INDEX

A Company, 743rd Tank Battalion

Adams, Pop

All Souls’ Day Battle

Anderson, Bill

Anderson, Jack

Andrusz, Ed

Arlon, Belgium

Arman (lieutenant)

Army, U.S., training center for

Arthur, Lester

Atlantic Wall

Auguay, France

Aurand, Lester

Avranches, France

Baker CompanyRanger Battalion

Bangalore torpedoes

Bare, Sheldon

Baugh bandaged by

Dog Company’s climb and

Kuhn and

Lomell sending medic for

on MG-42 bullets

on Schaumburg Castle

on Schneider’s presentation

sniper shooting

Sundby taking care of

Thompson retrieved by

Barnett (Ranger)

Barowski, Whitney

BARs. See Browning Automatic Rifles

Battle of Balaclava

Battle of Hürtgen Forest

Battle of the Bulge

Baugh, Gilbert

Beever, Colin

Begetto (Ranger)

Bergstein, Germany

CCR fighting to

Dog Company moving to

Germans counterattacking at

importance of

2nd Battalion, Grenadier Regiment 980 defending

2nd Ranger Battalion marching to

Task Force Hamberg attacking

Thomae defending

Berthier, Raymond

Big Jim. See Rudder, James Earl

Big shows

Big Stoop. See Masny, Otto

Bill (Ranger)

Block, Walter

description of

on Harwood

hunting party organized by

jam sandwiches issued out by

Lytle punching

Petty and

Rangers treated by

Schneider and

on stimulant drugs

28th Infantry Division men aided by

Webb on

Bloody Bucket. See 28th Infantry Division

Bouncing Betty

Bourchard, Gerald

“The Boys of Pointe Du Hoc,”

Bradley, Omar

Branley, Mike

Braunton Camp

Brest, France

Brinkley, Doug

Britain

British Commandos

Brown, James

Browning Automatic Rifles (BARs)

Bude, Cornwall, England

Burgberg. See Hill 400

Burmaster, Warren

Burnett (Ranger)

Camelo, Joe

Camp Forrest

Camp Ritchie, Maryland

Camp Shanks, New York

Canham, Charles

Carr (bazooka man)

Carty (Private First Class)

Castle Hill. See Hill 400

CCR. See Combat Command Reserve, 5th Armored Division

“The Charge of the Light Brigade,”

Cherbourg, France

Christmas, training on

Church of Moorish Martyrdom

Circumcision

Clark, Bill

Coastal road. See GC

Cold War

Colden, Garness

Cole (Ranger)

Combat Command Reserve (CCR), 5th Armored Division

Conaboy, Jack

Corona, Johnny

Courtney, William J.

Crew quarters

Crimean War

Crook (Ranger)

Crouch, Raymond

Cruz, Bill

D-5 (staging area)

Darby, William O.

Darby’s Rangers

D-Day, anniversary of

Delasandros, Augie

Department of Miscellaneous Development

The Devil’s Garden

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Dix, Frederick

Dog Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion

battalion review held by

Bergstein moved to by

Brest and

casualties of

deactivation of

defenses of

description of

driver fixated on by

Easy Company men joining

82nd Airborne Division men joining

English artillery unit’s scuffle with

German patrol fired on by

Germans at barn fighting

Germans attacking

Germans counterattacking

Germans spotted by

Germans tipped off to

girlfriends causing shelling of

Hill 400 approach prepared for by

Hill 400 approached by

Hill 400 attacked by

Hill 400 defended by

Hill 400 positions of

Hill 64 seized by

at home

Hürtgen Forest moved to by

Isigny Road marched down by

Japan deployed to by

Kuhn rejoining

LCA 860 survivors returning to

Le Conquet positions probed by

Loc Maria Plouzané as objective of

157 mm guns searched for by

101st Airborne Division men joining

orders and

paratrooper boots and

in Pilsen

Pogue interviewing

Pointe du Hoc climbed by

recruits of

reunion of

roadblock held by

Roer River crossing of

Schaumburg Castle seized by

Schneller rejoining

2nd Battalion, Grenadier Regiment 980 charged by

at Simmerath

tank destroyers firing on

Taylor interviewing

13th Infantry relieving

training of

Ty Baol advanced on by

USS Texas bombarding area around

VIII Corps subsuming

Dorchester, England

Dorset, England

Double daylight savings time

Double Summer Time

Dreher, William

Drill Call

Drodouski (private)

Drugs, stimulant

DSC. See Distinguished Service Cross

Duck (DUKW)

The Duke. See Slater, Harold K.

