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Merriam Press Military Monograph 25. Fifth Edition (January 2012).
This work provides an interesting view of German as well as enemy
operations, tactics, strategies, equipment, weapons, and more,
through an interview with a little-known but highly capable panzer
general of the Wehrmacht, who saw considerable service in Europe
and the Eastern Front during the war. Includes a brief biographical
sketch of General Balck.
Merriam Press Military Reprint MR26 (First Reprint Edition, 2015).
This work is a handy overview of every experimental and production
tank built in the United States between 1918 and 1947. Each vehicle
is covered with a full page photo and a page of data giving the
vehicle nomenclature (official name), date produced, total
production, armament, armor, maximum speed, weight, engine,
suspension and tracks, plus a remarks section which is often
critical of weaknesses in the vehicle. This is a very useful
photographic resource of American tank development from World War I
through 1947. Originally published 1 September 1947 by AGF Board
No. 2, Fort Knox, Kentucky, this Merriam Press edition is a
facsimile reprint. 94 photos.
Merriam Press Personal Chronicle 6. First Edition (July 2013). A
collection of photographs depicting more than 20 years of flower
and vegetable gardening in a Bennington, Vermont, backyard, from
seed to planting to harvesting, by the author. 51 B&W and color
photos.
Merriam Press Military Reprint 18. First Edition (November 2012).
Full-color reprint of Naval aircrewman's gunnery manual, OPNAV
33-40/NAVAER 00 80S-40, of 1944, issued by Aviation Training
Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy, in
Collaboration with U.S. Army Air Forces. Provides detailed coverage
of the Caliber .50 Browning Machine Gun, M2, its operation, field
stripping and assembly, handling, safety rules, cycle of operation,
adjustments, care and cleaning, gun mount adapters, ammunition,
loading ammunition, pre-flight checks, post-flight checks, trouble
shooting, as well as the Caliber .45 Automatic Pistol and the
Caliber .30 Browning Machine Gun, M2. Also covers Sighting and
Sights and Turrets (Grumman Ball, Erco Teardrop, Erco Ball, Martin
Ball, Martin Electric Upper Deck, Martin Hydraulic Upper Deck,
Martin Hydraulic Tail, Consolidated Tail, Sperry Retractable Ball,
Bendix Upper Deck, and Emerson Bow). Hundreds of photographs and
illustrations, with color throughout. Original complete copies are
extremely rare.
Merriam Press Military Reprint 13. First Edition (August 2012).
This is the July-Sept. 1944 manual covering the Remote Control
Turret (RCT) gunnery system for the Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy
bomber. Part I: Instructions for Using and Harmonizing the R.C.T.
System (B-29 and Its Guns; Sighting Station Controls; The Sight;
Other Instructions for Using RCT in Combat; Getting Ready for a
Mission; Pre-Flight, Crew Duty, In Air, and Post-flight Check
Lists). Part II: Harmonization in the B-29 (The Job of
Harmonization; What You Need to Harmonize; The Harmonization
Procedure; The Leveling Procedure). 185 photos and drawings.
Merriam Press Military Reprint 14. First Edition (August 2012).
Pilot handbook for the Bell P-39K-1 and P-39L-1 Airacobra fighter
aircraft. This edition includes revisions through April 15, 1944.
Coverage of the aircraft and its equipment, pilot operating
instructions, flight operation data, operational equipment,
armament, and US/British glossary of nomenclature. 23 photos and
drawings, 6 charts.
Merriam Press Military Reprint 11. First Edition (August 2012).
This is the pilot's handbook of flight operating instructions for
the Republic P-47B Thunderbolt fighter powered with the R-2800-1
engine, issued by the Air Service Command, Air Force Section,
Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio, in September 1942. Contents:
Description; Pilot Operating Instructions; Flight Operation Data;
Communications Equipment; Armament; Operation of Oxygen Equipment;
Appendix: USA-British Glossary of Nomenclature; 44 photos and
illustrations; 5 charts.
Merriam Press Military Reprint 2. First Reprint Edition (June
2012). Originally published in World War II by the USAAF, this book
was compiled as an aid to Junior Officer Pilots that they may
better understand the building and functioning of a Fighter
Squadron: "In a Fighter Squadron the Fighting spirit must be
predominant. Such a spirit cannot be manufactured; it does not come
in books. How can it be attained: In a 'Fighting' squadron this
trait does not manifest itself in one an nor in one department, but
in all men and in all departments. It is aggressiveness; it is an
understanding of the word 'duty'; it is a man's pride in his
work-whatever it may be-it is sacrifice; it is the ultimate
conviction in a man's heart that he, as a man, has a job to
complete before he can rest; and at present that job is winning
this war." Contents: Introduction; Table of Organization; Duties of
Squadron Department Heads; Plans and Training Schedule; Reports;
Miscellaneous Subjects; Conclusion; 4 figures.
Merriam Press Military Monograph 91. Fourth Edition (December
2012). A selection of articles on the war in the Philippines during
World War II. Contents: The Japanese Conquest of the Philippines,
1941-42; The First U.S. Tank Action in World War II; 200th and
515th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) Regiments in the Philippines;
Target: Corregidor; Battles for the Central Philippines, September
1944; A Doctor in Bataan; The Philippine Inland Seas Defense
Project; Corregidor: An Airborne Assault; The 3rd Field Artillery
Battalion (Provisional) in the Philippines, 1941-42; M16
Half-tracks in the Philippines; World War II's Last Bitter Battle;
The Battling Bantams of Leyte Gulf; Mail from Corregidor, 1942;
Minister Remembers Bataan Death March; The U.S. Navy at Bataan; I
Was a Guard on the Bataan Death March; The 26th Cavalry in the
Philippines: A Classic Delaying Action; Interrogation of Vice
Admiral Takeo Kurita, IJN: Battle of the Philippine Sea and Battle
for Leyte Gulf; Interrogation of Vice Admiral Kzutaka Shirachi,
IJN: Occupation of the Philippines and Dutch East Indies; Hunted by
Japs for Years, American Flier is Rescued. Maps, illustrations.
Merriam Press Military Monograph 7. Sixth Edition (February 2012).
A rare period report, originally published in mid-1945. This brand
new reissue (not a facsimile reprint) collects together three
reports conducted by units of the U.S. Seventh Army's G-2 Section:
Dachau, Concentration Camp by OSS Section, covering history,
composition, organization, and groupings of prisoners; Dachau,
Concentration Camp and Town by PWB Section, covering the camp and
the townspeople; Dachau, Concentration Camp by CIC Detachment,
covering liberation, life at Dachau, experimental stations, and
executions. Appendices: Diary of E. K. (male inmate); Statement of
E. H. (female inmate); Special Case Reports; Miscellaneous;
Organization of the Camp; Survey of Internees by Nationalities at
Liberation; Number of Internees Processed; Number of Deaths;
Executions; International Prisoners' Committee. Foreword by William
W. Quinn, Colonel, G.S.C., Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, U.S.
Seventh Army: Dachau 1933-1945, will stand for all time as one of
history's most gruesome symbols of inhumanity. There our troops
found sights, sounds and stenches horrible beyond belief, cruelties
so enormous as to be incomprehensible to the normal mind. Dachau
and death were synonymous. No words or pictures can carry the full
impact of these unbelievable scenes but this report presents some
of the outstanding facts and photographs in order to emphasize the
type of crime which elements of the SS committed thousands of times
a day, to remind us of the ghastly capabilities of certain classes
of men, to strengthen our determination that they and their works
shall vanish from the earth. The sections comprising this report
were prepared by the agencies indicated. They remain substantially
as they were originally submitted in the belief that to consolidate
this material in a single literary style would seriously weaken its
realism. 31 photos.
Merriam Press Military Reprint 9. First Edition (August 2012).
Reprint of the November 1944 edition of the War Department Manual
for M2 Browning .50 Caliber HB (Heavy Barrel) Machine Gun. Covers
description, disassembling and assembling, care and cleaning,
functional operation, stoppages, accessories, spare parts,
ammunition, training (ground and vehicular mounts), anti-aircraft
gunnery, advice to instructors, appendices (preliminary gunner's
test, familiarization firing, and aerial target course), and index.
