General matthew b (5 resultados)

Softcover. Condición: Good. Complete and sound with no writing, but has some old faint staining here and there. Some handling wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Condición: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. very nice copy.

Cloth. Condición: Very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: very good. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xvii, 291pp, [3]. Black cloth, title printed on spine. The first printing, with "First Edition" stated on the copyright page, "I-37" code in gutter. Solid text block. Illustrated endpapers, with light offsetting from the publisher's glue along hinges. In the publisher's dust jacket, wear along top edge, $6.95 retail price on the front flap, bright illustrations, a near fine example. Inscribed on the half-title: "To Richard Dill / _ 11th Combat Engineer Battalion, Eighth Army, Korea, 1950-1951, a participant in this bit of history making, with all best wishes / M. B. Ridgway / General, US Army / Retired / 9 Aug 69." General Matthew B. Ridgway (1895-1993) served as the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. After his notable Allied victories in the Italian Campaign and the Battle of Normandy, Ridgway took command of the XVIII Airborne Corps. He commanded the corps in the Battle of the Bulge, Operation Varsity and the overall Western Allied invasion of Germany. After the war, he served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1952-1953), the Army Chief of Staff (1953-1955), and as a member of the "Wise Men" group, advising President Johnson on the Vietnam War. The Korean War by General Matthew B. Ridgway, inscribed to a fellow veteran. (ilustrador). Signed. …

Envelope. Condición: Fine. No Dust Jacket. Patriotic 1st class envelope. SIGNED by General of the Army Matthew B. Ridgeway. Printed statement on envelope reads -"St. Patrick Drove The Snakes Out of Ireland General Ike will Drive them out of Europe." Fine. General Ridgway took command of the 82nd. Airborne in 1942. He Jumped into Sicily and later Salerno. On June 6th he parachuted into Normandy on D-Day. He was Supreme Commander in Korea by 1951 after transforming the demoralized U. S. Eighth Army into an aggressive combat force. …