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Aachen (Germany), 200
Aaronson, Mrs., 353, 354
Abbaye d’Ardenne (France), 242–244, 244n, 245, 246
Abbeville (France), 110, 118
ABC television, 295n, 350
Abraham Lincoln Brigade, 232
Academy Awards, 240, 241n
Adolf Hitler Sportplatz, 276
Adolfi, John G., 262
advanced dressing station (ADS), 10, 79, 80, 104, 106–108, 155, 156, 178, 182, 185, 234, 288, 344
Afghanistan War, 2, 12, 16n, 25–29, 32–34, 49, 299, 337–339, 340n
Aitken, Max, 84
Albert (France), 180
Albert I, King, 256, 257
Albert, Prince, 195
Alberta (steamboat), 151
Alberta Association of Registered Nurses, 187
Alberta Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 187
Alda, Alan, 29
Aldershot (England), 64
Alert (Nunavut), 31
Aleutian Islands (Alaska), 17
Alexander, Edward, 35
Alexander, Harold, 198
Alexander, Laurence Guy, 126–129, 131–135, 342, 343–345
background, 127
in Italy, 342, 343
jeep as ambulance, 134
receives MC, 133, 134
on “Red Beach,” 127
repatriated, 135
return to England, 131–133
on “White Beach,” 127–129
Alexander, Margaret, 198
Allies, 6, 51, 53–58, 72–75, 77, 80, 104, 110, 111, 118–120, 137, 155, 160, 161, 188, 193, 194, 199, 201, 203, 206, 230, 233, 240, 242, 246, 247, 256, 258, 258n, 277, 284, 325
Alresford, HMS, 131
Amaron, Errol, 160
ambulance, 6, 12, 22, 30, 32, 38, 42, 46–48, 56, 78, 81, 84, 85, 104, 107, 126, 128, 139, 140, 144, 145, 150, 204, 337
ambulance train, 150
Bison ambulance, 30, 32, 337
Blitz ambulance, 126, 128
Dodge ambulance, 144, 145
ambulance corps, 46–48, 150, 152
ambulance driver, 12, 38, 161, 162, 165, 167, 168, 255, 342
American College of Surgeons, 305
American Journal of Nursing, The, 261
American Service Medal, 353
Amerika, SS, 322n
amputation, 33, 34, 39, 46, 77, 92, 101, 140, 168, 169, 186, 209, 237, 239, 294, 307, 338, 344
analeptics, 68
Andrews, Johnny, 129
anesthesia, 33, 46, 84, 215, 239, 328, 307, 328, 330–332
Anglin, W.G., 70
“Ant Hill” (Afghanistan), 28, 30, 33
anti-aircraft, 57n, 59, 172, 324
anti-personnel mine, 7–9, 13, 59–61, 140, 223, 348. See also Schü mine
anti-tank ditch, 59, 60
Antwerp (Belgium), 55, 199, 201
appendicitis, 70
Archibald, Agnes, 83, 88–91, 93, 94
Archibald, Edward W., 66–68, 82, 83, 86–91, 93, 94, 105
assesses McCrae, 82
assesses Scrimger, 108
background, 66
conditions in France, 83, 84, 90, 91
“dental assistant,” 66, 67
documentation, 88
head wounds, 86, 87
joining No. 3, 66, 68
losing patients, 90, 93, 94
shrapnel hunting, 86, 87
Ardennes (Belgium), 55, 56, 199, 201
Armed Forces Radio Service, 250
Armistice (Nov. 11, 1918), 160
Arthur, Julia, 262
artificial respiration, 239
Associated Press, 219
Atlantic Wall, 54
atomic bomb, 282, 318
Attack, The (newsletter), 51, 277, 283, 284, 314, 316
Aurich (Germany), 246
Authie (France), 242
AWOL (absent without leave), 3, 265, 283
Axis, 51, 193
Bacchetta, Al, 335
bacteria, 16, 73, 91
Badger (bulldozer), 30
Badillo, Herman, 350
Baker, H. Brereton, 111–114
Baltimore (aircraft), 287
bandages, 10, 40, 65, 100, 123, 132, 145, 150, 195, 209, 233, 246, 317, 319, 323, 326
Carlyle bandage, 317, 326
Bangkok-to-Moulmein Railway (“Death Railway”) 12, 230, 236, 237, 240, 241, 241n
Bannholz Woods (Germany), 59, 226, 227
Barbaritis, Alexandros, 174, 175, 352, 354. See also Alex Barris
Barclay, B.D., 234
Barnes, Teddy, 182, 183
Barris, Alex, 1–6, 8–10, 13, 15–24, 49, 51–59, 63, 95–98, 137–140, 142–144, 173–178, 218, 221, 222, 249–255, 273–279, 281, 283, 284, 311–318, 346–355
battalion journalist, 250, 251, 312, 315–318
Campholz Woods, 4–6, 8, 9, 178, 255, 313, 315
“Charley,” 275–277
citation and award, 255
correspondence, 173–177
Czech billet, 279–281
drafted, 18
“Eisenhower” jacket, 137
encounter with Patton, 95–97
handling casualties, 139, 140
landing in France, 53–55
military records, 15, 52, 53
“mounted medics,” 142–144
move to Saar-Moselle Triangle, 56–58
occupation, 275–284
respect for Gelbart, 249–252
rest at Düsseldorf, 176
return to Haaren, 349–352, 354
Roosevelt death, 274
training, 18, 20, 22–24
Barris, Angelo, 17, 18, 137, 281, 282, 352
brothers’ reunion, 282
military service, 17, 18
tailoring, 137, 282
Barris, Irene, 18
Barris, Kate, 173
Barris, Kay (Koula, née Kontozoglou), 174–177, 218, 350
“Barris Beat, The,” 251, 252
Barton, Pte., 150
Basly (France), 244, 245
Bastogne (Belgium), 199–205, 207, 208, 210, 214–218
Batterbee, Harry, 115, 116
battle fatigue, 96, 96n, 321. See also “shell shock”
Battle of Antietam, 37, 43, 101, 102
Battle of Batoche, 146–152
Battle of Britain, 125
Battle of Bull Run, 11, 99, 100, 104
Battle of Chail-li, 286
Battle of Chancellorsville, 45
Battle of Chickamauga, 38, 38n
Battle of Dunkirk, 235
Battle of Falaise Gap, 122, 124
Battle of Fredericksburg, 34–38, 35n, 43, 44, 101, 150
Battle of Gettysburg, 38n, 46–48
Battle of Hong Kong, 233–235
Battle of Hürtgen Forest, 199
Battle of Kap’yong, 286
Battle of Loos, 87, 88, 90
Battle of Malaya, 235, 236
Battle of Manassas, 37
Battle of Maryland Heights, 37
Battle of Normandy, 11, 53, 121, 176, 199, 241–247, 318–321, 324
Battle of North Africa, 18
Battle of Okinawa, 10, 300
Battle of Ortona, 342
Battle of Passchendaele, 185
Battle of Pork Chop Hill, 350
Battle of Sanctuary Wood, 178, 179
Battle of Savage Station, 37
Battle of Singapore, 235
Battle of the Bulge, 3, 6, 13, 53, 55–57, 60, 64, 138, 140, 176, 215, 218, 219, 223, 227, 231, 254, 305, 311, 312, 321, 322, 325, 330, 334, 354
Barris actions there, 4–6, 8, 9, 255, 313, 315
“blooded,” 60
counteroffensive, 57, 59, 141, 203, 253
“further . . . faster,” 219
German actions, 55–57
“greatest American battle,” 219
medic immunity, 231
processing wounded, 6, 53, 64, 312
total 94th casualties, 229
total POWs captured, 254
“Battle of the Duffle Bags,” 317
Battle of the Hedgerow, 324
Battle of the Saar-Moselle Triangle, 9, 57–60, 63, 96, 98, 138–141, 178, 222, 223, 226, 229, 253, 255, 315, 347
casualties, 60, 140
geographic area, 57, 58
German defensive works, 59
harsh conditions, 63, 139
high water table, 63
medic immunity, 222
US tactics, 58, 60, 96, 98, 140, 141
Battle of the Somme, 152–154, 180–182
Battle of Vimy Ridge, 166–168
Battle of Ypres (Second), 77, 79, 108, 111
Baucq, Phillipe, 259, 260
bayonet, 100
Bazin, Col., 159, 160
Beerenfenger, Robbie, 26
Begg, John, 133
Belgian Red Cross, 257
Bell, James, 150, 151
Bell, Stephen, 129–132
bell tent, 83, 90, 168
Benn, Gottfried, 262
Bennett, Paul G., 96n, 97
Bennett, R.B., 187
Bergin, Darby, 146–148, 152
beriberi, 236
Berkendael Medical Institute, 256
Bernières-sur-Mer (France), 241
Bertz, Richard, 61–63
Besa machine gun, 130
Besley, Keith, 288–290
Bickerton, Gordon, 196, 198
Biloxi (Mississippi), 265
