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The Men of World War II

Page 115

by Stephen E. Ambrose


  Bill Ray

  Larry Raygor

  Samuel Reali

  Paul Ream

  Quinton F. Reams

  William C. Reckord

  Robert E. Reed

  Russell P. Reeder, Jr.

  Richard Reese

  Sandy Reid

  Joe D. Reilly

  Harry L. Reisenleiter

  Bill Rellstab

  John J. Reville

  K. B. Reynolds

  Oscar Rich

  John R. Richards

  John W. Richards

  Elliot Richardson

  Robert Richardson

  Samuel Richardson

  Wilbur Richardson

  Samuel Ricker, Sr.

  Clinton E. Riddle

  James R. Rider

  Ross Riggs

  John W. Ripley

  Jason Rivet

  George V. Roach

  Arthur E. Roberts

  Douglas Roberts

  Elvy B. Roberts

  James M. Roberts

  Javis Roberts

  John W. Robertson

  Robert T. Robertson

  William S. Robilliard

  John H. Robinson

  Dean Rockwell

  Charles W. Rodekuhr

  Edward K. Roger

  Paul Rogers

  Robert E. Rogge

  Edgar M. Rolland

  Nick Romanetz

  Kenneth L. Romanski

  Edward L. Ronczy

  Bob Rooney

  James M. Roos

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Robert Rose

  Zolman Rosenfield deceased

  George Rosie

  William Rosz

  Wayne Roten

  William J. Roulette

  Frank Rowe

  G. Royster

  Mike Rudanovich, Jr.

  David W. Ruditz

  Thomas R. Rudolf

  Eugene W. Rule deceased

  Warren Rulien Mel I. Rush

  Charles P. Rushforth, III

  Carlton P. Russell

  Ken Russell

  James A. Russo, Jr.

  Peter N. Russo

  H. A. Rutherford

  Ron Rutland

  George Ryal

  Bob Ryan

  Charles J. Ryan

  George Ryan

  William F. Ryan

  Werner Saenger deceased

  Edwin Safford

  Harvey Safford

  Robert L. Sales

  Robert Salley

  Sidney A. Salomon

  Lawrence F. Salva

  Charles E. Sammon

  James Sammons

  Otis Sampson

  Raymond Sanders

  Archie Sanderson

  Hector J. Santa Anna

  Alfred J. Sapa

  Joseph E. Sardo, III

  Jack R. Sargeant

  William E. Satterwhite

  Cliff Saul

  Robert Saveland

  Jeff Savelkoul

  William M. Sawyer

  Michael Sayers

  Dennis Scanlan

  Franklin J. Schaffner deceased

  Irl C. Schahrer

  Leonard Schallehn

  Eldon Schinning

  D. Zane Schlemmer

  Vincent H. Schlotterbeck

  Roy F. Schmoyer

  Rudy Schneider

  Robert Schober

  Donald P. Schoo

  Edgar A. Schroeder deceased

  Herbert W. Schroeder

  Oliver A. Schuh

  William G. Schuler

  Everett P. Schultheis

  Arthur B. Schultz

  Edward R. Schwartz

  William F. Schwerin, M.D.

  John Scilliere

  W. Murphy Scott

  Donald L. Scribner

  Richard Scudder

  Ronald Seaborne

  Larry J. Seavy-Cioffi

  Elmer Seech

  Irvin W. Seelye

  John Seitz

  Henry E. Seitzler

  Cletus Sellner

  William Sentry

  Jack R. Sergeant

  Roy G. Settle

  Ohmer D. Shade

  Edward Shames

  Don Shanley

  Fred Shaver

  Horace G. Shaw

  James Shaw

  Robert Shaw

  Walter P. Shawd

  J. T. Shea

  Brian Shelley

  Joseph Shelly

  Charles G. Shettle

  K. F. Shiffer

  Alex Shisko

  Tom Shockley

  C. Richard Shoemaker

  Ron Shuff

  Walter Sidlowski

  Stan Silva

  Frank L. Simeone

  Thomas A. Simms

  Walter Simon

  W. A. Simpkins

  Louis Simpson

  Ralph H. Sims

  Clifford H. Sinnet

  Wayne Sisk

  Charles E. Skidmore, Jr.

  C. B. Jack Skipper

  Paul L. Skogsberg

  John R. Slaughter

  John K. Slingluff

  Albert H. Smith, Jr.

