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48 • U.S. Army/USMC from WWII to the Present
The Battle of the Bulge in Luxembourg:
The Southern Flank
– Dec. 1944-Jan. 1945 Roland Gaul
Vol.1 The Germans. Covers the
events from the German pointof-view.
Size: 7”x10” • 48 pp. of b/w photos,
maps • 320pp.
ISBN: 0-88740-746-3 • hard • $35.00
Vol.2 The Americans. Covers the
events from the American pointof-view.
Size: 7”x10” • 64 pp. of b/w photos,
maps • 420pp.
ISBN: 0-88740-747-1 • hard • $35.00
Yesterday’s Heroes: 433 Men of
World War II Awarded the Medal
of Honor 1941-1945 Kenneth N.
Jordan, Sr. Contains all 433 Medal of
Honor citations. Along with the citations
are Official Communiqués from
the front, and newspaper accounts
of various battles. Yesterday’s Heroes
is a dramatic look at the corage of
the American soldier in World War II.
Size: 6”x9” • 624pp.
ISBN: 0-7643-0061-X • hard • $35.00
82nd Airborne in Normandy:
A History in Period Photos
Dominique François. On June 6,
1944, paratroops of the legendary
82nd Airborne Division jumped into
Normandy with the mission of seizing
the bridges over the Merderet
River, Ste. MËre Eglise, and other surrounding
villages. This large-format
book contains many first-person
accounts from 82nd veterans, and
more than 350 photos and maps,
as well as a selection of full-color
photos of World War II era airborne
uniforms and equipment.
Size: 81/2”x11” • 350+ b/w & color
photos • 280pp.
ISBN: 0-7643-2057-2 • hard • $59.95
The All American: An Illustrated
History of the 82nd Airborne
Division 1917 – to the Present
Robert P. Anzuoni. This new book
tells the complete story of the
famous 82nd Airborne Division from
its formation in 1917, through its
legendary World War II campaigns
(Sicily, Normandy and Holland),
Vietnam, Grenada, Nicaragua, Operation
Desert Storm to the present, and
examines the many changes from a
WWI infantry division to the rapid
deployment organization it is today.
Size: 81/2”x11” • over 230 b/w, color
photos • 176pp.
ISBN: 0-7643-1321-5 • hard • $45.00
“I’m the 82nd Airborne
Division!” A History of the All
American Division in World
War II After Action Reports
Robert P. Anzuoni. This is the most
comprehensive collection of combat
narratives, after action reports, documents,
maps, and photos detailing
the saga of one of the most famous
units in WWII. These original documents
are now published for the
first time since they were created
sixty years ago. The Division comes
alive, as individuals and units of the
82nd tell their own stories. Maps
illustrate day-by-day movements
of the various regiments during
campaigns.
Size: 9”x12” • over 400 color and b/w
photos, maps, charts • 384pp.
ISBN: 0-7643-2347-4 • hard • $69.95
Down to Earth: The 507th
Parachute Infantry Regiment
in Normandy Martin K.A. Morgan.
In the early morning hours of
D-Day, 2,004 paratroopers of the
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
jumped into Normandy as part of
the famous 82nd Airborne Division.
Drawing on extensive oral history
interviews with veterans of the regiment,
Down to Earth focuses on the
experiences of those who fought for
the 507th during its baptism of fire.
Size: 81/2”x11” • over 450 b/w and
color photos, maps • 256pp.
ISBN: 0-7643-2011-4 • hard • $69.95
101st Airborne in Normandy:
A History in Period Photos
Dominique François. On June 6, 1944,
paratroopers of the legendary 101st
Airborne Division jumped into Normandy
with the mission of seizing
exits of beaches at night before the
amphibious invasion of France. They
were the elite of the U.S. Army and
were primed and ready to take on
the Germans. This new large-format
book contains over 300 photos and
a selection of full-color photos of
World War II era airborne uniforms
and equipment.
Size: 81/2”x11” • over 300 b/w
photos • 192pp.