Birkett, Herbert S., 64, 65, 71, 82
Bison (ambulance), 30, 32
Black Hawk (helicopter/chopper), 33
Blair, Eric Arthur. See George Orwell
“Blighty,” 166
blood poisoning, 46
blood transfusion, 21, 88, 89, 237, 270, 271, 308, 309
body bag, 27
Boeing B-29 (aircraft), 300
Boer War, 64, 78, 153. See also South Africa War
booby trap, 9, 13, 60, 223
Borden, Robert, 84
Borg (Germany), 5, 6, 8, 347
Boston (Massachusetts), 51, 305
Boulle, Pierre, 236
Boulogne (France), 83, 94, 109, 110, 117, 161, 165, 184
Bradley, Omar, 46, 96
Bramshott (England), 178, 184
Bren gun, 122
Bridge over the River Kwai, The (movie), 236, 241n
British Army, 68, 72, 115, 120, 125, 199, 235
Second Army, 72, 199
Eighth Army, 288
21st Army Group, 253
Infantry
1st Newfoundland Regiment, 109, 110, 119
Gordon Highlanders, 87, 88
Middlesex Regiment, 234
Royal Army Clothing Factory, 115
Royal Marines, 126n
Medical
1st South Midland Field Ambulance (RAMC), 154
Basingstoke Hospital, 318, 319
Bramshott Military Hospital, 184
British Army Medical Services, 68
British Army Service Corps, 82, 153
British General Hospital, 83, 84, 94n, 161, 162. See also British General Hospital
British Red Cross Hospital, 71, 161
British Stationary Hospital (No. 46), 162
Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), 64, 66, 78, 111, 152, 154, 161, 234, 237, 238
Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD), 161–168, 170
British Empire, 89, 108, 153, 154
British Foreign Office, 259
British General Hospital, 83, 84, 94n, 161, 162
No. 14, 94n
No. 23, 162
No. 24, 162
No. 25, 84
No. 26, 162
No. 56, 162
British War Office, 65, 71, 109, 173
British War Propaganda Bureau, 261
Brittain, Gord, 121
Brittain, Jim, 120–124
Brittain, Ron, 124
Brittany (France), 54–56, 58, 228, 229
“Brittany bungalow,” 54, 55, 228
bromine, 75
bronchitis, 93
Bronze Star (medal), 217, 229, 255, 312, 321, 326, 330, 333, 353
Browning pistol, 60, 285, 289
Bruce, Herbie, 191
Brussels (Belgium), 199, 257, 262
Buckingham Palace (England), 133, 134
Buckner, Fred, 224, 226
Bukovina (Ukraine), 293
Bull Farm (newsletter), 316–318
bunker, 7, 8, 59, 60, 154, 171
Burns, Dan, 320
Burns, Frank (Larry Linville), 267
Burns, Tony, 318–321
Burnside, Ambrose, 35, 46
Buron (France), 242
Caen (France), 121, 122
Caesar Line (Italy), 193
Calais (France), 118, 169, 170
Calgary (Alberta), 27n, 128, 135, 179, 182, 183, 187
Calgary General Hospital, 179, 180
Call of Duty (video game), 337
Calvados (brandy), 55
Camel cigarettes, 276, 277
Cameron, Timmy, 127
Campholz Woods (Germany), 3–9, 13, 59, 139, 140, 178, 255, 313, 315, 317, 346–349
attacks into, 6–8, 313
Barris actions there, 4–6, 8, 9, 255, 313, 315
casualties, 140
German fortifications, 59
physical description, 4
Ted Barris visit, 13, 346–349
Camp Julien (Afghanistan), 26
Camp Kilmer (New Jersey), 322
“Camp Letterman,” 47
Camp McCain (Mississippi), 221, 222, 312
Camp Phillips (Kansas), 16–25, 250, 251, 277, 312, 313
Camp Shanks (New York), 317
Cam Ranh Bay (Vietnam), 290–292, 294, 296–298
Canadian Army, 25–34, 74–77, 120
Armoured
4th Canadian Armoured Division, 123
14th Armoured Regiment (Calgary Tanks), 126, 128, 129, 135
27th Armoured Regiment (Sherbrooke Fusiliers), 242–244
Ontario Tank Corps, 340, 342
Artillery
1st Canadian Field Artillery, 65, 71
2nd (Montreal) Brigade Heavy Artillery, 65, 105
Grand Trunk Artillery, 147
Infantry
1st Canadian Infantry Division, 194
2nd Canadian Infantry Division, 199
3rd Canadian Infantry Division, 179
2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade, 74
3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade, 107, 108
4th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 125
9th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 241, 242
10th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 123
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, 11
8th Princess Louise’s (New Brunswick) Hussars, 193–198
17th Hussars, 66
Essex Scottish Regiment, 126
Lincoln and Welland Regiment, 121–124
Mobile Laundry and Bath Unit, 286, 287
North Nova Scotia Highlanders, 241–243
No. 5 Canadian Mobile Laboratory, 75
Prince of Wales Regiment, 147
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI), 285
Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR), 26, 27, 31, 32, 285, 338
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (RHLI), 124–126, 131
Royal Highlanders of Canada, 66
Royal Montreal Regiment, 74, 76, 104, 105
Royal Rifles of Canada, 234
Royal 22nd Regiment (Van Doos), 285, 287, 288
Victoria Rifles of Canada, 65, 66
Winnipeg Grenadiers, 234
Medical
Canadian Army Medical Corps (CAMC), 64, 66, 134, 159, 172n, 186, 188, 190, 191, 244, 245, 286, 318, 341, 345
Canadian Casualty Clearing Station (No. 5), 235
Canadian Field Ambulance, 74, 108, 155, 158–160, 185, 186, 287, 344. See also Canadian Field Ambulance
Canadian Field Hospital, 148, 149, 344. See also Canadian Field Hospital
Canadian General Hospital, 64, 68–72, 81, 82–85, 87–94, 161, 169, 170. See also Canadian General Hospital
Canadian Light Field Ambulance (No. 2), 340, 342–344
Canadian Stationary Hospital, 69, 70, 78, 84, 161, 168, 169. See also Canadian Stationary Hospital
Canadian Army Nursing Service, 168
Canadian Army Special Force, 285, 287
Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), 69, 71, 82
First Canadian Division, 69, 72, 105
14th Battalion, 104
15th Battalion, 78
20th Battalion, 190
21st Battalion, 69, 70
31st Battalion, 178, 184
60th Battalion, 159
Canadian Field Ambulance
No. 1, 155, 158
No. 2, 108
No. 3, 74
No. 5, 185, 186
No. 6. 344
No. 9, 158–160
No. 25, 287
Canadian Field Hospital
No. 1, 148
No. 2, 149
No. 6, 344
Canadian General Hospital
No. 1, 83, 161, 169, 170
No. 3 (McGill University), 64, 68–72, 81, 82, 84, 85, 87–94
No. 7, 161
No. 11, 245
No. 12, 185
No. 16, 190
Canadian Stationary Hospital
No. 1, 84
No. 2, 78, 84
No. 4 (Laval University), 69
No. 5 (Queen’s University), 69, 70
No. 10, 168, 169
Canadian Mobile Neurosurgical Unit (CMNSU), 319, 320
Canadian Officers’ Training Corps, 80
Canadian Pacific Railway, 149
Canadian Pacific Steamships, 163, 189
Canadian Press, 237
Canadian Red Cross, 119
Canadian Vietnam Veterans Association, 290
Canadian War Crimes Investigation Unit, 244n
canteen, 37, 38n, 100
carbolic acid, 147
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), 340
Carpiquet (France), 242
Carrie, Nursing Sister, 232, 233
casualties, 5, 8, 11, 27, 29, 30, 32, 35, 41, 43, 47, 48, 53, 57, 58, 62, 71, 72, 78, 80, 98, 99, 104, 106, 112, 124, 131, 133, 134, 139, 140, 143, 149, 150, 154, 155, 158, 161, 167, 169, 170, 172n, 182, 185, 194, 203, 215, 222, 227, 229–235, 242, 243, 246, 256, 258, 262, 269, 286, 288, 291, 294, 295, 297, 300–304, 307, 319, 330, 341