  Allen T. Smith deceased

  Anthony M. Smith

  David M. Smith

  George A. Smith

  Helen Smith

  Jim Smith

  Joe G. Smith

  John F. Smith

  Lewis C. Smith

  Ronald E. Smith

  Thor Smith

  W. B. Smith

  William C. Smith

  Bob Smittle

  Irving Smolens

  Harry Smyle

  Ernie Snow

  Ronald Snyder

  Dr. William N. Solkin

  Clifford R. Sorenson

  John Souch

  Joe J. Sousa

  Frank E. South

  John Spaulding

  Doug Spitler

  Albert Spoheimer, Jr.

  Floyd Stanard

  Edward H. Stanton

  William D. Steel

  Ralph V. Steele

  David Steinberg

  Tom Steinhardt

  Ralph Steinway

  Allen Stephens

  Roy O. Stevens

  Charles W. Stockell

  Clayton E. Storeby

  John J. Storm

  Raymond Stott

  Joshwil Straub deceased

  Bob Strayer

  Francis H. Strickler

  Robert F. Stringer

  Raymond L. Strischek

  Wallace C. Strobel

  Rod Strohe

  Kenneth Strong

  Clyde D. Strosnider, Sr.

  Ray Stubbe

  John C. Studt

  Lewis Sturdovon

  Phillip Sturgeon, M.D.

  Jon Sturm

  Stanley Stypulkowski

  Charles R. Sullivan

  Sigurd Sundby

  S. S. Suntag

  Frank Swann

  J. Leslie Sweetnam

  Oscar F. Swenson

  Fred Swets

  William L. Swisher

  Edward Szaniawski

  Ralph Tancordo

  Fred R. Tannery

  Vernon W. Tart

  Wayne Tate

  Manuel Tavis

  Amos Taylor

  Frank Taylor

  James R. Taylor

  John R. Taylor deceased

  Nigel Taylor deceased

  Ron Taylor

  W. B. Taylor

  Captain Alan Tequseay

  Joseph Terebessy, Sr.

  Terry Terrebonne

  Charles H. Thomas

  David E. Thomas

  Paul Thompson

  James M. Thomson

  Charles C. Thornton, Jr.

  Jacqueline Thornton

  John Thornton

  Wagger Thornton

  J. Tilleh

  J. Tillett

  Jack L. Tipton

  Richard Todd

  Lynn C. Tomlinson

  Joseph Toughill

  Be
nno V. Tourdelille

  Arthur W. Tower

  Joe Toye

  Charles R. Trail Travett

  Dewey O. Tredway deceased

  Frank A. Tremblay

  Raymond A. Trittler

  K. A. J. Trott

  John F. Troy

  William True

  William H. Tucker

  Arthur W. Tupper

  Thomas B. Turner

  William A. Turner

  Robert S. Tweed

  Alexander Uhlig

  Sidney M. Ulan

  Matthew Urban

  Willis L. Ure

  Thomas Valance

  Norman Vance

  Howard Vander Beek

  James Van Fleet

  Elmer Vermeer deceased

  Sarifino R. Visco

  Raymond Voight

  Walter Vollrath, Jr.

  Walter Voss

  Willis L. Vowell

  Martin Waarvick

  Orville Wade

  Orval Wakefield

  Frank Walk

  Robert E. Walker

  Sir Patrick Wall

  James Wallwork

  Martin Walsh

  George R. Walter

  Marion G. Wamsley

  William Wangaman

  Dr. Simon V. Ward, Jr.

