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W. E. B. Griffin

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William Edmund Butterworth III (born November 10, 1929), better known by his pen name W. E. B. Griffin, is a writer of military and detective fiction with 38 novels in six series published under that name. [1]

76 relations: Acey Deucey (card game), Aircraft in fiction, Alex Baldwin, Alexander Vandegrift, Allen Dulles, Badge of Honor, Black Mafia, Boodle's, Bouvier des Flandres, Brooks Brothers, Brotherhood of War, Burn bag, Butterworth (surname), Carlo D'Este, Charles A. Willoughby, China Marines, Colby Award, Cultural depictions of Philadelphia, Deadly Assets, Death at Nuremberg (Griffin novel), Delta Force in popular culture, Eric Feldt, Eugene F. Clark, Flight of the Old Dog, Fort Holabird, Fred Chiaventone, French submarine Casabianca (Q183), Griffin (surname), Hamilton H. Howze, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, Honor Bound series, Intelligence Support Activity, Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Leroy and the Old Man, List of 20th-century writers, List of authors by name: G, List of detective fiction authors, List of M*A*S*H characters, List of M*A*S*H novels, List of thriller writers, List of United States military books, M*A*S*H, M*A*S*H Mania, Magic (cryptography), Marine Raiders, MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, Men at War, Military prison, November 10, Office of Strategic Services, ..., Operation Mincemeat, Oprichnik, Paramarines, Philadelphia Main Line, Portsmouth Naval Prison, Pritzker Military Museum & Library, Richard Hooker (author), Rogue Threat, Spy fiction, The Assassination Option, The Colonel, The Corps, The Corps Series, The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2006, The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2009, The Presidential Agent series, Top Secret (disambiguation), Top Secret (novel), United States Army Special Forces in popular culture, USS Badoeng Strait, USS Samaritan (AH-10), Wendell Fertig, William Butterworth, X Corps (United States), 185th Armor Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines. Expand index (26 more) »

Acey Deucey (card game)

Acey Deucey, also known as In-Between, Sheets or Maverick, is a simple card game that involves betting.

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Aircraft in fiction

Aircraft in fiction covers the various real-world aircraft that have made significant appearances in fiction over the decades, including in books, films, toys, TV programs, video games, and other media.

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Alex Baldwin

Alex Baldwin may refer to.

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Alexander Vandegrift

General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, USMC (March 13, 1887 – May 8, 1973) was a general in the United States Marine Corps.

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Allen Dulles

Allen Welsh Dulles (April 7, 1893 – January 29, 1969) was an American diplomat and lawyer who became the first civilian Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), and its longest-serving director to date.

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Badge of Honor

The Badge of Honor novel series is a series of novels written by W.E.B. Griffin about the Philadelphia Police Department.

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Black Mafia

The Black Mafia, also known as the Philadelphia Black Mafia (PBM), Black Muslim Mafia and Muslim Mob, was a Philadelphia-based African-American organized crime syndicate.

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Boodle's

Boodle's is a London gentlemen's club, founded in January 1762, at No.

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Bouvier des Flandres

The Bouvier des Flandres is a herding dog breed originating in Flanders, Belgium.

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Brooks Brothers

Brooks Brothers is the oldest men's clothier in the United States and is headquartered on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, New York City.

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Brotherhood of War

The Brotherhood of War is a series of novels written by W. E. B. Griffin, about the United States Army from the Second World War through the Vietnam War.

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Burn bag

A burn bag is the informal name given to a container (usually a paper bag or some other waste receptacle) that holds sensitive or classified documents which are to be destroyed by fire or pulping after a certain period of time.

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Butterworth (surname)

Butterworth is a toponymic surname based on the former township of Butterworth - an area now centred on Milnrow in Greater Manchester, England, an area in which the surname was very common as of 2014.

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Carlo D'Este

Carlo D'Este (born 1938 in Oakland, California) is an American military historian and biographer, author of several books, especially on World War II.

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Charles A. Willoughby

Charles Andrew Willoughby (March 8, 1892 – October 25, 1972) was a major general in the U.S. Army, serving as General Douglas MacArthur's chief of intelligence during most of World War II and the Korean War.

