Merriam Press Military Monograph 115. Second Edition (2012). Search and Rescue Operations in the CBI, 1942-1945. This work offers a clear picture of the combined efforts that were made to bring back... More > pilots and aircrews who, because of pilot error, equipment failure, weather or enemy action, found themselves stranded in the inhospitable terrain stretching across North Burma between China and India, while flying "The Hump". 92 photos, end notes, bibliography, index.< Less
Merriam Press Personal Chronicle 3. First Edition (February 2013). If you are expecting Shakespeare, you’ve picked the wrong book. Richard Francis Royal Sorell is just an average guy. One might... More > say his life has been extraordinary. If someone told him his life story as theirs, he would think they were full of “it,” up to their eyebrows, but he knows it happened, and it happened to him. He's lived on the edge of fame his whole life, never achieving it himself, but rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous in every step he took. He didn’t search out these people and when they met he wasn’t looking for an autograph or photograph, something transpired between them and that is what he has written about. You will find the people he writes about cut across all walks of life, from poets, to entertainers, scientists, artists, politicians and more. 9 photos and illustrations. Index.< Less
Merriam Press Modern History 1. First Edition (March 2013). Dr. Bartecchi served in the U.S. Army as a Flight Surgeon during the Vietnam War and in addition to caring for wounded troops, he organized... More > medical forays by helicopter to towns throughout the Mekong Delta. During his tour in Vietnam, working so closely with the civilian population, he developed an admiration and respect for the resilient and proud Vietnamese people. In the mid-1990s, Bartecchi became involved with assisting the Bach Mai Hospital improve their facility and providing training for the doctors, nurses and staff there, including exchanges of medical personnel between Bach Mai Hospital and American hospitals, as well as arranging for assistance in the area of medical equipment and supplies, donated by organizations and corporations. This book provides the background to this story. 77 photos.< Less
Merriam Press Military Monograph 137. First Edition (January 2013). In this concluding volume, the war in Europe is winding down and at last comes to an end—but there was another war to be... More > fought—in the Pacific. As her parents continued with their struggle to meet they are faced with an array of new challenges. In September of 1945 they finally do come together, are married and able to take a brief honeymoon before they are separated again for another seven months—until her mother made her way over to the States on the U.S.A.T. Henry Gibbins with a contingent of War Brides in April of 1946. 87 photos and documents.< Less
