Us army army field forces (8 risultati)

Pamphlet. Condizione: Used - Very Good. Aviation Cadet Social Fund, Maxwell Field, Paragon Press, Montgomery, Alabama. (32) pages. Halftones: cadets, classes, physical training, inspection, mail, dentist, socializing, church, officers, staff. 10.5 x 8.5", pictorial wrapper. VG.

Paperback. Condizione: Fine. 195p. Illustrations. Wraps. Fine Copy. Book.

Condizione: fair. Revised Edition. 845, illus., fold-out color maps, figures, charts, index, ink & pencil notes ins fr bd, stamp ins fr flylf, bds & sp quite worn. Some pencil underlining to text, spine lettering faded. Topics covered include leadership, drill, and exercise of command; military organization; military policy of the United States, National Defense Act and ROTC; evolution of warfare; maps and aerial photographs; military psychology and personnel management; first aid and hygiene; geographical foundations of national power; and military mobilization and demobilization. The Spanish-American War is discussed on p. 344 as an example of a "limited" war.…

Unpaged - total of 34 leaves, i.e. 68 pages. Hardcover: H 28cm x L 20.25cm. Blue cloth with embossed decoration upon front board, faint discoloration at edges, cloth nicked at top edge of front board. Some soiling to endpapers; erased pencil signature upon front pastedown; three-line ink ownership inscription for Birmingham, Alabama engineer George Wallace Postell on front free endpaper; laid-in at front endpapers are two blank sheets of U.S. Army Air Forces stationery personalized for one Horace E. Barnhouse. A very good copy. B/w photographs throughout plus several pages of b/w cartoon illustrations. Unfortunately not a pilot trainee classbook but rather a souvenir pictorial record of daily life and routine circa 1943 at Columbus Army Air Field. Base commander Colonel L.C. Mallory and staff officers are shown in b/w portrait photos but otherwise personnel are mostly shown in group photos attending to base duties. Page 63 features five group photos showing members of the 65th Aviation Squadron, a segregated unit comprised of African Americans save for its commanding officer Major C.B. McCoy (pictured separately in a sixth photo on same page). Now known as Columbus Air Force Base, the Columbus, Mississippi Army Air Field continues operating as one of the primary flight instruction schools for the U.S. Air Force hosting the 14th Flying Training Wing of the Air Education and Training Command. {MilHistShelf #1}.…

Unpaged - 72 pages. Hardcover: H 27.5cm x L 20.25cm. Blue boards; light soiling to front board which retains bright silver stamping; slender scratch to rear board. Past owner's ink signature on front pastedown; at least two ink signatures of the base supply officer and a fellow pilot trainee classmate. Binding is firm.…

Unpaged - approx. 56 pages. Hardcover: H 27.5cm. Cream-colored padded and patterned cloth boards toned and soiled; blue and white stamping to front board. Past owner's ink signature on front pastedown along with ink inscriptions from two women of unknown affiliation; numerous ink signatures-inscriptions from fellow pilot trainees, base commanders and personnel, and even a base-px waitress (one must wonder how many of the pilot classmates survived the war). Binding is firm.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st. 1st ed. 209p. Photos of cadets and staff. Embossed blue cloth. Oversize. Near Fine copy. Book.

Condizione: good. First Edition. 899, illus., maps, color endpaper maps, figures, reading list, index, some scuffing and wear to boards and spine. Topics covered include leadership, drill and exercise of command; hygiene and first aid; physical development methods; military organization; individual weapons and marksmanship; small unit tactics; military teaching methods; and military history of the United States.…