America At War - Concise Histories Of U.S. Military Conflicts From Lexington To Afghanistan (49 page)

Tedder, Sir Arthur, 200–201

Tel Aviv, Israel, 304

telephone switchboard operators “Hello Girls,” AEF, 148

Tennessee, 71, 78, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 95

Tenth Army (French), 155

Terry, Alfred, 95

Tet Offensive, 274–277

Texas, 48, 49, 63, 64, 70, 75, 83, 88, 90, 144

Thailand, 249, 264, 280

Third Army, 194, 208, 209, 210, 320

38th Parallel, 239, 242, 243, 245, 247, 252, 253

Thomas, George “Rock of Chickamauga,” 87, 89, 91, 92

Thompson, Wayne, 266

Throgs Neck, NY, 7

Tigris River, 319, 323, 327, 329, 330

Tikrit, Iraq, 340

Tinian, 223

Tirpitz, Alfred von, 126

To Begin Again
(Finn), xvii

Togo, Africa, 136

Tokyo, Japan, 214, 218, 220, 224, 225, 231, 246

Tomahawk cruise missiles, 303, 325

Tonkin Gulf Resolution, 263

Tora Bora, 345

Toronto, Canada, 36

Trafalgar, Spain, 142

Transylvania, Austrian-Hungarian Empire, 132–133

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, 132, 133, 165

Treaty of Ghent, 41–42, 43

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 61–62, 64

Treaty of Paris, 20, 114, 115

Treaty of Versailles, 133, 134, 135, 165, 180

trench warfare, 94, 129, 135, 136, 149, 156

Trenton, NJ, 8

Triple Entente, the, 132.
See also
France; Great Britain; Russia

Trist, Nicholas P., 56, 58, 61

Truman, Harry S., 163, 240, 244, 246, 249, 252, 258–259, 290–291

Tsingtao, China, 136, 141

Tunisia, 188, 189, 190, 199, 201

Turkey/Turks, 124, 133, 164, 167, 249, 295–296, 320

“Tuskegee Airmen,” 332nd Fighter Group, 194

Typhoons, 204

U-505, 196

U-boats.
See
submarine warfare, German

UH-1 Iroquois “the Huey,” 271

Ukraine, 132

ULTRA intelligence, 197

Umm Qasr, Iraq, 319, 325, 326

unconditional surrender, WWII, 190, 211–212, 232–233

Union (North),
68,
69,
96–97, 98.
See also
Between the States (1860-1865)

United Arab Emirates, 295

United Kingdom, 296.
See also
Great Britain/British

United Nations

Gulf War (1990-1991), 295

Iraq (2003-2011), 317–318, 339

Korea (1950-1953), 240, 241, 242, 243, 245, 246, 249

unmanned aerial vehicles, 348–349

U.S. Air Force

Gulf War (1990-1991), 297, 302

Iraq (2003-2011), 319, 322–323, 330, 331

Korea (1950-1953), 240, 241, 250, 251–252

Vietnam (1965-1975), 262, 264–265, 266, 268, 272, 274–275, 278, 280, 281

World War I (1914-1918) (U.S. Army Air Service), 161–162

World War II (1939-1945) (U.S. Army Air Force), 181, 186, 192, 194, 196, 198–200, 203, 204, 206, 214, 226, 233

U.S. Army.
See also
Army of Northern Virginia; Army of the Cumberland; Army of the Potomac; Army of the Tennessee

1812, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42, 43

Gulf War (1990-1991), 291–292, 297, 301, 306, 307, 308–309

Independence (1775-1783), 4, 7–8, 9, 10, 11, 13–14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24

Iraq (2003-2011), 318, 319, 320–321, 322, 323, 324–325, 327–328, 330, 331, 332–333, 333–334, 334–335, 335–336, 339

Korea (1950-1953), 240, 241–242, 243, 244–245, 246, 247, 248, 249–250, 252

Mexico (1846-1848), 49, 50, 51–52, 53, 54, 55–56, 57–58, 59–60, 62–63, 64

nurses, 148, 192

Spain (1898), 104–105, 106–110, 112–113, 115, 116, 117

Vietnam (1965-1975), 263, 269, 270–272, 276

World War I (1914-1918), 143, 144–148, 149, 152–154, 156–158, 163, 167, 171, 172

World War II (1939-1945), 186, 188, 189, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 204, 206, 208, 209, 210–211, 212–213, 219, 221, 228, 230

