THE EARTHQUAKERS: OVERSEAS HISTORY OF THE 12th BOMBARDMENT GROUP
Book Details + Condition: Dammeier Printing Company (Tacoma, WA). First Edition, 1947. Hardcover measuring 8" x 11", with navy blue pebbled boards. 147 pages. Illustrated with photographs. The book details the World War II combat history of the 12th Bombardment Group, a USAAF unit known as the "Earthquakers," detailing its missions in the Mediterranean Theater against Axis forces in North Africa and Italy, and its subsequent transfer to the China Burma India (CBI) Theater for operations against the Japanese in Burma. Included are veteran biographies, special bomb mission stories, and profuse photographs, providing a comprehensive record of the group's operations and experiences.
Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; light wear to boards, with a few areas of discoloration present; toning and light foxing to interior, with a small old water stain to bottom corner of ffep and first few pages. All books are carefully packed, and shipped in boxes.
