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7th Cavalry Regiment, 177
8th Cavalry Regiment, 50–51, 54–55
9th Infantry Division, 83–86
11th Armored Division, 49–50
22nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 12
38th Infantry Regiment, 58–63
54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 205
82nd Airborne Division, 11
92nd Buffalo Division, xiv
92nd Infantry Division, 38–41, 39
99th Pursuit Squadron, 43
141st Infantry Regiment (the Lost Battalion), 25
173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team (Sky Soldiers), 136–40, 139
175th Infantry Regiment, 176
199th Light Infantry Brigade, 78
307th Infantry, Medical Detachment, 31–35
442nd Regimental Combat Team, 22–26, 28
A
Above and Beyond Citizen Honors Award, 181, 187, 187
Abrams, Creighton, 120
Afghanistan
and bin Laden, 131
and Outpost Keating, 144, 145, 146, 147–51
and Petry, 159–63, 166
and posthumously awarded Medals of Honor, 206, 210
and Rascon, 100
and Romesha, 147
and the Taliban, 132, 142–43, 150
and Wise brothers, 65
African Americans
and integration of U.S. military, 42–43
in Korean War, 70, 72–73
and Medals of Honor, 209
in World War II, xiv, 36, 37–38, 40–41, 42, 43, 209
Air Force, 102–8
Air National Guard, 102
aircraft carriers, 4, 15
Allen J. Lynch Medal of Honor Veterans Foundation, 192
Allied forces, 1, 1–4, 53
anti-Semitism, 48–50, 52–53, 54
Army Reserves, 100
Army servicemen
Baker, 36–41
Davis, 83–86
Deister, 87–93
Doolittle Raiders, 14–19
Doss, 30–35
Giunta, 136–40
Lynch, 189, 190–92
Mansfield, 12
Milligan, 152–55, 156–58
and Officer Candidate School, 38
Petry, 159–63, 166
Rascon, 94–97, 100
Rescorla, 176
Romesha, 144–51
Rosser, 58–63
Rubin, 50–51, 54–55
Sakato, 21–26
Arnold, Henry “Hap,” 19
artificial limbs, 164, 164–65, 165, 166
Auschwitz concentration camp, 49, 51, 53
Axis forces, 1, 3
B
B-29 bombers, 9
Baker, Vernon, 36–41, 37, 41, 209
bin Laden, Osama, 131, 142, 183, 183
Bootstrap Award, 160
Boys Town, Omaha, Nebraska, 36
Bradley, Omar, 42
Brennan, Joshua, 138, 138–40, 141
Bronze Star recipients
Doss, 31
Jacobs, 201
Brown, Daisy, 75, 76
Brown, Jesse, 70, 71, 72–77, 73
Bucha, Paul, 174, 181, 181, 187
Buchenwald concentration camp, 49, 53
Buffalo Soldiers, 38
Bullock, Dan, 13
bullying, 188–89
Bush, George W.
and Dunham’s surviving family, 171
and Rubin, 56, 56
and war on terror, 131
C
Carney, William, 205
Castle Aghinolfi, 39–40
Chickamauga, battle of, 12
children and teenagers in battle, 12–13, 13
China and Korean War, 45–47, 46, 54–55, 59–63, 71–72, 73
Citizen Service Before Self Honors Award, 172–74, 172, 197, 197
Civil War, 12, 13, 205, 206
Civilian Public Service Camps, 30
civilians
civilian casualties, 4
civilian heroism, 172–74
consequences of war for, 203–4
Clark, Mark, 120, 127
Clem, Johnny, 12, 13
Clinton, Bill
and Baker, 41, 41
and Rascon, 100
and Sakato, 25, 26
Cold War, 45
Columbine High School shootings, 185
Congressional Medal of Honor Society
and Cox, 197
and Fagan, 187
and Milligan, 155, 155
and Rescorla, 181
conscientious objectors, 29–30, 35
Continental Army, 12
Co-Rux-Te-Cod-Ish (“Mad Bear”), 205
costs of war, 204
Courageous Spirit Award, 155
Cox, Jordy, 193–97, 197
Custer, George Armstrong, 177
D
D Company, 1/12 Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, 190–92
Dachau concentration camp, 53
Davis, Benjamin O., 42
Davis, Sammy, 82–86, 83, 86, 90–93, 92
Day, George “Bud,” 101–8, 103, 106, 110, 110
D-Day, 3
Dean Witter, 178–79, 180
Deister, Jim, 86, 87–93, 88, 92
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 193
Denton, Jeremiah, 108, 108, 109
Distinguished Flying Cross, 76
Distinguished Service Cross, 26
