Mike Armstrong
Hunter
Used books on WWII: Some popular histories of famous battles, some personal memoirs of individual combatants. These make me glad that "the greatest generation" were there for us, and also glad that I lived thru the war as an innocent baby and infant! A blessing that was denied to many....
These books have all been sitting in my garage since well before the COVID epidemic began. I will pack them in wrapping materials that have also been sitting since last Christmas. So if you buy something, you can rip the outer covering off, toss it, wash your hands and then unwrap the rest.
I take cash, personal checks made out to me, and money orders ditto. I DON'T TAKE credit cards, PayPal, or online payments like Applepay. ALL PRICES INCLUDE SHIPPING TO CONUS ZIP CODES. I ship the next mail day after I get payment. If payment arrives on a Friday afternoon, your books will ship the next Monday (local PO not open on weekends).
To order a book or books, put an "I'll take book(s) #____" as a "reply" ON THIS THREAD. Then I'll acknowledge your order with a reply on the thread, mark your selection as sold (SPF) on the ad, and send you a PM with my "real" (first name I never use) name and mailing address for payment. I'll PM you when I get payment and send the books.
Please save this thread for ordering, and send me questions and remarks via PM. I'll answer ASAP-- not going anywhere anytime soon....
TAKE $1 OFF THE PRICE OF ANY BOOK OR BOOKS THAT YOU ORDER AFTER THE FIRST ONE! I get a little break on shipping multiple books and so I kick a little of that back to you.
Thanks for reading this far!
WWII General History
1) SPF"Twenty-Five Yards of War: the Extraordinary Courage of Ordinary Men in WWII" by Ronald R. Drez w/Foreword by Stephen E. Ambrose.
2) "The Carrier War" by Clark D. Reynolds. Time-Life volume that covers the history of carriers and carrier aircraft combat in WWII. Illus w/MANY b/w combat photos, color plates of US and Japanese carriers and planes w/specs, and classic US and Japanese combat artists' paintings of carriers at war. HB 176 pp, 8 1/2x 11" format exc/new cond. $6
3) "1945:the Final Victories" Time-Life's volume on the sixth year of WWII, from the middle of the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944 thru V-J Day and the trials of war criminals. Bios of the key military and political figures, photos of combat and the home fronts, and a summary of where the victory left us, with the looming Cold War. Fully illustrated with b/w and color photos and repros of WWII-era art such as home front and GI morale posters, aircraft "nose art," and color paintings by combat artists. Softbound 271 pp. exc/new cond. $5
4) "True Stories of the Commandos: Britain's Britain's Legendary Fighting Force" ed. by Robin Hunter. Formed just after the Dunkirk debacle, the British Commandos became the model for Allied special forces in WWII; the US Army Rangers were trained by them initially. They served from the European Arctic to the Japanese home islands, as raiders and saboteurs, and as elite infantry. Trade PB 270 pp. exc.cond, illus w/b/w photos, glossary. $4
WWII Europe
5) SPF "The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice" by Alex Kershaw.
6) "Darby's Rangers: We Led the Way" by William O. Darby. Autobiography by one of the founders of the US Army Rangers. Covers his unit formation, training, deployment, and combat in North Africa and Sicily and their ultimate defeat in southern Italy at Anzio. Also contains narrative of Col. Darby's post-WWII career, and of the many achievements of other Ranger battalions in WWII. Trade PB 256 pp. illus. w/b/w photos. $4
7) SPF "The End of the Beginning: From the Siege of Malta to the Allied Victory at El Alamein" by Tim Clayton and Phil Craig.
8) SPF "The Guns at Last Light: the War in Europe, 1944-45" by Rick Atkinson.
9) SPF "The Rocket and the Reich
eenemunde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile Era" by Michael J. Neufeld
10) SPF "The Air War in Europe" by Ronald H. Bailey.
11) SPF "Moonlight Over England: the Story of One Night Fighter Pilot" by Eric P. Donald.
12) "Partisans and Guerrillas in WWII" by Ronald Bailey. Time-Life volume that chronicles and illustrates behind-the-lines resistance against the Axis in Crete, Greece, and Yugoslavia. HB 8 1/2x11" format 208 pp in new cond. illus w/b/w photos and maps. Pics include captured Axis weapons being used by partisans. $6
13) SPF "We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance" by David Haworth, w/intro by Stephen Ambrose.
