Engineer Amphibian Troops (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. 177p. Photos. Illustrations. Wraps. Bluer cloth spine. Cover Rubbed, lightly soiled. Good copy. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 177p. Photos. Illustrations. Wraps. Near Fine copy. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 177p. Photos. Illustrations. Wraps. Copy of Ens. Robert Sachs. Very Good copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. "What the Hell is this wire? Certainly it was never issued" (Volume VII, p. 12), blurts a penned question of an entry about a table denoting issuance of materiel. This is an extraordinary mark of provenance and added association value. This lot is comprised of a set of seven of the eight volumes providing a compendium of U.S. Naval and U.S. Army Corps of Engineer activities in the Pacific Theater during World War Two. The author, Hugh John "Pat" Casey (7 June 1898 ? 30 August 1981) was a Major General in the United States Army. He graduated in 1918 from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, served in "Germany during the Occupation of the Rhineland," later earned a Ph.D. in Engineering in Berlin at the Technische Hochschule, and much, much later helped to design and construct many engineering projects during the Works Project Administration, in the Philippines in 1937, and the Pentagon! From the library of and SIGNED several times by Colonel Harry A. Skerry, retired, U.S. Army, who served with valor in World War I and then again in World War II. The web-site devoted to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel and projects notes also that he was a survivor of the Bataan Death March, earned a Distinguished Service Cross for such, and also survived as a Prisoner of War under the Japanese. He served in the United States Army at the rank of Colonel (Corps of Engineers) in the 14th Engineer Regiment (PS), Philippine Division, to 1942. He has signed in several places and also pen-underlined sentences and paragraphs throughout and added penciled marginal notations here and there. The set is comprised of seven sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in quarto hardcover format volumes measuring 11 3/4" tall x 8 1/2" wide. Gilt-stamped illustration to front cover and gilt-lettering to spines. Clean but for the aforementioned penciled and penned markings throughout several volumes, all notable and adding extraordinary provenance and association value. Minimal rubbing to extremities, bound in a burgundy buckram cloth over boards format, gilt lettering to spines. The first volume, Volume I (1947), "Engineers in Theater Operations," summarizes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers activities during the World War Two operations in the Southwest Pacific. Plentiful maps (57), a chart, diagrams and many score illustrations. Each volume, like this one, has full indexes. Frontis matter, 375 pp. Volume II (1953), "Organizations, Troops and Training," also signed and inscribed by Harry A. Skeery in pencil, with fine black-and-white photograph at frontis of the Corps in Manila, The Philippine Islands, 1945, xviii, 1-330 pp. and with several score illustrations, four maps, 37 charts, and 38 tables. Laid in also is the original receipt of purchase by Skerry and noting that Volume II was the sixth release in the series and that by that time, volumes I, III, VI, VII and VIII had been released. Volume III (1948): Engineer Intelligence, and with a fine black-and-white photograph at frontis in New Guinea in 1942, xvii, 1-467 pp. and with full index and with 57 maps, 13 charts, 21 tables, and several score fine illustrations in black-and-white, some in color. Many of the maps are fold-out and printed on heavy card-stock. This volume is given over to covering the history of W.W.I.I. engineers but is rendered in chronological order rather than by order of campaign because the intelligence work that provided the groundwork for eventual engineering works wasn't always forthcoming. Volume IV: "Amphibian Engineer Operations" (1959), is a Presentation Copy SIGNED again by Harry A. Skerry at first free endpaper, dated and located to September 15, 1960, Portland, Oregon, but also pasted in is a Presentation Letter from the author, Hugh J. Casey in typescript, full-page, detailing the publication history of the other volumes in the set of eight volumes, which Casey notes had already been sold and sent to him, and signed by him, too, as "Pat," and with an extraordinary penned note: ". Signed by Other.

Condition: Fair. [1], iii, [1], 91, [1] pages. Illustrations Maps. Stapes have been removed. Seven separate 'signature' [sections of text] with staple holes present. Item is collated and complete. Lithographed by the Drafting and Reproduction, Headquarters, Engineer Amphibian Command. Cigarette burned through at bottom of front cover page, and scorch mark on first and second pages. Marked Restricted. Name of previous owner on front cover. This guide was published as an aid to training engineer amphibian units. It contains the essentials of the mission, procedure and organization of engineer amphibian troop as developed during the past year [1942] by this Command. It has, however, been rapidly complied to meet an urgent need for such a document and unit commanders are invited to criticize and to suggest additions, deletions, changes in emphasis, etc. for incorporation in later editions. In a new and rapidly growing organization, it must be understood that the Tables of Organization and the doctrine are under constant development. Many of the figures and charts give here will change from time to time. Departure from doctrine taught in training is a privilege of command--but such departure must be justified by results. The contents are Foreword, Symbols, Introduction, Basic Facts, Landing Craft, Marine Mainentance, Organization, Engineer Amphibian Troops in Action and Annex. The Insignia of Combined Operations is is presented with a note that it was a shoulder patch in blue and gold by engineer amphibian troops (and a patch of the same design, in black and red, was worn by British combined operation troops). Rare surviving copy of a snapshot of amphibious warfare doctrine evolvution in process. Engineer Special Brigades were amphibious forces of the United States Army developed during World War II. Initially designated engineer amphibian brigades, they were redesignated engineer special brigades in 1943. At the onset of direct American involvement in World War II, it became apparent that the United States would need a large strategic and tactical amphibious warfare capability. In 1941, the amphibious forces were divided into two corps: one in the Atlantic, and one in the Pacific. Both were combined United States Army and United States Marine Corps commands, administered by the United States Navy. The Amphibious Corps, Atlantic Fleet, consisted of the 1st Infantry Division and the 1st Marine Division, while the Amphibious Corps, Pacific Fleet, consisted of the 3rd Infantry Division and the 2nd Marine Division. The Army activated its Amphibious Training Center at Camp Edwards on 22 May 1942, with Colonel Frank A. Keating, the chief of staff of the 2nd Infantry Division, assigned to command it. It became active on 15 June 1942. In addition to training combat units in amphibious warfare, the Army also had to train personnel in the operation and maintenance of landing craft. It was agreed with the British that boat units deploying to the UK would receive their initial training in the US. A consequence was the amphibian engineers' adoption of the British Combined Operations shoulder patch, but with the colors switched to gold on blue. The War Department also authorized the wearing of a pocket patch showing a scarlet seahorse on a white background, these being the colors of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. [The red seahorse is on the front of this document]. The Engineer Amphibian Command was created on 10 June 1942 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts under the command of Colonel Daniel Noce [who signed out this Tentative Training Guide], with Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Trudeau as his chief of staff. Noce was answerable to Brigadier General Clarence Sturdevant, the Assistant Chief of Engineers for training. Noce and Trudeau considered how the boat units would operate in combat, and noted the importance of well-trained shore parties to load and unload the boats, and establish supply dumps on the far shore. Since combat engineers were not specifically.

Condition: fair. 221, wraps, illus., diagrams, bibliography, covers worn, scuffed, and soiled, ink marks on covers. Foreword by Brigadier General Daniel Noce, Commanding. This is an extremely rare surviving piece of Army Amphibious Operations training development during WWII.