final report gen von john pershing (5 Ergebnisse)

Heavy Manila Wrappers. Zustand: Chipped, Soiled. First Edition. Ink inscription front cover "Wm. L. Stryker, Capt. Inf. U.S. Army". TLS laid in to Mr. Stryker from J.P. Showhill, Field Examiner, Veterans Administration dated May 24, 1935. Sixteen plates with charts and maps. 96pp. Size: Octavo.

Zustand: fair. 96 + 16 plates, wraps, 16 fold-out plates & maps (some in color), covers stained & worn, edges of covers worn, chipped, and small tears. Text separated from covers but covers and spine still attached to each other in one piece, ink name on front cover.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Book.

Illustrated with 16 plates, most of which are maps, some hand-colored, and charts of military organization of combat troops. (illustrator). Library marking on spine. Fold-out maps have been folded back sometimes not as in original folds but they are still in very good condition except for plate 10, a chart of Organization of Services and Supply Troops, which is missing a large triangular portion along the fore-edge. Overall very good condition. Tall 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6-1/8". Black cloth with leather spine and corner tips.

First edition of this final military report from the heroic Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with sixteen folding plates of maps, diagrams, and charts. Boldly signed by General John J. Pershing on the title page. In very good condition with light wear to the extremities and a chip to the spine. Rare signed. General of the Armies John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing was a senior United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front in World War I, 1917â"18. In addition to leading the A.E.F. to victory in World War I, Pershing notably served as a mentor to many in the generation of generals who led the United States Army during World War II, including George Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Lesley J. McNair, George S. Patton and Douglas MacArthur. During his command in WWI, Pershing rejected British and French demands that American forces be integrated with their armies, and insisted that the AEF would operate as a single unit under his command, although some American divisions fought under British command, and he also allowed all-black units to be integrated with the French army.