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The Making of a Paratrooper: Airborne Training and Combat in WWII
by Kurt Gabel
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 070060409X
- ISBN 13
- 9780700604098
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1990 University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 1990. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Modern War Studies Series. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bump to tail, small splash mark on the textblock fore edge. DJ: Very Good: light chipping to head; light wear to head, tail, and tips; light wear to spine shoulders and flap folds. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. 282 pp 8vo. In WWII few American units equaled the gallantry of the men in the Army's airborne divisions. One such paratrooper was Kurt Gabel and this is his story- a tale of courage, comradeship, and relentless determination in the face of battle. A German Jew who immigrated to the US in 1938, he joined the 513th Regiment of the 17th Airborne Division in 1943 and fought against his former countrymen at the Battle of the Bulge. His memoirs recall grueling days of basic training and jump school and convey with rare immediacy the terrible reality of combat. A clean very presentable cop in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013816
- Title
- The Making of a Paratrooper: Airborne Training and Combat in WWII
- Author
- Kurt Gabel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 070060409X
- ISBN 13
- 9780700604098
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Place of Publication
- Lawrence, KS
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- parachutes, paratroopers, World War II, Battle of the Bulge, German Jew, 17th Airborne Division, 513th Regiment, basic training, jump school, Fort Benning,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Cloth
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Chipping
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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