Browning automatic rifle, see BAR
Brumbaugh, Frank, 191–92
Bryant, C. F., 386
Bryant, H. T., 210
Bulge, Battle of the, 52–53, 252, 293, 372n
Bures, 230, 231, 233
Burke, Ferris, 392–93
Burns, Dwayne, 198, 201, 226
Burt, William, 298, 299
Butcher, Harry, 190, 483
Butler, Robert, 219, 220
C-47 Dakota, 22, 47, 159, 173, 191, 194, 195, 197, 198–99, 202, 213, 241, 250, 312, 573–74
Cable, Dale, 213
Cadish, Harold, 210
Caen, 91n, 119, 241, 248, 504, 515–517, 525, 565, 566, 575
Caen Canal, 19–21
Caen-Cherbourg highway (N-13), 237, 313, 315, 525, 527, 530, 548
Caesar, Julius, 39
Calais, 177
Calvert, Paul, 461
Camien, John, 298, 299
Canada, 25, 499
Canham, Charles, 133–34, 339, 344, 345, 421, 422, 433, 457, 458, 459, 479
Canquigny, 309–10
Capa, Robert, 172, 394–95
Carbone, Nick, 269
Carden, Carl, 241, 245
Carentan, 217, 236, 238, 247, 304, 306
Carey, Homer, 181
Carlucci, A. J., 309
Carmick, 386, 387
Carpiquet, 91, 119, 515, 545, 546, 575
Carson, Gordon, 55
Carter, William, 394
Cartledge, Carl, 192, 201, 222, 224, 234–35, 307
Cassiday, Richard, 279, 281
Cassidy, Patrick, 297, 304
Cavanaugh, Harold, 23
censorship, 23, 148, 181, 490, 516
Channel Islands, 72, 197, 199
“Charge of the Light Brigade, The” (Tennyson), 341, 583
Chatterton, George, 142
Chef-du-Pont, 290, 308, 309, 310–13, 318
Cherbourg, 72, 120, 164, 292, 293
Christie, Agatha, 152
Churchill, Winston S.:
Eisenhower and, 67, 95–96, 97, 129, 179–80, 504
Fortitude plan and, 82
House of Commons speech by, 503–4
influence of, 29, 482
Overlord supported by, 25, 40, 44–45, 54n, 128, 129, 162
security measures by, 83
at Teheran Conference, 65
cigarettes, 163, 169, 214, 279, 344, 348, 355, 364, 376, 427, 456, 477, 484, 485, 506
Civilian Defense Volunteer Office, 494
Clancy, Jerry, 262–63
Coast Guard, U.S., 173, 258, 260, 325, 372, 392, 394, 396
Cole, Robert, 234, 296–97
Colleville, 119, 165, 324, 443, 445–446, 450, 453, 459, 463–66, 468, 469, 525, 562
Collingwood, Charles, 504
Collins, Joseph Lawton, 268
Colson, Clarence, 352
Columbi, Jerry, 194
Colwell, Curtis, 350
Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS), 68, 69, 93, 94, 96
Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPPs), 75
Commander Task Force, 466
Commandos, British:
as elite units, 52, 145
training of, 48, 145–46
Conway, Harold, 206
Cooke, Charles, 386, 438, 474
Corry, 266–67
Corry, A. H., 243, 244, 246
COSSAC, 71–72, 74, 75–76, 77, 80, 91
Cota, Norman “Dutch,” 124, 330, 339–40, 341, 345, 359, 421–23, 430, 433, 579
Courseulles-sur-Mer, 532, 543–44
Coyle, James, 313, 315, 316, 317–318
Crane, Stephen, 397
Creasy, George, 75–76
Creek, Roy, 310, 312–13, 318
Creully, 525, 527, 530, 548
Cronkite, Walter, 107–8, 367, 583
Crosby, Bing, 154
Crosby, Harry, 253
Crow, Polly, 487–88
Cunningham, Andrew, 66
Curtis, Rupert, 557, 566
Daley, Arthur, 493
Dallas, Tom, 260
Daniell, Raymond, 503
d’Anselm, Madame, 518
Davis, Don, 204
Davis, Ralph, 410
Dawson, Francis, 428, 431, 433, 461
Dawson, Joe, 352, 355–56, 357, 358, 440, 442–43, 445–6, 449, 466, 579
Dawson, Robert, 553
D-Day:
air bombardment before, 64, 93–99, 103, 156, 158–59, 183, 187, 239–53, 259, 262–63, 270, 577
air supremacy on, 32, 36, 41, 42, 63, 64, 114, 183, 240, 251–52, 454, 455, 480, 481
Allied reinforcements on, 41–42, 454, 455
beachhead established on, 41, 130, 576–77
casualties on, 140, 144, 158, 160, 487, 490, 504, 511, 576, 583
date for, 86–88, 103–4, 158, 166, 184, 188–90
first casualties on, 20, 21
