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Herman F. Collins June 6, 1944
James L. Diel September 19, 1944
William H. Dukeman October 5, 1944
George L. Elliot June 6, 1944
William S. Evans June 6, 1944
Everett J. Gray June 8, 1944
Terrence C. Harris June 18, 1944
Harold G. Hayes December 1944
A. P. Herron January 13, 1945
Donald B. Hoobler January 3, 1945
Richard J. Hughes January 9, 1945
Eugene E. Jackson February 15, 1945
John A. Janovec May 1945
Joseph M. Jordan June 6, 1944
John T. Julian January 1, 1945
William F. Kiehn February 10, 1945
Robert L. Matthews June 6, 1944
William T. McGonigal June 6, 1944
Thomas Meehan June 6, 1944
Francis J. Mellett January 13, 1945
Vernon J. Menze September 20, 1944
William S. Metzler June 1944
James W. Miller September 20, 1944
John N. Miller June 6, 1944
William T. Miller September 20, 1944
Sergio G. Moya June 6, 1944
Warren H. Muck January 10, 1945
Elmer L. Murray June 6, 1944
Patrick H. Neill January 13, 1945
Ernest L. Oats June 6, 1944
Francis L. O’Brien December 1944
Richard E. Owen June 6, 1944
Alex M. Penkala January 10, 1945
Murray B. Roberts June 6, 1944
Carl N. Riggs June 6, 1944
Carl C. Sawosko December 1944
Raymond G. Schmitz September 23, 1944
John E. Shindell January 13, 1945
Gerald R. Snider June 6, 1944
Benjamin J. Stoney June 6, 1944
Elmer L. Telstad June 6, 1944
Robert Van Klinken September 20, 1944
Thomas W. Warren June 6, 1944
Harold D. Webb January 13, 1945
Kenneth J. Webb January 13, 1945
Jerry A. Wentzel June 6, 1944
Ralph H. Wimer June 6, 1944
 
 
[source: Men of Easy Company Association]
INDEX
Acevedo, Kirk
Alcoholism
Blithe, A., and
Carson, Gordon, and
Marsh, R., and
Potter, G. L., Jr., and
Reese, L., and
Toye, Joe, and
Alexander, Larry
Alley, Jim
Ambrose, Moira
Ambrose, Stephen
answering questions
assistants
assumptions of
contacting
Gordon, W., and
historian
letters to
mistakes
Arlington National Cemetery
Athletes.
See also
Sports
Evans, B.
Lavenson, G.
Muck, W.
Penkala, A., Jr.
Talbert, F.
Atlanta march
Auschwitz
Bain, Rod
Band of Brothers
(Ambrose, S.)
discovery in
interactive guide
title suggestion
Band of Brothers HBO series
bandwagon
Emmy awards
fans
first episodes
premier
Bastogne.
See also
Battle of the Bulge
Christenson, B., on
deaths, Winters on
harsh conditions
pathfinders mission
Speirs, Ron, on
Battle of the Bulge.
See also
Bastogne
Bazookas
”Because of these events”
Belafonte, Harry
Bethea, Marv
Beyond Band of Brothers
(Winters/Kingseed)
Bible
Biggest Brother
(Alexander)
Bigotry
Bingman, Cora
Biundo, Ann Evans
“The Black Swan”
Blithe, Albert
alcoholism and
bravery
Bronze Star
gambling by
Good Time Charlie
grave
in Korean War
in mind of
pride over
remembering
setting death record straight
Silver Star
thug
TV character
wounded
Blithe, Flora Mae
Blithe, Gordon
Blithe, Sadie (“Kay”)
Bonham, Mary Jo
Borg, Chuck
Boston Globe
Boyle, Leo
Boy Scouts
Bravery.
See also
Bronze Star; Silver Star
Blithe, A.
Heyliger, F.
Rader, R. J.
Brécourt Manor.
See also
D-Day invasion
disabling guns at
Lipton, C. C, on
Brewer, Bob
Brody, Ann
Bronze Star
Blithe, A.
Liebgott, J.
Muck, W.
Potter, G. L., Jr.
Rader, R. J.
Brooks, Merav
Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends
(Guarnere/ Heffron)
Buffalo Evening News
Call of Duty
(Compton)
Campbell, James
Cappelluto, Harold A.
Carentan.
See also
D-Day invasion
Easy Company photo
fierce fighting
Harris, T., at
Hitler Youth
Lipton, C. C., on
plan to take
Carson, Gary
Carson, Gordon (“Gordy”)
alcoholism and
”because of these events”
death
hopes
lovable scoundrel
on parachute jumping
paratrooper
with Puchalska, A.
story of
trauma of war and
Carson, Marci
Carson, Susan
Casualties
Chiggers
Chiwi, Augusta
Christenson, Burton (“Pat”)
art
on Bastogne
on casualties
on combat techniques
on D-day invasion
on enemy fire
ethics of
on fear in combat
gymnasium owner
health problems
on interrogation methods
journals
on leadership styles
life lived in liberty
on Nuenen
off roof
paratrooper
on plane
poetry
suffering post-traumatic stress
on tank attack
toughest Toccoa man
“universal man”
on war
on weather
Winters and
Christenson, Chris
Churchill, Winston
Cleland, Joseph
Cobb, Roy
Coble, Drew Ranney
Colville American Cemetery and Memorial
Combat
Christenson, B., on techniques
fear in
parachute jumping in
plan, by Winters
Company of heroes
entering
quote from Ranney, M.
