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German Fighting Vehicles of World War II In Focus Vol 1
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German Fighting Vehicles of World War II In Focus Vol 1
NEW FOR 2012! 320 photos! Paperback $19.95 — PDF on DVD disk by mail $4.99.
From the Arctic Circle to the Don River: SS Regiment “Thule”
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From the Arctic Circle to the Don River: SS Regiment “Thule”
NEW FOR 2012! Paperback $19.95 — PDF file on DVD disk by mail $4.99
The View From the Bottom Up: Growing Up Fast in World War II
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The View From the Bottom Up: Growing Up Fast in World War II
NEW FOR 2012! Paperback $16.95 — Hardcover $36.95 — PDF on DVD disk by mail $4.99
War Journey: Witness to the Last Campaign of World War II
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War Journey: Witness to the Last Campaign of World War II
NEW FOR 2012! Paperback $16.95 — Hardcover $36.95 — PDF on DVD disk by mail $4.99
The War with Japan in Focus, Volume 1
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The War with Japan in Focus, Volume 1
NEW for 2012! 360 photos! Paperback $19.95 — PDF file on DVD disk by mail $4.99.
War in the Pacific, Volume 2
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War in the Pacific, Volume 2
NEW FOR 2012! Paperback $16.95 — PDF on DVD disk by mail $4.99
Ensign Newman K. Perry and the USS Bennington Disaster
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Ensign Newman K. Perry and the USS Bennington Disaster
NEW RELEASE! Published November 2011. Paperback $18.95 — PDF file on DVD disk by mail $7.99
True Tales of World War II
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True Tales of World War II
NEW TITLE! Published December 2011. Paperback $18.95 — PDF $4.99
Flint Bluff
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Flint Bluff
Flint Bluff: An American Saga by James Duermeyer. A Merriam Press Original Publication., Historical Fiction HF1. Available in paperback and PDF editions.
I'll Be Back When Summer's in the Meadow
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I'll Be Back When Summer's in the Meadow
SECOND EDITION (January 2012). Paperback $16.95 — Hardcover $34.95 — PDF file on DVD disk by mail $4.99
Down in Greece
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Down in Greece
Down in Greece by Bill Drake. Merriam Press Military Monograph MM129, available in paperback, hardcover and PDF editions.
Heroes in Obscurity
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Heroes in Obscurity
Heroes in Obscurity: A Vietnam Era Junior Officer’s Stories of Unsung Heroes and of Life on Small Navy Auxiliary Ships by CDR James Duermeyer, USNR (Ret.). A Merriam Press Original Military Monograph 128 available in paperback, hardcover and PDF editions.
Lasting Visions: It Comes With the Rank
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Lasting Visions: It Comes With the Rank
Lasting Visions: It Comes With the Rank by Frederick Fenwick. A Merriam Press Original Publication, Military Monograph 135, available in paperback, hardcover and PDF editions.
Pearl Harbor: "This is No Drill!" (WWII Journal 2)
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Pearl Harbor: "This is No Drill!" (WWII Journal 2)
This issue of the World War II Journal presents articles on the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Available in paperback and PDF download editions.
Crossing the Line
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Crossing the Line
One Soldier’s Journey to Iraq and Back Again by Bill Cain, Merriam Press Original Memoir, published June 2011, available in paperback, hardcover and PDF editions.
Aberdeen Proving Ground Museum
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Aberdeen Proving Ground Museum
Reprint of 1960 Historical Monograph, U.S. Army Ordnance, available in paperback and PDF download editions
A Survey of Tank Warfare in Europe from D-Day to 12 August 1944
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A Survey of Tank Warfare in Europe from D-Day to 12 August 1944
NEW 2012 EDITION! Paperback $9.95 — PDF on DVD disk by mail $4.99
World War II Archives Vol 1
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World War II Archives Vol 1
World War II Archives, Vol. 1, with 186 PDF files, totaling more than 3.9 GB (3,900 MB) of articles, documents, manuals, books and other publications in an easy to view electronic format, accessed through a Contents page, and supplied on a DVD data disk.
Flight Into the Abyss
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Flight Into the Abyss
Flight Into the Abyss: Zeppelin Operations in Africa, 1917-1918 by Owen P. Hall, Jr. A Merriam Press Original Publication, Military Fiction 5, available in paperback, hardcover and PDF editions.
JAN #1: Uniforms and Insignia of World War II
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JAN #1: Uniforms and Insignia of World War II
JAN #1: Uniforms and Insignia of World War II. Ray Merriam, Editor. A Merriam Press Original Reprint Publication, In Focus #9, available in paperback and PDF download editions.
American Fighting Vehicles of World War II in Focus, Volume 1
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American Fighting Vehicles of World War II in Focus, Volume 1
NEW 2011 EDITION! Paperback $22.95 — PDF $4.99.
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in Focus
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in Focus
NEW 2011 EDITION! 310 photos! Paperback $22.95 — PDF file on DVD disk by mail $4.99.
They Turned the War Around at Coral Sea and Midway
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They Turned the War Around at Coral Sea and Midway
NEW 2011 EDITION! LOWER PRICE! Paperback $16.95 — PDF by download or on a DVD disk by mail $4.99
Lasting Visions
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Lasting Visions
A Memoir of Mike Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, Vietnam, 1970 by Frederick Fenwick, a Merriam Press Original Publication, available in paperback, hardcover and PDF editions.
Britisches Freikorps
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Britisches Freikorps
Britisches Freikorps: British Volunteers of the Waffen-SS, 1943-1945 by Richard Landwehr. Siegrunen Monograph SR6 available in hardcover, paperback and PDF download editions.
Japanese Explosive Ordnance OP 1667
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Japanese Explosive Ordnance OP 1667
Ordnance Pamphlet OP 1667. Military Reference Library #L180. Available in paperback and PDF file format.
Italian Fighting Vehicles in Focus 1916-1945
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Italian Fighting Vehicles in Focus 1916-1945
437 photos! NEW 2012 edition! Paperback $24.95 — PDF file on DVD disk by mail $4.99.
Truman and MacArthur
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Truman and MacArthur
Truman and MacArthur: Adversaries for a Common Cause by Donald J. Farinacci, a Merriam Press Original Publication, Military Monograph MM119, available in paperback, hardcover and PDF editions. Received 2010 MWSA Silver Medal Award in Non-fiction History.
Back to the Bennington
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Back to the Bennington
Paperback $18.95 — Hardcover $34.95 — PDF file on DVD disk by mail $4.99
Somewhere We Will Find You
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Somewhere We Will Find You
Paperback $19.95 — Hardcover $36.95 — PDF on DVD disk by mail $4.99
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