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Intelligence Section Alaska. 1944. First Edition; First Printing. Wraps. Wraps (softcover). 1944. First Printing. Staple holes in upper left corner and light wear, else Very Good condition. ; Oblong 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 24 pages .
The Battle of the Aleutians by Dashiell Hammett and Robert Colodny - 1944
by Dashiell Hammett and Robert Colodny
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The Battle of the Aleutians
by Dashiell Hammett and Robert Colodny
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29th Engineers, 1944. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong 8vo, stapled wraps -- signed by Colodny under his name, late in his life judging from the shakiness of the signature. Very good. Colodny and Hammett became friends while stationed together at Adak; Colodny was in the Lincoln Brigade that fought against Franco in the Spanish Civil War and was a diehard lefty; he later had a long and successful career at University of Pittsburgh as a historian and philosophy of science professor.
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The Battle of the Aleutians (First Edition) A Graphic History 1942-1943
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The Battle of the Aleutians - A Graphic History 1942-1943
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Adak, Alaska: Intelligence Section Field Force Headquarters, 1943. First Edition. Text was written by Army Corporal Dashiell Hammett and captions by Army Corporal Robert Colodny. Hammett transferred by the Army to the Aleutians in 1943, and while there wrote his history of the Aleutian Campaign against the Japanese. The Aleutian Islands were highly valued by the the Japanese during World War II, hoping to use them to launch attacks to take over Alaska and further attack the west coast of Canada and the USA. Near fine clean copy.
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THE BATTLE OF THE ALEUTIANS
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(Adak, Alaska: Intelligence Section Field Force Headquarters, 1944). First edition. "In Honor and Memory of the Men of the North Pacific Theater Who Died so that a Continent Might Be Free." Hammett, who was stationed in the Aleutians Islands was assigned to help compile an accounting of the Aleutian Campaign under supervision of the Intelligence Section. Text by Hammett and captions by Colodny; illustrations, maps and layout by Harry Fletcher. Few small scrapes and light stains to rear cover, edges lightly rubbed, otherwise very good or better in oblong, stapled blue paperwraps. WWII TEXT BY HAMMET
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THE BATTLE OF THE ALEUTIANS
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THE BATTLE OF THE ALEUTIANS, Int. Section Field Force HQ, 1944. first edition., near fine in wraps as issued. A graphic history written by Hammett while serving overseas during WW2.
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