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China Marines

The term China Marines, also known as "North China Marines", originally referred to the United States Marines, of the 4th Marine Regiment, who were stationed in Shanghai, China from 1927 to 1941 to protect American citizens and property in the Shanghai International Settlement, during the Chinese Revolution and the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Colby Award

The William E. Colby Military Writers' Award was established in 1999 by the William E. Colby Military Writers' Symposium at Norwich University in Vermont in order to recognize "a first work of fiction or non-fiction that has made a major contribution to the understanding of intelligence operations, military history, or international affairs." It is named in honor of William Egan Colby.

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Cultural depictions of Philadelphia

Cultural depictions of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania range from depictions of major historical events to the city being used as a minor backdrop.

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Deadly Assets

Deadly Assets is the twelfth novel in the Badge of Honor series, written by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV.

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Death at Nuremberg (Griffin novel)

Death at Nuremberg is the fourth novel in the Clandestine Operations Series by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV.

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Delta Force in popular culture

The US-Army special mission unit commonly known as Delta Force has been used often in popular culture;.

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Eric Feldt

Commander Eric Augustas Feldt (3 January 1899 – 12 March 1968) was an officer in the Royal Australian Navy and the director of the Coastwatchers organisation for much of the Second World War.

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Eugene F. Clark

Eugene F. Clark was a U.S. Navy officer.

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Flight of the Old Dog

Flight of the Old Dog is a 1987 thriller novel written by Dale Brown.

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Fort Holabird

Fort Holabird was a U.S. Army post in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, from 1918-1973.

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Fred Chiaventone

Frederick J. Chiaventone, (born March 25, 1951) also known as Fred Chiaventone, is a novelist, screenwriter, military historian, consultant, commentator, and retired cavalry officer.

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French submarine Casabianca (Q183)

Casabianca (Q183) was a ''Redoutable''-class submarine of the French Navy.

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Griffin (surname)

Griffin is a surname of primarily Irish origin.

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Hamilton H. Howze

Hamilton Hawkins Howze (December 21, 1908 – December 8, 1998) was born in West Point, New York, while his father, Major General Robert Lee Howze, an 1888 West Point graduate, was serving as Commandant of West Point.

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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Hilton Head Island, sometimes referred to as simply Hilton Head, is a Lowcountry resort town and barrier island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States.

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Honor Bound series

The Honor Bound series is a World War II thriller series by W. E. B. Griffin, with the latest three books co-authored by William E. Butterworth IV (Griffin's son).

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Intelligence Support Activity

The United States Army Intelligence Support Activity (USAISA), frequently shortened to Intelligence Support Activity or Mission Support Activity, and nicknamed The Activity or Office of Military Support, is a United States Army Special Operations unit originally subordinated to the US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) but now part of the Joint Special Operations Command.

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Juan Martín de Pueyrredón

Juan Martín de Pueyrredón y O'Dogan (December 18, 1777 – March 13, 1850) was an Argentine general and politician of the early 19th century.

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Leroy and the Old Man

LeRoy And The Old Man is a children's novel by W.E. Butterworth, published in 1980.

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List of 20th-century writers

This is a partial list of 20th-century writers.

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List of authors by name: G

List of authors by name: A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z.

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List of detective fiction authors

This is a list of detective fiction writers.

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List of M*A*S*H characters

This is a list of characters from the M*A*S*H franchise, covering the various fictional characters appearing in the novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors and its sequels, the 1970 film adaptation of the novel, and the television series M*A*S*H, AfterMASH, W*A*L*T*E*R, and Trapper John, M.D..

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List of M*A*S*H novels

The M*A*S*H book series includes the original novel that inspired the movie and then the TV series.

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List of thriller writers

This is a list of thriller or suspense novelists.

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List of United States military books

Books about the U.S. military or for members of the military.

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M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H is an American media franchise consisting of a series of novels, a film, several television series, plays, and other properties, owned by 20th Century Fox and based on the semi-autobiographic fiction of Richard Hooker.

