SIGNED BOOK ‘THE 101ST AIRBORNE AT NORMANDY’
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Paperback printing of: ‘The 101st Airborne at Normandy’ by Mark A. Bando, no publishing information. This book is signed on the interior of the cover and throughout by approx. 35-40 members of the 101st Airborne Division, including: EARL BEDENT, FRANK H. HARRIS, DICK TURNER, RON SNELL, GEORGE R. WILLIAMS, BOB STRONG, VIC COBLE, BEN C. MCINTOSH, DWIGHT SPOTTS, DON HATFIELD, BILL SOWDER, JOHN GROSSI, THOMAS ROBBINS, BOB DOOLING, JACK WOMER, JOHN AGNEW, CHARLES R. MEEKS, RAYMOND ECKL, THOMAS YOUNG, JOHN ‘JACK’ AGNEW, HERBERT L. PIERCE, ROBERT CONE, ANDREW RASMUSSEN, DAVE FLOOD, RALPH MANLEY, BOBBY G. HUNTER, EUGENE GILBREATH, JACK WOMER, JOE BEYRLE, BOB TERARE, and more, including military historian RICHARD KILLBLANE. Some autographs are duplicates. Further autographed on the front cover by the author, MARK A. BANDO, just above his printed name. In very good condition with clear and bold autographs. The book contains a detailed history of battles the division participated in and is supported by several images throughout, showing the men both in action and at rest. WITH: a good collection of ephemera, including: two S.P.s depicting the widely-used image of the Filthy Thirteen Leader, JAKE MCNIECE applying war paint to a fellow soldier. McNiece signs at the bottom of both photos, adding either his rank or ‘Sgt. Filthy’. WITH: two pages from a pamphlet on Camp Toccoa; thirteen photos of McNiece and other paratroopers in uniform and donning war paint as they prepare for a mission; and a ‘60th Annual Reunion’ t-shirt. Also present, is a large poster, mounted to a hard backing, 23.5 x 36 in., for the book: The Filthy Thirteen’, the image the same as the original book cover. Signed on the verso by the author RICHARD KILLBLANE.
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SIGNED BOOK ‘THE 101ST AIRBORNE AT NORMANDY’
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