Signed Navy, Marines & FG's in the Pacific Books 6

NAVAL AVIATION 1943 ? 1^ST EDITION 1943 PRINTED BY UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE. SIGNED, INSCRIBED & LAID IN BIO/PICTURE OF LEO W. NADEAU WHO THROUGH HIS ENTIRE TOUR, FROM SEPTEMBER 1943 TO DECEMBER 1944 HE SERVED AS GUNNER FOR THE FUTURE PRESIDENT, TBM-AVENGER PILOT, GEORGE BUSH. $70.00SOLD

MARINE AVIATION - AT CHERRY POINT. PUBLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED BY PORT EXCHANGE, CHERRY POINT(CIRCA 1942). THIS IS A GREAT SOFTCOVER PUBLICATION PUT OUT DURING WWII. IN THE CENTER SECTION IS A PICTURE OF ACE COLONEL JOHN L. SMITH STANDING ON THE WING OF A CORSAIR, HE HAD 19 VICTORIES SERVING WITH VMF-223. $55.00

FLYING WITH THE MARINE CORPS - PRINTED ON BACK COVER MARCH 11, 1943. REQUISITION NO. 4973-50M THE BECK ENGRAVING CO., PHILA., PA. GREAT SOFTCOVER WITH GREAT PICTURES, STORIES & PAINTINGS. ON A PAGE SHOWING PIC'S OF 9 MARINES THAT BLASTED 127 JAP FLYERS OUT OF THE AIR, ARE 2 SIGNED BP'S; BRIG. GEN. ROBERT E. GALER (MEDAL OF HONOR) SERVING IN & C.O. OF VMF-224 WITH 13 VICTORIES & COLONEL JACK E. CONGER SERVING IN VMF-223 & VMF-212 WITH 10 VICTORIES. $150.00

HISTORY OF THE MARINE CORPS AVIATION IN WORLD WAR II, ROBERT SHERROD. 1^ST ED 1952. NO DJ. SIGNED IN FRONT OF BOOK ARE ACES; ROGER A HABERMAN, FRED GUTT & ROBERT G. OWENS JR. LAID IN BP's FOR PIC's #43 & 44 ARE ACES MARION E. CARL & MEDAL OF HONOR ACE JOE FOSS. SIGNED IN BOOK IS VMF-214 PILOT Lt. FRED LOSCH & LAID IN FOR PIC #66 ARE VMF-214 BLACK SHEEP ACES; ROBERT W. McCLURG, EDWIN OLANDER, & JOHN F. BOLT. SIGNED PIC #97 ACE A. BRUCE PORTER. SIGNED pg.391 ACE JOHN W. RUHSAM. SIGNED pg.425 MEDAL OF HONOR ACE ROBERT E. GALER. SIGNED pg.431 ACE ROBERT M. BAKER. SIGNED pg.432 ACE FREDERICK R. PAYNE. $400.00

U.S. MARINE COPRS AVIATION 1912 TO THE PRESENT, BY PETER MERSKY.1^ST ED 1983. SIGNED FRONT OF BOOK BY ACES; ROBERT OWENS, ROBERT M. BAKER, FREDERICK PAYNE, R. BRUCE PORTER, JOHN W. RUSHAM & ROGER HABERMAN. SIGNED pgs. 84/85 ACES ROGER HABERMAN & FRED GUTT. LAID IN BP pg.153 BY ACES; HOWARD J. FINN AND MEDAL OF HONOR ACE KEN WALSH. LAID IN BP'S pg.154 BLACKSHEEP ACES; EDWIN OLANDER, ROBERT McCLURG & JOHN BOLT & SIGNED pg.155 VMF-214 PILOT Lt. FRED LOSCH. $330.00

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP, BY GREGORY "PAPPY" BOYINGTON. 17^th PRINTING. INSCRIBED OCTOBER 1977 BY MEDAL OF HONOR ACE "PAPPY" BOYINGTON. SIGNED ON DEDICATION PAGE IS VMF-214 PILOT Lt. FRED LOSCH. $220.00SOLD

