{"product_id":"wwii-book-memoir-a-watch-in-the-night-wwii-recollections-coast-artillery","title":"WWII Book Memoir A Watch In The Night WWII Recollections Coast Artillery","description":"Description:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUp for sale is a scarce personal WWII memoir titled \"A Watch in the Night... Recollections of World War II\" written by Richard H. (Dick) Lee.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis booklet provides a firsthand account of service during World War II, detailing experiences in the Coast Artillery (including Fort McKinley, Maine and Camp Hood, Texas), Naval Liaison duty, operations in France, Omaha Beach, and Normandy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContent \u0026amp; Visual Highlights:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Photographs of Coast Artillery officers and cannon firings at Fort McKinley, Maine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Historical photos including Normandy (July 1944) Third Army trucks moving forward and Omaha Beach (June 1944).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Military portrait of the author (February 1946) and early photo as Private in Battery C, 240th Coast Artillery, Maine National Guard (1922).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Facsimiles of historical military documents and official letters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition Details:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pages: Clean, crisp interior pages with sharp black-and-white photo reproductions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Cover: Light shelf wear and slight age toning\/foxing along the outer edges of the white cover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Binding: Firm and fully intact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA excellent additions for collectors of World War II unit histories, personal soldier memoirs, Coast Artillery history, or military ephemera.","brand":"The Vintage Paper Vault","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58733596901536,"sku":"081726-OFC","price":34.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1056\/6284\/0992\/files\/90e9d885-be09-4040-a7de-568ac67a8cda.jpg?v=1787009850","url":"https:\/\/vintagepapervault.com\/products\/wwii-book-memoir-a-watch-in-the-night-wwii-recollections-coast-artillery","provider":"Vintage Paper Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}