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Authors: James Brady
Alexander, Joseph H.
Closing In: Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima.
Washington, DC: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps [Supt. of Docs., U.S. GPO, distributor], 1994.
Closing In: Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima.
Washington, DC: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps [Supt. of Docs., U.S. GPO, distributor], 1994.
Alexander, Joseph H., with Don Horan and Norman C. Stahl.
A Fellowship of Valor: The Battle History of the U.S. Marines
. New York: HarperCollins, 1997.
A Fellowship of Valor: The Battle History of the U.S. Marines
. New York: HarperCollins, 1997.
Doorly, Bruce W.
Raritan's Hero: The John Basilone Story.
Privately published.
Raritan's Hero: The John Basilone Story.
Privately published.
Lansford, William Douglas. “The Life and Death of âManila John' Basilone.”
Leatherneck.
October 2002.
Leatherneck.
October 2002.
Leckie, Robert.
Challenge for the Pacific: The Bloody Six-Month Battle of Guadalcanal.
New York: Da Capo, 1999. âââ.
Helmet for My Pillow.
New York: Bantam, 1995.
Challenge for the Pacific: The Bloody Six-Month Battle of Guadalcanal.
New York: Da Capo, 1999. âââ.
Helmet for My Pillow.
New York: Bantam, 1995.
Paige, Mitchell.
A Marine Named Mitch.
Santa Fe Springs, CA: Wylde & Sons, 1975.
A Marine Named Mitch.
Santa Fe Springs, CA: Wylde & Sons, 1975.
Proser, Jim, with Jerry Cutter.
“I'm Staying with My Boys . . .”: The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC.
Hilton Head, SC: Lightbearer Communications, 2004.
“I'm Staying with My Boys . . .”: The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC.
Hilton Head, SC: Lightbearer Communications, 2004.
Santelli, James S.
A Brief History of the 7th Marines
. Washington, DC: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1980.
A Brief History of the 7th Marines
. Washington, DC: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1980.
Shaw, Henry I., Jr.
First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal
. Washington, DC: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps [Supt. of Docs., U.S. GPO, distributor], 1992.
First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal
. Washington, DC: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps [Supt. of Docs., U.S. GPO, distributor], 1992.
Sledge, Eugene.
With the Old Breed, at Peleliu and Okinawa.
New York: Bantam, 1982.
With the Old Breed, at Peleliu and Okinawa.
New York: Bantam, 1982.
Tatum, Charles W.
Iwo Jima: 19, February, 1945, Red Blood, Black Sand, Pacific Apocalypse
. Stockton, CA: C.W. Tatum Pub., 1995.
Iwo Jima: 19, February, 1945, Red Blood, Black Sand, Pacific Apocalypse
. Stockton, CA: C.W. Tatum Pub., 1995.
Tillman, Mary, and Narda Zacchino.
Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman
. New York: Modern Times, 2008.
Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman
. New York: Modern Times, 2008.
United States Marine Corps, Historical Division. Lieutenant Colonel Frank O. Hough, USMCR; Major Verle E. Ludwig, USMC; and Henry I. Shaw Jr.
History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal,
vol. I. Washington: GPO, 1958.
History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal,
vol. I. Washington: GPO, 1958.
Illustration Credits
Page xi, AP Images; pages 14, 180, USMC; pages 78, 126,
Leatherneck
magazine; page 218, © Bettman/CORBIS; page 238, Bruce Doorly.
Leatherneck
magazine; page 218, © Bettman/CORBIS; page 238, Bruce Doorly.
Index
Page numbers in
italics
refer to illustrations.
italics
refer to illustrations.
Albany, New York
Alexander, Joe
Allbritton, Louise
Alvino, Lawrence “Cookie Hound”
American Civil War
American Cyanamid
American Revolution
Amtrac 3C27
Andrews Sisters
ANZAC
Aquilina, Robert V.
Arlington National Cemetery
Arnold, Laurence
Australia
Australian casualties at Guadalcanal
Basilone in
Congressional Medal of Honor ceremony held in
1st Battalionh Marine Regiment in
Japan's World War II threat to
“Back the Attack” slogan
Baldwin, Raymond E.
