Index
Index Aachen, Germany, 196 AAF. See Army Air Forces Adcock, Kenneth, 219-20 African American businesses, 131 Air Corps, 28, 40, 42-44 Air Corps Tactical School (ACTS), 2, 25, 91,256. See also Maxwell Field aircraft: AT-6, 69, 230; B-17, 86, 91-93, 170-75, 204,213-14,219,231-32; B24 ,88, 164, 170; B-25, 80-85; B-29, 185,212,234-35,241; C-47/DC-3, 88, 143,171,173,233; FW-190, 89; Gruman Wildcat, 80; Hurricane, 26; ME-262, 205, 219-20; P-36, 50; P-40, 47,79; P-47, 90,172; P-51, 220; Spitfire, 26; Stuka, 21; YAK, 220; Zero, 50, 81, 85 air defense: air raid tests, 99-10I; air raid wardens, 97-99,100-101; auxiliary firemen and policemen, 97-99, 2Il12 ; Citizens Defense Corps, 97; filter center, 98-101. See also tornado of 1945 Air University, Maxwell Field, 256-57. See also Hill, Lister Alabama College at Montevallo, 18 Alabama Journal, 37, 134 Alabama National Guard, 31, 33 Alabama Power Company, 13, 44 Alabama River, 5, 7, 33, 87 Alabama State Guard, 31, 33 Alabama State Normal College, 16--17, 20-21,44,52,127,149-50,244,258; laboratory schools, 20, 130 Albritton, Charles Norman, 163 Alexander, G. T., 129 Alexander, John T., 56--57 Algernon Blair Construction Company, 27,143 Allen, Lee, 42,147-48 Ambrose, Elmer, 234 American Legion, 44, 232 American Red Cross, 39-40; black participation in, 129, 188-90,240; blood donor program, 113; canteen, Il4-16, 127-28, 157-58,240; collapse of vounteer services, 240; first aid training, home services, 113; kit bags, 77-78, 189; knitting and sewing, 39, Ill, 113; Motor Corps, 113; nurses aides, Il4, 189; prisoner-of-war liaison, 113; Roll Call Drive and War ReliefFund, 116; surgical bandages, 39-40,111-13,188-89,203,209-10. See also Gray Ladies; integration; patriotism amphibious warfare, 85-86. See also Smith, Holland M. American Volunteer GrouplFlying Tigers, 79-80 anti-Semitism, 255 Anzio, Italy, 89-90 Arie, Manfried, 36 Army Air Forces (AAF), 79-80, 85, 155; air superiority of, 168, 170. See also Gunter Army Air Field; Maxwell Field; numbered Army Air Forces army ground forces, 84 308 Index Army Specialized Training Program, 64-65, 198 atomic bomb, 148, 240-41, 245; "Enola Gay," 241; Hiroshima, 241; Nagasaki, 241 Auburn University, 48, 146-48 Australia, 78-79, 81, 94, 230; Owen Stanley Range, 85 Bailey, Robert, 191 Bainbridge Naval Station, Maryland, 63 Baldwin, Betty, 48,59,114 Ball, Caroline, 114-15. See also American Red Cross, canteen Ball, Caroline ("Dootsie"), 48, 59,114-16, 149 Bankhead, John, 225 Barnes School, 19 Battle, R. L., 131 Battle of Britain, 26-27, 34 Battle of the Bulge, 193,203-7; Ardennes, 203, 206; Bastogne, Belgium, 206; Meuse River, 203, 206 Bayne, Nell, 186 Bayne, Paul, 186; posthumous award of Silver Star to, 230 Beauvoir Country Club, 15-16,26, 188, 189,204,208,210,230,255 Beech, Gould, 66 Bell Building, 7, 98 Bell Street, 9, 13,27,31, 192,211 Bergman, Ingrid, 142-43 Berlin, Germany, 170, 224 Best, Lamar, 212-13 Birmingham, Alabama, 8, 15 Blachschlager, Eugene, 162 black market, 101, 172,225 Blake, Grace, 87 Blake, Thomas, 87 Blitz, 43, 97 Blitzkrieg, 1, 2, 25 Blue and Gray game, xxii, xxvi, 22-23, 53-54,207-8,257 Bogart, Humphrey, 142-43 Boston, 41; and Coconut Grove disaster, 163 Boud, Juliette Sumers, 108 Bournemouth, England, 197 Bowman, Ed, 21; death of, 60 Bowman, W. C., 116 Boylston, 254 Bradley, Omar, 175 Brannon, Charles F., 81 Brasseale, James ("Buddy"), 90 Breedlove, Edward, 86, 232 British Isles: England, 80,169-70; Northern Ireland, 80; Scotland, 171, 195; Wales, 195 Brock, John Wiley, Sr., 117 Brock, John Wiley, Jr., 81. See also Midway, Battle of Brown, Cyrus ("Cy"), 23, 37, 44,143,145; death of, 164 Brown, Edward, 149-50 Brown, John, 224 Brown, Peter, 86 Bryant, Bobby Ruth, 69 Bryant, J. T., 230 Bryant, Mae Belle, 68-70 Burks, Frederick D. ("Fred"), 34-35, 66, 187,190-91,235-36,247,257,259 Burma, 79 Cahn, Clara, 105,225 Cambrai, France, 199 camps, U.S. Army: Blanding, Florida, 33; Carson, Colorado, 94-95; Croft, South Carolina, 61; Lee, Virginia, 66; Pickett, Virginia, 195; Wheeler, Georgia, 58 camps, U.S. Marine Corps: Lejeune, 68, 187,247 Capitol Heights, 3, 13,21, 166,226 Capra, Frank, 194 Carmichael, Albert, 196 Carr, Johnnie, xxv, 136, 157...
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