USMCRECON Posted March 3, 2011 Share #1 Posted March 3, 2011 I bought this a few days ago and it arrived today. It looked pretty decent shape in the photos but it's much better in the hand. It has just a little of the cover over the binding coming loose but the binding itself is still sound. It's a hard cover large format book, sort of yearbook sized (about 9x11 inches) but almost 2" thick with almost 600 pages of photos stories, specs, and info on units and individuals. I took pix of a handful of select pages just to provide an example. First two pix are the front cover and the inside cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share #2 Posted March 3, 2011 Here are two pages of patches from the various "Hump" units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share #3 Posted March 3, 2011 A page showing some of the organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share #4 Posted March 3, 2011 Picture of one of the crews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share #5 Posted March 3, 2011 Finally a picture from the crashes and bail-outs section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Boghots Posted March 13, 2011 Share #6 Posted March 13, 2011 Those are fantastic books, and a great addition to any military library. - I haven't priced them lately, but they weren't cheap when they were new by any means, and they've always been tough to locate. Great reading and fantastic for research. Best regards, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted March 14, 2011 Share #7 Posted March 14, 2011 Is this an original or a reprint? Nothing wrong either way, just curious. I know Schiffer has reprinted a number of these histories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZR Posted March 14, 2011 Share #8 Posted March 14, 2011 That looks like an original. Also, there are at least two volumes. I say that because I know there are two, and I recently saw an ad for volume 3, but I wasn't able to confirm that with the seller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfields Posted March 14, 2011 Share #9 Posted March 14, 2011 USMCRecon, That's a great looking book! I wonder when it was printed? Something else I need to look for now!!! I was wondering if you could do me a favor. I have a photo album that belonged to Lawrence Hudnall from Mammoth, WV. Based on the photos, I'm guessing he was a ground crewman stationed at an airfield in Burma. I figure they must have had multiple airfields and unfortunately Mr Hudnall didn't write down the airfield's name or location in the album. I've included an intriguing photo of a C-47 with one Japanese flag painted on the side. A kill by a flying boxcar! Any chance there is any comment about that this in your book? I'd love to learn more details. Thanks! Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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