Hero of the Pacific

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by James Brady


  Holcombe & Holcombe

  Honshu

  Hoover, J. A.

  Hyakutake, General

  Hyman, Vicki

  I’m Staying with My Boys (Cutter, Proser)

  on Basilone’s Army service

  on Basilone’s childhood

  on Basilone’s death

  on Basilone’s Marine service

  on Basilone’s romantic life

  on Guadalcanal events

  views on war bond tour

  See also Cutter, Jerry; Proser, Jim

  Iwo Jima

  blockhouse attack controversy

  casualties

  invasion plans

  landing

  Iwo Jima, Battle of

  Basilone’s death at

  Basilone’s deployment to

  Basilone’s landing on

  Motoyama Airfield #1

  Mount Suribachi

  Jack, W. A.

  Janice (Basilone’s niece)

  Japan

  Battle of Midway

  Battle of the Coral Sea and

  4th Infantry

  planes of

  Sendai Division

  Tulagi and

  VJ Day

  weapons of

  World War II threat to Australia by

  See also Guadalcanal, Battle of; Iwo Jima, Battle of; individual names of officers; individual names of places

  Jenkins, Burris, Jr.

  Jersey City, New Jersey

  John Basilone Memorial Field

  Johns Manville

  Journal-American

  Kasky, Edward

  Keenan, John

  Kelly, Ray

  Keough, Father

  Kilmera, Reverend Raymond

  Kuribayashi, Tadamichi

  LaGuardia, Fiorello

  Landing Ship Tanks (LST)

  Lansford, Douglas “Bill”

  La Pointe (Marine)

  Lawrence, T. E.

  Leatherneck

  Leckie, Robert

  on Guadalcanal events

  on Puller’s demeanor

  Lee, Robert E.

  Lewis, Joe E.

  Life

  light machine guns (LMG)

  Lockhart, Gene

  Lolita (Basilone’s girlfriend)

  Lombard, Carole

  London, Jack

  Lunga River

  Luzon, Philippines

  Lynch, Jessica

  MacArthur, Douglas

  Manila John Basilone at War (comic book)

  “Manila John” (song) (Memoli Jack)

  Marine Corps Gazette

  Marine Named Mitch, A (Paige)

  Marine Ops

  “Marine Story” (NBC)

  Marquand, John P.

  Maruyama, Maseo

  Maruyama Trail

  Mastice, Catherine

  Matalon, Ruby

  Matanikau River

  Mayer, Louis B.

  Memoli, Joseph

  Mencaroni, Peter

  Midway, Battle of

  Miele, Rocco

  Migyanko, George

  Military Personnel Records Center (St. Louis, Missouri)

  Motoyama Airfield #1

  Mount Suribachi

  Murphy, John W.

  Murphy, Vincent J.

  Nasu, Yumio

  National Association of Manufacturers

  Navy Cross

  Newark, New Jersey

  Newark Star-Ledger

  New Guinea

  New Haven, Connecticut

  New River, North Carolina

  New York Daily News

  New York Times

  New Zealand

  Nimitz, Chester

  Niven, David

  Noumea conference

  O’Brien, Edmond

  Orlando, Tony

  Orlando Tavern

  Pacifico, John

  Paige, Mitchell

  as commissioned officer

  Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to

  A Marine Named Mitch

  views on war bond tour

  Parade

  paramarines

  Parsons, Harold

  Patrick, H. G.

  Patullo, Herb

  Pearl Harbor

  Pegg, William N.

  Pershing, “Black Jack”

  Philgas Company

  Philippines

  Basilone with Army in

  Basilone with Marines in

  Battle of the Coral Sea and

  Phillips, Nash W.

  Pinto, Joe

  Pistol Petes

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  Plain, Louis C.

  Plainfield Courier News

  Powell, Bob

  Powell, Peggy

  Powell, Vicky

  Proser, Jim

  on Basilone’s Army service

  on Basilone’s childhood

  on Basilone’s death

  on Basilone’s Marine service

  on Basilone’s romantic life

  on Guadalcanal events

  Puller, Lewis B. “Chesty”

  Basilone recommended for Medal of Honor by

  Guadalcanal events and

  Navy Cross awarded to

  Quantico, Virginia

  Basilone stationed at

  Marine Corps History Division

  Marine Corps Schools

  Raritan, New Jersey

  Basilone Day (September 19, 1943)

  Basilone Parade

  Basilone’s childhood in

  Raritan Public Library

  Raritan Valley Country Club

  St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church

  Raritan, New Jersey area

  Raritan’s Hero (Doorly)

  on Basilone’s burial

  on Basilone’s childhood

  on Basilone’s death

  on Basilone’s fame

  on Basilone’s funeral

  on Basilone’s Marine service

  Grey, Virginia, interview and

  on Guadalcanal events

  on Iwo Jima events

  on war bond tour

  Red Beach 2, Iwo Jima

  Red Blood, Black Sand (Tatum)

  Reynolds, Quentin

  Riggi, Lena (Basilone)

  Basilone family and

  courtship with Basilone

  death of

  marriage to Basilone

  Rochambeau

  Rochester, New York

  Rocket, K. E.

