Grunts (86 page)

Buckholz Station, Belgium
map

Buhl, Willie
map

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

Claymore 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 Aachen
map

in Gulf War
map

1st Marine Division (U.S. Marine Corps):

at Fallujah
map

in Gulf War
map

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 Gulf 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,” Vietnam
map

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

Kelley, Ed

Kelley, James

Kenehan, David

Kennard, Richard

Kerins, Jack

Kerry, John

Khadr, Samir Ali

Kilcullen, David

Kiley, Michael

Kim Son Valley, Vietnam

Kind, John

King, Daniel

King, Ernest

Kinnard, Harry

Kinney, Charles

Kirkbride, William

Kiss, Joseph

Kitchens, Milton

Klug, Elmer

Koch, Craig

Kontum Province, Vietnam

Korean War

Kosovo War

Kraft, Rudolf

Krinkelt, Belgium
map

Krinkelter Wald, Belgium
map

Krivda, Eric

Krulak, Victor “Brute”

Krusewski, Tom

Kuhn, John

Kurds

Kuwait
map

Kynoch, Joshu

La Drang Valley, Battle of

Lafley, Cedric

“LaLa Fallujah,”

Lambertson, Ken

Lampkin, Robert

Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) ships

Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel boats (LCVPs) (
see
Higgens boats)

Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVTs):

at Guam

at Peleliu

Lang, Dick

Langford, James

Lanier, Bill

Lantz, Peter

Laos

Lapinski, Stanley

Lauer, Walter

Laurence, John

Lausdell Crossroads, Belgium

Lawson, Scott

Leckie, Robert

Leo, Gerard

Leonard, Ron

Lewallen, Dennis

Lewis, Adrian

Lewis, Paul

Leyte, Philippines

Light infantry (“Eleven Bravo,” U.S. Army)

Little, Frank

Long, Lloyd

Long-range reconnaissance patrols (LRRPs)

Long-range surveillance equipment (L-RAS)

Lopez, Frank

Lopez, Manuel

Losheimergraben, Belgium/Germany
map

Lozada, Carlos

Luong Tho, Vietnam

Lynch, William

MacArthur, Douglas

Macay, Bernie

McCusker, Mike

McDade, Robert

MacDonald, Charles

McDonough, Bryan

McElwain, Thomas

McGahan, Mac

McGarity, Vernon

McGonigal, Richard

Macias, Joshua

McKinley, William

McLane, Darrin

McMahon, Robert

McMaster, H. R.

Maggart, Lon

Mahan, Alfred Thayer

Mahdi Army militia

Malugin, James

Mansoor, Peter

Mansour, Ahmed

Mao Tse-tung

Marquez, Christopher

Marshall, Dick

Marshall, S. L. A.

Martin, John

Martin, Robert “Pepper,”

Martin, William

Mason, Robert

Mason, Stanhope

Mattis, James

Mechanized riflemen (“Eleven Mikes,” U.S. Army)
map

Medical civic action projects (MEDCAPs)

Medics :

at Aachen

at Dak To