographed pamphlets. Oblong quarto album. Red silk boards, blue silk ties, with stylized Japanese figure on center of front board. Some fraying to edges and corners, some loss to silk on rear board, minor soiling. Photographs in excellent condition overall. Very good. A dramatic photograph album from Harvey D. Burgstresser's (1912-83) service in the U.S. Army artillery during World War II. Although most photos are not labeled individually, they are labeled by group, and track Burgstresser's travels through various combat stations during the war in the Pacific. The first photo, labeled "Fayetteville NC" shows Burgstresser (on left) in uniform with another solider walking along a city street. The first section follows and is labeled "Hawaii 5/7/42-11/1/42" and consists mostly of… Leer más

[Japanese American] [Internment] [World War II] Extensive archive of 22 letters totaling 81 pages from 1944-1945, all written by Soldier Robert Ball of the 59th Medical Base Depot Co. Most letters span from Ball's time at the training battalion Camp Berkley in Texas in 1944 and span to Cebu City in the Philippines through 1945. The correspondences cover a variety of experiences in the Philippines, plans for after the war, and experiences with racism against Japanese Americans in the US with a perspective from being overseas. One letter dated October 17, 1945 from Cebu City in the Philippines discusses the treatment of Japanese Americans during the war: "This reflects the general attitude of most soldiers about the stupid, barbaric destruction's of Jap-American's lives and properties, especially those who gave their lives and devotions to fighting in Italy and elsewhere. But even Servicemen's (so-called) organizations have black-balled American servicemen of Japanese ancestry. I can't understand their… Leer más

[African American Segregated Military] [W.W.II] Photo album of Black W.W.II soldier Charles Turner at Camp S101 and in the Pacific Theater during W.W.II with an all-Black Navy unit in the Pacific Theater. Disbound, with stiff leatherette boards separated. 113 black and white silver gelatin photos split between 28 album pages plus around 30 loose photos. These Photos taken during the Pacific campaigns throughout Melanesia, Papa New Guinea, and the Philippines, with at least one taken at the Bougainville base. This black soldier was named Charles Turner and was trained at Camp S-101 in Pennsylvania. His unit is not named but is depicted in around 20 mostly group photos, and there are also shots of Imperial Japanese soldiers in W.W.II uniform. His unit is tight-knit, with several group photos with captions naming his friends. One photo in Bougainville shows a soldier posing next to a sign that dedicates Marine Drive to the "Fighting Marines", built by the 53rd Navy Combat Battalion 1st Marine Amphibious… Leer más