War Stories (58 page)

Beamer, Todd,
251

Beaupre, Ryan Anthony,
60
,
63

Bedouins,
xviii

Beirut, Lebanon,
50
,
246

Benitez, Erik,
87

Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich,
xxvii

Bible,
lvii
,
50

Bing, Steve,
250

bin Laden, Osama,
xlvii
,
47
,
75
,
251
,
257

biological weapons,
16

Black Hawk Down
,
82

Blair, Tony,
xlvi
,
34
,
82–83

Blame America First,
21
,
243
,
253

Blix, Hans,
xlviii
,
252–54

Blount, Buford,
103–4

Bohr, Jeffrey,
191

Bosnia,
55

The Bridges at Toko-Ri
,
165

Britain: occupation of Iraq by,
xx–xxii
; Operation Iraqi Freedom and,
38
,
43

Brooks, Vincent,
134

Brussels, Belgium,
liii

“bull sessions,”
88–89
,
111

Bunker Hill
, USS,
46

Bush, George H. W.,
xxxv
,
xxxix
,
xliv

Bush, George W.,
250
; Abbas and,
209
; addresses to American people by,
38–39
,
47
,
82
; criticism of,
1–4
,
251
; diplomatic efforts of,
34
; Saddam and,
xlvi–xlvii
; trip to USS
Abraham Lincoln
by,
1–4
; ultimatum to Hussein by,
38–39
,
40
,
42–44
; WMD and,
252–55
; Operation Iraqi Freedom and,
46

Butcher of Baghdad.
See
Hussein, Saddam

Butler, Richard,
xlv

Byrd, Robert,
2
,
4
,
254

Calcutta, India,
168

California,
20

Campbell, Don,
223

Campbell, Joe,
230

Camp Lejeune, N.C.,
72

Camp Pendleton, Cali.,
20
,
30
,
56
,
155

Camp Pennsylvania,
214

cas-evac missions: in Al Aziziyah,
139–42
; HMM-268 and,
40–42
,
65–67
,
91–101
,
148–57
,
183–89
; in An Nasiriyah,
76
; at Saddam's palaces,
183–89
; in Salman Pak,
154–57
; sandstorms and,
91–101
; in Tuwayhah,
150–54

Cecil, John,
63

Central America,
liv
,
50

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
45
,
46
,
197
,
254

CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters,
26
,
30

Chalabi, Ahmad,
xlvii
,
45–46

Charleville, Chris,
55

Chartier, Jim,
170

Chastain, David,
95

chemical weapons: precautions against,
36–37
,
48
; Saddam's use of,
42
; Saddam and,
xxxiii–xxxiv
; threat of,
168–69

Cheramie, Gunnery Sergeant,
135
,
149
,
153
,
211

Cheyenne
, USS,
46

Chin, Edward,
5
,
178–79

China,
38

Chirac, Jacques,
43
,
44
,
252

Churchill, Winston,
xxi

CIA.
See
Central Intelligence Agency

Clancy, John,
8

Clark, Wesley,
85

Clinton, Bill,
xliv–xlv

CNN,
9
,
244

Colmes, Alan,
207

Comeaux, Jason,
94–97
,
98
,
101
,
142

Compton, S/Sgt.,
164
,
165

Conlin, Chris,
177

Constantinople,
xix

Conway, James,
52
,
178
,
201

Cope, Sara,
120

Cosby, Bill,
250–51

Cowpens
, USS,
46

Cox, Douglas,
215–16
,
219–20

Craxi, Bettino,
209

Cyrus the Just,
xvi

Damon, Matt,
251

David,
xvi

Dean, Howard,
255

DeNiro, Robert,
250

Derek, Bo,
250

Desert One,
246

de Villepin, Dominique,
43

Dickerson, Derrick,
95
,
96

Diego Garcia,
22

Digital Division.
See
4th Infantry Division

diplomacy,
34
,
38

Dixie Chicks,
250
,
256

Diyala River,
161–64

Doha, Qatar,
233

Donald Cook
, USS,
46

Donohue, Pete,
136

Doocy, Steve,
193–94

Dora Command Complex,
45–47
,
52

Dowdy, Bob,
131
,
132

Dowdy, Joe,
111
,
145–46

Driscoll, Jerry,
84
,
145
,
210
,
211
,
214
; beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom and,
40
,
49
; cas-evac missions and,
42
,
91–93
,
95
,
97–99
,
139–42
,
148–54
; embedded reporting and,
28
; helicopter crash and,
63
,
64
; HMM-268 deployment and,
31
; initial assault and,
55
,
58
,
59
; march to Baghdad and,
166
; supply delivery and,
81

