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Aachen, Germany, 72 Absalom, Absalom! (Faulkner), 6 Africa, 2,109 Ahrweiler, Germany, 99 Asheville, North Carolina, 71 Alabama I: RCK’s acquisition of, 32; naming of by Pfc. Roland Rhynus, 32; RCK’s adventures in, 32,35,41–42,51, 56,62–63,66–67, 72;theft of, 75 Alabama II: acquisition of by Capt. Dan Laws, 75;RCK’s adventures in, 83,86, 92,97, 100,103,107;RCK bids farewell to, 108 Alabama III: acquisition of, 114; part of the Wilcox County, Alabama scene, 115 alambic (type of calvados), 64–65 alcohol. See bug juice Alda, Alan, 1 Alençon, France, 67 Allen, Elsie, 34 Allied Command, 18, 96, 98. American Church (Paris), 104 American Legion, 114 Anderson, Sgt. M. J.: after the Battle of Brest, 62; during the Battle of the Bulge, 85 Anglican church (Southport, England), 31 Angomesnil Camp Park (Saint-Pair-surMer , France), 45 Anti-Christ: Germany. See Germany Ardennes Forest, 79,81,86–87, 92 Arlons, France, 79 Arc de Triomphe, 104 Associate Reformed Presbyterian Churches (ARP): in Camden, Alabama , 26,113–14; in Marion Junction, Alabama, 26,114; in Oak Hill, Alabama, 6–7, 26,114 Atlanta, Georgia, 112 Atlantic Wall, 10,40 Aunt Joyce: See Joyce Carothers Jones Ausley, Margaret Kennedy, ix, 15, 55,63, 113 Austria, 95 asymmetrical warfare, 2 Avranches, France, 44, 49, 52, Avenue Lucien Salentiny ( Ettelbruck, Luxembourg), 80 Avonmouth, England, 29 Ayers, Lt. Harriet, 78 Aywaille, Belgium, 86 Bad Neuenahr, Germany, 96, 98,103 Baker, Lt. Betty , 107 , 120 Balzac, Honoré, 27 Barfield, Maj. James J., 18, 105 –106 Barneville-le-Carteret, France, 40–41 Barrou, Capt. ____ , 62 Bastille Day, 104 Bastogne, Belgium: 67, 71(on historic preservation of) , 86,97. See also 101st Airborne; German Youth Movement School Béchy, France, 93 Becker, Brooke, ix bed-wetting, 17 Beethoven, Ludwig von, 100 Bellafaire, Judith, x “Bells for John Whiteside’s Daughter” (Ransom), 90 Belgium, 95ff Bellec, Anne Vincot, 59–60, 64 benzedrine (pills), 20 Index 126 index Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, 64 Berlin, Germany, 98 Berthou, Daniel, xi, 60 Berthou, Jeanne, 60 Bethel Associate Reformed Presbyterian (ARP) Church (Oak Hill, Alabama), 6–7 Bewig’s Jewelry Store (Selma, Alabama), 26 Bible, 45,48 Big Sur Mountains, 20 Bindel, Bleuette, 48, 53–56,95,115 Bindel, Louis, 53–54 Bindel, Louise, 53–54 Bindel, Yvette: see Yvette Bindel Gilbert Birmingham, Alabama, 5,58,71–72,111 Black soldiers: See race Blackwell, Lt. John L. , 77–79,86 Blatt, Col. John F. (CO of the 102nd EH), 88 Bonaparte, Napoleon, 2 Bonn, Germany 100 Bold Hotel (Southport, England), 31 Boone, John Wiley, x Bouchon, Christine, ix, 37 Bouillon, France, 49–50 Bourke-White, Margaret, 2,121 Bradley, Gen. Omar C., 98 “The Brain.” See Capt. Ed Peterson Brawley, Edith, xi Brest, Battle of, 61–62 Brest, France, 100,101 Bretagne, Parliament of, 64 Bréville-sur-Mer, France, 47 Brinsfield, John, ix Bristol, England, 29 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC): broadcasts regarding Allied troop movements, 46 Brittany, France, 37 , 56–57 Brokaw,Tom, xi, 123 Bromley, Flora Jane , 81 Bronze Star, 104,112 Brooks, Pvt. Carl, 103 –04 brothel, 86 “The Brow.” See Capt. Daniel M. Laws “Brown”: defined as a metaphor for depression , 90. See also 95–96 “Bruce’s juices,” 91.See also bug juice Brussels, Belgium, 67, 71–72 Bryan, Capt. Edith, 81 Bryant, Paul (“Bear”), 117 Buchenwald concentration camp, 102 Buckingham Palace, 32 Buckley, Capt. Clark, 105,111 “Buddy Aid” (in military medicine), 2 bug juice: defined, 76; used, x, 76–77, 81, 91–93,97–98,100–01,105 –08,112,114 Buisson, France, 43 “The Bull.” See Capt. Robert Martin Bulgaria, 95 Bulge, Battle of, 83–90, 100,102 Bullock, Juliette Harper, x Bullock, Robert, x Burberry trench coat, 40 “Buzztown”: See Southampton, England Caen, France, 49 Calas, France, 108 Calais, France, 33 Caldwell, Erskine, 11 California, 113 California Polytechnic Institute, 20 CDD: See US Army Certificate of Disability Discharge Calloway, Cab, 20 calvados, 63–64 Cambridge, England, 32 Camden, Alabama, 3,34,82,112–116,124 Camp Baltimore (France), 107 Camp Kilmer (New Jersey), 27 Camp San Antonio (France), 107–08 Camp San Luis Obispo (California), 13 –20. Camp Tidwater (England), 35 Carson-Newman College, 119 Carter, William C., x Casino (at Jullouville, France), 50 Catholics: religious services with the 102nd,13,29,81.See also RCK: critical opinions on the war Casuals of the Sea (McFee), 66 Champs Élysées, 104 Champagne, 87 . See also Reims...

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