Read Hell in the Pacific: A Marine Rifleman's Journey From Guadalcanal to Peleliu Online
Authors: Jim McEnery,Bill Sloan
McEnery, Thomas (father),
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McIlhenny, Walter,
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McIlvaine, Rex,
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–14
McMillan, George,
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Mead, George,
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Medal of Honor,
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medics/corpsmen: on Cape Gloucester,
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,
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McEnery’s feelings about Japanese shooting,
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on Ngesebus,
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on Peleliu,
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,
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–55,
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–61
Melbourne, Australia: First Marine Division in,
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–45
K/3/5 hopes for return to,
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–85
Merchant Marine crew; Navy gunners fight with,
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military, U.S.: McEnery motivation for joining,
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McEnery’s dreams of joining,
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See also specific branch
military uniform; McEnery sees first,
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Milne Bay (New Guinea); Fifth Marine Regiment at,
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Moore, Alden,
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morale: on Guadalcanal,
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on Peleliu,
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Muroski, Peter Paul,
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Muroski, Peter Paul Jr.,
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Murphy, Dennis,
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National Guard troops,
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Naval Battle of Guadalcanal,
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Naval Operating Base (Norfolk, Virginia)
McEnery assignment at,
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Navy, U.S.: Banika base of,
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–98
Battle of Midway and,
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First Marine Division in Australia and,
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as Guadalcanal backup,
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Guadalcanal departure of,
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Japanese air raids on,
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–14,
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McEnery thoughts of joining,
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,
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Merchant Marine crew fight with,
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–
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Paleliu battle and,
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Peleliu dock of,
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Rabaul campaign and,
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supplies for Guadalcanal and,
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support for troops on Guadalcanal and,
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See also specific person, battle or vessel
Navy Cross,
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New Britain: K/3/5 assignment to,
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MacArthur visit to,
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See also
Cape Gloucester
New Caledonia,
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New River, North Carolina; McEnery field training at,
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Ngesebus; Battle for,
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–44,
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nurses, Red Cross,
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officers: code names for,
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See also specific person
O’Neil, Tom,
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–71
164th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division,
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–13,
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182nd Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army,
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Opecek, Frankie,
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Oro Bay (New Guinea); Seventh Marine Regiment at,
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Pacific War: British in,
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Guadalcanal as turning point in,
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weapons and equipment for,
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See also specific topic
Parris Island, South Carolina: McEnery in boot camp at,
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–37,
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McEnery cruise to,
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McEnery as drill instructor at,
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–83,
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McEnery hopes for appointment as DI at,
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Patch, Alexander,
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Patterson, Lawrence V.,
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–22,
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Pavuvu Island: changes on,
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entertainment troupe at,
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food/water on,
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and Haldane commendation letter for McEnery,
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K/3/5 rotation back to U.S. and,
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–75,
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as Marine rest camp,
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–205,
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Marine suicides on,
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rats/land crabs on,
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–95,
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weather on,
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Pearl Harbor: Battle of Tenaru River as payback for,
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Short and Kimmel as scapegoats for,
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Peleliu: airfield on,
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–16,
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Army troops on,
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–66,
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cemetery on,
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as First Marine Division objective,
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importance of remembering,
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Japanese infiltrators on,
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,
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–58,
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Japanese surrender on,
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K/3/5 departure from,
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last duty assignment on,
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MacArthur role in battle for,
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,
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Marine casualties/wounded on,
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most tragic day and,
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–64
Orange Beach on,
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as pointless battle,
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Rupertus comments about,
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,
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supplies/equipment on,
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tanks on,
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–10,
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–13,
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–30,
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–61,
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Umurbrogol Pocket/Bloody Nose Ridge battles on,
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–18,
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–37,
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–66,
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as uniquely horrible and worst time of McEnery’s life,
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weather on,
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See also
Ngesebus
platoon leaders: as tough job,
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See also specific person
Point Cruz (Guadalcanal),
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post-traumatic stress syndrome,
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Pratt, Malcolm,
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prisoners of war: at Battle of Tenaru River,
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Bushido and,
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at Singapore,
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Puller, Lewis B. “Chesty,”
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–8,
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Quantico, Virginia; McEnergy assignment at,
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Rabaul; Japanese base at,
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rats; on Pavuvu,
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–95,
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Red Cross nurses,
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–73
Resurrection Catholic Church (Brooklyn, New York),
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Rice, Lyman,
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Rickenbacker, Eddie,
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rifle incident: bolt problem,
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–37,
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booby-trapped,
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Rigney, Tom,
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Rivers, John,
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Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
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Rottinghaus, Ray,
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Royal Life Saving Society,
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Rupertus, William,
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Rutgers University,
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San Diego, California; McEnery in,
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San Francisco, California; McEnery in,
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Saunders, Captain,
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Schantunbach, Norman “Dutch,”
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Schmid, Al,
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Scott, Raymond,
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Sealark Channel: Japanese air raids on U.S. ships in,
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See also
Iron Bottom Sound
Second Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment (2/5),
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Second Battalion, First Marine Regiment (2/1),
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Second Battalion, Seventh Marine Regiment (2/7),
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Second Marine Division,
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Second Marine Raider Battalion,
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Second Marine Regiment,
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Selden, John T.,
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Seventh Marine Regiment: in Australia,
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casualties of,
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evacuation from Peleliu of,
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Matanikau River battles and,
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at Oro Bay (New Guinea),
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on Peleliu,
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as reinforcements on Guadalcanal,
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Rupertus briefing to,
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as split off from Fifth Marine Regiment,
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See also specific battalion
Shanley, James V. “Jamo,”
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Shea, John,
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Shepherd, Earl,
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Shepherd, Lemuel,
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Shifla, Donald,
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Shofner, Austin “Shifty,”
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Short, Walter,
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singing: on Armistice Day,
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by Jones,
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Sixth Marine Regiment,
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Skocczylas, Joseph,
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