Assignment to Hell (84 page)

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

Reagan, 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

personality of, 15, 37

physical appearance of, 36

postwar reunions and, 450

postwar visits to Europe by, 25, 405–6

on preinvasion mobilization, 252

on
60 Minutes
, 448

sports column by, 423–24

Stewart and, 162–63

on V-E Day, 438

visit to U.S., 403–5, 423

wartime mementoes of, 437, 448–49

Weaver story and, 174

writing mentors of, 250–51

writing technique of, 51

Rooney, Brian, 448–49

Rooney, Margie, 317, 403, 423

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 4, 53, 62, 64, 75, 77, 78, 81, 85, 93, 100–2, 126, 137, 139, 149, 173, 191, 219, 228, 334, 443, 448

Roosevelt, Theodore, 39, 79, 100

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr., 100

Root, Waverly, 324

Rosmarino River, 179

Ross, Harold, 30, 43, 45, 67, 91, 169

Routh, Ross N., 202

Royal Air Force (RAF), 125, 126, 164, 167, 315, 330

Ruhr Valley, 381, 389

Rundstedt, Gerd von, 258, 303, 329, 416, 429

Runyon, Damon, 375

Russell, Ned, 383

Russian female prisoners, 355–56

Ruthie II
(B-17 Flying Fortress), 174, 175

Ruthman, Bob, 36–37, 403

Ryan, Cornelius, 421

S for Sugar
(B-17 Flying Fortress), 6, 144, 145, 157

Safi, Morocco, 83

St.-André-de-l’Épine, 296

St.-Lazaire, France, 401

St.-Lô, 272, 288, 291, 293, 296, 297, 301–8, 335, 359

St.-Malo, France, 328–29

St. Mars-le-Brière, France, 355

St.-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, 288, 323

St. Tropez, France, 338, 339

Ste.-Mère-Église, France, 271

Saipan, 287

Saiz, Reinaldo J., 145

Salerno, Italy, 17, 214, 219–22, 224, 236, 237

Salisbury, Harrison, 5, 50, 56, 80, 117, 126–27, 136, 145–47, 246–47, 256, 351, 453

San Fratello, Sicily, 179, 180, 188

San Pietro Infine, Italy, 214, 230–35, 442

San Stefano, Sicily, 202, 205, 206, 209

Sant’Agata, Sicily, 179, 180, 188

Sardinia, 193

Sayers, Darwin, 22

Scalisi, Bernard, 335

Schelde estuary, 391

Schlieben, Karl-Wilhelm von, 271, 286–87

Schweinfurt-Regensburg, Germany, 155, 158–59

Scoglitti, Sicily, 195, 202

Scott, Denton, 133, 142–43

Scott, George C., 78

Scripps Howard, 23, 26, 77, 91, 94, 95, 292

Sebu River, 85, 86

See River, 329

Seine River, 353, 364, 365

Sele River and Valley, 214, 222, 223

Selective Service, 52

Sélune River, 329

Semmes, Harry, 86–87

Semmes, Raphael, 86

Sevareid, Eric, 19, 26, 41, 218, 247, 248

Shackeroo
(B-17 Flying Fortress), 166–67

Sheehan, Neil, 453–54

Sheets, Colleen, 443

Sheets, Robert W., 1, 2, 5, 21–22, 443

Sheridan, Ann, 142

Sherman, William Tecumseh, 202

Sherman tanks, 234, 322, 392, 395, 428

Shigemitsu, Mamoru, 441, 443

Shoo Shoo Baby
(B-17G Flying Fortress), 1–6, 8–9, 21–22

Sicilian campaign, 12, 17, 92, 99, 102, 104, 112, 177–211, 217, 236, 442

Siegfried Line, 44, 381, 394–96, 401, 408

Siler, Tom, 268

60 Minutes
, 67, 448

Small, Collie, 248, 269, 422, 423

Small, Parley D., 124

Smith, Bedell, 421–22

Smith, Roy Q., 157

Soldier’s Story, A
(Bradley), 460

Soviet Union, 52, 76, 396, 419, 434–35

Spa, Belgium, 400, 413

Spaatz, Carl A. “Tooey,” 126, 127, 149, 154, 173

Spanish Civil War, 424

Speer, Albert, 446

Speidel, Hans, 329

Spitfires, 166, 244, 282

Stafford, Jean, 32, 461

Stalin, Joseph, 62, 76, 102, 246, 435

Stalingrad, 302, 328, 331, 448

Star shells, 287

Stars and Stripes
, 6, 14, 16, 19, 51, 67–69, 108, 121, 128, 130, 133, 143, 146, 155, 159, 162, 188, 250–52, 260, 271, 293, 306, 322, 368–70, 375, 389, 390, 394, 401–3, 405, 423, 430–32, 437–38

Steele, John, 271

Steinbeck, John, 119

Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle), 33