TONYA, A NOVEL BY GREGORY "PAPPY" BOYINGTON. 1^ST ED 1960. AFFIXED CLIPPED PAPER SIGNATURE AND DATE, IN PAPER CORNERS BY MEDAL OF HONOR ACE "PAPPY" BOYINGTON. $190.00

(2COPIES) A PROUD AMERICAN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOE FOSS, BY JOE FOSS, (1st COPY) 1^ST ED 1992. SIGNED TITLE PAGE BY AUTHOR & MEDAL OF HONOR ACE JOE FOSS. LAID IN PG's pg.130 BY VMF-121 ACES; KENNETH M. FORD, FRANCIS PIERCE JR., HERBERT H. LONG, DONALD K. YOST, WILLIAM B. FREEMAN, ROGER A. HABERMAN, R. BRUCE PORTER, PERRY L. SHUMAN & ROBERT M. BAKER. LAID IN BP AT HIS PIC pg.330 AVG ACE ROBERT L. SCOTT. $300.00

(2^ND COPY) PAPERBACK EDITION NOVEMBER 1993 INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR & MEDAL OF HONOR ACE JOE FOSS. $70.00

CROMMELIN'S THUNDERBIRDS, AIR GROUP 12 STRIKES THE HEART OF JAPAN, BY Lt.Cdr. ROY BRUCE & Lt.Cdr. CHARLES LEONARD. 1^ST ED 1994. SIGNED pg.3 ACE HAMILTON McWHORTER. SIGNED ON DRAWING OF USS RANDOLPH ACE EUGENE R. HANKS VF-16(HE WAS ON RANDOLPH). SIGNED pg.183 ACE HAYDEN A. "BUCK" GREGORY VF-82. LAID IN BP's pg.198 ACE; D.A. CARMICHAEL JR., ALFRED G. BOLDUC & JOHN M. FRANKS. LAID IN BP's pg.201 ACES; LEWIS MENARD & ARMESTEAD SMITH. $170.00 SOLD

THE DIVINE WIND - JAPAN'S KAMIKAZE FORCE IN WWII, BY RIKIHEI INOGUCHI, T. NAKAJOMA & R. PINEAU. 1^ST ED 1958. SIGNED IN FRONT BY ? ROBERT E. FOWLER COMMANDER USNR.(I HAVE TRIED TO FIND OUT WHO HE IS/WAS, MAYBE YOU'LL HAVE BETTER LUCK!). SIGNED ON PIC NEXT TO pg.44 BY ACE BRUCE D. JAQUES VF-19. LAID IN BP's pg.108 OF ACES THAT WERE ON THE USS ENTERPRISE; ALEX VRACIU, REAR ADMIRAL ROGER MEHLE & WARREN A. SKON. $135.00SOLD

POINT OF NO RETURN, THE STORY OF THE 20^TH AIR FORCE, BY WILBUR MORRISON. 1 ST ED 1979. SIGNED pg.184 BY MEMPHIS BELLE & B-29 DAUNTLESS DOTTIE PILOT ROBERT K. MORGAN. SIGNED pg.277 BY PILOT OF ENOLA GAY PAUL W. TIBBETS. LAID IN BP pg.290 BY PILOT OF BOCKS CAR CHARLES W. SWEENEY. $225.00

THEN THERE WAS ONE, THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE AND THE FIRST YEAR OF WAR, BY EUGENE BURNS. 1^ST ED 1944. LAID IN PB IN FRONT SIGNED BY ACES THAT SERVED ON THE ENTERPRISE; RUSSELL L. REISERER, JAMES D. BILLO, EDWIN L. FEIGHTNER, ROY M. VORIS, DONALD "FLASH" GORDON & LESTER E. GRAY JR. $165.00