as frontal attack, 42–43
German counteroffensive on, 37, 64, 90, 98, 113–19, 218–19, 227, 238, 259–60, 265–66, 576, 578–80
German prisoners taken on, 144, 145, 150, 176, 294, 311–12, 432–33
German reinforcements on, 41–42, 63, 92, 94, 454–55
H-Hour of, 88, 93, 121, 256, 262, 269, 270, 274, 362, 491n
individual initiative on, 236, 294–295, 304
invasion front on, 576–77
loading operations for, 166–77
lodgment area on, 120, 129
marshaling and briefing before, 151–65
naval bombardment before, 156, 158, 183, 189, 262–70, 274, 577
naval support for, 43, 163–64, 183, 186–87, 247, 252, 253, 254–68, 274, 454, 483
naval supremacy on, 32, 36, 37, 41, 113, 117, 118, 120–21
offensive actions before, 90–106
postponement of, 183–88, 513
prayers for, 491, 493, 495–96, 497, 502, 582
press coverage of, 82, 190, 483, 487, 489, 490, 491–94, 496–503, 506–8
public reaction to, 486–508
radio coverage of, 302–3, 486–87, 489–91, 492, 493, 495, 497, 501, 502, 504
as term 491
tides and, 88, 175, 180, 186, 210, 256, 274
veterans of, 158, 171
weather conditions for, 86, 175, 177, 180, 182–84, 186–89, 259, 483, 501–2, 504, 513, 519
DeFilippo, Arthur, 202
DeFlita, Frank, 204
de Gaulle, Charles, 97, 99, 145, 153, 180, 553
de Guingand, Freddie, 108
del Giudice, Vincent, 290–91
Della-Volpe, Ralph, 285
Delong, James, 243, 248
Delury, John, 192, 295–96
De Weese, Ralph, 213–14
Deyo, Morton, 128
Dickson, George, 198
Dieppe raid, 40, 72, 531, 548, 555, 556–57
Dillon, William, 357, 358
Dingledine, Carl “Mo,” 363
Ditmar, Robert, 337
Dives River, 173, 227, 230–33, 567, 568
Dolan, Joseph, 267
Dollmann, Friedrich, 70, 177, 186, 190, 218
Donlan, Joseph, 258
Double Cross System, 55–56, 80, 81, 82, 88
Douve River, 299, 304, 306, 308, 319, 320
Downs, Bill, 504
Dragotto, Joseph, 161
Drnovich, Louis, 375
Dudka, Bill, 546
Dudka, Stanley, 545–46
Duffy, Edward, 386–87
Duke, Anthony, 171–72, 258
DUKW (“Duck”), 44, 74, 124, 143, 173, 268, 360, 366, 369, 385, 392, 393, 396, 406, 407
Dunkirk evacuation, 129, 172, 501
Dupuy, Ernest, 490
Durant, Will, 173
Durnford-Slater, John, 571–72
Eades, Jerry, 185, 364–66
Eads, James, 211–12
Eaker, Ira, 148
East, Charles, 49
Eastern Front:
German counterattacks on, 176
German military strength for, 29, 30, 33, 247
size of forces engaged on, 152n, 246
units transferred from, 116
Eastridge, Ralph, 153, 157, 158, 168, 169, 172
E-boats, 32, 86, 126, 139, 163, 170, 177, 259, 260, 265–66
Eden, Anthony, 96, 97
Edward, James, 185–86
Edwards, Mrs. Randolph, 500
Eighth Air Force, U.S., 32, 69, 93, 94, 95, 120, 241, 405
Eighth Army, British, 49–50, 60
8th Infantry Regiment, U.S., 127, 131–32, 275, 276–78, 283, 287, 292
18th Infantry Regiment, U.S., 436, 438–40, 448, 466–67
82nd Airborne Division, U.S., 22–24, 40, 47, 48, 91, 92, 119, 140, 178–79, 192, 198, 223, 225, 234, 235, 286, 287, 290, 294–95, 309–318, 577
88mm cannons, 112, 273, 278, 281, 303, 306, 317, 321, 326, 338, 340, 362, 366–67, 371, 373, 421, 429, 517, 522, 531, 539, 543, 549, 550, 567
Eikner, James W., 142, 143, 405n, 406, 410, 412, 416, 417
Eisenhower, Dwight D.:
air strategy of, 32, 91–97, 178–79, 239n, 244–45, 319
author’s interview with, 45
background of, 58–59
British and, 65–66
call for resistance by, 505, 506
Churchill and, 67, 95–96, 97, 129, 179–80, 504
communiqué of, 483, 489–90
Cronkite’s interview with, 107–8, 367, 583
D-Day postponed by, 183–88
D-Day set by, 86, 166, 184, 188–90
De Gaulle and, 180
DSCs awarded by, 446
