Mark,
I find it helpful to narrow it down to a campaign, ie. Africa, Russia, France...it'll make Google searches easier, then you find something that catches your eye. With the early version, you may want to stick to Tunisia or Russia.
You're going to love this kit. Here's an old post of my build...unfortunately not much more progress since then, just some mud and weather.
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17608
Oh...WELCOME, we can always use another Tiger around here.
If interested, I can give you a laundry list of reference books.