— Significant War Scenes by Battlefront Artists, 1941-1945

Detroit, Michigan, Chrysler Corporation, 1951. Hardcover. Three-quarters gray cloth and green paper boards, title inset on front cover, green paper slipcase, 34 pp. 16 color illus. OVERSIZE GA3. "A collection of reflective paintings in which sixteen artists interpret war as they saw it around the world." Sponsored by Chrysler Corporation. "The Significant War Scenes printed in this book hang int he General Administrative Offices of Chrysler Corporation in Detriot, Michigan." Each piece of art is accompanied by a brief artist bio. Contents: "The Burden" / Joseph Hirsch -- "The Juggernaut" / George Gross -- "Tank Breakthrough at St. Lo" / Ogden Pleissner -- "Let's Get the Hell Out of Here" / John Lavalle -- "Mediterranean Beachhead, St. Tropex, August 17, 1944" / Albert Murray -- "Oil Supply Line Through a Tuscan City" / Edward Laning -- "Radar on the English Channel" / William A. Smith -- "Dawn Offensive at Cassino, May 1944" / Frank Duncan, Jr. -- "Kamikaze Attack" / Edward Millman -- "Jungle Surrender on Guam" / George Harding -- "Inferno on Iwo Jima" / Mitchell Jamieson -- "The Residue of Defeat on Saipan" / Robert Benney -- "Manila Retaken" / Frede Vidar -- "Shooting the Breeze" / Charles Baskerville -- "Helldivers on an Essex Class Carrier" / William F. Draper -- "Fire-Bombing of Tokyo by B-29s" / Richard Munsell. VG+ (Ex-library, with few if any markings, book & contents are in Near Fine condition, slipcase has a bit of soiling and minor corner bumps.) .