by John McCain
Paine, Sumner, 111
Palfrey, Francis Winthrop, 91, 102, 104, 107
Panama, uprising (1904), 164
Patriquin, Travis “Lawrence of Anbar,” 321
Patten, Henry, 110
Patton, George S., Jr., 185, 223
peace, temporary nature of, 341
Peacock, 54
Peake, William, 54
Perry, Oliver Hazard, 51–53
Pershing, John J. “Black Jack”:
in Spanish-American War, 123, 135–36
and World War I, 167–70, 184–85, 190
Persian Gulf War, 276–91
air assault in, 278–79
casualties of, 278
ground war in, 285
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, 276–77
as line in the sand, 283
Operation Desert Shield, 276, 277
Operation Desert Storm, 276, 277, 279, 282
Patriot antiballistic missiles in, 280–81, 284–85, 287–88
and Saudi Arabia, 276–79, 280–82, 284–86
Scud missiles in, 279–82, 284–86, 288
and U.S. Army Reserve, 271–74, 278, 282–84, 286
women in combat zone in, 283
Persian Gulf War syndrome, 289–91
Peterson, Louis, 176
Petraeus, David, 321, 331, 337
Philippine-American War, 143, 147–48, 150–64
anti-imperialist opposition to, 161, 162, 163, 164
Balangiga massacre, 151–53, 155, 161
as guerrilla war, 148, 151, 152, 161
international expeditionary force, 148–50
investigation of army in, 164
“March across Samar,” 157–61, 164
in Samar, 150, 151–64
savagery in, 145, 148, 151, 153–55, 161, 162
Second Battle of Manila, 145
start of, 148
Philippines:
black regiments in, 139
ceded to U.S. by Spain, 145
governing authority of, 151–52
independence sought in, 144, 145
Manila Bay, 143
Spanish-American War in, 143, 144
Philippine Scouts, 139–40
Pickering, James, 157
Pickett, George, 110
Pierce, Franklin, 80
Pitcher, Molly (Mary McCauley), 23
Polk, James K., 71–72
Porter, David, 156, 157, 158–59, 160–61, 163
posttraumatic stress, 303
Persian Gulf War syndrome, 289–91
Prevost, Sir George, 55, 56–57, 59
Pullen, Frank, 126–27, 133
Putnam, Israel, 3, 6
Putnam, William Lowell, 91, 97
Quick, John, 156, 157, 159, 161
Ratford, Jenkins, 41, 42
Red Cloud, Mitchell, Jr., 237–38, 241–43, 244
in Guadalcanal, 237
heroism of, 242–43
Medal of Honor to, 243
Resolution, 54
Revere, Edward Hutchinson, 91, 97, 102, 104, 113
Revere, Paul, 91
Revere, Paul Joseph, 91, 97, 102, 109, 110, 113
Revolutionary War, 1–35, 88
Battle of Bunker Hill, 39
Battle of Germantown, 13
Battle of Harlem Heights, 6–8, 11
Battle of Long Island, 1, 10–11
Battle of White Plains, 8, 11
Battle of Yorktown, 27, 28–30
at Brandywine Creek, 12
British surrender in, 1, 29
at Concord and Lexington, 11
Connecticut line mutiny, 25–27
Continental Army in, 8, 11–12, 20–21, 24, 30, 33–34
at Fort Mifflin, 15–18
at Kip’s Bay, 2–6, 11
at Monmouth Courthouse, 23–24
Morristown encampment, 25
pensions to veterans of, 33–35
at Princeton, 11
soldiers starving and poorly clad in, 3, 4–5, 8, 13–14, 15, 16, 19–20, 25, 26, 27, 32, 34
Treaty of Paris, 27, 30, 32
at Trenton, 11
Valley Forge encampment, xvi, 13, 19–20, 25
at White Marsh, 13–14
Rhoads, Mary Alice David, 270
after the war, 291
avoiding boredom, 284, 286
and Clark’s death, 287, 291
joining the Army Reserve, 275
military family of, 274–75
and Persian Gulf War, 282–87
and Persian Gulf War syndrome, 289–91
and Scud strike, 286–87
Rhoads, Reed, 275–76
Ridgway, Matthew, 244
Risha, Abdul Sattar Abu, 334
Risner, James Robinson “Robbie,” 252, 253
Robbins, Martin, 306, 309, 310
Roberts, George, 36
Rochambeau, Comte de, 28
