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4410WORLD WAR II IN THE PHILIPPINES. ALS. 3pg. 6 x 10 . June 6 1945. Philippine Islands. An autograph letter signed Claude an American GI stationed in the Philippines. He wrote on United States Army stationery to his friend John about fighting the Japanese: Dear John Was sure glad to hear from you again Thanks for writing. A lot has happened since I last wrote - but I won't bore you with very much of them - Have seen quite a bit of action. Mostly fighting n razor back mountains either covered with grass or off on another part of the island covered with jungle - It seemed we moved from one land to another - such a change in terrain - I mean like thick jungles vines & dampness at one place & the other so open one could see for miles and miles - even watch the japs digging in miles away with our binoculars. Weve had casualties but one has to expect some especially when fighting an offensive war - The japs being dug in so well it was almost a superhumanjob to clear out them - Rough going - guess I'm a lucky guy to be in the 60MM Mortar and light Machine Gun platoon - although we were hit some too. Lucky though just wounded were the boys. Well my Platoon Sgt. Went home with a bad ear - got infected someway or other and it really made life miserable for him - so now I'm acting in his compacity - I don't care much for the job but guess I'll have to string along until the end is over which I hope soon. Guess old Nick here was lucky - Had a few close one's too close for comfort. just hope my luck holds on. Guess as far as the point system goes - I'll be in the Army quite awhile yet. Only can figure out 69 points - Quite a jump to dig up 16 more And I've been in this Army 38 months already - Seems like half my life - When I get home I won't know how to act like a civilian - ha - I know one thing I'll have to learn to control my Army slang or else - I'm writing this in our rest area - although we aren't resting as yet - A lot of hard work to build it up & get it in shape first - Havent been her long - but it's a nice area - About like Fort Lewis. Pine trees - cold at night need three blankets still my pups get cold and now that the rainy season has set in it reminds me of Fort Lewis more so as we had so much rain there. Have one camp on a golf course - Been quite some time since I played golf - last tie in the Hawaiian Is. on the isle of Moloka! - More or less pasture. I'd send you a v-mail but as far as I know yet they go straight home with out being photographed and I don't think you'd want that kind. So am using the borderless airmail variety - No two cent overprints have showed up in this area as but if they do I'll remember you - Some of my other friends were asking about them too. Mr. Weltack has been sending me a first day cover now and then and I really appreciate it - as I have no way or time to bother with them. Hope I can continue after the war as I really get a kick out of FD. 's F.Fs F.AM's & all the other better covers. I belonged to the AAMS at one time and have been thinking about joining the MACC in the future. Its been a long time since I saw a good game of baseball- Was in 1939 I guess - In Chicago at the Cub park - The Cubs were playing the Giants at the time. My dad & cousin are great Cub fans but me I like to see a good game - The best men win - I used to play a little too. You know how young guys are - getting up a team & trying to lick the neighboring town teams a log of good clean fun. Well John write when you have time. I enjoy hearing from you. Best of Wishes Sincerely Claude. The letter is in fine condition. unknown
3650ALS. 4pgs. 4 x 5 . Paris. October 11 1918. An autograph letter signed Jim by an American soldier in Paris near the end of World War I. He was recovering from minor wounds and a surgery at an American Red Cross hospital in Paris. The letter is on American Red Cross stationery. Dear John: -- Well here I am back in Paris again but under much different circumstances. When I was here before I just happened to be going there the town was stopped over for a couple of days I joined my regiment a few days late and the day I caught up with a jab of anti-tetanus serum my wounds being slight and permitting travel I was sent along to this place which is an American Hospital for officers with American Red Cross nurses and every one here gets the best of care When I landed here they took x-ray pictures of my wounds and next came the operation they gave me ether or gas I know not which and way I went to sleep on the table about 2.45 P.M. and remembered nothing until a nurse spoke in my ear about 5.00 P.M. saying how do you feel now This letter contains nothing but truth so dont worry. We went into the fight and