Epilogue
1 Department of Defense Web site, Fiscal Year 2010 Budget by Service; Mackubin Thomas Owens, “Let’s Have Flexible Armed Forces,” editorial, Wall Street Journal, January 27, 2009; Richard Lardner, “Aging Air Force Wants Big Bucks Fix,” Associated Press, February 18, 2008; August Cole and Yochi Dreazen, “Boots on the Ground or Weapons in the Sky?” Wall Street Journal, October 30, 2008; Ann Scott Tyson, “Army, Marines to Seek More Troops,” Washington Post, December 13, 2006; John Keller, “2010 DOD Budget Proposes Increases for Navy, DARPA Spending; Army Faces Big Cuts,” Military & Aerospace Electronics, May 22, 2009; Ralph Peters, “The Counterrevolution in Military Affairs,” Weekly Standard, February 6, 2006, p. 18; Tom Donnelly, “The Army We Need,” Weekly Standard, June 4, 2007, pp. 21-28; Brian Mockenhaupt, “The Army We Have,” Atlantic, June 2007, pp. 86-99; S. L. A. Marshall, Men Against Fire: The Problem of Command in Future War (Alexandria, VA: Byrrd Enterprises, Inc., 1947), pp. 208-09. As of early 2008, the Army’s active duty strength was about 512,000 soldiers. Mockenhaupt, in his research, found that among seventeen- to twenty-four-year-olds, the prime group the Army relies upon for its recruits, only three in ten are eligible for service under Army standards. The rest are disqualified for physical, mental, or criminal reasons. The pool of available infantry recruits is obviously, then, even smaller and more elite.
2 David Watson, e-mail to the author, January 4, 2008; Robert Harriman, e-mail to the author, March 4, 2008; Robert Kaplan, “Modern Heroes,” editorial, Wall Street Journal, October 4, 2007; Lieutenant Donald Taggart, “You’re Part of the Infantry,” Infantry, July 1944, p. 21; Charles Edmunson, “Why Warriors Fight,” Marine Corps Gazette, September 1944, pp. 3-10; Adrian Lewis, The American Culture of War: The History of U.S. Military Force from World War II Through Operation Iraqi Freedom (New York: Routledge, 2007), p. 457.
3 Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman, “On Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdogs,” extracted from On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and Peace (Portland, OR: PPCT Publications, 2007).
INDEX
Aachen, Germany, 1944
Abizaid, John
Abrams tanks:
at Fallujah
in Gulf War
Abu Ghraib scandal
AC-130 Bashers
Adams, George
Adamski, Ed
Adda, Lionel
Adelup Point, Guam
Admire, John
Afghanistan, U.S. War in
African-American soldiers
Agat, Guammapmap
Aidid, Mohammed
Airmobile infantry combat
Air power vs. ground power
Air strikes:
at Aachen
at Dak To
at Fallujah
at Guammap
in Gulf War
in Operation Masher/White Wing
at Peleliu
Akins, John
Al Anbar, Iraq
Aldridge, Joe
Al Jazeera
Allawi, Ayad
Allen, Roy
Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment (U.S. Army)
Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment (U.S. Army)
Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment (U.S. Army)
Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (U.S. Army)
Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (U.S. Army)
Alpha Troop, 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment (U.S. Army)
Amphibious combat:
Guam
Peleliu
Amyett, Jimmy
Anderson, Travis
Andrasovsky, Henry
An Lao Valley, Vietnammap
Arcala, Kurtis
Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP)
Arnold, Hap
Asan Point, Guammap
Attrition strategy in Vietnam War
Ayres, Christopher
Babitz, Joe
Back clearing
Bacon, Clinton
Baghdad, Iraq
Ballard, Bill
Banzai attacks
Barnes, John
Barnes, Richard
Baroni, Michael
Bartkiewicz, Edward
Battle of the Slopes, Vietnam
Battleson, David
Bayow, Steven
Beckman, John
Beckwith, Charlie
Belanger, Roger
Belknap, Glen
Bell, Terry
Bellavia, David
Bellon, Dave
Bercaw, William
Berg, Nicholas
Berger, Hugh
Berger, Spencer
Bickerstaff, Ted
Big Boy (war dog)
Big-unit warfare in Vietnam
Binh Dinh province, Vietnammap
Biological weapons
Black Watch Regiment (British Army)
Blankennagel, Richard
Bledsoe, Patrick
Bobrowski, Igor
“Bodies” (Drowning Pool)
Bodnar, George
Body counts, in Vietnam War
Boeger, Alvin
Boehme, William
Boggiano, Chris
Boicourt, Harold
Boland, Dillard
Bolger, Daniel
Bombardments (see Air strikes)
Bone, Otis
Bong Son plain, Vietnammap
Booby traps:
at Aachen
at Peleliu
in Vietnam War
Boos, Francis
Boswood, Justin
Botsford, Robert
Bowles, Gary
Bradley Fighting Vehicles:
at Fallujah
in Gulf War
Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry (U.S. Army)
Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (U.S. Army)
Bremer, Paul
British Royal Navy
Brockaway, John
Brown, Charles
Brown, Cory
Brown, Hop
Brown, Neil
Brown, Reeon
Broz, Jack
Bryant, Gary
Bryant, Tammy
Buckholz Station, Belgiummap
Buhl, Williemap
Building-contained improvised explosive devices (BCIEDs)
Bulge, north shoulder of
Bundschu Ridge, Guam
Burchett, Charlie
Burger, Hugh
Burkett, Clyde
Burnett, William
Burns, Gene
Bush, George W.
