Glen Rappold
Charles Ratliff
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
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
Benno 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
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
&n
bsp; 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