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Abernathy, Susan McIver 23, 45–47 36, 42 Acheson, Dean Bao Dai 464 and Korea 248, 249 Barrish, Paul 373, 427 first to state domino theory 459 Bataan, Battling Bastards of 332 Acuff, Roy 181 Bataan Death March 333 Adams, M.D 444 Bataan Gang. See MacArthur, Douglas Adams, Will 31 Bataan Peninsula 329–333 Adkisson, Paul L. 436. See also USS Colahan bathythermograph 455 Alameda, California 268, 312, 315, 317, 320, Battle of Coral Seas 296–297 335, 336, 338, 339, 345, 346, 349, Battle off Samars 291, 292, 297–298, 303, 351, 354, 356 306–309, 438 Alamogordo, New Mexico 63, 64 Bedichek, Roy 220 Albano, Sam 371, 372, 373, 414, 425, 426, Bee County, Texas 12, 17, 19 427 Beeville, Texas 19 Albany, Texas 161 Belfast, Ireland 186 Albuquerque, New Mexico 228, 229 Bengal, Oklahoma 94 Allred, Lue Jeff 32, 44, 200 Bidault, Georges 497, 510 Alpine, Texas 67 Big Cypress Bayou, Texas 33 Amarillo, Texas 66, 88, 122, 198, 431 Big Spring, Texas 58, 61, 68, 74, 255, 256 Ambrose, Stephen Bikini Atoll. See Operation Castle on Truman’s decision 466, 467 Bilyeau, Paul 519, 523, 526 Anderson County, Texas 35 Blick, Robert 487, 500, 505, 510 Anson County, North Carolina 21 Blytheville, Arkansas 112 Appling, Luke 224 Bockius, R.W. 272, 273, 288, 289, 290 Arapaho Reservation 50 commended by Halsey 273 Archer City, Texas 50, 55, 74, 104, 200, 201, during typhoon 288, 289, 290 259 on carrier work 272 Argyllshire, Scotland 45 Boerne, Texas 68 Arnold, Eddie 181 Bonamarte, Joseph 20 Arrington, Fred 164 Booth, Sarah 433 Ashworth, Barbara 110, 219, 220, 433, 434 Boudreau, Lou 175 Ashworth, Don 219, 433 Bowers, Gary 361, 375, 386, 427 Ashworth, Kenneth 219, 220 Bowie, James 244 Ashworth, Mae 199, 219, 220 Bradley, Omar 252 Ashworth, R.B. 219, 220, 434 Brannagan, Don 372, 386, 387, 410 Atkinson, Edward 41 Brantingham, H.J. 524 atomic/nuclear bomb tests 312, 314, 456, 457, Brazos County, Texas 79 471, 475. See also USS Curtiss; See Bremerton, Washington 273 also Operation Castle Briscoe, R.P. 413 atomic/nuclear weapons 239, 400, 404, 411, Brittan, M.A 146 448, 497, 521 Brock, Daniel 340 atomic bombs, Operation Vulture 497, 513. Brock, Gene 138, 181, 191, 193, 197, 340 See also Operation Vulture Brock, Harue 340 Austin, Stephen F. 147, 244 Brock, Obra Alton 200, 341, 343, 420 Austin, Texas 84, 86, 93–96, 101–108 Brooks, William. See USS Colahan , 114–117, 128, 143, 181, 213–214, Browne, George 487 215–242, 247, 255, 256, 259, 261, Brownfield, Texas 80 350, 358, 399, 422, 433–435, 453, 461 Buchanan Dam 95 Bailey, Anne Buffalo Gap, Texas 35 on Civil War in Texas 39 Burke, John 30 Bakersfield, California 352, 353, 523 Burnett, George Laffon 111, 233–234 Ball, Peter 361, 386 Burnett, Jessee Gordon 111, 233 Bangkok, Thailand. See Thailand Burnett, Jesse Gordon 233 Banks, Nathaniel Burnett, Larmer Alvin 111, 233–234
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560 Burnett, Lavander Eugene 111, 233 Agency (CIA) Burnett, Lorelei 233 Civil rights 112, 265, 266, 397, 453, 454. See Burnett, Lowell 95, 103, 110, 232–233 also Truman, Harry; See also Goodwin, Burnett, Mary Loretta 233, 234 Doris Kearns Burnett, Opal Rowena 233 Clark, J.J. 413 Burns, Rollie 135, 149, 150, 161 Clark, Mark 413 Burson, Frank 351 Clarkson, P.W. 457 Bush, President George W. 279, 462 Clinton, Bill 399 Byrnes, James 459 Cobb, Ty 176 Cagle, Malcolm 401, 402, 404. See Manson, Cogny, Rene 511, 513 Frank on Operation Vulture 497 Caldera, Joseph Colbert, R.V. 162 flew over Dien Bien Phu 505 Cold War 250, 252, 443, 448, 458, 459, 463, Calhoun, C. Raymond 288, 289, 290 464, 466, 519, 522 on Cape Esperance 288, 289, 290 America’s role 463 Calhoun, Mary Loretta (Burnett) 233–234 China 443, 519, 522 Cambodia. See Indochina Indochina 250, 464, 466 Campbell, Ernest 200 led to draft 252 Campbell, Randolph 28–32, 343 Truman Doctrine 459 Campbell, Rev. Peter Colin 45, 46 turns hot 448 Cape Esperance. See Colorado City, Texas 60 Caprock Escarpment 123–125, 134–137, Comanche Reservation 50 149–153 Communist containment 247, 460, 465, 466, Captain Cadillac 202, 203, 204 467, 499 Captain Sanders, Eddie 199 Cook, Charles 297 Carney, Robert 498 Cooke County, Texas 35 Carson, Kit 66 Cooper, Roby 361, 427 Carter, Worrall Reid Copeland, Kennard Bill 50, 51, 52, 53 on CVE impact on war 276 Copeland, Monroe 92 on CVEs value 272–276 Corpus Christi, Texas 342, 356, 357, 359, 384 Carver, Robert 288, 348 Corregidor 298, 329–333, 510 Cavite City, Philippines 333, 337, 361–362, cotton picking 13, 59, 86, 93, 96, 97, 99, 101, 491–492 119–123, 235, 257 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Cowley, Robert in Indochina 469, 471, 483, 501, 512 on Cold War 459 Chaisson, Charles 339 Craven County, South Carolina 21 Chapman, Bob 277 Crist, Eugene 367 Chase, Art 192 Crockett, Davy 244 Chatham County, Scotland 23, 46 Crockett, Texas 38 Chennault, Claire 469 Crosby County, Texas 124 Cheyenne Reservation 50 canyonland pioneers 134 Chiang Kai-shek cotton picking 122, 123 and Viet Minh 464 Crosbyton, Texas 123, 127, 128, 134, 137, Communist China 418, 487, 519 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 147, 171 defense treaty 522 Ragland farm 123, 141, 267 Chicago, Illinois 287, 400 ranch 142 Daily Tribune 400 Crosbyton, Texas 139 Museum of Science 287 Crump, W.D 161 White Sox 64, 65, 224, 225 Culberson, Charlie 12, 18 Chief Chigley 50 CVE escort aircraft carrier, development Chief George 50 275–283, 283, 284–286 Christofferson, Don L. 369, 385, 415 CVE Task Groups. See Task Groups Churchill, Sarah 238 Dagley, Maenard 138, 163, 179, 184, 200, Churchill, Winston 282, 468, 497 210–213, 340, 341, 421 Eisenhower and Indochina 471, 472, 498, aviation 139, 182, 194, 197, 268, 341, 342, 501, 503, 504, 506, 511 343 European Defense Community 468 farm 163, 183–185, 188–191, 260 Operation Vulture 497 financial help 167, 183, 260 U.S. covert assistance 282 Tennessee Walkers 201 Civil Air Transport. See Central Intelligence Dagley-Morris Piper Cub Distributing
