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by Timothy M. Gay


  Kenyon, Alvin O., 396

  Kessel, John, 388

  Kesselring, Albert, 18, 19, 217–18, 220–24, 227, 236, 237, 336, 442

  Keyes, Geoff, 218

  Kiel submarine base, Germany, 157, 165, 167

  Kiley, Charles, 14, 133, 437

  Kilpatrick, James J., 448

  Kinnick, Nile, 424

  Kluge, Günther von, 329, 330, 345

  Kluger, Richard, 34, 35

  Knickerbocker, H. R., 255

  Koch, Ilse, 432

  Koenig, Dick, 129

  Kolb, Bob, 395–96

  Korean War, 449, 452, 453

  Koske, Keith J., 174, 175

  Kuhns, James, 300

  La Haye du Puits, France, 289–91

  La Guardia, Fiorello, 5, 443–44

  Laidlaw, Bill, 141–42

  Lait, George, 266

  Lake Nemi, Italy, 334

  Lancashire bombers, 173

  Lancaster bombers, 315

  Landry, Bob, 266

  Lang, Bill, 91

  Lardner, David, 424–25

  Lardner, James, 424

  Lardner, John, 425

  Lardner, Ring, 30, 424

  Laval, France, 344–45

  Lavontiev, Julius, 438

  Layzell, Alastair, 457

  Lazio, Frank, 110

  LCI(L)-88, 9–14, 20–21, 374

  Le Forêt Gouffern, France, 331

  Le Mans, France, 330, 355

  Leaves from a War Correspondent’s Notebook (Boyle), 17, 50, 111, 241, 261, 409

  Leaves of Grass (Whitman), 111

  Leclerc, Jacques-Philippe, 357, 360, 361, 363–66, 370–71

  Lee, Clark, 275, 293

  Leigh-Mallory, Sir Trafford, 173, 313–15, 382

  Leipzig, Germany, 242

  LeMay, Curtis, 173

  LeSueur, Larry, 362, 369

  Leyshon, Hal, 7–8, 22, 133–35, 138, 142, 145, 146, 149

  Libya, 101, 103

  Licata, Sicily, 12, 190, 195, 198

  Liebling, A. J. (Joseph), 1, 142, 167, 192, 247, 399, 401, 447, 455

  alcohol use and, 275, 276, 290, 294

  birth of, 32

  Boyle and, 76, 110–11, 117, 120

  on Bradley, 309, 312, 460

  Bradley briefings and, 311–14, 345–46

  brush with death, 100–1

  childhood of, 32–33

  combat missions flown by, 124, 125, 169–72, 260

  D-Day and, 9–14, 20–21, 24, 259, 277, 444

  death of, 461

  eyesight of, 32, 276

  in France, 21, 29–30, 44–47, 50, 275–79, 284, 288–97, 301, 303, 304, 307, 311–15, 317–18, 323–28, 332–35, 344–49, 357, 359, 365–67, 371, 374, 376–77, 424

  as Francophile, 30, 33, 45–46, 294, 327

  on French Resistance, 277–79, 424

  health of, 32, 91, 259

  on Kesselring, 217

  Lardner’s death and, 424, 425

  in London, 245, 258–59

  marriages of, 43–44, 167, 461

  on memories, 28

  Mollie and Other War Pieces by, vii, 460, 461

  on Montdidier B-26 raid, 169–72

  at New Yorker (see New Yorker, The)

