FDNY BOOKS

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"FIRST DUE" by Al DONCHIN....ONE OF THE BEST WILLIAMSBURG/BED STUY BKLYN WAR YEARS PICTORIAL BOOKS.... ALL PHOTOS TAKEN BY AL DONCHIN RIP... AN FDNY FRIEND & SUPPORTER & GENTLEMAN (ALSO A NYC SANITATION STAFF CHIEF )... AL TOOK HIS PICTURES FOR HIS INTEREST IN THE FDNY & THREW HIS PROFIT'S ( FROM MANY PHOTOS THAT NEWSPAPERS USED) ON THE KITCHEN TABLE AT ENG*230/SQ*3 WHERE HE HUNG OUT & RODE BACK THEN CONSTANTLY....AS A SIDE NOTE FOR ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN THE BOOK..FOR EVERY PICTURE IN IT AL HAD ANOTHER SEVERAL FOR EACH SEQUENCE THAT BACK IN THE DAY WERE CATALOGUED IN BINDERS ON A SHELF IN THE KITCHEN OF ENG*230/SQ*3.