Thoughtfully designed and beautiful produced, these four handsome volumes give the scrapbooker the opportunity to preserve and present the professional successes of the members--and former members--of the United States of Armed Forces. They provide a special place to keep and display photographs, mementos, letters, and stories as a personal testament to one's accomplishments. Each scrapbook contains: - A removable section offering scrapbook-making ideas and techniques, sample projects, and instructions on using the album- 20 decorative pages printed with military-inspired borders and patriotic motifs, protected in clear acetate sleeves-16 top-loading poly sleeves
"In 1981, while the country was celebrating the end of the Iran hostage crisis, an unemployed Vietnam veteran named Gary Cooper went berserk with a gun, angry over the jubilant welcome the hostages received in contrast to his own homecoming from Vietnam. He was killed in a fight with police. Joe Klein ... tells Cooper's story, as well as the stories of four of the other vets in Cooper's platoon. These stories all begin with an ambush and a grisly battle in the Que Son Valley in 1967, but Payback is less about remembering the war and more about examining its long-term effects on the grunts who fought it. Klein focuses on filling in the next fifteen years of these men's lives after they return home, and his account ... captures the struggles of a whole generation of Vietnam veterans and their families."--Back cover.
Description: Brown covers with gold designs. From the service of William Harold 'Jeff' Jeffrey, Navy corpsman attached to the 5th Marine Division for actions on Iwo Jima. Letters include: From Camp Pendleton, Sept. 16, 1944 writing about orders to prepare for going overseas, which are then countermanded; From 'an Island in the Pacific', Sept. 30, 1944 letter describing sea voyage and seasickness and arrival and description of unnamed island camp; Oct. 4, 1944 letter describing food on island and attendance at a USO show; Oct. 25, 1944 letter describing daily routine on island; October 19, 1944 letter describing sports activity on island; December 25, 1944 letter describing Christmas day and activities on island; Eight pages of Los Angeles Times articles about combat on Iwo Jima; Two pages of Life magazine photos and stories about combat on Iwo Jima; V mail from Iwo Jima, February 26, 1945 informing parents that he is still alive, but has had a lot of close calls with death; V mail from Iwo Jima, March 5, 1945; letter to parents saying he is still alive with comment about Japanese prisoners needing aid 'I would have just as soon killed them all as look at them.'; V mail from Iwo Jima, 5, 1945; letter to parents explaining his helmet with large dent from Japanese mortar shrapnel, how he was pinned down by a light Japanese machine gun and how he finally decided to run for it and made it to safety. He comments : 'I don't mind sniper fire, it's the mortars that make a Christian of you'; Los Angeles Times photo and story about American marine wounded being moved from Iwo Jima; Two page photo spread from Life magazine, May 29, 1945 depicting aftermath of Iwo Jima combat; Newspaper article entitled 'Marines Whet Knives and Sing Before Battle'; Newspaper article entitled 'Los Angeles Marks 168th Anniversary of Old Glory' with photo of photographer Joe Rosenthal posing before replica of Mt. Suribachi flag raising; Three page photo spread from Life magazine, April 9, 1945 about battle for Iwo Jima; Two page story with photos from Collier's, April 14, 1945 entitled 'Iwo: The Red-Hot Rock' by Marine Corps Combat Correspondents; Type written four page letter dated April 14, 1945 written from rest camp on island where the corps embarked for Iwo Jima. Jeffrey describes in detail his experiences as a corpsman and his feelings of being 'scared to death most of the time' during the battle. He describes the landing near Mt. Suribachi, as well as treating wounded Marines under constant Japanese mortar fire. He describes the death of a Marine from a sniper. He describes their first night on the island: 'That was the worst night I ever hope to spend--the weather was cold and windy, and the Japs poured artillery on us all night long. I believe artillery is the worst type of fire to be under, you can't fight back, you just have to sit there and pray the next one doesn't land in the same foxhole with you' Late infiltration of the aid station: 'That night a Jap infiltrated through our Aid Station, tossed a hand