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New York: Random House, [1943]. 8vo. [8], 275, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., numerous photo plates, colour pictorial map endpapers by Immerman. Green cloth, gilt lettering on spine (slight shelfwear), w/ d.j. pictorial globe map cover art by Hoffman (minor edgewear, very minor rubbing, couple very small tears), NF/VG copy. First edition, 1st printing, of this informative work detailing the retaking of Attu Island at the end of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, forcing the Japanese to abandon Kiska Island, and then their preparations to retake Paramushiru.
New World Map Shows Vital Importance of Alaska. by WORLD - ALASKA) - 08- 1942.
by WORLD - ALASKA)
New World Map Shows Vital Importance of Alaska.
by WORLD - ALASKA)
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Herald-American Pictorial Review.. 08- 1942.. Color map from Herald American Pictorial Review August 1942, 21 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches, text and black and white photo illustrations on verso. Folded into quarters, creasing and two tears to right hand edge. "A reduced copy of the polar (Casson) Projection Map of the World ...Copyright by the Universal Map Co., Inc." The Second World War saw a revival in popular interest in geography and maps; this interest was further fueled by the new "aviation era" maps produced by mapmakers such as Richard Edes Harrison, and there inclusion in newspapers around the States. The polar projection of this map effectively shows the proximity of Alaska and the Asian theatre of war to the lower 48. .
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Bridge to victory: the story of the reconquest of the Aleutians. Dutch Harbor, Attu, Kiska, Adak, Amchitka. . . .
by [ALASKA -- WORLD WAR II]. HANDLEMAN, Howard
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[Photo Album Containing More than 100 Original Photographs of the 39th Air Depot at Amchitka, Alaska During World War II]
by [Alaska]. [World War II]
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[Amchitka & Anchorage, Ak, 1944. Overall, very good.. 111 original photographs, measuring from 2.5 x 3.5 to 3.5 x 5 inches. Oblong folio album, string-tied; leatherette boards, front embossed and color stamped. Manuscript captions on album leaves; photos in corner mounts. A bit of soiling and wear to album leaves, fading to some captions and a few images. An album of over 100 striking vernacular photographs taken and compiled by Corporal Herbert Farris, of Lexington, Kentucky, that document his World War II service with the 39th Air Depot in Alaska. The men were involved in the maintenance and repair of Army Air Force aircraft, and it appears that Farris operated a refueling truck. The unit was stationed in both Anchorage and in the Aleutian Islands, and the album appears to include images from both of these areas. One image depicts the "wind indicator at Amchitka", an island in the far western Aleutians home to an Army Air Force Base constructed during the war. The album also includes many other…
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