Read Hell in the Pacific: A Marine Rifleman's Journey From Guadalcanal to Peleliu Online
Authors: Jim McEnery,Bill Sloan
Jackson, Arthur J.,
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Japanese: battle surrenders of,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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as infiltrators,
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,
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,
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–58,
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kamikaze attacks by,
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McEnery’s feelings about,
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–92
McEnery’s first sight of,
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,
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suicide by,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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“washing machine Charlie”
wounded,
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–76,
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.
See also specific person, battle, or location
Johanson, Gertrude.
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McEnery, Gertrude Johanson (wife)
Johnson, Randall,
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Jones, Edward A. “Hillbilly,”
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–84,
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,
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–61
jungle; McEnery’s night alone in,
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–79
K Company, Third Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment (K/3/5): Adams as leader of,
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–15
in Australia,
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–51
baptism of fire for,
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–90
at Cape Gloucester,
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–81
casualty rate on Peleliu for,
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changes in command structure and,
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–34
Cobb named commander of,
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as front-line combat troop,
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Haldane named commander of,
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Haldane’s death and,
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–65
hopes for return to Melbourne by,
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–85
McEnery first assigned to,
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McEnery kinship with,
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–86
McEnery of leader of,
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–65
McEnery as platoon guide for,
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,
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McEnery as Third Platoon leader of,
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on New Britain,
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on Okinawa,
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–84
at Pavuvu Island,
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–205
on Peleliu,
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,
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,
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–33,
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–37,
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–66
photograph of,
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–68
praise for Ngesebus battles of,
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replacements for,
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–49
rest assignment of,
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reunions of,
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–87
rotation back to U.S. of,
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–75,
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–77
supplies/equipment for,
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K Company, Third Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment (K/3/5)—on Guadalcanal: advance of,
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–58
Army troops and,
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assignment of,
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baptism of fire for,
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–90
daily life of,
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–86
duration of,
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first night of,
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–16
friendly fire casualties and,
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–4
Goettge patrol and,
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–69,
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,
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Henderson Field and,
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landing of,
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–4
maneuvers of,
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–6
map of beachhead and,
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Matanikau battles and,
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–75,
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–5,
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,
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–26
McEnery as reconnaisance sergeant for,
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–5,
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,
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–19,
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and October bombings by Japanese,
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search for F4F Wildcat fighter by,
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shortage of supplies/equipment for,
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–58,
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K Company, Third Battalion, First Marine Regiment (K/3/1),
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,
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Ka-Bar knives,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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kamikaze attacks,
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Kelly, Grace,
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Kelly, R. R. “Railroad,”
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Kimmel, Husband,
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King, Ernest,
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Kokumbona (Guadalcanal village),
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Kongo
(ship),
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Korean construction workers; on Guadalcanal,
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Kukum (Guadalcanal village),
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,
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L Company, Third Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment (L/3/5),
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,
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,
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,
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,
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L Company, Third Battalion, Seventh Marine Regiment (L/3/7),
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–56
land crabs; on Pavuvu,
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,
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,
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,
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Landrum, Bill,
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–17,
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,
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,
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,
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Lane, Kerry,
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Langford, Frances,
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Lawler, Dan,
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–17
Lefebvre, J. J.,
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leg injury, McEnery’s,
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,
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–62,
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Levy, Seymour,
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–91,
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–26,
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,
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–51
Leyden, Bill,
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–92,
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,
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,
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–42,
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Lunga River (Guadalcanal): Balduck death near,
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Battle of Edson’s Ridge and,
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First Marine Regiment at,
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importance of,
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map of Guadalcanal beachhead and,
49
Lynch, James,
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M Company, Third Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment (M/3/5),
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–63
MacArthur, Douglas “Dugout Doug,”
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–81,
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Mace, Sterling,
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–24,
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–26,
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–42,
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–47,
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–51
machine gun training; McEnery’s,
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–42
malaria,
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–15,
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–28,
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,
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,
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Mangrum, Richard,
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maps: of Cape Gloucester,
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–55,
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inaccuracy of,
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,
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,
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–55,
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Marine Corps, U.S.: draft for,
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language of,
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McEnery reenlistment in,
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–75
McEnery’s feelings about,
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,
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–92
McEnery’s last days with,
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organization of divisions in,
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–43
punishments in,
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–37
recovery of dead soldiers by,
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shortages in,
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twenty-four month rule for,
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,
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in World War I,
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Marine Fighter Squadron VMF—114,
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Marshall, George C.,
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Matanikau River (Guadalcanal): battles along,
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–75,
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–6,
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–9,
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–26,
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importance of,
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Japanese patrols along,
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Japanese withdrawal from,
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K and I Companies friendly fire incident along,
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–4
map of Guadalcanal beachhead and,
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U.S.–Japanese fights along,
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–77
Matanikau Village (Guadalcanal),
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,
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Matheny, Tom,
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McClary, Charles R.,
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McDonald, Marie,
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McDougal, David,
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McEnery, Gertrude (wife),
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–90
McEnery, Jim: baptism of fire on Guadalcanal for,
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birth of,
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childhood and youth of,
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–33,
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death of father of,
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–29
drinking of,
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education of,
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–30
family background of,
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–22
fights of,
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,
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–32,
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,
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,
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–72,
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financial affairs of,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Haldane commendation letter for,
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–5
leadership skills of,
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leg injury of,
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,
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–62,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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motivation for joining military of,
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–18
physical appearance of,
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post-war life of,
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promotions of,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–88
reenlistment of,
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–75
religion and,
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return to civilian life of,
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rifle/shooting skills of,
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,
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–42
robbery of,
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scary experience of,
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–79
sees first military uniform,
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–25
self-image of,
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worst day/time of life for,
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,
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McEnery, Lillian (mother): McEnery in Australia and,
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McEnery childhood and youth and,
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,
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,
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,
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–32,
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McEnery Guadalcanal letters to,
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,
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McEnery Guadalcanal memories of,
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,
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,
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McEnery as helping support,
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,
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McEnery on Pavuvu and,
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McEnery return to U.S. and,
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,
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,
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Murosky–McEnery fight and,
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–32
refuses permission for McEnery to join Navy,
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,
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religion and,
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as single parent,
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–18,
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,
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,
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McEnery, Lillian (sister): childhood and youth of,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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death of,
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Gertrude as friend of,
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McEnery Guadalcanal letters to,
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McEnery Guadalcanal memories of,
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McEnery as helping support,
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,
33
McEnery on Pavuvu and,
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McEnery return to U.S. and,
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Muroski as step-father to,
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news about McEnery’s friends from,
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