McCAMPBELL'S HEROES, THE STORY OF THE U.S. NAVY'S MOST CELEBRATED CARRIER FIGHTER OF THE PACIFIC WAR, BY EDWIN HOYT. 1^ST ED 1983. SIGNED ON FRONT FREEPAGE BY ACES; EUGENE R. HANKS, HAYDEN A. "BUCK" GREGORY & JOHN STRANE. SIGNED pg.IX BY ACE BRUCE D. JAQUES. SIGNED pg.50 ACE JAMES E. DUFFY. LAID IN BP pg.59 ACE EDWARD W. OVERTON JR. SIGNED pg.60 BY ACE NORMAN BERREE & LAID IN BP SIGNED BY ACE WALTER A. LUNDIN. LAID IN BP pg.65 ACE CHARLES B. MILTON. LAID IN BP pg.66 ACE RALPH E. FOLTZ. LAID IN BP pg.110 ACE W.R. "ROD" JOHNSON. LAID IN BP ON PICTURE PAGE SIGNED BY ACES; MEDAL OF HONOR ACE DAVID McCAMPBELL, ALBERT SLACK, JOHN STRANE & GEORGE W. PIGMAN JR. LAID IN BP pg.152 ACE CLARENCE A. BORLEY. $425.00

MIRACLE AT MIDWAY, BY CHARLES MERCER. 2^ND IMPRESSION 1977, NO DJ. LAID IN BP IN FRONT OF MARINE ACE MAJOR GENERAL MARION CARL WITH 2 CLIPPED WRITEUPS. SIGNED ON PICTURE PAGE BY ACES; E. ALEX PHILLIPS, MARVIN FRANGER & EUGENE R. HANKS. $190.00

WILDCAT, THE F4F IN WWII, BY BARRETT TILLMAN. FIRST PRINTING 1990, 2^ND EDITION. SIGNED ON HALF TITLE PAGE BY ACE ROGER A. HABERMAN. LAID IN BP's AT BACK OF BOOK LISTING THE NAVY & MARINE WILDCAT ACES; STANLEY W. VEJTASA, E. SCOTT McCUSKEY, WILLIAM N. LEONARD, NOEL A.M. GAYLER, VERNON E. GRAHAM, LEE P. MANKIN. (MARINES); MEDAL OF HONOR ACE JOE FOSS, MEDAL OF HONOR ACE ROBERT E. GALER, JACK E. CONGER, JEFFERSON J. DeBLANC, GEORGE L. HOLLOWELL, MEDAL OF HONOR ACE JAMES E. SWETT, CHARLES M. KONZ, DONALD K. YOST. FREDERICK R. PAYNE, FRANK C. DRURY & JAMES G. PERCY. $520.00

WILDCATS TO TOMCATS, THE TAILHOOK NAVY, BY ZEKE CORMIER, WALLY SCHIRRA & PHIL WOOD. 1^ST ED 1995. LAID IN BP AT FRONT OF AUTHOR & ACE RICHARD L. "ZEKE" CORMIER. SIGNED ON PICTURES BY ACES; BRUCE D. JAQUES & HAMILTON McWHORTER. $95.00

GENERAL VIEW OF JAPANESE MILITARY AIRCRAFT IN THE PACIFIC WAR, PUB. BY AIREVIEW. 2 BOOK SET, JAP TEXT 4^TH ED 1956, ENGLISH TEXT 3^RD ED 1958. SPINE IS LOSE IN FRONT & BACK OF BOOK. THE JAP TEXT BOOK HAS PICTURES AND 3 VIEW DRAWINGS OF THIER AIRCRAFT AND ACES HAVE SIGNED ON THESE DRAWINGS AT THE AIRCRAFT THEY SHOT DOWN. THE 36 ACES ARE; STANLEY W. VEJTASA, JIM MOREHEAD, DICK ROSSI, CHARLIE BOND, HAYDEN "BUCK" GREGORY, E. ALEX PHILLIPS, CALVIN C. WIRE, NOEL PARIS III, RALPH WANDREY, BRUCE D. JAQUES, ROBERT OWENS JR., DEAN "DIZ" LAIRD, JAMES WATKINS, MARVIN FRANGER, NORMAN MOLLARD, WALKER MAHURIN, JOE D. ROBBINS, JAY T. ROBBINS, PAUL C. MURPHEY JR., ROBERT OWENS JR., ROGER HABERMAN, MEDAL OF HONOR KEN WALSH, EVERETTE HARGREAVES, EUGENE R. HANKS, ROBERT M. BAKER, NIAL CASTLE, HILLIS HILLS, FRED GUTT, BILL HARDY, RUSS REISERER, WILLIAM STRAND, DONALD GORDON, MAC McWHORTER, EDWARD RODDY, JAMES DUFFY, JOHN STRANE. $950.00