let me tell you it was some hot place for a few days must say this upon war-fare with with theand his men guard M.S. auction is not stuff I aswas very lucky and came out of it with two small wounds one on my right leg about which your pocket bottom of would come and the other on the top of my right foot this left me so that I was unable to walk so I was given first aid and sent bank in an ambulance to a hospital where the gave me I was not sick at all and I am feeling fine now they have not taken the stitches out yet however I will be walking in a few days. I trust every thing is going well with you and those at the club my mail is holding so I am somewhaton some news. Will close with best wishes to all from Jim S.P. #179 R.d.U.S. Please excuse writing it as I am sitting up in bed. J. The letter is in fine condition. unknown
4314WORLD WAR I. ALS. 3pgs. November 13 1914. Vienna. An autograph letter signed Libbie Tappan by an American living in Vienna at the start of World War One. Tappan writes home to her sister in America concerning wartime conditions in Vienna. She mentions lies of the media and the fear that her letter will be censored: My Dear Sister: I wrote you a letter sent 21 by a lady who was going home to America. She would amil it in New York. Irene sent one to her Mother she has received an answer to hers. SO I am wondering why I dont hear from you At that time every thing was excitement. All mails from here was stopped and now we have to leave our letters open. Irenes Mother wrote her to come home at once but we thought it was to big a risk to run. We had no idea that they were writing all lies until we got hold of an American paper. War was first declared here on account of the to be next king and his wife were killed by the Serbians. There is such a lot to tell but for fear it will never reach you I will only say the German Kaiser is not to blame. The Germans and Austrian Hungarians have never lost a battle we are not starving and there is nohere. All places of amusement were closed trotting was stopped the first of August. Things are beginning to brighten a bit now but there will be no racing until next year. Every available place is filled with wounded soldiers and we dont see much else but soldiers although there has never been a battle here in Vienna. I am so sorry about Marvin. It seems too bad he had to be taken. I hope you let Eugene and the rest of the folks know about us. We are still in no danger as long as we stay here. I am so sorry I cannot send you some money but it is impossible now. But just as soon as it can be sent will send. Remember me to all the ladies There was a call for linen for the wounded. Irene did two pounds out of my old linen. I thought of you all how busy you would be if you was here there was a ship load of red cross nurses and doctors come over some of them are here in Vienna. There were many Americans went home when your letter went. They were nearly a month on the way. I suppose it cost them a small fortune to go I dont think of any thing else just now. Will write soon again. Trust you are well and all the ladies also. Berdette & Irene sends love Ever your loving sister Libbie Tappan. An interesting first-hand account. It is in very good condition and the original envelope is enclosed. unknown
199175601991. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub. 1991/Gd. condition/424 pages- Sea songs Chanteys Legends and Lore. Two Volumes in One. AR27560 hardcover
1984010591Clark Air Base Philippines: Office of History Thirteenth Air Force 1984. 445pp heavily illustrated. Clean. 2nd Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket - Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall oblong. Office of History, Thirteenth Air Force Paperback
1971215937Canberra.: Information Service of India High Commission of India. 1971. Double-sided sheet neatly folded into thirds. A very good copy of this scarce publication. 30 x 21.5cm. A sympathetic appeal from members of the Indian Parliament to UN Secretary-General U Thant outlining their concerns regarding the ongoing Bangladesh Liberation War the harsh detainment of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman the risk of his execution and the genocide perpetrated by the military junta of Yahya Khan. <br> <br>A telling portent of the decisive Indian intervention in the conflict this open letter was presumably issued shortly after the 1971 Indian general election which returned Indira Gandhi to the premiership with an overwhelming majority in the Lok Sabha at the head of her reorganised Indian National Congress R. . Information Service of India, High Commission of India. unknown
