Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Melbourne, Date: 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Second impression of the First Edition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 287 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly toned throughout. Edges browned slightly. The book has been read and it may have some creases but is sound overall. This BOOK IS IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. The author, Osmar White, was a New Zealand-born, Australian journalist with The Herald and Weekly Times during the Japanese invasion of Papua New Guinea in 1942, and became a war correspondent and embedded journalist with the Australian forces there. Together with famed Australian war photographer, Damien Parer, and famed war correspondent, Chester Wilmot, he covered the Kokoda Track Campaign, detailing the trials and triumphs of allied troops during that time. Later White was seriously wounded during the New Georgia campaign, and while recovering in Australia from his injuries, he wrote this book, Green Armour, which described in detail the harsh conditions of the Kokoda Track Campaign. It was the combined writings and testimony of White, Wilmot, and Parer that led to the Allies adopting mottled green camouflage uniforms for troops engaging in jungle warfare. Quantity Available ...

ISBN10: 0140147063, ISBN13: 9780140147063, [publisher: Penquin Books, Ringwood] Softcover 287 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The only exceptions are a small inscription to the inside page and some light age marks also on inside page. The Gripping Story Of The Australian And American Forces Struggle Against The Japanese Invasion Of New Guinea In 1942-43 Is Stark, Vivid, Chilling
[Ferny Grove, QLD, Australia] [Publication Year: 1987]
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