U.S. Marine Corps

Gulf War (1990-1991), 292, 300, 306

Iraq (2003-2011), 319, 321, 323, 325, 326–327, 328–330, 332, 333, 339

Korea (1950-1953), 241, 244

Mexico (1846-1848), 60

Spain (1898), 107

Vietnam (1965-1975), 263–264, 274, 275, 276

World War I (1914-1918), 154

World War II (1939-1945), 219–220, 221, 223, 226–227, 327

U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 62, 64, 72, 77, 86, 270

U.S. Naval Academy, 74

U.S. Navy.
See also
specific
USS
ships

Afghanistan (2001-2014), 345–346

Between the States (1860-1865), 73, 74–76, 85, 88, 95, 98

1812, 32–33, 34–35, 36, 37–38, 39, 41, 42, 43

Gulf War (1990-1991), 292, 297–298, 300, 301, 303, 304

Independence (1775-1783), 12–13, 15, 16, 19, 20

Iraq (2003-2011), 330, 336

Korea (1950-1953), 250–251

Mexico (1846-1848), 49, 51, 54, 55

Spain (1898), 103, 104, 105–106, 107, 110, 111–112, 113, 114, 116, 117–118, 119

Vietnam (1965-1975), 262, 265, 266, 268, 274–275, 280

World War I (1914-1918), 148, 149, 150

World War II (1939-1945), 178–179, 181, 183, 185, 186, 195, 198, 205, 206, 207, 214, 215–216, 216–218, 220, 221, 222–223, 223–224, 226, 227–228, 230, 231–232

