Encyclopedia of United States Army Insignia and Uniforms

By William K. Emerson

Book Overview

William K. Emerson's Encyclopedia of United States Army Insignia and Uniforms is the first comprehensive, well-illustrated, fully researched, and completely documented history of U.S. Army branch insignia and the uniforms on which those insignia were worn. More than two thousand photographs illustrate the actual branch insignia used by men and women of the U.S. Army during war and peace from American independence to the present. This book tells the story of the major army branches - infantry, artillery, cavalry, and engineers - as well as the service and support branches comprising doctors and nurses, chaplains, musicians, quartermasters, military police, and the many others whom have made up the U.S. Army.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806126221
• ISBN13: 9780806126227
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 680 Pages
• Weight: 5.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 9.3" x 12.3"

Customer Reviews

Encyclopedia of US Army Insignia & Uniforms

This is a great reference book if you are a Militaria collector.

A must have for collectors of US army insignia

As an avid collector of US Army cloth insignia from WWI to modern day,I had failed to do any research on branch insignia preferring the more colourful shoulder sleeve insignia.However as with all collecting one finds themselves the need for more information on all types of insignia worn on the uniform.This masterpiece of work fills this for all collectors of US Army insignia.This is a must have and an indispencible tool for...

Excellent Work for the Library

I have been acquainted with the author for many years so when I heard this work was to be published I looked forward to acquiring it.As I was scheduled to retire in January 1998, I went to the planners of my party and told them rather than perhaps giving me an inappropriate, useless or redundant gift (After all I have been collecting books for forty five years.) I would like a gift certificate from a book store. Well, I got...

A great reference work

This book would primarily appeal to collectors. It is extensive in its coverage of the history of insignias and it also is liberally illustrated. A definite must have for the collector.