Bushido warrior code
Bütgenbach, Belgium
Butler, Arthur
Butler, Charles
Butler, Oliver
Calvin, Carin
Cambodia
Cantrell, James
Capehart, Steve
Carmon, Warren
Castillo, Ishmael
Casualties :
at Aachen
at Dak To
at Fallujah
at Guam
at northern shoulder, Battle of the Bulge
in Operation Masher/White Wing
at Peleliu
U.S. Marine Corps combined action platoons (CAPs) and
in Vietnam War
Cates, William
Caves, Japanese defense of Peleliu in
C Company, Task Force Infantry (U.S. Army)
Cecil, Jerry
Central Highlands, Vietnam
Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (U.S. Army)
Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (U.S. Army)
Charlie Company, 4th Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (U.S. Army)
Chemical weapons
Cheney, Dick
Chinito Cliff, Guam
Christenson, Wayne
Civilian casualties, in Fallujah
Claymor
e mines
Climie, Thomas
Clutter, Chuck
CNN
Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA)
Cold War
Coleman, William
Collins, J. Lawton
Combat fatigue (psychoneurosis)
Combined action platoons (CAPs), U.S. Marine Corps
Combs, Carl
Command and General Staff College (U.S. Army)
Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment (U.S. Marine Corps)
Condition Black
Conley, Bill
Conner, James “Bennie”
Connolly, William
Conolly, Richard
Conway, James
Cook, Marlin
Corcoran, Casey
Corley, John
Corpsmen, U.S. Navy:
at Peleliu
in U.S. Marine Corps combined action platoons (CAPs)
Corson, William
Cossey, Keith
Costella, Alexander
Coultrey, William
Counterinsurgent wars:
in Afghanistan
in Iraq (see Iraq War)
Cousino, Michael
Cousins, Larry
Cowan, Richard
Cox, Ken
Craig, Robert
Cramer, Kory
Crandall, Bruce
“Crow’s Foot” area, Vietnam
Curran, Jim
Curry, Jerry
Cushman, Robert
Dak To, Vietnam
Dalyai, Danny
Daniel, Derrill
Danowitz, Edwin
Dark, Robert
Daube, John
Davis, Ray
Davis, Russell
D-day, on Peleliu
Deakin, Harold
Dean, Howard
Deen, Braswell
Deliberti, Michael
Delta Force (U.S. Army)
DeRemer, Jacques “Jack”
Desert Storm (see Gulf War)
Detrixhe, James
Dettor, Robert
Dewitt, Lisa
Diduryk, Myron
Dienstag, Joseph
Dietrich, Joseph “Sepp”
Dietz, Andy
Doan, Dong
Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (U.S. Army)
Dog Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (U.S. Army)
Dolenc, Eddie
Donovan, Jim
Douglas, Robert
Douhet, Giulio
Drake, Mack
Driss, Dan
Dye, Charles
Eagen, John
Edmunds, Steve
Edwards, Steven
18th Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army)
18th Infantry Regiment (U.S. Army)map
81st Infantry Division (U.S. Army)
82nd Airborne Division (U.S. Army)
Ek, Paul
11th Marine Regiment (U.S. Marine Corps)
Elliot, Dukin
Elliott, Ennis
Elrod, Richard
Engel, Gerhard
Ernst, Louis
Eroshevich, Michael
Esper, Mark
Estes, Jackson
Etter, Harold
Exorcist, The (film)
Face of Battle, The (Keegan)
Falcone, John
Fallujah, Iraq
Fallujah Brigade
Farley, Medic
Faulkenberg, Steve
Ferguson, Gene
Ferro, Shorty
Fesmire, John “Skip,”
Fetzer, Dale
Fields, Lewis
15th Field Artillery Battalion (U.S. Army)
5th Marine Regiment (U.S. Marine Corps)
Finnigan, Patrick
1st Armored Division (U.S. Army)
1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment (U.S. Marine Corps)
1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (U.S. Marine Corps)map
1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment (U.S. Marine Corps)map
1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment (U.S. Army)
1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment (U.S. Army)
1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (U.S. Marine Corps)map
1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment (U.S. Army)
1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment (U.S. Marine Corps)
1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment (U.S. Army)
1st Battalion, 394th Infantry (U.S. Army)
1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry
Regiment (U.S. Army)
