by John McCain
China:
Boxer Rebellion in, 148–50
and Korean War, 235, 238–44, 295
and Vietnam War, 251
Chubb, 58
Church, John, 222–23, 229, 235
Churchill, Winston, 55
Civil War, 87–112, 341
Battle of Antietam, 91, 100–103, 339
Battle of Ball’s Bluff, 91, 94–98, 99
Battle of Bull Run, 93, 100
Battle of Chancellorsville, 109–10
Battle of Chickahominy, 99
Battle of Gettysburg, 84
Battle of Seven Pines (or Battle of Fair Oaks), 98, 99, 113
Battle of Shiloh, 99
Battle of the Crater, 91
Battle of the Wilderness, 91, 111–12
Fort Sumter, 88
at Fredericksburg, 91, 107–9
and General Orders Number 100, 162–63
at Gettysburg, 91, 110–11
Harvard Regiment “Bloody 20th” Massachusetts, 87, 90–103, 106–9, 110, 111–12
at Marye’s Heights, 108, 109
monument to, 85
Peninsular Campaign, 91, 98–99, 100
and “Rock of Chickamauga,” 224
Seven Days Battle, 99
surrender at Appomattox, 146
survivors of Mexican-American War in, 60, 67, 84
Clark, Beverly Sue, 274, 275, 282, 284, 286, 287, 288, 291
Clausewitz, Carl von, 118
Clay, Henry, Jr., 79
Clinton, Bill, 290
Clinton, Henry, 20, 22, 28
Clinton, Hillary, 337
Cobb, Edward, 119
Cochrane, Henry Clay, 147
Coffee, Jerry, 253
Compton, Bryan, 250–51
Confederate States of America, 80, 146
Confiance, 56, 57–58
Connecticut militia, 1, 2–4, 7–8, 9–10
mutiny of, 25–27
Connell, Thomas, 151–53
Constitution “Old Ironsides,” 46–47, 52, 59
Continental Army, 8, 11–12, 20–21, 24, 30, 33–34
Continental Congress, 11
Conway, James, 317–18
Conway, Walter, 240–41, 242
Cornwallis, Lord Charles, 18, 22, 28, 29
Couch, Dick, 334, 336
The Sheriff of Ramadi, 329, 330, 331
Cowgill, Charles, 110
Crafus, Richard “King Dick,” 49, 50
Crane, William, 81–82
Craver, Alan Brent, 273
Crocker, Ryan, 337
Cuba:
Caribbean Squadron in, 143, 144
Daiquirí landings in, 118–20
diseases in, 137
rebels armed by U.S., 128
Spanish-American War in, see Spanish-American War
surrender of Santiago, 144
Czolgosz, Leon, 153
Daly, Dan, 171
Dana, Napoleon J. T., 100–101, 102, 103, 107
David, Kathy, 289
Davis, Jefferson, 67, 77, 78, 80
Dean, William, 222–29
Declaration of Independence, 1
Denton, Jerry, 253
Devens, Charles, 94–95
Devlin, Pete, 320
Dewey, George, 144
Donovan, Jack, 254, 255
Douglas, William, 3
Downie, George, 56–58
Dreher, Ferdinand, 107, 108
Dwight, William, 104
Eagle, 55, 58
Early, Jubal, 112
Egan, Timothy, 118
Eisenhower, John, 63
Embargo Act (1807), 42
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 88
English, John, 119
Espiegle, 54
Evans, Nathan G. “Shanks,” 95
Fahd, king of Saudi Arabia, 276
Fairbanks, David, 274
Faust, Drew Gilpin, The Republic of Suffering, 113
Felhoelter, Father Herman, 226
Fish, Hamilton III, 121
Fitz-Enz, David, 50
Fleury (engineer), 16–17
Flipper, Henry O., 119
Fobair, Roscoe, 253
Foch, Ferdinand, 182, 185
Foster, Saint, 135–36
founding fathers, 9
Fox, Itchy, 180
France:
and Boxer Rebellion, 149
and World War I, 167–75, 179–91, 294
French and Indian War, 9, 39, 88
Gabaldon, Guy Louis, 192, 196–218
after the war, 217–18
autobiography of, 196, 210–11
bravery of, 193
early years of, 197, 199
Japanese prisoners taken by, 193, 205–6, 208–11, 214–16, 217
Japanese saved by, 193, 211, 214–16
as lone wolf, 205–6, 208, 217
and Moe Gang, 197
Nisei friends of, 197–98, 217
