War Makes Men of Boys: A Soldier's World War II

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Index H “40 and 8” cars (“Hommes 40 et 8 cheveaux”), 32 60 Minutes, 126 63rd Infantry Division, xvii, 27: Association , xvii; battle casualties, 45; battle credits, 47; deactivation, 47–49; final days of battle, 45–46 254th Regiment, xvii, 27, 34 Adams, Michael C.C., 127 Alagna, Tom, 73 Albom, Mitch, Tuesdays with Morrie, 125 Album of Memories, An (Brokaw), 125 Alsace Lorraine, France, 33, 36 Ambrose, Stephen, Citizen Soldiers, 28, 31, 34, 36, 41, 113–114; Comrades: Brothers, Fathers, Heroes, Sons, Pals, 84 analytical position, xviii–xix Anderson, Ann (née Miller), photo gallery Arc de Triomphe, photo gallery Army Research Branch, 117 Aristotle, 80 Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), 7 armed forces personnel, xi–xii Atwood, Lyle, 37 Baker, Russell, 101 Bandura, Albert, 93 basic training: classes, 10–11; goals, 7–8, 10; orders, 18–20; passes/furloughs , 18, 24–25; physical training, 12–13, 23; radio/code training, 15– 16, 23, 92–93, 102; weapons training , 13–15; work details, 11, 22 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 112 Battle of the Bulge, 35 battle conditions, 37, 39, 42 battle preparations, 31–34 Before Their Time (Kotlowitz), xi Bement, Illinois, 2 Benner, Dorothy (née Miller), 1, 61, photo gallery bereavement discharge, 63 black market, 50–51, 111 Blood and Fire: division, 38; newsletter , xvii, 28; newspaper, xvii, 102 Bostdorff, Denise, 126 Boys Crusade, The (Fussell), xi, 128 Bradley, James, Flags of Our Fathers, 121 Brandes, Pamela, 99 Brass, Carl, xvii, 28, 30, 31, 33, 37, 39, 134n1 (chap. 2) Brokaw, Tom, An Album of Memories, 125; The Greatest Generation, 125; The Greatest Generation Speaks, 125 Bronze Star, 44–45, 139–140n10 Brown, Bradford, 80 Brown, Warren, 57 bureaucracy, 95–100: frustration with, 96–98, 106 Bush, George W., 126 Camp Blanding, 7, 10: Museum, xvii, 28 Camp Oberhoffen, 32–33 152 H Index Camp Shanks, 26, 29–30 Camp Van Dorn, xvii, 20–21 Casablanca Conference, 10 Casino de Paris, 111 Cannon, Joe, 1 Carey, Chris, photo gallery Carter, William, 80 Caulfield, L.M., 20, 21 Champaign, Illinois, 2 Charles, Jo, photo gallery Chicago Cubs, 4, 56–57 Childers, Thomas, Soldier from the War Returning, 88, 121, 127 Children of the Great Depression (Freedman ), 89 Christmas of 1944, 33 Churchill, Winston, 10 Citizen Soldiers (Ambrose), 28, 31, 33, 41 Civilian Conservation Corps, 67 Clarke, Jeffrey, Riviera to the Rhine, 28 Colmar Pocket: description, 33, 35; fighting , 38; role in ETO battles, 35 communications platoon, 37, 39, 42, 93, 102 competence, 92–95 Cussella, Louis, 93 danger, awareness of, 117 Danube River, 45 Danville, Illinois, 1 Davis, Walter, 99 Dean, James, 99 DeMar, Howard Russell, 30 Detroit Free Press, 86, 105–106, photo gallery Detroit, Michigan, 81, 86 Detroit Tigers, 57, 86 Dharwadkar, Ravi, 99 Dibrell, Joe, 17, 73 Dietrich, Marlene, 44 Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic (Fussell), 128, 131 Douglas, George, 101 Dragons Teeth, 43 drinking, 75–76, 109–111, 121 Easy Company, 84 education, value of, 3 Eisenhower Presidential Museum, 85, 130 Elder, Glen, xii, xiii Faludi, Susan, Stiffed, 67 family: importance of, 53–54; roles, 53–54 father-son relationships, 67 Fedler, Fred, 101 Feld, Scott, 80 Field, Cy, 51, 77–78, 83, 84, 85 financial concerns, 63 Fine, Gary, 82 Fisher, Sarah Jane, 101 fishing, 4, 55–56 Flags of Our Fathers (Bradley), 121 Floyd, Kory, 67 food, 13, 30, 46, 57–58, 77 Forever Amber (Winsor), 65 Forrest, Ernest, 74, 83 Fort Benning, 15, 18 Fort Meade, 18, 20 Fort Sheridan, 8 Franks, David, 94 Freedman, Russell, Children of the Great Depression, 6, 89 French Croix de Guerre with Palm, 41 French Moroccan soldiers, 37–38 French people, 32, 42, 58 friendship: activities, 74–78, 83; among veterans, 84–85, 88; distinction from “comrades,” 85; during battle, 76–77, 81, 84; homefront connections, 78; later life, 87; men’s, 79–80, 83; with similar others, 73–75, 77–78, 80–81; women’s, 83; workplace, 81–82 Friendships in the Military Community (Little), 71 Fussell, Paul: biography, 128–129; The Boys Crusade, xi, 128; Doing Battle: The Index H 153 Making of a Skeptic, 41, 128, 131; Wartime : Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War, 109, 115, 116, 118, 128 Gambone, Michael, 104 Gardner, William, 99 Garvis, Gus, 81 German homes, 46 GI Bill, xiii, 103, 104 “GI Joe,” 68, 115 Gilligan, Carol, 123 Goebbels, Joseph, 43 Gold, Michael, 88 Goodall, Bud, xix Good War, The (Terkel), xviii, 7...