The M16A1 Rifle. Operation and Preventative Maintenance. DA Pam 750-30 - 1 July 1969. (Supersedes DA Pam 750-30, 28 June 1968)
Washington DC: Headquarters Department of Army - U.S. Government Printing Officer : 1969 O--356-720, July, 1969. Original wraps. 5"x7-1/8", pp. 30, decorated paper wrappers, illustrated comic book style by Will Eisner renowned comic book artist. -- the pamphlet was distributed along with cleaning kits to address serious reliability concerns with the M16 Rifle during the Vietnam War. -- Name "Roney" neatly written in ink on the front cover and a couple of other places in the pamphlet. -- Condition. Near fine. Item #10592
"William Erwin Eisner (March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series The Spirit (1940–1952) was noted for its experiments in content and form. In 1978, he popularized the term "graphic novel" with the publication of his book A Contract with God. He was an early contributor to formal comics studies with his book Comics and Sequential Art (1985). The Eisner Award was named in his honor and is given to recognize achievements each year in the comics medium; he was one of the three inaugural inductees to the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame. One of his longest-running jobs was PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly, a digest sized magazine with comic book elements that he started for the Army in 1951 and continued to work on until the 1970s with Klaus Nordling, Mike Ploog, and other artists. In addition, Eisner produced other military publications such as the graphic manual in 1969, The M-16A1 Rifle: Operation and Preventative Maintenance, which was distributed along with cleaning kits to address serious reliability concerns with the M16 Rifle during the Vietnam War".-wikipedia.
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