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The world of Col. John W. Thomason, USMC /

Martha Anne Turner's work is the first biography of Thomason in more than twenty years. The World of Colonel John W. Thomason, MSMC is overdue. Traces Thomason's three-dimensional career, Marine officer, author, artist, over much of the world. Miss Turner's study isn't just the p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Turner, Martha Anne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin, Tex. : Eakin Press, 1984.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Thomason, John W., > Jr. > (John William), > 1893-1944.
Marines > Texas > Biography.
United States. > Marine Corps > Biography.
Texas > Biography.
Fusiliers marins > Texas > Biographies.
États-Unis. > Marine Corps > Biographies.
Texas > Biographies.
Thomason, John W., > Jr. > (John William), > 1893-1944
United States. > Marine Corps.
Marines.
Texas.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Nineteenth-century Huntsville
  • A good place for a boy
  • Period of exploration
  • A Marine takes a bride
  • A Marine goes to war
  • Pearl of the Antilles
  • Man of words and windy periods
  • Of forgotten fighting men
  • A ship is a man's world
  • Potomac potpourri
  • With the legation guard in Peking
  • Hore-and-buggy man
  • Literary editor of the "American Mercury"
  • Into this peace...
  • Pearl Harbor and "Lone Star Preacher"
  • Semper Fidelis.