561 341–343 Espuela Land and Cattle Company 125, 146 Dalhart, Texas 116, 117, 118, 127, 228 Estep, Alton 194 Dallam County, Texas 119 Estep, Forrest 180 Dallas. Texas European Defense Community 468, 471 McIver family 1904 caravan west 60, 73 Evans, Griffith.See USS Everett Daniel, John 471 Fall, Bernard Davis, Jefferson 40 on Cogny’s response 511 Davis, Jimmie 181 on French Indochina policy 477, 486 de Castries, Christian 511 on Operation Vulture 497, 502, 505, 511 Deen, Sue Ellen (McMurtry) 58, 200 Feller, Bob 175, 215 de Gaulle, Charles 466 Ferguson, Harry 186–188 DesDiv 172 (Destroyer Division) 480, 481, and Henry Ford 187 483 Fiefield, Russell H. Dewey, Tom 400, 491, 492 on Southeast Asia colonialism 462 Dickens County, Texas 124, 140, 141, 149, Field, James A. Jr. 154, 159, 162–165, 168, 176, 181, 197 on Korean conflict 311, 417 farm 140, 141, 168 First Fleet hogs 149 Indochina 483, 487 prohibition 197 Flores, Dan 149 slave hanging 181 Floydada, Texas 139 Dien Bien Phu. See Indochina Foley, Red 181 Dillard, Ken 518, 519 Fonda, Henry 108 DiMaggio, Joe 175 Ford, Henry 88, 96, 187 Dobbs, Jeff 43 Ford, John 108 Dobbs, Martin Sylvester 58 Forester, John Dobbs, Sybil (Sanders) 58 on steam engines 368 Dobbs, Thomas Jefferson 16, 32, 58, 200, 257, Fort Worth, Texas 135, 155 259 boomtown hype 96 coon hunting 80 clearing timber 95 Dobie, Frank J. 220 Espuela Cattle Co. 146 Dockum, W.C. 155 George Lewis stopover 93–95, 96 domino effect. See also Chapter 16 railway 152, 160 Acheson on 459 Foster, Nellie (Berry) 91 and Vietnam 513 Foster, William 91 Eisenhower on 460 France. See Indochina Johnson on 460 World War I 57, 80 Kennedy on 460 World War II 119, 279, 281, 282 Douglas, William O. 459 Franklin, Arthur D. 58, 200, 256 Drury, Bob 289 Franklin, Arthur Wendell 58 Dulles, Allen 471, 496–503, 509–510 Frederick, Earl 424 Dulles, John Foster 471, 484 Freeman, Don 361 Operation Vulture 497–498, 500–502, Freeport, Texas 236 509–510 French, Elvin 220 Duncan, Donald 523 French, J.D. 220 dust bowl 11, 85, 88, 89, 116, 126, 163, 172, French, Walter 220 234 French Indochina. See Indochina Dyke, Henry Van 515 Friedman, Thomas Easter, Roy 410 on France 467 Egan, Timothy FS Arromanches (R-95) 507, 508 on Dust Bowl 88 FS Bois Belleau (R-97) 469, 509 Eisenhower, Dwight FS l’inconstant (P-636) 507 domino quote 460 FS La Fayette (R-96) 468, 507 Indochina 468, 471, 472, 482, 483, 484, Fuller, Sybet Almira 12, 18, 19, 36 485, 487, 497, 499, 501–512, 522 Fuller, William Simpson 12, 16, 17, 18, 19 Tachen Islands 522 Fulmore School, Austin, Texas 105, 216, 218, Elliot, W.J. 147, 150 223, 233, 385 on wolves and cattle 150 Gallery, Daniel V. 286 poem 145 on shipbuilding industry 275, 286 El Paso, Texas 265 on U-boat capture 287 Eniwetok Atoll. See Operation Greenhouse Galligan, Joe. See USS Colahan
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562 Gardner, Ora 24 on 22 Outfit’s headquarters 135 Geneva Convention 470 on cattle theft 153 Goodwin, Doris Kearns on Johnson grass 157–158 on race and military 454 on land sales 159 Green, Bolen 12 on newspapers 162 Gregg, Bishop 21 on plums 138 Gregg, Patricia. See Livingston, Patricia on railways 160 Grimes County, Texas 24 on West Texas farming 129–130, 132–134, Groves, General Leslie 314 155–156, 159 Guthrie, Woody 87, 113, 235 Holmes, Theophilus 36, 39 Haiphong 482, 501 Hong Kong 272, 372–373, 392 Halberstam, David 1952 Olympics 386, 387 on baseball 215 attacked by Japan 295 Hale, Wynelle (Franklin) 54, 55, 58, 200 basketball in 386–388 Halsey, William F. 272, 273, 288, 299, blackmarket 372–373 299–308, 300 Cape Esperance 272 and Cape Esperance 272, 273, 289, 308, Chinese tailors in 373 309 departing 392 and errors in judgement 272, 273, 288, 299, history of 377–379 299–307, 300, 301, 302, 304, 309 Kowloon 362, 363, 376, 379, 382 and errors in judgment 291–309 PBM flight 360–362 and typhoon 288, 289, 291 R & R 353, 376–377, 380–383, 512, Hamilton, Deane 243, 244, 247, 248, 251 515–518 Hamilton, Lee M. 159, 160 sailor killed in 371 Hamilton, Tom 386 Sampan Mary Soo 371–373, 384 Hanoi 489, 502, 505, 511 Swatow incident 425–426 Harrison County, Texas 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34 tatoo in 388–389 Haskell, Texas 74, 101, 104–105 Honolulu 315, 348, 377, 456, 458, 475, 478 Hawkes, Sam 206 Hoover, President Herbert Hearn Station, Texas 37 depression 87, 95 Height, Charles and Dorothy 219 Hooverville 85, 86, 96 Hemingway, Ernest 82 Hornfischer, James D. Hemphill, Tommy 180 on Halsey’s self-promotion 307 Henry, Commander Patrick 273 on Taffy 3 battle 301, 305–306 Hensley, Charles and John 134 tribute to American troops 308 Hewlett, Frank Horsbrugh, Fred 146, 147, 150, 158, 159 on Battling Bastards of Bataan 332 Houston, Sam 147, 244 Hin, Lee Siu Houston, Texas 262, 265 on British sanction of opium trade 378 Houston County, Texas 11, 38, 74 Hirohito 504 Howe, Oklahoma 94 Hitler, Adolph 14, 249, 504 Huff, Arthur E. 333 HMCS Crusader 408 Hughson, Tex 226 HMNZS Rotoiti 408 IJN Haruna, Japanese battle cruiser 302 HMS Archer (BAGV-1) 282 IJN Kongo, Japanese battle cruiser 301 HMS Morecambe Bay (F-624) 413, 424–426 IJN Nagato, Japanese battle cruiser 301 HMS Mounts Bay 408 IJN Noshiro, Japanese light cruiser 302 HMS Warrior (R-31) 520, 520–521 IJN Yahagi, Japanese light cruiser 302 Ho Chi Minh 250, 461, 464, 466, 472, 512, IJN Yamato 301 513 Indochina 250, 461–478, 466, 477, 482, agrees to partition 513 484–486, 495–507, 512–514 disregarded by Allies 464 beginnings of U.S. involvement 250, 466 founder of Viet Minh and DRV 465 Cambodia 460, 464, 465 offer to negotiate 512, 513 French Union offer 465 popularity 472 part of Indochina 460 revolutionary training 464, 513 separated from Vietnam 464 U.S. prevents election of 513 division at 17th parallel 464, 465, 467, 513 welcomed U.S. support 465 Eisenhower’s advisors 484 Hoes, Nelson 219 FDR advocates independence 464, 467 Holcomb, Brent 22 Laos 460, 464, 465, 469, 470, 472, 484, Holden, William Curry 506
563 border with Dien Bien Phu 472 France dithers on Laos 470 CIA planes in 469 France refuses to pay 471 France’s indecision about 470, 472 Navarre-O’Daniel conflict 485 French Union offer 465 Navarre insists on control 485 Navarre Plan 472, 506 O’Daniel gives nod 484 part of Indochina 460 people’s support of Viet Minh 472 separated from Vietnam 464 projected stalemate 471 Potsdam Conference 464 Trapnell gives nod 485 U.S. military aid 468, 482, 484–486, 500, U.S. sympathetic to independence 507, 510, 513 485 Vietnam. See also Ho Chi Minh partition agreed to 513 Annan 460, 464 peace agreement 513 as a “class war” 477 Potsdam Conference as cold war pawn 250 Indochina fate decided 464 beginnings of U.S. involvement 250, 466 Viet Minh disregarded 464 Potsdam Conference 464 Roosevelt advocates independence 465, support for France’s colonialism 461, 467 466 U.S. pro-France policy 250 Bao Dai 464 $400 million in 1953 471 colonial rule ends 513 Churchill refuses to intervene 471 core of France’s policy 477 containing Communism 466, 471, 484 Dien Bien Phu cost to U.S. 467, 478 casualites from 512 Eisenhower’s advisors 484 CIA air support 469, 483 Eisenhower favored intervention 471, CIA disinformation campaign 483 484 Dulles misrepresents situation FDR backpeddles 467 496–498 France breaks promise 466 Ely’s complaints 499 France promises independence 466 end of France’s reign 475 in retrospect 461 escape route 489 protecting Japan’s interests 466 France considers U.S. offer 502 U.S. funds France’s war 468, 469, 513 France seeks U.S. aid 498, 504, 507, U.S. ignores France’s lies 471 510 U.S. naively believes France 465, 466 last outpost lost 510 Viet Minh 250. See also Ho Chi Minh; major assaults by Viet Minh 495, 502 See also Dien Bien Phu Operation Revere 482 and Navarre Plan 470 Pleven’s report 484 attacks on U.S. planes 489 Stennis voices concerns 483 bases safely in China 472 U.S. considers nuclear weapons Chinese involvement with 501, 502 497–506, 502, 502–511. See Opera- control of Tonkin Province 470 tion Vulture guerilla techniques 472 U.S. military aid 482, 499 keep control of North 465 U.S. Navy involvement 483, 487, 505, major assault by 495 505–514 people’s support 472 victory in defeat 499 USAF airmen captured by 470 Viet Minh raises DRV flag 511 victory by 512 France’s anti-democratic policies 462 Vo Nguyen Giap 464, 472 France’s prestige compromised 464 Vo Nguyen Giap 464, 472, 473, 475, French Union offer (1946) 468 476, 487, 495 Ho Chi Minh agrees 465 Western colonialism 461 Ho renounces agreement 465 Iron Curtain 553 Ho Chi Minh creates DRV 464 Jackson, President Andrew 462 in retrospect 461 Japan 14, 113, 181, 234 Japan’s trade interests 466 American occupation of 394 Japanese-Sino war 461 Battle of Coral Sea 296 Japanese invasion (1940) of 463, 464 Battle off Samar 297 Japanese oust French 464 DesDiv 172 480, 481, 486 Navarre Plan Don Ashworth meeting in 433 approved by French cabinet 470 Guadalcanal 239 consolidation of French forces 470 Hong Kong 378
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564 Indochina 250, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, Kiowa Reservation 50 504, 510 Knebel, Ed 221, 224, 226, 227 invasion of China 278, 279 Knudson, Ted 304, 307, 308 Japanese-Sino war 461 Korea. See Korean War kamikaze attacks 271, 291, 306 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 262 Korea 247, 249, 250, 251, 416, 418 Republic of Korea 247, 248, 249, 262, 366, loss of St. Lo 306 414, 418 military successes of 295–296, 329 Korean War. See Chapter 10 Milton Livingston in 239 38th parallel 249, 250, 311 Pearl Harbor 283, 299, 378 Cape Esperance 311–315 Phillipines 298, 299, 300, 306, 307, 330 Choha 406 Sasebo 249, 392, 393, 394, 395, 404, 410, Chongjin 392, 406, 415 411, 412, 413, 415, 416, 417, 419, dead and injured 418 444, 519, 520 first news reports 248 Task Group 77.4 306 Hungnam 402, 406, 414 Tokyo 274, 339, 340, 363, 420, 422, 423, Kasong 406 442 MacArthur 298, 395–398 USS Cape Esperance in 271, 272, 274, peace talks 400 316, 318, 319, 320, 339, 340, 345 Pusan 252, 396 USS Everett in 395, 410–417, 420, 426, sending troops 252 519, 520 Seoul 248, 274, 395, 396 USS Shangri La 269 Siege of Wonsan 402–404 Yoko 411, 411–412 Songjin 402, 406, 408, 414, 415 Yokosuka 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 334, Struggle to Strangle 401, 402 336, 339, 340, 344, 345, 356, 366, Tanchon 406 367, 410, 411, 422, 426, 431, 433, U.N. blockade 401–404 434, 444, 475, 480, 481, 482, 486, USS Albuquerque 388 507, 519, 521 USS Everett 366, 369–370, 392, 395, 400, Johnson, Alf 