  Rodgers, Captain

  Roener, Max R.

  Roosevelt, Eleanor

  Roosevelt, Franklin D.

  Roosevelt, Theodore

  Rosenbloom, “Slapsie Maxie”

  Rosenthal, Joe

  Rossi, Lorenzo

  Runyan, Damon

  Rupertus, General

  Russell, Gerald F.

  Russo, Father Amadeo

  at Basilone Day

  at Basilone’s burial

  memorial mass said by

  “Sailor Burt”

  Saipan

  Sammy (scout)

  Samoa

  San Diego

  Schmidt, Harry

  Schoenecker, Jackie

  2nd Battalionh Marine Regiment

  2nd Battalionh Marine Regiment

  author’s service in

  at Battle of Guadalcanal

  Sena, Augie

  Sendai Division (Japan)

  7th Marine Regiment

  1st Battalion (Basilone’s Guadalcanal unit)

  Samoa defended by

  2nd Battalion

  See also Guadalcanal, Battle of

  Sgt. John Basilone Post 280 (American Legion)

  Shaw, Henry I., Jr.

  Shor, Toots

  Sian, Joe

  Sims, Amor LeRoy

  Slattery, William

  Sloan, Alfred P.

  Smith, Holland M. “Howlin’ Mad”

  Smits (soldier)

  Solomon Islands

  Somerset County Bar Associa
tion

  Somerset Messenger-Gazette See also Cutter, Phyllis Basilone

  Sorenson (Marine)

  Spanish American War

  Spielberg, Steven

  Star-Ledger

  Star of Italy Mutual Aid Society

  St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church

  Basilone Day and

  memorial mass for Basilone

  St. Bernard’s parochial school

  St. Mary’s Church

  Sullivan, Ed

  Sumiyoshi, Tadashi

  Tatum, Charles W. “Chuck”

  Terminal Island

  3rd Marine Division

  Thomas, Lowell

  Thomason, Clyde

  Tillman, Mary

  Tillman, Pat

  Time

  Truk

  Tulagi

  Turner, Richmond Kelly “Terrible”

  U.S. Army

  Army Air Corps

  Basilone and

  Depression-era pay by

  at Guadalcanal

  U.S. Army Air Corps

  U.S. Marine Corps

  Army Air Corps-Navy rivalry and

  Basilone’s enlistment in

  casualty report on Basilone’s death

  as “first to fight”

  growth of, during World War II

  Marine Corps History Division (Quantico)

  Marine Corps Schools (Quantico)

  training and

  women in

  See also individual names of battles; individual names of enlisted Marines; individual names of officers

  U.S. Navy. See also U.S. Marine Corps

  USS Ballard

  USS Basilone

  USS Hansford

  USS Jarvis

  USS Republic

  Vandegrift, Alexander A.

  Basilone’s Australia assignment and

  Basilone’s death notification signed by

  Basilone’s Navy Cross citation and

  Basilone’s reassignment to combat and

  Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to

  Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to Basilone by

  Vandegrift Boulevard, Camp Pendleton

  Viracola, Fiddle

  Vitelli, Peter

  VJ Day

  war bond tour

  in Albany, New York

  “Back the Attack” slogan

  Basilone assigned to

  Basilone Day

  in Jersey City, New Jersey

  in Newark, New Jersey

  in New Haven, Connecticut

  in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  in Raritan, New Jersey, area

  in Rochester, New York

  War Heroes (comic book)

  Washington (D.C.) Navy Yard

  Watters, Clinton

  Way We Were, The

  Wayne, John

  weapons

  Browning .30-caliber M1917A1 machine gun

  Garand M1 semiautomatic rifles

  light machine guns (LMG)

  tanks on Iwo Jima

  Whitmer, Regina de Peri

  Williams, Ted

  Windle, Ray

  World War I

  Governor’s Island and

  MacArthur and

  World War II

  Germany surrender

  VJ Day

  See also individual names of battles

  Wornham, T. A.

  Wynn, Keenan

  Yamamoto, Isoroku

  Zeroes

 

 

 


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