WWII in the Pacific
14) SPF "Hell Wouldn't Stop:an Oral History of the Battle of Wake Island" by Chet Cunningham.
15) SPF "Lieutenant Ramsey's War: From Horse Soldier to Guerrilla Commander" by Edwin Ramsey and Stephen J. Rivele.
16) "The Battle of Leyte Gulf: 23-26 Oct. 1944" by Thomas J. Cutler. The air and naval battle that very nearly stopped the US's triumphant return to the Philippines, but instead ended with the destruction of the once invincible JIN. The last hurrah of the "battlewagon," the "last stand of the Tin Can Sailors," and the introduction of the kamikaze, Japan's most deadly (in all senses) late-war weapon. A tale with many moving parts, guaranteed to move the naval reader. Quality PB (Naval Institute Press) 359 pp exc/ew cond illus w/maps and b/w photos. $6
17) SPF "Battling for Saipan" by Francis A. O'Brien.
18) SPF "Iwo Jima: the Dramatic Account of the Battle That Turned the Tide of WWII" by Richard F. Newcomb.
19) SPF "The Long, the Short, and the Tall: An Eyewitness Account" by Alvin M. Josephy.
20) "Angels at Dawn: the Los Banos Raid"by Lt. Gen. E.M. Flanagan, USA (ret). Despite the assurances of Japanese generals that "we are not barbarians," Japanese "internment camps" resembled concentration camps, and their POW camps were often death camps. And late in the war the Japanese kept promising to execute interned civilian prisoners and POWs if defeat looked imminent. This book is the story of the rescue of over 2000 Allied civilian and military prisoners by troops of the US 11th Airborne Div. and Filipino guerrillas in 1945, saving many lives. Quality PB 287 pp. illus w/maps, document repros, b/w photos, and lists of the prisoners and descriptions of the postwar lives of some of them. $5
21) "Ghost Soldiers" by Hampton Sides. Best-selling account of the rescue of US POWs under threat of execution in a different Japanese POW camp in the Philippines by a company of the 6th US Army Ranger Battalion and Filipino guerrillas. HB 342 pp. exc cond illus w/maps, contemporary b/w photos $5
WWII Submarine (and Anti-Submarine) Warfare
22) "The Battle of the Atlantic" by Barrie Pitt.
23) "U-boat Killer: Fighting the U-Boats in the Battle of the Atlantic" by Capt. Donald McIntyre, RN. McIntyre, a British destroyer captain, held the WWII record for U-Boats confirmed destroyed by a single escort vessel (seven). He killed some of the greatest U-Boat "aces" and captured the highest scoring U-Boat "ace"of all. How it was done: convoy escort techniques, hunter-killer squadrons supported by planes from "Jeep carriers," long-range anti-sub aircraft, and the vital "technology war." Quality PB (Cassell Military Series) 186 pp. exc. cond illus w/b/w photos. $5
24) "Silent Running: My Years on a WWII Attack Submarine" by James E. Calvert, USN (ret). Veteran submariner's account of his Pacific war, seven patrols, including one into Tokyo Bay. Many battles with JIN escort vessels, kills of escorts and the ships they were trying to guard, including warships and mechant vessels carrying supplies vital to Japan. Not all one-sided, either--the Japanese improved their anti-sub tactics and we lost many boats and lives while strangling the Japanese Empire! (The US WWii Submarine Service Memorial is right across the street from me and the lists of boats and men lost are sobering....). Calvert later commanded a nuclear sub, the US Naval Academy, and the Pacific First Fleet. Quality PB 299 pp. exc. cond. $5
25) "Dark Sky, Deep Water: First-Hand Reflections on the Anti-U-Boat War in WWII" by Norman Franks.
A book about a rarely covered topic: the battles between Allied anti-sub aircraft and surfaced U-Boats. If you think it was one-sided--the bomber always wins--you'll find it wasn't! Nazi tactics and training, not to mention their excellent AAA and 88s, made attacking a surfaced U-Boat, even with a four-motored bomber or flying boat, very dangerous. Quality PB 224 pp. new cond. illus w/MANY b/w photos of subs under air attack, shot-down aircraft, and anti-sub weapons. $6.
