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1951-WW2-Vol1-Europe<p>Vintage hardcover copy from personal collection. Pages and photos have yellowed with age but are in very good condition. Cover is sturdy clean and intact. Some staining on the inside cover and first several pages and towards the back.</p><p>Thank you for stopping by.</p> WM.H. Wise and Co, Inc hardcover
1994273225PN. New. 1994. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1995277895PN. New. 1995. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1951-WW2-Vol2-Pacific<p>Vintage hardcover copy from personal collection. Pages and photos have yellowed with age but are in very good condition. Cover is sturdy clean and intact. Some staining on the inside cover and first several pages and towards the back.</p><p>Thank you for stopping by.</p> WM.H. Wise and Co, Inc hardcover
0615130771.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1991238958Portland ME: V eterans for Peace 1991. Six issues of the staplebound journal 8.5x11 inches mailing labels on rear covers one with pen notes on the front cover. Issues present are 12 14-18. Also included are Spring and Summer 2011 newsletters and an Earth Day booklet from 1990 with some laudatory inscriptions to the recipient. V eterans for Peace unknown books
1990014706Portland ME: Veterans for Peace Inc. Offered is the fourth printing of "ABOLISH WAR! THE LAST CAMPAIGN - A VFP Veterans for Peace Contribution to Earth Day 1990" signed by VFP notables see below. Please note that as stated the first three printings had a combined print run of 18 copies; the fourth printing had a print run of 2500 copies. Published by Veterans for Peace Inc. out of Portland Maine a softcover with glossy covers measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 36 pages including front and rear covers. With photographs and illustrations throughout the Contents are: Preface; Premises; The End of the Process; New Impetus; Who is the Enemy; Veteran for Peace Positions; History of Veterans for Peace; and Action. The Appendix contains: Precis of Veterans for Peace; Veterans for Peace Activities; The Combined Statements of Veterans; Statement of Nuclear Warriors; General Douglas MacArthur: Abolition of War; The Statement of Seville; and Veterans for Peace Chapter Directory. Signed and inscribed by VFP notables to Alex Molnar last name not stated as follows: signed note dated August 26 1990 from President Col. John F. Barr USMC-Ret; the page opposite the Preface contains inscriptions and signatures from both Col. Barr and his wife Ruth; VFP Treasurer Ian M. Walker; Rob Robert O'Kane a World War II veteran; and Brian McEndy all of whom compliment a letter Mr. Molnar had written to the New York Times. Center staples rusted; paper clip attached to Col. Barr's note partially rusted; light corner crease to front cover. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1990. Veterans for Peace, Inc. paperback
1935233301935. Law and PolicyIndianaSpanish-American War U.S. Congress and local government document archive of five pieces concerning Indiana politics in 1935 on veterans' care social welfare legislation and the domestic aftermath of U.S. colonization in the Caribbean. The archive centers on a March 25 1935 bill proposing pensions for veterans of the Spanish-American War including the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine Insurrection their widows and dependents and the accompanying House report dated May 22 1935 extending that claim into committee language cost projections and Veterans' Administration statistics. The documents connect federal pension policy to state electoral geography through August G. Mueller's Indiana congressional apportionment map and to campaign messaging through tabulated votes on the AAA TVA Gold Bill Silver Bill Securities Exchange Act Norris-HOLC Amendment Navy Construction Act Housing Bill and Labor Disputes Bill.<br /> <br /> Five documents stapled at top left corner. 1935 chiefly Indiana with federal legislative and campaign material extending to Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Oklahoma Oregon and Pennsylvania. 16 pages in total. Documents comprised of one official House bill one official House committee report one Indiana congressional district map one Indiana newspaper clipping of candidates by district and one multi-page ballot-style voting-record leaflet.