Antietam, 43
Bastogne, 215
Battle of Batoche, 150
Battle of Bull Run, 100
Battle of Loos, 87, 88
Battle of the Bulge, 53, 57, 99, 140, 141, 215, 229
“Death Railway,” 236
“Devil’s Corner,” 80
Dieppe raid, 132, 133
disease (US Civil War), 44, 45
field ambulance mortality, 158
Fredericksburg, 35
Gettysburg, 47, 48
Gothic Line, 194
Hong Kong, 233, 234
“mass cals” (massive casualties), 32, 304, 307
Menin Gate, 80n
Neuve Chapelle, 72
94th Division, 229
non-battle casualties, 98
Normandy, 243
Passchendaele, 185
Peninsula campaign, 41
Saar-Moselle Triangle, 57, 141
Sicily campaign, 342
Singapore, 235
Tet Offensive, 297
US dead in Vietnam (1967), 291
casualty clearing station (CCS), 77, 78, 104, 106, 139, 140, 142, 161, 167, 169, 185, 215, 231, 232, 235, 286, 288, 330
cavalry, 195, 203
Cavell, Edith Louise, 256–263, 342
arrested/charged, 258
background, 256, 257
chaplain visit, 260
convicted/condemned, 259
execution, 260
final words, 263
martyrdom, 260–263
St. Gilles prison, 258, 259
underground work, 258, 258n
Cavell, Frederick, 260
Cayuga, HMCS, 264, 266, 267
CBC radio, 313
CBS television, 251, 252
Celles (Belgium), 56
censor, 79, 216, 224n
Centreville (Virginia), 100
chaplain, 42, 81, 84
Charlottetown (PEI), 156
Chartres (France), 56
chemical warfare, 57n, 74–76, 109–120
Cherbourg (France), 176
Chicago (Illinois), 149, 204, 228, 271
Chief of Defence Staff Commendation, 340
Chief of Military Personnel Commendation, 340
Chilaris, Jim, 17
Chinese Communist Army, 285, 286, 288, 289
Chiwy, Augusta, 199–203, 206–209, 211, 213, 214–218
faces racism, 213, 214
home for Christmas, 199
letter returned, 216
to Noville, 201, 202
parting with Prior, 216
reunion with Prior, 217, 218
surgical aid, 206–209
Chiwy, Charles, 201
Chiwy, Henri, 202, 206, 216
chlorine gas, 74–77, 104, 111
effect on troops, 76, 77
German gas attacks, 74–77
chloroform, 46
cholera, 237
Chorwon (Korea), 286, 287
Chungkai camp, 236
Churchill tank, 127, 130
Churchill, Winston, 219, 235, 249
“civvy street,” 51, 323, 340, 350
Clare, Wesley, 124–126, 131, 132
background, 125
capture at Dieppe, 132
training medics, 125
treating wounded, 132
on “White Beach,” 131
Clark, Walter, 316
clearing company, 5, 22
Cleary, Bill, 60, 226
Clifford, Cornelius, 316
Cloth Hall (Ypres), 73, 179, 180
Cobb, Thomas Reade Rootes, 35
Cold War, 284, 285
collecting company, 5, 22
“Colonel Bogey March” (song), 240
Columbia Pictures, 236, 241n
Command Performance (radio show), 250
Committee on Gas Protection, 114
communication trench, 7, 54, 59, 155
concentration camp, 280, 281, 331–336
Dachau, 328, 331–336
Confederate Army (US Civil War), 35, 35n, 37, 39, 41, 43, 99, 103, 104
2nd South Carolina Volunteers, 37
Congressional Medal of Honor, 11, 353
conscientious objector, 10, 19
Constantinople (Crimea), 10
contingency operating base (COB), 304, 306, 307
Cooke, Britton B., 85, 86
Coriano (Italy), 194
Cornell University, 252
Cosgrave, Lawrence, 81
Courcelette (France), 183
Crimean War, 10
Croix de Guerre (medal), 160, 217
Crosby, Bing, 250
CT scan, 309
Cullen, Frank, 285, 287, 288
Cunningham, T.R., 234, 235
Currie, James, 327, 328
cyclograph, 173, 173n
Cyr, Joseph C., 264, 266, 267
Dakota DC-3. See Douglas Dakota DC-3
Daimler, 109, 110, 117
Dalrymple, Tom, 195
Da Nang (Vietnam), 291
Dannes-Camiers (France), 81, 83, 90, 161
Davis, Bill, 264
Davis, Clyde, 177
D-Day, 11, 54, 95, 121, 225, 231, 241, 245, 246, 319, 320
“Dear John” letter, 200
“Death Railway,” 12, 230, 236, 237, 240, 241, 241n
de Croy, Prince Reginald, 258
Dellinger, Arthur, 228
Dellinger, Raiden Winfield, 52, 227–230
in Brittany, 228
call-up, 228
capturing Germans, 229, 230
civilian doctor, 227, 228
Dellinger, Ruth, 229
Delvaux, Louis, 201, 201n
Demara, Ferdinand Waldo Jr., 265–267
Demara, Fred Sr., 265
dentistry, 2, 12, 20, 67, 200, 205, 291, 301
Depage, Antoine, 257
Depage, Marie, 257
Depression, The, 20, 174, 265, 273, 341, 353
Desobry, William, 203
de Villalobar, Marqués, 259
“Devil’s Corner” (Belgium), 80
Devonport (England), 71
de Weldon, Felix, 38
diarrhea, 44, 45, 236
Dieppe (France), 124, 126n, 127, 132, 133, 135, 341, 342, 345
Dieppe raid, 124–135, 126n, 341, 342, 345
“Red Beach,” 126–129, 134
“White Beach,” 126–129, 131, 134
dispatch rider, 103
Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line, 294
Distinguished Service Order (DSO), 133, 134
Dorchester Penitentiary (New Brunswick), 247
Doss, Desmond, 10, 11
Douglas Dakota DC-3 (aircraft), 123, 240, 269
dragon’s teeth, 7, 59
Drake, Daisy, 69–71
Drake, Harriet Tuttle, 69–71, 90, 92, 93
early life, training, 70
embarks for overseas, 69
rumour of sinking, 71
tent life, 90, 93
Drake, John, 70
Duffield, Henry, 244–247
Basly field hospital, 244, 245
faces Meyer, 245, 246
immigration to Canada, 244
promotion, 247
UK hospital, 245
Duffield, Jim, 248
Duffield, Ray, 245, 246
dugout, 54, 79, 81, 106, 154, 178, 184
Düsseldorf (Germany), 9, 176, 254, 274, 276, 312, 314
dysentery, 44, 236
Eastbourne (England), 168, 169
Eastman Kodak, 116
Eatontown (New Jersey), 311
Edith Cavell: Nurse, Martyr, Heroine (book), 258n
Edmonds, Sarah Emma, 11, 99–104. See also Franklin Flint Thompson
Edmund B. Alexander (army transport), 322, 322n
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 96, 137, 138, 203, 253
“Eisenhower” jacket, 137
Elder, J.M, 65, 70, 71, 82, 91, 92
Elko (Nevada), 331
Ellinson, Howard, 140, 141
Ellis, USS, 265
emergency room (ER), 290, 303, 309
Empress of Ireland, RMS, 190
English Channel, 71, 81, 83, 114, 116, 120, 131, 161, 167, 184, 188, 219, 319, 320, 341
Enigma, 126n
enlistment office, 18
erysipelas, 148
Essex Farm (Belgium), 10
Étaples (France), 12, 83, 161, 162, 165–170, 172
ether, 46, 206, 214
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 353
Eutzer, E.D., 277, 278
evacuation hospital, 5, 9
Experimental Surgery (book), 238
Fatora, Jerome, 140, 141
Feingersh, Ed, 350
fever, 46, 98
Fiacc, Padraic, 350
field ambulance, 11, 12, 42–44, 46, 72, 74, 77, 78, 101, 108, 125, 146, 153–161, 167, 181, 182, 185, 186, 287, 292, 340–344
field/mobile hospital, 39, 42–44, 65, 68–70, 101, 139, 140, 142, 146, 148–150, 191, 244, 245, 329, 330
.58-calibre bullet, 39
first aid, 10, 22, 29, 36, 63, 72, 99, 102, 104, 125, 130, 148, 162, 163, 169, 178, 182, 192, 200, 208, 223, 226, 244, 245, 267, 287, 288, 299, 319, 340, 343, 347
First Amendment (US constitution), 316
First World War, 56, 57, 322n. See also Great War
Fisher, Guy, 60
flame-thrower, 118
Flanders (Belgium), 64, 89, 127
Flieger, Don, 269–271
flight surgeon, 33, 49, 292, 299, 300, 302, 308
Flynn, Errol, 250
Foley, William, 223–226
conditions, 224–226
Lampaden, 223
