Bain, Rod
Band of Brothers (Ambrose)
Band of Brothers (HBO miniseries)
Band of Brothers Project, France
Barnett, Eddie
Bastogne, Belgium
See also Guarnere, Bill “Wild Bill” (Bastogne, Belgium); Heffron, Edward “Babe” (Bastogne, Belgium)
Battleground (film)
Battle of Monte Porchia
Battle of the Bulge. See also Bastogne, Belgium
Beach, Elmer
Bellino, Sal
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Blithe, Albert “Alby,”
Bois Jacques woods, Belgium
bomb shelter and German family, Babe sparing
Boyle, Leo “Fearless Phosgene,”
Brecourt Manor battle
Brewer, Bob
Bridge Too Far, A (film)
Briggsy, Helen
British soldiers
American soldiers vs.
fighting with
leaders, poor quality of
rescue of
Bronze Stars
Burgess, Tom
Bush, George, Sr
Cagney, James
Campbell, James
Camp Mackall, NC
Camp Shanks, NY
Camp Toombs (Toccoa), GA
Carentan battle
Carson, Gordon
casualties
Bastogne, Belgium
D-Day
Holland
Catholic faith of Babe
Christenson, Burt
Christenson, Pat
Churchill, Winston
Cianfrani, Anthony “Brain,”
Cirigilo, Tony “Save you for Wednesday,”
Citizens Military Training Camp (CMTC), Fort Meade
Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC)
Clark, Maxwell
clothes as mementos
combat jump stars
Compton, Buck
Aldbourne, England
Bastogne, Belgium
D-Day
Holland
Mourmelon-le-Grand
South Philly, back home in
training
concentration camp, Germany Cortez, Nick
court-martial of Bill
Crosby, Bing
Dagblad
Darcel, Denise
Davenport, Dick
D-Day. See Guarnere, Bill “Wild Bill” (D-Day)
Dead Man’s Corner
de Gaulle, Charles
Diel, James “Punchy,”
Dike, Norman “Foxhole Norman” (Captain)
displaced persons (DPs)
Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
Dog Company
Donut Dollies (Red Cross girls)
Dougherty, Johnny
Drake, Jessica
Dukeman, William
DUKWs
Düsseldorf, Germany
Dutch. See also Holland
American soldiers and
underground
Dutch Airborne Friends
dysentery, Babe’s
Eagle’s Nest (Hitler’s)
E (Easy) Company. See also 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment; Guarnere, Bill “Wild Bill”; Heffron, Edward “Babe”; 101st Airborne Division “Screaming Eagles”
keeping track of
reputation of
82nd Airborne Division
Eindhoven, Holland, xxii
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
emotions of combat
enlisted men vs. officers
Evans, William
Exercise Tiger
Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers)
Fighting 69th, The (film)
1st Battalion (Companies A, B, C) 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. See also E (Easy) Company; Guarnere, Bill “Wild Bill”; Heffron, Edward “Babe”; 101st Airborne Division “Screaming Eagles”
Foley, Lieutenant
football game (506th vs. 502nd “Five-Oh-Deuce/Ducs”)
forced labor camps, Germany
Fort Benning, GA
Fort Eustis, VA
Fox Company
Foy, Belgium
freedom, meaning of
Freeman, Brad
French
friendships and bonding
Galloway, Ampy
German General surrendering to Babe
Germany. See also Heffron, Edward “Babe” (Germany)
Adolf Hitler loved by
Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers)
MG-42, superiority of
railroad gun
Screaming Mimis
soldiers, poor shooters
SS troopers (Nazis)
technologically advanced army
Tiger 88 tanks, destruction from
V-1s/V-2s
“Gonorrhea,” 92. See also Guarnere, Bill “Wild Bill” (Aldbourne, England)
Gordon, Walter
Grant, Cary
Grant, Chuck
Green, Sergeant
Grodski, Stephen “the Brow,”
Guarnere, Bill “Wild Bill,”. See also Heffron, Edward “Babe”
Guarnere, Bill “Wild Bill” (Aldbourne, England)
combat jump stars
“fire” at USO club
girls and
guard duty
KP vs. forced march
leadership abilities
live rounds for training
money made by
Operation Market Garden
politics of war
promotions after Normandy
propaganda on radio, listening to
replacements
Silver Star
sports played during
tattoos
training
weekend passes
Guarnere, Bill “Wild Bill” (Band of Brothers, HBO miniseries)
Guarnere, Bill “Wild Bill” (Bastogne, Belgium)
air force support
ammunition shortage
armored divisions breaking siege
chaos of
communications
conditions at
fire fights, quick
flight home from Scotland
