Ben Thompson - Military Book Collection

Item #	CBI	Format	Title	Author	Publisher	Date	Vol #	Sub-Series Title	Overall Series Title
MILITARY BOOK COLLECTION
William B. "Ben" Thompson (TAMU '44)
Catalogued by Bill Thompson (TAMU '75) email: mailme.html
NOTE on Format: P is Trade Paperback, H is Hardback
Many of these have been gifted to family members or donated to area libraries.

1		P	D-Day: Spearhead of Invasion		Ballantine	1970	1	Battle Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
2		P	Bastogne: The Roadblock		Ballantine	1970	4	Battle Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
3		P	Tarawa: A Legend is Born		Ballantine	1970	8	Battle Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
4		P	Pearl Harbor		Ballantine	1970	10	Battle Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
5		P	Leyte Gulf: Armada in the Pacific		Ballantine	1970	11	Battle Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
6		P	Anzio: The Bid for Rome		Ballantine	1970	15	Battle Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
7		P	Kasserine: Baptism of Fire		Ballantine	1970	18	Battle Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
8		P	Salerno: Foothold in Europe		Ballantine	1970	24	Battle Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
9		P	Rhine Crossing		Ballantine	1970	27	Battle Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
10		P	Sicily: Whose Victory?		Ballantine	1970	3	Campaign Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
11		P	Breakout: Drive to the Seine		Ballantine	1970	4	Campaign Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
12		P	Defeat in Malaya & Fall of Singapore		Ballantine	1970	5	Campaign Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
13		P	France: Summer 1940		Ballantine	1970	6	Campaign Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
14		P	Bomber Offensive: Devastation of Europe		Ballantine	1970	7	Campaign Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
15		P	Japan: The Final Agony		Ballantine	1970	9	Campaign Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
16		P	Normandy Bridgehead		Ballantine	1970	10	Campaign Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
17		P	Liberation of the Phillippines		Ballantine	1970	10	Campaign Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
18		P	New Guinea: The Tide is Stemmed		Ballantine	1970	13	Campaign Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
19		P	Fall of the Phillippines		Ballantine	1970	16	Campaign Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
20		P	Pacific Onslaught 1941-1943		Ballantine	1970	21	Campaign Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
21		P	Operation Torch: North Africa		Ballantine	1970	22	Campaign Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
22	CBI	P	Over the Hump: Airlift to China		Ballantine	1970	23	Campaign Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
23		P	Patton		Ballantine	1970	1	War Leaders Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
24		P	MacArthur		Ballantine	1970	2	War Leaders Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
25		P	Stillwell		Ballantine	1970	4	War Leaders Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
26		P	Bradley		Ballantine	1970	5	War Leaders Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
27		P	Mountbatten		Ballantine	1970	6	War Leaders Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
28		P	Eisenhower		Ballantine	1970	9	War Leaders Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
29		P	Skorzeny		Ballantine	1970	11	War Leaders Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
30		P	Slim		Ballantine	1970	12	War Leaders Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
31		P	Pacific Hawk		Ballantine	1970	14	Weapons Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
32		P	B-29 Superfortress		Ballantine	1970	17	Weapons Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
33		P	Suicide Weapon		Ballantine	1970	22	Weapons Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
34		P	Pacific Victory		Ballantine	1970	25	Weapons Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
35		P	P-56 Bomber Escort		Ballantine	1970	26	Weapons Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
36		P	Flying Tigers: Chennault in China		Ballantine	1970	29	Weapons Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
37		P	Merrill's Marauders		Ballantine	1970	31	Weapons Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
38		P	Chinditz: Long Range Penetration		Ballantine	1970	34	Weapons Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
39	CBI	P	DC-3		Ballantine	1970	44	Weapons Books	Ballantine Ill. History of WWII
40		H	IMPACT: The Army Air Force Confidential Pictorial History of WWII		Historical Times	1980	ALL	(Complete 8 Volume Set)
41		H	European Land Battles 1939-43	Dupuy, Col. Trevor	Franklin Watts	1962-65	1	Military History of WWII
42		H	European Land Battles 1944-45	Dupuy, Col. Trevor	Franklin Watts	1962-65	2	Military History of WWII
43		H	Land Battles: North Africa	Dupuy, Col. Trevor	Franklin Watts	1962-65	3	Military History of WWII
44		H	The Naval War in the West: The Raiders	Dupuy, Col. Trevor	Franklin Watts	1962-65	4	Military History of WWII
45		H	The Naval War in the West: The Wolf Packs	Dupuy, Col. Trevor	Franklin Watts	1962-65	5	Military History of WWII