  newspaper career of, 31–32

  in North African campaign, 46, 76, 98–101, 109, 113, 114

  in Paris, 21, 29–30, 44–47, 50, 424

  Patton and, 112

  personality of, 30–31, 276

  physical appearance of, 9, 10, 29, 32, 169, 259, 277

  postwar reunions and, 450

  postwar visits to Europe by, 311, 314, 460

  on Pyle, 95

  “Quest for Mollie,” 114–17, 167, 425

  The Republic of Silence by, 260, 424

  return to New York, 47–48

  The Road Back to Paris by, 52, 98, 150, 167, 309

  Rooney and, 14, 250, 276, 447

  Typographical Error raid and, 168

  uniform of, 56, 277

  Wayward Press columns by, 425, 461

  writing technique of, 51–52

  Liebling, Ann Beatrice McGinn, 43–44, 167, 461

  Liebling, Anna Slone, 32, 45–46

  Liebling, Joseph, 32, 33

  Liebling: World War II Writings, 460

  Life, 26, 91, 266

  Limburg concentration camp, 432

  Liri Valley, Italy, 215, 236

  Lisagor, Peter, 67

  Little Blitz, 241–43, 396

  Livorno, Italy, 335, 336

  Llewellyn, Ensley M., 306

  Lodge, Henry Cabot, 186

  Lombard, Carole, 160

  London Calling (radio show), 147

  London Daily Herald, 244

  London Daily Mail, 209

  London Daily Sketch, 244

  London Daily Telegraph, 421

  London News, 421

  London News Chronicle, 244

  Longest Day, The, 271

  Longjumeau, France, 360

  Longstreet, James, 217

  Lorient, France, 401

  Los Angeles Times, 26, 62, 177, 260, 264, 266, 358

  Los Baños, Philippines, 442

  Lovelady, William B., 395

  Lucas, John, 236, 237

  Luce, Henry, 373, 374

  Luciano, Lucky, 375–76

  Ludendorff Bridge, Germany, 428–31

  Luftwaffe, 5, 21, 61, 62, 125, 129, 143, 149, 155, 156, 161, 242, 243, 295–96, 319, 325, 371, 386, 426, 430

