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Steward, T. G. (1904). The Colored Regulars in the United States Army. Philadelphia: AME Book Concern.
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“American Soldiers in the Philippines Write Home about the War.” History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/58/.
Jones, Gregg (2012). Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America’s Imperial Dream. New York: New American Library.
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CHAPTER SEVEN
Axelrod, Alan (2007). Miracle at Belleau Wood: The Birth of the Modern U.S. Marine Corps. Guilford, CT: Lyon Press.
Clark, George B. (2010). Battle History of the United States Marines Corps, 1775–1945. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
Keegan, John (1976). The Face of Battle. New York: Viking.
Keegan, John (1999). The First World War. New York: Knopf.
Kindsvatter, Peter (2003). American Soldiers: Ground Combat in the World Wars, Korea and Vietnam. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas.
Mackin, Elton (June 29, 1973). Oral interview with Carl D. Klopfenstein, professor of history at Heidelberg College, Norfolk, OH. Transcript at Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library, Fremont, OH.
Mackin, Elton (1993). Suddenly We Didn’t Want to Die: Memoirs of a World War One Marine. Novato, CA: Presidio Press.
Persico, Joseph E. (2004). Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Armistice Day, 1918. World War I and Its Violent Climax. New York: Random House.
Zieger, Robert (2000). America’s Great War: World War I and the American Experience. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
CHAPTER EIGHT
Chapin, John C. (1994). Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan. Marines in World War II Commemorative Series. Washington, DC: U.S. Marine Corps History & Museum.
Gabaldon, Guy (1990). Saipan: Suicide Island. Self-published.
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Moore, David (2002). “The Battle of Saipan: The Final Curtain.” The Battle of Saipan. http://www.battleofsaipan.com.
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Wukovits, John (2006). One Square Mile of Hell: The Battle for Tarawa. New York: New American Library.
CHAPTER NINE
Appleman, Roy E. (1961). South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu: United States Army in the Korean War. Washington, DC: Center of Military History, U.S. Army.
Boose, Daniel (2005). U.S. Army Forces in the Korean War 1950–1953. Oxford: Osprey.
Fehrenbach, T. R. (1963). This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness. New York: Macmillan.
Korean War Project. http://www.koreanwar.org/.
Maihafer, Harry J. (1993). From the Hudson to the Yalu: West Point ’49 in the Korean War. College Station: Texas A&M University Press.
McCain, John S. (2004). Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life. New York: Random House.
CHAPTER TEN
Bell, Kenneth H. (2000). 100 Missions North: A Fighter Pilot’s Story of the Vietnam War. Paducah, KY: Turner.
Correll, John T. (March 2005). “Rolling Thunder.” Air Force Magazine.
Correll, John T. (June 2005). “Full Day.” Air Force Magazine.
Frisbee, John L. (April 1985). “Wild, Wild Weasel.” Air Force Magazine.
Grant, Rebecca (February 2013). “The Crucible of Vietnam.” Air Force Magazine.
Lewis, Adrian R. (2006). The American Culture of War: A History of U.S. Military Force from World War II to Operation Enduring Freedom. New York: Routledge.
Moymer, William M. (2003). Airpower in Three Wars (WWII, Korea, Vietnam). Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press.
Nastasi, Mike (2002). “The Wild Weasels: Daredevils of the Sky.” Military History Online. http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/vietnam/airpower/wildweasel.aspx.
Posey, Carl (February 2009). “Thuds, the Ridge, and 100 Missions North.” Air & Space Magazine.
Reardon, John. “King of the Wild Weasels.” Redbubble. http://www.redbubble.com/people/warwolf/writing/3709578-the-king-of-the-wild-weasels.
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Rochester, Stuart I., and Frederick Kiley (1998). Honor Bound: The History of American Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia, 1961–1973. Washington, DC: Historical Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Thompson, Wayne (2000). To Hanoi and Back: The U.S. Air Force and North Vietnam, 1966–1973. Washington, DC: Smithsonian.
Thorsness, Leo (2008). Surviving Hell: A POW’s Journey. New York: Encounter Books.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Apple, R. W. Jr. (February 26, 1991). “War in the Gulf: Scud Attack. Scud Missile Hits a U.S. Barracks, Kills 27.” New York Times.
Atkinson, Rick (1993). Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War. New York: Houghton Mifflin.
Beveridge, Scott (February 23, 1995). “Rhoads Reliving Worst Nightmare.” Observer-Reporter (Washington and Green Counties, PA).
