Johnson Colonel Edward (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: VG. Very good with light cover wear. No markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, DC. From Major Alfred Cunningham, the first Marine aviator through to the eve of WWII, Johnson covers the history of Marine aviation. During WWI the first Marines to shoot down an enemy aricraft were 1st Lieutentant Everett Brewer and Gunnery Sergeant Harry Wersheiner flying with a British squadron on 28 September 1918. Very good copy of the slightly oversized first edition. No dust jacket issued. 106 pages.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Paperback Printing. An uncreased spine with very light edge rubbing. No store stamp. Stories by : Major John R.Wilson, 1st Lt.John D.Landers, Colonel Bruce K.Hollaway, 1st.Lt.James A Goodson, Cpt.jay T.Robbins, Mayor Francis S.Gabreski, 1st.Lt.JohnT.Godfrey, 1st.Lt.Robert S Johnson, Captian Henry W. Brown, Colonel Charles H.Macdonald, Colonel J.C.Meyer, Lt.Colonel Joseph L.Thury.

1st edition stiff wrappers Near Fine lge. octavo vii + 106pp., b/w pls., appends., index,

Hardcover. Condition: VG. 1st Edition. 84pp, illustrated with several full-page portraits, including the author E. C. Johnson, John Dejarnett Johnson, Elizabeth Butler, Edward Polk Johnson (who would write a monumental History of Kentucky), James Shelton Johnson, Edward Polk Johnson II, and John Dejarnett Johnson II, blue cloth with gilt titles, very clean and bright, inside and out. James Johnson, b. 1725, in Virginia, married Susannah Payne, with whom he had five children. James served as a major in the Revolutionary War. He died in Lunenburg County, Virginia in 1787. His great-grandson, John DeJarnett Johnson, 1799-1882, was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky and died in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, New York, Ohio and elsewhere. Families include Arterburn, Musselmann, Ragland, Schlegel, Seebolt, Stiffler. Very scarce.

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Very Good. Condition Notes: Gently bruised at the spine ends and corners of the binding. The contents complete, clean and tight; Hardback. Red boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 10¾" x 8" (1 kg); pp (vii) 106; Index; Edited by Graham A. Cosmas; Includes: Black & White photos within the text; Appendices (3); || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #205933 ||.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This brief history of Marine aviation from 1912 to 1940 describes the efforts of Marines to secure their own air arm and recounts the early development of the Marine air-ground team. The story is drawn from official reports, documents, and personal correspondence, as well as from published historical works. It also draws heavily upon the transcribed reminiscences of notable Marine aviators collected and preserved by the Oral History Section of the History and Museums Division. From 1912, when First Lieutenant Alfred A. Cunningham became the first Marine to fly, through 1940, a handful of dedicated Marines worked to keep their Corps abreast of the progress of military aviation and to create an air arm specifically dedicated to supporting Marines in their amphibious mission. From a few daring men and a handful of primitive aircraft in 1912, Marine aviation grew into a force which met the test of combat in World War I. During the 1920s and 1930s, Marine aviators gradually developed a permanent organization and acquired aircraft of increasing reliability and improving performance. In small wars and expeditions in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and China, Marine fliers devised new techniques for supporting Marine infantry in combat, and they demonstrated the value of aviation in reconnaissance and in the movement of men and supplies over rough and usually roadless terrain. With the creation of the F1eet Marine Force in 1933, Marine aviation received formal recognition as an element of the amphibious air-ground team, and in the fleet landing exercises of the late 1930s began developing the doctrines and tactics which would make close air support a reality in World War II. The traditions of excellence and versatility established by these early Marine fliers lived on in the skies of Korea and Vietnam and remain vital today. This study of the formative years of Marine aviation is based on official reports and documents in the archives and holdings of the History and Museums Division and on personal memoirs and correspondence, as well as published historical works. It draws heavily on the writings of such pioneers of Marine aviation history as Robert L. Sherrod and Major Edna Loftus Smith, USMCR, and has benefited significantly from the efforts of such organizations as the First Marine Aviation Force Association and the Marine Corps Aviation Association to preserve the memory and record of early Marine aviation. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.