u s army gulf command (3 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated staple-bound wraps 22 x 30cm. 36pp incl wraps with full-page map of motor transport and rail routes, and many photos, some full-page. Wraps very good with light rubbing and scuffing. Pages mostly very good with minor loss to a couple of edges. Souvenir album containing b/w photos of Persian landscapes, people, bazaars, mosques, ancient and traditional buildings and townscapes. The photographers named as Blohm, Covello, Miller, Arkus, Marthey, Peters, Kohl, Campbell and Mitchell. Extremely rare (OCLC 15271264 is described as having 32pp with similar dimensions, for which 2 locations given - none on Copac).

Folio (240 x 322 mm). 16 pp. Original pictorial wrappers. A celebratory pamphlet issued to soldiers deployed in the vital Persian Gulf Command, established in WWII to facilitate the supply of U.S. lend-lease war material to the Soviet Union through what was called the Persian Corridor. Troops were tasked with moving supplies from port cities on the Gulf through the difficult terrain of Iran's interior to the border with the Soviet Union until the end of the war in Europe. - The pamphlet is packed with photographic illustrations of celebrations for the "(censored) 000,000th ton of war freight to be delivered to the Russians by the 3d Military Railway Service Persian Gulf Command", carried with much pomp on a special celebratory train. - The text describes the mix of personnel at work in and around the Persian Gulf Command: "tanned Americans in wilted khaki and faded denim fatigues, rugged Russians with tommy-guns slung across their backs, turbaned Indian troops in British shorts, dark-skinned Iranians in skull caps and string sandals". Illustrations show photographs of tanks being unloaded off ships at Khorramshahr and onto the celebration train (bearing a plaque which does in fact have the tonnage censored for the cameras), and the progress of the train through the Persian Corridor. A Russian guard poses on one American tank, Iranian children and civilians gather with American GIs to watch the procession, and both Major General Donald H. Connolly (1886-1969), head of Persian Gulf Command, and Major General Ivan V. Kargin (1898-1980), chief of the Soviet Transport Department, give speeches in honour of the occasion, the texts of which are printed here. The latter also shakes the hand of Valentina Verbanova, described as "the Russian 'fireman' for the run north of the Caspian Sea"; another photo shows Verbanova accepting an offered cigarette from an American serviceman. - Light waterstains and discolouration, well-preserved.

30 silver gelatin photographs, ranging from 125 x 113 mm to 38 x 38 mm. 19 in photo corners in the first 3 leaves of a photo album, 11 laid loosely in the same. Contemporary official album, emblazoned with "Persian Gulf Command Iran" and the insignia of the company. Views of the U.S. Army base at Andimeshk, Iran, during the vital deployment of the Persian Gulf Command, the service command established in WWII to facilitate the supply of U.S. lend-lease war material to the Soviet Union through what was called the Persian Corridor, for the benefit of Soviet allies. - The first troops arrived in Iran in December of 1942, but the base moved from Ahwaz to Andimeshk in November 1943, and it is the Andimeshk base which appears in these photos. Troops were tasked with moving supplies from port cities on the Gulf through the mountains to Iran's border with the Soviet Union, until the end of the war in Europe. - Photographs show a few of the all-important transport trucks, likely the Studebaker US6es appreciated by the Soviets for their versatility and as a base for Katyusha rocket launchers, one packed with posing men, and several in the scrapyard. Most photographs show the entertainment made available to U.S. troops, or that which the men found for themselves: an official American-style carnival complete with a peep show booth, men washing their clothes in a soldier's helmet, posing outside the barracks with table tennis paddles, a tame cheetah, or simply with their friends in the Command. - Some portraits of soldiers posing together list their names: Pete Errico, Webb, Poyda, Draskovich, Raphel, Bruscato, Zbel, Venturoni, and Giordano. Likely simple soldiers rather than officers, these would be the men tasked with driving trucks, maintaining oil supply lines, or working alongside Iranians at the two factories producing trucks for the war effort. - Only minor or marginal wear to photographs; quite well preserved.