Rogers, Fred, 154
Roosevelt, Theodore:
and Daiquirí landings, 119
at Kettle Hill, 134, 136, 138
leaving Cuba, 137
and Philippine-American War, 153, 161, 164
as president, 139, 153
and Rough Riders, 118, 120, 121–22, 130
at San Juan Hill, 136
as vice president, 150
war memoir of, 130–31, 138
Root, Elihu, 161, 162
Ropes, Henry, 108, 110
Rough Riders, 118, 120–23, 128, 130, 135–37, 138
Rumsfeld, Donald, 321
Rutledge, Howie, 253
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 85
Saito, Yoshitsugu, 201, 202, 207, 212
Salter, Chester D. “Pete,” Jr., 220
after the war, 245
early years of, 232–33
with Easy Company in Korea, 233, 234–37, 239–45
hitchhiking incident, 231–32
and Red Cloud, 241, 243
Silver Star awarded to, 244
Sampson, William, 120, 137, 143
Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 72–76, 78–80
Santos, Jose, 307, 309
Saratoga, 55, 57–58
Saudi Arabia, and Persian Gulf War, 276–79, 280–82, 284–86
Schwabe, John, 200, 204–5, 206, 215, 217
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr., 277, 278, 281
Scott, Sir Walter, 68, 84, 88
Scott, Winfield, 72, 73–74, 80
Seadragon, 295
SEALs, see U.S. Navy SEALs
Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, 290
September 11 attacks, 299
Shackleton, Ernest, 159
Shafter, William Rufus “Pecos Bill,” 119, 120, 123, 129–30, 133–34, 143
Shamir, Yitzhak, 279–80
Shannon, 60
Shaw, Robert Gould, 104
Shearer, Maurice, 181
Sherrod, Robert, 196, 201
Shizumura, Norman, 197
Siko, Steven Julius, 273, 286
60 Minutes, 293, 308, 310, 311
Slim (Filipino scout), 157, 160
Smith, Charles B. “Brad,” 222–23
Smith, Holland “Howlin’ Mad,” 201, 208, 211, 212, 214
Smith, Jacob Hurd, 151, 154–56, 157, 161, 162, 163, 164
Smith, John Carlyle, 221–22
Smith, Julius, 195
Smith, Ralph, 208
Smith, Robert, 41, 223
Smith, Stanson, 307–10, 311
Smith, W. H., 135
Smoke (Filipino scout), 157, 163
Snyder, Pam, 289
Soviet Union:
and Boxer Rebellion, 149
MiGs in Vietnam, 251–52, 253, 256, 261, 262–65, 267
T-34s in Korea, 221, 223, 227, 228
Spanish-American War, 117–40
African Americans in, 116, 118–24, 126–29, 131–32, 133, 134–36, 137–39
Battle of Las Guásimas, 120–23, 138
Battle of San Juan Heights, 116, 118, 133–38, 143, 154
Battle of
San Juan Hill, 129–32, 136
Buffalo Soldiers in, 116, 118, 121, 122, 129, 133, 134–36, 137–39
in Cuba, 117–39, 143–44
at El Caney, 132–33, 137, 148
at Kettle Hill, 130, 134, 135–36, 138
in Philippines, 143, 144
Rough Riders in, 118, 120–23, 128, 130, 135–37, 138
Signal Corps balloon, 130, 131, 132
and sinking of the Maine, 117, 125
surrender at Santiago, 117
Treaty of Paris, 145
Spray, Larry, 307–10, 311
Spruance, Raymond, 195, 201, 206
Stamp Act, 9
Stephens, Dick, 223
Sterling, Tom, 263, 265
Steuben, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von, 20, 21
Stockdale, James B., 249, 253
Stone, Charles, 93–95
Stone, Seth, 316, 327, 336
Stone, Thomas Gerald, 272
Strachan, John, 41
Summerall, Charles Pelot “Old Charles P,” 189–90
Sumner, Edwin, 100–101, 109
Sumner, Samuel, 130
Svach, Ed, 228, 241, 243
Tabor, Stanley, 229
Taft, William Howard, 151, 153, 161
Taylor, Henry, 144
Taylor, Zachary:
and army of occupation, 80
in Mexican-American War, 63–64, 65–67, 71–79, 82
as president, 72, 80
Tellier, Zachary, 307–8, 310
Texas Rangers, 66, 67–68, 70, 74–75, 83
This Is Your Life (TV), 217