Dunning, Bob

Durrer, Mack

Easy Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion

Eberle (Ranger)

E-boats

Edlin, Bob

8th Division

89th Infantry Division

82nd Airborne Division

Eikner, James

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

Equipment, Pointe du Hoc

Fabulous Four

Falaise Gap

Fallschirmjägers

Fate, Harry

Kerchner’s counterattack and

Lomell and

Rudder and

FFI. See French Forces of the Interior

5th Ranger Battalion

First Army (German)

First Army (U.S.)

1st Battalion, Grenadier Regiment 980,

1st Platoon, Dog Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion

506th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Flanagan, Joe

Force A

Force B

Force C

Forrest, Nathan Bedford

Fort Dix, New Jersey

Fort Meade, Maryland

Fort Pierce, Florida

445th Antiaircraft Battalion

Fox Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion

Foy, Belgium

French and Indian War

French Forces of the Interior (FFI)

French Resistance, Pointe du Hoc and

Fruhling, Robert

Fulton, James E.

Fürst, Martin

Gavin, James

GC32

Geitz, Bill

Genther, Henry

German Military Academy

Germans

boys

Brest fortified by

Cherbourg port facilities blown up by

V Corps piercing lines of

counterattacking at Bergstein

counterattacking at Hill 400,

counterattacking at Pointe du Hoc

Dog Company, tipped off to

Dog Company at barn fighting

Dog Company attacked by

Dog Company counterattacked by

Dog Company spotting

Easy Company rolled up by

8th Division mauled by

FFI forced to retreat by

Fox Company attacked by

girlfriends of

Guernsey Islands garrisoned by

Hagg on

headless

Hill 400 fired from by

Hill 64 shelled by

Hitler, fighting to last man for

Hoffman’s run-in with

Kerchner attacked by

Kuhn killing

Lomell and

Masny captured by

McHugh capturing

Nebelwerfer used by

at 157 mm guns

patrol

Petty attacked by

Petty capturing

Petty observing

Petty running away from

Petty surprising

planes

powder charges

Rangers captured by

Rangers detected by

Rangers hating

Rangers overwhelmed by

Rangers preparing for counterattack of

retreating

Roer controlled by

roll call of

Ruggiero and

2nd Ranger Battalion and

Secor capturing

sniper shooting

Spleen shooting

Stein capturing

Stevens capturing

surrendering

Task Force Slater encountering

Webb noticing

white phosphorous used by

Winsch killing

Germany, surrender of

Gerow, Leonard

Goat

Goodgall, Leonard

Goreman, Johnny

Graf Spee Battery

Grandcamp-Maisy, France

Grapnel hooks

Guernsey Islands

Hagg, Vince

on Dog Company’s approach to Hill 400

on Dog Company’s attack on Brest

on German holdouts

on Germany’s surrender

on Graf Spee Battery

on Huff

on Jakubiak

Kuhn and

on Lomell

on patrols

on Rudder

on shelling

on Simmerath

Stevens consoling

on Urft Dam mission

Zyrkowski berating

Hand-to-hand combat training

Harris, Lester

Harry Goes Home from War

Harsch, Kenny

Harwood, Jonathan

Hemingway, Ernest

Herm

Hill 400

charge at

description of

Dog Company approaching

Dog Company attacking

Dog Company defending

Dog Company preparing to approach

Dog Company’s positions at

evacuation of

forward observer at

Fox Company attacking

Fox Company’s positions at

Germanscounterattacking at

Germans firing from

importance of

Kettlehut’s artillery hitting

Lawson defending

Lomell and

Masny and

Potratz at

Secor defending

Slater and

Stein at

Thomae’s artillery hitting

Volksgrenadiers moving back to

Webb’s advice on attacking

wounded at

Zyrkowski at

