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 was there and wrote and drew of these events.

The return to China as a medically retired Marine was a rumor that circulated around the Marine Corps, but was not a fact.

These stories have appeared in books that are now out of print, but all of them have the crisp sharpness of command. Anyone who likes adventure, good humor and camaraderie of men at arms in far-away places will find it in abundance in these pages.