medics’ attitude, 224, 225
V-mail artwork, 223, 224
Folkestone (England), 111, 184
Forester, C.S., 262
Fort Bliss (Texas), 323
Fort Bragg (North Carolina), 20
Fort Dix (New Jersey), 20
Fort Ethan Allen (Vermont), 228
Fort Knox (Kentucky), 15, 301
Fort Livingston (Virginia), 324, 325
Fortress Europe, 54
Fort Rucker (Alabama), 302
Fort Sam Houston (Texas), 294, 301, 306
Fort Stewart (Georgia), 301
Foulkes, Charles, 114
foxhole, 6, 63
Francis, Bill, 71
Fredericksburg (Virginia), 34–38, 35n, 43
French, Robert Linton, 265. See also Ferdinand Demara
French Army, 75, 79, 193
Ambulance Mobile No. 1, 261
Artillery, 79
87th French Territorial Division, 75, 76
45th Algerian (Colonial) Division, 75, 76
Infantry, 75, 76
War Office, 116
front line, 5
frostbite, 31, 53, 58, 97
Gahan, Stirling, 260, 263
Gallagher, C.A.W., 89, 90
Gallipoli (Turkey), 119, 162
gangrene. See infection
gas mask, 75, 76, 109–120
invention of, 109–120
use of, 75, 76
Gavin, Jack, 262
Gelbart, Larry, 249, 250, 252, 253, 268
Geneva Convention, 12, 222, 226–228, 230, 233, 246, 259, 278
George V, King, 68, 260
George VI, King, 134
German air force (Luftwaffe), 170, 207, 211, 231
German Army, 6, 7, 54–56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 72, 73, 80, 99, 106–108, 111, 118, 123, 126n, 142, 155, 179, 199, 202, 203, 214
Artillery, 7, 10, 62, 72, 73, 80, 106, 107, 126–131, 142, 155, 157
88 mm artillery, 8, 122, 143, 194, 343
Armoured (panzers), 55, 59, 99, 193, 194, 205
2nd Panzer Division, 205
11th Panzer Division (“Ghost Division”), 59
12th SS Panzer Division, 243, 246
21st Panzer Division, 246
22nd Panzer Division, 203
25th SS Panzer Grenadiers, 243
47th Panzer Division, 207
Infantry, 58, 75
Fourth German Army, 73, 74, 104
6th SS Mountain Division, 223
Fifteenth German Army, 199
26th Volksgrenadier Division, 207
416th Infantry Division, 58
German navy, 71, 126
Gestapo, 201n
GI (Government Issue or General Infantry), 4, 53, 55, 58, 59, 62, 63, 140, 141, 199, 208, 212, 213, 216, 225–227, 254, 276–279, 317, 322, 331, 335, 350
GI Bill (Servicemen’s Readjustment Act), 350
Gibson, Hugh S., 259
Giesebrecht, Kristal, 338
Gila Apache, 41
Gilbert, Raymond, 135
Gilmore, Alannah, 12, 29–33, 337–340, 340n
Afghanistan deployment, 32, 337
awards, 340, 340n
civilian first response, 339
experience, 31
“mass cals,” 32
muscle memory, 31, 32, 341
situation awareness, 29, 337
Gilmore, Ben, 31
Girouard, Robert, 338
Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 147
Glenbow Alberta Institute, 187
Glenn L. Martin (aircraft manufacturer), 300
Globe and Mail (newspaper), 251
Golden, Marion, 200
Good Conduct Medal, 353
Good Samaritan, 307
Goose, Bert, 74
Gothic Line (Italy), 193, 194
Governor General, 195n
Grainville-Langannerie (France), 120, 122
Grand Falls (New Brunswick), 266
Graves, Dianne, 81
Graydon, Tom, 66, 67
Great American Novel, The (book), 177
Great Imposter, The (movie), 264, 267
Great War, 2, 10, 64, 66, 68, 81, 104, 105, 119, 127, 153, 156, 172n, 180, 188, 191, 195, 257, 261–263. See also First World War
Greenglass, David, 350
grenadier, 195
Griffis, Emma Mildred, 179–187
background, 179
engagement, 184
mailing packages, 180
marries McGill, 185
posted overseas, 183
repatriated, 187
Griswold, William, 316
Grover, Bill, 156, 157
Growing Up Greek (book), 353
guard duty, 23
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 291, 291n
Gulf War, 304n
Gustav Line (Italy), 342
gynecologists, 305, 307
Haaren High School, 175, 349–354
Hacksaw Ridge (movie), 10
Hague Conventions, 74
Halifax (Nova Scotia), 183, 321
Halmer, Cal, 126, 133
Hammond, William, 48
Hampton (New Brunswick), 197, 198
Harden, Anna, 300
Harden, Dane, 12, 299–303, 305, 308, 309
aboard Black Hawk, 302, 303
military lineage, 300
patient survival rate, 299, 300
physician assistant, 301
training, 300
value, 308, 309
Harden, Darrell, 300
Harden, Dave, 300
Harden, Robert, 300
Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 52, 311
Harvey, Col., 113, 114
hash house, 63, 64
Heidelberg (Germany), 281, 282
Heintz Barracks (Bastogne), 205, 213–216
helicopter, 29, 30, 33
Helmer, Alexis Hannum, 80, 80n, 81
Helms, Harry, 52
Hemingway, Ernest, 249
hemorrhage, 88, 89, 91, 208, 268, 270, 326
hemorrhagic fever. See infection
Hentern (Germany), 224
Heydrich, Reinhard, 280
Hill 195 (“Butcher Hill”), 122, 123
Hill 62, 178
Hill, W.H.P., 66
Hippocratic Oath, 228
Hiroshima (Japan), 318
Hitler, Adolf, 54, 55, 193, 201, 243, 263, 276, 277, 279, 335, 342, 353
Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth), 242, 244
Hitler Line (Italy), 342
Hocker Hill (Germany), 144, 145
Hodgkins, Arnold, 340–346
artistic bent, 341, 345, 346
Dieppe wounded, 341
with Doc Alexander, 342, 343
Gariola, 342, 344
wounded, 343
Hodgkins, Frances, 341
Hodgkins, Gary, 341, 345
Hodgkins, Iola (née Houser), 341
Hodgkins-Smith, Carol, 345, 346
Holat, Thomas, 280, 280n
Holland, E.J.G. VC (armoury), 31
Hollywood (California), 241n, 250, 263, 265, 267
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 316
Hommes 40, Chevaux 8 (railcar: “40 men, 8 horses”), 56
Hong Kong (China), 233, 296
honourable discharge, 16
Hooker, Joseph, 46, 47
Hooker, Richard, 252. See also H. Richard Hornberger
Hope, Bob, 250
Hornberger, H. Richard, 252, 269
Horrocks, William, 114, 117
Horton, Herbert, 153, 154
hospital train, 149, 166
Hôtel Moderne, 126n
Houlihan, Margaret (Loretta Swit), 267
Howard, A.C.P., 66
Howell, Bill, 88, 89
howitzer (artillery), 59
How Miss Cavell Was Shot (book), 262
Huanchaco (steamship), 82, 83
Hughes, Sam, 84, 164
Hunnicutt, B.J. (Mike Farrell), 267
Hussar (horse), 198
Hutton, Gil, 267
hydrochloric acid, 76
hydrogen peroxide, 205, 208
hyposulphite of soda, 75, 115
Iltis Jeep, 26
Imperial College of Science and Technology, 111
improvised explosive device (IED), 27, 33, 49, 306, 307, 337, 338
India tent, 90
infantry landing craft (ILC), 126
infection, 44–46, 70, 73, 86, 91, 92, 205, 208, 209, 214, 268–271
fecal, 46, 73, 92
Group A streptococcal (GAS) gangrene, 46, 70, 73, 91, 148, 205, 208, 209, 214
hemorrhagic fever, 268–271
hygiene, 91, 92
lice, 73
“Listerism,” 147
“In Flanders Fields” (poem), 10, 81, 82
influenza, 16, 16n, 185
Ingolia, Anthony, 265. See also Ferdinand Demara
inoculation, 68, 88, 94, 121, 168, 237
intelligence, 54, 58, 98, 118, 279, 326, 337
interrogation, 54, 172, 235, 243, 289
intravenous (IV), 30, 33
iodine, 155, 293
Iraq War, 2, 12, 299, 300, 306, 308, 309
Isle of Wight (England), 125
Jackson, E.A., 196
Japanese Imperial Army, 10, 20, 228, 233–241
Air Force, 20, 228
Infantry, 10
Jeep, 26, 97, 134, 143, 199, 200, 203, 204, 225, 226, 229–231, 278, 279, 288, 325, 342
Jewish families, 280