Hill

His Majesty’s Independent Company of American Rangers

Hitler, Adolf

counteroffensive of

HMS Amsterdam

HMS Warspite

Hodges, Courtney

Hoffman, Bill

in bunker

on cellar

on Dog Company’s climb

on flares

on Force A’s approach to Pointe du Hoc

on Fort Pierce, Florida

Germans’ run-in with

on Hürtgen Forest

Kuhn receiving gift from

on Operation Greif

on pit

Rangers and

on 2nd Ranger Battalion’s Bergstein march

shell-shocked

Slater approached by

Slater’s Cutty Sark bottle and

on USS Texas’s marker shell incident

Horace (Jedburgh Team)

Hornhardt (Ranger)

Huebner, Clarence

Huff, Ollie

Hürtgen, Germany

Hürtgen Forest

Iron Cross

Isigny Road

Jabos (fighter-bombers)

Jäger, Karl

Jakubiak, Jake

Japan

Jedburgh Teams

Johnson, Larry

McCrone and

K Company, 121st Infantry Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment

Kall River

Karl, Rudolf

Kelley (BAR man)

Kennard, Frank

Kerchner, George

Branley discovered by

counterattack of

description of

false sense of security of

Fate told of counterattack by

Germans attacking

on Hill

on Lacy

Lomell advising

MG-42 shooting

on Omaha Beach bombardment

116th Infantry Division meeting

praying

Rudder and

2nd Platoon, A Company, 5th Ranger Battalion welcomed by

submersion of

supplies of

on tents

37 mm antiaircraft gun and

on USS Texas’s bombardment

Vaughan found by

weapons of

Kesternich, Germany

Kettlehut, Howard K.

King Philip’s War

Kirchhoff, Wilhelm

Kismeth (medic)

Kleinhau, Germany

Knight, Tommy. See Ruggiero, Antonio J.

Knight’s Cross

Knudson, Dean H.

Komits, Al

Kommerscheidt, Germany

Korean War

Kuhn, Jack

Bare and

on Bude training

Dog Company rejoined by

Duck learned of by

German killed by

Hagg and

Hoffman giving gift to

incendiary grenades provided by

on inter-service rivalry

Lomell and

nervous condition of

157 mm guns and

Pointe et Raz de la Percée and

shows of

Silver Star received by

Thompson lost by

Lacy, Joe

Lampres, Ted

Landing Craft, Assault (LCAs)

858

860

914

668

training

Landing Ship, Infantry (LSI)

Lawson, Ellis

LCAs. See Landing Craft, Assault

Le Conquet peninsula

Le Devin, Louis

Le Finistére (the end of the earth). See Le Conquet peninsula

Le Fret, France

Le Normand, Gerette

Leaggins (lieutenant)

Leopold (king)

Lewis, Frank

Lisko, Louis

Loc Maria Plouzané

Lochrist Battery. See Graf Spee Battery

Lomell, Leonard G.

Bare’s medic sent by

Baugh’s medic sent by

on Braunton Camp

on Bude

chalk hitting

Conaboy treated by

on counterattack at Hill 400

crew quarters attacked by

Delasandros’s letter and

description of

discharge of

on Dog Company’s casualties

on Dog Company’s roadblock

on Drodouski

on Edlin

Fate and

Flanagan driven by

Fruhling’s near fall and

GC32 headed to by

German Military Academy class met by

Germans and

grapnel hooks and

Hagg on

Hill 400 and

on Hill 400 charge

Hodges pinning DSC to

Kerchner advised by

Kuhn and

laryngitis of

Lunning dispatched by

Morris treated by

on mountain capture exercise

157 mm guns and

patrol of

Pointe du Hoc climbed by

Pointe et Raz de la Percée and

poker game of

on Ranger officers

Rudder pinning lieutenants’ bars on

Ruggiero’s lifebelt and

on 2nd Ranger Battalion’s mission

Shanklin and

Slater and

Stein directed by

submersion of

tank treads heard by

on training

Webb treated by

Lunning, Gordon

Lytle, Cleveland A.

M1918 Browning Automatic Rifles. See Browning Automatic Rifles

Mad Russian (Ranger)

Maimone, Salva

Main, Harold D.