<br /> <br /> 1 Mueller August G. Gus. Indiana Congressional Apportionment Map. Indiana ca. 1935. One page. Large printed map headed "August G. Gus Mueller / Secretary of State" showing Indiana's twelve congressional districts with county boundaries and population figures. Lower text notes the "Apportionment of 1931 based on the census of 1930" applicable to elections beginning in 1932 and specifically identifies the portion of Marion County in the 11th District tying the archive's pension and campaign material to the district structure within which Indiana candidates were contesting office.<br /> <br /> 2 United States House of Representatives. H.R. 6995. In the House of Representatives March 25 1935. One sheet two pages. Official printed bill for the 74th Congress 1st Session titled "A Bill Granting pensions to veterans of the Spanish-American War including the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine Insurrection their widows and dependents and for other purposes." The bill states that laws in effect on March 19 1933 granting such pensions were to be reenacted making the document a direct record of New Deal era restoration and enlargement of benefits for aging veterans of the 1898 war and subsequent U.S. campaigns in China and the Philippines.<br /> <br /> 3 Newspaper clipping. Indiana candidates by congressional district ca. 1935. Narrow printed clipping listing Indiana candidates district by district including names such as Andrew J. Hickey in the Third District David Hogg in the Fourth Gerald W. Landis in the Seventh Charles F. Werner in the Eighth Chester A. Davis in the Ninth Clarence M. Brown in the Tenth Don Roberts in the Eleventh and Homer Elliott in the Twelfth. In this file the clipping functions as the electoral counterpart to the pension and voting documents showing the candidate field to which these legislative issues were being attached.<br /> <br /> 4 United States House of Representatives. Report No. 974 To Accompany H.R. 6995. Washington D.C. May 22 1935. Four pages on one sheet bifolded. House report submitted by Mr. Smith of Washington from the Committee on Pensions recommending passage of the bill and giving the most detailed policy language in the archive. Its "General Statement" specifies that the bill would extend benefits to those who served between April 21 1898 and July 4 1902 gives the average monthly payment then being received as $32.17 proposes an average monthly pension award of $42.85 states the average age of such veterans as "61 years and 8 months" and includes a May 9 1935 letter from Frank T. Hines to Allard H. Gasque discussing the estimated surviving veteran population and projected fiscal effect.<br /> <br /> 5 Voting-record leaflet ca. 1935. Eight page ballot-style political leaflet tabulating senators' and representatives' votes across several states with photographed sections for Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Oklahoma Oregon and Pennsylvania. The tables reduce congressional politics to a usable campaign matrix marking "Y" "N" "NR" and "PF" across measures including the Emergency Banking Act National Economy Act 1933 Independent Offices Bill Beer AAA TVA 1933 Gold Bill CWA continuance 1934 Revenue Bill Veterans' Compensation Bill Bill to Reduce Tariff Securities Exchange Act Norris HOLC Amendment Navy Construction Act Housing Bill and Labor Disputes Bill; accompanying text summarizes selected measures such as the Civil Works Administration continuance Cotton Control Bill Silver Purchase Act and Tariff Act of 1934.<br /> <br /> The two federal pension papers form the archive's documentary center because they preserve the precise legislative language by which Congress revisited the status of veterans of the Spanish-American War the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine Insurrection in 1935 decades after those campaigns had extended U.S. power into the Caribbean and Pacific. The supporting Indiana documents show how that policy landscape was translated into district-based electoral work while the voting leaflet widens the view to a national New Deal contest over social provision public spending agriculture currency housing labor and veterans' compensation. Folded and stapled as assembled with pronounced creasing moderate toning and scattered staining to edges; complete and legible. Overall good condition. A snapshot of U.S. policy in the Midwest in 1935 preserving legislation on veteran's pensions New Deal vote-tracking and Indiana electoral geography. unknown
2002227010Oakland: n.p. 2002. Pamphlet. 15p. illustrated with photos ads very good program in wraps. n.p. unknown books
1979235787Washington DC: Veterans Administration 1979. 21p. 8.5x11 inches tables of job opportunities with the VA around the country some with hourly wage listed $8.80 for an air conditioning mechanic in Chicago very good booklet in stapled gray wraps. Veterans Administration unknown books