  Lund, Harry W., 215–16

  Lusitania (liner), 53

  Luxembourg, 413–15, 421, 444

  Lyle, Lewis “Hoss,” 21–22, 144

  Lyon, Ben, 147

  Lyon, France, 343–44

  Maas River, 382, 384

  Maastricht, Holland, 397

  MacGowan, Gault, 91

  MacVane, John, 326

  Maginot Line, 44, 340

  Maher, Joe, 135

  Maisie (B-24 Liberator), 142, 145

  Malmédy, Belgium, 409–12

  Manning, Paul, 133, 142, 269, 362

  Maquis, 273, 277–78, 323–24, 340–42, 356, 363, 424

  Marchant, Hilde, 147, 148

  Marchiennes, France, 392

  Mareth Line, 104

  Marinelli, Giuseppe, 226

  Mark IV tanks, 184, 202

  Marseille, France, 340, 342

  Marshall, George C., 48, 62, 75, 102, 173, 191, 219, 312, 334, 339, 421

  Marshall, Howard, 362

  Mathis, Jack, 150–54, 459

  Mathis, Mark, 150, 153–54

  Mauldin, Bill, 67, 219

  Mauret, Émile, 340

  Maxey, Edwin, 318, 319

  Mayer, Louis B., 160, 162

  Maynes, Seaghan John, 362

  McAuliffe, Anthony Clement, 378, 379, 421

  McCall’s magazine, 48

  McCarthy, J. J., 389

  McClure, Robert, 109

  McCormick, Robert R., 48

  McCown, Hal D., 419–20

  McCrary, John “Tex,” 135

  McGlincy, Jim, 5, 7, 16, 131, 148, 242–43, 256–57, 281, 362–63, 412–13

  McHugh, Frank, 141

  McKay, Donald, 319–22, 328

  McKelway, St. Clair, 29–30

  McManus, John, 333

  McNair, Lesley J., 265, 316–17

  Memphis Belle, The (movie), 139, 162

  Meredith, Burgess, 260, 264–66

  Messerschmitts, 98, 101, 105, 121, 122, 145, 151, 166, 237, 325

  Messina, Sicily, 178, 186, 190, 206, 210–11

  Metz, France, 402, 406, 408

  Meuse River, 378, 379, 381, 385, 390, 417, 425

  MI6, 193

  Middleton, Troy, 195, 328

  Miliciens (Milice), 343, 361, 363

  Minarik, Else Holmelund, 454, 455

  Mitchell, Joe, 1, 169, 259

  Mitchell bombers, 223

  Mitchum, Robert, 264, 265

  Molesworth air base, England, 1, 2, 6, 8, 22, 133, 145, 147, 156, 248, 45
9

  Mollie, Private, 114–17, 167

  Mollie and Other War Pieces (Liebling), vii, 460, 461

  Montdidier airfield, France, 169–73, 260

  Monte Cassino, Italy, 215, 236, 237, 238, 239, 264, 265, 335, 359

  Monte Cipolla, Sicily, 177–78, 181–84, 187, 189, 190, 236, 260, 337, 359, 442

  Monte Rotondo, Italy, 234

  Montebourg, France, 285

  Montgomery, Bernard, 82, 101, 103, 178, 191, 192, 202, 210, 220, 221, 272, 288, 296, 303, 312, 328, 330, 345, 357, 381, 382, 391, 401, 429, 458

  Montlhéry, France, 348, 365

  Moora, Robert, 68, 250

  Moore, Ned, 389

  Morgan, Frederick, 257

  Morocco, 73–75, 80, 82–88, 101, 112

  Moroso, John, 80

  Morrison, Allan, 347–48, 365, 366

  Mortain, France, 329, 330, 332, 417

  Morton, Joseph, 198

  Mosto, Sicily, 204

  Mount Etna, Sicily, 192

  Mountbatten, Lord Louis, 62

  Mountebourg, France, 271–72

  Mrs. Miniver (movie), 138

  Mueller, Red, 91

  Mullis, Dan L., 107–8

  Murphy, John (Jack), 10, 23–24, 263–64

  Murrow, Edward R., 26, 41, 43, 77, 245–46, 362, 378–79, 456

  Murrow Boys, 247–48, 362

  Musel, Bob, 131

  Mussolini, Benito, 200, 206, 220, 221, 334

  Mutual Broadcasting System, 133, 362

  My War (Rooney), 155, 350, 431, 447, 448

  Namur, Belgium, 413

  Napalm, 315

  Naples, Italy, 224–27, 335

  Nardine, Howard L., 145

  NBC, 146, 326, 362, 439

  Neal, Thomas D., 305

  Nelson, Lindsey, 287

  Neuss, Germany, 428

  New Journalism, 169, 460

  New York Herald Tribune, 17–18, 26, 34–35, 50, 51, 68, 119, 133, 149, 165, 177, 187, 192, 209, 221, 238, 344, 375, 383, 405, 421, 424, 441, 453

  New York Mirror, 135

  New York Sun, 91

  New York Times, 18, 26, 27, 31, 108, 133, 136–38, 142, 149, 225, 367, 404, 426, 433, 453, 454

  New York World (World-Telegram), 31–32, 153

  New Yorker, The, 10, 11, 29, 30, 45–48, 52, 67, 91, 124, 142, 169, 258, 259, 276, 324, 377, 424, 425, 460

