The Yanks Are Coming! (55 page)

U.S. 4th Marine Brigade,
80
,
95
,
185

U.S. 5th Artillery Regiment,
136

U.S. 5th Marine Regiment,
81
,
102
,
184–85

U.S. 6th Marine Regiment,
81

U.S. 7th Infantry Regiment,
87

U.S. 7th Machine Gun Battalion,
80

U.S. 9th Infantry,
83

U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment,
124

U.S. 12th Army Group,
205

U.S. 18th Infantry,
97

U.S. 26th Division,
75–76
,
95
,
102–3

U.S. 26th Infantry Regiment,
287
,
290–91

U.S. 28th Division,
95

U.S. 28th Infantry Regiment,
77–78

U.S. 32nd Division,
95

U.S. 33rd Volunteer Infantry Regiment,
137–38

U.S. 38th Infantry,
93–94

U.S. 42nd Division (“Rainbow” Division),
74
,
91–92
,
95
,
102
,
150–51
,
271

U.S. 69th Infantry Regiment, the,
240–43
,
271
,
273
.
See also
“Fighting 69th, the”

U.S. 77th Division,
95
,
106
,
110–11

U.S. 79th Division,
108

U.S. 82nd “All American” Division,
102
,
113
,
246

U.S. 84th Brigade,
152–53

U.S. 94th Aero Pursuit Squadron,
229–31

U.S. 165th Infantry Regiment,
241–42

U.S. 167th Regiment,
74
,
241

U.S. Air Corps,
141

U.S. Air Force,
236

U.S. Air Service,
171
,
174
,
176–77

U.S. Army

    
casualties suffered by the,
76
,
139–40

    
chaplains in the,
239–43

    
chiefs of staff of,
133
,
135
,
139–40
,
149
,
151
,
155
,
202
,
215–17
,
219–20
,
275–76

    
court-martial of Billy Mitchell by the,
178

    
deployment of the (WWI),
58
,
70
,
100–1
,
288–89

    
deployment of the (WWII),
159
,
203–4
,
216–17

    
“doughboys” of the,
2
,
9
,
61
,
68–78
,
93
,
96
,
99–101
,
105–11
,
115
,
131
,
40
,
229
,
272
,
297
,
330–32

    
Meuse-Argonne Offensive and,
104–17

    
presence in the Philippines,
169

    
recruiting and examinations for the,
139
,
148
,
210–11
,
287

    
relationship with other militaries,
67
,
70
,
100

    
relationship with other U.S. branches,
86
,
140–41
,
172–74
,
177
,
183
,
185–86
,
214–17

    
size of the,
56
,
58
,
66–67
,
133
,
141–42
,
155–57
,
214
,
216
,
260

    
supplies for the,
68
,
126
,
159
,
217
,
245

U.S. Army Air Forces, the,
234

U.S. Army Signal Corps,
168–69
,
171
,
228

U.S. Army War College,
44
,
92
,
138
,
184
,
201
,
213

U.S. Asiatic Fleet,
159

U.S. Aviation Section, the,
169
,
228

U.S. Cavalry,
197
.
See also
Cavalry School
;
U.S. 1st Cavalry Division
;
10th Cavalry Regiment

