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Title: Two handbooks produced by the U.S. Navy for personnel on Saipan shortly after the end of World War II Author: Smith, Donald F. Place: Saipan Publisher: Date: 1946-1947 Description: Includes: Saipan: Historical Notes for Personnel of the Naval Operating Base. Navy Day - 27 October 1946; Your Navy - Victor in War, Guardian in Peace. 12 leaves, mimeographed typescript on rectos only, pictorial front wrapper. 1946. So this is Saipan: A handbook containing information of general interest to service personnel. 37 leaves. Photostatic copy of typescript on rectos only, with illustrations from photographs, pictorial wrappers. 1947 Each 27x20.5 cm (10¼x8"), stapled. Booklets published by direction of Captain Donald F. Smith, U.S. Navy, Island commander. No copies of the first are listed in OCLC/WorldCat, and only three of the second, at the American Museum of Natural History, the Navy Department Library of Naval History, and the University of Hawaii. Lot Amendments Condition: Some normal wear from use on an island setting, the staples a bit rusty, overall very good. Item number: 289096