88 illustrations.
Merriam Press Military Reprint 16. First Edition (September 2012).
This USAF Historical Study, by Professor Richard Suchenwirth, is
one of a series of historical studies written by, or based on
information supplied by, former officers of the German Air Force
(Luftwaffe) for the U.S. Air Force Historical Division. This study
examines the Luftwaffe's defeat and indicates its major causes, the
so-called "turning points." Contents: Origins of the Luftwaffe's
Defeat; Further Progress Towards Defeat; Critical Battles and
Turning Points of the War (Battle of Britain; War Against Soviet
Russia; Lack of Strategic Air Warfare Against Russia; Malta;
Stalingrad; The Lost Fighter Battle; The Jet Fighter).
Merriam Press Military Monograph 5. Fifth Edition (January 2012).
At the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge two of the most
important localities were Bastogne and St. Vith, with their the
road nets which, if held, would disrupt the plan of any aggressor.
Bastogne was an important communications center and has received
much of the attention, causing many to lose sight of the importance
of St. Vith and the gallant stand made for its defense by elements
of the 106th Division and CCB, 7th Armored Division. It was CCB
which influenced the subsequent action and caused the enemy so much
delay and so many casualties. Though armor was not designed
primarily for the role of the defensive, the operation was
nevertheless a good example of how it can assume such role in an
emergency. This is a detailed, well-written history of a highly
significant battle. This is a brand new edition (not a facsimile
reprint) of a booklet originally published by the Armor School at
Ft. Knox in 1966. Contents: Foreword of 1966; Foreword; Editor's
Note; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Front on 16 December 1944;
Chapter 2: The German Strike; Chapter 3: The March to St. Vith;
Chapter 4: The Defense is Organized; Chapter 5: The Line Holds on
18 December 1944; Chapter 6: Events of 19 December 1944; Chapter 7:
Events of 20 December 1944; Chapter 8: Events of 21 December 1944;
Chapter 9: Events of 22 December 1944; Chapter 10: The Seventh Day:
23 December 1944; Chapter 11: Supply Difficulties; Chapter 12: An
Inventory; Chapter 13: Lessons; Chapter 14: Back to St. Vith;
Appendix 1: Allied Order of Battle, 0530, 16 December 1944;
Appendix2: German Order of Battle, 0530, 16 December 1944; Appendix
3: Troop List, 7th Armored Division; Appendix 4: Honors;
Bibliography. 9 photos; 11 maps; 2 order of battle charts; 4
appendices.
Merriam Press Military Monograph MM162. Fifth Edition (January
2012). Concise history of the formation and engagements of this
Belgian Waffen-SS unit, and their well-known leader, Leon Degrelle.
Includes photos never before published. Contents: Chapter 1:
Introduction; Chapter 2: Formation and First Engagements of 5th
SS-Sturmbrigade "Wallonien"; Chapter 3: The Cherkassy-Korsun
Envelopment; Chapter 4: "Wallonien" in Estonia; Chapter 5:
Formation and Development of the 28th Volunteer Panzergrenadier
Division "Wallonien"; Chapter 6: Last Battles of the "Wallonien"
Division; Chapter 7: Europe in Cherkassy; Chapter 8: Portrait of a
"Wallonien" Volunteer; Chapter 9: Cherkassy Breakout Figures;
Bibliography. 58 photos; 4 maps; 4 illustrations; Cover art by
Ramiro Bujeiro.
