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Richardson, Elliot L., 345
Richmond, Calif., 29–30
Ricketts, 197, 199, 463
Rickover, Hyman, 118–23, 130, 159–60, 162, 218, 234–35, 298, 305, 389, 471
character and personality of, 118–23, 143–45, 160, 460, 461–62
ERZ’s interview with, 119–23, 143
Nitze and, 143–47
Ricks, W. P., 295
Rivers, Mendel, 300
Robb, Chuck, 416, 490
Robertson, Horace B., Jr. (Robbie), 139, 151, 261, 459, 478
Robertson, Trish, 151
Robinson, Joan, 326
Robinson, Rembrandt, 239, 289, 326–28, 344, 481
Robinson, 4, 5, 75, 78–83, 85, 87, 91–94, 97, 102, 358, 453, 455
Rockefeller, David, 141
Rockefeller, Nelson, 216, 373
Rodman, Peter, 319, 323
Roedel, Joe, 124, 125
Rogers, William, 216, 313, 319
Roman Empire, 54–55
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 60, 62
Roosevelt, Theodore, 422-23
Rostow, Eugene, 381, 409
Rowen, Henry, 133, 346, 463
Rucker, Colby Guequierre, 27
Rumsfeld, Donald, 139
Rusk, Dean, 131, 141
Russell, Richard, 139, 141–42, 144
Russia, 24, 32
Russian language, 5, 19, 89–90, 93, 455
Russian Orthodox Church, 91–92
Russian Revolution, 88
Rutherford Preparatory School, 38–39, 67
Sabin, Lorenzo S., Jr., 247
Sacramento Valley, 28
Saigon, 17, 161, 168–71, 176–79, 193, 220, 306, 322, 329–30, 383–85
evacuation of, 383–85
fall of, 385
Vietnamese Naval Shipyard in, 172
Saigon River, 11, 183, 203
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, 391
St. Elmo (Evans), 28
Salt Lake Tribune, 374–75
Salzer, Robert, 171, 178–79, 181, 183, 222–23, 287–88, 465
Sanctuary, 268
San Diego, Calif., 6–7, 78, 111–12, 154–55, 182, 247, 279–80, 283–84, 397
San Francisco, Calif., 27, 29, 30, 35, 70, 72, 74, 95, 97, 167
San Joaquin Valley, 28, 29
Saratoga, 274
Saufley, 93–99
Savo Island, Battle of, 71–73
Schecter, Arnold, 413
Schifter, Richard, 23–24, 400, 420
Schlesinger, James Rodney, 24, 345–46, 348–53, 355–60, 362–66, 368, 371–73, 377, 473, 484
Schreadley, Richard L., 466–7
Scott, William, 381, 391
Scowcroft, Brent, 323, 351
Seattle, Wash., 70, 77, 97–98, 394, 396–97
Seaver, Blanche, 247, 473
Second Barbary War, 41
Senate, U.S., 138, 351, 361
Armed Services Committee of, 139–42, 143, 144, 223–24, 341–43, 409, 482
ERZ’s campaign for, 380–81, 385–91
Foreign Relations Committee of, 417
Senate Democratic Campaign Committee, 387
Serra, H. Lawrence, 466
Seven Days in May (Stewart), 335
Severn River, 47, 228
Shanghai, 5, 19, 85–97, 101
Sharp, Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., 135–36, 303
Shear, Harold E., 370
Shepherd, Burton, 22, 162, 326, 343
Sherwood, John, 263
Shine, Kenneth, 411
Shultz, George, 318, 409
Sihanouk, Prince, 177
Sihanoukville, 186
Singapore, 132, 226
Smedberg, William, III, 129, 294–95, 461–62
Socrates, 150
Song Ong Doc River, 183, 186, 466
Sontag, Sherry, 346
“Sound of Music, The,” 371–72
South America, 103
Southeast Asia Lake Ocean River Delta Strategy, see Vietnam War, Operation SEALORDS in
Southern California, University of, Keck Medical School of, 30
South Vietnam, 131–32, 169–74, 240, 306, 314, 381–85
Ca Mau Province in, 16, 182–83, 206, 468
ERZ’s sponsorship of families from, 7–8
fall of, 7
North Vietnam offensive against, 160–62, 164, 272–75
pacification process in, 182–83
refugees from, 25, 393
Rung Sat Special Zone (RSSZ) in, 11, 203–4
see also Vietnam War
South Vietnamese navy, 7, 169, 171, 174, 182, 183, 185, 221–22, 225, 253, 384
Accelerated Turnover Plan (ACTOV) for, 190–92, 205–10, 212, 213, 384–85
Operation Helping Hand for, 209, 474
Soviet army, 89
Soviet merchant fleet, 240
Soviet Navy, 244
nuclear powered submarines of, 147, 238, 240, 346
U.S. Navy vs., 11–12, 124–25, 134–35, 145, 147, 217, 231, 237–42, 472, 473
Soviet Union, 48–49, 50, 131, 211–12, 218, 224
arms buildup of, 24, 141, 237–42
problems of succession in, 128, 129
support of Egypt and Syria by, 350
totalitarian rule of, 141
U.S. relations with, 312–13, 315–16, 346–49, 351, 363
U.S. strategic-arms negotiations with, 312, 315–16, 346–48, 352–53, 364–68, 377, 378
see also Cuban Missile Crisis
Spain, 130
Spiro, Mike, 20, 193, 217, 227, 261, 420, 467
Stalin, Joseph, 89
State Department, U.S., 96, 127, 130, 289, 312, 314, 315, 331–32, 364
Policy Planning Staff of, 128
Stennis, John, 222, 223, 341, 479
Stephens, Mel, 213
Stevenson, Adlai, 137
Stewart, W. Donald, 333–35
Stillwell, Paul, 63, 136, 223, 328, 444, 452, 461, 465
Stockdale, James, 247
Stockman, David, 408
Stoddert, Benjamin, 257
Stout, Mary, 404
Strategic Air Command, 238
Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT), 226, 240–41, 315–16, 318, 346–48, 352–53, 364–68, 377, 378, 387–88
Phase II of, 321, 323, 324, 347–48, 366, 387, 408
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), 409
Stribling, Cornelius Kinchiloe, 41
Stryker, Joe Warren, 43, 249
Sturgeon, 160
Subic Bay Naval Base, 275, 284, 392
submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), 346
Surigao Strait, 73, 79–80
Surigao Strait, Battle of, 79–83, 226, 453
Swift Boats (PCFs), 6, 9, 16, 17, 72, 171, 177–78, 180, 182–84, 198–203, 207, 209, 465, 468–69
Switzerland, 28, 50, 108
Symington, Stuart, 139, 140
Syria, 348, 350–51
Szulc, Tad, 349, 485
Taipei, 226
Taiwan, 292–93
Tan Son Nhut Air Base, 169
Tartar surface-to-air missiles, 332–33
Tecumseh, 41–42, 228
Terrier surface-to-air missiles, 123–24
Thai Air Force, 178
Thailand, 132, 393
Thant, U, 137
Thermidor, 271, 475
Thomas, E. Donnall, 394, 399
Thomas, William N., 66, 67, 68
Thompson, William (Bill), 147–49, 151–52, 261, 273–74, 284–85, 287–88, 297–98, 408, 460
Thompson, Llewellyn, 128
Thompson, Nicholas, 139, 462, 487
Thompson, Zum, 151
Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot (Stockdale), 247
Threshold Test Ban, 352, 364
Thurmond, Strom, 139, 141–42
Thuy Dong, 194
Tidd, Emmett, 174, 233, 255, 464
Tills, 107
Time, 12
ERZ cover story in, 1–2, 390, 443
> Timmons, William, 310
Tinian, 79
Tippecanoe, Battle of, 41
“To Be Equal” (Jordan), 287
Tonkin Gulf, 168, 273, 275
Toulon, Al, 168
Toulon, Betsy, 168
Tower, John, 223–24
Townsend, Marland, 275–78
Train, Harry, 17, 214, 228, 328, 469
Transmittal of Documents from the National Security Council to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 341
Treasury Department, U.S., 178
Truman, Harry, 105, 128
Committee on Treatment and Opportunity formed by, 257
1948. armed services integration mandate of, 304
Tulare, Calif., 4, 28–38, 56–57, 85, 102, 108, 120, 217, 224, 263, 380
Sycamore Avenue in, 33–34, 36, 45, 57, 58, 63, 99–100
“Zumwalt Day” in, 31
Zumwalt Park in, 31
Tulare Union High School, 27, 37–38, 45
Turner, Stansfield, 213, 217, 229, 232–35, 357
Twenty-ninth Army Evacuation Hospital, 196
Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 283, 288, 291
United Fruit Company, 70
United Nations, 23, 137, 139, 140, 141
United States:
dependence on overseas raw materials by, 236–37
isolationism in, 55, 58
nuclear power of, 121–22, 140, 161, 237–41
Vam Co Dong River, 178, 185–86, 406
Vam Co Tay River, 178, 185–86, 406
Vance, Cyrus, 137, 138, 144, 162, 322
Veterans Administration, 11, 357, 404
Veterans Affairs Department, U.S., 404
Veterans for Clinton/Gore National Steering Committee, 3, 418
Veth, Kenneth, 163, 168–74, 192
Vietcong (VC), 6, 9, 16, 164, 176, 177, 180, 182, 183, 203–4, 253, 382, 465
women of, 267
Vietnam, 6, 23, 24, 183
demilitarized zone (DMZ) of, 171, 272
Nitze-Zumwalt policy on, 131–32, 168–69
return of ERZ to, 413–16
sanctions lifted against, 418
U.S. relations with, 3, 418
see also North Vietnam; South Vietnam
Vietnam ACTOV Personal Response Program, 252
Vietnam Assistance for the Handicapped (VNAH), 413, 415
Vietnamese air force, 253
Vietnamese Naval Academy, 206, 207
Vietnamese Naval Training Center, 207
Vietnam Memorial, 10
Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), 404, 411
Vietnam War, 5–10, 20, 21, 22, 160–64, 229, 244, 250, 272–79
Agent Orange and, see Agent Orange
ailments related to service in, 3, 9–10, 11, 392–99
Easter Offensive in, 272–75, 279
ERZ as Commander of U.S. Naval Forces in, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9–10, 16–17, 111, 164–212, 224, 245, 297, 412, 421
Operation Game Warden in, 171–72, 184
Operation Giant Slingshot in, 182, 406
Operation Linebacker in, 273
Operation Market Time in, 171–72, 184, 187, 255, 462
Operation Ranch Hand in, 407
Operation Sea Float in, 182–83, 186, 203, 206, 208, 253
Operation SEALORDS in, 16, 179–80, 182, 183–84, 193, 201, 203, 231, 464
Operation Search Turn in, 178, 182
peace treaty negotiations on, 272, 305–6, 313, 318, 348
search-and-destroy missions in, 16, 171, 172
stalemate status of, 161, 169
termination of, 312, 313, 382
Tet Offensive of, 160–62, 164, 168, 192, 203
U.S. Army in, 161, 163–64, 168, 170, 172
U.S. Naval casualties of, 9–10, 185, 193, 195, 196–97, 202
U.S. Vietnamization policy in, 169, 187–91, 205–10, 223, 225, 272, 273
veterans of, 8, 9–10, 11, 398, 399, 403–4, 408
weekly intelligence estimates updates (WIEU) on, 170
Vincennes, 71–72
Vinh Te Canal, 177, 178, 184–85, 194–95
Vinson, Carl, 297, 299–301
Virginia, 28, 385–89
Virtuous Grace, SS, 28
Vreeland, 265
Vreeland Racial Anthropology Session, 265
Wages, Clarence J. “Jerry,” 11, 15, 204, 412, 468
Wall Street Journal, 218–19
Ward, J. D., 279–82, 304, 477
War Department, U.S., 128
Warner, John, 294–95, 469, 477, 478
ERZ and, 213, 216–17, 281, 283–84, 290, 298–300, 339, 342, 355–56, 358, 387, 416–17
War of 1812, 28, 41
Washington, D.C., 8, 20, 46, 63, 96, 115, 127–29, 154, 155–56, 213–17, 281
Washington, George, 248
Washington, Walter, 216
Washington Post, 85, 138, 218, 385, 450
Washington Special Action Group (WSAG), 331, 332, 351
Washington Star, 306–7, 389
Watergate scandal, 311, 323, 324–25, 345, 349, 353, 359, 382–83
Plumber operation and, 324, 332, 337, 340
Watke, L. E., 64–65
Watkins, Jim, 339
weapons of mass destruction, 3, 10, 419
Weinberger, Caspar, 413
Weisner, Maurice “Mickey,” 357–59
Welander, Robert O., 328–29, 332–33, 336, 338–43, 367
Westmoreland, William C., 161, 168, 172, 413
West Point, N.Y., U.S. Military Academy at, 36–37, 43, 73
Weygand, Maxime, 49, 50
Wheelabrator-Frye, 378
Wheeler, Earle, 214, 218
Whidbey Naval Air Station, 221
White House, 2, 91, 96, 136, 138, 239, 354
Wikner, N. Fred, 348, 352–53
Willkie, Wendell, 60
Wilson, Charlie, 372
Wilson, Jerry, 372
Wisconsin, 107–9, 113
Wofford, Cindy, 21–22
Wolfowitz, Paul, 393–94
Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service (WAVES), 254, 267
Woodbury, Dave, 15, 175–76, 371–72
Works Progress Administration (WPA), 60
World Council of Churches, 139–40
World War I, 106–7
World War II, 31, 43, 46, 70, 106–7, 112, 211, 273, 303, 304, 369
Aleutian campaign of, 74, 75–78, 451
