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Authors: Timothy M. Gay
Montebourg, France, 285
Montgomery, Bernard, 82, 101, 103, 178, 191, 192, 202, 210, 220, 221, 272, 288, 296, 303, 312, 328, 330, 345, 357, 381, 382, 391, 401, 429, 458
Montlhéry, France, 348, 365
Moora, Robert, 68, 250
Moore, Ned, 389
Morgan, Frederick, 257
Morocco, 73–75, 80, 82–88, 101, 112
Moroso, John, 80
Morrison, Allan, 347–48, 365, 366
Mortain, France, 329, 330, 332, 417
Morton, Joseph, 198
Mosto, Sicily, 204
Mount Etna, Sicily, 192
Mountbatten, Lord Louis, 62
Mountebourg, France, 271–72
Mrs. Miniver
(movie), 138
Mueller, Red, 91
Mullis, Dan L., 107–8
Murphy, John (Jack), 10, 23–24, 263–64
Murrow, Edward R., 26, 41, 43, 77, 245–46, 362, 378–79, 456
Murrow Boys, 247–48, 362
Musel, Bob, 131
Mussolini, Benito, 200, 206, 220, 221, 334
Mutual Broadcasting System, 133, 362
My War
(Rooney), 155, 350, 431, 447, 448
Namur, Belgium, 413
Napalm, 315
Naples, Italy, 224–27, 335
Nardine, Howard L., 145
NBC, 146, 326, 362, 439
Neal, Thomas D., 305
Nelson, Lindsey, 287
Neuss, Germany, 428
New Journalism, 169, 460
New York Herald Tribune
, 17–18, 26, 34–35, 50, 51, 68, 119, 133, 149, 165, 177, 187, 192, 209, 221, 238, 344, 375, 383, 405, 421, 424, 441, 453
New York Mirror
, 135
New York Sun
, 91
New York Times
, 18, 26, 27, 31, 108, 133, 136–38, 142, 149, 225, 367, 404, 426, 433, 453, 454
New York World
(
World-Telegram
), 31–32, 153
New Yorker, The
, 10, 11, 29, 30, 45–48, 52, 67, 91, 124, 142, 169, 258, 259, 276, 324, 377, 424, 425, 460
Newsweek
, 91, 109, 425, 452
Nijmegen, Holland, 384, 390
Norden bombsight, 126
Norgaard, Noland “Boots,” 26, 99, 107, 119
Norman, Van, 142
Normandy, 8–16, 270–80, 285–308, 311–35, 448
Normandy Revisited
(Liebling), 295
North African campaign, 10, 15, 17, 52, 72–120, 296, 410, 439
North Sea, 122, 144, 153, 166, 391
Norway, 141
Nuremberg Laws on Race and Citizenship
, 446
Nuremberg trials, 444–46
O’Brien, Pat, 136
O’Donnell, John Parsons, 30–31
Office of War Information (OWI), 64–65, 235
Okinawa, 442
Oldfield, Barney, 255, 267, 368
Olsen, Kenneth, 4
Omaha Beach, 9, 11–16, 20–21, 23–24, 277, 279, 280, 444, 457
O’Neill, Patrick, 356–57
Ooold Soljer
(B-17 Flying Fortress), 144–45
Operation Aintree, 389–90
Operation Argument, 242
Operation Avalanche, 219
Operation Baytown, 221
Operation Cobra, 303, 311–19, 326
Operation Dragoon, 334, 337–41
Operation Goodwood, 303, 312, 391
Operation Husky, 191
Operation Lüttich, 329
Operation Market Garden, 381–91, 393, 397–98, 421
Operation Neptune, 220
Operation Overlord, 272, 303
Operation Plunder, 429
Operation Shingle, 236
Operation Torch, 72–120, 191
Operation Transfigure, 352–53, 370, 380
Oran, Algeria, 91
Orcades
(cargo carrier), 54–55, 66
O’Reilly, John “Tex,” 26, 192–93, 221, 324
