Persian Gulf Command (8 results)
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Published by ( US Army Persian Gulf Command ), ( Teheran ) 1945
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated staple-bound wraps 22 x 30cm. 36pp incl wraps with full-page map of motor transport and rail routes, and many photos, some full-page. Wraps very good with light rubbing and scuffing. Pages mostly very good with minor loss to a couple of edges. Souvenir album containing b/w photos of…Persian landscapes, people, bazaars, mosques, ancient and traditional buildings and townscapes. The photographers named as Blohm, Covello, Miller, Arkus, Marthey, Peters, Kohl, Campbell and Mitchell. Extremely rare (OCLC 15271264 is described as having 32pp with similar dimensions, for which 2 locations given - none on Copac).
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Published by Burgener; PGCVO (Persian Gulf Command Veterans Organization), Rockville, Maryland 1995
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. VHS video cassette in case with removable b/w illustrated title insert 12x21x3cm. The case and insert are fine. The cassette appears superficially fine, but is in NTSC format compatible with US players, so could not be checked on a UK PAL player. "The Great Power Politics of Roosevelt, Stalin and Chur…chill played out in the daily lives of the men and women of the Persian Gulf Command, In the years following WW II they called themselves the 'Forgotten Bastards of Iran'. The story of the efforts to get lend-lease supplies from Persian Gulf ports, North to Russia went untold as wartime allies became cold-war adversaries!" (cover blurb). Robert Burgener (1945-2022) was a Psychology Professor specialising in cross-cultural communication. He served in the US Army in Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Operation Allied Force, and Iraq, and made films drawing on personal narratives (ref. Library of Congress, Robert Drexel Burgener Collection; "Bridge to Victory", The Iranian, 3 Nov 1997).
Published by [Persia, ca. 1943-1945]. 1945
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Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, AustriaAntiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH
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Photo album. (16), (11 blank) ff. With 150 gelatin silver photographs (various sizes). Ca. 32.5 × 26 cm. Contemporary embossed brown cloth, with the title embossed in silver on the front board, and the green shoulder sleeve insignia of the Persian Gulf Command embedded in the front board. Unusual military photo album with 150 ph…otographs of the activities of the Persian Gulf Command (PGC) at the base in Andimeshk, Iran. The PGC was a branch of the United States Army established to facilitate the supply of material from the U.S. Lend-Lease programme through the Persian Corridor. This material was sent to the Soviet Union to strengthen it, so it could help defeat Nazi Germany. - The photographs in this album, which cannot be found anywhere else, offer a visual documentation of this time. However, they show the simple soldiers; the men tasked with driving trucks, maintaining oil supply lines, or working alongside Iranians at the two factories producing trucks for the war effort. The work therefore offers a fascinating insight into daily life of PCG members in Persia in the Second World War. - This album was compiled by John Stefano (dates unknown), a technician fourth grade in the PGC. It includes photographs of the Tehran conference in 1943, the first World War II conference between the Soviet Union, the United States and the United Kingdom, where it was decided to open a second front against Germany. Other than this, there are photographs of the barracks the men lived in, the military vehicles they used, the marches and excercises they partook in, but also the surrounding landscape and the local people. - Inserted in the album is a booklet with images and information about Persia, with a letter by PCG commander Donald Prentice Booth (1902-93), which was sent to PCG members after the war to congratulate them on a job well done. He hoped the booklet would serve as a memento. Together with the album, it continues to do so until this day. - With the shoulder sleeve insignia of the Persian Gulf command mounted on the inside of the front board, some of the photographs are captioned on the back. The eyelets for the string on the front board have come loose. The corners of the leaves are slightly creased. Overall in very good condition.