headquarters of, 67–68
Italian landings commanded by, 39, 60–61
leadership of, 59, 61–62, 67–70, 189–90
marriage of, 58, 62, 495
Marshall and, 65, 66, 84, 91–92, 94, 319
as military strategist, 60, 91–97, 321, 418, 435
Montgomery and, 66, 69, 187
North Africa forces commanded by, 59, 60, 61, 71, 130, 361
optimism of, 61, 129, 175
“order of the day” issued by, 171, 188, 490–91, 492
Overlord as viewed by, 57, 76, 135–36, 152n, 583
paratroopers visited by, 193–94, 195
planning by, 107–8, 125, 128, 129, 189, 324
as president, 63
racial discrimination opposed by, 147–49, 372n
Rommel compared with, 58–63, 67–70, 96, 106
security measures by, 83, 84
staff of, 69–70
as Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force, 65–70, 89, 94–97, 178–80, 482–83, 497, 508
teamwork by, 62, 66, 69–70
training as viewed by, 130, 134–36
Eisenhower, John, 62, 239n, 495
Eisenhower, Mamie Doud, 58, 89, 495
El Alamein, Battle of, 49–50, 59–60
Elder, Captain, 272
Elder, Chaplain, 161
Elder, Gene, 409, 417
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 170
Ellery, John, 358–59, 447–48, 582
engineers, combat, 143–44, 367, 373, 423, 476–77
England, Sergeant, 426
Enigma cipher machine, 53, 54–55, 56
Epstein, Herb, 432
Erben, Fred, 356
Eureka/Rebecca Radar Beacon System, 191, 196, 197, 198, 223
Evanger, Sergeant, 363
Ewell, Julian, 299, 300
Farrell, Lieutenant, 306
Fast, Victor, 427–28, 430, 432–33
Feduik, Frank, 393
Feiler, Samuel, 193
Fellers, Taylor, 326
Ferguson, Kenneth, 510, 514, 551
Ferguson, Lieutenant, 181
Feuchtinger, Edgar, 114, 186, 190, 219, 567
1st Airborne Division, British, 47
First Army, Canadian, 82
First Army, U.S., 83, 435
1st Engineer Special Brigade, U.S., 137, 143–44
1st Infantry Division, U.S., 48, 76–77, 119, 125–26, 134, 140, 166, 323, 431n, 453, 467, 525, 577
First U.S. Army Group (FUSAG), 82–83
Fourth Army, British, 81
4th Infantry Division, U.S., 76, 91, 117, 119, 166, 179, 184, 234, 258, 284, 285, 290, 292, 293, 297, 300, 304, 313, 318, 319, 575, 577
Fourteenth Army, U.S., 82–83
47th Royal Marine Commandos, British, 527–29
V Corps, U.S., 467–68, 470, 480
5th Engineer Special Brigade, U.S., 143–44, 159
5th Ranger Battalion, U.S., 142–43, 398, 410, 416, 419–20, 426, 428–433, 453, 455–56, 460–61
Fifteenth Army, German, 64, 73, 85, 86, 302
50th Infantry Division, British, 77, 119, 166, 469, 480, 519–30, 548, 577
57mm antitank guns, 312, 314, 315, 447
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S., 235–36, 304
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S., 234–35
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S., 194, 196, 202, 206, 210, 222, 226, 313, 314
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S., 55–56, 102, 152, 161, 202, 205, 210, 211, 304, 306–7
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S., 202, 214, 309, 310
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S., 22–24, 202
Fitzgerald, Barry, 154
Fitzgerald, John, 201, 202, 203, 221, 235, 313–14, 317
flamethrowers, 181–82, 324, 329, 335–36, 341, 429
Foot, Michael R. D., 174, 216
Ford, John, 395–97
Fordik, John, 222, 224, 235
Fox, Ensign, 382, 383
France:
D-Day announcement in, 504–6
German invasion of, 42
railway system of, 94, 96–99, 100, 103, 251
Resistance in, see Resistance, French
Vichy, 505
see also Normandy
Francks, Colonel, 174
Frank, Anne, 507
Frankford, 385, 387, 389, 390
Frans, Benjamin, 184
Freed, Richard, 163
Freiwilligen (volunteers), 33
