Band of Brothers (45 page)
Spina, Ralph,
SS troops,
Stadium, M. L.,
Stafford, Ralph,
Strayer, Robert,
Hawg Innards Problem and,
march to Atlanta and,
reassignment of,
Strohl, Rod,
woundings of,
supplies,
in Alsace,
Ardennes offensive and,
at Bastogne,
at Foy,
at Haguenau,
on “Hell’s Highway,”
at Noville,
see also
ammunition, ammunition supplies
Talbert, Floyd,
in Berchtesgaden,
in Normandy invasion,
reassignment of,
wounding of,
tanks,
in battle at Eindhoven,
British,
in coordination with infantry,
MARKET-GARDEN and,
in Normandy campaign,
Taylor, Amos “Buck,”
at Foy, 188 promotions of,
Taylor, Maxwell,
in Austria,
Bastogne strategy of,
declaration of martial law and,
at Mourmelon,
Normandy invasion tactics of,
Operation Eagle and,
personality of,
point system and,
redeployment of 101st and,
at Saverne,
Winters and,
telephone communications,
Telstad, Elmer,
10th Armored Division,
Third Army,
Ardennes offensive and,
Normandy campaign and,
3d Battalion of 327th,
3d Battalion of 506th at Bastogne,
at Haguenau,
on “Hell’s Highway,”
XXX Corps,
37th Tank Battalion,
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
340th Volksgrenadier Division, German,
363d Volksgrenadier Division, German,
Tiger, Exercise,
Tiger Royals,
Tipper, Ed,
at Camp Mackall,
Camp Toccoa and, in Normandy invasion,
TNT,
Tolsdorf, Theodor,
Tongelre, German attack at,
Torquay, Exercise Tiger and,
Tournai,
Toye, Joe,
at Bastogne,
on D-Day,
wounding of,
tracer bullets,
Transportation Corps,
transport vehicles,
Trapazano, Ralph,
trench foot,
trench warfare,
Troop Carrier Command,
12th Replacement Depot,
12th SS Division (Hitlerjugend), German,
29th Infantry Division,
Uden,
United Services Organization (USO),
Uppottery airfield,
Utah Beach,
Allied strategy and,
defense of,
museum at,
significance of E Company at,
supply depot at,
Van Gogh, Vincent,
Van Klinken, Robert,
Varsity, Operation,
Veghel,
Vest, Allen,
Vittore, Al,
von der Heydte, Frederick,
V-2 missile,
Waal,
Warren, Thomas,
Warriors, The
(Gray),
Wartime
(Fussell),
Webb, Harold,
Webb, Kenneth,
Webster, David Kenyon,
at Aldbourne,
in Austria,
in Berchtesgaden,
at Camp Toccoa,
Displaced Persons’ camp and,
E Company observed by,
on end of war,
in Germany,
at Haguenau,
at Joigny,
at Mourmelon,
point system and,
at Saverne,
souvenir hunting and,
on surrender of German soldiers,
transferal of,
wounding of,
Wehrmacht,
Ardennes offensive and,
combat attitudes of,
disintegration of,
morale of,
Normandy campaign strategy of,
punishment in,
strength of,
Welling, James,
Welsh, Harry,
in Austria,
in Berchtesgaden,
on D-Day,
in Germany,
promotion of,
reassignment of,
in “Rescue,”
wounding of,
Wentzel, Jerry,
West Point,
West Wall,
Wilhelmina Canal,
Wimer, Ralph,
Winters, Richard,
in Alsace,
in Austria,
in Berchtesgaden,
breaking point and,
at Camp Toccoa,
at Carentan,
character of,
concentration camp and,
D-Day and,
D-Day diary of,
at Foy,
in Germany,
at Haguenau,
at Mourmelon,
on paratrooping,
promotions of,
reassignment of,
Regular commission declined by,
respect for,
at Saverne,
Sobel and,
on surrender of German soldiers,
Taylor and,
transfers of,
wounding of,
X.O. assignment of,
World War I,
Doughboys in,
165 “40-and-8s,”
trench warfare of,
World War II
combat attitudes in,
comradeship of troops in,
end of,
morale of troops in,
Wright, Richard,
Wynn, Robert “Popeye,”
on D-Day,
at Haguenau,
wounding of,
Yale University,
Zell am See,
Zetten,
S
TEPHEN
A
MBROSE
was born in 1936 and grew up in Whitewater, Wisconsin. His father was the town doctor. Ambrose attended the University of Wisconsin, and was initially a pre-med major, with plans to take over his father’s medical practice. But, inspired by a great professor, he changed his major to history, realizing then that writing and teaching would be his life’s work. He went on to Louisiana State University to earn his master’s degree and then returned to the University of Wisconsin to complete a Ph.D.
Ambrose’s first book was his Louisiana State University master’s thesis on Henry Halleck, and his second was his Ph.D. dissertation on Civil War general Emory Upton. In 1960, Ambrose began teaching at the University of New Orleans and working on a history of West Point called
Duty, Honor, Country
. He was twenty-eight years old when President Eisenhower, who had read Ambrose’s book on Halleck, asked him to write his biography.
Ambrose’s research into President Eisenhower’s World War II career shifted the direction of his work from the Civil War to World War II. Later, his research into Eisenhower’s political career led him to write political history.
Since then, Ambrose has written more than twenty books. Among his
New York Times
bestsellers are
D-Day, June 6, 1944; Citizen Soldiers; Band of Brothers; Undaunted Courage;
and
Nothing Like It in the World.
He was the historical consultant for Steven Spielberg's movie
Saving Private Ryan,
and has also participated in numerous national television programs, including ones produced by the History Channel, National Geographic, and the upcoming HBO epic based on
Band of Brothers.
Ambrose is a retired Boyd Professor of History. He is the Director Emeritus of the Eisenhower Center in New Orleans and is the founder of the National D-Day Museum. He is a contributing editor for the
Quarterly Journal of Military History,
a member of the board of directors for American Rivers, and a member of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Council board.