Orglandes-St. Sauveur region, France, 272
Orléans, France, 348, 356
Orloff, Gay, 375–76
Orne River, 8
Ousseltia, Tunisia, 105, 106, 108
Overloon, Holland, 390–91
Overseas Press Club of America, 50
Owens, William H., 123
P-38 Lightnings, 223, 252
P-40 fighters, 98, 105
P-47 Thunderbolts, 156, 252, 272, 315, 316, 319
P-51 Mustangs, 156, 252, 282, 285, 331, 332, 380, 383
Pachino, Sicily, 190
Pacific Theater, 344, 438–40, 442
Paddock, Charlie, 423
Paderborn, Germany, 436
Paestum beachhead, Italy, 214
Palermo, Sicily, 179, 184, 186, 202, 203
Paley, William, 456, 458
Panter-Downes, Mollie, 259
Paramount News, 90
Paris, France, 21, 29–30, 44–47, 50, 345–49, 352, 353, 357, 359–77, 398–99
Parkhurst, Charles, 33
Parris, John, 131
Pas de Calais coast, 4, 243, 251, 282
Patch, Alexander “Sandy,” 339
Patton, George S., 17, 51, 75, 78, 81, 84, 87, 104, 112–13, 178–80, 186–87, 191, 192, 194–98, 201, 202, 209–10, 220, 223, 288, 310–12, 330, 333, 339, 345, 346, 391, 401, 414–16, 444
Patton
(movie), 179
Pearl Harbor, 43, 52, 53, 441
Pearson, Drew, 210
Peck, Gregory, 175
Peel, J. D., 400
Peiper, Joachim, 410, 412, 414, 417, 418
Peleliu, 287
Pell, Eleanor, 342
Peloritan Mountains, Sicily, 208
Perham Down army base, England, 66
Périers–St.-Lô road, France, 313, 315, 330
Perrin, Porter, 36
Pétain, Marshal Philippe, 76
Peterman, Cy, 439
Pfaff, Roy, 85
Phantom of the Opera
(movie), 241
Philadelphia Story, The
(movie), 162
Philippines, 442
Phillips, Joseph, 109
Phillips, Malcolm, Jr., 122–24
Phony War, 44
Piccadilly Commandoes, 249
Pinkley, Virgil, 56, 244, 254, 293, 351, 353
Pinsince, Adrian, 360–61
Pisa, Italy, 336
Plotnick, Joe “Shorty,” 299–301
PM
, 100
Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach, 279
Polebrook air base, England, 160, 161
Polish First Independent Parachute Brigade, 352, 381
Pollizzi, Guiseppe, 205
Pont Blondin, Morocco, 73–75
Ponte, Gene, 175
Ponte Olivio airfield, Sicily, 195, 197
Port Lyautey, Morocco, 83–88
Porte d’Orléans, France, 361
Post, Margot, 138, 149
Post, Robert Perkins, 133, 136–38, 141–43, 145, 147, 149, 455
Potter, Roy, 439
Pound, Ezra, 460–61
Precision bombing, 126, 127
Prostitution, 249, 278, 279
Prouvost, Jean, 46–47
Pulitzer Prize, 27, 218, 439, 442, 449, 453, 454
Puy-Maladroit, France, 322
Pyle, Ernie, 23, 25, 26, 50, 76, 77, 91, 94–96, 111, 119, 217, 218, 230, 256, 260, 264–67, 275, 291–93, 296, 298, 312–14, 316, 318, 358, 369, 374, 442–43
Quinn, Nathan M., 300
Rabache, André, 307
Radio Maroc, 81, 85
Radio Nationale de France, 363, 369
Rainbow Corner, Piccadilly, 249–50
Rains, Claude, 241
Rambouillet, France, 357–58, 361, 363, 369
Rand, Sally, 42
Rapido River, 212–18, 235, 236
Reagan, Ronald, 159
Red Army Fifth Guards, 435
Red Ball Express, 354–55
Redding, Jack, 145, 255, 267, 362, 369–70
Reggio di Calabria, Italy, 219
