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INDEX Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations Aiken, John, 90–91 Allied Expeditionary Force, 53, 128 American Red Cross, 115, 119, 120, 135. See also Red Cross Anderson, James B., 136 Archer, Lloyd, 64 Ardennes, 70, 83, 89, 92, 94, 95 Army, U. S., 12, 16–17, 77, 80, 116 Army National Guard, Texas, 149 Ashburn General Hospital, 136 atomic bomb, 142 Bad Orb, Germany, 116, 117 Baker Hotel, 21, 23 Barr, Betty (niece), 155 Barr, Mark (nephew), 155 Barr, Mildred (Caughran) (sister): career, 155; early years, 1, 9; photograph of, 10, 11; support while D.C. MIA, 99 Bastogne, 83 Battle of the Bulge, 71, 95, 116, 148 Baylor, John R., 18–19 Berga, prison camp, 118 birthdays, 59, 91 Bloody Bucket Division, 56, 148 Bokor, Edwin, 94, 151 Bowdery, George J., 40, 85, 94, 108, 150 Bradicich, Bob, 86–88 Bradley, Melvin A., 120 bronze plaque (in Clervaux), 90 Bronze Service Star, 138 Brown, Marshall, 64 Buchenwald, prison camp, 118 Burnside, Buddy, 63 Camp Ramp (Recovered Allied Military Personnel), 129 Camp Reynolds, 32–35, 159n6 Camp Wolters: as aviation training facility, 148; D.C. and, 12–13, 15, 23, 28–30, 159n6; deactivation, 19, 148; establishment, 19; Hell’s Bottom, 28–29; letters from D.C. from, 14–15, 16–17, 22, 26, 27, 28; regimentation at, 22; renamed Fort Wolters, 19, 148; size of, 159n3 candy, 42, 65, 71, 125 Carter, Amon G., 126 castle (in Clervaux), 90–91 Caughran, Cordelia (mother): concern for D.C., 96; connection with D.C. during war, xvi; death of, 153–54; letters to D.C., 96–98, 101, 132–34; photograph of, 10; support while D.C. MIA, 115 170 Index Caughran, D.C. Jr.: Army career of, 10–11, 22–26, 29, 32, 40, 84, 141, 145, 146; awards of, 138; Camp Reynolds and, 32–35, 159n6; Camp Wolters and, 12–13, 15, 23, 28–30, 159n6; classified I-A, 10–11; in Clervaux, 68–70, 73–74, 81–82; crossing the North Atlantic, 35, 37; death of, 156; after discharge, 4, 155; early years, 1–2; education of, 8, 9–10, 11; in England, 40–52, 54–56; eyesight of, 16, 25–26, 28, 32; food list from prison camp, 123–24; in France, 56–67, 78–79; health of, 121, 132, 136, 140, 142, 145, 146; James Lovell and, 3–5; letters (see letters); liberation of, 125–26; marched by Germans, 102–103, 106; MIA, 97–98, 110–11; photograph of, 10, 11, 34; physical description of, 1; as prisoner, 93–95, 106–107, 116, 118, 121–24; return home, 128, 129, 134, 135; social life of, 26–27, 30, 45–46, 51, 74; travel in Europe, 48; wounds of, 109–10, 131–32 Caughran, D.C. Sr. (father): business practices of, 7–8; Caughran Brothers and, 2; concern for D.C., 52–53, 73, 96, 97; death of, 154; James Lovell and, 4 Caughran, Denny (uncle), 2 Caughran, Dorothy Dee (later Lewis) (sister), 1, 11, 21–22, 63, 154 Caughran, Elmer Frank (uncle), 63 Caughran, Jennie (daughter), 156 Caughran, Mary Alice (later Deaton) (sister), 1, 9, 11, 99, 155 Caughran, Mildred (later Barr) (sister). See Barr, Mildred (Caughran) (sister) Caughran, Mildred Louise (wife), 147, 155–57 Caughran, Sarah (later Miracle) (daughter ), xvi, 156 Caughran, Tom (uncle), 2 Caughran, Walter Brown (cousin), 44, 63–64, 151 Caughran Brothers (store), 2 “Charge of the Light Brigade” (Tennyson ), xi Chesterfield (Cigarette Camp), 129 chewing gum, 50–51, 160n15 Chisholm, Texas, 1–2, 6, 62–64, 112, 149 Christmas, 79, 80–81 Churchill, Winston, 54 Cigarette Camps, 129 Civil Affairs, 32, 39, 40, 41 Civil Affairs detachment D6G1: D.C. assigned to, 40; families of, 99; Germans and, 85, 94, 95; as infantry unit, 83–84; MIA, 93 Clark, Bob, 128 Clerf, Luxembourg, 70. See also Clervaux , Luxembourg Clerf River, 69, 83, 87, 89, 90 Clervaux, Luxembourg: action around, 86–92; American defense in, 91, 92, 95; bronze plague on castle, 90; castle, 90–91; D.C. in, 68–70, 73–74, 81–82; description of, 68–71; German offensive and, 83, 89, 90, 92; letters from D.C. from, 74, 75–76, 79, 80–81; monument to American soldiers, 153, 154; 110th Regiment and, 68–71, 90, 93, 95; photograph of, 87, 152; ridge above, 72–73; snow in, 78; 28th Infantry Division and, 81–82, 92 Clerve River, 69 Cliärref, Luxembourg, 70. See also Clervaux , Luxembourg clothing, U. S. Army, 16...

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