  Newsweek, 91, 109, 425, 452

  Nijmegen, Holland, 384, 390

  Norden bombsight, 126

  Norgaard, Noland “Boots,” 26, 99, 107, 119

  Norman, Van, 142

  Normandy, 8–16, 270–80, 285–308, 311–35, 448

  Normandy Revisited (Liebling), 295

  North African campaign, 10, 15, 17, 52, 72–120, 296, 410, 439

  North Sea, 122, 144, 153, 166, 391

  Norway, 141

  Nuremberg Laws on Race and Citizenship, 446

  Nuremberg trials, 444–46

  O’Brien, Pat, 136

  O’Donnell, John Parsons, 30–31

  Office of War Information (OWI), 64–65, 235

  Okinawa, 442

  Oldfield, Barney, 255, 267, 368

  Olsen, Kenneth, 4

  Omaha Beach, 9, 11–16, 20–21, 23–24, 277, 279, 280, 444, 457

  O’Neill, Patrick, 356–57

  Ooold Soljer (B-17 Flying Fortress), 144–45

  Operation Aintree, 389–90

  Operation Argument, 242

  Operation Avalanche, 219

  Operation Baytown, 221

  Operation Cobra, 303, 311–19, 326

  Operation Dragoon, 334, 337–41

  Operation Goodwood, 303, 312, 391

  Operation Husky, 191

  Operation Lüttich, 329

  Operation Market Garden, 381–91, 393, 397–98, 421

  Operation Neptune, 220

  Operation Overlord, 272, 303

  Operation Plunder, 429

  Operation Shingle, 236

  Operation Torch, 72–120, 191

  Operation Transfigure, 352–53, 370, 380

  Oran, Algeria, 91

  Orcades (cargo carrier), 54–55, 66

  O’Reilly, John “Tex,” 26, 192–93, 221, 324

  Orglandes-St. Sauveur region, France, 272

  Orléans, France, 348, 356

  Orloff, Gay, 375–76

  Orne River, 8

  Ousseltia, Tunisia, 105, 106, 108

  Overloon, Holland, 390–91

  Overseas Press Club of America, 50

  Owens, William H., 123

  P-38 Lightnings, 223, 252

  P-40 fighters, 98, 105

  P-47 Thunderbolts, 156, 252, 272, 315, 316, 319

  P-51 Mustangs, 156, 252, 282, 285, 331, 332, 380, 383

  Pachino, Sicily, 190

  Pacific Theater, 344, 438–40, 442

  Paddock, Charlie, 423

  Paderborn, Germany, 436

  Paestum beachhead, Italy, 214

  Palermo, Sicily, 179, 184, 186, 202, 203

  Paley, William, 456, 458

  Panter-Downes, Mollie, 259

  Paramount News, 90

  Paris, France, 21, 29–30, 44–47, 50, 345–49, 352, 353, 357, 359–77, 398–99

  Parkhurst, Charles, 33

  Parris, John, 131

  Pas de Calais coast, 4, 243, 251, 282

  Patch, Alexander “Sandy,” 339

  Patton, George S., 17, 51, 75, 78, 81, 84, 87, 104, 112–13, 178–80, 186–87, 191, 192, 194–98, 201, 202, 209–10, 220, 223, 288, 310–12, 330, 333, 339, 345, 346, 391, 401, 414–16, 444

  Patton (movie), 179

  Pearl Harbor, 43, 52, 53, 441

  Pearson, Drew, 210

  Peck, Gregory, 175

  Peel, J. D., 400

  Peiper, Joachim, 410, 412, 414, 417, 418

  Peleliu, 287

  Pell, Eleanor, 342

  Peloritan Mountains, Sicily, 208

  Perham Down army base, England, 66

  Périers–St.-Lô road, France, 313, 315, 330

  Perrin, Porter, 36

  Pétain, Marshal Philippe, 76

  Peterman, Cy, 439

  Pfaff, Roy, 85

  Phantom of the Opera (movie), 241

  Philadelphia Story, The (movie), 162

  Philippines, 442

  Phillips, Joseph, 109

  Phillips, Malcolm, Jr., 122–24

  Phony War, 44

  Piccadilly Commandoes, 249

  Pinkley, Virgil, 56, 244, 254, 293, 351, 353

  Pinsince, Adrian, 360–61

  Pisa, Italy, 336

  Plotnick, Joe “Shorty,” 299–301

  PM, 100

  Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach, 279

  Polebrook air base, England, 160, 161

  Polish First Independent Parachute Brigade, 352, 381

  Pollizzi, Guiseppe, 205

  Pont Blondin, Morocco, 73–75

  Ponte, Gene, 175

  Ponte Olivio airfield, Sicily, 195, 197

  Port Lyautey, Morocco, 83–88

  Porte d’Orléans, France, 361

  Post, Margot, 138, 149

  Post, Robert Perkins, 133, 136–38, 141–43, 145, 147, 149, 455

  Potter, Roy, 439

  Pound, Ezra, 460–61

  Precision bombing, 126, 127

  Prostitution, 249, 278, 279

  Prouvost, Jean, 46–47

  Pulitzer Prize, 27, 218, 439, 442, 449, 453, 454

  Puy-Maladroit, France, 322

  Pyle, Ernie, 23, 25, 26, 50, 76, 77, 91, 94–96, 111, 119, 217, 218, 230, 256, 260, 264–67, 275, 291–93, 296, 298, 312–14, 316, 318, 358, 369, 374, 442–43