Thanks for reading my LOOOOOONG post!
DON'T FORGET to take $1 off the price of any book or books that you order after the first one!
Mike Armstrong
These books have all been sitting in my garage since well before the COVID epidemic began. I will pack them in wrapping materials that have also been sitting since last Christmas. So if you buy something, you can rip the outer covering off, toss it, wash your hands and then unwrap the rest.
I take cash, personal checks made out to me, and money orders ditto. I DON'T TAKE credit cards, PayPal, or online payments like Applepay. ALL PRICES INCLUDE SHIPPING TO CONUS ZIP CODES. I ship the next mail day after I get payment. If payment arrives on a Friday afternoon, your books will ship the next Monday (local PO not open on weekends).
To order a book or books, put an "I'll take book(s) #____" as a "reply" ON THIS THREAD. Then I'll acknowledge your order with a reply on the thread, mark your selection as sold (SPF) on the ad, and send you a PM with my "real" (first name I never use) name and mailing address for payment. I'll PM you when I get payment and send the books.
Please save this thread for ordering, and send me questions and remarks via PM. I'll answer ASAP-- not going anywhere anytime soon....
TAKE $1 OFF THE PRICE OF ANY BOOK OR BOOKS THAT YOU ORDER AFTER THE FIRST ONE! I get a little break on shipping multiple books and so I kick a little of that back to you.
Thanks for reading this far!
WWII General History
1) SPF"Twenty-Five Yards of War: the Extraordinary Courage of Ordinary Men in WWII" by Ronald R. Drez w/Foreword by Stephen E. Ambrose.
2) "The Carrier War" by Clark D. Reynolds. Time-Life volume that covers the history of carriers and carrier aircraft combat in WWII. Illus w/MANY b/w combat photos, color plates of US and Japanese carriers and planes w/specs, and classic US and Japanese combat artists' paintings of carriers at war. HB 176 pp, 8 1/2x 11" format exc/new cond. $6
3) "1945:the Final Victories" Time-Life's volume on the sixth year of WWII, from the middle of the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944 thru V-J Day and the trials of war criminals. Bios of the key military and political figures, photos of combat and the home fronts, and a summary of where the victory left us, with the looming Cold War. Fully illustrated with b/w and color photos and repros of WWII-era art such as home front and GI morale posters, aircraft "nose art," and color paintings by combat artists. Softbound 271 pp. exc/new cond. $5
4) "True Stories of the Commandos: Britain's Britain's Legendary Fighting Force" ed. by Robin Hunter. Formed just after the Dunkirk debacle, the British Commandos became the model for Allied special forces in WWII; the US Army Rangers were trained by them initially. They served from the European Arctic to the Japanese home islands, as raiders and saboteurs, and as elite infantry. Trade PB 270 pp. exc.cond, illus w/b/w photos, glossary. $4
WWII Europe
5) SPF "The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice" by Alex Kershaw.
6) "Darby's Rangers: We Led the Way" by William O. Darby. Autobiography by one of the founders of the US Army Rangers. Covers his unit formation, training, deployment, and combat in North Africa and Sicily and their ultimate defeat in southern Italy at Anzio. Also contains narrative of Col. Darby's post-WWII career, and of the many achievements of other Ranger battalions in WWII. Trade PB 256 pp. illus. w/b/w photos. $4
7) SPF "The End of the Beginning: From the Siege of Malta to the Allied Victory at El Alamein" by Tim Clayton and Phil Craig.
8) SPF "The Guns at Last Light: the War in Europe, 1944-45" by Rick Atkinson.
9) SPF "The Rocket and the Reich
eenemunde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile Era" by Michael J. Neufeld10) SPF "The Air War in Europe" by Ronald H. Bailey.
11) SPF "Moonlight Over England: the Story of One Night Fighter Pilot" by Eric P. Donald.
12) "Partisans and Guerrillas in WWII" by Ronald Bailey. Time-Life volume that chronicles and illustrates behind-the-lines resistance against the Axis in Crete, Greece, and Yugoslavia. HB 8 1/2x11" format 208 pp in new cond. illus w/b/w photos and maps. Pics include captured Axis weapons being used by partisans. $6
13) SPF "We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance" by David Haworth, w/intro by Stephen Ambrose.
