Braun, Wernher von, 436
Braunschweig, Germany, 242
Bremen, Germany, 143, 144, 150, 166, 167
Brest, France, 328
Brightman, Sam, 267
Bristol, England, 14–15
British forces
First Airborne, 384
First Army, 104
Second Army, 272, 330, 399
Third Infantry Division, 389
Sixth Airborne Division, 243, 258
Eighth Army, 101, 104, 178, 192, 210, 220, 224, 336
Eleventh Armored Division, 389
Twenty-first Army Group, 288, 330, 391, 429
46th Division, 215
52nd (Lowland) Division, 352–53
XXX Corps, 381, 386
British Intelligence, 103
British Ministry of War Information, 62, 65
Brix, France, 272
Brodie, Steve, 85–86
Brodniak, Anthony, 335
Brokaw, Tom, 448
Brolo, Sicily, 177–79, 181–90, 213, 230, 236
Brooke, Sir Alan, 75, 76
Brown, John Mason, 11
Browne, Malcolm, 453
Brunelle, Bob, 268, 288
Brush-off Club, 229–30
Brussels, Belgium, 387, 390, 398, 399, 401
Bryant, Carleton F., 58–61
Bryson, Rob, 253
Buchenwald concentration camp, 36, 432–33
Bulge, Battle of the, 112, 332, 412, 414–22, 427, 448
Bures-sur-Yvette, France, 360
Butterfly bombs, 386
Buzz bombs, 272, 281–84, 286, 403, 436
Byrne, William, 106
C-47 Dakotas, 15, 252
Caen, France, 8, 21, 22, 272, 330
Caesar, Julius, 297
Cagney, James, 136, 141
Calhoun, Bill, 153–54
Caltanissetta, Sicily, 201
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, 459
Canadian Devil’s Brigade, 337
Canadian First Army, 330
Caniff, Milton, 99
Canisy, France, 333
Cannes, France, 338, 340
Cannon, Jimmy, 375–76
Cap de la Hague, France, 286
Capa, Robert, 374
Cape Orlando, Sicily, 179, 184
Capo Raisigelbi, Sicily, 203
Capra, Frank, 65
Carentan, France, 271, 285, 288
Carroceto, Italy, 237, 238
Carrouges, France, 332
Carusi, Eugene, 12, 13, 444
Casablanca, Morocco, 17, 74, 88
Casablanca conference, 101–2, 126, 191
Casablanca (movie), 277
Casey, Bill, 122–24
Casey, Robert, 26, 289–91, 293, 303, 304
Cass, Don, 356
Cassibile, Sicily, 190
Castel di Tusa, Sicily, 204–5, 210
Castelvetrano, Sicily, 200–1
Caucasus, 76
Caumont, France, 288, 302
CBS News, 173, 247–48, 448, 456–58
CBS Radio, 19, 26, 64, 65, 90, 119, 133, 146, 231, 246, 247, 362, 369, 439
Cefalö, Sicily, 202–3
Celles, Belgium, 425
Censorship, 26, 62, 65–66, 86, 146, 155, 164, 206–8, 218, 248, 252, 322, 405
Chamberlain, Neville, 434
Chambois, France, 331
Chartres, France, 331, 332
Chaudfontaine, Belgium, 426
Cherbourg, France, 270–77, 284, 285, 287
Cherbourg–St.-Pierre-Église road, France, 273
Chica, Princess Alexandra, 342
Chicago Daily News, 26, 67, 255, 289, 292, 303
Chicago Daily Tribune, 26, 110, 292, 370, 431, 449
Chicago Sun, 255, 358
Choltitz, Dietrich von, 365, 366, 376
Christian Science Monitor, 292
Churchill, Pamela Digby, 135
Churchill, Winston, 48, 54, 62, 75–79, 93, 101–2, 104, 125, 126, 135, 173, 191, 192, 219, 235–37, 284, 334
Cisterna di Littoria, Italy, 237, 238
Civilian Pilot Training Program, 4
Clark, Mark W., 18, 19, 75, 84, 93, 215, 218, 220–21, 224, 225, 236, 237, 239, 258, 335, 339, 345
Clark, Norman, 421
Cleghorn, Rufus J., 234
Clevedon, England, 267
Clews, Mrs. Henry, 342
Cochran, Philip, 99
Coe, Don, 119
Colella, James W., 420
Collier’s, 26, 422
Collingwood, Charles, 26, 247, 362
Collins, J. Lawton “Lightning Joe,” 272, 274–75, 286–87, 311, 316, 318
Cologne, Germany, 125, 428
Combat America (movie), 160, 162
Comblanchien, France, 424
Concentration camps, 36, 432–33, 445
Considine, Bob, 118