Johnson, Lyndon, 291n, 295n
Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 237
Jovell, Capt., 228–230
Juno Beach (France), 241, 244, 319, 320
Kaiserschlacht (German offensive), 169, 188
Kandahar Airfield (Afghanistan), 27, 33
Kandahar City (Afghanistan), 337, 338
Kandahar Province (Afghanistan), 32
Karabournian Society, 174, 175
Keddie, Col., 116
Keith, William, 320
Kelly, Gerald, 194–196, 198
Kemmel Trench (Belgium), 178
Kennedy, John Campbell, 158–160
background, 158, 159
food problem, 159, 160
medic pay, 159
Keogh, Alfred, 68, 114, 116–118
Kerby, Bill, 212
Kershaw, J.B., 36
Kesselring, Albert, 343
khaki, 115
Khe Sanh (Vietnam), 295
Kill or Be Killed (training film), 324
Kimpo Airfield (South Korea), 269, 270
King, Martin, 217
Kings County Record, 197
Kirkland, Richard, 36–38, 38n
Knights of Columbus, 122
Korean War, 2, 252, 264, 266, 267, 269, 285, 350
K-rations, 3, 56
Krefeld (Germany), 174, 176, 253, 254, 312
Kriegsmarine. See German navy
Krizek, Vladimir, 278–281
Kuhl, Charles H., 96n, 97
Kure (Japan), 270
Lailey, Elma, 193
Lailey, Frederick Charles, 188–193
Empress of Ireland, 190
hospital service, 190–192
marries Louise, 192
merchant navy, 188, 189
Lailey, Louise Ann (née Spry), 188–193
hospital service, 191
marries Fred, 192
training, 190
Lailey, Velma, 192
Lake Winnipeg (Manitoba), 151
Lampaden Ridge (Germany), 223, 225
land mine, 27, 27n, 28, 33, 226, 288, 338
Last Hundred Days (World War I), 160
“laudable pus,” 46
Laughing Matters (memoir), 268, 269
Lawrence (Massachusetts), 265
Lean, David, 241n
Leerdam, SS, 196
Legion of Merit (medal), 217
Le Havre (France), 161, 322
Lemaire, Gustave, 206
Lemaire, Renée, 206, 208–210, 212, 217
Lester’s Field (Newfoundland), 122
Letitia, HMS, 123
Le Touquet (France), 161
Le Tréport (France), 161
Letterman, Jonathan, 35n, 41–49, 150, 153
“father of battlefield medicine,” 41
field experience, 41
at Gettysburg, 47
introduction of ambulance corps, 43, 153
Medical Recollections, 48
Special Orders No. 147, 42–44
Lewin, George, 121, 124
Liberty ship, 54
lice, 44
Liège (Belgium), 199, 231
light armoured vehicle (LAV), 30, 32
Lister, Joseph, 147, 148
litter-bearer, 8, 9, 13, 22, 139, 140, 142–144, 203, 204, 208, 210, 213, 251, 255, 288, 302. See also stretcher-bearer
Liverpool (England), 187, 189
Llandovery Castle, HMHS, 261
Lockheed Starlifter C–141 (aircraft), 292, 296, 297
lockjaw, 93
London (England), 65, 71, 82, 112, 114, 115, 117, 119, 133, 163–165, 168, 172n, 184, 185, 188, 192, 257, 345
London (Ontario), 190
London Gazette (newspaper), 172n
Lorient (France), 54, 228
Louise, Princess, 195, 195n
Lowe, Margaret, 171
Lusitania, RMS, 71, 72, 82, 257, 259
Luxembourg, 200
Lyons (France), 116
MacArthur, Douglas, 249
machine gun, 8, 20, 60, 61, 106, 122, 127, 129, 130, 184, 196, 203, 211, 232–234, 324
Macdonald, Florence, 169
Macdonald, Katherine Maud, 168–171
air raid, 170, 171
cemetery pilgrimage, 170
massive casualties, 169, 170
training, 168
Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, 231, 232
MacMutchkin, Pte., 84, 85
MacPherson, Alex, 162
Macpherson, Cluny, 109–120
impact of gas mask, 120
in Labrador, 114
production of gas mask, 115
research on gas mask, 111, 112
secret transport, 109, 110, 117
MacPherson, Grace Evelyn, 11, 12, 161–168, 170, 172
background, 162
enlistment, 162
German air raid, 172
hours and pay, 166
Hughes interview, 164, 165
in London, 163, 164
with VAD, 165–168
Magaguadavic (New Brunswick), 102
malaria, 44
Malayney, Norman, 290–299
background, 293, 294
base capacity, 291
club victim, 296, 298
corpse prep, 297
jet crashes, 292
1967 surge, 294
routine duties, 292, 293, 295, 297
“Section Eight,” 295
Tet Offensive, 297
Malony, Harry J., 98, 314, 315
Manassas Junction (Virginia), 99
Maquis (French Resistance), 345
Markham, Arthur, 71
Markowitz, Jacob, 12, 235–241, 241n
awarded OBE, 241
Chungkai camp, 236–240
experimental surgery, 238
Hollywood movie, 240, 241
POW diet, 240
primitive medicine, 236, 238
repatriated, 240
studies, 237, 238
Marquess of Lorne, John, 195n
Martin Baltimore (aircraft), 287
Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell, The (movie), 262
Marye’s Heights (Virginia), 34–36, 38, 44
mascot, 196, 198, 228
M*A*S*H (movie), 252
M*A*S*H (TV show), 29, 250–252, 268, 271, 306
“mass casualties” (“mass cals”), 32, 304, 307, 336
Masum Ghar (Afghanistan), 25, 28, 338
Mayo Clinic, 238
McAuliffe, Anthony, 208
McConnel, Jim, 277, 278
McCrae, John, 10, 65, 71, 72, 74, 78–82, 80n, 86, 94n, 105
attitude to Germany, 79
death of Alexis Helmer, 80, 80n, 81
front-line conditions, 72, 82
gas casualties, 78
pneumonia, death, 94n
service background, 65, 71, 72
“shell shock” diagnosis, 82
with No. 3 CGH, 71, 81, 82
writings, 79, 81, 82
Ypres dressing station, 79, 80, 86
McCrae, Tom, 72
McCullough, James, 226, 227
McDonald, Harold, 107–109, 124
McGill, Harold, 178–187
battles depression, 182, 183
corresponds with Griffis, 178
engagement, 184
fly epidemic, 181
marries Griffis, 185
repatriated, 187
Sanctuary Wood, 178
Somme, 180, 181
wins MC, 183
McGill University, 64–69, 71, 80–83, 87, 89, 92, 105, 147, 148, 151n, 148
community support, 68
configuration in France, 83
Faculty of Medicine, 64, 66, 148, 151n
fight song, 69
McGilliken newspaper, 89
preparing for overseas, 65, 66
McKeil, Hollis, 241–244, 244n
McKinnon, Barbara, 171
McNaughton, Andrew, 76
Meakins, J.C., 66
measles, 44, 70
medals, 3, 11, 108, 119, 160, 217, 229, 241, 255, 286, 312, 321, 326, 330, 333, 340, 340n, 353
medevac, 33, 301, 303, 308
medic, 5–8, 10, 12, 13, 16n, 17, 19–23, 25, 29–33, 44, 53, 58–64, 73, 104, 109, 120–126, 128, 131, 133, 140, 141, 143–145, 153, 156, 159, 181, 193–198, 212, 215, 217, 221–227, 230, 231, 233, 244, 245, 247, 249, 251, 265, 274–281, 283, 289–292, 295, 300, 303, 306, 311, 313, 323–326, 335, 337, 340, 342, 344–346, 348, 349. See also medical corpsman
medical corpsman, 2, 6–8, 10, 12, 13, 17, 22, 23, 44, 47, 49, 53, 55, 58–62, 98, 139, 142, 150, 176, 204, 205, 210, 213, 226, 227, 230, 251–255, 266, 280, 290, 292–297, 312, 316, 318, 324, 354. See also medic
Medical Council of Canada, 125, 151n
Medical Recollections of the Army of the Potomac (book), 48
medic immunity. See Geneva Convention
Medicine and Duty (book), 187
Mellaci, Barbara, 19
Mellaci, Frank, 19
Mellaci, Lou, 20
Mellaci, Tony, 19–22, 24, 144, 145, 221, 222, 254, 255, 311–314
background, 19–22
Bronze Star, 255
remembering Alex, 311–314
retrieving wounded, 144, 145
training, 22, 221, 222
upbringing, 19, 20
Menin Gate, 80n
Metagama (Canadian Pacific troopship), 69–71
Métis, 146
Metz (France), 56, 200
Meyer, Kurt, 242, 243, 245–247
captured, 246
commands Hitler Youth, 243
defends actions, 246, 247