404–409, 412–417 Johnson’s Spy Company 36, 38–39 war plans 249, 250, 251 Johnson, Andrew 31 Wonsan 388, 396, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, Johnson, Ludwell H. 410, 412, 413, 414, 417 on free labor in Texas 41 Koss, Eli 419, 426 on Red River expedition 40 Kowloon 362, 363, 376, 379, 381, 382, 516 Johnson, Lyndon 254 R & R in 353, 376–377, 380–383, 515–518 on Vietnam 460 Kurita, Takeo Operation Vulture 502–503 300–308 Johnson, Paul Lajoie, Nap 176 on Prohibition 82 Laniel, Joseph 512–513 Johnson, Walter 176 Laos. See Indochina Jones, Grandpa 181 Larrabee, Eric Joplin, Missouri 91 on Roosevelt 283 Joy. See USS Colahan Lassiter, Glenn 288, 350 Kaiser, Henry 285 Lawlis, James L. 50 Kaiser Carriers 286–293 Lend Lease Program 279, 280, 281, 366, 367 against Japanese 297 Lewis Family Kaiser Koffins 290 Albert Isham 91 opposition to 287, 291 America Samantha (Foster) 92, 97, 422 Taffy 2 & 3 301 and Wood McIver 217 Karr, Ernest 200, 341, 343 children 91, 232 Keeler, Willie 224 death 240 Kelly, Kenneth L. 24 farming 93 on the McIvers 23 marriage 91 Kennedy, John F. 254 Newton Street house 215 on Cold War 463 parents 91 on domino effect 460 Annette (Reichenau) 238, 239 King, Ernest 283, 284, 305, 306 Barbara Jean Livingston 91, 95 King, Martin Luther 254 children 239 Kinkaid, Thomas 299, 300, 301, 305, 307, marriage 239 308. See also Seventh Fleet Newton Street house 103
565 pencil incident 110 family gathering spot 242 working poor 232 marriage 97 Calvin Coolidge 91, 95 middle-class 234 children 238–240 played guitar 235 data processing 238, 239 working poor 103, 231 marriage 238 Martha 92 military 236–237 Mary Belle Burnett 91 neighborhood changed 239 children 233 Newton Street house 103 family work force 95 retirement 239 later years 233 tribute by Churchill 238–239 marriage 95, 232 working poor 232 Newton Street house 110 Ernest Newton 238 salt of the earth 233 Ethel Marie 91 working poor 232 Eva Eula McIver Michael Rae 238 background 85, 91 Velma Louise Stevenson 91, 95 birth of Thomas 103 as teacher 140–141 birth of William 11, 98, 100 death 236 black sheep 94 marriages 236 Buchanan Dam 95 Newton Street house 103, 106 building house 141 telephone operator 236 cotton picking 101 theater manager 235 death of first child 94 working poor 232 earliest reference as couple 97–98 William Newton 91 farming 172–173 Buchanan Dam 95 first marriage 94 death 105 gun savvy 139 logging 93 marital problems 101–102, 183, 209, 229 new car ride 105 marriage to Tait 230 Newton Street house 103 marriage to Wood Bolen 86, 97–98 Leyte Campaign 272, 291, 298–309, 350, 366 met Wood McIver 85, 95 Battle off Samar 291, 292, 297, 298, 303, pregnant 98, 99 306, 307, 308, 309, 438 seat cover job 217 Kurita, Takeo 300–308 Tishomingo 100 San Bernardino Straits 300, 305, 308 with Maenard 209 Surigao Straits 300 WPA job 105 typhoon 350 Gemima Lee Smith 91 Wilmott on 298 Buchanan Dam 95 Lincoln, Abraham 41, 42 marriage 97 Lippmann, Walter 78 working poor 232, 234 Little Rock, Arkansas 39, 40 Jeremiah 92 Livingston, Milton S. 217, 232, 239–240 Jessie George 92 Livingston, Patricia Ann (Gregg) 239 birth 91 Livingston, Roger Stanley 239 Buchanan Dam 95 Lomax, Spottswood W. 146, 155, 157, 158 children 91, 93 Longview, Texas 16 Church of Christ 94 Los Angeles, California 353, 523 death 240 Lubbock, Texas Fort Worth 96 destitute in 83 logger 92 family in 340 marriage 91 high society 343 Newton Street house 215 hub of the plains 343 Thornton Road house 217, 433 Maenard’s business 192, 342 wanderlust 93 Maenard and Woodine in 139, 184 working poor 232 plane ride to 210 Kenneth Calvin 238, 239 Rollie Burns in 161 Lisa Copeland 92 stockyard auction house 134, 135 Mabel Sandefur 91 Tommy in 421 1936 cotton harvest 101 truck ride to 259 butt can story 358–359 Wood’s daughters in 138 death 235 Wood in 340, 354
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566 Lyons, T.W. 515 99, 101, 138, 139, 200, 211, 260 MacArthur, Douglas Anne Gertrude (McIver) Foster 36 and Halsey 307–308 Annie (Gibson) 36 and Truman 396–398 Avis Cagle 36 Bataan Gang 331 Barbara Clair White 67 China 395–396 Big Daniel 24 Korea 249, 250–251, 395, 465 Caroline Wilson 26 Mack, Connie 176 Catherine 21 Mackenzie, Ranald 125, 152 Christian (Harbour) 36, 434 Mackenzie, Robert W. Clara Hogan 36 on USS Curtiss 456 Clay Weldon 36, 200 Madison County, Tennessee 24 Daniel 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 24, 27, 44, 76, Madison County, Texas 33 484, 485 Magill, John W. 273 Daniel (son of J.O-E.M 25 Magsaysay, Ramon 493 Daniel (son of John One-eye and Flora) 15, Manifest Destiny 462 17, 20, 22, 24, 24–28, 25, 26, 27, 28, Wish on 462 44 Manila, Philippines 307, 329, 333, 334, 337, Daniel (son of Joseph and Allie Bostic) 24 362, 363, 443, 463, 483, 488, 491, Don Rhoderic 67 492, 493 Duncan 16, 20, 24 Manson, Frank Duncan (son of John One-eye and Flora) on U.N. blockade 401, 402, 404, 413 16, 24, 26 Mao Tse-tung Eldon Drue 14, 15, 44, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, and Ho Chi Minh 464, 513 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, and Taiwan 519, 522 73, 74, 77, 200 Marrs, Bolen Green 12 Eldon Drue Jr. 67 Marrs, Susan Ellen Wheeler 12 Elias 24 Marshall, George 30, 32, 69, 95, 277, 299, Elias (son of John One-eye and Flora) 16, 312, 329, 456, 457, 463, 500 20, 24, 26 Marshall, George G 299, 331 Elmo 36 Marshall Islands. See USS Curtiss; See also Op- Emily 24 eration Greenhouse Emmett Otis 36 Martin, Harry Bob 164 Eva Eula (Lewis) 86, 183. See