Corsica, 337
Cota, Norman, 296–97, 301, 307
Cotentin Peninsula, 270–72, 274–76, 280, 284–89, 297, 323, 324
Coutances, France, 324
Coventry, England, 155
Cowan, Howard, 428–30
Cowan, Lester, 264, 265
Cozine, Irene M., 230
Cronkite, Betsy Maxwell, 3, 4, 7, 22, 42, 43, 57–58, 80, 90, 130–32, 135, 139–42, 146–48, 161, 241–44, 254–55, 269, 282–85, 350–54, 378, 380, 385, 398, 413, 423, 445, 446, 458
Cronkite, Mrs. Walter Leland, Sr., 40–41
Cronkite, Walter Leland, Jr., 52, 127, 135, 136, 154, 155, 191, 206, 354, 361, 402, 447, 448
aborted parachute jump in Operation Transfigure and, 350–54, 370, 380
on Americans in Britain, 245
article on The Duchess mission by, 151–53
“assignment to hell” phrase by, 27–28, 146
Atlantic crossings of, 55–62, 81–82, 130
in Belgian-Luxembourg sector, 408, 412–15, 421–23
Bigart and, 117, 133–34, 146, 207, 455
in Brussels, 399, 401
at CBS News, 247–48, 456–58
celebrity status of, 148
censorship and, 62, 65–66, 146
childhood of, 40–41
at college, 41
combat missions flown by, 3–6, 8, 21–22, 25, 27, 123, 124, 143–49, 243–44, 251, 443
combat training and, 138, 140, 141
D-Day and, 9, 21–22, 269, 279
in Dover, 131–32
driving of, 4
exhaustion of, 253–54
first broadcasting by, 42
in France, 279–80, 285–86, 398–99
Gable and, 160–61
glider flight into Holland and, 378–80, 382–83
in Holland, 380–81, 383–91, 398
insecurity of, 51
interviews with Ike, 173, 457–58
Kennedy assassination and, 456
Little Blitz and, 241–43
in London, 6–7, 61–63, 130–32, 134, 146–48, 241–44, 249, 253–54, 269, 401
marriage of, 42
McGlincy and, 256, 281, 363, 412–13
memorial service for, 459
Murrow and, 245–47, 456
nickname of, 4
in North African campaign, 75, 76, 78–90, 95
at Nuremberg trials, 444–46
in Paris, 398–99
Patton and, 112
personality of, 2, 4, 8
physical appearance of, 3, 354
postwar reunions and, 450
postwar visits to Europe by, 457–59
A Reporter’s Life by, 422
Rooney and, 28, 129–30, 248, 250, 456, 459–60
Stockton story and, 156–58
twenty-sixth birthday of, 83
uniform of, 56–57
at UP New York operation, 49
V-1 rocket attack and, 282–84
Wakefield fire and, 63–64, 79
wartime diaries and letters of, 57
Wilhelmshaven raid and, 143–49, 256, 351
Woodward
and, 383–84
working habits of, 2–3
World War II legacy projects and, 457–58
writing technique of, 50
Cronkite, Walter Leland, Sr., 40, 42
Crusade in Europe (Eisenhower), 298
Culin, Curtis “Bud,” 298–99
Cunningham, Chris, 26, 260, 265
D-Day, 9–16, 20–25, 173, 277, 279, 280, 312, 398, 444, 457–58
D-Day Plus 20 Years (documentary), 457–58
Dally, Bob, 88–89
Daly, John Charles, 119, 146
Daniell, Raymond, 138, 149
Darlan, Jean Louis, 92–93, 367
Darlan Deal, 92–93
Darnand, Joseph, 343
Davis, Elmer, 64–65
Davis, Richard Harding, 39
De Gaulle, Charles, 93, 102, 361, 363, 366, 367, 370–71
De Marco, Private First Class, 115
Dedeaux, Rod, 427
Dempsey, Miles C., 381, 382
Denny, Harold, 26, 367, 426
DeWald, Ernest T., 335
Dewey, Thomas, 375
Dickinson, Bill, 147
Dickson, Monk, 298, 310, 311, 314, 357, 363
Dieppe raid, 62
Dixon, Ken, 26
Dodge, Howard K., 233–34
Dönitz, Karl, 53, 150, 438
Doolittle, Jimmy, 53, 118, 173
Dorothea Dix (hospital ship), 20
Downs, Bill, 26, 246, 386–87
Dreux, France, 331, 353, 354
Driscoll, Joseph, 421
Duff, Robin, 362
Dugan, Jimmy, 133, 135
DUKW assault boats, 177, 180, 181
Dutch Partisans, 388
