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Merriam Press Military Reprint Series. 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 Monograph No. 25 Fifth Edition 2012 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. 13 photos

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 World War 2 History SeriesA selection of articles on the war in the Philippines during World War IIContentsThe Japanese Conquest of the Philippines, 1941-42The First U.S. Tank Action in World War II200th and 515th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) Regiments in the PhilippinesTarget: CorregidorBattles for the Central Philippines, September 1944A Doctor in BataanThe Philippine Inland Seas Defense ProjectCorregidor: An Airborne AssaultThe 3rd Field Artillery Battalion (Provisional) in the Philippines, 1941-42M16 Half-tracks in the PhilippinesWorld War II's Last Bitter BattleThe Battling Bantams of Leyte GulfMail from Corregidor, 1942Minister Remembers Bataan Death MarchThe U.S. Navy at BataanI Was a Guard on the Bataan Death MarchThe 26th Cavalry in the Philippines: A Classic Delaying ActionInterrogation of Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita, IJN: Battle of the Philippine Sea and Battle for Leyte GulfInterrogation of Vice Admiral Kzutaka Shirachi, IJN: Occupation of the Philippines and Dutch East IndiesHunted by Japs for Years, American Flier is RescuedMaps, illustrations

Merriam Press Military Reprint Series 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 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 Series 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 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 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 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 No. 7 Sixth Edition, 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." 26 photos

Merriam Press World War 2 History SeriesFirst 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.ContentsChapter 1: Central Pacific Operations: From 1 June 1943 to 1 March 1944 Including the Gilbert-Marshall Islands CampaignAppendix 68: Strength of Opposing Ground Forces, Casualties and Japanese Garrison Strength in the Central PacificAppendix 69: Extracts from Official Reports of the Imperial Japanese Government Concerning the Gilbert-Marshalls CampaignChapter 2: The Central Pacific Campaign, 1 March to 1 September 1944, Including the Occupation of the MarianasAppendix 71: Combined Fleet Ultrasecret Operation Order 73Appendix 72: Imperial Headquarters Directive 373Appendix 73: Combined Fleet Ultrasecret Dispatch 041213Appendix 74: United States Forces InvolvedAppendix 75: Chain of Command, Japanese Forces in Marianas-Carolines, 1 June 1944Appendix 76: Order of Battle, Defense Forces in Ogasawara-Marianas-Carolines, 1 JuneAppendix 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 FleetAppendix 79: First Mobile Fleet Classified No. 1048 (5 September 1944): Detailed Battle Report of AGO OperationsAppendix 80: From the Files of the Navy Board of MeritAppendix 81: Translation of Japanese Documents4 maps14 appendices

Merriam Press Military Monograph No. 5 Fifth Edition, 2012 At the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge two of the most important localities were Bastogne and St. Vith, with their 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 Appendix 2: 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

52 stories by and about those who experienced World War II first-hand: (1) A Replacement in the "Bloody Bucket" (2) A Tale of Two Rings (3) Bravery and World War II (4) Combat Report of the 9th SS Panzer Division, 3-24 July 1944 (5) Air Raid (6) "Fly Your Eggs Right Down Their Stacks!": A Dauntless Pilot at the Battle of Midway (7) "Dear John..." (8) The Frogmen of Eniwetok (9) "General Quarters" (10) Guts, Grit and Goals: A Vivid Illustration of the Power of the Human Mind (11) Happy Birthday, Brother (12) Interrogation of Capt. Mitsuo Fuchida, IJN: The Attack on Pearl Harbor and the Kamikaze Corps in the Philippines and Okinawa (13) It's a Wonder We Won the War (14) "I've Been Working on the Railroad..." (15) Last of the First (16) Letters From a G.I. (17) Miracle in New Guinea (18) My Bare-Handed War Against the Emperor's Bushido Killers (19) New Year's Blast at Okinawa: The Tragedy of 2 January 1946 (20) No Fault Collision (21) One Jump Too Many (22) One Man's War (23) Only God Knew the Way (24) 1st SS Panzer Regiment (11-24 December 1944): Interview with Joachim Peiper (25) Follow-Up Interview With Joachim Peiper (26) Philatelic Censorship in World War II (27) POW of Japanese Freed Self (28) The Reconners of Camp Campbell (29) Return to the River Kwai (30) Rosemarie's Story (31) Sal's Ship: The U.S.S. Lexington CV-2 (32) Save It for the War Effort (33) Scratch One Zero (34) The Sentry (35) Former Serviceman Reunited with His Bicycle (36) A Square Looks at the "Bomb" (37) SS-Scharführer Siegfried Kress Escapes! (38) The Unsinkable Liberty Ship (39) Wingman (40) You Can Still Be A Gentleman... Even Though You Served in the Pacific (41) A Jaundiced View of Tanks (42) Action in the Eifel (43) Battle of the Bulge (44) Christmas on Bougainville (45) Darned Clever These Chinese... and Confounding (46) Escape From Death in a Wellington (47) Flying PBYs with VP-61 in the Aleutians (48) I Was Expendable (49) Incident on Biak Island (50) Interrogation of Vice Adm. Kzutaka Shirachi, IJN: Occupation of the Philippines and Dutch East Indies (51) A Talk With Some Japs (52) The '88' with 20/20 Vision. 179 photos and illustrations. A Merriam Press World War II History.

The formation and engagements of this Belgian Waffen-SS unit, and their well-known leader, Leon Degrelle. Includes the beginning of the unit as the Legion Walloon, then as the 5th SS-Sturmbrigade "Wallonien" and finally as the 28th Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Wallonien". Including action in Cherkassy-Korsun, Estonia and Pomerania. 108 photos and illustrations, 4 maps. A Merriam Press World War 2 History.