"Individual Gear and Personal Items of the GI in Europe, 1942-1945
From "Pro-Kits" to "Pin-Ups"!

Finally, a wonderfully detailed reference history of personal items issued to the soldiers in Europe. Individual gear, toiletries, tobacco, and personal effects from North Africa to the Rhine are covered in intimate detail. Over 400 beautiful color images and numerous compelling period photographs, many never-before published, offer a thoughtful analysis of a soldier’s most valued possessions. Individual Gear and Personal Items of the GI in Europe, 1942-1945 illustrates from a unique perspective a sentimental side of the soldier in the foxhole as it documents and categorizes the many personal items he carried into battle. Historians, collectors, and veterans alike will undoubtedly relish the information meticulously researched and appreciate the nostalgic period advertisements and anecdotes included in this extraordinary compilation. This book is by far the best and most complete study available of personal items of the American soldier during World War Two and truly an indispensable resource. 

$69.95/Autographed by the Author
Hardcover, 200 pp. Approximately 470 color and black and white images. Includes nine chapters devoted each to individual equipment, mess gear, gas related items, medical, paper items, toiletries, tobacco, and rations.

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"The Officer Corps of Custer's Seventh Cavalry, 1866-1876"

The epic saga of the tragedy at Little Bighorn and the legend of Custer have overshadowed the unsung heroes of the officer corps of the most famous regiment in history, the Seventh Cavalry. Strict selection to fill the limited post-Civil War vacancies allowed only an exclusive few to join; those hearty and rugged enough to lead men against the American Plains Indians. Cast as, “the finest regiment in the service,” this peculiar conglomeration of adventurers, criminals, opportunists, and mercenaries is described in wonderful biographical narration, covering in detail each officer’s own intriguing and often astonishing military career. The Officer Corps of the Seventh Cavalry, 1866-1876 includes colorful biographies of over a hundred officers who served under Lt. Colonel G.A. Custer from the early days at Ft. Riley to the debacle at the Little Big Horn River. In addition to numerous period photographs and maps of the campaigns and expeditions of the regiment, this definitive work also includes an impressive collection of portraits, some never-before-published, acquired from numerous little-known private sources and public institutes. The author has gone to great lengths to highlight the story of what history has thus far neglected to tell, and scholars and military enthusiasts will undoubtedly find this a unique and fascinating record of the frontier leaders in Custer’s legendary regiment. 

$69.95/Autographed by the Author
Hardcover, approx. 170 pp. Includes year by year operational history of regiment as well as over 102 individual biographies. Approx. 140 black and white portraits, group stills, maps, and diagrams.

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