U.S. Handguns of World War II by Charles W. Pate- This book covers all of the pistols used by United States forces except the M1911. This includes Smith & Wesson 'Victory' Models, High Standard .22s, H&R revolvers, Iver Johnson revolvers, and a wide variety of Colts, such as the Official Police, Commandos, Detective Specials, Pocket Automatics, the Service Model ACE, Woodsman Match Targets, .38 Super Automatics and much, much more. There is a very good historical section dealing with the procurement and distribution of all of these pistols. The author has spent a lot of time researching these hand guns. This book also includes extensive, previously unpublished serial number lists. 515 illustrations. This book contains 368 pages, and was published in 1998. This hardcover is in like new condition, very clean!