engages Canadians, 242
on foot, 245, 246
incarceration and release, 247
M.H. Mitchell Inc., 52
mica, 115, 116, 118
Middleton, F.D., 146, 147, 149, 150
Military Cross (MC), 133, 134, 172n, 183
Military Medal (MM), 160, 172n, 183
military police (MP), 55, 57n
militia, 25, 64, 65, 84, 121, 146, 147, 164, 195, 195n
Miller, Andrew, 338
Miller, Ann, 250
Minie bullet, 39, 46
Mitchell, David, 52
Mitchell, Martin Hardin “Buddy,” 52
Mitchum, Robert, 350
Mitic, Jody, 25–30, 33, 34, 49, 338
attitude to medics, 25–27
evacuation, 29, 33, 34, 49
rehab, 34
sniper training, 26
wounded, 28, 29, 33, 34
Monkey Wrench Woods (Germany), 59, 60, 226
Monroe, Marilyn, 350
Mons (Belgium), 160, 199, 258
Montgomery, Bernard, 197, 254
Montreal (Quebec), 64–66, 68, 69, 71, 79, 80, 105, 147, 148, 159, 197
Montreal General Hospital, 64, 68, 79, 146–148, 152
Moro River (Italy), 343, 344
morphine, 29, 125, 143, 145, 208, 323
Morrison, Carl, 126, 133
Morrissey, Bernard, 204, 212
mortar, 7, 8, 28, 58, 59, 61, 122, 130, 142, 226, 286, 288, 306, 325
Mountbatten, Louis, 134
Mulcahy, Francis John Patrick (William Christopher), 252, 268, 271
Munich (Germany), 331
Münzingen Ridge (Germany), 7, 9
musket, 39, 44, 100, 101
mustard gas, 190
Naftulin, Irving, 205, 206, 211, 213
Nagasaki (Japan), 318
Nantes (France), 55
Napoleonic War, 157
Nasmith, George, 75, 104
National Archives and Records Administration. See National Personnel Records Center
National Personnel Records Center (NPRC), 15, 16, 311, 353
National Rifle Association, 301
Navajo, 41
Nazi collaborators, 345
Nazis, 175, 233, 242, 254, 277–280, 331–333, 335, 345
Nazi SS (Schutzstaffel), 332, 334–336
Neagle, Anna, 262, 263
Neilson tent, 83
Nelson, Kurt, 32
Nennig (Germany), 59
Newhaven (England), 133, 341
New Testament, 45
New York, 4–6, 17, 19, 21, 173, 174, 197, 200, 228, 249, 250, 273, 277, 284, 312, 322, 349
Nicosia (Cyprus), 96n
Nightingale, Florence, 10
9/11, 26
94th Historical Society, 52
94th Infantry Division Association, 52
Nissen hut, 168
nitrous oxide gas, 84
no man’s land, 36, 89
Nomex, 302
non-commissioned officer (NCO), 53, 55, 92, 97, 110, 192, 327
non-flammable film, 116. See also triacetyl cellulose
Normandy (France), 11, 53, 54, 121, 176, 199, 241, 245–247, 318–321, 324
Norris, Marjorie Barron, 187
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 302
Noville (Belgium), 201, 201n
Novocain, 237
nurse, 10, 12, 43, 64–66, 69, 70, 84, 85, 90, 92, 93, 99–103, 105, 113, 114, 146, 151, 152, 168–172, 172n, 179–181, 184–188, 190–192, 199, 202, 206, 208–210, 212–215, 217, 222, 231, 232, 252, 256, 257, 258n, 260–263, 292, 295, 301, 306, 307, 319, 320, 339, 344, 346
Nurse and Spy in the Union Army (book), 102
Nurse Cavell (movie), 216
Nurse Edith Cavell (movie), 262
nursing sister, 12, 84, 90, 92, 93, 170–172, 172n
“O Canada,” 69
occupation, 3, 51, 54, 73, 120, 126, 181, 186, 242, 256, 257, 275, 280–285, 280n, 314, 316, 321
O’Keefe, David, 126n
“olive drab,” 61, 137, 238
Olympic, RMS, 187
One Day in August (book), 126n
Ontario College of Art, 345
operating room/theatre (OR), 12, 33, 34, 39, 40, 85, 191
Operation Basher, 123
Operation Jubilee, 125–133
Operation Medusa, 27, 32, 337
Operation Plunder, 253
Operation Rocket Man, 27
Operation Totalize, 122
Operation Watch on the Rhine, 55, 56, 200, 201, 203, 207, 305
orderly (medical attendant), 8, 11, 12, 18, 84, 85, 88, 89, 144, 148, 149, 152, 153, 158, 168, 178, 215, 222, 235, 237, 244, 247, 252, 292, 318, 319, 342, 343
Order of St. George, 119
Order of St. Michael, 119
Order of the British Empire (OBE), 241
Orscholz (Germany), 59–62
Orwell, George, 284, 285
Osler, Revere, 71
Osler, William, 68, 71
Oxford University (UK), 68
Packing Out (poem), 158
pacifist, 11
Pah-Ute, 41
Panjwaii (Afghanistan), 27, 28, 32, 337
parade ground, 23
Paris (France), 55, 56, 109, 116, 132, 176
Passchendaele (Belgium), 73
Pathé, 116, 117
pathology, 79, 91, 94n, 217
Patrol Base Wilson (Afghanistan), 32
Patton, George S., 56, 57, 59, 95–98, 96n, 141, 143n, 176, 203, 214, 215, 219, 223, 253–255, 315, 321, 335
addressing 94th, 96–98
at Bastogne, 214
burns records, 335
campaign in France, 56, 176, 321
campaign vs. Bulge, 57, 59, 141, 203, 253
crossing Rhine, 254
praise for 94th, 254
Patton’s Ghost Corps (book), 143n
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), 20, 228, 233
pediatrician, 307
Peninsula campaign (US Civil War), 41, 101
Pennsylvania Railroad, 327
Peru (Indiana), 277
pharyngitis catarrhal acute, 16, 16n
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), 321, 322, 327
Philadelphia Record (newspaper), 327
photo reconnaissance, 54
Pierce, Hawkeye (Alan Alda), 267, 268
Pilckem Ridge (Belgium), 77
pillbox, 7, 54, 59, 61, 62, 126
Pilsen (Czechoslovakia), 277, 282
plasma, 21, 145, 205, 308
Plomer, James, 264
pneumonia, 16, 16n, 44, 70, 98, 104, 149, 251
poison gas, 74–79, 104, 111
effect on troops, 76–79
German gas attacks, 74–79, 111, 112, 118, 127
Porter, Cole, 278
Port Perry (Ontario), 340, 346
positive end-expiratory pressures (PEEPs), 303
Post Mason, Charles, 262
post-mortem, 78, 86, 88
Potter, Sherman T. (Harry Morgan), 267, 268
Potts, Louis, 230
Pozières Wood (France), 153, 155, 181
Prague (Czechoslovakia), 3
Prefer, Nathan N., 143n
Pridham, Dave, 32
Prince (horse), 198
Prince Albert (Saskatchewan), 244
Princess Louise (horse), 196–198
Princess Louise II (horse), 198
Prior, Jack, 200, 203–206, 208–218
air raid, 210, 211
at Noville, 203–205
makeshift hospital, 205–209
praises nurses, 212, 213
response to racism, 213, 214
reunion with Chiwy, 217, 218
service awards, 217
with 10th Armored, 200
prisoner of war (POW), 7, 8, 54, 60, 124, 132, 185, 222–224, 229, 230, 235, 236–244, 246, 254, 259, 286, 287, 289, 315, 333
Abbaye d’Ardenne, 243, 244, 246, 247
Brittany POW exchanges, 54
“Death Railway,” 236–241
medics as POWs, 222, 236–241
94th POWs captured, 254
POW Camp Stalag VIII–B, 132
Singapore captured, 235
propaganda, 230, 261
prosthetic, 34
Protectorate of Bohemia, 280
Providence (Rhode Island), 204
Provis, Charlie, 130
Pryor, John, 306
Punch (magazine), 82
Quantico (Virginia), 305
quartermaster, 20, 98
Quebec City (Quebec), 70, 189
Queen Elizabeth (troopship), 53, 278, 312
Queen’s University, 125
racism, 212, 213, 216
radiology, 86
Rand, Paul, 350
Rappahanock River (Virginia), 43
rats, 269, 270, 287
Red Cross, 60, 71, 119, 143, 148, 152, 161, 163, 166, 213, 223, 226, 227, 230, 231, 233–235, 247, 256, 257, 276, 333, 354
Rees, John, 119, 120
regimental aid post/station (RAP), 5, 6, 8, 77, 78, 104, 139, 142, 144, 145, 154, 155, 157, 158, 160, 178, 180, 182, 184, 195, 203, 229, 287, 343
rehabilitation, 34, 322, 338, 344