U.S. Special Forces, 305, 319, 330–331, 345, 351–352

Ushant Island, 21

USS
Abraham Lincoln,
336

USS
Adams,
40

USS
Argus,
35

USS
Arizona,
231

USS
Augusta,
184

USS
Baltimore,
104

USS
Boston,
104

USS
Boxer,
250

USS
Brooklyn,
111

USS
Bunker Hill,
224

USS
California,
223

USS
Charleston,
113

USS
Chesapeake,
37

USS
Cole,
344

USS
Comfort,
301

USS
Constellation,
35, 262

USS
Constitution,
32, 37, 42, 43

USS
Cumberland,
74

USS
Enterprise,
35, 179, 216

USS
Essex,
33, 43

USS
Franklin
“Big Ben,” 224

USS
Greer,
195

USS
Growler,
228

USS
Hancock,
224

USS
Hornet,
35, 216

USS
Indiana,
105, 111

USS
Intrepid,
224

USS
Iowa,
111

USS
Jacob Jones,
196

USS
Kearny,
195

USS
Kearsarge,
75

USS
Lexington,
179, 215

USS
Maddox,
262, 263

USS
Maine,
103, 117–118

USS
Maryland,
223

USS
Mercy,
301

USS
Minnesota,
75

USS
Missouri,
231, 298, 303, 304

USS
Monitor,
74–75

USS
Nevada,
205

USS
New York,
111, 112

USS
Olympia,
104, 106

USS
Oregon,
111

USS
Peacock,
42

USS
Pennsylvania,
223

USS
President,
21, 35

USSR.
See
Russia/Russians

USS
Raleigh,
104

USS
Reuben James,
195

USS
San Diego,
150

USS
San Jacinto,
303

USS
Saratoga,
41, 179

USS
South Dakota,
220

USS
Texas,
111

USS
Ticonderoga,
224, 262

USS
United States,
32, 37

USS
Valley Forge,
250

USS
Washington,
220

USS
Wasp,
35, 224

USS
West Virginia,
223

USS
Wisconsin,
298

USS
Yorktown,
216

Utah, 49, 64

Utah Beach, 205–206, 206, 246

V-1/V-2 missiles, 208

Valcour Island, 10

Valencia, Gabriel, 57

Valley Forge, PA, 13, 14, 16

Van Fleet, James, 246

Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 30–31

Vara del Rey, Joachim, 108

Vaux, France, 154–155

Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 221

Vera Cruz, Mexico, 52, 54–55, 56, 60

Verdun, France, 137–138, 139, 162

Vermont, 10, 23

Vichy, France, 188

Vicksburg, MS, 88–89, 91, 97

Victory at Sea
(documentary), 219–220

Viet Cong (VC) “Charlie,” 261, 263, 264, 270, 271, 272, 274, 275, 276

Vietnam

Vietnam War (1965-1975), xvi, 116, 255–284,
256,
362–363

World War II (1939-1945), 214

Villa, Pancho, 145

Villepin, Dominique de, 318

Vimy Ridge, Canada, 140

Vincennes, IN, 16

Vincent, Strong (Colonel), 82–83

Vinh, North Vietnam, 262, 263

violence inherent in warfare, xv–xvi.
See also
America at war; casualties

Virginia, 4, 10, 14, 16, 19, 39, 71, 72, 73–74, 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 84, 90, 91, 93–94, 94–95, 95–96, 97

Virginia
(Union warship), 74, 75

von Arnim, Jürgen, 190

von Steuben, Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, 14, 15

Wadi al-Batin, Kuwait, 307–308

Wake Island, 118, 179, 212

Walker, Walton, 241, 242, 244, 245, 250, 252

Wallace, Robert, 191

Wall Street Journal,
349

War Powers Act, 282

Warren, Sir John, 34–35, 37

wars.
See
America at war

Warsaw, Poland, 198

Washington, D.C., 39, 40, 42, 71, 72, 85, 89–90, 94, 95, 97, 141, 186, 200, 212, 213, 218, 240, 242, 243, 246, 350

Washington, George, 4, 6–8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23, 24, 84, 85

Washington Post,
349, 350

Waterloo, Belgium, 128

Waxhaw Massacre, 17

weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), 293, 301, 312, 317, 318, 320, 332, 339, 340

weather and war, 7, 10, 13, 103, 192, 199, 202, 204–205, 209, 219, 224, 324

Wellington, Duke of, 34, 37, 40, 42, 56, 215

Western Front, WWI,
123,
145, 156, 157, 162, 164

West Indies, 14, 21

Westmoreland, William C., 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 279

West Point, U.S. Military Academy, 62, 64, 72, 77, 86, 270

West Point Military Series,
155

West Virginia, 78, 79

Weyand, Frederick, 275

Wheeler, Earle, 260

Wheeler, Joseph, 107, 109

Whigs, 21, 49, 50, 52, 63

White Plains, NY, 7

Wickes, Lambert, 12

Wilderness, VA, 93

“Wild Weasles,” 268

Wilhelm II (Emperor of Germany), 166

Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 164

Wilkes-Barre Massacre, 15

Wilkinson, James, 36

Williamsburg, VA, 19

Willmott, H. P., 163, 167

Wilmington, NC, 95

Wilson, Woodrow, 142, 143–144, 164–165

“wolf packs” (U-boats), 196, 197

women in wars, 147–148, 184, 192

Wonsan, Korea, 243

Wood, Leonard, 109

Wool, John E., 51, 52

Worden, John (Lieutenant), 75

World Trade Center, NY, 344, 345

World War I (1914-1918), xvi, 121–172,
122,
123,
358–359

World War I
(Willmott), 167

World War II (1939-1945), 161, 173–236,
174,
175,
176,
177,
359–362

Worth, William, 59

Wright, Stace, xvi

Wright Cyclone R-3350s, 224

Wyoming, 49, 64

Yalu River, xvii, 243, 244, 247, 248, 252, 257

Yamamoto, Isoroku, 216–217, 218

Yamashita, Tomoyuki, 214, 215

Yamato
(Japanese battleship), 230

Yasir al-Khuder, Iraq, 332

Yemen, 344

Yeo, Sir James, 36

Yokohama, Japan, 230

York, Canada, 36, 39

York River, 19, 20, 73

Ypres, Belgium, 130–131, 136–137, 140

Yugoslavia, 182, 234

Zaloga, Steven, 268

zeppelins (airships), 159

Zimmerman, Alfred, 144

Zucchino, David, 335–336