Maine (Ranger)

Marion, Jean

Marshall, George

Martin, Dick

Maschinengewehr 42 (MG-42)

Masny, Otto

bunker entered by

description of

Germans capturing

grapnel hooks and

Hill 400 and

Petty reunited with

Rudder pinning DSC to

sniper decoy of

37 mm antiaircraft gun and

McBride, Morton

British Commandos and

fall of

rotation names submitted by

Ruggiero and

sniper shooting at

Sparaco launching rifle grenade for

at Weymouth

on wires

wounded

McClure (lieutenant)

McCrone, Pat

McDonald, L. E.

McHugh, William

Meade, George Gordon

Medal of Honor

Medals

Mercader, Guillaume

Merryweathers Ltd.

Meslin, Eugène

Meyer, Charles R.

MG-42. See Maschinengewehr

Middleton, Troy

Model, Walter

Montgomery, Bernard

Morgan, Daniel

Mortain, France

Morvin. See Meslin, Eugène

Mosby, John S.

MP-40s

MP-44s

Mulberries

Mussolini, Benito

Navy, U.S.

Nebelwerfer

The Needles

Newport News, Virginia

Next of Kin (film)

Nigohosian, Kegham

Ninth Air Force, U.S.

Ninth Army

9th Infantry Division

Normandy, France, plans regarding

Norton, Kenneth

Office of Strategic Services (OSS)

Omaha Beach

101st Airborne Division

102nd Cavalry Division

106th Infantry Division

109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division

112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division

116th Infantry Division

116th Panzer Division

121st Infantry Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment

157 mm guns

description of

Dog Company searching for

Easy Company eliminating

Fox Company searching for

Germans at

Kuhn and

Lomell and

manning of

Rupinski placing grenades in

Operation Cobra

Operation Flashlamp

Operation Greif

Operation Lüttich

Operation Merkur

Operation Neptune

Operation Queen

Operation Wacht am Rhein

OSS. See Office of Strategic Services

P-47 Thunderbolts

Pacyga, Francis

Palmer (Ranger)

Parker, Ace

Patton, George

Pennsylvania Keystone Division. See 28th Infantry Division

Petty, William

Anderson, B., tackling

Anderson, B.’s, Bangalore torpedoes and

Arman’s argument with

BAR of

Block and

bunker entered by

at Church of Moorish Martyrdom

Colden carried by

Colden’s conversation with

description of

on Fox Company’s casualties

German POW and

Germans attacking

Germans captured by

Germans observed by

Germans ran away from by

Germans surprised by

girl discovered by

on Hill 400 charge

Masny reunited with

McHugh talking to

morphine administered to

on mortars

Pointe du Hoc climbed by

on Pointe du Hoc mission

on Ranger replacements

Rangers rejoined by

as rear guard

Rudder interacting with

Rudder reunited with

Silver Star received by

South giving pill to

on surrender

survival mechanisms of

on training

Pilsen, Czechoslovakia

Pit

Pogue, Forrest

Pointe du Hoc, Normandy

bet regarding

bombing of

briefing on

defenses of

Dog Company climbing

equipment for

5th Ranger Battalion battling towards

1st Platoon coming up side of

Force A approaching

Force A assault delay at

Force A climbing

Force A’s plans regarding

Force C’s plans regarding

French Resistance on

Fruhling climbing

Germans counterattacking at

Lomell climbing

observation post at

116th Infantry Division battling towards

P-47s at

Petty climbing

Petty on mission at

planning for mission at

Reagan, R., at

relief of

Rudder landing at

Rudder securing

Schneider’s presentation on

Stein climbing

Sundby approaching

Sundby climbing

2./Werfer-Regiment 85 defending

See also 157 mm guns; 37 mm antiaircraft gun

Pointe et Raz de la Percée

Portuguese man-of-war

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Potratz, Bud

on counterattack at Hill 400

on Dog Company’s approach to Hill 400

on Falaise Gap

on 1st Platoon, Dog Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion’s replacements

at Hill 400

on Hill 400 charge

on Hill 400 preparations

line of fire set up by

on 2nd Ranger Battalion’s Bergstein march

Prisoners of war (POWs)