foxhole as Platoon CP
foxholes, covering with dead Germans
friendly fire
hell, war as
hospitals and surgeries
infantry troops running away
leadership abilities
main line of resistance (MLR)
outpost duty
patrols
promises made to God
segregated army
singing
Sterno for cooking
supply drops
surrendering to Germans, not an option
surrounded by Germans
talents (individual) of men
treebursts from German tanks
water (fresh), difficulty finding
wounds
Guarnere, Bill “Wild Bill” (D-Day)
antiaircraft fire
Brecourt Manor battle
Carentan battle
chaos of
Dead Man’s Corner
first kill
friendships and bonding
German information captured
German supply train and
Graves Registration Team
Henry “Dunk” (Bill’s brother) death, revenge for
house-to-house fighting
jump into
leg bags
looting spree
metal crickets for identifying soldiers
patrol of farmhouses
promotions on battlefield
tanks and tank destroyers
wooden bullets used by Germans
Guarnere, Bill “Wild Bill” (Holland)
communications
court-martial and demotion of
directing pl
atoons
Dutch and GIs
1st Platoon and
footbridge, makeshift
Hell’s Highway
hospital stay of
houses, destroying
Island and
jump into Holland
leadership abilities
machine gunners, importance of
mail call
missing soldier, found
Operation Market Garden
replacement depot (repo depot)
saving life of Babe
sharing among men
singing by Joe Toye
SS troopers (Nazis) killed by
underground (Dutch)
V-mail
windmills used by Germans
wounds
Guarnere, Bill “Wild Bill” (Mourmelon-le-Grand, France)
Guarnere, Bill “Wild Bill” (South Philly)
Augusta (Bill’s mother)
Baldwin Locomotive work
childhood
Citizens Military Training Camp (CMTC), Fort Meade
drinking
Earnest (Bill’s brother)
enlisting in military
Frannie (Bill’s girlfriend)
hanging out on street corners
Henry “Dunk” (Bill’s brother)
high school graduation
Joe (Bill’s father)
leadership abilities
nationalities in neighborhood
Pearl Harbor bombing and
resourcefulness of
sports played by
street life
survival mode
working as a child
Guarnere, Bill “Wild Bill” (South Philly, back home in)
America during WWII vs. Vietnam
amputated leg
Babe “Grumpy” and
Band of Brothers (Ambrose) and
Battleground (film) premier
Billy, Jr. (Bill’s son)
Bronze Stars (Normandy, Holland, Belgium)
car (free) for amputees
combat jump stars
construction work
cooking
crutches vs. artificial leg
E (Easy) Company, keeping track of
engineering degree
Frannie (Bill’s wife)
Gene (Bill’s son)
grandchildren
Haddon Hall hospital
Henry “Dunk” (Bill’s brother), thinking about
home, healing process at
Liberty Bell visit
life, appreciation of
people, figuring out
Presidential Distinguished Unit Citations (Normandy, Bastogne)
private vs. sergeant
Publickers Industries work
Purple Hearts
railroad track, laying down on
reunions, 101st Airborne
sacrifices
Silver Star (Normandy)
tattoos
troublemaker at hospital
Vietnam War
visiting with friends from war
war, changes from
war, not talking about
waterfront, cargo checker
world, changes in
Guarnere, Bill “Wild Bill” (training)
Aldbourne, England
appearance of
Camp Mackall, NC
Camp Toombs (Toccoa), GA
combat-oriented
courage, overcoming fear
Currahee (“stands alone”)
D-Day
D-Day simulations
drinking drummed out, number of men
E (Easy) Company, reputation of
excuses (no), learning
Exercise Tiger
fear of jumping out of planes, overcoming
field maneuvers
fighting at
Fort Benning, GA
friendships and bonding
girls and
guns, sleeping with
guns, studying
Henry “Dunk” (Bill’s brother), death of
holidays
hot beer
initiative, taking
jump school
lardy cakes
leadership abilities
leg bags
lost on purpose
mail call
march to Fort Benning
mortar expertise
mutiny over Sobel
officers vs. enlisted men
101st Airborne Division “Screaming Eagles,”
Operation Eagle
physical conditioning
promotions
radio, listening to
repetition, benefits of
South Philly experiences and
sports played during
troublemaker
waiting, difficulty of
“walkie-talkie 506,”
weaklings, weeding out
weekend passes
wings, earning
Guarnere, Bill “Wild Bill” (visiting places we fought)