Reid, Helen Rogers, 35
Reinhard Line, 218
Remagen, Germany, 428–31
Renault tanks, 87
Rennes, France, 319, 320, 323, 368, 369
Report to the Nation
(CBS World News), 261–62
Reporter’s Life, A
(Cronkite), 422
Republic of Silence, The
(
La République du Silence
) (Liebling), 260, 424
Reuben, Robert, 266
Reuters, 266, 362
Reynolds, Quentin, 261–62, 439
Rhine River, 381, 396, 408, 427–30, 434
Rhino tanks, 299
Rhone River, 343
Rhone Valley, 339
Rice, James, 417–18
Richards, Bob, 269, 423
Ridgway, Matthew, 429
Riefenstahl, Leni, 446
Rigg, Henry Kilburn “Bunny,” 11–14, 15, 20, 21, 277, 374, 444
Rigg, Marjorie, 444
Right Stuff, The
(Wolfe), 457
Roach, Jack, 267, 333, 346–48, 366, 367
Road Back to Paris, The
(Liebling), 52, 98, 150, 167, 309
Roberts, Clete, 266
Roberts, Ned, 269
Robertson, Walter M., 302
Roetgen, Germany, 394–95
Roll Me Over
(B-26 Marauder), 168–72
Rome, Italy, 18–19, 235–37, 334, 345
Romilly-sur-Seine, France, 128
Rommel, Erwin, 9, 82, 101, 103, 104, 108, 109, 141, 271, 298, 303, 329
Romorantin, France, 392
Rooney, Andrew Aitken, 6, 27, 35, 133, 135–36, 154, 158, 206, 244, 385
Air Gunner
by, 250
Atlantic crossing of, 54–55
ball-turret gunner’s death and, 159
Bigart and, 117–18, 250, 455
Boyle and, 250
Bradley briefing and, 312–14
Bronze Star awarded to, 307
at CBS News, 448
childhood of, 36
at college, 36–37
combat missions flown by, 16, 25, 121–24, 128, 143, 145–47, 251–52, 270
combat training and, 138
concentration camps and, 36, 432–33, 446
Cronkite and, 28, 129–30, 248, 250, 456, 459–60
D-Day and, 14–16, 24–25
drafted into army, 37, 49
on Eighth Army Air Force, 126
The Fortunes of War
by, 270, 441, 447, 448
in France, 270–75, 284–85, 291, 293, 294, 297, 298, 302–4, 306–7, 312–18, 322–23, 328, 331, 332–35, 344–46, 357, 359, 363–65, 367–71, 375, 401–2
German bomb attack attempt on U.S. story and, 403–6, 423
in Germany, 394–96, 428–32, 436–37
Hemingway and, 357, 358, 364
in Holland, 394, 397
joins
Stars and Stripes
, 67–69
Liebling and, 14, 250, 276, 447
in London, 128–29
My War
by, 155, 350, 431, 447, 448
in North African campaign, 76
at Nuremberg trials, 444–46
Patton and, 51, 112
personality of, 15, 37
physical appearance of, 36
postwar reunions and, 450
postwar visits to Europe by, 25, 405–6
on preinvasion mobilization, 252
on
60 Minutes
, 448
sports column by, 423–24
Stewart and, 162–63
on V-E Day, 438
visit to U.S., 403–5, 423
wartime mementoes of, 437, 448–49
Weaver story and, 174
writing mentors of, 250–51
writing technique of, 51
Rooney, Brian, 448–49
Rooney, Margie, 317, 403, 423
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 4, 53, 62, 64, 75, 77, 78, 81, 85, 93, 100–2, 126, 137, 139, 149, 173, 191, 219, 228, 334, 443, 448
Roosevelt, Theodore, 39, 79, 100
Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr., 100