CARRIER VICTORY: THE AIR WAR IN THE PACIFIC, BY JOHN LINDLEY. 1^ST ED 1978. SIGNED IN FRONT BY ACE BRUCE D. JAQUES. LAID IN BP AT 1^ST CHAPTER "PEARL HARBOR, SIGNED BY PHILIP M. RASMUSSEN ONE OF THE FIRST PILOTS TO GET AIRBORNE DURING THE RAID AND SHOT 1 JAP DOWN. LAID IN BP pg.17 ACE ROGER W. MEHLE. LAID IN BP pg.43 THEN ACE Lt. NOEL GAYLER NOW ADMIRAL. LAID IN B&W SIGNED PIC ON pg.55 SOLE SURVIVOR GEORGE H. GAY. LAID IN BP pg.58 ACE JIM GRAY. SIGNED pg.79 JOE "CRASH" BLESHAM VF14(NOT AN ACE). LAID IN BP pg.110 ACE WARREN SKON, LAID IN BP pg.123 ACE ALEX VRACIU, LAID IN BP pg.124 MEDAL OF HONOR ACE DAVID McCAMPBELL. SIGNED pg.127 ACE HAMILTON McWHORTER $290.00SOLD

NEW GUINEA SKIES, A FIGHTER PILOT'S VIEW OF WWII, BY WAYNE ROTHGEB. 2^ND ED 1993. LAID IN BP's IN FRONT BY 35^TH FG, 39^TH FS, COMMANDING OFFICER FRANCIS R. ROYAL. ACES ARE; ROBERT R. YAEGER JR., CHARLES O'SULLIVAN, STANLEY ANDREWS, PAUL STANCH, CHARLES KING, RICHARD SUEHR, RICHARD E. SMITH & LEROY GROSSHUESCH. CHARLES KING ALSO SIGNED pg.113. ALL ACES THAT SIGNED THIS BOOK WERE IN THE 35^TH FG, EXCEPT C.O. $245.00

OUTCAST RED, BY WILLIAM ROGERS, 1^ST ED 1987. WRAPPERS. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR BILL ROGERS WHO WAS IN THE 39^TH FS OF THE 35^TH FG. LAID IN BP's SIGNED BY 39^TH FS COMMANDING OFFICER FRANCIS R. ROYAL AND ACES ARE; CURRAN L. JONES, RICHARD SUEHR, CHARLES P. O'SULLIVAN, STANLEY ANDREWS, LEROY GROSSHUESCH, WILLIAM H. STRAND & RICHARD E. SMITH. ALL ACES THAT SIGNED THIS BOOK WERE IN THE 35^TH FG, EXCEPT C.O. $190.00