Published by [Persia, ca. 1943-1945]. 1945
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Photo album. (23), (4 blank) ff. With 76 gelatin silver photographs (various sizes). Ca. 32.5 × 26 cm. Contemporary embossed brown cloth, with the title embossed in silver on the front board, the name of the owner painted in silver, and the green shoulder sleeve insignia of the Persian Gulf Command embedded in the front board. R…emarkable military photo album with 76 photographs of the activities of the Persian Gulf Command (PGC) at various locations in Iran. The PGC was a branch of the United States Army established in 1941 to assure the supply of U.S. Lend-Lease war material to the Soviet Union through the Persian Corridor. After the war, members of the PCG received an empty album to fill with personal memories of their time in Iran. These albums are now relatively rare. The present one was compiled by Colonel S. Morgan Thomas (dates unknown), a PGC member who carried out inspections of the railroads. It includes various photographs of him at work. - This album also contains photographs of PCG commander Donald Prentice Booth (1902-93), a visit by Soviet soldiers and a young child, military activity in Teheran, locals, and soldiers sending telegrams. Loosely inserted in the album are maps of Iran, the lands surrounding Hamadan, and the Trans Iranian Railroad, which would have been important to carry for someone who inspected the railroads. The work offers a rare insight into life of a PGC member stationed in Iran. - The corners of the boards are somewhat scuffed. One of the inserted maps is somewhat foxed and another has a tear that has been repaired with tape in the lower margin, not affecting the image, some leaves are missing one of the corner mounts the photographs are mounted on, possibly missing a photograph on the verso of leaf [4]. Otherwise in very good condition.
More imagesPublished by Iran, 1942-1946. 1946
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260 silver gelatin photographs (various sizes: 40 x 51 mm - 166 x 244 mm), some captioned in English on the reverse; a diary (132 ms. pp. next to several blank pp.), a letter, several Christmas cards, and a few ephemera. The personal archive of Private Robert C. Nead (b. 1918) from Kansas City, Missouri, who served on the Persia…n Gulf Command during World War II. The mission of the Command was to assure the supply of U.S. lend-lease war material to the Soviet Union through the Persian Corridor, a mission involving drivers like Nead who hauled war supplies across the treacherous Iranian desert and the snowy mountain passes of the Caucasus. - The present collection consists of 260 black-and-white photographs, including a few small picture postcards, illustrating the work of the Persian Gulf Command. Among the most striking images appear countless piles of boxed war supplies, construction material and tyres, heavily loaded trucks, American and Russian camps, army barracks and tents, Nead posing in front of his truck or with his army buddies, views of the desert and the Caucasus, as well as shots of the native population and children in particular. - In his diary, which is also present here, Nead describes how convoys kept moving day and night, hauling weapons, ammunition and other material as fast as possible in time for the Red Army, facing all kinds of obstacles driving across hot deserts or through blinding winter blizzards that swept the mountain passes, pushing their semi-tractor trailers, six by fours, and 10-ton Mack diesels from Khorramshahr to Andimeshk - 155 miles of winding road over difficult terrain. They were frequently ambushed by local tribes looking for firearms: "The native tribes are causing quite a bit of trouble now (Arabs and other tribes). They attack convoys and take supplies. They seem to want guns and amunition mostly." In addition, there were plenty of physical, mental, medical, and environmental hardships for personnel assigned to the PGC, which also becomes clear from Nead's diary. Soldiers frequently came down with heat exhaustion and dehydration as well as malaria and sand fly fever. The rainy season was followed by temperatures that rose as high as 170 degrees Fahrenheit (77 Centigrade) in the desert sun, accompanied by sand storms that persisted for as long as a week. - During its entire period of operation, the PGC delivered over 2.5 million tonnes of material to the Soviet Union. In all, the Persian Corridor was the route for 4,159,117 tonnes of cargo delivered to the Soviet Union during World War II. - Many photographs removed from an album, a few still with their photo corners. Some images slightly faded, worn around the margins, or warped. A rare survival shedding light on a nearly forgotten aspect of the war.
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Seller: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, , NetherlandsAntiquariaat FORUM BV
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Remarkable military photo album with 76 photographs of the activities of the Persian Gulf Command (PGC) at various locations in Iran. The PGC was a branch of the United States Army established in 1941 to assure the supply of U.S. Lend-Lease war material to the Soviet Union through the Persian Corridor. After the war, members of…the PCG received an empty album to fill with personal memories of their time in Iran. These albums are now relatively rare. The present one was compiled by Colonel S. Morgan Thomas (dates unknown), a PGC member who carried out inspections of the railroads. It includes various photographs of him at work.This album also contains photographs of PCG commander Donald Prentice Booth (1902-1993), a visit by Soviet soldiers and a young child, military activity in Teheran, locals, and soldiers sending telegrams. Loosely inserted in the album are maps of Iran, the lands surrounding Hamadan, and the Trans Iranian Railroad, which would have been important to carry for someone who inspected the railroads. The work offers a rare insight into life of a PGC member stationed in Iran.The corners of the boards are somewhat scuffed. One of the inserted maps is somewhat foxed and another has a tear that has been repaired with tape in the lower margin, not affecting the image, some leaves are missing one of the corner mounts the photographs are mounted on, possibly missing a photograph on the verso of leaf [4]. Otherwise in very good condition. Contemporary embossed brown cloth, with the title embossed in silver on the front board, the name of the owner painted in silver, and the green shoulder sleeve insignia of the Persian Gulf Command embedded in the front board. With 76 gelatin silver photographs (various sizes). Pages: [23], [4 blank] ll.
