Customer Reviews

The Jolly Rogers: The 90th Bombardment Group in the Southwest Pacific 1942-1944 (Schiffer Military History Book)

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This book is a reprint of a book first published in 1944 utilizing personnel on active duty to put the book togeather. I do not see where the Publisher can claim Copyright on the contents, because the personnel who worked on the book were paid by the Military. In addition, this Group was not known as " The Jolly Rogers " until after July 8, 1943 when Col. Rogers first assumed command, and an enlisted man came up with the designation. The hype about the publicity starting in September 1942 is incorrect and detracts from the real value of the book. In fact, the first combat missions by this group were made in November of 1942. September and October of that year were spent in Hawaii in training and intensive long range patrols, which resulted in no Combat with enemy forces. If those discrepancies were cleared up, then I think any purchasers would indeed be fully satisfied.

I grew up with the original version of this book; my father was a navigator with the Jolly Rogers in WWII. This version is a faithful reproduction of the original from the content all the way to the color shading of the photographs. My only reason for not giving it 5 stars is the page size is slightly smaller and the page content was not reduced to compensate. The result is some minor cropping of content on some pages. Overall this is a minor issue and the book gives a fantastic overview of life in the South Pacific for those flying and supporting this highly decorated Unit.

My dad was in the 90th bomb group and contributed some material to this publication...he painted the nose art on the "DUDE" which is pictured in the book....it also covers a lot on the B-24 which often took a back seat to the B-17 in recognition....

I have an original copy of this book. It is in mint condition and still in the original box it was mailed in on Oct 24, 1945, from the APO (which only costed 7 cents to mail, I might add). I also have the original Black Pirates book, all the same as the Jolly Rogers book.

The inside cover of the ORIGINAL book does state September 1942. That is what the creators of the original had written, therefore it would not take down any value of the book.

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This is a very faithful reproduction of my father's unit book. My original disappeared over time, so very happy to have found this. The only critique, as noted by others, the pages are a little smaller than the original, tightening the print.

I inherited a leather-bound original of this history of the real "Jolly Rogers" (the Navy's claim to that nom de guerre notwithstanding), and ordered this reproduction as a gift. The text and photographs are exact reproductions. The only real flaw is that, as another reviewer commented, the page size is slightly smaller than the original, with the result that some edges are cut off. Even with that flaw, though, it's definitely the real McCoy.