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(WORLD WAR TWO.) Bound volume of "The Stars and Stripes" covering the end of the war. Southern France edition. 79 issues, most 8 pages, longer on Sundays including the Stars and Stripes Magazine, bound in one volume. Folio, contemporary 1/2 cloth, moderate wear, lacking most of the cloth from backstrip but with early printed spine label, complete except for missing 6 September issue #177; brittle as usual, minor wear, tightly trimmed with a few leaves cropped on bottom edge. [Nice, France], 12 July to 29 September 1945
The 7 August issue is headlined "Atomic Bomb Hits Japs. Yanks Drop New Super Missile; Equals 20,000 Dynamite Tons." An extra dated 14 August bears the short but massive headline "Japan Quits," with the next day's extra reading "Surrender is Official."