183332564Baltimore: Armstrong & Plaskitt. Good with no dust jacket; Boards sunned soiled and worn top corner . missing from rear free endpaper foxing throughout musty. 1833. Second Edition. Hardcover. 5.5 inches x 3.75 inches. Printed by J. W. Woods. Original red cloth binding. Paper spine label. An early appeal for abolition in the United States by a Baltimore Methodist evangelical preacher and missionary who espoused this unpopular and dangerous view in a slave state three decades before slavery was abolished. Hersey was also employed by the American Colonization Society in the 1830s as an agent for the new colony of Liberia and as noted in the later chapters of this volume he advocates for American slaves to be relocated there under the auspices of the Society and funded by a weekly contribution of three cents by American churchgoers over the course of 30-40 years "an achievement worthy of a free and Christian nation; and by far the greatest and the best legacy which we could bequeath to our posterity". Sabin 31590. Dumond p. 65. LCP/HSP 4749.; 124 pages . Armstrong & Plaskitt hardcover
6331BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA. The Battle of Buena Vista fought over February 22 and 23 1847 saw the outmanned American Army under Zachary Taylor defeat the Mexicans under General Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna. The American forces were largely made up of volunteers rather than regular armyArchive. 15 pieces. 1847 mostly April. Buena Vista Mexico. An archive of fourteen receipts and manuscripts written in the wake of the Battle of Buena Vista; most are from April 1847 and a few state that the location of the receipts is Buena Vista. Some of these receipts are addressed to Charles C. Gilbert of Ohio and it is for volunteers from Indiana and Ohio. Some are in pencil and some are in pen. These documents show the American soldiers stuck in rural Mexico trying to find food for themselves and their beasts of burden. Mexican War dated manuscripts written from Mexico are scarce. A few sample documents include:aADS. 1pg. April 17th 1847. No place. An autograph document signed Lt. C.A. Shank AAQM 3 Reg Ina Vol addressing to pay for corn for mule feed.bADS. 1pg. April 17th 1847. Buena Vista. An autograph document signed Jos Napier AQM ordering pleas sic pay this Mexican for 33 Sacks.cADS. 1pg. April 17 1847. No place. An autograph document signed John Caldwell Act. A. Qr. M. 2d R. O.V. stating Return for 3 Horses and 40 Mules in the service of the 2r Regt. O.V. Ohio Volunteers for 2 days.dADS. 1pg. April 18 1847. No place. An autograph document signed Wm Erwin A A Q M ordering: Requisition for forage for fifty mules and seven horses in the service of the United States for two days commencing on the 17th and ending on the 18th April 1847.eADS. 1pg. April 17 1847. No place. An autograph document signed Thomas L. brent 1st Lieut & A.A. Qr Master noting Company B 4th Artillery Forage for two days 50 Bushels and 16 Quarts Corn116 Horses28 Mules. unknown
4686WORLD WAR II PATRIOTIC FAN. Fan. No date early 1940s. Madison Wisconsin. A World War II patriotic fan showing the Statue of Library overlooking a ferocious eagle. There is a solo fighter plane and a squadron of planes near the statue. The left panel states Give us peace and liberty and the other Let the land we love be free. There is light waterstaining to the side of the right panel and it opens easily. It was printed by the Joyce Funeral Home of Madison Wisconsin and this is published on the back. unknown
2224L. 1pg. 7 x 9 . March 7 1862. Washington D.C. A letter from the Bell and Green National Claim Office about missing Civil War soldiers. The company wrote on their letterhead to Alexander Gardiner of Claremont New Hampshire: The list of prisoners taken has not yet been received from the South and until it is obtained no complete rolls authoritative exist in the Department. When it is received those unaccounted for will be presumed to be dead. You can send the claim however accompanied by the best evidence of his Straws death procurable say the affidavit of John Rice properly authenticated and we think we can get the claim through. The letter is in fine condition. It appears that the recipient of the letter Alexander Gardiner was killed a few months later at Winchester. The condition is very fine with the usual mailing folds. unknown