MARKING OF THE ACES, PART 2 U.S. NAVY BOOK 1, BY RICHARD HILL. 1^ST 1968. WRAPPERS. SIGNED INSIDE FRONT COVER ACE BRUCE D. JAQUES. LAID IN BP's pgs. 6&7 BY ACES ON TOUR #1 USS RANGER; LEWIS A. MENARD, HAMILTON McWHORTER, ARMISTEAD B. SMITH JR., & THEORDORE H. WINTERS JR. ON TOUR #2 USS ESSEX ARE ACES; JOHN M. FRANKS & RALSTON M. POUND JR. LAID IN BP's pg.9 AT ROSTER OF ACES SERVING VF-10 ARE; JOHN F. "JOCK" SUTHERLAND, EDWARD L. FEIGHTNER, ROY M. VORIS, DONALD "FLASH" GORDON, LESTER E. GRAY JR., JAMES D. BILLO, WILLIAM K. BLAIR, R.O. "ROD" DEVINE, PHILLIP L. KIRKWOOD, NORWALD R. QUIEL, JOSEPH E. REULET, RUSSELL L. REISERER & STANLEY W. VEJTASA, PLUS ONE ACE NOT ON THE ROSTER LESTER E. GRAY JR. LAID IN BP's pg. 16 AT ROSTER OF ACES OF VF-2 ARE; DANIEL A. CARMICHAEL, EVERETT C. HARGREAVES, L.W. ROBINSON, WILBUR B. "SPIDER" WEBB, EARLING W. ZAESKE, (NIGHT FIGHTERS VF(N)-76) ARE; FRED L. DUNGAN. JOHN W. DEAR. LAID IN BP's pg.20 AT ROSTER OF ACES OF VF-17 ARE; ROBERT C. COATS, JOHN T. CROSBY, WILLIS E. HARDY, THOMAS SWITZER HARRIS, JAMES L. PEARCE, TILLMAN E. POOL, CHARLES E. WATTS & JOHN M. JOHNSTON, PLUS ONE ACE NOT ON THE ROSTER DANIEL G. CUNNINGHAM. LAID IN BP's pg.24 ROSTER OF ACES OF VF-27 ARE; ROBERT L. BLYTH, PAUL E. DRURY, WILLIAM E. LAMB, ARHTUR H. MUNSON & RICHARD E. STAMBOOK. 41 ACES TOTAL. $1050.00

FIGHTER COMPARISON STUDY NO. 1, THE CURTISS P-40C TOMAHAWK vs. THE MITSUBISHI A6M2 MODEL 21 ZERO-SEN, BY MURRAY RUBENSTEIN. 1^ST 1976. LAID IN BP's IN FRONT BY 7 AVG ACES; CHUCK OLDER, KEN JERNSTEDT, JOE ROSBERT, FRITZ WOLF, CHARLIE BOND, TEX HILL & DICK ROSSI. $155.00

THE SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT OF THE U.S. FLEET, FAHEY'S VICTORY EDITION, BY JAMES C. FAHEY. 1^ST 1944. WRAPPERS, FRONT COVER SEPERATING FROM STAPLES. SIGNED pg.10 BY ACE BRUCE D. JAQUES & ON pg.12 BY ACE ROBERT OWENS JR. (GREAT INFORMATIONAL BOOK WITH STATS, SHIP INDEX, WAR LOSES ETC. $65.00

THIRTEENTH AIRFORCE 347^TH GP 68^TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, LIGHTNING STRIKES FOUR TIMES-A FIGHTER PILOTS STORY, BY RICHARD BROWN. 1^ST ED 1996 WRAPPERS. LAID IN BP's FRONT OF BOOK BY ACES; JOHN W. MITCHELL, HENRY MEIGS II, BILL HARRIS, BESBY F. HOLMES & GEORGE T. CHANDLER. LAID IN BP ON PIC. pg.19 ACE RICHARD C. SUEHR. $190.00SOLD

FIGHTER SQUADRON FOURTEEN "TOPHATTERS" BY THOMAS GATES, 1^ST 1993. LAID IN PB's IN FRONT WITH ACES; GLENN M. REVEL, CARL E. SMITH(SIGNED BOTH SIDES OF BP), JOHN D. STOKES & EDWARD B. TURNER. $125.00

MEDAL OF HONOR SUPPORT DATA FOR COLONEL JOHN W. MITCHEL. NO DATE. SIGNED ON FRONT COVER BY ACE JOHN W. MITCHELL, HE ALSO SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE AND ON HIS PICTURE PAGE (3 TIMES). $90.00SOLD