Merriam Press Military Monograph 145

Second Edition 2012

Only twenty-four years old, and married less than two years to his sweetheart, the author's great uncle Ensign Newman K. Perry, of Columbia, South Carolina, was the only officer killed, when sixty-five sailors lost their lives in the 1905 explosion of the gunboat Bennington in San Diego harbor.

This book uses the author's narrative, unique family photos and memorabilia, actual newspaper articles and postcards, and documents to tell of Perry's naval career, of the love story of Perry and his beloved young wife, Vipont, and of...

Merriam Press Military Monograph No. 7

Sixth Edition, 2012

A rare period report, originally published in mid-1945. This brand new reissue (not a facsimile reprint) collects together three reports conducted by units of the U.S. Seventh Army's G-2 Section:

Dachau, Concentration Camp by OSS Section, covering history, composition, organization, and groupings of prisoners

Dachau, Concentration Camp and Town by PWB Section, covering the camp and the townspeople

Dachau, Concentration Camp by CIC Detachment, covering liberation, life at Dachau, experimental stations, and...

Merriam Press Military Reprint 9. First Edition (August 2012). Reprint of the November 1944 edition of the War Department Manual for M2 Browning .50 Caliber HB (Heavy Barrel) Machine Gun. Covers description, disassembling and assembling, care and cleaning, functional operation, stoppages, accessories, spare parts, ammunition, training (ground and vehicular mounts), anti-aircraft gunnery, advice to instructors, appendices (preliminary gunner's test, familiarization firing, and aerial target course), and index. 88 illustrations.

Merriam Press Military Monograph No. 25

Fifth Edition 2012

Provides an interesting view of German as well as enemy operations, tactics, strategies, equipment, weapons, and more, through an interview with a little-known but highly capable panzer general of the Wehrmacht, who saw considerable service in Europe and the Eastern Front during the war. Includes a brief biographical sketch of General Balck.

13 photos

Merriam Press Military Reprint 11. First Edition (August 2012). This is the pilot's handbook of flight operating instructions for the Republic P-47B Thunderbolt fighter powered with the R-2800-1 engine, issued by the Air Service Command, Air Force Section, Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio, in September 1942. Contents: Description; Pilot Operating Instructions; Flight Operation Data; Communications Equipment; Armament; Operation of Oxygen Equipment; Appendix: USA-British Glossary of Nomenclature; 44 photos and illustrations; 5 charts.