recommended for Medal of Honor, 193, 200, 215, 216
recruitment into Marines, 199–200
at Saipan, 203–6
Silver Star/Navy Cross to, 216–17, 218
Galanti, Paul, 253
Garland, John, 66
George, Kellie, 275
Germany:
and Boxer Rebellion, 149
observer planes of, 182
Stormtroopers of, 168, 169
and World War I, 167–73, 176–91
Geronimo, Chief, 124, 148
Glanton, John, 70, 83
Glanton Gang, 83–84
Goetzmann, William, 71, 84
Gore, Connie, 289
Graham, Lawrence, 83
Grant, Ulysses S., 67, 111
Grasse, Comte de, 28
Great Britain, see Britain
Greene, Nathanael, 3
Grierson, Benjamin, 124
Griswold, Richard, 152
Gronski, John, 317
Guerriere, 46
Haiti, rebellion in (1915), 164
Halladay, Father Paul, 323, 336
Hallowell, Norwood Penrose “Pen,” 89, 90, 92, 95, 102–3, 104, 108–9
Hamilton, Alexander, 29
Hamilton, George, 187, 190
Hancock, John, 1
Hancock, Winfield Scott, 110
Harbord, James, 169
Harrison, William Henry, 51
Harvard College, 89–90
Hawkins, Hamilton, 131, 134
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 88
Heath, William, 3
Hell to Eternity (film), 217
Hoblit, Jerry, 263, 264
Ho Chi Minh, 267
Holden, Judge, 83
Holliday, Presley, 138–39
Holmes, Amelia Lee Jackson, 89, 90
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 86, 87–114
after the war, 113–14
at Antietam, 100–103
at Ball’s Bluff, 94–98, 99
as Civil War volunteer, 87–88, 90–91, 92
early years of, 88–90
father’s search for, 103–6
at Fredericksburg, 107–9
at Harvard, 89–90
and his father, 88–89, 90, 106, 110
injuries to, 92, 96, 97–98, 102–4, 105–6, 109–10, 111
Memorial Day speeches, 113–14
in Peninsular Campaign, 98–99
as staff officer in VI Corps, 111, 112
on Supreme Court, 113
transformation of, 88, 99, 106, 110, 112, 113–14
in 20th Massachusetts Infantry, 87, 90–98, 99, 106–9
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr., 113
and his son, 88–89, 90, 103–6, 110
“My Hunt for the Captain,” 104–5, 106
Hood, John, 100
Hooker, Joseph, 67, 100–101, 109
Hornet, 53–54, 60–61
Horony, John, 243
Howe, William, 3, 6, 12, 14–15, 20
Hudson River, chain across, 31–32
Hull, Isaac, 46–47
Humphreys, Salis
bury, 41–42
Hurley, Lloyd, 200, 204, 209, 215, 217
Hussein, Saddam, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 284
Indiana, 143–44
Infanta Maria Teresa, 143–44
Iowa, 143
Iraq, 315–37
al Qaeda in, 317, 318–21, 332, 334
Anbar Awakening, 320, 334
Anbar Province, 320–21, 334
Battle of Fallujah, 317–20, 327, 328
Battle of Ramadi, 316–22, 328–33, 334–36
counterinsurgency in, 321, 327–29, 331–32
and Devlin Report, 331
increased troop levels in, 321, 331
invasion of Kuwait by, 276–91
Islamic State of Iraq, 319
medics and corpsmen in, 299
Navy SEALs in, 315–17, 322–37
no front lines in, 303
Operation Phantom Fury, 318
Ramadi, 315–22, 323, 327–33, 334–37
Ramadi as bellwether in, 320, 321–22
Ramadi General Hospital, 332
Sunni insurgents in, 317, 318–20, 326, 328–32, 334–36
“take, hold, and build” strategy in, 327–28
women deployed in, 302
women dying in uniform in, 303
women wounded in, 303
Iraqi Army, 316, 318, 322, 325, 326–28, 330, 331, 335–36
Iraqi Special Operations Force, 325
Islamic fundamentalism, 283
Islamic State of Iraq, 319
Israel, and Persian Gulf War, 279–82, 284, 285
Italy, and Boxer Rebellion, 149
