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John Houston: Sergeant of Marines
Step into the shoes of a likeable fi ghting Marine, Sgt. John Houston, with help from master storyteller and illustrator Col. John W. Thomason, Jr. a decorated Marine. Thomason depicts Houston's adventures at the Peking Legation in China prior to World War II followed by stories while duty in Central America just before the United States entered World War II. This collection of stories adds insight to little-known events that took place in this part of the world. In his spirited stories and drawings, Thomason memorably captured Marines much like author Rudyard Kipling described the British Army in India. Thomason's own experiences as a Marine in those far-away lands lend a voice of authentic...
John W. Thomason, Jr
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John Houston
Whether Colonel Thomason wrote in the first person or third person, he was always a masterful story teller. These stories revolve around John Houston, who was stationed at the Peking Legation, and is one of the most likable fighting men to have appeared in many years. As they said at the legation post, Sergeant Houston was a man to whom things happened, and meeting re-haired Jane Galt was definitely one of the most important of such encounters. Sergeant Houston's adventures in China are followed by duty in Central America just prior to America's entry into World War Two. These stories add insight to the little known pre-war events that took place in this area of the world. Colonel Thomason w...
Lone Star Marine
A fascinating biography of veteran Marine Corps officer Colonel John W. Thomason, dedicated soldier and talented artist. “On a spring morning in 1917, in fact the very day the United States declared war on Germany, a twenty-four-year-old Texan strode into the recruiting office of the Marine Corps branch of the Texas Naval Militia at Houston, and let it be known somewhat emphatically to authority there present that he desired to enlist. They assigned him to Company A, 1st Texas Battalion of Marines, and the same day they packed him off on the first train through town bound for New Orleans. “Within a month’s time he was appointed a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, and...
Fix Bayonets!
This collection of WWI sketches of the Fifth Marine Regiment is “forthright, unsparing, deeply felt but unsentimental, and reads like a house afire” (The Wall Street Journal). From a soldier who was there, here are first-hand accounts of combat and camaraderie during the Great War. In a series of stories and illustrations, Capt. John W. Thomason captures the bravery and gallantry of the leathernecks fighting the Germans in France—putting readers in the trenches, facing the staccato of rifle fire, feeling the pangs of starvation, and the demoralizing fatigue. This collection is a tribute to the men who lived and breathed the motto “Semper Fidelis”, or “Always Faithful”, those wh...
Lone Star Marine
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