Dunford, Joe,
77
,
103
,
114
,
142–43
,
210
,
211
; in Baghdad,
181
,
183
,
188
,
192
,
201
; cas-evac missions and,
153
; entrance into Baghdad and,
172
,
176
,
179
; march to Baghdad and,
138–39
,
151
,
162
,
163
; march to Tigris and,
125
,
126
,
128–29
,
135–36
; operational pause and,
116
; RCT-5 and,
69–70
,
75
,
84

Durao Barroso, José Manuel,
34

dust storms.
See
sandstorms

Eckerberg, Aaron,
99
,
166
; cas-evac missions and,
91–94
,
95
,
97
,
99
,
101
; initial assault and,
56

Egypt,
xxxiii
,
208

82nd Airborne Division,
219

Eisenhower, Dwight,
217

11th Attack Helicopter Regiment,
71–72

11th Infantry Division, Iraqi,
77

11th Marine Division,
51
,
52
,
170

embedded reporting: Ali Al Salem Air Base and,
26–28
,
29–32
; bias of,
4–6
; broadcast gear and,
lii
,
27–28
,
70–71
; in Kuwait,
7–17
; live,
li
,
71
; military's attitude toward,
13–14
; perspective of,
71
,
74
; precautions and,
28
; preparations for,
15–17
; restrictions on,
29–30
; sleep and,
li
,
56

enemy prisoners of war (EPWs),
70

EPWs.
See
enemy prisoners of war

Espinoza, Captain,
184

Euphrates River,
10
,
69
,
72
,
84

Evans, Llewelyn Karl,
63

Fahrenheit 9/11: The Temperature at Which Freedom Burns
(Moore),
251

Faisal,
xxi–xxii

Faisal, Ghazi Ibn,
xxii

Faisal II,
xxii–xxiv

Falklands,
55

Farouk, Kin,
xxiii

fedayeen,
5
,
47
,
85
,
86
,
134

15th Marine Expeditionary Unit,
55

5th Marine Division,
6
,
51
,
181
,
188
; Iraqi 51st Mechanized Division and,
64
; Regimental Command Post of,
69–83

5th Marine Division Regimental Combat Team (RCT-5),
54
,
68
,
72
,
73
,
126
,
145
,
161
,
169

51st Mechanized Division, Iraqi,
55
,
64
,
67
,
73

1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,
162
,
164–65
,
180

1st Marine Division,
xxxix
,
6
,
52
,
77
,
119
,
170

1st Marine Division Regimental Combat Team (RCT-1),
68
,
72
,
73
,
77
,
161
,
179

1st Marine Expeditionary Force (I-MEF),
20
,
68
,
70
,
83
,
125

507th Maintenance Company, ambush of,
76–83

flame trencher,
70

Fleischer, Ari,
1–2

Fonda, Jane,
251

Ford, John,
250

Fort Bliss, Texas,
131

Fort Hood, Texas,
203
,
216
,
218

4th Infantry Division,
6
; in Baghdad,
liii
; deployment of,
216–18
; as diversion,
217–18
; embedded reporting with,
li–lvii
,
211
,
213–33
; entrance into Iraq of,
104
; entrance into war of,
liii
; mission of,
220
; TOC of,
lii

4th Marine Division,
170
,
177

FOX & Friends
,
32
,
120
,
193

FOX News Channel,
li
,
20
,
36
,
67
,
76

France,
21
,
34
,
38
,
44
,
217

Franks, Tommy,
53–54
,
83
,
85
,
217
,
257–58

Frei, Jason,
114

friendly-fire incidents,
79–80

Frogs.
See
CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters

Gable, Clark,
249

Gabriel,
xvii

Galdabini, Christian,
27
,
201

Gastelu, Gary,
233

Geneva Convention,
81
,
83

Gephardt, Dick,
255

Germany,
xxii
,
34
,
38
,
44
,
193
,
249

Gibraltar, TAA,
51–62

Gibson, John,
175

Glaspie, April,
xxxvi

Glover, Danny,
251

Godfrey, Larry,
15–16

Goode, William P.,
8

Graham, Bob,
255

Graham, John,
29
,
36
,
184
; cas-evac missions and,
65–67
; helicopter crash and,
64