Ito, Johnny, 197
Izard, George, 56
Jackson, Andrew, 60
Jackson, Stonewall, 99–100
Japan:
and Boxer Rebellion, 149
Bushido code of Samurai, 198, 211
final banzai charge by, 212–14
Saipan occupied by, 201–2
and World War II, 193, 194–218
Jefferson, Thomas, 42
Jim Crow South, 126, 139
Job, Ryan, 332–33, 336
Johnson, George, 128
Johnson, Harry, 246, 260–67
Air Force Cross awarded to, 266
heroic flights of, 262–66, 267
as POW, 267
as “Wild Weasel,” 260–61
Johnson, Lyndon B., 247, 248, 254
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 67
Johnston, Joseph E., 93–94, 98
Jones, Bob, 69
Jones, William, 54
Keirn, Richard “Pop,” 253
Kennedy, Mrs. Howard, 105, 106
Kennedy, Robert F., 217
Kent, Jacob, 120, 130, 135, 136
Keough, Frank Scott, 272, 286, 287
Key, Francis Scott, 55
Kingsbury, Henry, 162, 163, 164
Kirkpatrick, Leslie, 243
Knowlton, Thomas, 6–7
Knox, Frank, 135
Knox, Henry, 33
Korean War, 221–45
Battle for Chinju, 229–31
Battle for Hill 123, 240–43, 244
Battle for Taejon, 227–29, 234
Battle for the Kum River, 223–27
Battle of Osan, 223, 244
Battle of the Naktong Bulge, 234–36
Battle of the Notch, 231
Battle of the Pusan Perimeter, 234–38
capture of Pyongyang, 238
cease-fire in, 244
Chinese in, 235, 238–44, 295
at Chosin Reservoir, 244
cold in, 239, 241
medics and corpsmen in, 295
New Year Offensive, 244
North Korean People’s Army (Choson Inmin’gun), 221–27, 229–31, 233, 234–36, 238
Operation Chromite, 236
Republic of [South] Korea (ROK), 222–24, 229, 231, 234, 238, 244
Soviet T-34s in, 221, 223, 227, 228
“stand or die” order in, 230–31
Task Force Smith, 222–23, 244
38th parallel, 233, 238, 244
United Nations Command in, 222
Kuwait, Iraqi invasion of, 276–77
Kyle, Chris, 328–29, 332–33
Lafayette, Marquis de, 20, 22, 28
Lamb, Al, 255
Lander, Frederick, 93
Lawrence, 51–53
Lawrence, James, 53–54, 59–61
Lawton, Henry:
in Cuba, 119, 120, 130, 132, 133, 148
in Philippines, 148
Le Duc, William, 103, 105
Lee, Charles, 21–22
Lee, Fitz, 128
Lee, Marc, 333
Lee, Robert E., 92, 98, 99–100, 103, 109
Lee, William Raymond, 90–91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 107
Leitch, Andrew, 7
Lejeune, John, 185, 186
Leopard, 40–42, 60
Lincoln, Abraham:
and Civil War, 95, 112
and General Orders Number 100, 162
monument of, 85
Linnet, 58
Lipes, Wheeler, 295–96
Little Bighorn, massacre at, 153
Logan, Lara, 306
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 88
Longstreet, James, 67
Lowell, James Jackson, 91, 99, 113
Ludendorff, Erich, 168–69
Lukbán, Vicente, 152, 156
MacArthur, Arthur, 151, 153
MacArthur, Douglas:
and Korean War, 222, 230, 236, 238, 240, 244
and World War II, 194
Macdonough, Thomas, 55–59
MacFarland, Sean, 316–17, 319, 321, 322, 325, 327–29, 331, 332
Mackin, Elton, 166, 172–91
at Battle for Belleau Wood, 178–81
at Blanc Mont Ridge, 185–88
citations and medals awarded to, 188
early years of, 177
enlistment in Marines, 178
memoir of, 172–73, 176
at Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 188–91
as runner, 180, 183–84, 187–88
and World War I, 178–81, 183–91
Macomb, Alexander, 55, 56–57, 59
Macy, George Nelson, 107, 109, 110–11
Madison, Anthony Erik, 272, 287
Madison, Tom, 263, 264, 265
Magnitzky, Gustave, 110