Lewis Family Matagorda, Texas 81 Evander 16, 20, 21 McAllen, Texas 62 Flora (wife of John One-Eye McIver) 16, McCain, John 269, 283 24, 26 McCain, John S. 269, 283 Gaynelle Fabiszewski 57, 119, 200, 257 McCampbell, David 273 Gen. George Wilcox, and Helen H. 23 McCarthy, Joe 461, 471 George W. (son of William Wood and Chris McClendon, Capel 26 tian Harbour) 36 McClendon, Elizabeth 28 George Washington (brother of William McClendon, John 17 Wood) 29 McClendon, Samuel 17, 19, 26, 27, 28, 29, 43 Geraldine (McIver) Cheatham 57, 97 McClendon, Sarah 27 Gerald Ivan 11, 44, 54, 56, 57, 60, 74, 75, McClendon, Winzola 17, 18 77, 97, 99, 100, 101, 119, 122, 200, McCullough, David 256, 257 on MacArthur 396 Gladys Dale Herrington 36 on Truman’s statement 250, 251 Hazel R. McMurtry 44, 55, 57, 58, 74, 77, McElvaine, Robert S. 104, 200, 201, 259 on Hoover 87 Herman Wood 36 McGovern, James 512 Isabella (wife of Roderick McIver) 24 McIver, Jack Gene 23, 45, 46 Jack Bolen 32, 57, 119, 200, 257 McIver, Kenneth 24 James 16, 20, 24, 459 McIver Dairy 191 James (son of John McKeever and Mary) 24 McIver Family James (son of John One-eye and Flora) 24, Alexander 20 26 Alexander (son of Roderick and Isabella) 24 James (son of Roderick and Isabella) 24 Alice/Allie (Bostick) 24 James Caple 36 Alma Ruth (Todd) 58, 67, 73, 200 James K. Mitchell 200 Alta (Posey) 75, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, James Knox Mitchell 58
567 Jessie Thelma Brock 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, Roger Ford 36 138, 181, 200, 260, 343, 420 Ruth Ann (Brant) 19, 22, 36, 39, 58, 59, 64, John (son of Roderick and Rachel Edwards) 65, 66, 67, 69, 71, 72, 200 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 159 Sandra Page Stern 20 John (son of William Wood and Christian) Sarah 21 36 John Knox Mitchell 58, 200 Sybet Almira (Fuller) 18, 36 John One-Eye 24, 25, 26 Sybil Powell 36 John Tennessee (son of Roderick and Thomas Owen 101, 103, 104, 106, 107, Isabella) 24 110, 114, 116, 117, 118, 126, 127, Joseph 20 129, 131, 132, 133, 137, 140, 141, Joseph (son of Roderick and Isabella) 24 142, 149, 168, 169, 170, 172, 173, Kelly 46 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, Laura 24 184, 185, 188, 189, 191, 192, 193, Little Daniel 24 194, 195, 196, 197, 207, 208, 209, Lois (Tate) 67 211, 213, 216, 217, 226, 227, 228, Lucretia (McClendon) 17, 26, 27, 28 229, 230, 231, 235, 242, 253, 261, Ludicia (Wood) 28 340, 341, 343, 344, 354, 420, 421, Mae Ellen Franklin 44, 54, 57, 58, 60, 74, 431, 518, 519, 520, 521, 523, 524, 79, 200, 256 525, 526 Margaret Rebecca Eldredge 11, 77, 97, 99, Van 57, 119, 200, 257 100, 101, 119, 200, 256, 257 Vena Irene/Pat Karr 79, 80, 83, 138, 200 Martha (daughter of Daniel and Lucretia Walter (son of Joseph and Allie McKiver/ McClendon) 26 McKeever) 24 Martha (daughter of Tennessee Roderick William Wood 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and Isabella) 24 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, Mary (Mrs. John McIver) 22, 24, 234 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 48, Mary Anne (Williams) 20, 22 52, 53, 60, 74, 104 Mary Elizabeth Marrs 12, 44, 49, 54, 55, William Wood (son of Gerald McIver and 77, 104, 200, 259 Margaret) 57, 119, 257 Mary Fannie (Ford) 36, 44 Willie (son of William Wood and Christian Mary Geraldine Cheatham 54, 99, 100, 257 Harbour) 33, 36 McMaster, Louise 21 Wilma Claire (Svec) 57, 100, 257 Michael Duane 57, 119, 257 Wood Bolen 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 33, 44, 48, Minta Dobbs 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 54, 57, 60, 74, 75, 78, 79, 80, 82, 85, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38, 86, 89, 94, 99, 100, 102, 104, 106, 40, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49, 50, 53, 57, 58, 107, 114, 117, 124, 126, 129, 130, 60, 74, 77, 80, 101, 200, 257, 258 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, 139, 140, Nancy 23, 24 141, 142, 146, 147, 150, 153, 163, Naomi Loutrelle Williams 57, 77, 119, 257 166, 169, 170, 172, 173, 174, 175, Naomi Pearl Mitchell 44, 57, 58, 74, 200 177, 183, 184, 189, 190, 198, 206, O.S. 57, 77, 119 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213, 215, Ora L. Lively 24, 36 217, 227, 228, 229, 351, 354, 534 Oscar Sylvester 12, 13, 36, 44, 48, 49, 50, Woodine Elva Dagley 75, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 74, 83, 138, 139, 140, 143, 167, 183, 184, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 93, 94, 104, 112, 185, 200, 206, 212, 213, 260, 261, 200, 209, 259, 262, 343 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 354, 420, 518 Pat 11, 57, 80, 84, 99, 100, 119, 200, 257, Zadie Runkles 67 343 McKinley, William 462 Rachel Edwards 20, 21, 22 McKnight, Mrs. 218, 385 Robert Peter 67 McMurtry, Charles 58 Roderick (son of Daniel McIver and Lucre McMurtry, Judith Mclemore 58 tia) 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 32 McMurtry, Larry Jeff 55, 58, 205 Roderick (son of John One-eye and Flora) early years 55 24, 26, 52 Eldon Drue 58 Roderick (son of Kenneth McIver and family reunions 200, 259 Nancy) 24 from Growing Up Western 205 Roderick (son of Tennesee McIver/McK from In a Narrow Grave 258 eever and Isabella) 24 Last Picture Show 55, 201 Roderick Capel 24, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33 Lonesome Dove 55