The Duchess (B-17 Flying Fortress), 150–53
Eaker, Ira C., 127, 154
Egypt, 82
Eichmann, Adolf, 454
Eindhoven, Holland, 381, 384–88, 390
Eisenhower, Dwight David, 4, 15, 49–51, 68, 75, 82, 84, 92, 93, 101, 103, 104, 113, 125, 135, 156, 173, 190–92, 196–98, 209, 210, 219–21, 250–52, 257–58, 272–74, 277, 288, 296, 309, 310, 312, 328, 345, 352, 353, 381, 382, 391, 396, 416, 429, 437, 457–58
Eisenhower, John, 422
Eisenhower, Mamie, 458
El Alamein, Battle of, 82, 103
El Guettar, Tunisia, 112, 113
Elbe River, 434
Elliott, Jesse, 150–52
Elliott, John “Tex,” 47
Elliott, Wilson, 122
Emden, Germany, 143
Enigma code, 103
Ernée, France, 345, 346, 357
Esch, Luxembourg, 415
Face the Nation (CBS News), 451
Faïd Pass, Tunisia, 103
Falaise, France, 330–32
Falcone, Sicily, 208
Falkenburg, Jinx, 135, 136
FDR: The Man Who Changed America (Rooney), 448
FDR (B-17 Flying Fortress), 153
Fedala, Morocco, 83
Fessenden, Bruce, 267
FFI (see Forces françaises de l’intérieur)
Fighting 69th (movie), 136, 141
First American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, 23–25, 458
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 137, 293
Flak farms (rest-and-relaxation homes), 164–66
Flanner, Janet, 29
Fleischman, Arnold, 212–13
Fleming, Ian, 193
Florence, Italy, 336
Flying Typewriters, 136
Focke-Wulf fighters, 143–46, 151, 163, 166, 174, 185, 318–19
Foisie, Jack, 202, 203, 260, 266
Forces françaises de l’intérieur (FFI), 275, 277–79, 320, 322–23, 340, 342, 358, 360, 362, 364, 365, 367, 368, 371, 372, 374, 401
Forêt de Rambouillet, France, 352–54
Forêt de St. Sever, France, 333
Fort du Roule, Cherbourg, France, 273–75, 286, 428
Fortunes of War, The (Rooney), 270, 441, 447, 448
Fowle, Farnsworth, 230–32
Fragmentary bombs, 170
France
Îles d’Hyères islands, 334, 337–39, 442
Normandy, 8–16, 270–80, 285–308, 311–35, 448
Paris, 21, 29–30, 44–47, 50, 345–49, 352, 353, 357, 359–77, 398–99
Frankish, Brian, 427
Frankish, John, 400–401, 413, 426–27
Fredendall, Lloyd R., 92, 103, 104
Free French, 105, 108, 215, 345, 363, 367
French Resistance, 260, 273, 277–79, 295, 320, 322–24, 326, 338, 339–42, 356–57, 363, 372, 374, 424
French Second Armored Division, 357, 360, 361, 363, 364
French War Crimes Commission, 424
Friendly, Fred, 457, 458
Friendly-fire episodes, 197–98, 315–17, 330
Fuller, George, 267
Gable, Clark, 160–62
Gafsa, Tunisia, 112, 113
Gallagher, Wes, 26, 38, 229, 263, 280, 288, 293, 391, 451–52
Gallico, Paul, 367
Gallipoli campaign, 224
Garigliano River, 214
Gates, Colonel, 145
Gates, Stan, 200
Gavin, James, 429
Geem, William F., 411–12
Gela, Sicily, 190, 192, 194–98
Gellhorn, Martha, 26, 422
Geneva Conventions, 3, 252, 295
George VI, King of England, 76, 117–18
Gerbini airfield, Sicily, 192
Gerhardt, Charles, 304–5, 311
German forces
Third Parachute Division, 296, 304
Fifth Panzer Division, 331
Seventh Army, 311
Seventh Panzer Division, 331
Tenth Panzer Division, 113
Fifteenth Panzer Grenadier Division, 177, 187, 213, 215, 336
29th Panzers, 222, 223
709th Division, 271
Army Group C, 18, 236
Army Group C, 217
Blowtorch Battalion, 410–12
Hermann Göring Panzer Division, 196, 335
Panzer Lehr, 313, 316
Volksgrenadier units, 433
Gerow, Leonard T., 366
Gervasi, Frank, 294
Gill, Brendan, 30
Gillett, Charles, 430
Giraud, Henri, 102
Goebbels, Joseph, 45, 82, 213, 237, 281–82, 400
Golden, Melvin, 199
Gone With the Wind (movie), 160