1855W1374Philadelphia Pennsylvania: Cowperthwait Desilver & Butler 1855. xvi 338 pages. A rare book written by the first Superintendent of Virginia Military Institute in Lexington Virginia. This copy is from the library of Leonard A. Slater a native of New Kent Virginia and surgeon in the Confederate Army and bears Slater's signature on both the front cover and the front free endpaper. Slater graduated from Lynchburg College in 1856 and the date October 24th 1855 as well as a Lynchburg Va. inscription that accompany his signature suggest that he used this textbook as an undergraduate. A class schedule in ink on the rear free endpaper appears to be in Slater's handwriting. The solution to a problem written on 19th century lined blue paper tipped onto page 109 may or may not be in Slater's hand. At some point the book was professionally sympathetically rebacked with the original leather title patch retained. The book is clean and tight with some edgewear and bumped and rubbed corners; the rear pastedown endpaper margins of some pages have mathematical notations in light pencil; occasional foxing on pages. An attractive and acceptable volume for the collector. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book. Cowperthwait, Desilver, & Butler Hardcover
186523320<p>Brigadier General William Cogswell offers a dramatic farewell message to the troops under his command in the Army of Georgia. A Salem Massachusetts lawyer Cogswell turned his law office into a recruiting station after learning the 6th Massachusetts had been attacked in Baltimore. He was first in last out in his Civil War service: In 24 hours he raised the first full company of the war Company C 2nd Massachusetts Volunteers and his brigade fought in the final battle of the war in Bentonville North Carolina. Despite his relative obscurity Cogswell's eloquence rivals the great farewell messages in military history.</p> <b>WILLIAM COGSWELL. CIVIL WAR.</b>Manuscript Document Signed. General Orders No. 14. Farewell to the Army of Georgia Near Washington D.C. June 9 1865. 1 p. 7¾ x 12 in.<p><b>Complete Transcript</b></p><p><i> Head Quarters 3rd Brigade 3d Div. 20th Army Corps </i></p><p><i> Near Washington D.C. 9th June 1865</i></p><p><i>General Orders</i></p><p><i>No. 14</i></p><p><i>Officers and Enlisted Men of the 3rd Brigade 3rd Division 20th Army Corps Army of Georgia.</i></p><p><i>In a few days your organization will be broken up. Some of you will go to your homes and the civil pursuit of life while others remain for still further duty in the West. </i></p><p><i>Your noble record the history of the deeds of valor you have performed and of the part you have taken in this "War of the great Rebellion" now so gloriously ended have preceded you to your homes while the West knows them already by heart. </i></p><p><i>Although I have been with you but six short months yet by your valor by your patience by your fortitude and by your courtesies I have learned to love and respect you and I shall part with you with sorrow and regret. </i></p><p><i>No part of my military life has been so pleasant as that which links its history with yours. </i></p><p><i>From the earliest of battle fields to the last grand blow at Bentonville N.C. your blood has stained Alas! too many a sod. </i></p><p><i>Quick soldierly in camp patient willing and obedient on the march brave in battle with never an inch of ground lost participating to an unusual extent and with unsurpassed valor in the last battle of the War – March 19 1865 – your record will be remembered wherever the "battles of the Potomac" are known or the "Campaign of Sherman" read. </i></p><p><i>That the pleasures and comforts of home may attend you that go that additional honor and laurels may await you that remain that an Almighty and good God may forever lead you in ways of pleasantness and paths of peace that industry and virtue may crown you with their rewards that all that good brave men deserve may be yours that those who remain may shortly be sent to home and friends and that the blessings of a kind heaven may always be with you wherever you go is the last best wish of your Brigade Commander.</i></p><p><i> Wm Cogswell</i></p><p><i> Bvt. Brig Gen Commanding</i></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p><b>William Cogswell</b> 1838-1895 was the son of the founder of the Massachusetts Republican party. He left Dartmouth College and spent two years on a square-rigger sailing around the world. When he returned he attended Harvard Law School and became a lawyer in Salem Massachusetts. When word reached Salem that the 6th Massachusetts had been attacked in Baltimore on April 19 1861 Cogswell turned his law office into a recruiting station and raised Company C of the 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in 24 hours. He went on to become its commander.</p><p>Though the regiment suffered heavy losses Cogswell's company distinguished themselves well at the Battle of Antietam. Cogswell was promoted from company to regimental commander. During the Battle of Chancellorsville Cogswell was seriously wounded which resulted in his missing the Battle of Gettysburg where the 2nd Massachusetts lost another commander resulting in Cogswell's promotion to colonel. Cogswell was brevetted brigadier general on December 15 1864 and took command of the 3rd brigade 3rd division of the 20th Corps a part of the Army of Georgia that participated in Sherman's Savannah Campaign better known as the March to the Sea.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Very good. Lower half of left margin somewhat tattered affecting only one word go edge wear at upper right half some toning. Superb for display.</p>