WWII in the Pacific
14) SPF "Hell Wouldn't Stop:an Oral History of the Battle of Wake Island" by Chet Cunningham.
15) SPF "Lieutenant Ramsey's War: From Horse Soldier to Guerrilla Commander" by Edwin Ramsey and Stephen J. Rivele.
16) "The Battle of Leyte Gulf: 23-26 Oct. 1944" by Thomas J. Cutler. The air and naval battle that very nearly stopped the US's triumphant return to the Philippines, but instead ended with the destruction of the once invincible JIN. The last hurrah of the "battlewagon," the "last stand of the Tin Can Sailors," and the introduction of the kamikaze, Japan's most deadly (in all senses) late-war weapon. A tale with many moving parts, guaranteed to move the naval reader. Quality PB (Naval Institute Press) 359 pp exc/ew cond illus w/maps and b/w photos. $6
17) SPF "Battling for Saipan" by Francis A. O'Brien.
18) SPF "Iwo Jima: the Dramatic Account of the Battle That Turned the Tide of WWII" by Richard F. Newcomb.
19) SPF "The Long, the Short, and the Tall: An Eyewitness Account" by Alvin M. Josephy.
20) "Angels at Dawn: the Los Banos Raid"by Lt. Gen. E.M. Flanagan, USA (ret). Despite the assurances of Japanese generals that "we are not barbarians," Japanese "internment camps" resembled concentration camps, and their POW camps were often death camps. And late in the war the Japanese kept promising to execute interned civilian prisoners and POWs if defeat looked imminent. This book is the story of the rescue of over 2000 Allied civilian and military prisoners by troops of the US 11th Airborne Div. and Filipino guerrillas in 1945, saving many lives. Quality PB 287 pp. illus w/maps, document repros, b/w photos, and lists of the prisoners and descriptions of the postwar lives of some of them. $5
21) "Ghost Soldiers" by Hampton Sides. Best-selling account of the rescue of US POWs under threat of execution in a different Japanese POW camp in the Philippines by a company of the 6th US Army Ranger Battalion and Filipino guerrillas. HB 342 pp. exc cond illus w/maps, contemporary b/w photos $5
WWII Submarine (and Anti-Submarine) Warfare
22) "The Battle of the Atlantic" by Barrie Pitt.
23) "U-boat Killer: Fighting the U-Boats in the Battle of the Atlantic" by Capt. Donald McIntyre, RN. McIntyre, a British destroyer captain, held the WWII record for U-Boats confirmed destroyed by a single escort vessel (seven). He killed some of the greatest U-Boat "aces" and captured the highest scoring U-Boat "ace"of all. How it was done: convoy escort techniques, hunter-killer squadrons supported by planes from "Jeep carriers," long-range anti-sub aircraft, and the vital "technology war." Quality PB (Cassell Military Series) 186 pp. exc. cond illus w/b/w photos. $5
24) "Silent Running: My Years on a WWII Attack Submarine" by James E. Calvert, USN (ret). Veteran submariner's account of his Pacific war, seven patrols, including one into Tokyo Bay. Many battles with JIN escort vessels, kills of escorts and the ships they were trying to guard, including warships and mechant vessels carrying supplies vital to Japan. Not all one-sided, either--the Japanese improved their anti-sub tactics and we lost many boats and lives while strangling the Japanese Empire! (The US WWii Submarine Service Memorial is right across the street from me and the lists of boats and men lost are sobering....). Calvert later commanded a nuclear sub, the US Naval Academy, and the Pacific First Fleet. Quality PB 299 pp. exc. cond. $5
25) "Dark Sky, Deep Water: First-Hand Reflections on the Anti-U-Boat War in WWII" by Norman Franks.
A book about a rarely covered topic: the battles between Allied anti-sub aircraft and surfaced U-Boats. If you think it was one-sided--the bomber always wins--you'll find it wasn't! Nazi tactics and training, not to mention their excellent AAA and 88s, made attacking a surfaced U-Boat, even with a four-motored bomber or flying boat, very dangerous. Quality PB 224 pp. new cond. illus w/MANY b/w photos of subs under air attack, shot-down aircraft, and anti-sub weapons. $6.
Thanks for reading my LOOOOOONG post!
DON'T FORGET to take $1 off the price of any book or books that you order after the first one!
Mike Armstrong