Root, Waverly, 324
Rosmarino River, 179
Ross, Harold, 30, 43, 45, 67, 91, 169
Routh, Ross N., 202
Royal Air Force (RAF), 125, 126, 164, 167, 315, 330
Ruhr Valley, 381, 389
Rundstedt, Gerd von, 258, 303, 329, 416, 429
Runyon, Damon, 375
Russell, Ned, 383
Russian female prisoners, 355–56
Ruthie II
(B-17 Flying Fortress), 174, 175
Ruthman, Bob, 36–37, 403
Ryan, Cornelius, 421
S for Sugar
(B-17 Flying Fortress), 6, 144, 145, 157
Safi, Morocco, 83
St.-André-de-l’Épine, 296
St.-Lazaire, France, 401
St.-Lô, 272, 288, 291, 293, 296, 297, 301–8, 335, 359
St.-Malo, France, 328–29
St. Mars-le-Brière, France, 355
St.-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, 288, 323
St. Tropez, France, 338, 339
Ste.-Mère-Église, France, 271
Saipan, 287
Saiz, Reinaldo J., 145
Salerno, Italy, 17, 214, 219–22, 224, 236, 237
Salisbury, Harrison, 5, 50, 56, 80, 117, 126–27, 136, 145–47, 246–47, 256, 351, 453
San Fratello, Sicily, 179, 180, 188
San Pietro Infine, Italy, 214, 230–35, 442
San Stefano, Sicily, 202, 205, 206, 209
Sant’Agata, Sicily, 179, 180, 188
Sardinia, 193
Sayers, Darwin, 22
Scalisi, Bernard, 335
Schelde estuary, 391
Schlieben, Karl-Wilhelm von, 271, 286–87
Schweinfurt-Regensburg, Germany, 155, 158–59
Scoglitti, Sicily, 195, 202
Scott, Denton, 133, 142–43
Scott, George C., 78
Scripps Howard, 23, 26, 77, 91, 94, 95, 292
Sebu River, 85, 86
See River, 329
Seine River, 353, 364, 365
Sele River and Valley, 214, 222, 223
Selective Service, 52
Sélune River, 329
Semmes, Harry, 86–87
Semmes, Raphael, 86
Sevareid, Eric, 19, 26, 41, 218, 247, 248
Shackeroo
(B-17 Flying Fortress), 166–67
Sheehan, Neil, 453–54
Sheets, Colleen, 443
Sheets, Robert W., 1, 2, 5, 21–22, 443
Sheridan, Ann, 142
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 202
Sherman tanks, 234, 322, 392, 395, 428
Shigemitsu, Mamoru, 441, 443
Shoo Shoo Baby
(B-17G Flying Fortress), 1–6, 8–9, 21–22
Sicilian campaign, 12, 17, 92, 99, 102, 104, 112, 177–211, 217, 236, 442
Siegfried Line, 44, 381, 394–96, 401, 408
Siler, Tom, 268
60 Minutes
, 67, 448
Small, Collie, 248, 269, 422, 423
Small, Parley D., 124
Smith, Bedell, 421–22
Smith, Roy Q., 157
Soldier’s Story, A
(Bradley), 460
Soviet Union, 52, 76, 396, 419, 434–35
Spa, Belgium, 400, 413
Spaatz, Carl A. “Tooey,” 126, 127, 149, 154, 173
Spanish Civil War, 424
Speer, Albert, 446
Speidel, Hans, 329
Spitfires, 166, 244, 282
Stafford, Jean, 32, 461
Stalin, Joseph, 62, 76, 102, 246, 435
Stalingrad, 302, 328, 331, 448
Star shells, 287
Stars and Stripes
, 6, 14, 16, 19, 51, 67–69, 108, 121, 128, 130, 133, 143, 146, 155, 159, 162, 188, 250–52, 260, 271, 293, 306, 322, 368–70, 375, 389, 390, 394, 401–3, 405, 423, 430–32, 437–38
Steele, John, 271
Steinbeck, John, 119
Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle), 33