Buy this book on-line LT. RAY L. VEKROFF : 1945 ORIGINAL GROUP OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES AND EPHEMERA DEATAILING ONE MAN'S SERVICE IN THE CRITICAL INDIA-BURMA THEATER AND THEN LATER WHIRLWIND TRAVELS AROUND THE GLOBE
16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. On offer is an original, modest archive of ephemera [15 pieces] including a manuscript diary and notebook travel log of an American SOS Officer [Services of Supply] serving in 1945 in the critical India-Burma Theater. Belonging to and handwritten by Lt. Ray Vekroff the first writings are on a yellow, legal pad type paper, 27 hand numbered pages torn from the main pad block and folded, wherein Ray retrospectively details his background and service. Originally, he states, that he was a civilian in China and then in China and India for 35 months in the Army. But at the end he explains his desire to return States-side for re-assignment. The second book, a flip style notepad, begins March 21 1945 at the SOS Headquarters in New Delhi and 10 pages of entries detailing an amazing near circumnavigation voyage with a Trans-America trip twice to boot! aboard a ship, steam freighter Cambay. We follow him to Trincomalee Sri Lanka, Port Said, Gibraltar to Norfolk, Washington DC, Asheville, San Francisco then back and forth to Washington again and finally to end September 13 in Tokyo Japan. There are another three pages of names and addresses. Overall G.. Manuscript. Book Condition: Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of LT. RAY L. VEKROFF : 1945 ORIGINAL GROUP OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES AND EPHEMERA DEATAILING ONE MAN'S SERVICE IN THE CRITICAL INDIA-BURMA THEATER AND THEN LATER WHIRLWIND TRAVELS AROUND THE GLOBE. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including incunabula, libri antichi, rare books, used books and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |