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Strong Men Armed

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by Robert Leckie


  68. Drury, Franck C. 6

  69. Fisher, Don H. 6

  70. Fraser, Robert B. 6

  71. Freeman, William B. 6

  72. Hall, Sheldon O. 6

  73. Hundley, John C. 6

  74. Jones, Charles D. 6

  75. McManus, John 6

  76. Percy, Gilbert 6

  77. Pierce, Francis E., Jr. 6

  78. Pond, Zenneth A. 6

  79. Presley, Frank H. 6

  80. Shuman, Perry L. 6

  81. Stout, Robert F. 6

  82. Terrill, Francis A. 6

  83. Valentine, Herbert J. 6

  84. Vedder, Milton N. 6

  85. Hansen, Herman 5½

  86. Hood, Wiiliam L. 5½

  87. Kirkpatrick, Floyd C. 5½

  88. Lundin, William M. 5½

  89. Payne, Frederick R., Jr. 5½

  90. Sigler, Wallace E. 5½

  91. Alley, Stuart C., Jr. 5

  92. Baldwin, Franck B. 5

  93. Braun, Richard L. 5

  94. Carlton, William A. 5

  95. Davis, Leonard K. 5

  96. Dawkins, Georges E., Jr. 5

  97. Doyle, Cecil J. 5

  98. Drake, Charles W. 5

  99. Elwood, Hugh McJ. 5

  100. Farrel, William 5

  101. Finn, Howard J. 5

  102. Fontana, Paul J. 5

  103. Ford, Kenneth M. 5

  104. Hacking, Albert C. 5

  105. Kendrick, Charles 5

  106. Laird, Wayne W. 5

  107. McCartney, Henry A., Jr.5

  108. McGinty, Selva E. 5

  109. Olander, Edwin L. 5

  110. Phillips, Hyde 5

  111. Poske, George H. 5

  112. Powell, Ernest A. 5

  113. Ramlo, Orvin H. 5

  114. Scarborough, Hartwell V., Jr. 5

  115. Sherer, Raymond 5

  116. See, Robert B. 5

  117. Synar, Stanley 5

  118. Weissenberger, Gregory J. 5

  119. Wells, Albert P. 5

  120. Yunck, Mickael R. 5

  * Includes 6 planes shot down with Flying Tigers in China

  INDEX

  A

  Aaron Ward, destroyer

  Abe, Lt. Shinichi

  Aces, list of Marine Corps

  Adachi, Lt. Gen. Hatazo

  Admiralty Islands

  Agano, cruiser

  Agerholm, Pfc. Harold

  Akatsuki, destroyer

  Albacore, submarine

  Altman, Capt. Sidney

  Amagiri, destroyer-transport

  Amamiya, Lt. Gen. Tatsumi

  Ames, Col. Evans

  Amey, Lt. Col. Herbert

  Anderson, Pfc. Richard

  Angaur

  Aoba, cruiser

  Aotea Quay

  Apamama, landing at; “capture” of

  Arawe

  Archambault, Lt. Raoul

  Ariga, Rear Adm. Kosaku

  Arima, Rear Adm. Masafumi

  Arndt, Sgt. Monk

  Arnold, Maj. Gen. Archibald

  Asashimo, destroyer

  Ashmun, Capt. George

  Astoria, cruiser

  Atago, cruiser

  Atkins, Lt. Elisha

  Atlanta, cruiser

  Attu Island

  Auckland

  Australia

  B

  Bailey, Pfc. Edward

  Bailey, Maj. Kenneth

  Bairiki

  baka bombs

  Baker, Sgt. Thomas

  Baldinus, Lt. Larry

  Bale, Lt. Edward

  Ballale Airfield

  Ballard, destroyer

  Barber, Lt. Rex

  Barton, destroyer

  Basilone, Sgt. John

  Bates, destroyer-transport

  Bauer, Lt. Col. Harold (Joe)

  Bausell, Corp. Lewis

  Bayer, Sgt. James

  Belleau Wood, carrier

  Benham, destroyer

  Bergner, Gy. Sgt. Orle

  Berry, Corp. Charles

  Betio (see Tarawa)

  Birmingham, cruiser

  Biscansin, Corp. Al

  Bismarck Sea, Battle of

  Bismarck Sea, carrier

  Bismarcks

  Black Sheep Squadron (see Boyington)

  Blanchard, Cmdr. J. W.

  Block, Corp. Harlon

  Blue, destroyer

  Blue Goose, flight of the

  Boer, Chaplain Harry

  Boise, cruiser

  Bonin Islands

  Bonnyman, Lt. Alexander

  Bordelon, Sgt. William

  Borgen Bay; actions around

  Bougainville, campaign on

  Bourke, Brig. Gen. Thomas

  Boyington, Maj. Gregory

  Bradley, Maj. Gen. James

  Bradley, Corpsman John

  Bradley, Sgt. Robert

  Brown, Corp. Earl

  Brown, Pfc. John

  Brownson, destroyer

  Bruce, Maj. Gen. Andrew

  Brueggeman, Lt. Norman

  Brukardt, Lt. Herman

  Brush, Capt. Charles

  Bryan, Corpsman Cecil

  Buariki

  Buckley, Capt. Joseph

  Buckner, Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar, Jr.

  Buin

  Buka Island

  Buka Passage

  Buna-Gona

  Burke, Capt. Arleigh

  Burke, Lt.

  Burma

  Buse, Lt. Col. Henry

  Bush, Corp. Richard

  Bush, Corpsman Robert

  Bush, destroyer

  Butler, Col. Arthur

  Buzzard Patrol

  B-29 Superfort bombers; first emergency landing of on Iwo

  C

  Caddy, Pfc. William

  Caldwell, Corp. Alexander

  Calhoun, destroyer

  Callaghan, Rear Adm. Daniel

  Camp Tarawa

  Canberra, Australian cruiser

  Cape Esperance, Battle of

  ’Cape Gloucester, capture of

  Cape Gloucester Airfield

  Cape St. George, Battle of

  Cape Torokina, landings at

  Capito, Corp. John

  Carl, Capt. Marion

  Carlson, Lt. Col. Evans

  Casey, Lt. Moe

  Cassaro, Pfc. Vito

  Cates, Maj. Gen. Clifton

  Cavalla, submarine

  Chamberlain, Sgt. Reid Carlos

  Chamberlin, Maj. William

  Chambers, Lt. Col. Justice

  Chamorros, liberated on Guam

  Champagne, Pvt. Joseph

  Charles F. Ausburne, destroyer

  Charlo, Pfc. Louis

  Chicago, cruiser

  Chichi Jima

  Chikuma, cruiser

  China

  Chisick, Andrew Lt.

  Cho, Maj. Gen. Isamu

  Choiseul; landings at

  Chokai, cruiser

  Christensen, Maj. James

  Churchill, Prime Minister Winston

  Cibik, Lt. Steve

  Cibik’s Ridge

  Clark, Vice Adm. Joseph

  Claxton, destroyer

  Clemens, Capt. Martin

  Cleveland, cruiser

  coastwatchers, Australian

  Coffeen, Sgt. William

  Coffin, Lt. Al

  Cole, Sgt. Darrell

  Collins, Pfc. James

  Collis, Lt. Harold

  Colorado, battleship

  Columbia, cruiser

  combat correspondents

  Conger, Lt. John

  Conoley, Maj. Odell

  Conolly, Rear Adm. Richard

  Converse, destroyer

  Cooley, Lt. Col. Albert

  Coral Sea

  Cory, Lt. Ralph

  Corzine, Pfc. James

  Cosgrove, Col. John

  Costello, Corpsman Robert

  Courtney, Maj. Henry

  Cox, Sgt. James

  Craig, Col.
Edward

  Cram, Maj. John

  Cramford, Pfc. William

  Crane, Capt. Edgar

  Crowe, Maj. Henry

  Culhane, Maj. Thomas

  Cushing, destroyer

  Cushman, Lt. Col. Robert

  D

  Damato, Corp. Anthony

  Dampier Strait

  Dashiell, destroyer

  Davie, Pfc. James

  Davis, Maj. Leonard

  Deckrow, Gy. Sgt. Theon

  De Gink, Hotel

  del Valle, Maj. Gen. Pedro

  Denig, Capt. James

  Denver, cruiser

  Devine, Tech. Sgt. Frank

  Deyo, Rear Adm. Morton

  de Zayas, Lt. Col. Hector

  Diamond, Gy. Sgt. Lewis

  Dickens, Sgt. Onel

  Donitaley, Corp. William

  Dooley, Capt. George

  Drewes, Maj. Henry

  Duchein, Maj. Charles

  Duncan, destroyer

  Dunlap, Capt. Robert

  Dunn, Pfc. Harry

  Dunn, Lt. James

  Duplantis, Lt. Col. Wendell

  Dusenbury, Capt. Julius

  Dutch East Indies

  Dyess, Lt. Col. Aquilla

  Dyson, destroyer

  E

  Easley, Lt. Col. John

  Eastern Solomons, battle of the

  Edson, Lt. Col. Merritt

  Efate

  Egaroppu (see Nakarop)