  Quinn, Nathan M., 300

  Rabache, André, 307

  Radio Maroc, 81, 85

  Radio Nationale de France, 363, 369

  Rainbow Corner, Piccadilly, 249–50

  Rains, Claude, 241

  Rambouillet, France, 357–58, 361, 363, 369

  Rand, Sally, 42

  Rapido River, 212–18, 235, 236

  Reaga
n, Ronald, 159

  Red Army Fifth Guards, 435

  Red Ball Express, 354–55

  Redding, Jack, 145, 255, 267, 362, 369–70

  Reggio di Calabria, Italy, 219

  Reid, Helen Rogers, 35

  Reinhard Line, 218

  Remagen, Germany, 428–31

  Renault tanks, 87

  Rennes, France, 319, 320, 323, 368, 369

  Report to the Nation (CBS World News), 261–62

  Reporter’s Life, A (Cronkite), 422

  Republic of Silence, The (La République du Silence) (Liebling), 260, 424

  Reuben, Robert, 266

  Reuters, 266, 362

  Reynolds, Quentin, 261–62, 439

  Rhine River, 381, 396, 408, 427–30, 434

  Rhino tanks, 299

  Rhone River, 343

  Rhone Valley, 339

  Rice, James, 417–18

  Richards, Bob, 269, 423

  Ridgway, Matthew, 429

  Riefenstahl, Leni, 446

  Rigg, Henry Kilburn “Bunny,” 11–14, 15, 20, 21, 277, 374, 444

  Rigg, Marjorie, 444

  Right Stuff, The (Wolfe), 457

  Roach, Jack, 267, 333, 346–48, 366, 367

  Road Back to Paris, The (Liebling), 52, 98, 150, 167, 309

  Roberts, Clete, 266

  Roberts, Ned, 269

  Robertson, Walter M., 302

  Roetgen, Germany, 394–95

  Roll Me Over (B-26 Marauder), 168–72

  Rome, Italy, 18–19, 235–37, 334, 345

  Romilly-sur-Seine, France, 128

  Rommel, Erwin, 9, 82, 101, 103, 104, 108, 109, 141, 271, 298, 303, 329

  Romorantin, France, 392

  Rooney, Andrew Aitken, 6, 27, 35, 133, 135–36, 154, 158, 206, 244, 385

  Air Gunner by, 250

  Atlantic crossing of, 54–55

  ball-turret gunner’s death and, 159

  Bigart and, 117–18, 250, 455

  Boyle and, 250

  Bradley briefing and, 312–14

  Bronze Star awarded to, 307

  at CBS News, 448

  childhood of, 36

  at college, 36–37

  combat missions flown by, 16, 25, 121–24, 128, 143, 145–47, 251–52, 270

  combat training and, 138

  concentration camps and, 36, 432–33, 446

  Cronkite and, 28, 129–30, 248, 250, 456, 459–60

  D-Day and, 14–16, 24–25

  drafted into army, 37, 49

  on Eighth Army Air Force, 126

  The Fortunes of War by, 270, 441, 447, 448

  in France, 270–75, 284–85, 291, 293, 294, 297, 298, 302–4, 306–7, 312–18, 322–23, 328, 331, 332–35, 344–46, 357, 359, 363–65, 367–71, 375, 401–2

  German bomb attack attempt on U.S. story and, 403–6, 423

  in Germany, 394–96, 428–32, 436–37

  Hemingway and, 357, 358, 364

  in Holland, 394, 397

  joins Stars and Stripes, 67–69

  Liebling and, 14, 250, 276, 447

  in London, 128–29

  My War by, 155, 350, 431, 447, 448

  in North African campaign, 76

  at Nuremberg trials, 444–46

  Patton and, 51, 112

 

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