Hell in the Pacific: A Marine Rifleman's Journey From Guadalcanal to Peleliu (36 page)
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Authors: Jim McEnery,Bill Sloan
Jim McEnery and coauthor Bill Sloan.
Gertrude McEnery, Jim’s wife of 65 years, prepares for a photo at home in Ocala, Florida, in May 2011, adjusting the 72-year-old campaign hat her husband was issued in boot camp in 1940.
Adams, Arthur “Scoop,”
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Afghanistan,
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airfield: on Cape Gloucester,
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on Guadalcanal,
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on Ngesebus,
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on Peleliu,
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See also
Henderson Field
Alligator Creek (Guadalcanal),
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Americal Division, U.S. Army.
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th Infantry Regiment
amphibious tractors (amtracks),
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Armistice Day (1926),
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Army, U.S.: at Cape Gloucester,
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dogs of,
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First Marine Division transport from Australia and,
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McEnery thoughts of joining,
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on Ngesebus,
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Ash, Robert M.,
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“Asiatic,” going,
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Atkins, Elisha,
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atomic bomb,
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Australia: combat training school in,
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Fifth Marines depart from,
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MacArthur in,
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McEnery in,
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McEnery’s views about,
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and U.S. troops-Australian relations,
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Brisbane, Australia; Camp Balcombe; Melbourne, Australia
B Company, First Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment (B/1/5),
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B Company, First Marine Raider Battalion,
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Balduck, Remi,
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Banika: assignments on,
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U.S. Navy base on,
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banzai.
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Bushido/banzai
Basilone, John,
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bath incident (Guadalcanal), McEnery’s,
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Bauerschmidt, Bill: at Cape Gloucester,
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McEnery recon assignment by,
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McEnery relationship with,
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on Pavuvu,
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on Peleliu,
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personal background of,
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as platoon leader,
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Baxter, Thomas “Nippo,”
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Blakesley, Kenneth,
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Bloody Nose Ridge (Peleliu).
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Umurbrogol Plateau
“blow-torch and corkscrew” tactics,
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Bordenairo, Jim,
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Bors, Lou,
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Boyd, Robert,
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Brisbane, Australia,
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British; in Pacific War,
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Brody, George,
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Brooklyn, New York: McEnery childhood and youth in,
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McEnery on leave in,
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McEnery train trip from California to,
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McEnery’s return from Pacific to,
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Brooks, Clyde,
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Bushido/banzai: at Cape Gloucester,
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as double-edged sword,
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Ichiki Detachment and,
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meaning of term,
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November 3 battle on Guadalcanal and,
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on Peleliu,
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Puller’s troops and,
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Edson’s Ridge: Battle of; Tenaru River: Battle of
C Company, First Battalion, First Marine Regiment (C/1/1); on Peleliu,
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C Company, First Marine Raider Battalion,
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Cactus Air Force,
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Camp Balcombe (Australia),
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Camp Lejeune (North Carolina),
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Canberra
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Cape Gloucester (New Britain): airfield on,
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Army dogs at,
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importance of remembering,
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Japanese retreat/stragglers and,
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maps of,
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McEnery’s leg injury on,
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McEnery’s scary experience on,
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rotation of Fifth Marines at,
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supplies/equipment for,
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Talasea battle on,
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Capito, John,
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Carl, Marion,
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Casual Company (military police); McEnery assignment with,
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Cates, Clifton,
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cemetery: on Guadalcanal,
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on Peleliu,
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Christmas (1944),
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Civil War veteran; McEnery sees,
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Collins, Harold,
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Colonna, Jerry,
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Coral Sea, Battle of,
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corpse, Japanese; McEnery shooting of,
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corpsmen.
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medics/corpsmen
Corregidor,
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Crosby, Bing,
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Cummins, Brendan (grandson),
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Cummins, Erik (grandson),
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Cummins, Karen (daughter),
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Daniels, Agnes (grandmother),
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Daniels, Christopher (grandfather),
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death: McEnery’s reactions to,
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stench of,
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Delong, Weldon,
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Distinguished Service Cross,
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d’Leau, Jay,
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dogs: at Cape Gloucester,
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on Peleliu,
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Doolittle, Jimmy,
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Dragons (football team),
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drill instructor: criticisms of,
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Dykstra, Daniel,
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Eastern Solomons, Battle of,
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Edson, Merritt A. “Red Mike,”
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Edson’s Ridge (Guadalcanal): Battle of,
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map of Guadalcanal beachhead and,
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Eleventh Marine Regiment,
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Ellington, Charles “Duke,”
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equipment.
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supplies/equipment
“Europe First” approach,
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European Theater of Operations (ETO),
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Few, Frank L,
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Fifth Marine Regiment: advance on Guadalcanal of,
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Battle of Edson’s Ridge and,
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at Cape Gloucester,
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defensive perimeter for,
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departure from Australia of,
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Edson as chief of staff for,
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Edson as commander of,
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Guadalcanal casualties in,
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Henderson Field defense and,
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K/3/5 clean up after departure of,
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map of Guadalcanal beachhead and,
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Matanikau River battles and,
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McEnery’s San Diego—Brooklyn train trip and,
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in New Guinea,
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nickname for,
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Quantico as home for,
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