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568 mother and sisters 58 on Halsey 307, 308 on Jeff Dobbs 258 Pearl Harbor 301 on McIvers 55, 56, 57 Task Force 34 304, 305, 306 Paradise 55 Typhoon Bay comment 291 McMurtry, William Jefferson Jr. 55, 58, 199, Nishimura, Shoji 300 200, 360 Nixon, Richard 471, 484, 497, 501 Merkeley, Blaine 444 nuclear weapons. See Operation Greenhouse; Merrifield, Ed 339 See Operation Vulture; See USS Cur- Meshack, George 373 tiss; See Operation Castle Midland, Texas 69 “New Look” 472 Military Assistance and Advisory Group Eisenhower, use of 471 (MAAG) 468, 484 O’Daniel, John 484, 485, 486, 499, 500, 507 Miller, Tom 221 O’Day Digger 312, 338, 339 Mineral Wells, Texas 341 Oakland, California 317, 336, 349, 352 Mitchell, James Knox 58, 200 Ogren, Gunnersmate 386 Mitchell, John Knox 58, 200 OíDay, Digger 312, 338, 339 Mitchell, Mary Louise Reed 58, 200 Oklahoma City 16 Mitchell, Richard 58, 200 Olongapo, Philippines 333, 490, 491, 492, Monahan, Idris 314, 321, 323, 329, 339 493, 495 Monahans, Texas 255 Operation Castle 456, 457, 458 Monroe, Bill 181 UFO 456 Montague County, Texas 35 Operation Greenhouse 456, 457 Montgomery County, Arkansas 11, 91 Operation Revere. See Indochina Moon, Jack 94 Operation Vulture 497, 497–506, 502, 502– Moore, Elwood 226 511, 502–511, 502–511, 505–515, 523 Moore County, North Carolina 23, 25 Bidault and 497 Moore County, Scotland 24, 46 Caldera’s plan 506 Morgan, Charles 40 Churchill rejects 504, 506, 511 Morgan County, Georgia 26 congress acts on 503 Morison, Samuel details of plan 502 on Admiral King 284 Dien Bien Phu on Battle off Samar 297 Dulles and 497 on CVEs 292 prompted by falling of 497, 502 on USS Colahan 442 tactical nukes on 497 Moro, Texas 15, 36 Dulles and 497 Motley County, Texas 146 France’s request for 501, 502 Moursand, Kenny 227 France indifferent to danger 505, 505–514 Muccio, John 248 Ike abandons 509 Musial, Stan 175 Ike to Churchill on 503, 504 Mussolini, Benito 249, 504 LBJ led opposition 503 National Guard 135, 252. See Korean War Navarre and 497 NATO 418, 466, 471, 497 Nixon and 497 Navarre, Henri 470, 471, 472, 473, 476, 477, Radford on 497, 502 478, 482, 484, 485, 497, 499, 502, secrecy of 498, 502 505, 507, 509, 510, 512, 513 secret conference on 502 Navarre Plan 470, 485. See Indochina Operation Wigwam 456 approved by French cabinet 470 Oppenheimer, Robert 314 consolidation of French forces 470 Ottinger, Ensign L.W. 434 Navarre-O’Daniel conflict 485 Packett, Merle. See USS Colahan O’Daniel gives nod 484 Palmer, Bruce 465 peoples’ support of Viet Minh 472 Panhandle, Texas 66 projected stalemate 471 Panmunjom, Korea 400, 413 Trapnell gives nod 485 Paris, France 470, 484, 501, 502, 504 Newman, Verner 372, 387 Parsons, William, Colonel CSA 36, 39, 40 on Sampan Mary 372 Partridge, Earl New York, N.Y. 69 flew over Dien Bien Phu 505 Ngo Dinh Diem 513 Pasteur, Louis 325 Nimitz, Chester 291, 301 Patterson, Marvin and Melvin “Pat” 219 and Halsey 306 Pearl, Minnie 181 Battle of Samar 297 Pennington, Ted 295
569 Petain, Philippe 463 spending cut 104 Phares, Ross 47, 48 WPA 90 Philippines Roosevelt, Theodore 492 Subic Bay 490–495 Ropesville, Texas 97, 99, 119, 200 Phillips, William 483, 487, 488, 498, 501, Roscoe, Theodore 505, 510 on Fletcher-class destroyers 431, 439, 440, Indochina 483, 487 441 Pine Bluff, Arkansas 40 Ruidoso, New Mexico 341 Pleven, Andre. See Indochina Runnels County, Texas 33 Porterville, California 523, 525 Russia. See Soviet Union Poteau, Oklahoma 93, 94 Ruth, Babe 64, 65, 176 Potsdam Conference 464. See also Indochina Sagarin, Jill 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, Powell, Landis 179 34, 44 Prados, John Sampan Mary Soo 371, 372, 374, 384, 385 on escape route 489 San Angelo, Texas 64, 66, 255, 256 on Operation Revere 482 San Antonio, Texas 68, 70, 81, 86, 97, 102, on Operation Vulture 497 221, 239, 354, 355, 356 Preminger, Otto 452 San Bernardino, California 300, 305, 308, 354 Price, Sterling 36, 39–40 San Bernardino Straits. See Leyte Campaign Project Hula 366 San Clemente Island 454 Pusan, Korea. See Korean War Sandefur, George Leroy 235, 422 Quanah, Texas 66 Sandefur, Jack Randle 235, 422 Radford, Arthur 471, 484, 497, 499, 500, 501, Sandefur, Jack Roe 96, 97, 101, 103, 222, 231, 502, 503, 504, 510, 512, 523 234, 235, 239, 242, 358, 422 Raleigh, North Carolina 15 Sandefur, Lanny Lee 235, 422 Ralls, Texas 122 Sanders, Eddie 339, 346, 349, 350 Rambert, James 290 San Diego, California Raton Pass, New Mexico 228 boot camp 262, 268, 442, 450 Red Scare 471 USS Cape Esperance 273, 318 Reed, Mary Louise (Mitchell) 58, 200 USS Colahan 434, 448, 454, 455, 480, 487, Reynolds, Debbie 422, 423 518, 521, 522, 524 Richmond, California 364 with Jamie 437, 438 Ricky, Branch 221 with Joy 451 Ridgeway, Matthew 400 San Francisco, California 70, 314, 317, 319, Riesgo, Ray E. 362 335, 359, 455, 456, 458, 460, 516 Ritter, Tex 140, 181 Sangley Point, Philippines 333, 360, 361, 423, Robinson, Lafayette 178 424, 444, 483, 491, 510 Roby, Anna 26 San Jose, California 268 Roby, Precila 26 Sasebo, Japan 393 Roby, Timothy 26, 27 Schilling, Mrs. 461 Rodgers, Jimmie 87, 98 Schumacher, Hal 297 Rogerson, Annie 20, 21 Scotland 23, 26, 45, 46, 146 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 14, 90, 103, 168 Roderick McIver 20, 21 1936 vote 103 Scurry County, Texas 79 and Henry Kaiser 285, 286, 287, 292 Seals, Earl H. 331 and MacArthur 298, 330, 331 Seattle, Washington 431 and Truman 398 Sellers, Jackson. See USS Colahan arsenal of democracy 282, 463 Seoul, Korea. See Korean War escort carrier proponent 279, 282, 283, Sequin, Texas 97 285, 365 Seventh Fleet 249, 299, 301, 304, 366, 368, fireside chats 14, 279, 281 460, 466, 483, 486, 492, 513, 519, first 100 days 89, 90 520, 522 foreign policy 279, 282, 464, 467, 468 against Japan 249, 483 four freedoms 13, 14, 286, 308, 417, 468 and Taiwan 486, 519, 522 Lend Lease Program 280, 281 in Hong Kong 368 New Deal 90, 91 in Indochina 466, 513 Pearl Harbor 14 in Korea 249, 520 power limited 103 in the Pacific 366, 460 quarantine bandit states 279–281 in the Phillipines 299, 304 rural electrification 168 Subic Bay 492