Doctors Without Borders, 193–97, 198
Donlon, Roger, 82
Doolittle, James H. “Jimmy,” 14–19, 15, 16, 17, 19, 110
Doolittle Raiders, 14–19, 17, 101–2
Doss, Desmond, 29–35, 31, 35
drones, 133, 133
Dunham, Deb, 167–71
Dunham, Jason L., 167–71, 168, 169
E
Edward L. Pine Middle School, Reno, Nevada, 184, 186–87
Edwards Military Institute, 5–6
Egypt, 183
Eisenhower, Dwight, 53
F
F-100 Super Sabre jets, 102–3, 104, 212
Fagan, Jencie, 184–87, 187
fear, overcoming, 66–69
Fighter Squadron 32, 70–76
Ford, Gerald, 110, 110
Forrest Gump (1994), 86
Fox, Wesley L., 66–69, 67, 68
France, 1
Franklin, Benjamin, 202
Futrell, Nathan, 12
G
Gallardo, Erick, 138
Gant, Jim, 82, 83–84, 85
Geneva Convention, 113
Germany
and Holocaust, 4, 48–50, 51, 52–53
and World War II, 1–4
See also World War II
Giunta, Salvatore, 134–41, 135, 141
Gordon, Gary, 210
Great Britain, 1
Guadalcanal, battle of, 4, 65
H
Haffey, Neil, 100
Haiti, 195, 196–97
Hall of Heroes in the Pentagon, 170
Hambleton, Iceal “Gene,” 118–22, 121, 127
Hanoi Hilton, 108–9, 109
and Day, 105–7, 108
and Thorsness, 112–16, 115, 116
Hawk, John, 204
Hess, Kendra, 185
Higgins, Daniel, 162, 163
Hill, Dan, 178, 181
Hillel, 201
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 4
Hiroshima, Japan, 4
Hitler, Adolf, 1, 3, 48, 52
Ho Chi Minh, 79
Holloway, Gwendell, 89, 91, 92
Holocaust, 4, 48–50, 51, 52–53
Hoppes, Jonna Doolittle, 14–19, 19
Howard, Robert, 181
howitzers, 62, 83, 83–84, 213
Hudner, Tom, 70–77, 71
Hungary, 48–49, 51, 52–53
Hurricane Isaac, 174
Hussein, Saddam, 131–32
I
I Could Never Be So Lucky Again (Doolittle), 18
Ia Drang, battle of, 177
IEDs (improvised explosive devices), 164, 214
integration of U.S. military, 42–43
internment of Japanese Americans, 20–21, 27, 27–28, 28
Iraq
and Dunham, 167–71
and Islamic State (ISIS), 132
and Milligan, 152–55, 154
and posthumously awarded Medals of Honor, 206, 210
and Rascon, 100
and Romesha, 147
and search for weapons of mass destruction, 131–32
and the Taliban, 143
Islamic State (ISIS), 132–33
Italy, xiv, 1, 3
Ivory Coast, 193
Iwo Jima, battle of, 9, 9
casualties of, 10
and Lucas, 5, 8, 8, 10, 11
J
Jacobs, Jack, xii, xii, 174, 199–202, 200, 201
Japan and World War II, 1–4, 4, 9, 9
Japanese Americans
internment of, 20–21, 27, 27–28, 28
and Medals of Honor, 209
Sakato, 20–21, 26
Jews
and anti-Semitism, 48–50, 52–53, 54
and bigotry experienced in military, 51, 54
and the Holocaust, 4, 48–50, 51, 52–53
Johnson, Harry, 112
Johnson, Lyndon
and Davis, 86
and Donlon, 82
and escalation of war, 79
and goals of containment, 81
and public reaction to Vietnam, 80
K
Kamdesh, battle of, 149–51
Keating, Benjamin, 144
Kennedy, John F., 79, 117–18
Khe Sanh, battle of, 85
Korean War, 44–47
and Chinese troops, 45–47, 46, 54–55, 59–63, 71–72, 73
cold endured by soldiers in, 44
and Day, 101, 102
and integration of U.S. military, 43
and MacArthur, 47
and Medals of Honor awarded to overlooked soldiers, 209
and posthumously awarded Medals of Honor, 206, 208
and Rosser, 58–63
and Rubin, 50–52, 54–56
L
Lebanon, 183
Lincoln, Abraham, 205
Lindbergh, Charles, 2
Lucas, Jack, xii, 5–11, 7
Lynch, Allen, 188–92, 189
M
MacArthur, Douglas, 45, 46, 47
Mansfield, Mike, 12
Manzanar relocation camp, 27, 27–28, 28
Bullock, 13
Dunham, 167–71
Fox, 67–69
Lucas, 6–8, 10–11
Mansfield, 12
racial prejudice in, 42
Marshall, George, 19
Mauthausen concentration camp, 49–50
McCain, John, 106
Medal of Honor Foundation, 173
Medal of Honor recipients, 77
Baker, 41, 41
Bucha, 174
Carney, 205
Co-Rux-Te-Cod-Ish (“Mad Bear”), 205
Davis, 86, 86, 93
Day, 110, 110
Donlon, 82
Doolittle, 14
Doss, 35, 35
Dunham, 169–70, 171, 171