Easy Company taking

Ranger shooting

Rangers as

Rangers rescuing

2nd Ranger Battalion as escort of

Provisional Ranger Force See also Force A; Force B; Force C

PTSD. See Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Purple Heart Corner

Raaen, John

Rafferty, Joe

Ramcke, Hermann-Bernhard

Rangerism

Rangers, U.S. Army

Auguay arrived at by

Block treating

A Company, 743rd Tank Battalion killing

German counterattack prepared for by

Germans capturing

Germans detecting

Germans hated by

Germans overwhelming

on high alert

history of

Hoffman and

June 7 situation of

Le Fret cleared by

Lomell on officers of

MG-42s used by

Petty rejoining

POW shot by

as POWs

POWs rescued by

as quick reaction force

Reagan, N., hugging

Reagan, R., and

replacements

roadblock of

Ruggiero saving

shell-shocked

South assisting

training

28th Infantry Division relieved by

Webb found by

Webb saving

Reagan, Nancy

Reagan, Ronald

Rhein (captain)

Rhine River

Riendeau, Raymond J.

Riley, John

Ritchie Boys

RMS Queen Elizabeth

Robertson, William

Roer River

Rogers, Robert

Rogers (major)

Roller mines

Rommel, Erwin

Rowland, Thomas

Royal Air Force (RAF)

Rubin, Leonard

Rudder, James Earl

ammunition depot task given by

Bradley and

Burmaster contacting

command post of

description of

Eikner and

Fate and

First Army (U.S.) reported to by

flag held up by

Hagg on

Kerchner and

Lomell’s lieutenants’ bars pinned on by

Lunning and

Lytle replaced by

at Lytle’s arrest

Masny pinned with DSC by

Navy and

Petty and

Pointe du Hoc landed at by

Pointe du Hoc secured by

Ruggiero meeting with

2nd Ranger Battalion and

37 mm antiaircraft gun attack orders from

Thorson briefing

training of

transfers of

Trevor asked by

USS Texas and

Vermeer on

Ruggiero, Antonio J.

on boat-handling skills

circumcision of

Cruz retrieving company with

on Dog Company’s approach to Hill 400

Flanagan and

Germans and

on Hill 400 charge

on Hill 64 attack of 2nd Ranger Battalion

on hummock

on Hürtgen Forest living conditions

on LCA 860

LCA 860 abandoned by

lifebelt of

on Loc Maria Plouzané women

McBride and

on mines

on Portuguese man-of-war

Ranger saved by

replacement cautioned by

rescue of

on Roer River crossing

Rudder meeting with

2nd Ranger Battalion joined by

shows of

Simmerath approached by

Slater asking

toilets and

USO major’s offer to

wounding of

Rules of Ranging (Rogers)

Rundstedt, Gerd von

Rupinski, Frank

Saffrons, William C.

Salomon, Sid

Saving Private Ryan (movie)

Schaumburg Castle

Schelper, Lawrence

Schmidt, Germany

Schneider, Max F.

Schneller, George

Schutzstaffel (SS)

Scotland

Scouts and Raiders School

2nd Battalion, Grenadier Regiment 980

2nd Platoon, A Company, 5th Ranger Battalion

2nd Ranger Battalion

in Arlon

assembling

awards ceremony for men of

Bergstein marched to by

CCR reinforced by

Cherbourg assigned to

in corps reserve

description of

First Army (U.S.)’s flank secured by

as First Army (U.S.)’s POW escort

445th Antiaircraft Battalion transporting

friendly shelling of

Germans and

Graf Spee Battery approached by

Graf Spee Battery as objective of

Hill 64 attacked by

home departed for by

honor guard formed by

Horace working with

Kleinhau reached by

Lomell on mission of

Ninth Army receiving transfers from

as Ninth Army’s mobile counterattack force

Pogue interviewing

as POW escort

reconnoiter orders of

Roer River crossing of

Rudder and

Ruggiero joining

Schmidt as objective of

at Simmerath

Taylor interviewing

Urft Dam mission of

at Valognes

Secor, Edward

Seventh Army

76th Division

78th Division

Shanklin (training area)

Shannon (Ranger)

Sharik, Mike

Shell shock See also Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Shira, Neil H.

