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The Two Thousand Yard Stare: Tom Lea's World War II
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College Station, TX 2008 Hard Cover First Edition Near Fine in Near Fine jacket Wide 4to. xviii, 228pp; map endpapers, numerous col. illustrations. Bookplate of a former owner
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Lea, Tom College Station, TX 2008 Hard Cover First Edition Near Fine in Near Fine jacket 4to-over 11"-13" Tall. xviii, [2], 228 pp, quarterbound w/green cloth covered boards
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w/blue cloth covered spine, blu-green-grey illustrated map endpapers, dj dark green w/light green-tan lettering w/color illustration of Lea's painting "The Two Thousand Yard Stare" on the front & color illustration & black-and-white pictorial on the rear cover. Lea went aboard a Navy destroyer in the North Atlantic to cover the fight against German U-boats late 1941, was on the carrier Hornet during the desperate air and sea battles off Guadalcanal in 1942, recorded the struggles of Army Air Forces transport, fighter, and bomer crews in England, North Africa, and China in 1943, and hit the beaches of Peleliu with the assault waves of the 7th Marines in 1944.
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Overview
Few artists saw World War II from as many perspectives as El Paso artist and writer Tom Lea. Commissioned by Life magazine to paint the war as it was being experienced by U.S. and Allied troops, Lea went aboard a Navy destroyer in the North Atlantic to cover the fight against the German U-boats in late 1941; was on the carrier Hornet days before its sinking during the desperate air and sea battles off Guadalcanal in 1942; recorded the struggles of Army Air Forces transport, fighter, and bomber crews in England, North Africa, and China in 1943; and hit the bloody beaches at Peleliu with the assault waves of the 7th Marines in 1944. He was preparing to join forces poised to invade the home ...