2004012610University of Wisconsin Press: 2004. 324 pages illustrated. This is "the gripping story of a WWII American aircrew flying missions from England in a B-24 Liberator Bomber they nicknamed Corky. This is a true account based on years of research and correspondence with crewmembers and their families." This copy is signed on page by Lt. Bill Eagleson page 18 and by the Radio operator: Sargent Vince "Sparks" Pale page 211. FINE HARDCOVER FINE DUST JACKET. Signed by Author and 2 Crew members. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. University of Wisconsin Press: Hardcover
120263Fair. A process-printed form 140 × 210 mm folded in half down the centre with 'Identification Cards for Ex-Prisoners of War' on the front panel and 'Indorsements' sic on the rear; Private Bailey's details are in pencil the prison place and date are stamped in red ink. The poor-quality paper is discoloured and creased where folded with several closed tears along or near the creases; a decent copy of a fragile and ephemeral item. unknown
94666London Printed for J.B. 1673. Hardback 7.5 x 5 inches. Quarterbound with calf leather to spine and patterned paper to boards. Gilt lettered leather label to spine. In very good condition. Later fine binding. Later endpapers. Some minor rubbing to edges and spine label. Bookplate to front endpaper “Charles Gery Milnes.” Later pencil inscription opposite “G.W. Longbridge Deverin.” Some penned marks to p1 minor ink spot/smudge to bottom corner of p14. A couple of minor marks to engraving else clean and bright. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 21pp. Illustrated with engraved portrait of Sir Edward Spragge woodcut headpiece and letterpiece. Rare Early printing on the Franco-Dutch War 1673. London, Printed for J.B., 1673 hardcover
1992230566Pembroke Dock: Laleham Publications 1992. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Signed. Signed and inscribed first edition hardback 1992 with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age handling and storage - dust jacket a rubbed to edges with a couple of small nicks now protected; boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean no annotation - signed by the author to front endpaper with brief inscription dated 1994; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book. Laleham Publications hardcover
1332947050.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
B9781019980439Hardback. New. hardcover
200033470Alexandria: Time Life 2000. Hardcover. Wide small 4to. Burgundy paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. 454pp. Extensive illustrations some color pictorial endpapers. Fine/fine. Tight handsome first edition of this hefty history -- and best of all it bears a nice autograph addition: Tipped opposite the half-title page is the 1989 heavy stock membership card 3½" X 2¼" of a respected Chicago Civil War collector for the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites signed boldly in black ballpoint by Pohanka. Pohanka 1955-2005 co-author of this volume was a noted and prolific Civil War historian and author as well as president of this organization. Time Life hardcover
121405First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Foolscap folio 253 leaves of duplicate typescript printed rectos only containing 118 depositions or interrogation reports of between 1 and 6 pages each with several diagrams some in colour. Post-bound in the original cloth-backed folder now a little creased and worn with three holes punched in the front cover; one leaf detached; a few tears and other signs of age and use; overall in very good condition. These retained duplicate typescripts comprise 51 depositions signed by the deponent interpreter if applicable and Scott as Investigating Officer and 67 interrogation reports signed by Scott alone. The interrogations took place between 13 January 1949 and 27 January 1950 in Tokyo. The investigation focuses on the activities of the Nankai Shitai South Seas Detachment of the Japanese Army and the Kempeitai Military Police in relation to the treatment of prisoners of war and non-combatants in the Madang area of northern New Guinea. <p>Many of the interrogations concern: the capture of VX148 Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Samuel