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Engineer History - Fifth Army - Mediterranean Theater.

First edition, designated "Confidential." Minutely detailed internal history of the US Army Engineers' operations in Italy; "No campaign in military history has presented more engineering problems than the battle of Italy. No one contributed more to the successful conclusion of this campaign than the Fifth Army Engineers. I am proud of them; their country is proud of them; they should be proud of themselves." Frank O. Bowman, Brig. Gen. Us Army, Army Engineer. Uncommon, OCLC lists no copies outside of the US apart from that in the US Army European Library, IWM appears to have Volume I and Appendices only.

3 volumes, quarto. Volumes I and II, plus Appendices. Original pictorial card wraps. Numerous maps, some coloured, text profusely illustrated from photographs. Errata slip loosely inserted. Wraps a little tanned, else very good.

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