Department of the Army Field Manual FM 21-50: Ranger Training and Ranger Operations
Washington, DC: GPO, 1978. Reprint Edition. 344, wraps, illus., tables, references, appendices, glossary, index. Reprint of the 1962 edition. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1978. Reprint Edition. 344, wraps, illus., tables, references, appendices, glossary, index. Reprint of the 1962 edition. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1962. Revised Edition. 344, wraps, illus., tables, refs, apps, glossary, index, covers soiled & somewhat worn, fore-edge foxed, some darkening to text. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1977. Revised Edition. Quarto, approx. 450, wraps, 3-hole punched, illus., diagrams, fold-out chart, appendices, front cover partially separated, a few pgs loosened. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1971. Revised Edition. Quarto, approx. 225, wraps, figs., tables, references, appendices, index, covers soiled, stamp on front cover crossed out in marker. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1958. Revised Edition. 302, wraps, figures, fold-out maps, references, appendix, index, text has darkened, covers somewhat soiled. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1959. Revised Edition. 101, wraps, figures, appendices, references, index, stamp and blue pencil "S/S" on front cover. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1962. Revised Edition. 196, wraps, illus., map, chart, tables, figures, apps, references, glossary, index, sm stains to covers, address sticker on spine. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1965. Revised Edition. 66, wraps, references, index, top corner p. 19 creased, stamp on front cover crossed out in marker, some cover soiling. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1951. Revised Edition. 8.5" x 14", 56, xerox copy of this manual, two staples at top edge, stamps on front page, entire document folded in half. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1964. Revised Edition. Quarto, 417, wraps, illus., figures, references, appendices, index, ink underlining on a few pages, ink notes on rear cover. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 2005. First? Edition. First? Printing. 54, wraps. More
West Point, NY: U.S. Military Academy, 1957. 60 + foldouts, wraps, illus. with 20 fold-out figures, glossary, some pencil underlining to text, covers somewhat worn and discolored. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 2002. First? Edition. First? Printing. 120, wraps, maps. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 2002. First? Edition. First? Printing. 281, wraps, illus. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 2002. First? Edition. First? Printing. 103, wraps. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1996. First? Edition. First? Printing. 429, wraps, illus. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1947. Revised Edition. Wraps. iv, 209, [3] pages. Wraps. 3-hole punched and single staple at left side between top and middle punchholes. Illustrations. Diagrams. Appendix I Conventional Appendix II Glossary of Common Aggressor Military Terms. Cover is worn, soiled, and chipped. Noticable page and edge soiling and damp staining (all pages separated). This reflects the state of knowledge and the state of practice following the Second World War. More
Fort Bragg, North Carolina: United States Army Special Operations Command, 1995. First printing thus (This regulation supersedes USASOC Regulation No. 350-2, dated 1 February 1994.). Staplebound, left side. Various paginations. Illustrations. References, Glossary, Abbreviations, Checklist. No rear cover. Appears to be missing Appendix Y MEW Effective Wind Calculation. Includes chapters on General; Responsibilities; Organization, Planning, and Conduct of Airborne Operations; Required Airborne Training; Individual clothing, Equipment, and Air Items; Airborne Commander; Departure Airfield Control Officer; The Jumpmaster; The Safety; Drop Zone Safety Officer/ Drop Zone Support Team Leader; US Army Parachute Malfunction Officer/NCO; Medical support; Communications; Airdrop of Equipment; Air Movement of Equipment/airland operations; Military Free Fall Operations; Special Airborne Operations; Rotary Wing Aircraft; Drop Zone Selection/Surveys; Airdrop Requirements, Minimums, and Restrictions; Combat Considerations; Administrative Reports/Records; Policy on Waiver of Jump Requirements; Water Airborne Operations; Permissive Parachute Jumping; Non-Standard or Obsolete Aircraft used by Special Operation Forces; and Training/Certification Procedures for packing the main canopy of the MT1-XX/MC-4 Ram Air Personnel Parachute Systems. More
Manhattan, KS: Sunflower University Press, 1996. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Trade paperback. xvii, [1], Various paginations. Illustrations. Introduction by Ronald Schaffer. Cover has slight wear and sticker residue at back. Name in ink on half-title page. The Small Wars Manual is a United States Marine Corps manual on tactics and strategies for engaging in certain types of military operations. The Marine Corps' role in small wars has a long and complex history. During the early years of the 20th century, the Corps was widely viewed as the nation's overseas police and initial response force. Moreover, the actual execution of these roles were a natural adjunct of the Corps' officially directed mission of sea-based power projection, in turn buttressed by its fundamental expeditionary operational character; i.e., the availability for "sudden and immediate call" More
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1947. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. iv, 209, [3] pages. Wraps. 3-hole punched with staple at left side between top and middle punch holes. Illustrations. Diagrams. Appendix I Conventional Signs and Symbols. Appendix II Glossary of Common Aggressor Military Terms. When issued this manual had restricted distribution. Cover and title page have the following statement: "RESTRICTED. Dissemination of Restricted Matter. -No person is entitled solely by virtue of his grade or position to knowledge or possession of classified matter. Such matter is entrusted only to those individuals whose official duties required such knowledge or possession. (See also AR 380-5.) The cover is worn, soiled and chipped. Pages are soiled and have damp stains. All pages are separate. This reflects the state of knowledge and the state of practice following the end of the Second World War and the start of the Cold War. More
Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1958. This manual supersedes FM 3-5, 1 September 1954, including C 1, 12 February 1957, Wraps. 144 pages. Illustrations. References. Conversion Factors. Index. Size is approximately 6.75 inches by 4.5 inches. Designation AGO 1979C is on front cover and last page. Small stain and pencil erasure residue at top corner of first page. More
Washington, DC. Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps, 1987. Reprint. Facsimile reprint edition of 1940. Trade paperback. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Various paginations. More
Gaithersburg, MD: The Military Press, 1971. Reprint. Limited Edition Reprint--unnumbered. Wraps. Includes: illustrations, diagrams. Various paginations (approximately 525 pages). Some illustrations in color. More
New York: The Free Press, 1998. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 25 cm. xx, 408, [4] pages, Maps. Twelve black and white illustrations between pages 236 and 237. Notes. Glossary of Acronyms and Foreign Terms. Index. George J. Veith is the author of three books on the Vietnam War, including Code Name Bright Light: The Untold Story of U.S. POW Rescue Efforts during the Vietnam War (1998) and Black April: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-1975 (2013). Account of the American secret operations to rescue POW/MIAs during the Vietnam conflict. Traces the development of the wartime POW intelligence operations including the Joint Personnel Recovery Center, a classified POW/MIA unit responsible for rescuing captives. He has testified on the POW/MIA issue before the U.S. Congress, and is currently working on his Ph.D. and a study of the career of Nguyen Van Thieu. He presented papers at the following major conferences, including the October 2005 Australian War College symposium “Entangling Alliances: Coalition Warfare in the Twentieth Century,” in 2006 to the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency at Fort Belvoir, VA, at the May 2008 conference in Paris on “War, Diplomacy, and Public Opinion: The Paris Peace Talks on Vietnam and the End of the Vietnam War (1968-1975),” and at the 2009 Society for Military History Conference. He helped organize a conference held in Washington, DC in April 2010 on “35-Year Retrospective Look on Vietnam.” He has appeared on Fox News and other radio and TV stations, and testified twice on the POW/MIA issue before the U.S. House of Representatives. More
New York: Dell Publishing, 1995. Seventh Printing. pocket paperbk, 469, wraps, illus., source notes, index, some wrinkling to top edge of text (no pages stuck), cover edges worn. More