Reilly, Anne (née Hubert), 328
Reilly, Joe, 321–328
Bronze Star, 321, 326
“52-20 Club,” 322, 323, 327
finding work, 327, 328
“Little Beaver,” 323
repatriation, 321, 322
rush to danger, 325
shell shock comrade, 324
Reims (France), 56
reinforcement, 54, 56, 62, 63, 77, 145, 193
Remembrance Day, 198, 346
Resistance, Belgian, 256
Resistance, French, 345
Resistance, North-West, 146, 147, 153, 195n. See also Resistance, Riel
Resistance, Riel, 65, 146, 153. See also Resistance, North-West
reveille, 23, 69
Revolutionary War, 195
Reynolds, Frank, 295n
Rhea, L.J., 91
Rhineland (Germany), 49, 56, 216, 218, 353, 354
Richmond (Virginia), 41
Ridyard, Herb Jr., 304–309
civilian casualties, 304, 305, 309
COBs, 304, 304n, 306, 307
“mass cals,” 304, 307
military training, 306
Ridyard, Herb Sr., 305
Ridyard, John, 305
Ridyard, Kris, 306
Riel, Louis, 65, 146, 153
rifleman, 7, 60, 195
Rimini (Italy), 193
Riskey, John, 226
River Meuse (France), 56
River Moselle (Germany), 57, 58, 347
River Otava, 321
River Our (Belgium), 55, 200
River Rhine (Germany), 11, 55, 123, 124, 186, 187, 201, 203, 253, 254, 274, 276, 305, 315
River Saar (Germany), 9, 57, 61, 139, 141, 142, 143n, 144, 312
Roberts, C.E. Bechhofer, 262
Robertson, William, 114
rockets, 7, 32
Roddick, Amy (née Redpath), 151n
Roddick, Thomas, 67, 146–151, 151n, 153, 195n
background, 147
field surgery, 150, 151, 153
“Listerism” disciple, 67, 147, 148
praise for, 151, 152
transporting wounded, 151
Roehampton House (England), 186
Romanelli, Luigi, 341
Rome (Georgia), 228
Rome (Italy), 193
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 249, 274
Ross, Bob, 120–124
Ross, Jean, 120, 124
Rots (France), 246
Royal Air Force, 287
No. 117 Squadron, 287
Royal Australian Air Force, 269
Royal Canadian Air Force, 285
No. 426 Thunderbird Squadron, 285
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 265
Royal Canadian Navy, 263–267, 285
Royal College of Surgeons, 119
Royal Military College, 81
Royal Navy, 82, 114, 131, 157
Admiralty, 82
tot of rum, 157
Royal Victoria Hospital (Montreal), 64, 66–68, 70, 71, 79, 105
Rumson (New Jersey), 19, 314
Rutledge, Lea, 126, 127
Saarfels Castle (Germany), 144, 145
Saigon (Vietnam), 291
Saint John (New Brunswick), 195, 197, 266, 271
Saint-Lô (France), 324, 325
Salina (Kansas), 16, 17
Salmi, Albert, 350
San Francisco (California), 270
Saskatoon (Saskatchewan), 128, 149, 151
Saunders, John, 195
Savoy Hotel (London), 164, 184
Schloss Berg (Germany), 59, 99
Schmeisser (gun), 245
Schuler, Cal, 290, 298
Schü mine, 7, 59, 61, 140, 348. See also anti-personnel mines
Schurz, Carl, 40
Sciortino, Mike, 317
“screaming meemies” (German artillery shells), 7
Scrimger, Francis, 11, 74–76, 104–109, 124
ADS service, 104–106
awarded VC, 108
background, 105
at “Shell Trap Farm,” 106–108
suggests antidote, 75, 76
witnesses gas attack, 75
Scrimger, Tudor, 105
scurvy, 44
seasonal affective disorder (SAD), 31
Seattle (Washington), 265
Secessionist, 36
Second World War, 2, 4, 6, 10, 17, 20, 49, 57n, 95, 120, 128, 137, 174, 175, 193, 195, 230, 233, 247, 250, 287, 288, 294, 300, 305, 318, 320, 322n, 323, 333, 340, 348
Seoul (South Korea), 267–270, 286
Serrig (Germany), 144
“shell shock,” 9, 82, 143, 321, 325. See also battle fatigue
Shell Trap Farm, 106–109, 124
Shepherd, F.J., 148
Sherman (tank), 194, 242, 243, 279, 343
shock, 29, 30, 140, 179, 209, 288, 303, 308, 324, 325
Shorncliffe (England), 71
Short, Robert, 26
“short-arm inspection,” 225
shrapnel, 28, 32, 46, 62, 73, 77, 79, 85–88, 105, 123, 127, 130, 133, 172, 197, 242, 244, 245, 288, 325, 330, 344
Sicily campaign, 96, 134, 340, 342, 345
Siegfried Line, 57, 176, 315
Siegfried Switch Line, 6, 57, 58, 218, 315
signal corps, 20, 184
Sikorsky Black Hawk (helicopter), 33, 302, 303, 306, 308
Silver Star (medal), 217
Sino-Soviet War, 268
Sinz (Germany), 226
Sister Heroines (book), 187
Sisters of Notre Dame (school), 202
Sloggett, Arthur, 114
smallpox, 44
Snider, Earl, 130
sniper, 26–28, 33, 72, 184
Souder, Kenneth, 211, 212
Souhami, Diana, 258n
South Africa War, 195. See also Boer War
Southampton (England), 71, 82
South Bend (Indiana), 278
South Saskatchewan River, 149, 151
Spanish-American War, 300
Spanish Civil War, 231–233
Speicher, Scott, 304n
splint, 22, 144, 150, 208, 224, 246, 288
Spokane (Washington), 329, 332
Statue of Liberty (New York), 322
St. Catharines (Ontario), 123
St. Elisabeth Hospital (Brussels), 199
Stevens, Thad, 196
St. Gilles (prison) 258, 260
Stirling, Thomas J., 26, 27, 27n
St. James Palace, 117
St. John Ambulance, 111, 119, 121, 233
St. John’s (Newfoundland), 122, 243
St. Julien (Belgium), 75
St. Laurence River, 189
St. Louis (Missouri), 16, 311, 327, 353
St. Nazaire (France), 54, 228
St. Omer (France), 112
Stoney-Nakoda First Nation, 128
Storm, Albert, 338
St. Paul’s Anglican Church (England), 188, 192
St. Petersburg (Russia), 189
Strakonice (Czechoslovakia), 321
stretcher, 8, 40, 84, 87, 88, 104, 106, 122, 144, 148, 153–156, 165, 178, 231, 232, 288, 292, 293
stretcher-bearer, 5, 12, 44, 77, 89, 104, 106, 107, 125, 127, 140, 143, 153–161, 178, 182, 183, 192, 200, 208, 222, 242, 288, 347. See also litter-bearer
Sudetenland, 277, 279, 280, 284
suicide, 27n, 33, 337, 338
suicide bomb, 33
sulpha (sulphanilamide), 208, 251, 325, 326, 343
Supermarine Spitfire (aircraft), 288
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), 137
surgeon, 8, 12, 33, 35n, 38–49, 66–68, 71, 73, 77, 79, 86, 87, 92, 93, 101, 114, 119, 133, 142, 146–152, 187, 191, 212, 214, 215, 231, 237, 238, 245, 252, 264, 292, 299–308, 319, 344
Surgeon in the Army of the Potomac, A (book), 35n
suture, 101, 151, 209
Svatkova, Jaroslava, 278
Swardeston (England), 257, 260
swastika, 277, 278, 326, 333
Swigert, Lt., 23, 24
Sykora, Laurence J., 254, 312
syrette, 125, 208
Taben (Germany), 141, 144, 317
Tacoma (Washington), 270
tactical combat casualty care (TCCC), 30
Taliban, 27, 28, 32, 338
tank landing craft (TLC), 126–129, 131
Task Force Kabul, 26
Teller mine, 344
tetanus, 94
Tettingen (Germany), 58
Third Reich, 326
38th Parallel (Korea), 269, 284, 285, 287, 289
Thistle, Hubert, 243, 244
Thompson, Franklin Flint, 99–103. See also Sarah Emma Edmonds
Battle of Bull Run, 99, 100
first-aid kit, 99, 100
Thorndike, Sybil, 262
301st Infantry Regiment, 57n, 58–63, 228, 305
1st Battalion, 60
A Company, 62
B Company, 62
D Company, 61, 62
302nd Infantry Regiment, 4, 6, 7, 57n, 144, 223, 226, 276
1st Battalion, 4, 25
B Company, 6, 7, 18, 21, 22,
C Company, 6, 7, 226
2nd Battalion, 223
G Company, 223
376th Infantry Regiment, 57n, 59, 60, 62, 217, 226
F Company, 60, 226
G Company, 60
Tiger (tank), 193, 194
Time Capsule (book), 10, 11
Time-Life series, 10