grenade and succeeded in wounding one man - the Doctor finally polished him off with the use of a forty-five slug.' A handwritten p.s. comments on how shocked he was at the news of President Roosevelt?s death; Poem entitled 'Suribachi' and words of Marine Corps hymn; Vogue magazine article, July, 1945 entitled 'Iwo Jima- lifesaving station'; Letter dated June 18, 1945 describing activities at unnamed base camp. Letter begins with: 'You asked for my prognosis on the war, so I'm going to give it you--put this date down somewhere so when it's all over we can see just how close I really came. December 1946. Those casualties recorded on that picture resulted from our original thirty nine corpsman'; Two page letter from September 26, 1945 describing arrival in Japan and impressions the country and the people; Letter from Fukucha, Japan dated October 5, 1945 describing arrival there. One comment about Occupation is 'There is one thing about this occupation duty that appeals to me, all the Japanese treat the American soldiers like kings. They bow and scrape, they salute even the lowest of peons. Oh yes, for a little while this is going to be all right.'; Letter from Fukucha, Japan dated October 10, 1945 describing bad weather and comments: 'Frankly, I haven't the slightest idea just what our job is supposed to be over here--from the time we arrived until now, we haven't done the slightest bit of typical 'occupation duty'' page also includes two small; Letter from October 27, 1945 complaining about his occupation duties.; Two page letter from November 1, 1945 describing his medical activities. Page includes two small photos, a Japanese man and woman and a shot of a Japanese man walking by a building; Type written letter on Fifth Marine Division letterhead paper, November 22, 1945 commenting on how the U.S. should be better prepared for the next war; Type written from November 26, 1945 informing parents of plans to return to the United States in December. On same page, small article from Los Angeles Times dated December 26 entitled '2000 Iwo Marines Arrive Tomorrow'; Type written letter dated June 23, 1945 commenting on movies and a decoration ceremony. He says: 'Both Doctors are receiving the Silver Star for the work they did there (Iwo), while several of the Corpsman who are wounded and now back in the States will also receive awards over there. Little Willie doesn't even get the Purple Heart --HURRAY!!!! I have already been given the only medals I want to come back with--my dog tags--both of them.'; Type written letter dated July 3, 1945 describing his golf game and radio broadcasts.; Type written letter dated July 25, 1945 describing his future plans for college attendance; Type written letter dated July 9, 1945, more comments about attending college; Type written letter dated November 15, 1945 commenting of stagnate feel written letter dated April 18, 1945 commenting on after battle activities on Iwo Jima. Includes comment on death of Ernie Pyle; Type written letter dated May 2, 1945 commenting on playing tennis, movies, and gambling; Type written letter dated May 18, 1945 commenting on the trip to and from Iwo Jima; Type written letter dated November 5, 1944 describing an incident at a church service; Type written letter dated December 29, 1944 to parents describing birth of puppies to camp dog; September 1944- November 1945 Library: Letters Home: The Iwo Jima memoir of William H. 'Jeff' Jeffery by Kyle Jeffery Ogilvie. 2010 (with unpublished memoirs on back shelves).
Thoughtfully designed and beautiful produced, these four handsome volumes give the scrapbooker the opportunity to preserve and present the professional successes of the members--and former members--of the United States of Armed Forces. They provide a special place to keep and display photographs, mementos, letters, and stories as a personal testament to one's accomplishments. Each scrapbook contains: - A removable section offering scrapbook-making ideas and techniques, sample projects, and instructions on using the album- 20 decorative pages printed with military-inspired borders and patriotic motifs, protected in clear acetate sleeves- 16 top-loading poly sleeves
Consists of photo postcard book of a WWI marine aboard the battleship the USS Florida. There is a postcard of Private Lockhardt in uniform, his ration card, some notes from him, including photos taken by the ship photographer converted into postcards and numerous photo cards of travel destinations, including Scotland, New York City, Haiti.