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Unusual military photo album with 150 photographs of the activities of the Persian Gulf Command (PGC) at the base in Andimeshk, Iran. The PGC was a branch of the United States Army established to facilitate the supply of material from the U.S. Lend-Lease programme through the Persian Corridor. This material was sent to the Sovie…t Union to strengthen it, so it could help defeat Nazi Germany. The photographs in this album, which cannot be found anywhere else, offer a visual documentation of this time. However, they show the simple soldiers; the men tasked with driving trucks, maintaining oil supply lines, or working alongside Iranians at the two factories producing trucks for the war effort. The work therefore offers a fascinating insight into daily life of PCG members in Persia in the Second World War.This album was compiled by John Stefano (dates unknown), a technician fourth grade in the PGC. It includes photographs of the Tehran conference in 1943, the first World War II conference between the Soviet Union, the United States and the United Kingdom, where it was decided to open a second front against Germany. Other than this, there are photographs of the barracks the men lived in, the military vehicles they used, the marches and excercises they partook in, but also the surrounding landscape and the local people.Inserted in the album is a booklet with images and information about Persia, with a letter by PCG commander Donald Prentice Booth (1902-1993), which was sent to PCG members after the war to congratulate them on a job well done. He hoped the booklet would serve as a memento. Together with the album, it continues to do so until this day.With the shoulder sleeve insignia of the Persian Gulf command mounted on the inside of the frfont board, some of the photographs are captioned on the back. The eyelets for the string on the front board have come loose. The corners of the leaves are slightly creased. Overall in very good condition. Contemporary embossed brown cloth, with the title embossed in silver on the front board, and the green shoulder sleeve insignia of the Persian Gulf Command embedded in the front board With 150 gelatin silver photographs (various sizes). Pages: [16], [11 blank] ll.
More imagesPublished by Andimeshk, 1943-1945. 1945
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30 silver gelatin photographs, ranging from 125 x 113 mm to 38 x 38 mm. 19 in photo corners in the first 3 leaves of a photo album, 11 laid loosely in the same. Contemporary official album, emblazoned with "Persian Gulf Command Iran" and the insignia of the company. Views of the U.S. Army base at Andimeshk, Iran, during the vita…l deployment of the Persian Gulf Command, the service command established in WWII to facilitate the supply of U.S. lend-lease war material to the Soviet Union through what was called the Persian Corridor, for the benefit of Soviet allies. - The first troops arrived in Iran in December of 1942, but the base moved from Ahwaz to Andimeshk in November 1943, and it is the Andimeshk base which appears in these photos. Troops were tasked with moving supplies from port cities on the Gulf through the mountains to Iran's border with the Soviet Union, until the end of the war in Europe. - Photographs show a few of the all-important transport trucks, likely the Studebaker US6es appreciated by the Soviets for their versatility and as a base for Katyusha rocket launchers, one packed with posing men, and several in the scrapyard. Most photographs show the entertainment made available to U.S. troops, or that which the men found for themselves: an official American-style carnival complete with a peep show booth, men washing their clothes in a soldier's helmet, posing outside the barracks with table tennis paddles, a tame cheetah, or simply with their friends in the Command. - Some portraits of soldiers posing together list their names: Pete Errico, Webb, Poyda, Draskovich, Raphel, Bruscato, Zbel, Venturoni, and Giordano. Likely simple soldiers rather than officers, these would be the men tasked with driving trucks, maintaining oil supply lines, or working alongside Iranians at the two factories producing trucks for the war effort. - Only minor or marginal wear to photographs; quite well preserved.