Merriam Press Military Monograph 124. Fourth Edition (February
2012). First published as Chapters IX and X of The Campaigns of the
Pacific War as part of the USSBS series in 1946. Primarily
concerned with naval operations, including naval and land-based air
operations, it covers both American and Japanese plans and
operations in this theater of the war. The bulk of this work is
composed of more than a dozen appendices, many of which are, or
contain, extensive charts and tables of information, including
orders of battle, strengths, casualties, losses, rosters, postwar
question and answer historical interrogations, and translations of
Japanese directives, operations orders, dispatches, reports, war
diary excerpts, etc. Very important and useful source of highly
detailed information. Contents: Chapter 1: Central Pacific
Operations: From 1 June 1943 to 1 March 1944 Including the
Gilbert-Marshall Islands Campaign; Appendix 68: Strength of
Opposing Ground Forces, Casualties and Japanese Garrison Strength
in the Central Pacific; Appendix 69: Extracts from Official Reports
of the Imperial Japanese Government Concerning the
Gilbert-Marshalls Campaign; Chapter 2: The Central Pacific
Campaign, 1 March to 1 September 1944, Including the Occupation of
the Marianas; Appendix 71: Combined Fleet Ultrasecret Operation
Order 73; Appendix 72: Imperial Headquarters Directive 373;
Appendix 73: Combined Fleet Ultrasecret Dispatch 041213; Appendix
74: United States Forces Involved; Appendix 75: Chain of Command,
Japanese Forces in Marianas-Carolines, 1 June 1944; Appendix 76:
Order of Battle, Defense Forces in Ogasawara-Marianas-Carolines, 1
June; Appendix 77: 1 June 1944-Assigned Strength, Base Air Forces,
Marianas and Carolines (No Army Air in Central Pacific); Appendix
78: Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19-20 June 1944 Task
Organization-First Mobile Fleet; Appendix 79: First Mobile Fleet
Classified No. 1048 (5 September 1944): Detailed Battle Report of
AGO Operations; Appendix 80: From the Files of the Navy Board of
Merit; Appendix 81: Translation of Japanese Documents; 4 maps; 14
appendices.
Merriam Press Military Monograph 145. Second Edition (March 2012).
Only twenty-four years old, and married less than two years to his
sweetheart, the author's great uncle Ensign Newman K. Perry, of
Columbia, South Carolina, was the only officer killed, when
sixty-five sailors lost their lives in the 1905 explosion of the
gunboat Bennington in San Diego harbor. This book uses the author's
narrative, unique family photos and memorabilia, actual newspaper
articles and postcards, and documents to tell of Perry's naval
career, of the love story of Perry and his beloved young wife,
Vipont, and of the horrific and tragic peacetime ship explosion.
There are also several special eyewitness accounts of the event.
Details are included about both turn-of-the-century San Diego and
Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Vipont's hometown. Through the
descriptions of the injuries and death of Perry, and of the
suffering and loss of life of the other men, one can comprehend the
magnitude of this disaster. It caused the US Navy and other
government officials to make important changes in navy standards
and procedures that led to greater safety for future sailors. Perry
was regarded as a gallant and brilliant young officer, who was
expected to have a fine naval career, thus, his untimely death,
which he faced with great courage, was met with deep sorrow by his
friends and family. * Introduction * Newman Kershaw Perry * Perry
Serves at Sea... * ... While Vipont Waits at Stockbridge * Formal
Engagement and Wedding Invitation * Military Wedding * St. Paul's
Church * Merwin House * Marriage and Move to California * USS
Bennington * Fatal Boiler Explosion on Gunboat Bennington * Lt.
Newman K. Perry Died a Hero's Death * Mrs. Perry Prostrated *
President Roosevelt Shocked by Bennington Disaster * Burial of
Forty-Seven Dead * Eyewitness Account * The Funeral of Ensign Perry
* Perry's Widow Thanks San Diego and Departs for Stockbridge *
Perry is Buried in Stockbridge * Mrs. Newman K. Perry * Mare Island
Naval Shipyard * USS Bennington Monument * USS Newman K. Perry DD
883 * Epilogue * What Happened to the Bennington? * Full Color *
133 photos, illustrations, documents. About the Author: A native of
Columbia, South Carolina, Mrs. Riddle now resides in North Carolina
with her husband Joe. Their two daughters, son, son-in-law and
grandson live nearby. She graduated from Mary Baldwin College and
worked for over a decade for the Federal Government in Washington,
D.C. Her interests are history, photography, travel, genealogy
research in France and Great Britain, and music. She sings in both
a large symphony chorus and in her church choir. A distant relative
of Theodore Roosevelt, she is a member of the Theodore Roosevelt
Association.
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