Guard Wars: The 28th Infantry Division in World War II

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355 Aiken, John, 46, 67, 120, 280n102, 303n57 Airborne Divisions, United States: 82nd, 134, 135, 198, 218, 236; 101st, 167, 222, 227, 228, 238, 241, 242, 333n89 Aircraft: P-47, 190, 203, 210, 238; Typhoon , 238 Alexander, Harold, 221 Alexandria, La., 131, 132, 133 Allied Veterans’ Association, 212 Amateur Athletic Union, 97 American Legion, 112 Americanization Day, 96 Anderson, Alfred, 48 Anti-aircraft Battalion, 447th, 226 Ardennes Forest, 188, 210, 212–15, 237, 241, 244, 245, 249, 259 Armies, United States: First, 19, 47, 49, 54, 55, 65, 66, 68, 70–72, 74, 75, 116, 159, 178, 185, 187, 188, 192, 199, 212, 214; Second, 144; Third, 128, 134, 139, 144, 163–64, 166–68, 178, 236, 239, 241; Fifteenth , 244, 254 Armored Battalions, United States: 191st Tank Battalion, 76; 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 130; 630th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 220; 707th Tank Battalion, 184, 210, 225, 227, 237, 240; 712th Tank Battalion, 164, 165; 771st Tank Destroyer Battalion, 165; 893rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, 201 Armored Divisions, United States: 1st, 72–73, 76; 2nd, 74–75, 173, 238; 5th, 176, 178, 179; 7th, 138, 139, 141, 218, 236, 241, 337n197; 9th, 227, 228, 231, Index 234, 235, 236, 337n197, 352; 10th, 228, 235, 245 Army Air Forces, United States, 130, 134, 140, 165, 168, 173, 199, 214, 216, 248, 258, 260 Army Day, 84, 89, 95 Army Groups, Allied: 1st, 166; 6th, 244, 245, 249; 12th, ix, 6, 176, 239, 245, 316n4; 21st, 176, 184, 187, 318n66 Army of the United States, 5, 10, 21, 86, 136, 268n25, 269n2 Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), 143 Army War College, 40, 124, 133 Artillery. See Coastal Artillery (Antiaircraft Regiments); Field Artillery Regiments and Battalions Assault Training Center, 157, 162, 183 Atrocities, 172, 229–30 Austrian soldiers, 246 Baltimore, Md., 87 Baront, R. O., 134 Barrilleaux, Melvin J., 220 Battle of the Bulge, ix, 210–42, 258, 259, 317n30 Battle of the Hürtgen Forest, ix, 7, 176, 181, 185, 186, 187–210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 219, 232, 237, 240, 249, 250, 257, 258, 259, 260, 262 Beightler, Robert S., 116, 122 Belgium, cities and towns: Andenne, 214; Antwerp, 176, 187, 212, 238; Arlon, 32, 215, 239; Bastogne, 176, 212–15, 217, 356 | Index 222, 227, 228, 234, 235, 236, 238, 239, 240, 241–42, 243; Beho, 213, 215, 236; Bourtonville, 213, 236; Celles, 213, 238; Houffalize, 213, 215, 239; Izier, 213, 236; Longvilly, 215, 227; Malmédy, 176, 229; Mande Saint-Etienne, 215, 227; Namur, 214, 216; Neufchâteau, 213, 215, 221, 222, 228; Rochefort, 213, 238; Salmchâteau, 236; Sibret, 213, 215, 221, 225, 228; Spa, 213, 217, 227; St. Vith, 213, 216, 217, 234, 237; Vaux-lezRosi ères, 213, 215, 221, 226; Vielsalm, 236 Berndt, Albert L., 207 Blakeslee, Clarence, 230 Blanding, Albert J., 35 Blanton, William, 181 Blatner, William, 204 Bocage, 170, 171, 179, 204, 316n5 Bradley, Omar N., 6, 117; Battle of Hürtgen Forest, 186, 187, 198, 210; Battle of the Bulge, 214, 216, 223, 239, 241, 258, 307n54, 317n30; in command of 28th Infantry Division, 134–37, 139, 140, 141, 144, 147, 150; replaces Lloyd Brown, 172, 173 Braunton, England, 160, 162 Brazil, 106, 134 Bricker, John W., 125 Brigades, United States Army: 16th, 60; 53rd, 47, 67, 294, 305n8; 55th, 67, 120, 305n8; 56th, 71, 305n8; 70th, 290n21; 91st, 58 Briggs, Thomas E., 164, 226 British Army, 15th Scottish Division, 158 British Battle Training School, 161 Brookfield, Robert M., 108 Brown, John Sloan, 7 Brown, Lloyd D., 117; combat in France, 169, 171, 172–73, 309n112; training in Florida, 144, 147, 148; training in Wales, 158, 160, 162, 163, 164, 166, 168 Bruner, Benajah, 210 Bruns, Walter, 201, 203 Bryant, James T., 257 Buchanan, Kenneth, 135, 163 Burgett, Donald, 227 Burke-Wadsworth Selective Service Bill, 22, 98 Business Community–National Guard Relations , 3, 8, 16, 17–18, 25, 43, 44, 78–83, 91, 94, 106, 125, 132 Calhoun, John C., 2 Camden, S.C., 74, 75, 76 Canada, 15, 63 Canadian First Army, 166, 169, 261 Cape Verde Islands, 106 Carson, Leroy T., 204 Casualties: along German border, 179, 180, 181, 185, 186; in Battle of Hürtgen Forest, 189, 192, 195, 199, 200, 202, 205, 208–10; in Battle of the Bulge, 219, 220, 225, 226, 228, 230, 231, 238, 239, 240–41; during training, 147–48, 162; during winter-spring campaigns, 244, 246, 249, 252, 260, 329n197, 337n221, 341n73; in northern France, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 176 Cavalry, United States, 57, 73...