  Lawrence Waring

  Adolph Warnecke

  Lloyd Warren

  Rev. Wilfred Washington

  Homer E. Wassam

  John Watkins

  Orville Watkins

  Col. James H. Watts

  James L. Watts

  Carl Weast

  E. R. Webb

  Glover Webb

  David K. Webster

  Fritz Weinschenk

  Dean Weisert

  James Weller

  Harry Welsh

  Wendell E. Wendt

  Floyd West

  Henry F. West

  Albert Nash Whatley

  Elmer M. Wheeler

  Brian T. Whinney

  Harry T. Whitby

  F. S. White

  George White

  James A. White

  Don Whitehead

  J. J. Whitmeyer, Jr.

  Frank Whitney

  Don T. Whitsitt

  Eldon Wiehe

  Arthur B. Wieqk

  Herbert H. Wiggins

  Felix P. Wilkerson

  Robert A. Wilkins

  James Wilkinson

  George Williams

  Joe B. Williams

  Thomas E. Williams

  George E. Williamson deceased

  Harvey Williamson

  Kenneth R. Williamson

  Robert J. Williamson

  Richard Willstatter

  Leonard Wilmont

  William Wilps

  Alan R. Wilson

  J. E. Wilson

  Seth Wilson

  William Wingett

  Edgar R. Winters

  Richard D. Winters

  William R. Winters

  Tom Winterton

  Walter F. Wintsch

  Gene Wirwahn

  J. J. Witmeyer

  C. L. Witt

  Willie B. Wolfe

  David Wood

  George R. Woodbridge

  Julian R. Woods

  Carroll Wright

  Joseph N. Wright

  Kenneth Wright

  Richard Wright

  Ted Wright

  Brony Wronoski

  Edward L. Yarberry deceased

  Willie Yates

  Dick Young

  Edwin P. Young

  Samuel Young

  Robert Zafft

  Walter F. Zagol

  Charles Zalewski

  Charles Zeccola

  Lester Zick

  John Zink

  Sam Zittrer

  John Zmudzinski

  Index

  A-20 Havoc, 245, 247

  Abwehr, 55, 81, 165

  Adley, William, 296

  AEF, see Allied Expeditionary Force; American Expeditionary Force

  Aeibischer, Ray, 204

  Afrika Korps, 49–50, 59–60

  Ahearn, John, 282–83, 293

  Air Landing Brigade, British, 574–75

  Ajax, 528–29

  Alexander, Harold, 51

  Alford, Parker, 201, 207, 306

  Allen, Lieutenant, 377–78

  Allied Expeditionary Force (AEF):

  allied contingents in, 20, 140

  Anglo-American cooperation in, 40, 51, 52, 65–66, 77, 132–34, 138, 140, 148, 156, 162, 253, 511–12

  average age in, 34, 48

  black soldiers in, 133, 147–49, 372, 392, 396

  channel crossing of, 254–68

  communications of, 80–82, 139, 143–44, 153, 181, 184, 197, 200, 222, 223, 272, 295, 384, 456, 459, 460, 466, 473, 479, 574

  conscripts in, 25–26, 48, 140, 160, 303–4

  Eisenhower’s “order of the day” to, 171, 188, 490–91, 492

  equipment carried by, 24, 41, 50, 153, 158, 169, 260–61, 509–18, 548

  food rations for, 153, 154, 163, 172, 260, 307, 477, 480

  leadership of, 161–62

  maps and scale models used by, 156–57, 159, 172, 173

  mobility of, 41, 85, 164

  morale of, 117, 132, 140, 160–63, 166–68, 181–82, 184–85, 192, 193, 276, 368

  offensive strategy of, 39–57

  quality of troops in, 48–51

  size of, 40, 80, 84, 151–52

  training of, 130–50, 160, 167, 344, 350, 352, 358, 378, 419–20, 562

  uniforms of, 154, 261

  veterans in, 48–50, 134, 140, 346, 457, 471

  Wehrmacht compared with, 52–53, 160, 303–4

  American Expeditionary Force (AEF), 51, 491n, 496

  American Federation of Labor, 499, 500

  American Legion Magazine, 395, 397n

  Amfreville, 309

  Ancon, 386, 435, 448, 467, 504

  Anderson, Alan, 159–60, 161–62

  Anderson, Lieutenant, 355

  Anderson, Robert, 478

  Anderson (medic), 307

  Anzio, 92, 282

  Arkansas, 120, 170, 257, 268, 269, 528

  Army Air Force, U.S.:

  aircraft of, 240

  air supremacy of, 32, 36, 41, 42, 63, 64, 114, 183, 240, 251–52, 454, 455, 480, 481

  bombardments by, 64, 93–99, 103, 156, 158–59, 183, 187, 239–53, 259, 262–63, 270, 577

  briefings for, 241–42, 246

  casualties in, 240

  communications systems of, 384

  fighters in, 248–51, 384

  flak as problem for, 240, 242, 245–246, 251

  general staff of, 253

  military targets of, 240, 244–45

  “milk runs” by, 241, 245, 246

  missions flown by, 239, 240

  pilots of, 40, 132, 198–99, 223, 228, 240

  strategy for, 32, 72, 85–86, 90, 91–99, 178–79, 239n, 244–45, 319

  tactical support by, 244–45, 251–52

  weather conditions and, 240, 243, 245

  Army Group B, German, 64, 69, 177

  Army Signal Corps, U.S., 391, 394

  Army War College, U.S., 147

  Arnold, Henry “Hap,” 93, 94, 95

  Arnold, James, 278

  Arromanches, 119

  Asnelles, 518

  Assault Training Center, 136–37, 143, 144, 169, 379

  Atlantic Wall:

