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Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Major Sam Black (illustrateur). 1st Edition. First Edition. With illustrations by Major Sam Black, Royal Scots Fusiliers. 128pp. The pages are slightly brown. Wrappers. The covers have a brown mark to the spine and edges and very slightly nicked corners. Some wear o/w in very good condition.

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) The development of the American Tank Force, 1917-20. The author examines the design and development of the first US Army tanks, the training of crews, the problems of transportation, the evolution of tactics and the three battles of St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne and St. Quentin, in which the United States Army first used tanks. (Published: 1990) (Publisher: Presidio Press) (ISBN: 0891413545) (Pagination: 257pp, 64 photos, bibliography, index) (Condition: Fine in d/w) UL-XXXXXX.

Soft cover. Etat : V. Good. Major Sam Black, Royal Scots Fusiliers (illustrateur). 128 pp. White cover w. some grubby marks, lt foxing and age-toning but otherwise sound. Title printed in blk on cover, spine plain, (discolouration on spine). Age-toning to page edge. Printed by Printing and Stationery Services, Services 1 Corps District. Index. Foreword. Preface. Pt. I contains Chaps. I-III. Pt II: Selected editorials from Spear Head. Pt III: Centenary numbers of Spear Head. Six fold-out maps, (complete). B&W illustrations. Military.

Hardcover. Etat : New.

Etat : Good. 1896, London, Longmans, Green, and Co., ppxii + 455, black and white illustrations by Lucien Davies, R.I., and from photographs also by numerous Diagrams and Figures, brown pictorial cloth with lettering on spine.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original yellow cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 316 printed pages of text with 13 maps and plans + 3 fold-out maps to the rear. Age darkened spine, surface marking to the panels, lower corners creased and turned-in, age darkened closed edges and in near Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. AFRICA [Ethiopia].

Quarto (20.3 cm wide x 26.5 cm high). VI, 148 pages, illustrated throughout (for example with a Full-page-Portrait of Colonel Ralph H. Van Deman), and loosely inserted a stapled "Selective, Annotated Bibliography on The History of Military Intelligence", which was published by the School in February 1976, possibly added by the preowner of this publication during his tenure at the School. Stapled Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Scarce publication, published for use in the School only. Marked "SSO" by preowner. No copy offered on the international market at the time of cataloging this item. Very rare and interesting publication which includes illustrations like: 1. Observation Balloon at Santiago, 1898 2. Lieutenant Benjamin D.Foulois at the Controls of Army Aeroplane No.1 in [the year] 1900 3. General John J.Pershing and his Staff, Mexican Punitive Expedition 4. Aerial Photography, World War I 5. Lt. Herbert O.Yardley and co-worker, Paris, (c.1919) 6. Mobile Laboratories Supporting World War I Aerial Photography _________________________________________________________________________ COL Elvin "Jack" Dalton enlisted in the Army in 1942 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant from Officer Candidate School (OCS) in April 1943. Upon graduation from OCS, he was assigned to the 86th Mortar Battalion as a Platoon Leader. Following an intensive training program, the battalion was shipped to England to prepare for the Normandy Invasion. On 28 June 1944, 2LT Dalton led his platoon into Normandy, France, via Utah Beach. Shortly thereafter, he became the Company Commander and during 315 days of uninterrupted combat, led his company through the Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe campaigns. In December 1945, CPT Dalton transferred to Military Intelligence and served almost continuously in intelligence and intelligence-related assignments until his retirement in June 1974. During the occupation of Japan, he served as an area and regional commander in the 441st Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) Detachment. This assignment was followed by similar duties at Fort Meade and Fort Holabird, Maryland. In June 1951, he became Executive Officer, G3 Section, Army Intelligence Center and School. Following this assignment, he returned to the Far East Command for duty as a Battalion Commander and Staff Officer of intelligence units. During the Korean War, COL Dalton participated in Operation BIG SWITCH, which had responsibility for the receipt and processing of prisoners of war (POWs) returning from captivity in North Korea. As president of one of the intelligence processing boards, COL Dalton was responsible for the shipboard administrative and intelligence debriefing of approximately 450 POWs while enroute from Inchon, Korea, to San Francisco. In 1955, COL Dalton assumed the duties of Chief, Personnel Division, Army Intelligence Command followed by attendance at the Command and General Staff College. He then served as a Battalion Commander with the US Army Chemical Corps Training Command. In January 1961, he attended the Armed Forces Staff College and, upon graduation, remained at the college as an instructor until returning to the Army Intelligence Center and School as Director of the Area Studies Department. From 1965-1967, he commanded the 502nd MI Battalion in Korea. This was followed by a four-year assignment as Chief of the Military Intelligence Branch, Officer Personnel Division, Washington, DC. In August 1971, COL Dalton assumed command of the US Army Intelligence Center and School at Fort Huachuca. He retired from military service in June 1974. His awards include the Legion of Merit (3 Oak Leaf Clusters), Bronze Star Medal for Valor, Army Commendation Mdeal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Purple Heart, the French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, and the Belgian Order of the Crown. COL Dalton passed away 4 November 2003. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1988 (Source: ikn.army.mil) Sprache: english.