In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in that year's World Series, Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, and Johnny Sain practiced on a skinned-out college field in the heart of North Carolina. They and other past and future stars formed one of the greatest baseball teams of all time. They were among a cadre of fighter-pilot cadets who wore the Cloudbuster Nine baseball jersey at an elite Navy training school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a child, Anne Keene's father, Jim Raugh, suited up as the team batboy and mascot. He got to know his baseball heroes personally, watching players hit the road on cramped, tin-can buses, dazzling factory workers, kids, and service members at dozens of games, including a war-bond exhibition with Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium. Jimmy followed his baseball dreams as a college All-American but was crushed later in life by a failed major-league bid with the Detroit Tigers. He would have carried this story to his grave had Anne not discovered his scrapbook from a Navy school that shaped America's greatest heroes including George H. W. Bush, Gerald Ford, John Glenn, and Paul "Bear" Bryant. With the help of rare images and insights from World War II baseball veterans such as Dr. Bobby Brown and Eddie Robinson, the story of this remarkable team is brought to life for the first time in The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II.
September 1962: On a moonless night over the raging Atlantic Ocean, a thousand miles from land, the engines of Flying Tiger flight 923 to Germany burst into flames, one by one. Pilot John Murray didn’t have long before the plane crashed headlong into the 20-foot waves at 120 mph. As the four flight attendants donned life vests, collected sharp objects, and explained how to brace for the ferocious impact, 68 passengers clung to their seats: elementary schoolchildren from Hawaii, a teenage newlywed from Germany, a disabled Normandy vet from Cape Cod, an immigrant from Mexico, and 30 recent graduates of the 82nd Airborne’s Jump School. They all expected to die. Murray radioed out “Mayday” as he attempted to fly down through gale-force winds into the rough water, hoping the plane didn’t break apart when it hit the sea. Only a handful of ships could pick up the distress call so far from land. The closest was a Swiss freighter 13 hours away. Dozens of other ships and planes from 9 countries abruptly changed course or scrambled from Canada, Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, and Cornwall, all racing to the rescue—but they would take hours, or days, to arrive. From the cockpit, the blackness of the Atlantic grew ever closer. Could Murray do what no pilot had ever done—“land” a commercial airliner at night in a violent sea without everyone dying? And if he did, would rescuers find any survivors before they drowned or died from hypothermia in the icy water? The fate of Flying Tiger 923 riveted the world. Bulletins interrupted radio and TV programs. Headlines shouted off newspapers from London to LA. Frantic family members overwhelmed telephone switchboards. President Kennedy took a break from the brewing crises in Cuba and Mississippi to ask for hourly updates. Tiger in the Sea is a gripping tale of triumph, tragedy, unparalleled airmanship, and incredibly brave people from all walks of life. The author has pieced together the story—long hidden because of murky Cold War politics—through exhaustive research and reconstructed a true and inspiring tribute to the virtues of outside-the-box-thinking, teamwork, and hope.
"It started as land purchased in 1880 to fill the Ordnance Department's need for a powder depot near the Atlantic Coast. Once an enterprise to produce and store something so explosively dangerous had gotten underway, a continuous inflow of expertise was needed to make that enterprise flourish. This begins to explain how the Dover Powder Depot grew from a modest operation to supply gunpowder into the nation's principle ammunition loading operation at the start of World War II. Today, Picatinny Arsenal is a brainpower hub where more than 5,000 scientists, engineers and support staff turn leading-edge technology into the weapons, ammunition, and related production and storage designs to make United States service members the best-armed fighters in the world. [This book] chronicles the development of this enduring national asset. The armaments developers who work at Picatinny Arsenal today are part of a legacy of providing state-of-the-art weapons designs that have directly influenced outcomes in numerous U.S. battles and campaigns."--Page 4 of cover.
A biography that "includes 1000 photos, maps, and illustrations that bring the War in the Pacific to life through a young pilot's eyes"--Page 4 of cover.
