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Time Remaining To Bid: 15 days 6 hours 14 mins. 37 secs.
Item Will Close On: Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 8:30:00 PM CST

Lot Number: 5935304

Category: O22 - Unit Histories (Yearbook)

"THE STORY OF A SQUADRON: AN ILLUSTRATED OVERSEAS WAR DIARY-ALBUM, 1942-1945"

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Hard cover (9" x 12")- An interesting diary-style unit history for the 154th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron for the period Sept 22, 1942 to June 7, 1945.  Example entry- "Bari Airdrome, Italy-June 4 [1944]: News that a P-38 pilot has landed on Russian territory comes in this morning and all bets are on Lt. Myers, missing on a flight three days ago.  1535 HOURS...The radio waves are strangely silent for a moment and then comes a voice: `HERE IS A SPECIAL BROADCAST...OUR TROOPS ARE NOW FIGHTING IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF ROME`...A recording made only an hour ago and but two miles from the fighting near the Ancient City crackles on: `THROUGH THE HEAVY HAZE WHICH IS ALL ABOUT US I CAN SEE THE CITY OF ROME.  SO TANTALIZINGLY NEAR IT IS ON THIS DAY WHICH FOUR YEARS AGO MARKED THE LEAVING OF THE LAST SOLDIER FORM THE BEACHES OF DUNKIRK.`...Conversation in our mess hall tonight is sent into a high pitch by this news and one man asks, "I wonder if the Germans will put up much of a fight there?  I hope not.  Sure would like to visit Rome!" (page 60).  Cover shows minor surface wear, book is in overall very good condition.  Contains lots of b/w photos, plus a roster and commendations/awards list.    Frederick Gillies, 1946.  137 pp.  Condition: 8

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