Beveridge, Scott (October 20, 1995). “Woman Testifies of Persian Gulf Perils.” Observer-Reporter (Washington and Greene Counties, PA).
Beveridge, Scott (February 29, 2011). “Some Good out of War.” Travel with a Beveridge. http://scottbeveridge.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html.
Blood, Michael (July 17, 1991). “Vets Detail Stress Family Problems from Gulf Service.” Associated Press.
Brooks, Mary (March 11, 1991). “Honoring Fallen Son Soldier’s Death Leaves Pain, Pride.” Orlando (FL) Sentinel.
Ciotti, Paul (May 12, 1991). “The Scud That Hit Greensburg: For One Pennsylvania Community, the Gulf War Has Not Ended.” Los Angeles Times.
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Fuoco, Michael A. (March 1, 1991). “Scud Death Toll Rises to 13 from Greensburg Army Unit.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Gonzales, David, and E. R. Shipp (March 15, 1991). “So Few Died but How It Hurt Those Back Home: 11 Stories.” New York Times.
“The Greensburg Disaster: The Story of the 14th Quartermaster Disaster” (Summer 1991). Military Chaplains’ Review.
Marodi, Randi Ross (February 27, 1991). “Reservist from California Escapes Missile Attack.” Observer-Reporter (Washington and Green Counties, PA).
Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Illnesses Final Report (December 1996). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Terry, Don (February 28, 1991). “War in the Gulf: The Families. Scud’s Lethal Hit Takes First 3 Female Soldiers.” New York Times.
Terry, Don, Sam Howe Verhovek, and Mary B. W. Tabor (March 4, 1991). “After the War: The Fires of Patriotism and Cold Necessity Put 13 in Harm’s Way.” New York Times.
Urban, Jim (February 24, 1992). “Reservists Fight Memories of Scud Attack.” Deseret News (Salt Lake City).
Vigoda, Ralph (December 23, 2002). “In Western Pa., Families Attest to the Price of War.” Philadelphia Inquirer.
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CHAPTER TWELVE
Clare, Micah E. (March 24, 2008). “Face of Defense: Woman Soldier Receives Silver Star.” American Forces Press Service.
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Tyson, Ann Scott (May 1, 2008). “Woman Gains Silver Star and Removal from Combat.” Washington Post.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Couch, Dick (2008). The Sheriff of Ramadi: Navy Seals and the Winning of al-Anbar. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press.
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Fumento, Michael (April 21, 2008). “A Debt That Can Never Be Repaid.” Weekly Standard (Washington, DC).
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INDEX
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Abanador, Valeriano, 152
Abayan, Pedro, 152
Abbott, Henry Livermore “Little,” 91, 107, 108, 110–12, 113
abolitionism, 89, 91
Adams, Charles Francis, Jr., 84
Afghanistan, 293–311
Brown as medic in, 304–10, 312
Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) in, 304, 310
medical survival rates in, 297
medics and corpsmen in, 299, 304
no front lines in, 303
women deployed in, 302, 303, 305
women dying in uniform in, 303–4
women wounded in, 303
African Americans:
bigotry faced by, 45, 47, 60, 125, 126–27, 129, 139
Buffalo Soldiers, 116, 118, 121, 122, 133, 134–36, 137–39
and Congress, 45, 124
in Dartmoor prison, 47–50
in Mexican-American War, 60
in Philippines, 139
race riot in Philadelphia, 37–39, 59, 60
sailors on merchant ships, 42–44
in Spanish-American War, 116, 118–24, 126–29, 131–32, 133, 134–36, 137–39
in War of 1812, 36, 37, 39, 45–46, 50–54, 57–61
West Point graduate, 119
Afton, Gerald, 43