Giunta, 140–41, 141
Hudner, 76
Jacobs, 174, 199–202, 201
Lucas, Jack, 11, 11
Lynch, 192
Merli, 203
Murphy, 207–8
Norris, 122
Petry, 166, 166
Rascon, 97, 100
Romesha, 151, 151
Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr., 205
Roosevelt, Theodore, Sr., 205
Rosser, 63, 63
Rubin, 55–56, 56
Sakato, 25, 26
Stockdale, 110, 110
Thornton, 124, 127
Thorsness, 111, 116
Walker, 205
York, 207
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), 198
medics, 98, 98–99
Doss, 31–35
kit of, 99
Rascon, 94–97, 95, 100
Mendoza, Hugo, 138, 140
Merl, Geno, 203
Midway, battle of, 3
military training, xi
Milligan, Juanita, 152–55, 153, 154, 155, 156–58, 157, 158
Milligan, MattieMae, 156–58, 157
Morgan Stanley, 180–81
Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, 9, 9
Murphy, Audie, 208
N
Nagasaki, Japan, 4
National Medal of Honor Day, 173
Navy servicemen, 12, 42, 87–93
Brown, 70, 72–77
Hudner, 70–76
Nazis (Germany’s National Socialist Party), 2, 48, 52–53
Newman, James, 184
Nguyen Van Kiet, 119, 121–22
Nigeria, 198
Nixon, Richard, 80, 127
Nobel Peace Prize, 198
Norris, Tommy, 110, 117–27, 119, 121
North Africa, 3
O
Obama, Barack
and Giunta, 141, 141
and Petry, 166, 166
and Romesha, 151, 151
Obama, Michelle, 151
Obama administration, 133
Officer Candidate School, 38
Okinawa, battle of, 4, 31–35, 32, 34
Orbinski, James, 198
The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor (Tapper), 151n
Outpost Keating in Afghanistan, 144, 145, 146, 147–51
Overseas Contingency Operations, 133
P
Pakistan, 143, 194–95
parachute jumps and paratroopers, 67–68, 69
Pearl Harbor, Japanese attacks on
and Doolittle Raid, 16
and Doss, 29
galvanizing effect of, 2, 2
and Lucas, 6
and USS Shaw, 23
Pentagon, 183, 183
Perot, Ross, 110
Petry, Leroy, 159–63, 161, 163, 166
Poland, 52–53
posthumous Medal of Honor awards, 93, 171, 171, 206, 207, 208, 210
Powell, Colin, 187, 187
prayer, 114
prejudice and racism
against African Americans, 36, 37, 41, 42–43, 72–73, 209
and integration of U.S. military, 42–43
against Japanese Americans, 26, 209
against Jews, 48–50, 51, 54
and Medals of Honor, 209
President of the United States. See also specific presidents, including Obama, Barack, 206
prisoners of war, 108–9
Day, 103–7
Thorsness, 112–16, 115, 116
prosthetics, 164, 164–65, 165, 166
Purple Hearts, 201
Pyoktong prisoners-of-war camp, 55
Q
al-Qaeda, 131, 132, 142, 183
R
racism. See prejudice and racism
Rahman, Abdul, 178
Ramirez, Ray, 199
Rangers, 160–63, 166
Rascon, Alfred, 94–97, 95, 97, 100, 100
red cross symbols on medics, 98–99
religious convictions, 29–30, 35
Rescorla, Kim, 181
Rescorla, Rick, 175–81, 176, 178
Rescorla, Trevor, 181
Revolutionary War, 12, 201
Robinson, Lucas, 162
rocket launchers, 81
Romesha, Clinton, 144–51, 145, 147, 151
Roosevelt, Franklin
and Doolittle, 19
on fear, 68
and internment of Japanese Americans, 21
on intervention in World War II, 2
Roosevelt, Theodore, Sr., 205
Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr., 205
Rosser, Richard, 58, 63
Rosser, Ronald, 57–63, 58, 60, 63
Rubin, Tibor, 48–51, 49, 54, 55–56, 56, 203
Rwandan genocide, 198
S
Sagami, Yoheie, 23
Sakato, George, 20–26, 21, 25
San Juan Hill, battle of, 205
Sandy Hook Elementary School, 173
Saudi Arabia, 183
Schugart, Randy, 210
Seabees, 43
SEALs (Sea, Air, and Land teams)
and bin Laden, 131, 183
Norris and Thornton, 117–27
training regimen, 128, 128–29, 129
in Vietnam, 117–27, 125
September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks, 182–83
and campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, 131–32
and Giunta, 134, 135–36
heroism exhibited after, 210
Jacobs on, 201