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M*A*S*H Mania

M*A*S*H Mania is a novel written by H. Richard Hornberger under the pseudonym Richard Hooker and originally published in 1977.

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Magic (cryptography)

Magic was an Allied cryptanalysis project during World War II.

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Marine Raiders

The Marine Raiders were elite units established by the United States Marine Corps during World War II to conduct special amphibious light infantry warfare, particularly in landing in rubber boats and operating behind the lines.

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MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors

MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors is a 1968 novel by Richard Hooker (the pen name for former military surgeon Dr. H. Richard Hornberger and writer W. C. Heinz) which is notable as the inspiration for the feature film MASH (1970) and TV series M*A*S*H.

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Men at War

Men at War is a series of World War II novels created by W. E. B. Griffin in 1984.

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Military prison

A military prison is a prison operated by the military.

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November 10

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Office of Strategic Services

The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was a wartime intelligence agency of the United States during World War II, and a predecessor of the modern Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

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Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat was a successful British disinformation strategy used during the Second World War.

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Oprichnik

Oprichnik (опри́чник,, man aside; plural Oprichniki) was the term given to a member of the Oprichnina, an organization established by Tsar Ivan the Terrible to govern a division of Russia from 1565 to 1572.

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Paramarines

The Paramarines (also known as Marine paratroopers) was a short-lived specialized combat unit of the United States Marine Corps, trained to be dropped from planes by parachute.

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Philadelphia Main Line

The Philadelphia Main Line, known simply as the Main Line, is an informally delineated historical and social region of suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Portsmouth Naval Prison

Portsmouth Naval Prison is a former U.S. Navy and Marine Corps prison on the grounds of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) in Kittery, Maine.

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Pritzker Military Museum & Library

The Pritzker Military Museum & Library (formerly Pritzker Military Library) is a museum and a research library for the study of military history in Chicago, Illinois, US.

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Richard Hooker (author)

Hiester Richard Hornberger Jr. (February 1, 1924 – November 4, 1997) was an American writer and surgeon who wrote under the pseudonym Richard Hooker.

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Rogue Threat

Rogue Threat is the second book of the Threat Series written by war novelist A.J. Tata.

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Spy fiction

Spy fiction, a genre of literature involving espionage as an important context or plot device, emerged in the early twentieth century, inspired by rivalries and intrigues between the major powers, and the establishment of modern intelligence agencies.

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The Assassination Option

The Assassination Option is the second novel in the Clandestine Operations Series by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV.

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The Colonel

The Colonel can refer to.

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The Corps

The Corps may refer to.

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The Corps Series

The Corps is a series of war novels written by W.E.B. Griffin about the United States Marine Corps before and during the years of World War II and the Korean War.

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The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2006

This is a list of adult fiction books that topped ''The New York Times'' Fiction Best Seller list in 2006.

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The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2009

This is a list of adult fiction books that topped ''The New York Times'' Fiction Best Seller list in 2009.

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The Presidential Agent series

The Presidential Agent series was written by military author, W. E. B. Griffin.

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Top Secret (disambiguation)

Top Secret generally refers to the highest acknowledged level of classified information.

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Top Secret (novel)

Top Secret is to be the first novel in the Clandestine Operations series by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV.

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United States Army Special Forces in popular culture

Members of the U.S. Army Special Forces will emphatically assert that the "Green Beret" is a hat and not the man who wears it.

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USS Badoeng Strait

USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) was a of the United States Navy during the Korean War.

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USS Samaritan (AH-10)

USS Samaritan (AH-10) was a hospital ship that served with the US Navy in World War II.

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Wendell Fertig

Wendell Fertig (16 December 1900 – 24 March 1975)Brooks 2003, p. 37.

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William Butterworth

William Butterworth may refer to.

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X Corps (United States)

X Corps was a corps of the United States Army in World War II and the Korean War.

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185th Armor Regiment

The 185th Armor Regiment was an armor regiment of the United States Army consisting of soldiers from the California Army National Guard.

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2nd Battalion, 5th Marines

2nd Battalion 5th Marines (2/5) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps consisting of approximately 800 Marines and Sailors.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._B._Griffin

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