Thompkins, William, 128
Thompson, David “Davey,” 339, 341
Thompson, James, 123
Thompson, Lewis, 132
Thompson, Wayne, 248
Thorsness, Gaylee Anderson, 259
Thorsness, Leo, 246, 258–68
early years of, 258–59
as head Weasel, 261–62
Medal of Honor earned by, 262–67, 268
as POW, 267–68
as Vietnam War pilot, 247, 260–67
Ticonderoga, 55, 58
Traveinia sisters, 80–82
Truman, Harry S., 222, 238
Turner, Richmond Kelly, 201, 202
Turrill, Julius, 170–71
U2 spy planes, 249
Underground Railroad, 89
United States:
and Boxer Rebellion, 149–50
and empire, 145, 164
entry into World War I, 167
see also specific wars
Uno, George, 197
UN Security Council, and Persian Gulf War, 279
U.S. Air Force:
in Iraq, 321–22
and Vietnam War, 255–56
U.S. Army:
in Afghanistan, 293, 297, 302–11
African Americans barred from service in, 45
as all-volunteer force, 278
“Band of Brothers,” 317
black officers for black regiments, 139
frontier fights with Native Americans, 146, 154
hostility toward African Americans in, 124, 125, 127
in Iraq, 316–22, 325–32
in Korean War, 221–45
medics (68W) and corpsmen in, 293–99
in Mexican-American War, 64–67, 71–80
and Persian Gulf War, 281; see also U.S. Army Reserve
and Philippine-American War, 144–45, 151–54
Seven Army Values, 293, 299
siblings in, 301
in urban combat, 66, 67
Warrior Ethos of, 299
and World War I, 167–69, 182, 184–85, 189
and World War II, 194–96, 199, 206, 208
U.S. Army Reserve:
and all-volunteer army, 278
compound hit by Scud, 286–87, 288
and Greensburg assistance center, 287–88
memorial services of, 289, 291
and Persian Gulf War, 271–74, 278, 282–84, 286
and Persian Gulf War syndrome, 289–91
and survivors’ guilt, 288, 291
U.S. Congress:
and African Americans in military, 45, 124
and peacetime army (1866), 124
and Persian Gulf War, 279
U.S. Marine Corps:
and Belleau Wood, 181
bigotry in, 200, 217
and Boxer Rebellion, 149–50
in Iraq, 317–22, 328, 331
and Korean War, 234, 236, 240, 244
and Philippine-American War, 154–64
reputation of, 170, 171, 175
and Spanish-American War, 144
in Vietnam War, 248, 256
and World War I, 166, 169–91
and World War II, 194–96, 200, 202–6, 208, 212–13
U.S. Navy:
combat demolition units, 323
in Iraq, 321–22
and Maine sinking, 117
racial prejudice in, 45–46, 60
Sea Air Land commandos, 323; see also U.S. Navy SEALs
Seabees, 322, 330
ships integrated in, 39
and Spanish-American War, 117, 143–44
and Vietnam War, 256
and War of 1812, 39–40, 45–47
and World War II, 200–202, 206–7, 323
U.S. Navy SEALs, 314
“area denial” mission of, 330
basic training of, 323–25
BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL), 323–25
in combat outposts (COPs), 328, 329, 330–31, 332
creed of, 324
in Iraq, 315–17, 322–37
machine gunner’s role in, 327
Monsoor’s heroic action for, 335–36
operational security provided by, 322, 328, 329, 330–31, 332–33, 334–35
in Ramadi, 325–33
snipers, 326, 332
training Iraqi Army units, 322, 325, 326–27, 328
trident insignia, 324, 336–37
Vera Cruz, Mexico, occupation of, 164
Victor (bearer), 158, 161, 163
Vietnam War, 247–68
at Da Nang, 248, 256
F-105 Thunderchief (Thud), 246, 255–56, 257–58, 259–60, 263–65
first dogfight of, 253
“Iron Hand” mission, 254
as lost cause, 253
medics in, 295
mission sectors (PAKs) in, 256–57
movie based on, 44–45
Operation Rolling Thunder, 247–52, 254, 256–57, 260
pilots’ combat tours in, 257–58