ISBN: 0-7643-2424-1 • hard • $59.95
Parachute Rifle Company: A
Living Historian’s Introduction
to the Organization, Equipment,
Tactics and Techniques of the
U.S. Army’s Elite Airborne Troops
in Combat on the Western
Front in WWII Robert Todd Ross.
Packed with information for U.S.
Airborne enthusiasts of all kinds,
this volume provides a critical
context for both the collector of
U.S. Airborne memorabilia, and a
methodology for living historians
to research and translate the
real-life story of the legendary U.S.
Parachute Infantrymen to the hobby
environment.
Size: 81/2”x11” • over 100 color/bw
images • 208 pp. • hard
ISBN: 978-0-7643-3511-2 • $49.99
U.S. Army Rangers & Special
Forces of World War II: Their
War in Photos Robert Todd Ross.
This book tells the story of the U.S.
Army’s elite Rangers and Special
Forces largely through pictures.
Never before has such an expansive
view of WWII elite forces been
offered in one volume. An extensive
search of public and private archives
unearthed an astonishing number of
rare and never before seen images,
including color. Most notable are the
nearly twenty exemplary photos
of Ranger Force in Italy, taken by
Robert Capa.
Size: 81/2”x11” • over 250 black and
white and color photos • 216pp.
ISBN: 0-7643-1682-6 • hard • $59.95
The Supercommandos: First
Special Service Force, 1942-
1944 – An Illustrated History
Robert Todd Ross. Chronicles the
organization, training, and combat
operations of the First Special
Service Force during its brief but
exhilarating history. Full-color maps,
Order of Battle graphics, charts, and
numerous noteworthy original Force
documents are also included. Over
eighty full-color images of authentic
First Special Service Force uniforms,
insignia, weapons and equipment.
Size: 81/2”x11” • over 600 b/w
photos, over 80 color photos, maps,
documents • 320pp.
ISBN: 0-7643-1171-9 • hard • $59.95
With the Black Devils: A Soldier’s
World War II Account with the
First Special Service Force and
the 82nd Airborne Mark J. Nelson.
Based on the letters and diary
entries of Sam Byrne, who served
with the Force from the early days in
Montana through the unit’s inactivation
in France, the book shares the
thoughts and emotions of a front
line soldier chronicling his activities
as they take place. The book follows
Sam’s experiences after the Force’s
breakup, as he served in both the
504th and 507th Parachute Infantry
Regiments.
Size: 6”x9” • 30 b/w photos • 176pp.
ISBN: 0-7643-2054-8 • hard • $29.95
The Last Fighting General: The
Biography of Robert Tryon
Frederick Anne Hicks. This is the
full story of the legendary U.S. Army
officer who formed, trained, and led
the unique bi-national First Special
Service Force (the “Devil’s Brigade”).
Frederick was the youngest ground
forces general, the youngest division
commander, and one of the most
decorated American soldiers in
WWII. He pioneered racial integration
on army training bases, devised
training regimens used throughout
North America, and left a record
that would seem mythical if not
documented.
Size: 6”x9” • 40 b/w photos • 272pp.
ISBN: 0-7643-2430-6 • hard • $35.00
The Sky Men: A Parachute Rifle
Company’s Story of the Battle of
the Bulge and the Jump Across
the Rhine Kirk B. Ross. This is the
story of F Company of the 513th
Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th
U.S. Airborne Division. They were
all volunteers to a new, dangerous,
and elite corps – Airborne. Includes
many never before used documents,
with the personal accounts of nearly
one hundred men of F Company and
other associated organizations.
Size: 6”x9” • over 130 b/w photos,
documents, maps • 544pp.
ISBN: 0-7643-1172-7 • hard • $35.00
The Illustrated Manual of U.S.
Portable Flamethrowers Charles
S. Hobson. This is the first book to
cover U.S. portable flamethrowers
in detail, and explores the development
of each model, the prototypes,
failures and standardized models
with the history of use in combat
from our first failed attempts in
WWI, through WWII, Korea and
Vietnam. Wartime manuals are
reproduced in full on a Mac and PC
compatible CD.
Size: 81/2”x11” • over 130 color/bw
images • 160 pp. • hard
ISBN: 978-0-7643-3525-9 • $49.99
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