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Paperback. Condition: Good. Set of 2, WWII Aviation & Engineering and Mobile Warfare Memorabilia. Soldier Grouping. Good Condition +. 1942 & 1945. Scattered with hand written notes documenting his service and deployments in each. Paperbacks, staple bound wrappers, bit of rust around the staples on one. 1) Introduction to ERTC. Morale Office E.R.T.C.; Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, February 1942. Cream wrappers; vertical crease, edge browning & foxing; stamped soldier last name to cover (Drum, incl. serial number). 2) Aviation Engineers in Mobile Warfare. IX Engineer Command; European Theater of Operations (c.September 1945). Blue & white typographic wrappers, color bright; window cutout to front cover; clipped rectangular section to lower margin of personal service leaf (likely a removed home address or a wartime censor excision). Extensive soldier annotations, itineraries & unit markings to the 831st Engr. Avn. Bn. Two-color illustrations by Cpl. George C. Skurko, 9th Air Force photographs & a two-page theater route map. Small format (16mo). Ships from the USA, quickly & w/care. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: Originating from the European Theater of Operations and domestic mobilization bases, these two original wartime publications chronicle the operational trajectory of U.S. Army combat engineers during World War II. Published by the Morale Office in February 1942, Introduction to ERTC details the training regimens, camp layouts, and orientation procedures at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, complemented by period ink-line cartoons depicting recruit life and obstacle courses. Produced circa September 1945 by the IX Engineer Command, Aviation Engineers in Mobile Warfare is the official operational review of forward tactical airfield construction supporting Ninth Air Force operations from the Normandy beachheads across Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany. Graphic design elements throughout the unit history include two-color operational vignettes by military artist Corporal George C. Skurko, halftone photographs by 9th Air Force field photographers, and a two-page illustrated theater route map of Allied airdrome networks. The text carries a command organization roster and technical accounts of rapid runway paving, crater filling, and equipment salvage under combat conditions. (1919-1976) of North Carolina. Surviving ephemeral military imprints preserve primary-source records of World War II tactical aviation engineering and individual soldier service.…