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74 US AND ALLIES: WORLD WARS Forgotten Soldiers of World War I: America’s Immigrant Doughboys Alexander F. Barnes & Peter L. Belmonte. This book recounts the story of foreign-born American soldiers in World War I. From draft registration through discharge and postwar activity, this book, in words and hundreds of photographs, shows how these men adjusted, learned, and became fighting US soldiers. Learn the history of America’s foreign-born soldiers duringWorld War I and how they adapted to military service to become part of the successful American Expeditionary Forces. Size: 6"x9" • 135 color and b/w images • 192pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5547-9 • hard cover • $29.99 WithaWeaponandaGrin: Postcard Imagesof France’s BlackAfricanColonial Troops inWWI StephanLikosky. InWorldWar I,bothFranceandGermany manipulated imagesof theFrenchBlackAfricansoldier to suit their changingneeds.Portrayals ranged fromasavage to a grinning child-like figure, nonthreatening to French citizenry. Postcards of the era reflect this propaganda campaignand its importance inunderstandinganoften neglected aspect of the FirstWorldWar. Size: 8.5"x11" • 156 color/b/w photos • 128pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5227-0 • hard • $34.99 Days of Perfect Hell: The US 26th Infantry Regiment in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, October-November 1918 Peter L. Belmonte. The US 26th Infantry Regiment suffered 50 percent casualties in the bloody Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the final drive of World War I. Told here is the story of the 26th in day-to-day detail as they struggled through hills and woods brimming with German machine guns and artillery. Size: 7"x10" • 94 bw photos • 240pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4921-8 • hard • $29.99 To Hell with the Kaiser, Vol. I : America Prepares for War, 1916–1918 Alexander F. Barnes. Faced with entry into the “Great War,” the US called upon its military leaders to prepare the Army for combat. This two-volume series is the story of how American military and civilian leadership created and trained the Doughboys. America’s Army would grow to field over a million soldiers in the Meuse-Argonne campaign. Size: 8.5"x11" • 543 color/bw photos • 320pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4909-6 • hard • $59.99 To Hell with the Kaiser, Vol. II : America Prepares for War, 1916–1918 Alexander F. Barnes. Faced with entry into the “Great War,” the US called upon its military leaders to prepare the Army for combat. This two-volume series is the story of how American military and civilian leadership created and trained the Doughboys. America’s Army would grow to field over a million soldiers in the Meuse-Argonne campaign. Size: 8.5"x11" • 649 color/bw photos • 288pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4911-9 • hard • $59.99 American Lions: The 332nd Infantry Regi- ment in Italy in WWI Dalessandro & Dalessan- dro. As Pershing’s “Propaganda Regiment” the 332nd was the only American regiment assigned to Italy, where they formed a phantom army that helped defeat the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The 332nd fought in the Vittorio-Veneto Campaign and following the armistice, served in the occupation of Austria, Dalmatia, and Montenegro. Size: 8.5"x11" • 300 color/bw photos • 256pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3518-1 • hard • $69.99 Commanding Fire: An Officer’s Life in the 151st Machine Gun Battalion, 42nd Rainbow Division During World War I Lt. N.P. Parkinson with Joel R. Parkinson. Commanding Fire is one officer’s story of commanding machine guns on the battlefields of northern France in 1918. It is the first published history of the 151st Machine Gun Battalion, 42nd Rainbow Division covering action in Lorraine, Champagne, Chateau-Thierry, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and service in the Army of Occupation. Size: 6"x9" • 92 color photos • 288pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4582-1 • hard • $29.99 Willing Patriots: Men of Color in the First World War Dalessandro & Torrence. The story of Black Americans who served in the US Army in WWI. The book provides the reader deeply researched treatment of the organization, combat history/battle participation of all black troops including the two infantry divisions, supporting organizations of the Services Of Supply, and the special troops. Size: 8.5"x11" • 270 color/bw photos • 256pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3233-3 • hard • $69.99 Alpini: Italian Mountain Troops: 1872 to the Present Enrico Finazzer. The first English-lan- guage comprehensive history of Italian mountain troops (the Alpine infantry “Alpini” and the mountain artillery “Artiglieria da Montagna”) from the 1870s to the present. Size 9"x12" • 480 b/w and color photos • 256 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6654-3 • hard • $50.00 5.99 GBP/$73.00 CAD On the Western Front: Eyewitness Accounts from Australians in the Great War Michael Enright. A close-up account of Australian servicemen on the Western Front during WWI. Using many previously unpublished, first-hand materials, the author provides a fresh look at the Great War through