G.I. JOURNAL OF SERGEANT GILES (SIGNED BY AUTHORS) by Giles, Janice Holt (Ed. ) - 1965

Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1965. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 21.5cm,second printing, x,399p., 2 maps, mapped endpapers, illustrations fromphotographs, index, gilt titles, blue cloth, a very good to fine copyin very good jacket. (mt).

Commonwealth Book Company, 2019-01-01. Paperback. New. 399 pp. Index. Illustrated. Born and raised in Adair County, Kentucky, Henry Giles entered the U.S. Army in 1940. As weapons sergeant with the 291st Combat Engineer Battalion, Sgt. Giles participated in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the crossing of the Rhine River at Remagen. Throughout his time in the European Theater he wrote over six hundred letters home to his soon-to-be wife, Janice Holt. He also religiously kept a journal detailing daily activities and the camaraderie of his unit. Twenty years later, Janice Holt Giles edited this journal, compiled interviews and additional research, and produced The G. I. Journal of Sergeant Giles, a book that shows WWII as it was experienced by the regular men who took the brunt of it, the noncommissioned officers and privates. Professional bookseller for 20 years. Orders shipped daily in cardboard bookfolds.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Black cloth has a little wear near edges; dark brown front endpaper has an erasure evident in the top right corner. The price clipped jacket has edgewear, slight loss at spine ends, and the spine is lightly sunned. The book is tight and square, with map endpapers, appendix and an index; 399 pages. The journal of Henry Giles kept during his time in Europe during World War II with the 291st Combat Engineers.

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