Bibliography of Sources Consulted (Session 1)
Stealing Henry:
Books:
By Air to Battle - The Official Account of the British First and Sixth Airborne Divisions;
London; His Majesty's Stationery Office; 1945
Davis, Howard P.; British Parachute Forces 1940-45; New York; Arco Publishing; 1974
Ferguson, Gregor; The Paras - British Airborne Forces 1940-1989; London; Osprey
Publishing; 1984
Frost, John; A Drop Too Many; London; Buchan & Enright; 1982
Galvin, John R.; Air Assault - The Development of Airmobile Warfare; New York;
Hawthorn Books; 1969
Gregory, Barry; British Airborne Troops 1940-45; Garden City, NY; Doubleday; 1974
Harclerode, Peter; Para! Fifty Years of the Parachute Regiment; London; Arms and
Armour Press; 1992
Millar, George; The Bruneval Raid - Flashpoint in the Radar War; London; The Bodley
Head; 1974
Newnham, Maurice; Prelude to Glory - The Story of the Creation of Britain's Parachute
Army; London; Sampson Low, Marston
Norton, G.G.; The Red Devils - The Story of the British Airborne Forces; Harrisburg, PA;
Stackpole Books; 1971
Otway, T.B.H.; Airborne Forces; London; Imperial War Museum (reprint); 1990
Saunders, Hilary St. G.; The Red Beret - The Story of the Parachute Regiment at War
1940-1945; London; Michael Joseph; 1950
---------- (unattributed); Combined Operations - The Official Story of the Commandos;
New York; MacMillan; 1943
Short, James G.; The Paras - The British Parachute Regiment; London; Arms and
Armour Press; 1985
Thompson, Leroy; British Paratroops in Action; Carrollton, TX; Signal/Squadron
Publications; 1989
Articles:
Author unknown; "British Airborne Assaults 1940-45" in WWII; July 1976
Hill, Adrian; "Where Pegasus Might Fly" in Journal of the Royal United Services
Institute for Defence Studies; June 1979
Vail, Jason; "Raiders Clockwork Plan" in World War II; date unknown
Rescue at Gran Sasso:
Books:
Beaumont, Roger A.; Military Elites; Indianapolis, IN; Bobbs-Merrill; 1974
Blacker, Irwin R. (editor); Irregulars, Partisans, Guerrillas - Great Stories From Rogers'
Rangers to the Haganah; New York; Simon and Schuster; 1954
Brown, Ashley and Jonathan Reed (editors); The Commandos; Harrisburg, PA; National
Historical Society; 1986 (The Elite - The World's Crack Fighting Men, volume 2)
Farrar-Hockley, Arthur H.; Student; New York; Ballantine Books; 1973 (Ballantine's
Illustrated History of the Violent Century, War Leader book number 15)
Foley, Charles; Commando Extraordinary; London; Longmans, Green; 1954
Garrett, Richard; The Raiders - The Elite Strike Forces that Altered the Course of War
and History; New York; Van Norstrand Reinhold; 1980
Infield, Glenn B.; Skorzeny - Hitler's Commando; New York; St. Martin's Press; 1981
Lucas, James E.; Kommando - German Special Forces of World War Two; London;
Arms and Armour Press; 1985
Mrazek, James E.; Fighting Gliders of World War II; London; Robert Hale; 1977
Nowarra, Heinz J.; German Gliders in World War II; translated from German by Ed
Force; West Chester, PA; Schiffer Publishing; 1991 (originally published as Deutsche
Lastensegler by Podzun-Pallas Verlag, Friedberg)
Rosignoli, Guido; Army Badges and Insignia of World War 2; New York; MacMillan;
1972
Skorzeny, Otto; Skorzeny's Secret Missions - War Memoirs of the Most Dangerous Man
in Europe; translated from French by Jacques Le Clercq; New York; E.P. Dutton; 1950
----------; Skorzeny's Special Missions; London; Robert Hale; 1957
Whiting, Charles; Skorzeny; New York; Ballantine Books; 1972 (Ballantine's Illustrated
History of the Violent Century, War Leader book number 11)
----------; The War in the Shadows; New York; Ballantine Books; 1973
Wood, Alan; History of the World's Glider Forces; Wellingborough, UK; Patrick
Stephens; 1990
Articles:
Author unknown; "The Execution of Il Duce"; World War II; April 1976
Johnson, Thomas M.; "The Most Dangerous Man in Europe"; Reader's Digest; March,
1949
Taylor, Blaine; "Skorzeny - Germany's Classic Commando"; Soldier of Fortune; two-part
series, June and July 1985
Triple Nickel:
Books:
Biggs, Bradley; The Triple Nickels - America's First All-black Paratroop Unit; Archon
Books; Hamden, CT; 1986
Hurst, Randle M.; The Smokejumpers; Caldwell, ID; Caxton Printers; 1966
Lee, Ulysses; The Employment of Negro Troops; from The U.S. Army in World War II
series; Office, Chief of Military History, U.S. Army; Washington, DC; 1966; pages 160161
Maclean, Norman; Young Men and Fire; Chicago; University of Chicago Press; 1992
Articles:
Author unknown; "555th Reunites at Bragg"; in The Paraglide, October 4, 1979
Author unknown; "Old and New"; in The Paraglide, October 18, 1979; page 6A
Gidlund, Carl; "African-American Smokejumpers Help Celebrate Smokey's 50th"; in
Fire Management News, a publication of the U.S. Forest Service, Department of
Agriculture
"Green Berets Up a Tree"; in Soldier, date unknown, page 27
McGee, Deidra L.; "Triple Nickels Help Smokey Bear Celebrate 50th"; in Pentagram,
August 12, 1994; page 12
Morris, Boyd F.; 'Addendum to "The Triple Nickle [sic]"'; in The Trading Post, the
publication of the American Society of Military Insignia Collectors; Winter (January March 1993); page 72
Nakashima, Ellen; "'Triple Nickel' Adds Up To Respect - Black Paratroopers Recall
WWII"; in Washington Post, August 17, 1995; pages B1 and B5
Ross, Daphne R.; "The 'Fu-Go' Project"; in Letters, Washington Post, date unknown
Whyte, Pauline T.; "The Triple Nickel - An All-black Parachute Infantry"; in Chicago
Defender; a six part series published in September 1981
Plus numerous articles over the years appearing in "The Static Line," College Park, GA
Great Jeep Raid:
Books:
Calvert, Michael; Fighting Mad; New York; Bantam Books; 1964
Chapman, F. Spencer; The Jungle is Neutral; New York; W.W. Norton; 1949
Cowles, Virginia; The Phantom Major - The Story of David Stirling and the S.A.S.
Regiment; London; Collins; 1958
Geraghty, Tony; This is the SAS - A Pictorial History of the Special Air Service
Regiment; London; Arms and Armour Press; 1982
Gordon, John W.; The Other Desert War - British Special Forces in North Africa, 19401943; New York; Greenwood Press; 1987
James, Malcolm; Born of the Desert; London; Collins; 1945
Ladd, James D.; SAS Operations; London; Robert Hale; 1986
Saunders, Pete; Special Air Service; London; Outline Publications; 1983
Shortt, James G.; The Special Air Service and Royal Marines Special Boat Squadron;
London; Osprey Publishing; 1981
Swinson, Arthur; The Raiders: Desert Strike Force; New York; Ballantine Books; 1968
Warner, Philip; The Special Air Service; London; William Kimber; 1971
Articles:
Fugelman; "Beyond the Last Blue Mountain" in Combat Illustrated; April 1981