Göring, Hermann, 155, 161–63, 242, 243, 319, 335, 397, 445–46
Gorrell, Hank, 26, 292, 293
Gothic Line, 336
Göttingen, Germany, 163
Graham, Frederick, 433
Grandcamp, France, 285, 313, 317, 350
Grant, Bruce, 358
Grant, Cary, 162
Grant, Ulysses S., 102, 156, 218
Great White Fleet, 79
Greece, 141, 193
Greeley, Horace, 450
Green, Paul, 19
Greenock naval base, England, 61
Grending, Carl N., 252
Grenoble, France, 342
Guadalcanal, 81, 272
Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, London, 283–84, 459
Gulf of St.-Malo, France, 288
Gustav Line, 218, 235
Hagenbuch, Glenn, 144
Halberstam, David, 453, 455
Hales, Sam, 398
Halifax bombers, 173, 315
Hall, Bernard “Benny,” 140
Hamburg, Germany, 242
Hamel, James, 458–59
Hamel, Mme., 291–96, 307, 308, 309, 311, 314, 460
Hamill, Pete, 460–61
Hamilton, Jim, 145
Hamm, Germany, 143
Hanover, Germany, 174
Hansen, Chet, 298, 310, 311, 329, 363
Harper’s Magazine, 404, 406
Harris, Arthur, 125, 126, 173
Harris, Harry, 358
Harris, Louis, 222
Hart, Mrs. Cary, 452
Hautteville, France, 326
Haw
ker Hurricane fighters, 140–41
Hawker Typhoon fighter-bombers, 330, 331
Help, Help! Another Day! (Boyle), 212
Hemingway, Ernest, 26, 96, 189, 190, 357–58, 362, 364, 374, 422
Henning, John, 216–17
Henreid, Paul, 277
Henry, John, 80, 88–89
Hepburn, Katharine, 162
Hewitt, Don, 67
Hewitt, Kent, 78–79, 82, 191–92, 195, 221
Hicks, George, 426
Higgins, Gerald J., 385–86
Higgins, Marguerite, 453
Higgins assault boats, 194
Hill 122, France, 302, 304
Hill 192, France, 302
Hill 609, Tunisia, 104
Hill, Gladwin, 22, 133, 134, 136, 142, 143, 147, 154, 158, 251, 269
Himmler, Heinrich, 400, 419
Hiroshima, 442
Hitler, Adolf, 44, 45, 48, 52, 53, 76, 92, 101, 102, 120, 125, 126, 154, 155, 162, 217, 219–20, 243, 281, 287, 311, 329, 343, 365, 400, 403, 410, 417, 419, 429, 434, 435, 438, 446, 458
Hitler Youth, 433, 435
HMS Ramillies, 338
Hodges, Courtney, 288, 310, 333, 410, 429, 435
Hoffman, Marcus, 431
Hogan, Alex, 139–40
Holland, 281, 354, 378–94, 396–98
Hope, Bob, 161
Höss, Rudolf Franz Ferdinand, 445
Hottelet, Richard C., 362
Houston Press, 41–42
Hovey, Graham, 119
Howie, Thomas D., 304–7
Hoyt, Otis A., 145
Huebner, Clarence, 11, 259
Hürtgen Forest, Belgium, 402, 408
Huston, John, 65, 230, 234–35
Hutchison “Hutch,” 200, 201
Hutton, Bud, 68, 69, 133, 250, 375, 447
Île de Port-Cros, 337–38
Île du Levant, 337–39
Îles d’Hyères islands, 334, 337–39, 442
Imbody, Percy L., 427
Ingersoll, Ralph, 100
Ingram, Jonas H., 404–5
International News Service (INS), 2, 8, 80, 88, 119, 130, 133, 160, 201, 266, 293, 425
Irvin, Bede, 285, 317
Irvin, Kath, 317
Isigny-sur-Mer, France, 285, 291
Italian campaign, 17–19, 191, 193, 212–40, 258, 262, 296, 334–36, 339, 344, 418, 442, 453–55
Iwo Jima, 442
Jackson, Robert, 445–46
James, Joan, 111–12
Jensen, Richard, 113
Joan of Arc, 277
Jodl, Albert, 438
Johnny Reb (B-17), 140
Johnson, Lyndon B., 456
Jolson, Al, 95
Junkers (Ju) 88s, 124, 151
Kallman, Art, 321
Kane, Bud, 370
Kansas City Star, 263, 368, 411, 428, 438–39
Kaplan, David, 212–14, 217
Kassel, Germany, 163
Kasserine Pass, 103–5, 111, 112, 265, 416
Kauffman, Michael S., 115
Keddab Ridge, Tunisia, 113
Keegan, John, 126
Kelly, Albert G., 332
Kelly, Edwin, 355
Kelly, Monroe, 82–84, 86, 88–89
Kennedy, Edward, 437–38
Kennedy, John F., 455–56
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