U.S. Chemical Warfare Corps,
140–41

U.S. Congress

    
Alvin York and,
250

    
budget cuts by,
133
,
141–42

    
declaration of war by (WWI),
34
,
65

    
elections to,
262
,
266
,
313

    
military policy and,
183
,
187
,
216–17
,
260–61
,
325

    
Pershing and,
133

    
support for Israel,
323

    
testimonies and speeches to,
164
,
172
,
264
,
307

    
wartime policies of,
48
,
55
,
65–67

    
West Point and,
147–48

    
Wilson's “War Message” to,
60–61

U.S. Department of Justice,
273–74

U.S. Department of the Treasury,
285–86

U.S. Department of War,
47
,
125
,
137–40
,
142
,
149
,
177–78
,
230

U.S. Eighth Army,
163

U.S. Fifteenth Army,
207–8

U.S. First Army,
100–2
,
104–5
,
115–17
,
199

U.S. Food Administration,
67

U.S. mail, the,
57
,
172
,
187
,
233

U.S. Marine Corps, Marines, the,
173
,
236

    
fighting in France (WWI),
80–87
,
89
,
115
,
131–21
,
184–86
,
303–4

    
Korean War and,
163

    
leadership of the,
80–87
,
184–89

    
reputation of the,
182–83

    
South American engagements and,
51
,
184

    
World War II and,
159

U.S. Merchant Marine,
56

U.S. National Guard,
56
,
66
,
74
,
140–41
,
149–50
,
217
,
252–53
,
270–71

U.S. Naval War College,
71

U.S. Navy,
235

    
Billy Mitchell and
172–74
,
176–78

    
Marines and,
183
,
187

    
relationship with the Royal Navy,
67
,
72

    
strength of the,
45–46
,
56–59
,
260

    
technology of the,
72

    
Wilson and,
56–59

    
World War II and,
157

U.S. Olympic Committee,
154

U.S. Senate,
167–68
,
256
,
322
,
324–25
,
330

U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
313

U.S. Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program,
257

U.S. Seventh Army,
203

U.S. Signal Corps.
See
U.S. Army Signal Corps

U.S. State Department,
47
,
261

U.S. Tank Corps,
141
,
199
,
201

U.S. Third Army,
205–6

U.S. Transport Corps,
140–41

Utah Beach,
290–91

V

Vanderbilt, Alfred,
54

Vanderbilt, Cornelius,
287

Vatican, the,
276–77

Verdun, France,
36–37
,
91
,
99–100
,
104

Versailles Treaty, the,
21
,
23
,
233
,
307–26
,
330

Vichy French,
203
,
218–19
,
277
,
329

Victoria Cross,
332

Victoria (queen),
18

Vienna, Viennese,
312

Vietnam, Vietnamese,
1
,
80
,
249

Vietnam War, the,
237

Vigneulles, France,
102–3

Villa, Pancho,
128–29
,
198
,
240
,
271

Vinen, Richard,
324

Virginia Military Institute (VMI),
86
,
145
,
188–89
,
193–94
,
199
,
210
,
223

Vladivostok,
300–2

Vollmer, Paul Jürgen,
3–4

von Hindenburg, Paul,
8
,
29–30
,
37
,
66
,
104
,
107
,
114
,
142
,
330

W

Wallace, Henry,
257
,
259
,
262

Wall Street,
53
,
112
,
114

Walter Reed Army Hospital,
133
,
143
,
282

War of 1812,
57

War Between the States, the,
103
,
121
,
129
,
181
,
193
,
241

War Department, the.
See
U.S. Department of War

War Industries Board,
67

“War Message” (Wilson),
60–61

Warner Brothers,
248

War Plans Division,
215

Warren, Helen Frances,
127

Washington, DC,
133
,
146
,
156
,
214
,
233
,
284

    
as capital of U.S.,
125
,
140
,
142–43
,
170–71
,
178
,
188
,
263
,
275

    
military posts in,
136
,
139
,
149
,
168–69
,
171
,
182–84
,
188
,
201
,
211–13
,
215
,
220

Washington, George,
133
,
224
,
266
,
331

Washington State,
215

Wass, Lester S.,
83

Waters, John,
203
,
206

Weeks, John W.,
142
,
177

Wehrmacht, the,
217
,
328

Weimar Republic, the,
312
,
324

Weltpolitik
,
19

West Berlin,
221

Western civilization,
6

Western Europe,
42
,
221–22
,
278

Western Front, the,
9
,
31
,
33–34
,
37
,
66
,
68
,
70
,
72
,
74
,
81
,
93
,
101
,
13—32
,
143
,
169–70
,
302–3
,
313–14