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Old 06-11-2008, 03:55 AM   #6 (permalink)
rcat256
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Hi all,
First post. I too have been looking for a list of the Bantam War Book series. I had a few of these as a teen. The original series had white covers and a fold out painting behind the front cover.
As I am much older now and have more time to read, I have been finding these books around the internet. There are at least 37 titles that I can confirm of the original series, and may more of the type pictured in Viper's post with the wrap around cover art.
Here is a partial list of titles;

A BLOODY WAR – HAL LAWRENCE
WITH THE OLD BREED – E.B. SLEDGE
MARINE AT WAR – RUSSELL DAVIS
GENERAL WAINWRIGHT’S STORY – GENERAL JONATHON M. WAINWRIGHT
ENEMY COAST AHEAD – GUY GIBSON
THOSE DEVILS IN BAGGY PANTS – ROSS S. CARTER
POPSKI’S PRIVATE ARMY – LIEUTENANT COLONEL VLADIMIR PENIAKOFF
COMPANY COMMANDER – CHARLES B. MACDONALD
CORAL AND BRASS – GEN. HOLLAND SMITH
THE RAGGED RUGGED WARRIORS – MARTIN CAIDIN
FIGHTING MAD – MICHAEL CALVERT
CHURCHILL AND THE GENERALS – BARRIE PITT
TARAWA – ROBERT SHERROD
TYPHOON OF STEEL – JAMES AND WILLIAM BELOTE
THE VAAGSO RAID – JOSEPH H. DEVINS, JR.
THE CLAY PIGEONS OF ST. LO – GLOVER S. JOHNS, JR.
ALAMEIN TO ZEM ZEM – KEITH DOUGLAS
COMMANDO FORCE 133 – BILL STRUTTON
THE IGNORANT ARMIES – E.M. HALLIDAY
A BLOODY WAR – HAL LAWRENCE
WITH THE OLD BREED – E.B. SLEDGE
TO HELL AND BACK – AUDIE MURPHY
ONE MORE HILL – FRANKLYN A. JOHNSON
I WAS CHAPLAIN ON THE FRANKLIN – FATHER JOSEPH T. O’CALLAHAN
IWO JIMA – RICHARD F. NEWCOMB
HUNTER KILLER – WILLIAM T. Y’BLOOD
THE BATTLE FOR GUADALCANAL – SAMUEL B. GRIFFITH II
THE BLACK MARCH – PETER NEUMANN
THE COAST WATCHERS – COMMANDER ERIC A. FELDT, R.A.N.
ASSUALT IN NORWAY – THOMAS GALLAGHER
SERENADE TO THE BIG BIRD – BERT STILES
THE DIVINE WIND – CAPTAIN RIKIHEI INOUGUCHI
SEVEN MEN AT DAYBREAK – ALAN BURGESS
THE GREATEST RAID OF ALL – C.E. LUCAS PHILLIPS

Also here is a picture of one of the originals The Divine Wind.
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