Compton, Buck
Concentration camps.
See also
Auschwitz
liberating
reconciling
Cruise, Tom
Currahee, Mount
Davis, Emely
D-Day invasion.
See also
Brécourt Manor; Carentan
Christenson, B., on
museum opening
Ranney, M., on
Death
Carson, Gordon
Gordon, W.
Hanson, H.
Heyliger, F.
Liebgott, J.
Lipton, C. C.
Marsh, Robert
Muck, W., killed in foxhole
news of Van Klinken, R.
Penkala, A., J., killed in foxhole
Puchalska, A.
Reese, L.
Roe, E.
setting Blithe, A., record straight
Tipper, E., back from
Toye, Joe
Winters on Bastogne
de Trez, Michael
Dike, Norman
Displaced persons (DPs)
Distinguished Unit Citations
DPs.
See
Displaced persons
Dukeman, Bill
Eagle’s Nest
celebrating in
wine cellars
Early years
Evans, B.
Gordon, W.
Heyliger, F.
Muck, W.
Penkala, A., J.
Speirs, Ron
Talbert, F.
Van Klinken, R.
Eastwood, Clint
Easy Company.
See also
Paratroopers; Toccoa men
as best/toughest
Carentan photo
conventions
DPs and
everyday guys
as family
hierarchy
Lavenson, G., fighting way in
legacy
“lost men”
newsletters
Ranney, M.
research into
reunions
scrapbook
survivors
veterans
Winters’ stories
Easy Company—In Photographs
Easy Company Soldier
(Malarkey)
Eckly, Joanne
82nd Airborne
Ellington, Cleta (“Junie”)
Eubanks, John
Eureka beacons
Evans, Bill
athlete
early years
as grating
paratrooper
in plane
remembering
roustabout accountant
Evans, Melba
Evans, Stan
Family
Easy Company as
Garcia, T., and
Gordon, W., and
Liebgott, J., and
Lipton. C., and
Roe, E., and
Van Klinken, R., and
Fear in combat
Fenstermaker, Carl
pathfinder
Finn, Susan
Flynn, Errol
Foley, Jack
Ford, Henry
Freedom
living through
from tyranny
Garcia, Ben
Garcia, Emilio (“Uncle Jay”)
Garcia, Greg
Garcia, Isabel
Garcia, José
Garcia, Kelly
Garcia, Nancy
Garcia, Stephanie
Garcia, Tony
in battle
Boy Scout
considerate kid
dancer
family man
friends of
in Korean War
memorial service
nightmares
parachute jump
playfulness
positive light of
religious life
sense of humor
TV character
Garrod, Dick
GI Bill
Goering, Hermann
Good Time Charlie
Gordon, Cleta Tracy
Gordon, Elizabeth (“Bebe”)
Gordon, Gay
Gordon, Linda
Gordon, Walter (“Smokey”)
Ambrose, S., and
career/marriage
citizen
control and
death
disabled
discharge
early years
enlistment
family man
honor
humor
integrity
letters
love of water
money and
paradoxical figure
paratrooper
Purple Heart
religious life
war years
work ethic
wounded
Gordon, Walter Scott
Grant, Chuck
Great Depression
Gross, Jerre S.
Guarnere, Bill
battle-hardened
on pictures
records of
recuperating
smuggling girls
surrogate uncle
tribute to
TV character
wounded
Guth, Forrest (“Gutty”)
paratrooper
winning lottery
Hagenau
Haitian abandoned children
Haiti earthquake
Hanks, Tom
Hanson, Herman (“Hack”)
death
debating by
good time philosophy
integrity
pancakes at breakfast
sports and
successes
wounded
Harris, Terrence (“Salty”)
at Carentan
grave
paratrooper
pathfinder
Ranney, M., on
Smith, B., on
Sobel mutiny and
Hashey, Les
Heffron, Babe
Henry V
Heroism
defined
Muck, W.
Hess, Rudolf
Heyliger, Diane
Heyliger, Evelyn
Heyliger, Fred, Jr.
Heyliger, Frederick (“Moose”)
Boy Scout
bravery
death
early years
fall migration and
horticulture and
leader
life outside
meaning well
nightmares
paratrooper
religious life
remembering
rescue mission
sense of humor
sidestepping by
straightforward
Winters on
wounded
Heyliger, John
Heyliger, Mary
Heyliger, Ted
Himes, John R.
Hitler, Adolph.
See also
Eagle’s Nest; Nazis
Hitler’s Nest.
See
Eagle’s Nest
Hitler Youth
Honesty
Honey
Honor
Gordon, W.
Liebgott, J.
Rader, R. J.
Hoobler, Don
Howell, William
Huck Finn’s Rhythmaires

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