the eyes of ordinary servicemen. Size: 6"x9" • 31 bw photos • 192pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4828-0 • hard • $29.99 Stamping Out the Virus: Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War 1918–20 Perry Moore. “Stamping Out the Virus” was a phrase used by Col. Fuller in an internal memo in 1919 to describe Communism—to the Allies (French, British and US) this is what the Russian Civil War was about. Thus, began a two-year attempt to eradicate this virus. In 1918, over 15,000 Allied troops were sent and intervened in the Russian Civil war at Archangel on the White Sea (North Russia). Size: 6"x9" • 80 bw photos/maps • 408pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1625-7 • hard • $35.00 China Horse Marine: John R. Angstadt USMC American Legation, Peiping China, 1934–37 E. Richard Bonham. The US’s elite China Horse Marines rode Mongolian ponies and patrolled the Chinese countryside to protect Americans. Illustrated with over 420 rare and previously unpublished Horse Marine items and photographs, this book offers a unique perspective into the life of John R. Angstadt, one China Horse Marine. Size: 8.5"x11" • 422 color/bw photos • 192pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4890-7 • hard • $59.99 Organization andMarkings of United States Army Armored Units 1918–41 Charles Lemons. A subject that has long been ignored, the book reveals, through text, drawings and photos, the colorful markings used by American armored units during this period. Starting with the American Ex- peditionary Force and the Tank Corps, it works its way through the Infantry-Tank units, mechanized cavalry, the first four armored divisions and even the GHQ tank battalions. Size: 8.5"x11" • 340 color/bw photos • 232pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2098-X • hard • $59.95 US Army Olympic Equestrian Competitions 1912–48 Robert D. Thompson. This book tells the stories of the triumphs, the contributions, and the failures of the US Army Olympians, and also captures the humor and good times as well as the drama and disappointments of the US Army Olympians from the 1912 Games in Stockholm, to the 1948 Games in London. The stories are rich in detail, and include the controversial 1936 Berlin Summer Games. Size: 8.5"x11" • 120 bw photos • 208pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3096-4 • hard • $49.99 Engineering the Victory: The Battle of the Bulge, A History Col. David Pergrin. Assisted by the Army Engineer Association, the author has gathered numerous battlefield stories, anecdotes, and experiences told by those who were there and who lived them. Size: 6"x9" • 200 bw photos/maps • 448pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0163-2 • hard • $35.00 Rubber Soldiers: The Forgotten Army that Saved the Allies in WWII Gary Neeleman and Rose Neeleman. The Rubber Soldiers were an army of 55,000 men from the Brazilian northeast, who were sent to the Amazon basin to harvest rubber for the AlliedWar effort under an agreement between Brazil and the US. Approximately 26,000 of these men died in the Amazon of malaria, yellow fever, and other jungle afflictions. Size: 6"x9" • 57 b/w photos • 200pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5332-1 • hard • $29.99 The Battle of the Bulge in Luxembourg: The Southern Flank, December 1944–January 1945 Roland Gaul. This highly detailed combat history focuses on the fierce fighting in Luxembourg during the Battle of the Bulge, from the points-of-view of both the American and German sides. Vol. 1 The Germans . Covers the events from the German point-of-view. Size: 7"x10" • 120 bw photos/maps • 320pp. ISBN: 0-88740-746-3 • hard • $35.00 Vol. 2 The Americans . Covers the events from the American point-of-view. Size: 7"x10" • 120 bw photos/maps • 420pp. ISBN: 0-88740-747-1 • hard • $35.00 Yesterday’s Heroes: 433 Men of WWII Awarded the Medal of Honor 1941–45 Kenneth N. Jordan. Contains all 433 Medal of Honor citations. Along with the citations are Official Communiqués from the front, and newspaper accounts of various battles. Yesterday’s Heroes is a dramatic look at the corage of the American soldier in WWII. Size: 6"x9" • 624pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0061-X • hard • $35.00 82nd Airborne in Normandy: A History in Period Photos Dominique François. On June 6, 1944, paratroops of the legendary 82nd Airborne Division jumped into Normandy with the mission of seizing the bridges over the Merderet River, Ste. Mére Eglise, and other surrounding villages. This book contains many first-person accounts from 82nd veterans, and more than 350 photos and maps, as well as a selection of full-color photos of WWII era airborne uniforms and equipment. Size: 8.5"x11" • 350 color/bw photos • 280pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2057-2 • hard • $59.95 The All American: An Illustrated History of the 82nd Airborne Division 1917 to the Present Robert P. Anzuoni. This book is the complete story of the famous 82nd Airborne Division from its formation in 1917, through its legendary WWII campaigns (Sicily, Normandy, and Holland), Vietnam, Grenada, Nicaragua, Desert Storm to the present. Size: 8.5"x11" • 230 color/bw photos • 176pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1321-5 • hard • $45.00