  Eldorado, flagship of Adm. Turner

  Emirau

  Emmons, minesweeper

  Empress Augusta Bay; battle of

  Engebi Islet; capture of

  Eniwetok

  Eniwetok Islet

  Enola Gay, B-29 bomber

  Enterprise, carrier

  Epperson, Pfc. Harold

  Erskine, Maj. Gen. Graves

  Espiritu Santo, Island of

  Essex, carrier

  Evans, destroyer

  Evans, Pvt. “Chicken,”

  F

  Fardy, Corp. John

  Ferguson, Pfc. James

  Fiji Islands

  Fissel, Maj. Glenn

  Fletcher, destroyer

  Fletcher, Vice Adm. Frank Jack

  Florida Island

  Flying Fish, submarine

  Formosa

  Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy James

  Foss, Capt. Joseph

  Foster, Pfc. William

  Fournier, Lt. Joseph

  Franklin, carrier

  Freeman, Lt. Orville

  Frisbie, Col. Julian

  Fubuki, destroyer

  Fujinami, destroyer

  Fujioka, Lt. Gen. Takeo

  Furumiya, Col. Masajiro

  Furutaka, cruiser

  G

  Gagnon, Pfc. Rene

  Galer, Maj. Robert

  Gaston, Pfc. James

  Geddings, Corp. John

  Geiger, Brig. Gen. Roy

  George F. Elliott, troop transport

  Ghormley, Vice Adm. Robert

  Giba, Corp. Michael

  Gilbert Islands

  Glidden, Maj. Elmer

  Goettge, Lt. Col. Frank

  Golar, Corp. Donald

  Gonsalves, Pfc. Harold

  Goodenough Island

  Goto, Rear Adm. Aritomo

  Goto, Col. Hideki

  Grant, Pvt.

  Grassy Knoll

  Gray, Sgt. Ross

  Greene, Lt. Thomas

  Griffith, Lt. Col. Samuel

  Griner, Maj. Gen. George

  Griswold, Maj. Gen. Oscar

  Guadalcanal; campaign on

  Guadalcanal, naval battle of

  Guam; conquest of

  Guiliano, Gy. Sgt. Giuseppe

  Gurke, Pfc. Henry

  Guvutu; fight for

  Gwin, destroyer

  H

  Haberman, Lt. Roger

  Hackleback, submarine

  Haguro, cruiser

  Haldane, Capt. Andrew

  Hall, Lt. Col. Robert

  Halsey, Adm. William

  Halyburton, Corpsman William

  Hamakaze, destroyer

  Hanahara, Lt.

  Hancock, carrier

  Hanneken, Lt. Col. Herman Henry

  Hansen, Pvt. Dale

  Hansen, Sgt. Henry

  Hansen, Pfc. Leslie

  Hansen, Pfc. Paul

  Hanson, Lt. Robert

  Hara, Vice Adm. Chuichi

  Hard, Lt. George

  Harmon, Maj. Gen. Millard

  Harrell, Sgt. William

  Harris, Sgt. Charles

  Harris, Col. Harold

  Haruna, battleship

  Harvey, Lt. Fred

  Hatsukaze, destroyer

  Hauge, Corp. Louis

  Hawaii

  “Hawkes Bay Maneuvers,”

  Hawkins, Lt. William Deane

  Hay, K. D.

  Hayes, Pfc. Ira

  Hays, Maj. Lawrence

  Hebert, Pfc. Alex

  Heinze, Capt. Rodney

  Helena, cruiser

  Helgren, Capt. Henry

  Hellzapoppin’ Ridge

  Henderson Field

  Henderson, Maj. Lofton R.

  Hermle, Brig. Gen. Leo

  Herotsune, Sup. Pvt. Toshio

  Hiei, battleship

  Hill, Rear Adm. Harry

  Hine, Lt. Raymond

  Hinsdale, destroyer

  Hinson, Pvt.

  Hirata, Col. Genjiro

  Hirohito, Emperor

  Hiroshima

  Hiyo, carrier

  Hobbs Victory, ammunition ship

  Hodge, Maj. Gen. John

  Hodges, Pfc. Herbert

  Holcomb, Lt. Gen. Thomas

  Holland, Maj. Frank

  Holmes, Col. Maurice

  Honsowetz, Lt. Col. Russell

  Hooper, Gy. Sgt. Jared

  Hopkins, Harry

  Hopkins, Pfc. Stephen

  Horie, Maj. Yokasuka

  Hornet, carrier

  Hoyashio, destroyer

  Hudson, Lt. Col. Lewis

  Hugh W. Hadley, destroyer

  Hunt, Capt. George

  Hyakutate, Lt. Gen. Haruyoshi

  I

  Ichiki, Col. Kiyono

  Idaho, battleship

  Ikazuchi, destroyer

  Ikeda, Col. Masuo

  India

  Indianapolis, cruiser

  Indo-China

  Inoue, Lt. Gen. Sadae

  Intrepid, carrier

  Imamura, Gen. Hitoshi

  Imanishi, Lt. Rai

  Iowa, battleship

  Iron Bottom Bay

  Isokaze, destroyer

  Isuzu, cruiser

  Ito, Vice Adm. Seichi

  Itou, Vice Adm.