1972018946Washington D. C.: Veterans Administration 1972. Paper Back. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 315pp.; SC salmon w/blk.; some rub w/tears on corners; spine sunned; cleantight pgs. Intro.; Bid solicitation format; Manufacture listing; Power&performance; and Data samples. IB 11-24 <br/> <br/> Veterans Administration unknown
2005233j0551Canada: Veterans Affairs Canada. Very Good. 2005. First Edition. Paperback. 0662685911 . "The Battle of the Scheldt was a military operation in northern Belgium and southwestern Netherlands that took place during the Second World War. On September 12 1944 the First Canadian Army was given the task of clearing the Scheldt of German occupiers. On October 2 the battle began in earnest and was fought until November 8. The First Canadian Army played a leading role in opening the Scheldt estuary gateway to the sea for the port of Antwerp." - Introduction. Trilingual English/French/Dutch. 32 glossy pages. Three panel two-colour fold-out map indicates troop movements and flooded areas October-November 1944. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this important history. ; Remembrance Series; 8vo . Veterans Affairs Canada paperback
185027160Paris Aubert, Maison Martinet 1850 Une lithographie Originale, colorée et glaçée à la main d'époque, Format : 29,5 centimètres de haut par 41,5 centimètres de large, sur papier blanc, imprimé en bas à droite dans la gravure : Ch. VERNIER, tirée de : [Costumes de l'armée française depuis Louis XIV, jusqu'à ce jour.] Paris : Aubert, Maison Martinet Editeur, [vers 1850],
4to., Second Impression, with numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
195536775Washington DC: Veterans Administration 1955. good. Quarto approx. 200 illus. figures footnotes bibliography boards somewhat worn and soiled. 10 bulletins bound together. Bound documents such as this are increasingly scarce. Important look at the post-World War II and Korean War periods. Veterans Administration hardcover
1991D1V00280781991. Single Issue Magazine. Good. A nice copy. Text in mint/unmarked condition. Cover has minor wear. Binding is tight. unknown
2002D1U00280772002. Single Issue Magazine. Good. A nice copy. Text in clean/unmarked condition. Cover has minor wear. Binding is tight. unknown
200250903Washington DC: GPO 2002. good. 59 wraps. Serial No. 107-114. The modern battleground can be a toxic and biological minefield. In far-flung deployments indigenous diseases parasites and environmental exposures pose unique health threats. Fighting and surviving in battle space contaminated by chemical and biological weapons demand medical countermeasures and treatment capabilities beyond those needed to deal with bullets and bombs. The military services apear to have different approaches to health surveillance training of medical personnel and treatment protocols. GPO paperback
200343045Washington DC: GPO 2003. First Edition. First Printing. good. 114 wraps some wear to covers and small tear at top. Serial No. 107-187. This hearing addressed the effectiveness scope and implications of the U.S. counterterrorism policies in a world realigned by war without boundaries. Among the panelists were major "neo-con" representatives who were considered to be among the architects of the war against Saddam Hussein. GPO paperback
200350908Washington DC: GPO 2003. First Edition. First Printing. very good. 114 wraps. Serial No. 107-187. This hearing addressed the effectiveness scope and implications of the U.S. counterterrorism policies in a world realigned by war without boundaries. Among the panelists were major "neo-con" representatives who were considered to be among the architects of the war against Saddam Hussein. GPO paperback
199949089Washington DC: GPO 1999. First Edition. First Printing. good. 200 wraps illus. Serial No. 106-26. GPO paperback
200050898Washington DC: GPO 2000. First Edition. First Printing. very good. 100 wraps tables. Serial No. 106-36. This hearing gave the Committee an opportunity to explore issues relating to the Department of Veterans Affairs personnel needs. GPO paperback
0260120510.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1980187713Washington DC: Veterans Administration Office of Planning and Program Evaluation Studies and Analysis Service 1980. iii 181p. wraps doodle on back cover otherwise very good. Discusses the experiences and special needs of former POWs from WW II Korea and Vietnam. Veterans Administration, Office of Planning and Program Evaluation, Studies and Analysis Service unknown books
0428432697.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
