USS Adams, 40
USS Argus, 35
USS Arizona, 231
USS Augusta, 184
USS Baltimore, 104
USS Boston, 104
USS Boxer, 250
USS Brooklyn, 111
USS Bunker Hill, 224
USS California, 223
USS Charleston, 113
USS Chesapeake, 37
USS Cole, 344
USS Comfort, 301
USS Constellation, 35, 262
USS Constitution, 32, 37, 42, 43
USS Cumberland, 74
USS Enterprise, 35, 179, 216
USS Essex, 33, 43
USS Franklin “Big Ben,” 224
USS Greer, 195
USS Growler, 228
USS Hancock, 224
USS Hornet, 35, 216
USS Indiana, 105, 111
USS Intrepid, 224
USS Iowa, 111
USS Jacob Jones, 196
USS Kearny, 195
USS Kearsarge, 75
USS Lexington, 179, 215
USS Maddox, 262, 263
USS Maine, 103, 117–118
USS Maryland, 223
USS Mercy, 301
USS Minnesota, 75
USS Missouri, 231, 298, 303, 304
USS Monitor, 74–75
USS Nevada, 205
USS New York, 111, 112
USS Olympia, 104, 106
USS Oregon, 111
USS Peacock, 42
USS Pennsylvania, 223
USS President, 21, 35
USSR. See Russia/Russians
USS Raleigh, 104
USS Reuben James, 195
USS San Diego, 150
USS San Jacinto, 303
USS Saratoga, 41, 179
USS South Dakota, 220
USS Texas, 111
USS Ticonderoga, 224, 262
USS United States, 32, 37
USS Valley Forge, 250
USS Washington, 220
USS Wasp, 35, 224
USS West Virginia, 223
USS Wisconsin, 298
USS Yorktown, 216
Utah, 49, 64
Utah Beach, 205–206, 206, 246
V-1/V-2 missiles, 208
Valcour Island, 10
Valencia, Gabriel, 57
Valley Forge, PA, 13, 14, 16
Van Fleet, James, 246
Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 30–31
Vara del Rey, Joachim, 108
Vaux, France, 154–155
Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 221
Vera Cruz, Mexico, 52, 54–55, 56, 60
Verdun, France, 137–138, 139, 162
Vermont, 10, 23
Vichy, France, 188
Vicksburg, MS, 88–89, 91, 97
Victory at Sea (documentary), 219–220
Viet Cong (VC) “Charlie,” 261, 263, 264, 270, 271, 272, 274, 275, 276
Vietnam
Vietnam War (1965-1975), xvi, 116, 255–284, 256, 362–363
World War II (1939-1945), 214
Villa, Pancho, 145
Villepin, Dominique de, 318
Vimy Ridge, Canada, 140
Vincennes, IN, 16
Vincent, Strong (Colonel), 82–83
Vinh, North Vietnam, 262, 263
violence inherent in warfare, xv–xvi. See also America at war; casualties
Virginia, 4, 10, 14, 16, 19, 39, 71, 72, 73–74, 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 84, 90, 91, 93–94, 94–95, 95–96, 97
Virginia (Union warship), 74, 75
von Arnim, Jürgen, 190
von Steuben, Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, 14, 15
Wadi al-Batin, Kuwait, 307–308
Wake Island, 118, 179, 212
Walker, Walton, 241, 242, 244, 245, 250, 252
Wallace, Robert, 191
Wall Street Journal, 349
War Powers Act, 282
Warren, Sir John, 34–35, 37
wars. See America at war
Warsaw, Poland, 198
Washington, D.C., 39, 40, 42, 71, 72, 85, 89–90, 94, 95, 97, 141, 186, 200, 212, 213, 218, 240, 242, 243, 246, 350
Washington, George, 4, 6–8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23, 24, 84, 85
Washington Post, 349, 350
Waterloo, Belgium, 128
Waxhaw Massacre, 17
weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), 293, 301, 312, 317, 318, 320, 332, 339, 340
weather and war, 7, 10, 13, 103, 192, 199, 202, 204–205, 209, 219, 224, 324
Wellington, Duke of, 34, 37, 40, 42, 56, 215
Western Front, WWI, 123, 145, 156, 157, 162, 164
West Indies, 14, 21
Westmoreland, William C., 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 279
West Point, U.S. Military Academy, 62, 64, 72, 77, 86, 270
West Point Military Series, 155
West Virginia, 78, 79
Weyand, Frederick, 275
Wheeler, Earle, 260
Wheeler, Joseph, 107, 109
Whigs, 21, 49, 50, 52, 63
White Plains, NY, 7
Wickes, Lambert, 12
Wilderness, VA, 93
“Wild Weasles,” 268
Wilhelm II (Emperor of Germany), 166
Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 164
Wilkes-Barre Massacre, 15
Wilkinson, James, 36
Williamsburg, VA, 19
Willmott, H. P., 163, 167
Wilmington, NC, 95
Wilson, Woodrow, 142, 143–144, 164–165
“wolf packs” (U-boats), 196, 197
women in wars, 147–148, 184, 192
Wonsan, Korea, 243
Wood, Leonard, 109
Wool, John E., 51, 52
Worden, John (Lieutenant), 75
World Trade Center, NY, 344, 345
World War I (1914-1918), xvi, 121–172, 122, 123, 358–359
World War I (Willmott), 167
World War II (1939-1945), 161, 173–236, 174, 175, 176, 177, 359–362
Worth, William, 59
Wright, Stace, xvi
Wright Cyclone R-3350s, 224
Wyoming, 49, 64
Yalu River, xvii, 243, 244, 247, 248, 252, 257
Yamamoto, Isoroku, 216–217, 218
Yamashita, Tomoyuki, 214, 215
Yamato (Japanese battleship), 230
Yasir al-Khuder, Iraq, 332
Yemen, 344
Yeo, Sir James, 36
Yokohama, Japan, 230
York, Canada, 36, 39
York River, 19, 20, 73
Ypres, Belgium, 130–131, 136–137, 140
Yugoslavia, 182, 234
Zaloga, Steven, 268
zeppelins (airships), 159
Zimmerman, Alfred, 144
Zucchino, David, 335–336
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