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570 under Kinkaid 299, 301 Stanley, Billy Ray 180 USS Colahan 486 Stanley, Katherine 180 Sharp, Ernie 319 Stanley, Walter 180 Shipler, David K. Stanley, Weldon 180 on American dream 167 Stanton, Edwin F. 64, 68, 324 Shreveport, Louisiana 38 Stassen, Harold 487 Siebert, Jimmy 220 Steinbeck, H.H. 319 Sierra Blanca, Texas 152 Steinbeck, John 85, 89, 108, 116 Simmons, Gordon 178, 180 Stevenson, Edward 236 Simmons, Ike 178 Stevenson, Paul David 236 Simpson, Howard R. Stockwell, John 361, 429 on Dien Bien Phu 475 Stonecliffe, D.W. 323, 324 on Operation Vulture 497, 505 Stratton, Monte 225, 226 Sims, Arkansas 91, 93 Stump, Felix 483 Sisler, George “Dog” 176 Sulzberger, C.L. Slaughter, William B. 134, 135 on Hong Kong 379 Smith, Allen 192, 234, 244, 402 Sweetwater, Texas 81 Smith, Deaf 244 Swenson, S.A. 162 Smith, Ernest Calvin 234 Swenson Family 146, 147, 154, 155, 158, 159, Smith, Frank Curtis 96, 97, 103, 234 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 184 Smith, Frank Jr. 234 Tachen Islands 519, 522 Smith, George “Dog” 32, 33 Taffy Task Group 301–309 Smith, Jimmie. See Sprinkel, Jamie Tait, Robert Smith, Joseph 464 alcoholic 230, 231 Smith, Lela Gemima 234, 431 Eva leaves 518 Smith, Lula Jean Williamson 234 family 230, 231, 253, 254, 340, 354, 422 Smith, Phyllis 234 marriage to Eva 230 Smith, Robert Lee 234 work 230, 261 Smith, Swat 192 Tallapoosa, Alabama 36 Songjin, Korea. See Korean War Tarochione, James 337 Sosa, Adolph 219 Task Force 132 457 South Carolina 20 Task Force 34 304, 305, 308 Soviet Union 248, 282, 395, 457, 460, 503, Task Force 38 272 505 Task Force 7.3 455, 458 and U.S. nuclear tests 457 Task Force 77 404, 405, 409, 460, 486, 519 arms suppliers 395 Task Force 95 402, 404, 405 FDR speech 282 Task Groups 287, 301, 302 Indochina 503 Task Group 22.3 286 Korea 251, 274, 418 Task Group 30.8 272 Lend Lease Program 281, 366, 367 Task Group 70.2 487, 488, 494–496, 498, Project Hula 366 500, 501, 503, 504, 505, 506, 510–512 Russia 248 Task Group 77.2 519 Stalin speech 459 Task Group 77.4 301, 306, 519 Truman and 459 CVE Fanshaw Bay 302 U.S. arms 282 CVE Kalinin Bay 291, 302 Speaker, Tris 176 CVE St. Lo 302, 306 Sprague, Clifton 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, CVE White Plains 302 307, 308 Task Group 92.2 487 Sprague, Thomas 301 Task Group 95.2 405 Sprinkel, Jamie 437, 438, 450 Task Group 95.3 416 Spur, Texas 140, 141, 142, 143, 145, 146, 147, Taylor, Bob 322, 324, 325, 326, 327, 347 150, 153, 154, 155, 157, 159, 160, Taylor, Cindy 157 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 167, 168, Tecumseh, Oklahoma 74 172, 176, 177, 178, 179, 184, 187, Thailand 320, 460, 466, 469, 503. 189, 191, 195, 198, 201, 203, 206, Samut Prakan 323 208, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 223, Third Fleet. See Halsey, William F. 231, 235, 236, 257, 261, 267, 341, Thomason, Aurelia 180 343, 344, 383, 397, 437, 453, 524 Thomason, Darrell 180 Staats, Michael 294–295 Thomason, Earl 180 Stalin, Joseph 459 Thomason, Jerry 180
571 Thurmond, Strom 399 called to Korea 273 Tishomingo, Oklahoma 97, 100, 101, 119, characteristics 288, 292, 293 122, 256, 257, 260 comparison to Everett 368, 370, 371 Tokyo, Japan. See Japan engines 312–313, 316, 317, 368 Tourane, Vietnam 482, 483, 489, 506, 507, entering Manila Bay 1951 329 508 first days on 269–270, 273 Trapnell, J.H. 485 in Phillipines 329 Travis, William B. 244 in Thailand 321–328, 337, 468, 478 Traynor, Pie 176 in typhoon 288–290 Trinidad, Colorado 229 Korea 311 Troy, Texas 50 Korean War 274, 311 Truman, Harry S. named for 296 “buck stops here” 397 Operation Greenhouse 312–315, 456, 457 1948 election 398–400 shore leave 315, 316, 319–320, 325–328, and de Gaulle 466 333, 336–337 and MacArthur 298, 395, 396, 397 World War II 271–273, 287, 296–299 and Wainwright 333 Battle of Coral Sea 296–297 civil rights 266, 397, 398, 399, 454 Battle off Samar 297–309 Indochina 466, 467, 468 USS Charleston (C-2) 491 Korea 247–252, 486 USS Chemung (AO-30) 409 Truman Doctrine 459, 460, 461 USS Chief (AM-315) 408 Truman, Margaret 248 USS Chikaskia (AO 54) 486 Tsurumi, Japan 340 USS Cimarron (AO-22) 412 Tubb, Ernest 181 USS Colahan (DD-658) 431, 435–458, 481, Tucker, Nancy Bernkopf 353 486. See also Leyte Campaign, Battle Tuskahoma, Oklahoma 93, 94, 95, 96 off Samar Twain, Mark 145, 148, 149 Adkisson, Paul L. 442, 443, 444, 445, 450, typhoons 271, 288–290, 306, 346, 350, 381, 453 480 on engine room 448 U-boat 505 286, 287 on M.D. Adams 444 UFO. See Operation Castle on Merle Packett 435 United Nations on watch duties 449 “Struggle to Strangle” 401, 402, 403, 404, and Saipan 507–509 405 assignment to 431 and MacArthur 395, 396, 397 Brantingham, Captain H.J. 524 and nuclear tests 457 Brooks, William 445, 478, 494, 495, 516 China 395 Fletcher-class destroyer 439, 440 Korea 249, 250, 251, 400, 401, 418, 419 Halsey 304 service medal 358 Hong Kong 515–518 ships 408, 413 Honolulu 458, 475, 478–479 USS Everett 368, 369 Indochina 468, 470, 487–490, 506, Unseld, Wes 386 509–511, 510, 