Basilone, Alphonse (brother)
Basilone, Angelo (brother)
Basilone, Carlo (brother)
Basilone, Dolores (sister)
on brother's death
death of
views on Ed Sullivan
Basilone, Donald (brother)
Basilone, Dora (Bengivenga) (mother)
biographical information
notified of son's death
at son's burial
Basilone, George (brother)
Battle of Iwo Jima and
concerns for brother's safety
notified of brother's death
Basilone, Lena Riggi (wife)
Basilone family and
courtship with Basilone
death of
marriage to Basilone
Basilone, “Manila” John
accounts of Guadalcanal events and
in Army
in Australia
barefoot preference of
biographical information
boxing career of
burial of
at Camp Pendleton
at Camp Tarawa
civilian jobs of
commission offered to
Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to
continuing controversy about
correspondence with family
death of
drinking by
on fame
gambling and
legacy of
Marine enlistment by
marriage of
Navy Cross awarded to
nickname of
nightmares suffered by
Paige, Mitchell, and
promotions of
Puller and
at Quantico
reported premonitions of
return to combat by
romantic life of
on Samoa
second Congressional Medal of Honor recommendation
statue of
tattoos
on war bond tour
Basilone, Mary (sister)
Basilone, Phyllis (sister).
See
Cutter, Phyllis Basilone
See
Cutter, Phyllis Basilone
Basilone, Salvatore (father)
biographical information
business of
notified of son's death
on son's Army enlistment
at son's burial
on son's Marine Corps enlistment
Basilone Day (September 19, 1943)
Basilone Parade
Basilone Road, Camp Pendleton
Bataan Peninsula, Philippines
battles.
See
Coral Sea, Battle of; Guadalcanal, Battle of; Iwo Jima, Battle of; Midway, Battle of
See
Coral Sea, Battle of; Guadalcanal, Battle of; Iwo Jima, Battle of; Midway, Battle of
Belt, Ralph
Bengivenga, Carlo
Bengivenga, Catrina
Bengivenga, Dora.
See
Basilone, Dora (Bengivenga) (mother)
See
Basilone, Dora (Bengivenga) (mother)
Bisonette, Biz
Bloody Ridge (Edson's Ridge) .
See also
Guadalcanal, Battle of
See also
Guadalcanal, Battle of
Blyth, Ann
Bongiovi, Anna Marie
Bongiovi, Anthony G., Sr.
Bon Jovi, Jon
Bougainville
Bowie, James
Bracken, Eddie
Bradley, Reverend Paul
Brady, Jim
Bridgewater (NJ) Courier-News
Bridgewater-Raritan High School
Briggs, Ralph, Jr.
brothels
Browning .30-caliber M1917A1 machine gun
Brusa, Adolph
Budemy, Frank
Bullard (Marine)
Burns, Ken
Butler, John
Calabrese, Rocky
Calco Chemical Division, American Cyanamid
Camp Lejeune
Camp Pendleton
Camp Tarawa
Cape Gloucester
Carlsbad Hotel
Carolines.
See also
Iwo Jima; Luzon, Philippines; Truk
See also
Iwo Jima; Luzon, Philippines; Truk
Cates, Clifton B.
Cavite, Philippines
Chafee, John
China
Cianciella, Josephine
Cirello, Tony
Clemens, Martin
Closing In: Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima
(Alexander)
(Alexander)
“coast watchers”
Cohen, Schiller
Collier's
Congressional Medal of Honor
awarded to Mitchell Paige
Conoley, Odell M.
Coral Sea, Battle of
Cornwallis, Lord
Cornwell, Elmer
Corregidor, Philippines
Creak, Robert J.
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Curley, Charles
Cutter, Bill
Cutter, Jerry
on Basilone's Army service
on Basilone's childhood
on Basilone's death
on Basilone's Marine service
on Basilone's romantic life
on Guadalcanal events
views on war bond tour
Cutter, Phyllis Basilone
on Basilone's Army service
on Basilone's childhood
on Basilone's death
on Basilone's Marine service
on Basilone's views of New York City
on Guadalcanal events
views on war bond tour
D-Day
Del Rocco, Steve
del Valle, Pedro
Dinah Might
(B-29 bomber)
(B-29 bomber)
Doorly, Bruce W.
on Basilone's burial
on Basilone's childhood
on Basilone's death
on Basilone's fame
on Basilone's funeral
on Basilone's Marine service
at brother's burial
Grey interviewed by
on Guadalcanal events
on Iwo Jima events
views on war bond tour
Duke, Doris (Cromwell)
Dunlap, Alvin C.
