Ask and Tell: Gay and Lesbian Veterans Speak Out

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INDEX Able, Jane. See Vosbein, Brenda Able v. United States, 132, 138–40 Afghanistan, 3, 211, 229, 231–32, 237–38, 244, 246 African Americans, 70, 92, 128, 179, 195, 203–9, 213–14, 240. See also Race AIDS, 37, 94, 101, 111–12, 185, 197, 200– 201 Air Force, U.S., 13–17, 31, 45–50, 53, 57– 58, 93, 95, 96, 100, 116–22, 154, 156– 68, 175, 185–86, 190, 234–40, 247. See also Air Force Academy; Matlovich , Leonard Air Force Academy, 93, 95, 116–22 157– 58, 168 Alabama, 131, 134–36, 140, 142, 213–14 Al-Qaeda, 231–32 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 196 American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER), 2, 254 Antiwar sentiment, 12–13, 40, 59–62, 72, 76, 90–92, 98, 145, 215, 234 Arkansas, 198–99 Army, U.S., 1, 5–6, 8–13, 22, 29–30, 32, 33–38, 60, 63–70, 77–90, 93–95, 122–29, 130–32, 134–45, 154, 158, 162, 165, 168, 169–84, 187, 190–202, 212–16, 222–28, 230–33, 241–54. See also Rangers; West Point; Women’s Army Corps Army-Navy game, 112–13 Balkans, 229–30, 234 Baptists. See Southern Baptists Basic training. See Boot camp Beast Barracks. See Plebe year Belkin, Aaron, 3 Ben-Shalom, Miriam, 187, 190–97 Berg, Vernon, 187 Bérubé, Allan, 3, 6, 264 (n. 12), 265 (n. 3) Bible, 194, 242. See also Religion Bisexuality, 76, 83, 127, 133, 235 Boeckels, Stephen, 94–95, 122–29 Bond, Pat, 7 Boot camp, 18–19, 25, 33–34, 46–47, 63–64, 77–78, 86, 111, 117, 123, 125, 130–31, 134, 142, 146, 178–79, 203–4, 212–13, 235, 239, 242–43, 246–47 Bronze Star, 3, 66, 185, 191, 209 Bush, George H. W., 123, 152–54, 157, 229 Bush, George W., 13, 232–33 California, 17–23, 26–28, 57, 77, 84, 90– 92, 103, 109, 127, 135, 137, 141–42, 145, 151, 189, 209, 222–28, 231, 235– 36, 241, 255, 261. See also Castro; San Diego; San Francisco Camaraderie, 14–15, 26, 38, 69, 88–89, 102–3, 108, 164, 178–79, 183–84, 195, 204, 208–9, 239, 245–47, 248– 49, 253–54 Cammermeyer, Greta, 196 Carpenter, Tom, 94, 95–103 Carter, Jimmy, 186, 194 Castleberry, Greg, 230, 233, 234–41 Castro, 107, 115. See also San Francisco Casualties, 10, 37–38, 47, 89, 98, 164, 174–75, 245 Catholicism, 35, 88, 90, 236. See also Religion 276 index Chaplains, 35, 176, 187, 191, 197–202, 209, 239. See also Religion Cheney, Dick, 152 Civil rights, 2, 70–71, 94, 185–86, 189, 196, 198, 202, 213–14 Civil War, 13, 96, 102 Clinton, Bill, 108, 115, 124–26, 182, 188– 90, 196–97, 203, 205, 207, 221, 227, 236 Coast Guard, U.S., 7, 24–28, 93, 101, 134, 140, 190, 203–9, 217–22 Cold War, 7, 29–58, 59, 61, 94, 122, 153, 170–71, 204, 229–31 Coleman, Charlotte, 7, 23–28 Colorado, 95, 118–21, 157, 169, 197 Combat, 11–12, 16, 35–36, 43–44, 64– 68, 87–88, 159–64, 173–75, 182–84, 214–15, 244–45, 249–52 Command. See Leadership Cory, Donald Webster (Edward Sagarin), 31–32, 265 (n. 8) Crittenden Report, 32–33, 266 (n. 11) Crosby, Judith, 61, 70–77 Daughters of Bilitis, 28, 32 DeLeo, Maurine McFerrin, 31, 45–50 Democratic Party, 61, 188–90, 236 Department of Defense, 59, 125, 152–53, 159, 190, 221, 230, 232–33, 237–39, 257. See also Pentagon Desert Shield, 110, 113–15, 180. See also Gulf War Desert Storm, 122–23, 158, 168, 180–81, 258. See also Gulf War Discharge from service, 3, 7, 19, 30–31, 43, 45, 51, 58, 60, 62, 73–75, 101–2, 122, 127, 132–33, 138, 152, 155–56, 166, 175–76, 186–90, 192, 197, 210, 219, 224, 233, 246, 248, 257 Dodd, Paul, 187–88, 197–202 ‘‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’’ 1–2, 4, 54, 94, 103, 126, 132–33, 134, 156, 187, 210– 11, 217, 230, 233, 256, 263 (nn. 1, 2); veterans’ opinions of, 76, 108–9, 125, 128, 138–41, 150–51, 166–68, 196– 97, 202, 220–22, 227–28, 239–40, 246, 247–48, 253–54; debate on, 109, 185, 188–90, 205–8 Doolies. See Plebe year Draft, 5, 8, 9–10, 19, 33, 51, 63, 72...