Thumb-Nail Sketches
New York: Century Co. - The De Vine Press, 1899. Edition Not Stated. This is the thrilling, true story of Sergeant Jerry Joswick, COMBAT CAMERAMAN!Dodging bullets and bombs, he "shot" his way through some of the most savage fighting in World War II, taking memorable pictures of the terrible face of war -- in Africa, on a commando raid behind Rommel's lines on the disastrous Ploesti air raid, which he was the only cameraman of sixteen to survive in the first wave of D-Day on Omaha Beach in the Battle of the Bulge, where he traded camera for rifle to stay alive parachuting into Germany with the Airborne Thrills, action, the shock of battle—and the determination to get the picture, no matter what the danger—make COMBAT CAMERAMAN one of the most exciting books to come out of the Second World War. 32mo., pp.113., a.e.g., marbled endpapers, full embossed (tooled) leather arts & crafts binding, illustrated. -- Light, short inked inscription on the half-title page. Fine. Item #10454
Price: $125.00