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The Merriam Press publishes a wide variety of books on military history with a special emphasis on World War II. Veterans memoirs and histories of units, weapons, aircraft, warships, military vehicles, uniforms, insignia, medals, are some of the subjects covered in the ever-growing range of books published by the Merriam Press.
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Hardcover Print: $47.95 The full account of a disastrous Allied Arctic operation to send merchant ships independently to North Russia from Iceland, concerns the fortunes and misfortunes of 13 merchant ships and their crews attempting to reach North Russia in late Oct/early Nov 1942. They were spaced some 200 miles apart and no escort provided; 7 were British, 5 American and 1 Russian; 5 made it, 3 aborted, 5 were lost. The true story of Operation FB fills a neglected gap in the published history of the Arctic sea war, with a strong human element throughout, from personal recollections of those involved. 103 photos, 43 illus, 6 maps.
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Print: $29.95 The full account of a disastrous Allied Arctic operation to send merchant ships independently to North Russia from Iceland, concerns the fortunes and misfortunes of 13 merchant ships and their crews attempting to reach North Russia in late Oct/early Nov 1942. They were spaced some 200 miles apart and no escort provided; 7 were British, 5 American and 1 Russian; 5 made it, 3 aborted, 5 were lost. The true story of Operation FB fills a neglected gap in the published history of the Arctic sea war, with a strong human element throughout, from personal recollections of those involved. 103 photos, 43 illus, 6 maps.
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Print: $21.95 Download: $5.00 The Rupnik Line, the Vallo Alpino and other fortifications of the Ljubljana Gap in the former Yugoslavia before, during and after WWII are covered in detail by a Slovenian author who has visited, researched and recorded the existing remains. Well illustrated with 165 maps, plans, sketches, and wartime as well as present day photos of the remains of the bunkers, turrets and other fortifications of the area. Bibliography.
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Download: $5.00 Hardcover Print: $36.95 The Rupnik Line, the Vallo Alpino and other fortifications of the Ljubljana Gap in the former Yugoslavia before, during and after WWII are covered in detail by a Slovenian author who has visited, researched and recorded the existing remains. Well illustrated with 165 maps, plans, sketches, and wartime as well as present day photos of the remains of the bunkers, turrets and other fortifications of the area. Bibliography.
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Download: $10.00 Hardcover Print: $36.95 This narrative about the author's grandfather Daniel LaHurd’s personal experiences during World War II is unique in that it recounts 'A Story of One' individual. This riveting memoir offers much insight into the extensive training process that transforms a raw recruit into a highly professional member of a wartime B-17 bomber crew of the 483rd Bomb Group. Shot down on the Memmingen raid, 18 July 1944, he became a POW, and the author provides a superb account of prison camp life. 25 photos.
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Print: $21.95 Download: $10.00 This narrative about the author's grandfather Daniel LaHurd’s personal experiences during World War II is unique in that it recounts 'A Story of One' individual. This riveting memoir offers much insight into the extensive training process that transforms a raw recruit into a highly professional member of a wartime B-17 bomber crew of the 483rd Bomb Group. Shot down on the Memmingen raid, 18 July 1944, he became a POW, and the author provides a superb account of prison camp life. 25 photos.
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Print: $19.95 Download: $10.00 Presents 20 articles by historians and veterans on different aspects of the war in the Philippines, especially during the first six months. See preview for contents listing. 18 illustrations, 4 maps, 3 charts.
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Download: $10.00 Hardcover Print: $36.95 Distant War: Recollections of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, will be the vehicle to the readers’ understanding of a war and its aftermath that may seem distant now, but what is important is that it will make readers realize—if they haven’t already—that in war, whether in the jungles of Vietnam or the sands of Iraq, in a very real sense, while who wins and who loses is obviously important, what is equally necessary is that good somehow must and shall prevail. Here are 31 stories about those who were there then and what their lives have become now—for the world to know what they suffered, how most survived, and how they overcame adversity. See the Contents listing in the preview for the people included, such as Pat Sajak, Jim Stockdale, Oliver Stone and Nick Ut. 67 photos.
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Print: $19.95 Download: $10.00 Distant War: Recollections of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, will be the vehicle to the readers’ understanding of a war and its aftermath that may seem distant now, but what is important is that it will make readers realize—if they haven’t already—that in war, whether in the jungles of Vietnam or the sands of Iraq, in a very real sense, while who wins and who loses is obviously important, what is equally necessary is that good somehow must and shall prevail. Here are 31 stories about those who were there then and what their lives have become now—for the world to know what they suffered, how most survived, and how they overcame adversity. See the Contents listing in the preview for the people included, such as Pat Sajak, Jim Stockdale, Oliver Stone and Nick Ut. 67 photos.
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Print: $19.95 Download: $10.00 Major Albert Hoffman's letters from Europe, 1944-45, to his wife and children in Texas, covers his service with the 29th Infantry Division in the ETO. Born in Brownwood, Texas, Hoffman enlisted in the Texas National Guard in 1926 and served with the 36th Division after mobilization until 1943, and again after the war in reorganization of the Texas National Guard, as a Lt. Col/Battalion Commander from 1946 until 1956, and as a Colonel on Division staff from 1956 until his retirement in 1961. 27 photos, 3 maps.
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