46		H	The Air War in the West 1939-41	Dupuy, Col. Trevor	Franklin Watts	1962-65	6	Military History of WWII
47		H	The Air War in the West 1941-45	Dupuy, Col. Trevor	Franklin Watts	1962-65	7	Military History of WWII
48		H	Expansion of Japan and Asia	Dupuy, Col. Trevor	Franklin Watts	1962-65	8	Military History of WWII
49		H	Japanese Ambitions in the Pacific	Dupuy, Col. Trevor	Franklin Watts	1962-65	9	Military History of WWII
50		H	Allied Victories in China and Burma	Dupuy, Col. Trevor	Franklin Watts	1962-65	10	Military History of WWII
51		H	The Naval War in the Pacific: The Rising Sun	Dupuy, Col. Trevor	Franklin Watts	1962-65	11	Military History of WWII
52		H	The Naval War in the Pacific: On to Tokyo	Dupuy, Col. Trevor	Franklin Watts	1962-65	12	Military History of WWII
53		H	The Air War in the Pacific: Air Power Leads the Way	Dupuy, Col. Trevor	Franklin Watts	1962-65	13	Military History of WWII
54		H	The Air War in the Pacific: Victory in the Air	Dupuy, Col. Trevor	Franklin Watts	1962-65	14	Military History of WWII
55		H	European Resistance Movements	Dupuy, Col. Trevor	Franklin Watts	1962-65	15	Military History of WWII
56		H	Asian and Axis Resistance Movements	Dupuy, Col. Trevor	Franklin Watts	1962-65	16	Military History of WWII
57	CBI	H	China Burma India Theater:Time Runs Out in CBI	Romanus & Sunderland	US Army	1953		US Army in WWII
58		H	War in the Pacific:The Fall of the Philippines	Morton, Louis	US Army	1953		US Army in WWII
59		H	European Theater of Operations: Ardennes/ Battle of the Bulge	Cole, Hugh	US Army	1953		US Army in WWII
60		H	Mediterranean Theater of Operations: Salerno to Cassino	Blumenson, Martin	US Army	1953		US Army in WWII
61		H	Mediterranean Theater of Operations: Cassino to the Alps	Fisher, Ernest	US Army	1953		US Army in WWII
62		H	European Theater of Operations: Cross Channel Attack	Harrison, Gordon	US Army	1953		US Army in WWII
63		H	Pictorial Record: The War Against Germany		US Army	1953		US Army in WWII
64		H	Pictorial Record: The War Against Germany and Italy		US Army	1953		US Army in WWII
65		H	Pictorial Record: The War Against Japan		US Army	1953		US Army in WWII
66		H	War in the Outposts		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
67		H	Japan at War		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
68		H	The Soviet Juggernaut		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
69		H	War Under the Pacific		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
70		H	Across the Rhine		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
71		H	The Road to Tokyo		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
72		H	Red Army Resurgent		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
73		H	The Nazis		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
74		H	The Battle of the Bulge		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
75		H	The Resistance		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
76		H	The Air War in Europe		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
77		H	Return to the Philippines		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
78		H	The Mediterranean		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
79		H	The Battle of Britain		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
80		H	Liberation		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
81		H	The Second Front		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
82		H	Partisans and Guerillas		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
83		H	The Home Front: USA		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
84		H	The War in the Desert		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
85		H	Russia Beseiged		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
86		H	Prelude to War		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
87		H	The Rising Sun		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
88		H	The Italian Campaign		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
89		H	Island Fighting		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
90		H	The Battle of the Atlantic		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
91		H	Blitzkrieg		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
92		H	Prisoners of War		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
93		H	Battles for Scandinavia		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
94		H	The Secret War		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
95		H	Italy at War		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
96		H	The Home Front: Germany		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
97		H	Victory in Europe		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
98		H	The Fall of Japan		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
99		H	The Aftermath: Asia		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
100		H	The Aftermath: Europe		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
101		H	The Neutrals		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
102		H	The Commandos		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
103		H	Bombers Over Japan		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series
104	CBI	H	China-Burma-India		TIME-LIFE	1980		World War II Series