Topham, Frederick, 11
Toronto General Hospital, 85, 190, 191
Toronto Star (newspaper), 85, 86
Toronto Telegram (newspaper), 251
Toronto Western Hospital, 287
tour of duty, 34
Tournai (Belgium), 199
tourniquet, 29, 30, 122, 140, 144, 182, 288, 292
trench foot, 53, 98
triacetyl cellulose, 109, 116
triage, 32, 43, 132, 145, 150, 214, 223, 231, 264, 293, 299, 301, 307
Trier (Germany), 57, 253, 315
Troy, Elizabeth, 217
Truman, Harry, 11, 274, 276
tuberculosis, 67
Turner, Bill, 71
Turner, Lana, 250
Turner, R.E.W., 108
20th Century Fox, 95
typhoid, 44, 68, 179, 192
United Nations, 285, 287, 289
Universal Pictures, 263, 264
University of Georgia (Athens), 52, 53, 311
University of Glasgow, 238
University of Miami, 20
University of Minnesota, 238, 332
University of Montpellier (France), 66
University of Pittsburgh, 20
University of Toronto, 148, 238
University of Winnipeg, 298
US Air Force, 290, 291–299
12th Tactical Fighter Wing, 291, 296,
483rd US Air Force Hospital, 290–299
Cam Ranh Bay Air Force Base, 290–298
Lackland (Texas) Air Force Base, 294
MacDill (Florida) Air Force Base, 298, 299
US Army, 2, 4–7, 16, 18, 20, 21, 25, 34–48, 51–54, 56–60, 63, 95, 97, 98, 120, 137, 140, 141, 176, 193, 176, 199, 200, 203, 214, 215, 219, 223, 253, 321, 324
XX Corps (“Ghost Corps”), 56, 59, 98, 143n, 254
First Army, 57, 199
Third Army, 56, 57, 95, 98, 176, 199, 203, 214, 215, 219, 223, 253, 321, 324
Seventh Army, 328, 335
12th Army Group, 56
28th Keystone Division, 199, 207
101st Airborne Division, 205, 207, 213, 215, 300
Armored
4th Armored Division, 215, 321
6th Armored Division, 95
9th Armored Division, 210
10th Armored Division, 200, 207, 215, 218
12th Armored Division, 253
20th Armored Infantry Battalion, 212
489th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion, 321, 324–326
Artillery
67th Antiaircraft Artillery, 18, 281
94th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company, 57n
94th Quartermaster Company, 57n
94th Reconnaissance Troop, 57n
94th Signal Company, 57n
301st Light Field Artillery, 57n
356th Light Field Artillery, 57n
390th Medium Field Artillery, 57n
919th Light Field Artillery, 57n
Bases
Boston Army Base, 51
Contingency Operating Base (COB) Speicher, 304, 304n, 306, 307
Engineers, 7, 20, 57n, 58, 141, 143n
319th Combat Engineers, 7, 57n, 143n,
Infantry units
94th Infantry Division, 4, 9, 16, 19, 51, 52, 54, 56–59, 57n, 63, 96–98, 138, 140, 141, 176, 218, 223, 228, 229, 253, 254, 275–280, 282–284, 305, 311, 312, 314, 315, 348, 350, 353
157th Infantry Regiment, 331
301st Infantry Regiment, 57n, 58–63, 228, 305. See also 301st Infantry Regiment
302nd Infantry Regiment, 4, 6, 7, 57n, 144, 223, 226, 276. See also 302nd Infantry Regiment
376th Infantry Regiment, 57n, 59, 60, 62, 217, 226. See also 376th Infantry Regiment
Rangers, 125
Medical. See also US Army hospitals
154th New York Volunteers, 45
319th Medical Battalion, 5, 8, 16, 17, 19, 21, 24, 54, 57n, 58, 59, 63, 138–140, 143, 144, 222, 227, 250, 253, 255, 276, 279, 280, 282, 312, 314, 317
Medical Administrative Corps (MAC), 226, 227
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH). See under US Army hospitals
Pennsylvania Regiment, 36
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), 200
Union Army of the Potomac, 35, 35n, 36, 40, 41, 44, 46–48
US Army Air Force, 59, 209, 210
US Army hospitals
77th Evacuation Hospital, 231
116th Evacuation Hospital, 329–331, 335, 336
376th Combat Support Reserve Hospital, 217
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), 252, 267, 268, 270, 271
4077th MASH (fictional), 267
8055th MASH (actual), 252, 270
US Army Medical Board, 41
US Army National Guard, 300–302
US Army Nurse Corps, 213
US Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), 61, 62
US Civil War, 34–49, 77, 99–103, 150, 153, 300
US Congress, 48, 103, 350
US Constitution, 316
US Federal Army (US Civil War) 34, 35–37, 35n, 39–41, 102
2nd Michigan Volunteers, 99, 100, 102
US Holocaust Memorial Museum, 333, 334
US Marine Corps, 290, 293, 305
US Navy, 265, 290, 304n
US Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation, 286
US Supreme Court, 316
US War Department, 41, 48
Utah Beach, 53, 54
Valcartier (Quebec), 106
Van Nest, Paul, 38n
Vaznon, Ignacious, 204
Veckring (France), 96, 97
VE-Day, 9, 273, 316, 321, 331
Veen (Germany), 123
Verdun (France), 203
Vico, Francine, 244n
Vico, Roland, 244n
Victoria, Queen, 195
Victoria Cross (VC), 11, 31, 108
Victoria Hospital (London, Ontario), 168
Vierville (France), 231
Viet Cong, 296, 297
Vietnam War, 252, 290, 291, 294, 295n, 296–300
Viyella cloth, 112, 115
VJ-Day, 345
V-mail form, 224, 224n
Vodňany (Czechoslovakia), 277–280, 280n, 284, 314
von Harrach, Franz, 259
von Lüttwitz, Heinrich Freiherr, 207
von Rundstedt, Gerd, 56, 57
Wacht am Rhein (Operation Watch on the Rhine), 55, 56, 200, 201, 203, 207, 305
Wake, Gladys, 171
Walker, Frank, 155–158
background, 156
Ballad of the Stretcher Bearers, 158
death of McNutt, 155, 156
PEI neighbours, 156
wagon episode, 156, 157
Walker, James, 78
Wallace, Dick, 130, 131
war crimes, 12, 222, 244n, 246
Warner, Agnes, 261
War of 1812–1814, 121, 300
Washington (DC), 36, 45, 99, 101, 333
Watson, William, 111–113
Weekly Dose (newsletter), 250, 251, 253
Weeks, Walter, 278, 279
Wells, Cheryl A., 35n
Welsh Red Cross Hospital, 71
Western Front, 55, 65, 72, 75, 82, 87, 94n, 109, 111, 119, 127, 155, 156, 158, 159, 161, 165, 167, 178, 188, 190, 261
Westminster (England), 117, 260
Westminster Abbey, 260, 263, 342
Whitlock, Brand, 259
Whitman, George, 60
Whitman, Walt, 36, 45
Wieltje (Belgium), 104, 106, 108
Wies (Germany), 59
Wilber, Oscar, 45
Wilcox, Herbert, 262
Wilhelm II, Kaiser, 256
Willard, Bill, 130
Wilsey, Clarice, 330, 332–334, 336, 346
Wilsey, David, 328–336
Bronze Star, 330, 331, 333
civilian career, 328, 329
evacuation hospitals, 329, 330
letters home, 329, 331, 333–336
repatriation, 332
trauma, 330, 333, 334
Wilsey, Emily, 329, 331–336
Wilsey, Sharon, 332
Wilsey, Terry, 329, 332
Wilson, Elizabeth (née Cronyn), 70
Wilson, William (medic), 16n
Wilson, William (prospector), 70
Wilson, Woodrow, 261
Wimereux (France), 161, 162
Windham (Connecticut), 306
Windsor Castle (England), 108
Winnipeg (Manitoba), 146, 149, 151, 162, 189, 234, 294, 298
Winnipeg General Hospital, 151
Woman the Germans Shot, The (movie), 262
World Series, 21
World War II Victory Medal, 353
Worms (Germany), 326
Worth, John, 350
Wyant, Jimmy, 324, 325
x-ray, 85–87
Yankees (baseball team), 21
Yates, H.B., 65, 69, 93
Ypres (Belgium), 10, 11, 73, 74, 77, 80n, 111, 124, 179, 185
Ypres salient (Belgium), 72–74, 76, 77, 80, 80n, 81, 84, 104, 108, 111, 112, 124, 159, 178, 179, 185, 190