Key commanding officer of 2/14th Australian Infantry Battalion captured near Kokoda in 1942 and presumed dead; the disappearance of missionaries near Alexishafen; the execution and mistreatment of local 'native' people; and the fate of a downed aircrew brought aboard the ship 'Matsue Maru' in the Coral Sea. <p>Several of the depositions give first- or second-hand accounts of the execution of prisoners. One gives an eye-witness account of the massacre of some 300 Australian troops at Laha airfield Ambon with diagrams showing the sites of the executions. Another describes the execution of Australian airmen at Matupi crater near Rabaul also with a diagram. In yet another Colonel Miki professes to be shocked to hear of the maltreatment of prisoners by soldiers under his command: 'I was very surprised to hear about the unhappy event and the circumstances under which an Australian soldier was drowned and the subsequent torture and ill-treatment of witnesses which followed . I never heard any complaints from the prisoners'. <p>Elsewhere there are references to Changi Sandakan prisoners of war sent to Japan Blakang Mati Sentosa and United States Air Force personnel. <p>The files are arranged in reverse chronological order with the most recent at the top and a manuscript index of the files compiled by Scott quarto 3 leaves rectos only is mounted on the inside surface of the front cover. hardcover
5112WORLD WAR II IN INDIA. AL. 4pgs. N.d. 1941-2 N.p. An unsigned handwritten letter to Mrs. Pollard in America from an Indian servant who survived a 1941 Japanese attack in Burma during World War II. He details his familys flight from Burma back to their native Madras India. Most Respected Madam Having thanked you for your kind letter and asked me to describe about my tedious & dangerous journey from Burma to my native place Madras after cursed Japs. Horrible Bombardment in Rangoon & other places in Burma. The first Bombardment which took placed on 23rd December 1941 at 10:30 A.M. at mail timeI did not leave the Bungalow like other servants did they gave some false excuses dishonest to master & cared their lifes more than masters. Thank God he who encouraged me & strengthened me to be honest & faithful to my master till my deathmerciful master paid my wages in addition to any pay master paid Rs 100 hundred for my way expenses & ordered me to go to Calcutta by walkWe had none there to comfort us & encourage us & give help to us but God alone was with usThe place was in a Horrible state any people too missing cursed my worst life cried loudly & bitterly & searching my wife & the child. Thank God I found them after a great & unbearable troubles search although successful in my undertakings after seeing my poor people & was rejoiced & thanked God for his unfailing mercyI entrusted my family to the hands of God Almighty we walked & crossed jungles & mountains all rocky paths sharp stones our feet became sore & swollen all jungle very thick forest wild beast one side & other side robbers & thieveswe reached the city of Calcutta may God bless these two kind nations with long lifes & prosperity we never dreamt even that we arrive Calcutta with life our sorrows & calamities is inexpressible. A dramatic and harrowing story. The letter is in good condition and written in blue ink. unknown
186440305New Haven: Thomas J. Stafford Printer 1864. 13 1 blank pp. Stitched Very Good with light dusting.<br /> <br /> Citing "the vast resources of our country and the unparalleled ratio of increase both of population and property" the author concludes that of course the United States has the ability to liquidate its war debt. Suggestions of bankruptcy or repudiation are "absurd."<br /> Copperheads are guilty of making "the poor believe that they are oppressed by the Government for the benefit of the rich. What a responsibility rests upon those men who for base party ends by means of financial falsehoods are doing their utmost to evoke the spirit of the demon mob!"<br /> OCLC 887121042 1- Yale as of July 2024 one of a number of imprints apparently bound together as "Economic Tracts. No. 41." Not located in Sabin Bartlett or anywhere else. Thomas J. Stafford, Printer unknown