battles of, 2, 71–74, 79–83
ERZ’s service in, 2, 3, 4, 5, 70–85, 198, 421
European theater of, 48–50
Great Britain in, 48–50, 52, 55, 60
Japanese surrender in, 85
Pacific theater of, 2, 5, 70–85
Wright, Christina “Aunt Tina,” 105, 217–18
Xuan Thuy, 318
Yahya Khan, Agha Mohammad, 313–14, 330
Yale Law School, 320
Yangtze River, 5, 85–86, 94–95
Yates, Earl “Buddy,” 221
Yiddish language, 32
Young, David, 322, 323, 332–34
Zakheim, Dov, 14, 33, 447
Zeilin, 70–72, 451
Zellars, 99–100, 102–4, 450
Zhou Enlai, 313–14, 329, 336
zum Wald, Andreas, 28
zum Wald, Anna Regina, 28
zum Wald, Jacob, 28
zum Wald, Mary, 28
Zumwalt, Bruce Craig (brother), 4, 17
illness and death of, 19, 35–36, 45, 83
Zumwalt, Doris Streeter (stepmother), 63–65, 70, 84, 99–102, 450
Zumwalt, Elmo Russell (father), 29–31, 32–33, 36, 42–48, 68, 74–75
Army Medical Corps service of, 30, 31, 37, 57–60, 63, 67, 69, 77–78
death of, 31, 488
illnesses of, 288
marriages of, see Zumwalt, Doris Streeter; Zumwalt, Frances Pearl Frank
medical practice of, 4, 27, 30–31, 35, 37, 57–58, 63, 94, 98–100, 102, 108, 109, 122
public service
of, 31, 57, 63, 108, 122, 380
relationship of ERZ and, 36–37, 39, 42–43, 45–48, 50, 55–56, 57–60, 61, 64–66, 69, 75, 77–78, 83–85, 89–90, 227–28, 449–50
Zumwalt, Elmo Russell, III (son), 23, 25, 26, 197–201, 374
Agent Orange exposure of, 9–10, 19–21, 203–5, 226, 392, 401–2, 403
birth of, 99–100, 109
childhood and adolescence of, 100–101, 105, 162
death of, 9–10, 19, 20, 21, 101, 400–404, 409, 412, 413, 415
early health problems of, 109, 197, 394, 403
education of, 197, 391
law practice of, 391
marriage and family of, 391–92
memoir cowritten by ERZ and, 392, 398, 444
non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHI) diagnosis and treatment of, 392, 393–99, 400–403
relationship of ERZ and, 198–201, 204–5, 391, 394–95, 396
Vietnam War service of, 5, 9–10, 63, 199–201, 203–5, 226, 391–92
Zumwalt, Elmo Russell IV (grandson), 392, 397
learning disabilities of, 9, 19–20, 392
Zumwalt, Elmo Russell “Bud,” Jr.
arms control work of, 6, 12, 24, 130–32, 240–41
athletic interests of, 67
birth of, 27
burial of, 20, 22, 25–26
charisma and popularity of, 2, 4, 11, 250–52, 264
childhood and adolescence of, 4, 27–28, 33–39, 65, 73, 422
children of, 5, 8, 9–10
conservative politics and philosophy of, 4, 155, 380
controversial change-of-command ceremony of, 15
courage and strength of, 12–13, 70, 195–96, 213, 287
early goals of, 45–46, 56, 83
education of, 2, 27, 36, 37–39, 41–69, 422
empathy and compassion of, 21–22, 24, 37–38
eulogies of, 21–25, 26
family background of, 27–33
as “Father of the Modern Navy,” ix
film portrayal of, 9, 398
final change-of-command ceremony of, 371–76
final illness and death of, 15–22, 422–25
first combat experience of, 71–73
funeral of, 1–2, 4–8, 10–11, 14–15, 20, 22–25
girlfriends of, 36, 46–47, 53, 60–62, 66–67
honors and awards of, 2–4, 21, 31, 42, 45, 52–53, 67, 83, 91, 107, 164, 224–25, 373, 421, 423
humanitarian concerns of, 23–24
illnesses of, 39, 47, 62, 175, 227
intellectual and administrative skills of, 7, 8, 9–11, 13, 127, 129, 137, 148, 166, 218–19
intelligence network of, 319, 354, 357
leadership of, 11, 12–14, 15–16, 22–24, 43, 81, 103, 137, 148, 150, 193–95, 286, 298, 305, 369
marriages of, see Zumwalt, Jane Carey; Zumwalt, Mouza Coutelais-du-Roché
medical and law careers considered by, 37, 83–84, 102–4, 117, 456
memoir of, 379, 381, 416, 443, 444, 486
on neutrality, 51–52
nicknames of, 1, 6, 17, 27, 94, 115, 125
opposition to reforms of, 247–48, 250–51, 269, 284–311, 478