Duryea, Justin Gates
Edge, Walter
Edson, Merrill A. “Red Mike”
Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to
5th Marine Regiment commanded by
Elsner, Roy
Evans, “Chicken”
Evanson, Steve
Farese, Tony
Fellows, Edith
5th Marine Division
at Camp Tarawa
formation of
training by Basilone and
See also
Iwo Jima, Battle of
See also
Iwo Jima, Battle of
“Filipino Scouts”
1st Battalionh Marine Regiment
in Australia
casualties suffered by
1st Marine Division (“Old Breed”)
First Offensive
(Shaw)
(Shaw)
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Fleet Marine Force Pacific (FMF PAC)
Fletcher, Jack
“fog of war”
Ford, Walt
Forrestal, James V.
Fort Jay
4th Marine Division
Fox, John
Fox Movietone News
Franchino, Charles
Frelinghuysen, Joseph
From Here to Eternity
Fuller, Regan
Gable, Clark
Gaburo, Alfred
Gaburo's Laundry
Gai, Hector R., Jr.
Galer, Robert E.
gambling
Garand M1 semiautomatic rifles
Garfield, John
Garland (Marine)
Gavutu
Geiger, Roy
Gemmer, Ward L.
Germany, surrender of
Ghormley, Robert
Giniger, Henry
Golden, James
Governor's Island
Graham (priest)
Grant, Ulysses S.
Great Gatsby, The
(Fitzgerald)
(Fitzgerald)
Grey, Virginia
Guadalcanal, Battle of
Basilone's actions at
map
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Hall, Robert
Halsey, William “Bull”
Hanks, Tom
Hanneken, Herman Henry
Hartman, Ed
Hawaii
Helstowski, Helen
Helstowski, Steve
Henderson, Lofton R.
Henderson Field .
See also
Guadalcanal, Battle of
See also
Guadalcanal, Battle of
Hersholt, Gene
History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II,
volume 1,
Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal
volume 1,
Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal
Holcombe & Holcombe
Honshu
Hoover, J. A.
Hyakutake, General
Hyman, Vicki
I'm Staying with My Boys
(Cutter, Proser)
(Cutter, Proser)
on Basilone's Army service
on Basilone's childhood
on Basilone's death
on Basilone's Marine service
on Basilone's romantic life
on Guadalcanal events
views on war bond tour
See also
Cutter, Jerry; Proser, Jim
Cutter, Jerry; Proser, Jim
Iwo Jima
blockhouse attack controversy
casualties
invasion plans
landing
Iwo Jima, Battle of
Basilone's death at
Basilone's deployment to
Basilone's landing on
Motoyama Airfield #1
Mount Suribachi
Jack, W. A.
Janice (Basilone's niece)
Japan
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Coral Sea and
4th Infantry
planes of
Sendai Division
Tulagi and
VJ Day
weapons of
World War II threat to Australia by
See also
Guadalcanal, Battle of; Iwo Jima, Battle of;
individual names of officers; individual names of places
Guadalcanal, Battle of; Iwo Jima, Battle of;
individual names of officers; individual names of places
Jenkins, Burris, Jr.
Jersey City, New Jersey
John Basilone Memorial Field
Johns Manville
Journal-American
Kasky, Edward
Keenan, John
Kelly, Ray
Keough, Father
Kilmera, Reverend Raymond
Kuribayashi, Tadamichi
LaGuardia, Fiorello
Landing Ship Tanks (LST)
Lansford, Douglas “Bill”
La Pointe (Marine)
Lawrence, T. E.
Leatherneck
Leckie, Robert
on Guadalcanal events
on Puller's demeanor
Lee, Robert E.
Lewis, Joe E.
Life
light machine guns (LMG)
Lockhart, Gene
Lolita (Basilone's girlfriend)
Lombard, Carole
London, Jack
Lunga River
Luzon, Philippines
Lynch, Jessica
MacArthur, Douglas
Manila John Basilone at War
(comic book)
(comic book)
“Manila John” (song) (Memoli Jack)
Marine Corps Gazette
Marine Named Mitch, A
(Paige)
(Paige)
Marine Ops
“Marine Story” (NBC)
Marquand, John P.
Maruyama, Maseo
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