117311Very Good. Octavo 8 pages two bifolia. The letter is creased where folded for posting; in excellent condition. The cover has a Cape of Good Hope 1d stamp with a partial and indistinct postmark; the verso is postmarked Melbourne 30 July 1900 and Hawthorn on the same day. The cover is chipped and torn with minor loss to the rear flap. The letter comes 'From No. 96 VMR on active Service South Africa' and is addressed to his cousin Miss E. Kirwood Eva in Glenferrie Victoria. After he deals at length with the squabbles over the fate of some stamps he had sent he explains in even greater detail what occurred to him after he 'got the Fever' at Kroonstad. He was in hospital for a fortnight in Bloemfontein where he 'lived on five pints of condensed milk & water & 5 ozs of brandy a day & I got pretty thin & weak on that'. He was then sent to a convalescent hospital at Wynberg. 'I was glad to leave Bloemfontein for men were dying fast every day & the hospital I was in was overlooking the cemetary & one could never look at the place but what he could see a lot of niggers digging graves as fast as ever they could . Eva I was not affraid to die by a bullet from a rifle but to lay there & die from that miserable fever I dreaded the thought of it'. Wynburg was 'a grand place only 22 of us to a ward & on spring beds & everything kept quiet & clean as a new pin'. He is then sent to Maitland Camp and 'what a difference . it was 120 of us laying on the floor as thick as it was possible for us to lay All Australians & New Zealanders in one room & there was no one in charge & it was nothing but one constant din . I couldn't stand it at all'. Conditions improved then worsened; he was told he was going home then not; he was put on what the doctor 'calls "Light Duties" . he won't send us back to the Regiment but we have to go fooling round this camp'. A dozen of them had to put stones around the paths at the camp then they had to paint them white 'Oh by jove "Talk about a fancy Ball" . I am beginning to think I am a poor fighting cock now'. The last two pages contain a lot of these sorts of ruminations. Murray page 315 687 Private Harry Ernest Cooke in 'The Second Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse Victorian Units'. unknown
194765077Germany: Headquarters United States Forces European Theater 1947. Hardcover. Fair. No dust jacket. Embossed seal and pencil erasure residue on Explanatory Inclosure. Boards have some wear and hinges weak. 6186 p. Includes: illustrations maps. Includes "Explanatory Inclosure and Errata Sheet. Useful Words and Phrases. Glossary; This booklet was originally designed to serve as a guide to familities coming to Germany. It PRepared under the supervisoin of the G-1 Division. was intended to be distributed in January 1947 but the publication was delayed until May 1947. In the interim many changes occured such as United States Forces European Theater USFET became European Command EUCOM. Military communities became posts Compounds were generally abolished and sections of this work became obsolete. This project was then repurposed as a souvenir for families in Germany a memento of a pahse of the Occupation that ended prior to 15 March 1947. This booklet is unofficial. Headquarters, United States Forces European Theater hardcover
5755MEXICAN WAR. ALS. 1pg. May 24 1846. On Board the Steamer Diana. An autograph letter signed Tho.s R. Heritage. Heritage had just enlisted in the United States Army as part of the Louisville Light Artillery and was leaving via New Orleans to fight in the Mexican-American War. He wrote home to his wife and daughter. My Dear Wife/ It is with a heart somewhat full that I address you at this time but it is not because I have volunteerd sic in the service of my Country and bound for the seat of war but from the fact that money has not been furnished me according to promise that I might leave you in a better situation Capt E.B. Howe has given me 2 Dols that I send you by Mr Johnson as I shall not need it When at Orleans and Mustered under Genl Gaines I trust I shall do at every opportunity I should have called and seen you again but concluded it was best not I sincerely hope that you will not worry yourself but keep good Heart trusting that we will meet again at least one year but probably sooner for it certainly will not take 30.000 men long to make Mexico sue for peace on any terms we are now hauling out into the stream. Now my Dear Martha I sincerely trust that you will be a comfort to your mother by being dutiful and obedient to her during my absence and rest assured that I shall never disgrace the stars and stripes under which I rally in thought word or action believing that our cause is just and that we shall be protected by the God of Battles. Now my pet you must love Mamma by a good girl and kiss her very often for your papa and when you go to school try to learn so fast that you will be able to read my letters. P.S please file all the letters you receive during my absence. Your affectionate Husband Tho.s R. Heritage Sergant Johnson sends his best respects. Heritage was from Philadelphia; he was disabled in the war and sent home the following year. The letter is in very good condition with an uneven left edge other wear and a mild ink stain near the center. unknown
