Glider Infantryman: Behind Enemy Lines in World War II

Index

1st Airbourne Division (British), 112–13 3rd Army (US), 96, 220 4th Infantry Division (US), 62, 187–88 6th Armored Division (US), 199 7th Army (German), 96 9th Armored Division (US), 220 9th SS Panzer Division (German), 191–92 10 Armored Division (US), 155–56, 158, 160, 161–62, 177, 179–82, 184, 192, 225 11th Armored Division (US), 199 12th SS Panzer Division (German), 191–92 17th Airborne Division (US), 199, 219 26thVolksgrenadier Division (German), 249 37 mm antitank gun, 178 42nd Rainbow Division (US), 236–37 XXXXVII Panzer Corps (German), 248 57 mm antitank gun, 117, 119, 177 82nd Airborne Division (US), 58, 96, 98, 112, 120, 219 90 mm antitank gun, 162 101st Airborne Division (US), 3, 21–239, 245–50 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 158–59 401st Glider Infantry Regiment, 57–58, 80, 81, 107, 109, 114, 123, 125, 136, 176–77, 182–83, 206, 212, 221 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 64, 75, 109, 156, 169, 200, 209–10, 212, 220 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 64, 107, 112, 194–97, 199, 202–04, 209, 211, 217 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment pg. 64, 70, 123, 126, 136, 157, 169, 199, 202–03, 209, 221, 227 103rd Division (US), 209 969th Field Artillery Regiment (US) 190 Aa River, 114 Afghanistan War, 247 Allen, Ray, 58, 107, 123, 177, 221 Allred, Harold, 1 Alps, 208, 234–35 Alsace, France, 208, 217 Alsace Annie, 211, 236 American Legion, 1 anti-aircraft guns/fire, 102, 221 Ardennes, Belgium 152, 192, 198, 220 Army Air Corps Flight School, 54 Arnhem, Netherlands, 97–98, 112, 120, 122, 144 Arlon, Belgium, 171, 174, 176, 178, 181–83, 185 Arnhem Annie, 144 artillery, 40, 63, 73, 78–79, 91, 95, 107, 109, 111, 114–18, 120, 123, 125–29, 131–32, 135–39, 142–45, 157–58, 161–62, 164, 167, 170–72, 175, 179, 181–82, 184, 190–91, 195, 198–200, 204–05, 210–12, 217, 221, 223, 227, 249 mortars, 17, 71, 76, 81–82, 107, 129, 133–35, 153, 163, 171–72, 177, 185–86 60 mm mortars, 172, 179 atomic bomb, 235 Auxerre, France, 234 Bambi, 10 Barton, Mel, 61, 63, 129, 136, 137–40, 142, 150 Bassin á Flot Canal, 79, 81 Bastogne, Belgium, 152, 154–56, 158–59, 167, 169, 172–75, 177–79, 181–84, 186, 188–99, 205, 207–10, 218–19, 248–49 Battle of Coral Sea, 6 Battle of Guadalcanal, 6 Index index 268 Battle of Midway, 6 Bayerlein, Fritz, 248–49 bayonet, 129 bazooka, 3, 23, 28, 53, 55, 66, 73, 77, 79, 81–83, 91–93, 111, 125–27, 129–130, 132, 136–38, 140–41, 147, 150, 155, 159–61, 163, 165–67, 180, 192, 196, 200 Beau Guillot, France, 69 Beckley,WestVirginia, 58 Berlin, Germany, 97, 219, 220, 224, 229 Berchtesgaden, Germany, 224, 228–29 Bertogne, Belgium, 193 Best, Netherlands, 98, 104, 107 Bettendorf, Iowa, 10 Betty (Bill’s niece), 45 Black Forest, 206 Blankenship, Delbert, 79, 81–82, 90, 117 Bliss, Harry, 180 Boeing B-17, 1, 7 Boeing B-25, 6 Borzymowski,Al, 36–7, 43, 47–48, 52, 61, 63, 66, 68, 70, 75, 91, 96, 99–100, 150–51, 153–54, 161, 169–77, 189, 238 Bossendorf, France, 209 boxing, 221 Bourcy, Belgium, 204 Bradley, Omar, 58, 60 Brevands , France, 78 Brixham, England, 61, 64 Brooks, Bill, 30, 49, 51–52 Brooks, Charles, 30, 247 Browning automatic rifle (BAR), 17, 71–72, 92, 108, 110, 127–29, 137, 139, 141, 166– 67, 169, 183, 196 Brussels, Belgium, 235 Burlington, Iowa, 86 Buodewns,Thomas, 1 Burton,Walter, 31, 35, 83–85 Büttgen, Germany, 220 Camp Claiborne, 58, 60 Camp Dodge, 8–13, 16, 243 Camp Mourmelon, France, 147–49, 152–53, 155, 207, 220–21 Camp Ranikhet, 36, 61, 99 Camp Roberts, 13, 15–17, 20, 22 Camp Shanks, 31, 34–35, 240 Camp X-7, 61 Camp X-8, 61 Camp X-9, 61 Camp X-10, 61 Canal deVire et Taute, 79 Carentan, France, 72–75, 77–78, 80, 89–91, 167 Casablanca, 10 Catholic, 114–15, 117, 131 Catholic Church, 114–15 Catholic priest, 117 Catz, France, 78–79 Central Park, 1 Champs, Belgium, 186, 192, 195, 196, 198, 201 Chaplin, Charlie, 5 Chicago, Illinois, 29, 241–42 Chicago Cubs, 10, 159 Chicago White Sox, 10 Chin, Gilbert, 143 Churchill,Winston, 6, 56 Coca Cola, 221 Compogne, Belgium, 193–94 concentration camps, 225, 226, 230 conscientious objector, 1–2, 6–7, 51, 207, 246...