Aguinaldo, Emilio, 144, 148, 150–51
Ahern, George, 128
al Qaeda, 317, 318–21, 332, 334
Ambrose, Stephen E., Band of Brothers, 317
Ampudia, Pedro de, 65–67, 77
Arens, Moshe, 279
Arlington National Cemetery, xiii
Army of Northern Virginia, 93, 98–101
Army of the Potomac, 90, 92–94, 98–101, 107–9, 111–12, 146
Atherton, Steven Eric, 273
Atkinson, Rick, 276
Austria, and Boxer Rebellion, 149
Babin, Leif, 332–33
Baker, Edward D., 95, 96
Baker, Edward L., 116
after the war, 139–40
as Buffalo Soldier, 116, 121–22, 137
diary of, 121, 124, 130, 135, 137
early years of, 124–25
and Medal of Honor, 132, 140
in Philippine Scouts, 139–40
in Spanish-American War, 122–24, 125–26, 130, 131–32, 135, 137
Baker, James A. III, 279
Baker, Mary Elizabeth Hawley, 125
Balboni, Joseph, 242–43, 244
Baldwin, Hiram Raymond “Baldy,” 178–79, 190
Baldwin, Theodore, 131, 132
“Band of Brothers,” 317
Barger, Charles Denver, 294
Barnes, James, 40
Barron, James, 40–42
Bartlett, William Francis, 91–92, 93, 96
Baylor, James, 287–88
Bearss, Hiram, 156, 157, 158, 163
Bell, Dennis, 128
Bell, Franklin, 151
Bennett, Frank, 253
Berkeley, George, 41, 42
Berry, George, 136
Best, Aaron, 306, 308, 311
Beveridge, Scott, 276, 289, 290
Bisbee, William, 162
Black, Charles:
in Dartmoor prison, 49–50
denied a pension, 59
and Lombard Street riot, 38–39, 59, 60
military family of, 39
Navy enlistment of, 50
as seaman on merchant ship, 49
and War of 1812, 37, 39, 57–59
Blackwater, 317
Bleak, David, 295
Bodani, Jack, 307–8, 310
Boliver, John August, Jr., 271
Bolster, Jeffrey, 43
Bongiorni, Joseph Phillip, 271–72
Bookmiller, Edwin, 153
Boston Tea Party, 9
Bowles, William, 77
Boxer Rebellion, 148–50
Boxler, John Thomas, 272–73
Bradstreet, Anne, 88
Bragg, Braxton, 67, 78–79, 80
Brando, Marlon, 232–33
Brenner, Paul, 318
Britain:
and American Revolution, see Revolutionary War
and Battle of Trafalgar, 59
and Boxer Rebellion, 149
Dartmoor prison in, 47–50
in Iraq, 318
and Korean War, 236
Orders i
n Council, 40
sailors impressed by, 39, 40–42, 44, 49, 50
slavery abolished in, 37
and World War I, 167, 168–69, 181, 182, 185
Brodie, Alexander, 121, 122
Broke, Philip, 60
Brooklyn, 143
Broughton, Jack, 262
Brown, Justin, 299–302, 310
Brown, Katy, 300
Brown, Kristofer, 300
Brown, Monica Lin, 292
in Afghanistan, 304–10, 312
Army recruitment of, 301–2
as “Doc,” 293–94, 310, 311–12
early years of, 299–301
“extraordinary heroism” exhibited by, 293, 307–10
media attention to, 293, 310–11
medical and airborne training of, 299, 302
Silver Star awarded to, 310, 311
Buck, John, 123
Buffalo Soldiers:
after the war, 139
fighting Indians, 118, 121, 124, 125
name of, 124
racial bigotry toward, 126–27, 139
regiment formed, 124
respect shown to, 125–26, 139
in Spanish-American War, 116, 118, 121, 122, 129, 133, 134–36, 137–39
transport to Cuba, 126–27
Bumpus, Edward, 152
Burnside, Ambrose, 107–9
Bush, George H. W., 276, 278, 279–80
Bush, George W., 311, 321, 337
Butler, Smedley, 142, 150, 164, 165
Cabot, Charles, 91, 108, 113
Campisi, John Francis, 276–77, 278
Canada, and Korean War, 241
Capron, Allyn, Jr., 121–22, 133
Carroll, Henry, 130
Cashin, Herschel, 135
Cervera y Topete, Pascual, 143, 144
Chaffee, Adna, 149, 150–51, 153–54, 161, 162, 164
Chamberlain, Joshua, 85
Chamberlain, Samuel, 62
after the war, 83–85
and Alton Guards, 70
in Civil War, 67, 84
early years of, 68–70
and Glanton Gang, 83–84
memoir of, 63, 68, 71, 78, 80, 83–84, 85
in Mexican-American War, 63–64, 67–68, 70–71, 72–83
paintings by, 68, 69
riotous living by, 80–82, 83
and Texas Rangers, 67–68, 70, 74
Chapin, John, 203
Chauncey, Isaac, 52–53
Cheney, Richard, 276, 279, 310
Chesapeake, 40–42, 59–60