INDIVIDUAL BOOKS:

Item #	CBI	Format	Title	Author	Publisher	Date	Vol #	Sub-Series Title	Overall Series Title
105		H	The Devil's Brigade	Adleman & Walton	Chilton	1966
106		H	Pegasus Bridge:June 6, 1944	Ambrose, Stephen	Simon & Shuster	1985
107		P	Normandy 1944: Allied Landings and Breakout	Badsey, Stephen	Osprey	1990
108		H	The Pacific: Then and Now	Bahrenburg, Bruce	Putnam	1971
109		H	Corregidor: Saga of a Fortress	Belote, James & William	Harper & Row	1967
110		P	World War II Quiz and Fact Book	Benford, Timothy	Harper & Row	1982
111		H	Naval Battles of WWII	Bennett, Geoffrey	McKay	1975
112		H	From Casablanca to Berlin	Bliven, Bruce	Random House	1965
113		H	Bloody River: The Real Tragedy of the Rapido	Blumenson, Martin	Houghton Mifflin	1970
114		H	The Patton Papers 1940-1945	Blumenson, Martin	Houghton Mifflin	1974
115		H	D-Day Beaches Revisited	Boussel, Patrice	Doubleday	1966
116		H	The Commandos of WWII	Carter, Hodding	Random House	1966
117		P	East Wind Rain: Pictorial History of Pearl Harbor Attack	Cohen, Stan	Pictorial History	1981
118		H	The Road to Pearl Harbor 1941	Collier, Richard	Bonanza	1981
119		H	Back to Corregidor	Devlin, Gerard	St. Martin's	1992
120		H	Pearl Harbor and Hawaii: A Military History	Editors of Army Times	Walker	1971
121		H	The Bitter Woods	Eisenhower, John S. D.	Putnam	1969
122		H	Decision at Leyte	Faulk, Stanley	Norton	1966
123		H	Corregidor: The Rock Force Assault	Flanagan, Lt. Gen. E. M.	Presidio	1988
124		H	American Military Insignia	Fowler, William	Mallard	1990
125		H	On to Berlin: 1945-1946	Gavin, James	Viking	1978
126		H	War Maps	Goodenough, Simon	McDonald	1982
127		H	The Intelligence and Deception of the D-Day Landings	Haswell, Jock	Batsford	1979
128		H	Men At War	Hemingway, Ernest (ed.)	Bramhall House	1952
129		H	War in Our Time	Henderson & Morris	Doubleday	1942
130	CBI	H	From China Burma India to the Kwai	Henderson, Lt. Col. W.	Texian Press	1991
131		H	Fortress: A History of Military Defense	Hogg, Ian	St. Martin's	1975
132		H	Artillery: The Big Guns Go to War	Johnson, Curt	Octopus	1975
133		P	Six Armies in Normandy	Keegan, John	Penguin	1982
134		H	Surrender and Survival: American POWs in the Pacific 1941-1945	Kerr, E. Bartlett	Morrow	1985
135		H	American Medals and Decorations	Kerrigan, Evans	Mallard	1990
136		H	Americans at War: Colonial Times to Vietnam	Koenig, W.
137		H	Great Battles of WWII	Maule, Henry	Regnery	1972
138		H	Pearl Harbor	Morganstern, George	Devin Adair Co.	1947
139		H	Dwight D. Eisenhower: Gauge of Greatness	Morin, Relman	Simon & Shuster	1969
140		H	Corregidor: The End of the Line	Morris, Eric	Stein & Day	1981
141		P	The Eisenhowers	Neal, Steve	Univ. of Kansas	1978
142		P	War As I Knew It	Patton, Gen. George	Phantom	1979
143		P	The Great Commanders of WWII: Vol. 3 - The Americans	Pfannes, Charles	Zebra	1981
144		P	At Dawn We Slept: Untold Story of Pearl Harbor	Prange, Gordon	Penguin	1981
145		H	Treasury of WWII Stories	Pronzini & Greenberg, ed.	Bonanza	1985
146		H	Medal of Honor Heroes	Reeder, Col. Red	Random House	1965
147		H	It Doesn't Take A Hero (Autobiography)	Schwartzkopf, Gen. Norman	Bantam	1992
148		H	D-Day: Omaha Beach	Shapiro, Milton	McKay	1980
149	CBI	H	Confusion Beyond Imagination: CBI in WWII (complete 10 vol. set)	Sinclair, Wm. B.	Joe Whitley	1986
150		H	Masterpieces of War Reporting	Snider, L., ed.	Messner	1962
151		H	Prelude to Pearl Harbor	Stanley, Col. Roy	Scribners	1982
152		H	World War II Order of Battle	Stanton, Shelby	Galahad	1991
153		H	The Battle of Leyte Gulf	Stuart, Adrian	Scribners	1979
154		P	World War II	Sulzberger, C. L.	McGraw Hill	1970
155		H	Battleships of the US Navy in WWI	Terzibaschitsch, Simon	Bonanza	1977
156		H	Battle of the Bulge	Toland, John	Random House	1966
157		P	D-Day	Tute, W.	Collier	1974
158		H	General Wainwright's Story	Wainwright, Gen. Johnathan	Doubleday	1946
159		H	Ghost of the Java Coast (USS Houston)	Winslow, Walter	Coral Reef	1974
160		H	American Guerilla in the Phillippines	Wolfort, Ira	Simon & Shuster	1945
161		H	D-Day	Young, Brig. Peter	Galahad	1981
162		P	D-Day Invasion of Europe		Phoebus	1968
163		H	Eisenhower: American Hero		American Heritage	1969
164		H	Encyclopedia of World War II (one volume)		Simon & Shuster	1978
165		U	Foldout Maps of the Omaha Beachhead - D-Day
166		P	Great Front Pages: D-Day to Victory 1944-1945		J. Morris	1984
167		H	Illustrated World War II Encyclopedia (complete 24 volume set)		Stubman	1978
168		P	LIFE Goes to War: Pictorial History of WWII			1977
169		P	North American P-51 Mustang		Aero Publishers	1967
170		P	Omaha Beachhead		War Dept Hist Div	1984
171		H	Pictorial History of World War II (complete 6 vol. set)		Wise & Co.	1946
172		P	Republic P-47 Thunderbolt		Aero Publishers	1966
173		H	Ships of the Esso Fleet in WWII		Standard Oil Co.	1946
174		H	True Stories of WWII		Readers Digest	1980
175		H	World War II Maps: Battle By Battle

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