Magnusson, James, 253
Maine, sinking of, 117, 125, 146
Mansfield, Joseph, 100–101
Mao Zedong, 238, 240, 244
Martin, Daniel, 41, 42
Martin, Joseph Plumb, 1–35
after the war, 30–35
and Connecticut militia, 1, 2–4, 7–8, 9–10
and Continental Army, 8, 11, 20–21, 24, 34
in foraging party, 19–20
at Fort Mifflin, 15–18
at Germantown, 13
at Harlem Heights, 7, 11
at Kip’s Bay, 2–6, 11
on Long Island, 10–11
memoir of, 8–9, 18, 24–25, 34–35, 339
at Monmouth Courthouse, 23–24
and mutiny, 25–27
patriotism of, 9, 11, 26
reenlistment of, 12
on retreat, 20–23
wages received by, 28
at White Marsh, 13–14
wounded, 27–28
at Yorktown, 28–30
Mascara, Frank, 289, 290
Mattis, James, 318, 320
May, Charles, 74–75, 77
Mayes, Christine, 274
McCabe, John, 173
McCain, John S., III, 337
McCain, John S., Sr., 201
McCarthy, Cormac, 63
Blood Meridian, 83–84
McCauley, Mary (Mollie Pitcher), 23
McClain, David, 180
McClellan, George B., 93–94, 98–99, 100–101, 103, 107
McCulloch, Benjamin, 75
McGrail, Thomas, 227–28
McKinley, William, 148, 150, 153
McMaster, H. R.,
327
McNamara, Robert S., 248, 249
McNaughton, John, 249
McWethy, Edgar Lee, 295
Meade, George, 67
medics and corpsmen:
battlefield heroism of, 294–95, 307–10
citations and medals to, 294
and declining mortality rate, 297
“Doc” as title of respect, 293–94, 310, 311–12
emergency appendectomy by, 295–96
medical gear carried by, 296, 297–98
paramedics, 297
on patrol, 305–10
reality faced by, 296–98
survival rates for wounded, 297
training of, 298–99
vocabulary of, 296
Meigs, Return Jonathan, 25–26
Meloy, Guy, 224, 225–26, 229
Merritt, Wesley, 144
Mexican-American War, 63–83
African Americans in, 60
Arkansas volunteers “Rackansackers” in, 73, 75
Battle of Buena Vista, 72–80
Battle of Monterrey, 63–67, 71–72
end of war, 83
Mississippi Rifles in, 78
San Patricio Battalion in, 77, 79
Texas Rangers in, 66, 67–68, 74–75
Michael, Saint:
Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, 336
prayer to, 316
Miles, Nelson, 119, 140
Miller, Richard, 92
Mitscher, Marc “Pete,” 201, 206, 207
Mizner, Jacob, 125
Mochinaga, Kakaro, 197
Monsoor, Michael “Mikey,” 314
basic training of, 323–25
and BUD/S, 323
death of, 334–36
early years of, 323
heroism of, 335–36, 337
as machine gunner, 315, 327
medals and citations to, 315, 316, 337
memorial service for, 336–37
Navy enlistment of, 324
in Ramadi, Iraq, 315–22, 323
and SEAL creed, 324
Montresor, John, 15
Moore, Hal, 44–45
Moore, Harold, 230
Moore, Joseph, 249
Moore, Ned, 229, 230
Moreno, Jennifer, 303–4
Musri, Abu Ayyub al-, 332
Nagumo, Chuichi, 201, 206, 212
Nakano twins, Lane and Lloyd, 197, 199, 217
Napoleon Bonaparte, 46, 55, 76
National Guard:
in Iraq, 317, 319–22
in Persian Gulf War, 278, 282
NATO summit, Bucharest, 310–11
Nell, William Cooper, 38
New York, 155
New York Age, 138
Niagara, 51–52
Nimitz, Chester, 194
Nipsic, 147
Nixon, Richard M., 267
Núñez, Emilio, 128
Obama, Barack, 337
officers:
eagerness for a fight, 121
leadership lacking in, 4, 5–6, 18, 20–22, 77, 106
leadership needed from, 92, 174–75
lies told to soldiers by, 190–91
respect for, 9, 20, 21, 22, 175
Olds, Robin, Fighter Pilot, 251–52
O’Neill, William “Buckey,” 119, 131
Ord, Jules, 134, 136–37
Oregon, 143
Otis, Elwell, 139, 147–48, 151
