Marines
Okinawa: Victory in the Pacific
Washington, DC: GPO, 1955. 332, illus., maps at end of vol., appendices, bibliography, index, edges of spine worn, discoloration inside front board. More
Okinawa: Victory in the Pacific
Washington, DC: GPO, 1955. 332, illus., maps at end of vol., apps, biblio, index, edges of spine worn & torn, sl discoloration & ink name inside fr board. More
Okinawa: Victory in the Pacific
Washington, DC: GPO, 1955. 332, illus., maps at end of vol., apps, biblio, index, rough sp ins fr bd, worn & tears, bds scuffed & plastic coating ripped. More
Okinawa: Victory in the Pacific
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1966. Reprint Edition. 332 + maps, illus., maps in separate vol. at end, color endpaper maps, appendices, bibliography, index, spine faded, few library marks. More
The Eagle and the Dragon; The United States Military in China, 1901-1937
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1990. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 6.25 inches by 9.5 inches. Minor cover wear and soiling. Illustrations. Tables. Abbreviations. Illustrations. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Contributions in Military Studies, Number 102. Dennis L. Noble entered on active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard in 1957 and retired in 1978 as a Senior Chief Marine Science Technician. Shore duty included a Lifeboat Station, an Air Station, the Oceanographic Unit, a district office, and Headquarters. Sea duty took him six times to the Arctic, twice to the Antarctic, International Ice Patrol, and other locations between these extremes. He served in the icebreakers Northwind, Westwind, and Edisto. During oceanographic field work he also served in, Evergreen, Barataria, Storis, Staten Island, and Glacier. On his off-duty time, Noble earned Bachelor and Master’s degrees. After retirement from the U.S. Coast Guard, he earned a Ph.D., in U.S. history from Purdue University. After retirement, Noble worked as a U.S. Army historian, a library director and a library manage. Dennis L. Noble now writes full-time. More
Black and Other Minority Participation in the All-Volunteer Navy and Marine Corps (Vol. VIII--Studies of Negro Employment)
Philadelphia, PA: The Wharton School, 1979. First Edition. 242, figures, tables, appendices, index, DJ taped inside boards, tape stains ins bds, DJ worn along edges & small tears. More
Lonely Girls with Burning Eyes: A Wife Recalls Her Husband's Journey Home from Vietnam
Boston, MA: Little, Brown, c1991. First Edition. First Printing. 22 cm, 276, DJ soiled, stamp at bottom edge. More
March to the Sound of the Drums
Danville, IL: Wabash Press, 1967. Second Printing. 333, illus. More
March to the Sound of the Drums
Danville, IL: Wabash Press, 1967. 333, illus., DJ soiled and small tears along edges, DJ spine wrinkled. More
G. I. Songs
New York: Sheridan House, [c1944]. 25 cm, 253, illus., DJ worn, torn, and soiled, ink notation at seam of table of contents. More
12, 20 & 5; A Doctor's Year in Vietnam
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1972. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 315, slight soiling to fore-edge, DJ edges worn and small tears, small piece missing to front DJ. John A. Parrish, MD, is the cofounder and CEO of the Center for the Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT) and the former director of the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program. He is a distinguished professor emeritus of dermatology at Harvard Medical School and has served as chief of the department of dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Parrish is also a member of the National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine. He is the author of Autopsy of War: A Personal History and 12, 20 & 5: A Doctor’s Year in Vietnam. More
12, 20 & 5; A Doctor's Year in Vietnam
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1972. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. 348, [4] pages. Slight soiling to fore-edge. Pencil erasure residue on fep. John A. Parrish, MD, is the cofounder and CEO of the Center for the Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT) and the former director of the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program. He is a distinguished professor emeritus of dermatology at Harvard Medical School and has served as chief of the department of dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Parrish is also a member of the National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine. He is the author of Autopsy of War: A Personal History and 12, 20 & 5: A Doctor’s Year in Vietnam. More
Three-War Marine: The Pacific, Korea, Vietnam
Pacifica, CA: Pacifica Press, 1987. First Edition. 272, illus., maps, slight wear to top and bottom edges of DJ, small scratch in rear DJ. More
Peacekeepers at War: A Marine's Account of the Beirut Catastrophe
Boston, MA: Faber and Faber, 1986. 229, plan, appendix, glossary, DJ somewhat scuffed and small tears. More
The Compact History of the United States Marine Corps
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1960. First Edition. 326, illus., endpaper illus., biblio, index, fr flylf missing, lib stamps, tape stains to flylves, DJ worn: sm tears, sm pcs miss ink notation inside rear flyleaf. More
The Compact History of the United States Marine Corps
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1960. First Edition. 326, illus., endpaper illus., bibliography, index, ink name inside front flyleaf, small tears/chips to DJ edges. More
The Marines' War: An Account of the Struggle for the Pacific from Both American and Japanese Sources
New York: William Sloane Associates, 1948. Third Printing. 456, maps, index, library bookplate & sticker, some soiling to fore-edge, spine scuffed & small tears, library call # on spine. More
The Marines' War: An Account of the Struggle for the Pacific from Both American and Japanese Sources
New York: William Sloane Associates, 1948. First Printing. 456, maps, index, stamp & ink name inside front flyleaf, large pieces of DJ missing: small chips/tears & several large tears. More
Fortunate Son: The Autobiography of Lewis B. Puller, Jr.
Place_Pub: New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991. First Edition. Sixth Printing. 24 cm, 389, index, some creasing to DJ edges. Inscribed by the author to "Bill." More
Fortunate Son: The Autobiography of Lewis B. Puller, Jr.
New York: Bantam Books, 1993. Eighth Printing. pocket paperbk, 454, wraps, index, some wear to cover and spine edges, text slightly darkenedThe son of a hero of World War II and the Korean War who was the most decorated Marine in the Corp's history, the author inevitably joined the Marines and entered the war in Vietnam. He returned from Vietnam missing both legs and parts of both hands. More
Fortunate Son: The Autobiography of Lewis B. Puller, Jr.
New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 389, index, slight creasing to DJ edges, rear DJ scuffed. Inscribed by Toddy Puller, widow of the author. More
Marines in the Central Solomons
Washington, DC: GPO, 1952. 186, illus., fold-out maps, bibliography, chronology, appendices, index, ink name ins fr bd, spine chipped & repaired w/ tape. More