1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (U.S. Army)
1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division (U.S. Army)
1st Cavalry Division (U.S. Army)map
1st Infantry Division (“Big Red One,” U.S. Army):
at Aachenmap
in Gulf Warmap
1st Marine Division (U.S. Marine Corps):
at Fallujahmap
in Gulf Warmap
at Peleliu
1st Marine Regiment (U.S. Marine Corps) map
1st Provisional Marine Brigade (U.S. Marine Corps)
Fischer, Walt
Fischer, Willi
Fisher, Richard
Fitts, Colin
503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (U.S. Army)
Flagg, James
Fleet Marine Force (U.S. Navy)
Fleming, Ronald
Floyd, Billy
Flynn, Ray
Flynn, Thomas
Follansbee, Ben
Fontenot, Gregory
Fort, George
40th Pack Howitzer Battalion (U.S. Army)
4th Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (U.S. Army)
4th Infantry Division (“Ivy Division,” U.S. Army) map
4th Marine Regiment (U.S. Marine Corps)
4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment (U.S. Army)
48th Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army)
Fox, Fred
Frank, Fred
Franklin, Daniel
Freidt, Jason
Friendly fire, in Gulf War
Fulks, James
Funk, David
Gaan Point, Guam
Gailey, Harry
Gallogly, Pete
Gamber, Ralph
Gara, Bill
Garrett, John
Garvey, Jack
Garwick, Keith
Gast, Lauren
Gauff, William
Geiger, Roy
German Army
at Aachen
at north shoulder of the Bulge
German civilians
Giaimo, David
Gianforte, Shawn
Gilhooley, Pete
Gilson, L. A.
Gladden, Mike
Godwin, Jon
Goffigan, Charles
Goodson, Barry
Goodwin, Frank
Gorton, Gary
Granville, John
Grayson, Joe
Grazing fire
Ground power:
importance of
vs. air power
vs. sea power
vs. techno-war
Grunts, defined
Guadalcanal Diary (Tregaskis)
Guam
Gulf War, 1991
Guyer, William
Gwin, Larry
Hackett, Matthew
Hagan, Willie
Hall, Frank “Blackie,”
Hall, W. Carvel
Halsey, William “Bull,”
Hancock, Frank
Hancock, William
Hankel, Halland
Hanks, Michael
Hanneken, Herman
Hardy, Abe
Harris, Bucky
Harrold, Leslie
Harvey, Chris
Harvey, Tom
Haswell, James
Hauser, Christine
Hayes, Kenneth
Headley, Jim
Helicopters :
at Dak To
at Fallujah
in G
ulf War
in Operation Masher/White Wing
Herrera, Javier
Higgens boats
Hill, Leo
Hill, Tom
Hill 100, Peleliu
Hill 724, Dak To, Vietnam
Hill 875, Dak To, Vietnam
Hilliard, John
Hiner, Chuck
Hitler, Adolf
Hitler Youth
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hodges, Courtney
Hong, Vu
Hon Mot, Vietnam
Honsowetz, Russell
“Hooah,” use of term
House, Roy
Huber, John
Hudson, Swanson
Huebner, Clarence
“Hugging the belt” tactic
Hunt, George
Hunt, Herbert
Hunter Killer approach
Huntzinger, Merrill
Hussein, Saddam
Ibenthal, Donald
Iiams, William
I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF)
Imperial General Headquarters (IGH)
Imperial Japanese Army (see Japanese Army)
Imperial Japanese Navy
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
in Baghdad, Iraq
in Fallujah, Iraq
in Tikrit, Iraq
Infantry soldiers (see Ground power)
Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783, The (Mahan)
Inoue, Sadae
Iraqi Army:
in Baghdad
in Desert Storm
at Fallujah
Iraqi civilians casualties, in Fallujah
Iraqi Governing Council (IGC)
Iraqi Interim Government (IIG)
Iraqi Ministry of Health
Iraqi Security Forces (ISF)
Iraq War
Baghdad
emphasis on techno-war in
Fallujah
ground force combat fatalities in
Tikrit
Irby, Pierce
“Iron Triangle,” Vietnammap
Itou, Seiichi
Iwan, Edward
Jacobsen, Kenneth
Japanese Army:
banzai attacks by
commitment to inland defense by
at Guam
at Peleliu
yamato-damashii (Japanese fighting spirit) of
Jesmer, David
Johnson, Clarence
Johnson, James
Johnson, Lyndon
Johnston, Richard
Joint direct attack munition (JDAM)
Jones, Roland
Jones, Thomas B.
Kading, Kenneth
Kallas, Steve
Kaplan, Robert
Karpowicz, Bill
Kasal, Brad
Kaufman, Harold
K Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment (U.S. Marine Corps)
Keegan, John
Keller, Jerry
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