Mccoy Commander Melvyn H (4 results)

Stapled Booklet. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. booklet is tight with no markings, some light soiling to wraps, nice copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. MENDED TEAR TO THE FRONT COVER, CLEAN TEXT.

Hardcover. First edition (copyright page has FR colophon). HC published by Farrar & Rinehart in 1944. No dust jacket. Corners are slightly bumped, and ends of spine are worn some. No marking or writing in book. Endpapers have some tanning, and tops of pages have slight tanning. The first twenty-five pages have some insect damage to side edges by upper corners.; 7.90 X 5.30 X 0.60 inches; 106 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Farrar & Rinehart, New York, 1944. 106 pgs. Endpapers maps Signed by Melvyn H. McCoy. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The epic of the heroes of Bataan and Corregidor, told by two ot the survivors, and released with permission of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Melvyn McCoy graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1927. He retired as a Rear Admiral in the U. S. Navy. After eleven months as a Prisoner of War, and in weakened physical condition, Commander McCoy outwitted the Japanese guards on 4 April 1943, escaped from a prison camp, eluding pursuing patrols, and made his way on foot and by small boat from the vicinity of Davao to northern Mindanao. Hearing of a United States force in Misamis Occidental he contrived to reach its headquarters on foot and by launch. Arrangements for his evacuation having been made, he continued on foot through enemy-occupied territory. By using mountain trails, he avoided capture by numerous Japanese patrols and arrived at the rendezvous. Commander McCoy's courage in the face of great danger and his fortitude despite his physical weakness enabled him to escape and to rejoin the United States forces with information of great military value. EB; 7.9 X 5.3 X 0.6 inches; 106 pages; Signed by Author. …