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INDEX
Adams, Lt. Col. Fred Dean, 43
Agira, 12
Alexander, Gen. Sir Harold, 14–15, 31–33, 35–36, 40, 48–51, 53–59, 67, 71, 80, 95, 97, 103, 112, 122–23, 264–65, 337–38, 344
Allard, Lt. Col. Jean, 193, 231–33, 239–41, 245, 247–49, 368–69, 372, 375–76, 379, 381, 383–84, 392–93, 396–97, 429–31, 443, 459, 461
Allfrey, Lt. Gen. Charles, 82
Ammanati, Bartolomeo, 21
Ancona, 80, 82
Anders, Gen. Wladyslaw, 83, 171
Andrew, Pte. John, 403
Andrew, Maj. M.W., 163, Angle, Lt. Col. Harry, 209, 227
Anzio, 14–15, Appenines, 11, 14, 17, 49–50, 52, 54, 61–62, 65–67, 73, 80, 83, 85–91, 461
Ardagh, Capt. Vern, 279–80, 292–93
Arielli River, 163
Aristodemo, Ciavatta, 73
Armstrong, Capt. Gordon, 136–37
Armstrong, Lt. Col. R.W., 100
Arno River, 21, 24, 26, 29
Arzilla River, 117, 132–33, 136, 139, 141–42, 145–46, 150, 155–56, 158
Astor, Lady Nancy, 16
Ausa River, 288, 367, 383, 408, 410, 413–15, 419–21, 425, 429, 433, 450, 454
Avelino, 44
Badoglio, Marshal Pietro, 28
Banton, Maj. Don, 387–88
Base, Lt. Gordon, 294–95
&n
bsp; Bates, Capt. Pat, 115, 313, 388, 401–2
Bayerlein, Obergefreiter Carl, 62–64, 68–70, 281–83
Beal, Capt. George, 156–57, 401, 403–4
Beelitz, Oberst Dietrich, 64
Bell, Sgt. Billy, 201–2, 317
Bellefontaine, Co. Sgt. Maj. Dave, 356–57
Bell-Irving, Lt. Col. Henry “Budge,” 127–28, 136–37, 145, 149, 158, 160–61, 261, 270–71, 410, 413, 434, 460
Bell-Irving, Henry Ogle, 127
Benson, Lt. Court, 118
Bentley, Tpr. George, 204–5
Bernatchez, Brig. Paul, 162, 174, 179–80, 193, 309, 406, 460
Besanigo, 334
Besanigo Ridge, 289, 336
Besanigo River, 315–16, 320, 322, 335, 341, 345, 355, 358–59
Besanigo Valley, 355, 357
Bishop, Tpr. Wallace Robert, 359
Black, Lt. J.B., 112
Blair, Maj. David, 411–12
Blake, Tpr. Tom, 206
Blanchet, Maj. P.M. “Frenchy,” 188, 200–2
Boettcher, Tpr. Harold, 236
Bogert, Brig. Pat, 178, 309, 374–76, 378–79, 383–84, 406, 417, 429, 460
Bohan, Pte. J.H., 441
Bologna, 54, 57–58, 66, 71, 108, 341, 447, 463, 467
Bonnifant, Tpr. A., 223
Borgo Lucrezia, 114
Borgo Santa Maria, 167–68, 177, 230–32, 242–43, 248
Boucher, Lt. F.X., 301
“Bovey,” 433–34, 436–38, 445, 448
Bradish, Capt. Ed, 140
Brady, Maj. Allen, 274, 276–77
Brescia, 54
Brooke, Field Marshal Sir Alan, 32, 40, 52, 461
Brown, Capt. George, 439
Brown, Lt. Col. H.E., 180
Brown, Lt. Lloyd, 361
Brown, Lt. W.J., 257
Buchan, Lt. Col. John, Lord Tweedsmuir, 33
Burke, Capt. D.J., 256
Burns, Lt. Danny, 311
Burns, Lt. Gen. Eedson L.M. (Tommy), 31–38, 40–41, 43, 80–83, 91, 96–97, 107, 139–41, 148, 230, 264–65, 287, 304, 337, 340–41, 343–44, 349, 366–67, 383, 408, 445, 458–62
Burt, Pte. A.W., 311
Burton, Capt. L.G., 204, 395–96
Butler, Lt. J.C., 24
Ca Rastelli, 289