  Ivary, Lt. Toivo

  Iwo Jima; conquest of

  J

  Jackson, Pfc. Arthur

  Jackson, Capt. Donald

  Jacobson, Pfc. Douglas

  Jantan, Dr. Otto

  Japanese soldier, description of

  Jarman, Maj. Gen. Sanderford

  Jarvis, destroyer

  Jensen, Lt. Alvin

  Jintsu, cruiser

  Johnson, Lt. Col. Chandler

  Johnson, Pfc. Randall

  Johnston, Lt. Col. Arnold

  Joint Assault Signal Companies (JASCO)

  Jonah, Corp. Malcolm

  Jones, Capt. James

  Jones, Col. Louis

  Jones, Maj. William

  Jonjeck, Pvt.

  Julian. Sgt. Joseph

  Juneau, cruiser

  K

  Kagawa, Capt. Kiyoto

  Kagero, destroyer

  Kahili Airfield

  Kakuda, Vice Adm. Kakuji

  kamikaze, origin and development of

  Kamminga, Gaily R.

  Kanda, Lt. Gen. Masatane

  Kasumo, destroyer

  Katayama, Col. Kenshiro

  Kavieng

  Kawaguchi, Maj.
Gen. Kiyotake

  Kawakaze, destroyer-transport

  Kawano, Col.

  Kelly, Pvt.

  Kelly, Pvt. Donald

  Kennedy, Donald

  Kerama Retto

  Kincaid, Rear Adm. Thomas

  Kinryu Maru, transport

  Kinser, Sgt. Elbert

  Kinugasa, cruiser

  Kirby, Corpsman James

  Kirdshima, battleship

  Kizirian, Pvt. Harry

  Klingman, Lt. Robert

  Knox, Secretary of Navy Frank

  Kobayashi, Vice Adm. Musashi

  Koci, Pfc. Lowell

  Koga, Fleet Adm. Mineichi

  Kolombangara

  Kondo, Vice Adm. Nobutake

  Kongo, battleship

  Koons, Pvt. Kenneth

  Koromokina Swamp; battle of

  Kossler, Cmdr. Herman

  Kraus, Pfc. Richard

  Krueger, Lt. Gen. Walter

  Krulak, Lt. Col. Victor

  Kuribayashi, Lt. Gen. Tadamichi

  Kwajalein Atoll

  Kwajalein Islet

  Kyle, Maj. Wood

  Kyushu

  L

  LaBelle, Pfc. James

  Laffey , destroyer

  Lamphier, Capt. Thomas

  Landing craft, description of

  Lane, St. Sgt. Keary

  Largey, Lt. Lou

  Laurenti, Corp. Bruno

  Law, Corpsman Robert

  Lee, Rear Adm. Willis Augustus

  Leims, Lt. John

  Leiphart, Pvt. Samuel

  Leslie, Lt. Alan

  Leslie, Lt. Dale

  Lester, Corpsman Fred

  Leyte

  Lexington, carrier

  Leyte Gulf, Battle of

  Libby, Pfc. Donald

  Lindberg, Corp. Charles

  Little, destroyer

  Liversedge, Col. Harry

  Livesey, Sgt. Ben

  Lock, Pvt. George

  Logan, Lt. Samuel

  Logan Victory, ammunition ship

  London, Jack

  Long Island, carrier

  Louie the Louse

  Lowery, Sgt. Louis

  LST

  LST

  LST

  Lucas, Pfc. Jacklyn

  Luce, destroyer

  Lummus, Lt. John

  Lunch, First Sgt. Fred

  Lund, Pfc. Richard

  Lunga Point, carrier

  Luzon

  M

  MacArthur, Gen. Douglas

  MacPherson, Lt. Cmdr. Robert

  McCaffery, Lt. Col. Joseph

  McCard, Gy. Sgt. Robert

  McCarthy, Corp. Daniel

  McCarthy, Capt. Joseph

  McCawley, flagship of Adm. Turner

  McDougal, Col. David

  McKean, Maj. William

  McLanahan, Lt.

  McLeod, Lt. Col. Kenneth

  McNabb, Pvt.

  McNulty, Maj. William

  McQuabe, Pfc. Thomas

 

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