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We are an authorized, direct-from-the-publisher retailer of NEW books. Our titles are ON HAND and available for immediate shipping. Table of Contents The remarkably widespread interest in the American soldier's dress and equipment in World War II has never before been served by a major book recreating the GI's appearance by color photography. This striking study takes the techniques pioneered by Windrow & Greene Ltd. to a new level: live models, wearing an enormous range of authentic surviving uniforms and equipment and carrying actual period weapons, are photographed in color in convincing outdoor backgrounds. This book will be hailed as a ""bible"" by militaria collectors, modellers, illustrators, film wardrobe departments, and any other reader with an interest in the soldiers of World War II. Logically arranged, the sequences show each uniform type in characteristic use, accompanied by concise identifying and explanatory captions. Rare original uniforms and gear, provided by leading private collectors, are posed at different seasons against convincing settings. Officers in ""pinks and greens"" drink in an English pub; paratroopers check their equipment and ""saddle up"" beside a C-47 transport on a sunny English airfield; assault infantry in exact D-Day equipment splash ashore on the very beaches used in 1944 for pre-invasion training; a camouflage-uniformed soldier hacks his way through dark, dripping jungle foliage; weary GIs in Italian campaign parkas slog through the mud under packboard loads; grubby 1945 ""dogfaces"" ride an M4 Sherman tank through winter woodland and ruins... These images, and many others among Tim Hawkins' 280 color photographs, make this book a unique and memorable homage to the immortal GIs of 1941-45.
| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: OOP_RED_1993_1861263023_WH3 |
| Condition:
New |
Year:
New
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| Country:
USA |
Maker:
Motorbooks |
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Weight: 2.50 |
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| Title:
WWII GI US Army Uniforms book WW2 Helmet Paratrooper M1 |
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| Type:
Book |
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