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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. This is a WWII Military History Soft Cover Book in Near Fine condition. c2022. It is in wonderful condition both inside and out. It Looks very lightly read. (Thick Book and very square). It has a Very clean & bright cover with Hardly any shelf wear. The spine has some mild crease lines. It has tight & unmarked pages. No names. NO remainder marks. Illustrations. 481 pages. (Great Condition). All books are securely packaged and Promptly Mailed. #23948-726.…

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Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. The Expendable: The True Story of Patrol Wing 10, PT Squadron 3, and a Navy Corpsman Who Refused to Surrender When the Philippine Isla. Book.

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Hardback. Condition: Fair. The Expendable is the true story of Charles Conrad Beckner, a young Navy corpsman confronting life and death in the opening battle of WWII in the Pacific. Charles leaves his Indiana sharecropper family and enlists in the Navy in 1939. After basic and clinical training as a hospital corpsman, Charles is posted to Cañacao Navy Hospital in the Philippine Islands. He is later assigned to Patrol Wing 10. In December 1941 he is serving as the independent duty Corpsman, caring for the crewmen of PBY Seaplane Squadron VP-102 at Olongapo. Japan opens the War in the Pacific on 7 December with a devastating strike on U.S. Navy ships at Hawaii. Six hours later, with smoke and flames still billowing from Pearl Harbor, Japan throws the full weight of its Imperial Military Forces against the outnumbered and under equipped Filipino Garrison. The American-Filipino Army is unable to hold a line of defense across the Bataan Peninsula. Low on ammunition ammunition and food, and riddled with malaria and dysentery, General Douglas MacArthur's troops retreat to the tip of the Bataan Peninsula to face surrender or worse. Left behind when the remnants of his PBY squadron fled south with the rest of the American Far East Fleet, Charles talks his way into Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3 as a squadron corpsman and machine gunner on PT-34. After two months of action off Bataan and in the South China Sea, the four remaining PT Boats are handed a covert, critical mission: transport General Douglas MacArthur from the island fortress of Corregidor to the Del Monte airfield on the southern island of Mindanao. Four of the three PT Boats complete the harrowing two-night ocean run through enemy waters. Once MacArthur has flown on to Australia, the small squadron continue offensive operations around the southern islands. When PT-34 is lost, Charles is abandoned on the island of Cebu. He makes his way across the island on foot, evading roaming Japanese patrols and hostile natives. Reaching Mindanao Island, he joins an organizing guerrilla resistance. Charles is pulled for a special mission and unexpectedly reunited with crewmates from Patrol Wing 10. In a final desperate effort, they will attempt to repair and fly a badly damaged airplane to Australia.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition. 510 pages. 9.25x6.30x1.42 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. xiv, 233 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm. ISBN 9780520029996, 9780520037199, 0520029992, 0520037197 OCLC 3289253 LCCN 75007193 LC ML3561.J3 S39 Dewey 785.420973 ; gray cloth in pictorial dust jacket ; Contents: Preface / Chadwick Hansen -- Introductions -- Introducing the Jazz Record 1943 / Art Hodes -- Jazz Record: the first year, 1944 / Art Hodes and Dale Curran -- Jazz Record remembered, 1973 / Art Hodes -- Part 1: Facts Of Life / Art Hodes -- Rainbow cafe -- Everybody's in the union -- Playing for kicks -- Wingy, Louis and me -- Liberty Inn drag -- Jam session -- Cops -- Taxi dance hall -- Big bands: 1 -- Big bands: 2 -- Making a record -- Enlightenment-through radio -- Blues for Bennie -- Blues for the dago -- Blues for Nick and tricky Sam -- Blues for 52nd street -- Part 2: Beginnings-Blues, Boogie-Woogie And Ragtime -- Cow cow and the boogie-woogie / Cow Cow Davenport -- Mama don't low no music / Cow Cow Davenport -- Blues in his heart / Jasper Wood -- Rag alley story / Rudi Blesh -- Little brother / Eurreal Montgomery -- Preserve genuine early ragtime / S Brunson Campbell -- They all had it / S Brunson Campbell -- Scott Joplin / R J Carew -- Baby, I done got wise / William "Big Bill" Broonzy -- Memories of Bessie Smith / Carl Van Vechten -- Bessie Smith / Art Hodes -- Really the blues / Milton (Mezz) Mezzrow -- I remember the queen /Zutty Singleton -- Part 3: New Orleans And All That Jazz -- New Orleans trumpeters / Cy Shain -- Jazz music of the gay '90s / John A Provenzano -- Mardi Gras, chic la pai / John A Provenzano -- Mr Armstrong and Mr Robbins / transcribed by Lorraine Lion -- When Armstrong came to New York / Kaiser Marshall -- King Oliver's last tour / Fred Moore -- King's nephew / Dave Nelson, as related to Danny Barker -- Mostly about Morton / Omer Simeon -- Oh, Mr Jelly / Charles Edward Smith -- Oh, play that thing / Warren "Baby" Dodds -- Forty-eight years on the string bass / Pops Foster -- Blues for Jimmy / Vincent McHugh -- Tribute to Joe Darensbourg / John Wittwer -- Once upon a time / Eddie Edwards -- Kid Ory / Alma Hubner -- Letter from Bunk / Bunk Johnson -- Jam session with Bunk / Lewis Eaton -- Play number nine / George Lewis -- New Orleans trombone / Jim Robinson -- Big eye Louis Nelson / Robert Goffin -- Part 4: Second Line -- Baby Dodds knew how / George Wettling -- Drummer from Chicago / Earl Wiley -- Drummer Danny / Bob Aurthur -- Kazoo come on / Jack Bland -- As I knew Eddie Lang / Jack Bland -- Idyll of the kings / Amy Lee -- Riverboat Jess / Mary Peart -- Barrelhouse Frank Melrose / Pete Daily -- Davenport piano / Floyd Bean -- Portrait of George Bruni(e)s / Amy Lee -- Modest George / Harvey Lebow -- Bud Freeman said it / Jasper L Wood -- Pee Wee's soul is music / Alma Hubner -- Rod Cless as I knew him / Ray Cless -- Muggsy Spanier / Alma Hubner -- Hear that ragtime band / Dale Curran -- Wild William / Bob Aurthur -- Talking about boze / Mary Peart -- Dixieland, twin city style / Paul (Doc) Evans -- Gentleman of jazz / Fats Baker -- Music is a business / Fats Baker -- Village tavern league / George Avakian -- Musicians are independent / G F Quittner -- Part 5: Lest We Forget -- Gram-o-phone days / Dale Curran -- Recording with Panassie / Mezz Mezzrow -- I'm a sweet Papa Pigment / Alsion Blair -- St Louis Jazzman / Ed Crowder and A F Niemoeller -- Drums on the Mississippi / Harry Dial -- Everybody loves Cecil / H B M -- Music is my business / Henry Goodwin -- Fats Waller and James P / James McGraw -- Trouping with Fats Waller / Gene Sedric -- You got to be original, man / Allan Morrison -- Sidney Bechet, musical father to Bob Wilber / Al Avakian -- Selections from the gutter / Art Hodes ; FINE/FINE. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Expendable is the true story of Charles Conrad Beckner, a young Navy corpsman confronting life and death in the opening battle of WWII in the Pacific. Charles leaves his Indiana sharecropper family and enlists in the Navy in 1939. After basic and clinical training as a hospital corpsman, Charles is posted to Canacao Navy Hospital in the Philippine Islands. He is later assigned to Patrol Wing 10. In December 1941 he is serving as the independent duty Corpsman, caring for the crewmen of PBY Seaplane Squadron VP-102 at Olongapo. Japan opens the War in the Pacific on 7 December with a devastating strike on U.S. Navy ships at Hawaii. Six hours later, with smoke and flames still billowing from Pearl Harbor, Japan throws the full weight of its Imperial Military Forces against the outnumbered and under equipped Filipino Garrison. The American-Filipino Army is unable to hold a line of defense across the Bataan Peninsula. Low on ammunition ammunition and food, and riddled with malaria and dysentery, General Douglas MacArthur's troops retreat to the tip of the Bataan Peninsula to face surrender or worse. Left behind when the remnants of his PBY squadron fled south with the rest of the American Far East Fleet, Charles talks his way into Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3 as a squadron corpsman and machine gunner on PT-34. After two months of action off Bataan and in the South China Sea, the four remaining PT Boats are handed a covert, critical mission: transport General Douglas MacArthur from the island fortress of Corregidor to the Del Monte airfield on the southern island of Mindanao. Four of the three PT Boats complete the harrowing two-night ocean run through enemy waters. Once MacArthur has flown on to Australia, the small squadron continue offensive operations around the southern islands. When PT-34 is lost, Charles is abandoned on the island of Cebu. He makes his way across the island on foot, evading roaming Japanese patrols and hostile natives. Reaching Mindanao Island, he joins an organizing guerrilla resistance. Charles is pulled for a special mission and unexpectedly reunited with crewmates from Patrol Wing 10. In a final desperate effort, they will attempt to repair and fly a badly damaged airplane to Australia. The Expendable is a true story of the Fall of the Philippines as WWII opens in the Pacific. A navy corpsman abandoned on Bataan refuses to surrender and fights across the archipelago until finally trapped on Mindanao. He joins men from his old units with a plan to reach Australia. With Japanese troops only minutes away, it is literally "do or die." This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…