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Issue: The World Around Us #9
Publication Date: May 1959
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Issues: #9 of 36 Issues
Title: The Illustrated Story of the Army
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Publisher: FlagGilberton
Brand: A Classics Illustrated PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Gilberton World-Wide Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/06/1959
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
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Content Items: 22 (17 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Illustrated Story of the Army

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Genres: war
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Special Introductory Offer

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First Line: We want you to get acquainted with our great, big 100-page Classics Illustrated Special Issues.
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The Illustrated Story of the Army

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Genres: war
First Line: The army and the United States were born together.
Synopsis: One page quick history of the Army.
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Follow Old Minick

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): John W. Minick
First Line: Only a few men are ever given the Medal of Honor, America's highest award for courage.
Synopsis: True story of Medal of Honor winner John W. Minick who was killed during WWII.
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Here Comes Yankee Doodle!

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Miles Standish; General George Washington; Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (misnamed as Baron Ludwig von Steuben)
First Line: Since Pilgrim days, American soldiers have often been civilians like John Minick, called to fight in time of emergency.
Synopsis: Story of the early militia and how George Washington and Baron Von Steuben made them into an army.
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Frontier Forts

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Alexander Hamilton; President George Washington; Ohio Governor Arthur St. Clair; General Anthony Wayne [Mad Anthony Wayne]
First Line: The oldest unit of today's army was begun one day during the American Revolution by a nineteen year old student.
Synopsis: The story of President Washington's struggle to force congress to allow for a standing peacetime army and the building of forts in the Ohio valley.
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The Corps of Cadets

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): President Thomas Jefferson; Superintendent of West Point Sylvanus Thayer; President James Monroe; Commanding General of the Army Winfield Scott
First Line: In 1802, President Thomas Jefferson signed a bill establishing the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.
Synopsis: Story of the founding of West Point Military Academy.
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Two Too Many

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Genres: military, non-fiction, war
Character(s): James McNeill Whistler
First Line: Among the cadets in early West Point days was James McNeill Whistler, who later became a famous artist.
Synopsis: Amusing story about James Whistler as a cadet at West Point during an art class. James Whistler later became a famous artist.
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Rifles and Arrows

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Penciller(s): H. J. Kihl ? (illustrations)
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Genres: non-fiction, war, western
Character(s): Red Cloud; Roman Nose; Major George Forsyth; Lieutenant Frederick Beecher; Crazy Horse; General George Crook; Sitting Bull; General George Custer
First Line: As the white man pushed westward to fill the continent, the Indian resisted his advance.
Synopsis: Short history of the Indian Wars.
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Custer's Last Stand

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Genres: non-fiction, war, western
Character(s): Colonel George Custer; General Alfred Terry; General George Crook; Chief Crazy Horse; Chief Gall; Chief Rain-In-The-Face; Chief Sitting Bull; Captain Benteen; Captain Reno [Major Reno]
First Line: In May, 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer led his Seventh Cavalry into Montana to find the Sioux.
Synopsis: A typical white man's version of the Battle at Little Big Horn with Custer as hero.
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Northern Raiders

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Mitchell's Raiders; railroad workers; Confederate soldiers; Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
First Line: One of the most daring adventures in army history took place during the Civil War.
Synopsis: Re-telling of the story of Mitchell's Raiders during the Civil War. Mitchell's Raiders became the first Medal of Honor winners.
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Disclose Notes: American Civil War; Congressional Medal of Honor; Georgia; railroad; train
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The Army in War: The War of 1812

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): William Henry Harrison; Chief Tecumseh; New York State Militia Commander Jacob Brown; Brigadier General Winfield Scott; Andrew Jackson
First Line: The War of 1812
Synopsis: History of the War of 1812
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The Mexican War

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Character(s): General Zachary Taylor; Mexican General Santa Anna; Lieutenant William Stover; General Winfield Scott
First Line: During the years after the War of 1812, the regular army fought three Indian wars.
Synopsis: Story of the Mexican War.
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The Civil War

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Dennis Hart Mahan; President Lincoln; General Ulysses S. Grant; General Jubal Early; General Philip Sheridan; General William T. Sherman
First Line: When Fort Sumter was fired on in 1861, it meant war between the states.
Synopsis: Story of the Civil War.
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The Spanish-American War

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Penciller(s): ? (signed) [as L. Middio ?] (illegible)
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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Theodore Roosevelt; Leonard Wood; Major Walter Reed
First Line: On February 15, 1898, the U.S.S. Maine exploded in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, which then belonged to Spain.
Synopsis: Story of the Spanish-American war, and the discovery of the cure for Yellow Fever.
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World War I

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): General John J. Pershing; American soldiers
First Line: On April 16, 1917, modern warfare came to America.
Synopsis: The story of World War I, with its modern technologies.
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World War II

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Character(s): General Douglas MacArthur; General Dwight D. Eisenhower; General Mark Clark; General George Patton
First Line: On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor plunged America into war against Japan, Italy and Germany.
Synopsis: The story of World War II.
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The Korean War

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Character(s): American soldiers
First Line: In 1950, America once again went to war, this time to save the Republic of South Korea from invasion by North Korea.
Synopsis: Story of the Korean War.
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The Army in Peace

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Genres: military, war
Character(s): Sam Donley; Bill Masters; Lee Wells
First Line: One day, Sam, Bill and Lee signed up with the army.
Synopsis: Sam, Bill and Lee join the peacetime army. They take different career paths. All decide to re-enlist in the army or army reserve.
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Scooter Burke's Peak

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Character(s): Lloyd "Scooter" Burke; Sergeant Foster
First Line: Since the earliest days of the army, the heat of battle has forged heroes.
Synopsis: True story of Medal of Honor winner Lloyd Burke.
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The Wonderful World of Fairy Tales

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Character(s): Julius Caesar
First Line: Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication
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