(6) U.S. Military Photo Books, Mostly WWI

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(lot of 6) WWI Military Photo Books & Papers: (1) larger ledger style book with pasted newspaper photos showing battlefield of WWI, most pictures are extremely graphic and include bodies, firing squads, hanging of murderers and spies, civilian deaths, book includes a typed list showing, on one line, the location of a Ohio soldier from Camp Sheridan, Alabama, to Europe to his return and military discharge, near the back of the book a photo showing the Pearl Harbor bombing; (1) booklet, "Scenes of Camp Pike, National Army Cantonment, Little Rock, Arkansas", albertype picture of this Army training camp with buildings and soldiers, c. 1918, some soldiers are wearing the model 1911 service hats; (1) pre U.S. entry into WWI book, "Collier's Photographic History of the European War", P.F. Collier, 1916, hundreds of black and white photo prints and illustrations of French, German, Italian and other countries soldiers; (1) "U.S. Official Pictures of the World War", Pictorial Bureau, 1920, 565 pages of WWI photos; (1) "The West Point Atlas of American Wars", Vol. II, 1900-1953, hundreds of pages with maps and text describing battles and theaters starting 1914 and going through WWII Europe and Japan; (1) "A Pictorial History of U.S. Single Shot Martial Pistols", Kalman and Patterson, authors signed, illustrated, copy number 1354 of 2500,  for shipping largest measurements approx. 16.75" x 12.25" x 2", total of all 29.50lbs Provenance: Collection of T'Odon Charles (Chuck) Leshikar, Jr., (Texas,1946-2020), Vietnam, U.S. Army Lt. ,“Delta Raiders,” D Company, 2nd Battalion, 501st Airborne Infantry Regiment, later Echo Company commander, Silver Star, three Bronze Stars, Soldiers Medal, Purple Heart. More information including the Silver Star citation see:  https://toddshistory.com/?cat=12