POWs in, 267
Project Weasel and Wild Weasels, 246, 254–58, 260–67
rules of engagement in, 248–51, 252, 253
Soviet-Chinese air defense system, 251, 253
Soviet MiGs in, 251–52, 253, 256, 261, 262–65, 267
surface-to-air missile (SAM) sites, 249–51, 253–55, 257, 260–66
Thanh Hoa Bridge (“Dragon’s Jaw”), 252–53
Viet Cong, 248
Walker, Samuel H., 68
Walker, Walton “Johnny”:
death of, 244
and Korea, 223–24, 227, 229, 230–31, 233–34, 236, 240, 244
and MacArthur, 230
as skilled tactician, 236
“stand or die” order from, 230–31
as veteran of world wars, 223
Waller, Littleton Waller “Tony” Tazewell, 142
after the war, 164–65
and Boxer Rebellion, 148–50
court-martial of, 161, 162–64, 165
early years of, 146–47
and Indiana v. Infanta Maria Teresa, 144
“March across Samar” by, 157–61, 164
in Marine Corps, 146–47, 164–65
orders given to “kill and burn,” 155–56, 162, 163
and Philippine-American War, 154–64
reputation of, 146–47, 150, 154
Walls, Frank James, 274
Wanton, George, 128
&
nbsp; war:
as adventure of a lifetime, 64, 84
atrocities in, 145, 148, 150, 151, 161
“bayonet lust” in, 187
blurred lines between combat and combat support in, 302, 303
boredom in, 283–84
citations for decorated soldiers in, 132, 188, 218, 243, 244, 262, 266, 311, 337
costs of, 337, 339–41
cruelties and corruptions of, 45
fear in, 174, 191, 339
fog of, 118, 121, 122, 134, 135, 174, 181, 230, 239, 242
and General Orders Number 100, 162–63
hatred encouraged in, 198
and immune system disorders, 289–91
with no quarter, 147
and peace, 341
rules of, 145, 161, 163
rules of engagement in, 248–51, 252, 253
sacrifices in, 340, 341
“scared green kids” in, 172, 173, 176, 228, 245
sentimentalizing, 339–40
soldiers bonding in, 44, 45, 61, 97, 137, 174, 178, 179, 340
soldiers’ training for, 20, 21, 173, 298–99, 302, 323–25
terrors and thrills of, 64, 84, 172, 174, 257, 340
transformation in, xv, 64, 88, 99, 103, 106, 110, 112–14
valor in, 268
wretchedness of, 340
Ware, William, 41, 42
War of 1812, 37–59
African Americans in, 36, 37, 39, 45–46, 50–54, 57–61
Battle of Lake Erie, 51–53
Battle of New Orleans, 60
Battle of Plattsburgh/Lake Champlain, 55–59
British surrender in, 59
causes of, 39–40, 46
Constitution v. Guerriere, 46
at Fort McHenry, 55
near U.S.-Canadian border, 51
Treaty of Ghent, 50, 55
USS Hornet, 53–54, 60–61
Washington, George:
birthdays of, 75–76
and Constitution, 46
Red Cloud ancestor decorated by, 237
and Revolution, xvi, 2–3, 6–7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 20–22, 24, 29
Washington Post, 293, 308, 309, 311
Wellington, Duke of, 56
Wells, H. G., 145
We Were Soldiers (movie), 44–45
Wheeler, “Fighting Joe,” 120, 123, 130, 139
Whitehead, Frank, 190
Whittier, Charles, 92
Wikoff, Charles, 131
Wilkins, Henry, 104
Williams, Alexander, 159–61, 163
Williams, Kenneth, 160
Williams, Lloyd, 170, 181
Willink, John, 316, 322, 325, 328, 336
Wilson, Tom, 263
Wolverton, Richard, 273
women:
Combat Action Badge awarded to, 303
in combat zones, 283, 290, 301–4, 310, 311–12
dying in military service, 303–4
medals and citations to, 303, 310, 311
medics in Afghanistan, 304–5, 310
soldiers in Afghanistan, 302, 303, 305
and teddy bears, 284, 291
wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan, 303
Wood, Leonard, 120, 121, 130
Wool, John, 71, 73, 75, 77, 82–83
World War I, 164, 166, 167–91