on Pentagon, 183, 183
and Rascon, 100
and Rescorla, 175
on World Trade Center, 178–81, 179, 182, 182–83
Seventh-Day Adventists, 29, 32
Shaffer, Jesse, III, 174
Shaffer, Jesse, IV, 174
Sharia (Islamic law), 142
Silver Star Award recipients
Jacobs, 201
Rescorla, 177
“sole survivor” policy, 65
Soviet Union
and Cold War, 45
and the Taliban, 142, 143
and World War II, 1, 3–4
Spanish American War, 205
Star of David, 52, 53
Stockdale, James, 109, 110, 110
Stotts, Connor, 173
Sullivan, Al, 64, 64–65
Sullivan, Frank, 64, 64–65
Sullivan, George, 64, 64–65
Sullivan, Joe, 64, 64–65
Sullivan, Matt, 64, 64–65
T
Taliban, 142–43
in Afghanistan, 132, 142–43, 144–45, 150
and bin Laden, 131
and Giunta, 137–40
and Outpost Keating, 144–45
and Petry, 161–62
and Romesha, 149–51
and U.S. Special Forces, 146
weapons of, 143
Tanamachi, Saburo, 24
teenagers and children in battle, 12–13, 13
terrorists, 130–33
Thornton, Michael, 117–18, 122–27, 124, 127
Thorsness, Leo K., 111–16, 113, 115, 116
torture, 108–9
of Day, 103–7
of Denton, 108
of Stockdale, 109
of Thorsness, 112–16
Truman, Harry
and Doss, 35, 35
and Executive Order 9981, 42–43
and Hudner, 76, 77
and Korean War, 47, 47
and Lucas, 11, 11
and MacArthur, 47
Medals of Honor awarded by, 206
and Rosser, 63, 63
and World War II, 4
Tuskeegee Airmen, 43
U
Ugarte, Marcos, 174
United Arab Emirates, 183
United Nations, 45, 71, 131
United States
Civil War, 12, 13, 205, 206
Revolutionary War, 12, 201
Spanish-American War, 205
See also Korean War; Vietnam War; World War II
U.S. Army Reserves, 97
U.S. Army War College, 37
U.S. Department of Defense, 26, 100, 183, 209
U.S. Navy Cross, 119
U.S. Special Forces, 142–43
USS Deuel, 8
USS Hornet, 14, 15, 101–2
USS Jesse L. Brown, 76
USS Leyte, 70, 72, 76
USS Shaw, 23
USS The Sullivans, 65
USS Thomas J. Hudner, 76
V
Viet Cong, 79, 85
Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall, 90
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 100
Vietnam War, 78–81
and Bullock, 13
and Davis, 83–86
and Day, 101, 102–8
and Deister, 87–93
difficult conditions of, 78, 91
and Fox, 66–69
heroism exhibited in, 208
and Khe Sanh battle, 85
and Lynch, 189, 190–92
and Medals of Honor awarded to overlooked soldiers, 209
and Navy SEALs, 117–27, 125
and Norris, 117–27
and paratroopers, 67–68, 69
and posthumously awarded Medals of Honor, 206
prisoners of war in, 103–8, 108–9, 112–16
protests against, 80, 81, 208
and Rascon, 94–97, 100
and Rescorla, 176, 177
rocket launchers used in, 81
and Thornton, 117–27
and Thorsness, 111–16
W
Walker, Mary, 205
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 155
war on terror, 133
weapons of mass destruction, 131–32
Wise, Beau, 65
Wise, Ben, 65
Wise, Jeremy, 65
women
as Medal of Honor recipients, 205
and World War II, 3, 3
World Trade Center, 178–81, 179, 182, 182–83
World War I, 206–7
World War II, 1–4
African Americans in, xiv, 36, 37–38, 40–41, 42, 43
aircraft carriers in, 4
Allied forces, 1, 1–4, 53
Axis forces, 1, 3
and Baker, 36–41
and Castle Aghinolfi assault, 39–40
civilian casualties in, 204
civilians’ contributions to, 2–3, 3
and Day, 101
and Doolittle, 14–19, 15, 16, 17
and Doss, 29–35
and Guadalcanal, 4, 65
and Holocaust, 4, 48–49, 51, 52–53
and Iwo Jima, 4, 9, 9, 10
Jacobs on, 201
and Japanese Americans, 20–21, 209
and Lucas, 5–11, 12
and Medals of Honor awarded to overlooked soldiers, 209
and Murphy, 207–8
and Okinawa, 4, 31–35, 32, 34
and Pearl Harbor, 2, 2, 6, 16, 23, 29
and posthumously awarded Medals of Honor, 206, 207
and Roosevelt, Jr., 205
and Sakato, 20–26
and the Sullivan Brothers, 64, 64–65
Y
York, Alvin, 207
youngest soldiers, 12–13, 13