  Allied intelligence on, 100–102

  beach obstacles for, 74, 109–10, 111, 112, 113, 150, 176, 577

  coastal batteries of, 68, 93, 99, 111, 112, 257, 262, 268–70

  communications of, 207–10, 217, 231, 233, 234, 238, 247, 480

  concrete used in, 38, 100, 115, 116, 120, 131, 150, 270, 410, 411

  depth of, 111, 577

  enfilading fire of, 270, 273

  fortification of, 36–38, 64, 109–13, 269–70, 454, 463, 470, 577

  German units assigned to, 113–19, 176 />
  mine defenses of, 32, 64, 109, 254–256, 266–67, 268, 577

  Rommel’s preparation of, 63–64, 85–86, 100, 109–19, 149, 150, 212, 274, 302, 452, 454, 470, 480

  steel reinforcement in, 38, 100

  trench system of, 115

  atomic bomb, 30–31, 53, 57, 97, 405

  Attlee, Clement, 502–3

  Audouville-la-Hubert, 296, 297

  Augusta, 434, 448

  “Axis Sally,” 55–56, 172, 192

  Aydlett, Cyrus, 263–64

  B-17 Flying Fortress, 32, 103, 125, 240, 241, 242, 243–45, 248, 249, 250, 323, 358, 468, 534

  B-24 Liberator, 120, 241, 248

  B-26 Marauder, 98–99, 241, 242–43, 245, 247, 248, 250, 253, 276

  Bacon, Garwood, 390–91

  Bailey, Jack “Bill,” 19, 568, 581

  Baker, Leland, 297–98, 299

  Balkoski, Joseph, 271

  bangalore torpedoes, 134, 335, 339, 356, 379, 430, 431, 543

  Bannerman, Alistair, 162–63

  BAR (Browning automatic rifle), 235, 324, 336, 339, 351, 352, 410, 413, 415, 416, 424, 431, 458, 463

  Bare, Harry, 331–34

  Barensfeld, Jack, 249, 250–51

  Barfleur, 242

  Barker, Ray, 71, 77

  Barnes, John, 124–25, 161, 327–28

  Barrett, Joseph, 524

  Barton, Raymond O., 258, 276, 284

  Baumgarten, Harold, 337–38

  Bayerlein, Fritz, 115, 117, 302

  Bayeux, 468, 469, 516, 525, 530

  Bayfield, 258, 263, 284, 290

  bazookas, 310, 324, 351

  BBC, 73, 103–4, 186, 302, 505

  Beaudin, Briand, 215–16

  Beccue, Gale, 430, 457

  Beck, John, 285

  Beckett, William, 363

  Beer, Robert, 386

  Beetle, Frank, 172–73

  Belcher, Julius, 402–3

  Belfast, 179, 520, 522, 526, 527

  Benouville, 102, 568, 569

  Berggren, Bobby, 249

  Bernières-sur-Mer, 535, 544

  Bernstein, Eugene, 138–39, 152, 186, 270

  Berry, John, 553

  Beyer, A. R., 267

  bicycles, 146, 230, 510–11, 544, 560, 561, 562, 570–71

  “Bigot” classification, 156, 174

  Bingham, Sidney, 341–42, 421, 461, 462

  Birch, Don, 267

  Bisco, Fred, 349, 351

  Black Prince, 259

  Blamey, Pat, 520, 521–22

  Blanchard, John, 210

  Blankenship, Charles, 210

  Block, Walter, 409, 410, 412, 414

  Blumenson, Martin, 62

  Blumenstedt, Guenther, 36

  Blumentritt, Günther von, 302

  books, paperback, 155, 172–73, 184

  Borkowski, Stanley, 392

  Bortzfield, Charles, 200

  Bosworth, Donald, 309

  Bouchereau, Paul, 215

  Bowen, George, 350, 351–52, 446

  Bradley, Holdbrook, 263

  Bradley, Omar N., 69, 75, 76, 83, 91, 92, 107, 108, 168, 187, 360, 390, 434–35, 442, 450

  Branham, Felix, 133, 134, 158, 171, 185, 339, 420, 581–82

  Breeze, David, 230

  Brewer, Robert, 34

  Brierre, Eugene, 197, 206–7, 284, 300

  Britain, Battle of, 163, 239–40, 512

  Brogan (French paratrooper), 175

  Brooke, Alan, 50

  Brooks, Anthony, 104–5, 106, 505

  Brotheridge, Den, 19–21, 25, 26, 185, 197

  Brotheridge, Margaret, 21

  Brown, John, 565

 

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