French Committee of National Liberation, 97
Frerking, Lieutenant, 321–22, 326, 453
Friedman, J. C., 362
Fruling, Robert, 413n
Fudge, James, 371, 372
Furlong, Dan, 202, 226–27
Fussell, Paul, 48–49
FW-190, 371–72
Galdonik, Clair, 166–67, 172, 185
Gale, Edwin, 181
Gale, Richard, 219, 568–69
Gallagher, Richard, 350–51, 446
Gardner, William, 343
Gargas, Michael, 400
Gariepy, Sergeant, 540, 544
Garrett, Richard, 402
gas attacks, 24, 134, 143–44, 154, 191, 431–32
Gauthier, Sims, 276
Gavigan, Owen, 282
Gavin, James, 309, 310, 312
Gearing, Lieutenant, 328
Geldon, Walter, 400, 401
“General Wade” charges, 230, 231, 232–33
Genget, Mademoiselle, 518, 529–30
Gentry, William, 265, 385, 386, 393, 394
George VI, King of England, 128, 180, 491, 502
Gerald, Henry, 182, 534
Gerhardt, Charles, 133–34, 137, 450, 463
Geritzlehner, Wolfgang, 218, 300
Germany, Nazi:
atomic bomb research in, 30–31
D-Day announcement in, 508
defeat of, 28
economy of, 481
1944 potato crop of, 32n
oil production in, 95, 115
propaganda in, 35
Rhine-Ruhr manufacturing region of, 29, 52–53, 72, 77, 303
technological innovation in, 30–31, 37, 53
territory defended by, 27, 30
women in, 489n
see also Nazis
Gerow, Leonard, 390, 434, 435–36, 442, 450, 467, 479, 480
Gestapo, 127, 176
Gibbons, Joseph, 368
Gibb
ons, Sam, 191, 205, 235–36, 304–5
Giguere, Robert, 381, 388
Gillars, Midge, 55–56, 172, 192
Giller, Edward, 250
Gillingham, Private, 334–35
gliders, Allied:
assault plan for, 159
deployment of, 173, 218–22, 248, 250–51
German defenses against, 112
infantry for, 47, 141, 314–15
losses of, 178, 221–22, 250–51
reinforcements from, 317–18
training for, 141–42
Glover, L. C., 268–69
Gockel, Franz, 165, 274, 379–80, 468–69
Godwin, Lieutenant, 353
Goebbels, Joseph, 150, 176, 238, 481–82
Goering, Hermann, 31, 36, 481, 578
Golas, “Duke,” 402
Gold Beach, 519–30
Allied military forces assigned to, 77, 119, 171–72, 469
artificial harbor near, 258
batteries for, 111, 518
casualties at, 530
defenses of, 112, 517, 524, 525, 577
exits of, 523
French civilians, 518
German counterattack at, 117, 517–518, 524–25
gun emplacements at, 518
houses at, 519
Item sector of, 522, 523
Jig sector of, 522, 523
King sector of, 522
landing craft for, 170, 258, 519–21, 522, 527
Love sector of, 522
military objectives for, 119, 525, 530
mortar attack at, 523, 550
naval bombardment of, 518
naval reconnaissance for, 75
obstacles at, 517, 519, 520, 523, 525, 527
plan for, 520–21
prisoners at, 522, 523
tanks at, 520, 524, 525
Utah Beach compared with, 515
Gondrée, George, 572
Gondrée, Thérèse, 102
Good, Paul “Pop,” 125
Goranson, Ralph, 400, 401–2, 403
Gottberg, Major, 565
Grant, Cary, 154, 563
Gray, Billy, 20
Gray, Jimmy, 281
Graydon, Gordon, 499
Great Britain:
D-Day announcement in, 501–4
diplomatic communications in, 83–84
German invasion planned for, 29, 39, 43
intelligence activities of, 53, 54–56
manpower limits of, 50–51
technological innovation in, 53–54
U.S. soldiers in, 132–34, 148
War Cabinet of, 83, 96–97
war production in, 25
Green, William, 499
grenades:
fragmentation, 134, 314n, 359, 400
Gammon, 191, 194, 210, 223, 310, 311, 317
German “potato masher,” 314, 400
phosphorus, 403
thermite, 416
Griffing, Len, 203, 206
Grigg, John, 502, 503
Grimes, O. T., 334
Grundfast, Sam, 184, 272
Guderian, Heinz, 113–14, 115, 117
Guesdon, Ernest, 101
Gulf War, 31, 152n
Gullickson, Grant, 266–67
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