Silver Star

Simmerath, Germany

Simmons (Ranger)

6th SS Mountain Division

Skorzeny, Otto

Slapton Sands

Slater, Harold K.

at Bude

Cutty Sark bottle of

Delasandros’s letter and

description of

Herm mission and

Hill 400 and

Hoffman approaching

LCA 860 abandoned by

Lomell and

march of

patrols sent by

Portuguese man-of-war biting

Ruggiero asked by

Stein on

on USS Texas

volunteers of

Small Unit Actions (monograph)

Snipers

Bare shot by

Fruhling shot by

Fulton killing

German shot by

in Grandcamp-Maisy

Jakubiak killed by

Masny’s decoy for

McBride shot at by

Sundby going after

Trevor shot by

South, Frank

Clark recognized by

description of

on German planes

on goat

Lytle and

in perimeter defense

Petty given pill by

Rangers assisted by

on Rudder’s command post

28th Infantry Division men aided by

Sparaco, Dominic

Speed marches

Spleen, Richard J.

SS. See Schutzstaffel

Stecki (Ranger)

Stein, Herman

climb reenacted by

on counterattack at Hill 400

description of

Fallschirmjägers spied by

on Fox Company’s scout

Germans captured by

at Hill 400

Lomell directing

on map-reading exercise

Pointe du Hoc climbed by

on POW shot by Ranger

on Slater

on Slater’s march

13th Infantry Regiment and

Stevens, Joe

Stüttgen, Günter

Summers, John W.

Sundby, Sigurd

Bare taken care of by

crap taken by

description of

on Hill 400 charge

mortar landing near

Pointe du Hoc approached by

Pointe du Hoc climbed by

Schneller and

sniper gone after by

Vermeer receiving cover fire from

wires cut by

Supplies

Surrender

of Brest garrison

of Fürst

of Germans

of Germany

of 106th Infantry Division regiments

Petty on

of Rupinski

of Spleen’s men

Swanage, Dorset

Task Force Hamberg

Task Force Slater

airfield captured by

as corps honor guard

description of

Germans encountered by

Hill 64 set off for by

102nd Cavalry Division, attached to

in Pilsen

Rhine River crossed by

as screening force

Taylor, Charles

Tennyson, Alfred Lord

Third Army

13th Infantry Regiment

37 mm antiaircraft gun

Thomae, Adolf

Thompson (Ranger)

Thorson, Truman

352nd Infantry Division

Tough Guy. See Riendeau, Raymond J.

Training

Army, U.S., center for

boat-handling skills in

at Braunton Camp

British Commandos augmenting

at Bude

at Camp Forrest

at Camp Ritchie

at Camp Shanks

on Christmas

demolitions

of Dog Company

at Fort Dix

Fort Pierce infiltrated in

hand-to-hand combat

intelligence courses in

LCA

Lomell on

map-reading exercise in

at The Needles

Petty on

of Rangers

of Rudder

at Shanklin

at Swanage

at Weymouth

Trevor, Thomas

Trout, Jack

Truscott, Lucian K.

12th Infantry Regiment

28th Infantry Division

2./Werfer-Regiment

272nd Volksgrenadier Division

Ty Baol, France

United Service Organization (USO)

Urft Dam

USO. See United Service Organization

USS Ellison

USS Satterlee

USS Texas

V Corps

V-1s

Valognes, France

Vaughan, Bill

V-E Day

Vengeance

Vermeer, Elmer

VGDs. See Volksgrenadiers

Vierville Draw

VIII Corps

Volksgrenadiers

Vossenack, Germany

Weaver, William G.

Webb, Morris

on Block

boot kicked by

description of

Germans noticed by

Hill 400 attack advice given to

Lomell treating

on POW shot by Ranger

PTSD of

Ranger saved by

Rangers finding

on Secor

Wegner, Karl

Weymouth

Wheezers and Dodgers. See Department of Miscellaneous Development

Williams, George

Wills, Gary

Winsch, Carl

Wintz, Richard A.

Zyrkowski, Hank