512 USNS Simon B. Buckner (TAP-123) 360 restoring France’s honor 468 USS Albuquerque (PF-7) 367, 388, 389, 403 Jackson Sellers 441, 442 USS Atlas (ARL-7) 410 Joe Galligan USS Baltimore (C-3) 492 destroyer-class warships 444, 445, 507 USS Bataan (CVL-29) 277 Joy 451–455 USS Bayonne (PF-21) 416 Korea 439, 521 USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) 277, 469, 509 Merle Packett 435, 436, 445, 446, 449, USS Bluegill (SSK-242) 487, 489, 490, 500 450, 453, 479 USS Boxer (CV-21) 502, 505, 510, 519, 522 Operation Castle. See USS Curtiss USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) 277 Phillipines 488 USS Cacapon (AO-52) 500 San Diego 437–438, 450 USS Calvert (APA-32) 424 Seventh Fleet 486 USS Cape Esperance (TCVE-88) 268, 274, shore leave 296, 311, 315, 316, 317, 319, 333, California 523 336, 336–337. See Chapter 11 Hong Kong 515–518 1951 storm 346–351 Honolulu 458, 475, 478–479 aircraft on 274, 311, 317, 336 Japan 481 assigned to 268 San Diego 437–438, 450
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572 Joy 451–455 USS Missouri (BB-63) 414, 459 Subic Bay 490, 493–495 USS Monterey (BM-6) 491 storm 345–350, 480, 481 USS Mount Baker (AE-4) 409 Task Force 34 304, 305, 308 USS Navasota (AO-106) 412 Ted Knudson 304, 308 USS New York (BB-35) 291 TG 70.2 488, 494–496, 498, 500, 501, 503, USS Okanogan (APA-220) 371 504, 510–512 USS Orca (AVP-49) 515, 517 USS Concord (PG-3) 491 USS Oregon (BB-3) 492 USS Copahee (CVE-12) 276 USS Oriskany (CV-34) 448 USS Cowell (DD-547) 449 USS Passumpsic (AO-107) 413 USS Cowpens (CVL-25) 277 USS Perkins (DDR-877) 389 USS Curtiss (AV-4) 455, 456, 475 USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) 510, 511, 522 USS Dennis 302 USS Pillsbury (DE-133) 286 USS Enterprise (CV-6) 277, 284 USS Platte (AO-24) 409 USS Erben 446, 455, 488, 500, 506 USS Porter (DD-600) 408 USS Essex (CVA-9) 269, 273, 284, 490, 496, USS Porterfield (DD-682) 500 500, 501, 502, 503, 505, 510, 522 USS Ranger (CV-4) 283, 284 in Indochina 486–487 USS Raymond 302 USS Evansville (PF-70) 413, 426 USS Redhead (AMS-340) 408 USS Everett (PF-8) 371, 391–426. See Chap- USS Rendova (CVE-114) 446, 447, 480, 481 ter 14 USS Rochester (CA-124) 448 characteristics 367, 369 USS Saint Paul (CA-73) 519 engine room 369, 370 USS Saipan (CVL-48). See USS Colahan Evans, Griffith 381, 386, 391, 404, 405, USS Samuel B. Roberts 302, 304, 305 416, 417, 424, 428 USS San Joaquin County (LST-1199) 433 fire on board 371 USS Shangri La (CV-38) 269 Korean War 368, 369 USS Shields (DD-596) 446, 455, 506, 520 Koss, Eli 419, 426, 428 USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86) 469 mascot 372 USS St. Lo (CVE-63) 302 Sampan Mary Soo 371, 372 USS Suisun (AVP-53) 425 World War II 366 USS Tarawa (CVA-70) 519 USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) 302 USS Texas (BB-34) 291 USS Firedrake (AE-14) 487, 495, 496 USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) 273 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42), 459 USS Twining (DD-540) 446, 454, 455, 480, USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) 302, 305 486, 500, 515 USS Grapple (ARS-7) 408 USS Vesuvius (AE-15) 414 USS Gregory (DD-802) 425 USS Wasp (CV-7) 284 USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) 286, 287 USS Wasp (CVA-18) 273, 277, 487, 488, 490, USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) 425 496, 500, 501, 503, 505, 510, 522 USS Heermann (DD-532) 302, 308 Indochina 486, 487 USS Heron (AMS-18) 408 USS White Plains (CVE-66) 291, 302 USS Hoel (DD-533) 302, 305, 308 USS Wright (CVL-49) 520, 521 USS Hornet (CV-12) 277, 522 USS Yorktown (CV-10) 277, 447, 448, 522 USS Hornet (CV-8) 284 USS Yorktown (CV-5) 284, 296 USS Iowa (BB-61) 413, 414 USS Zafiro (Collier) 491 USS Jarvis (DD-799) 408 Vancouver, Washington 285, 286 USS John C. Butler 302 Vernon, Texas 119 USS Johnston 302, 304, 305, 308 Victoria, Texas 230, 242, 350, 354, 356, 431 USS Kalinin Bay (CVE 68) 291, 302 Viet Minh. See ; See Indochina USS Kearsarge (CV 33) 522 Vietnam. See Indochina USS Kimberly (DD-521) 382 Vo Nguyen Giap 464, 472, 473, 475, 476, 487, USS Kitkun (CVE-71) 302 495. See ; See Indochina USS Langley (CVL-27) 284, 468, 507 Waco, Texas 95, 161 USS Lexington (CV-16) 277 Waddell, Rube 176 USS Lexington (CV-2) 284, 296 Waddle, G.E. 369 USS Long Island (CVE-1) 282 Wagner, Honus 176 USS Los Angeles (CA-135) 486 Wainwright, Jonathan “Skinny” 331, 332, 333 USS Manatee (AO-58) 412 Wallace, Henry 399 USS Midway (CVA 41) 522 Wan Chai, Hong Kong 353, 376, 378, 380, USS Mispillion (AO-105) 458 381, 386, 388
573 Ware, Henry 30 Ware, Martha Garret 26 Washington, D.C 17, 24, 37 Washington, George 23 Weatherford, Texas 60 Webb, Walter Prescott 220 Wells, Willie 221 Wesley, John 51, 94 Western Union 243–245, 247–248, 250, 251, 253 Wharton, Chief 369, 384 Wheeler, Susan Ellen 12 Wichita Falls, Texas 77, 266 Wilburton, Oklahoma 94 Williams, Hank 181 Williams, Joe 180, 192, 193, 260 Williams, Sherley Anne 120, 121 Williams, Ted 175 Williams, Tom 177, 178, 180, 192, 194, 203, 204, 260, 261, 344 Williams, William 361 Willmott, H.P. on Leyte battle 304, 306, 307, 308 on MacArthur 298, 299 Wills, Bob 181 Wilson, Charlie 506 Wilson, Woodrow 78, 462 Winters, Texas 35, 36, 200 Wish, Harvey on the Phillipines 462 Witter, Edgar 219 Witter, Webster 219, 241, 433-434 Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado 228 Wonsan, Korea. See Korean War Wood, Ellis 219 Woods, Leroy 266, 387, 388 Young, Cy 176
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