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by William Guarnere


  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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