This is a Very Solid and very bright Officer's Life in WWI Hardback in Fine condition with a Near Fine jacket. c2013. This Beautiful Laminated cover Hardback is in Wonderful condition both inside and out. It looks close to New and Unread condition. The cover is Very clean & very bright. The edges are all very good. Very, very nice spine ends. The pages are tight & bright & unmarked, no names. The jacket, with price, is also in Very Nice condition. Very Bright & Hardly any shelf wear. Light wear to top corner points on jacket otherwise nice edges. Illustrations, ( No Remainder marks.) 235 Pages. All books are securely packaged and Promptly Mailed. #23886-526.

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Title

Commanding Fire: An Officer' s Life in the 151st Machine Gun Battalion, 42nd Rainbow Division During World War 1I

Publisher

Schiffer Publishing Ltd.

Publication Date

2013

Language

English

ISBN 10

0764345826

ISBN 13

9780764345821

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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World War1 Books

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Synopsis

Commanding Fire is one officer's story of commanding a machine gun platoon on the battlefields of northern France in 1918. Included are firsthand company and battalion accounts making it the first published history of the 151st Machine Gun Battalion, 42nd Rainbow Division. Every significant American engagement in World War I is covered including action in Lorraine, Champagne, Chateau-Thierry, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and service in the Army of Occupation. Lieutenant Parkinson recounts defense and attack, trench and open warfare, night and day operations, waiting and marching, monotony and terror, daily life and deadly action. He traces the development of machine gun tactics and tells previously unknown stories about the Rainbow Division and one of its brigade commanders, Douglas MacArthur.

About the Author

Lieutenant N.P. Parkinson (1890-1978) commanded a machine gun platoon in the 151st Machine Gun Battalion through all the major fighting of the 42nd Rainbow Division in 1918. Joel R. Parkinson is the grandson of Lieutenant Parkinson and the Director and Curator of the World War History & Art Museum in Alliance, Ohio.

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