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Commando Books War
Stories in Pictures
For some of us childhood is but a long distant
memory, well in fact for most if not all of us
childhood was a long time ago. Cast you mind
back, if you can, to those far off days and see
if you remember any of these comics, 'Warlord'
and 'Battle Picture Weekly' or any of these
pocket books 'Commando' and 'Battle Picture
Library'. If you do then like many of our members
you would have had hours of pleasure from reading
them.
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Even today many of us still enjoy reading them
and we are always on the look out for them at
military fairs, book fairs and junk fairs. If you
are on the hunt for these pocket books you should
only need to pay prices ranging between 5p and
25p depending on the condition of the booklet.
Even better still the publication 'Commando' is
still going strong and can be ordered from WH
Smith, if you ask nicely.
These days the good thing about the pocket book
is that it will fit in the pocket, so at work
they can be carried at work for those morning
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The pocket books covered
all theatres of the war with a tendency to have
more stories on the British than any other
nationality. There were stories that centred on
other allied countries and those on the axis
countries. By 1976 there had been over 1000
publications in the 'Commando' pocket book range.
The stories were just about the army, the
airforce, navy and marines had stories about them
as well. Here a few examples of the types of
titles that the books had; 'Riley's Rifle', 'Vow
of Vengeance', 'Johnny the Jinx', The Secret
Squadron', 'Misfire', 'Pacific Pirates', 'Clash
of Eagles', 'Mosquito Strike', 'Bomb New York',
'The Secret Squadron', 'One Man and His Goat',
'Black Squadron' and 'Redcap Rat'.
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The
question is how many of you still have a
hidden cache of these pocket books in
your loft or cupboards that has long been
forgotten about. If you think you do,
then get them out, dust them down, have a
good read and relive those childhood
memories. If, however, you no longer want
to retain ownership of your pocket books
then some of our members could be
interested in relieving you of the
burden, send your enquiries to our e-mail
address.
Enjoy those memories and HAPPY
READING from the Screaming Eagles Living
History Group. |
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