Aldbourne, England
Band of Brothers (Ambrose) and
Bastogne, Belgium
Dutch and GIs
Eindhoven, Holland
France
graves of buddies
plaque from Theo Staal
talking to Joe Toye, Chuck Grant
Hanks, Colin
Hanks, Tom
Hanson, Hank
Harrellson, Siles
Harris, Salty
Harris, Terrence
hedgerow fighting
Heehaw, Lord
Heffron, Edward “Babe,”. See also Guarnere, Bill “Wild Bill”
Heffron, Edward “Babe” (Aldbourne, England)
appearance of
combat jump stars
England, bombing by Germany
fighting
friendships and bonding
guard duty
jitterbugging
live rounds for training
machine gunner
money made by
Operation Market Garden
pissing on a replacement’s head
replacements
sergeants, staying away from
training
waiting, difficulty of
Windsor Dive and GIs
Heffron, Edward “Babe” (Band of Brothers, HBO miniseries)
Heffron, Edward “Babe” (Bastogne, Belgium)
airborne troops, reputation of
air force support
air raid by Germans
armored divisions breaking siege
AWOL
Bill and Joe Toye, wounded
Catholic faith of
communion during
conditions at
fragility of life
friendly fire
hands, problems with
high ground, Germans on
“Hinkle” incident
hospital in Liège, Belgium
infantry troops running away
John Julian’s death and
K rations
main line of resistance (MLR)
medical supplies, resupplying
Moder River defensive position
New Year’s Eve
night patrol for prisoners
offensive vs. relief orders
officers vs. enlisted men
old, looking
outpost duty
Red Ball Express drive to
“relieved” by armored divisions, untrue
resentment toward General Taylor
shelling by Germans at night
shooting a radio by a sergeant
singing
sleep deprivation
supply drops
surrendering to Germans, not an option
trench foot as big problem
water (fresh), difficulty finding
West Pointers as cocky
wife, mistaken for Al Vittore’s
Heffron, Edward “Babe” (Germany)
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Austrians and GIs
beauty of Germany
bomb shelter and German family, sparing
Catholic faith of
concentration camp
dead bodies to be buried immediately
discharge from army
displaced persons (DPs)
Eagle’s Nest (Hitler’s)
forced labor camps
France, garrison duty in
German General surrendering to
Holocaust, reality of
house-to-house searches
jumping one more time for jump pay
leadership abilities
looting
main line of resistance (MLR)
Mein Kampf (Hitler)
payroll found in house
pornography (furniture)
redheaded Hungarian Jewish girl in concentration camp
SS troopers (Nazis)
surrendering Germans
weapon depots, guarding
Heffron, Edward “Babe” (Holland)
antiaircraft fire
B-29s dropping silver foil
baby carriage for supplies
Bill saving life of
broken legged soldier, helping
Catholic faith of
Dutch and GIs
Dutchman on bike, German shelling
friendly fire
gas scare
German soldier, wise guy
hedgerows
Hell’s Highway
Island and
Jim Campbell saving life of
jump into Holland
machine gunner
machine gun pissed on
P38s
Polish prisoner
prisoner (German), getting
rescue of British soldiers
rosary beads
singing by Joe Toye
smoke pots
sock, losing
underground (Dutch)
windmills used by Germany
wounds
Heffron, Edward “Babe” (Mourmelon-le-Grand, France)
Heffron, Edward “Babe” (South Philly)
Anne (Babe’s mother)
baby carriage for coal
betting on horse races
Catholic faith of
childhood of
Doris (Babe’s girlfriend)
enlisting in military
hands, problems with
hanging out in Laundromat
high school and
James “Shad” (Babe’s brother)
John “Jack,” “Jake” (Babe’s brother)
Joseph (Babe’s brother)
Joseph (Babe’s father)
nationalities in neighborhood
New York Ship work
Pearl Harbor bombing and
scapula from mother
2B slip
work as a child
Heffron, Edward “Babe” (South Philly, back home in)
Band of Brothers (Ambrose) and
Battleground (film) premier
betting on horse races
Bill and
Bobby (Babe’s son)
Bronze Star (Holland)
Dolly (Babe’s daughter)
Dolores Kessler (wife)
first breakfast with family
flashbacks
football (semipro)
German General surrendering to
hands, problems with
Harry (Babe’s son)
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