Hero of the Pacific (33 page)
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Authors: James Brady
Maruyama Trail
Mastice, Catherine
Matalon, Ruby
Matanikau River
Mayer, Louis B.
Memoli, Joseph
Mencaroni, Peter
Midway, Battle of
Miele, Rocco
Migyanko, George
Military Personnel Records Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
Motoyama Airfield #1
Mount Suribachi
Murphy, John W.
Murphy, Vincent J.
Nasu, Yumio
National Association of Manufacturers
Navy Cross
Newark, New Jersey
Newark Star-Ledger
New Guinea
New Haven, Connecticut
New River, North Carolina
New York Daily News
New York Times
New Zealand
Nimitz, Chester
Niven, David
Noumea conference
O'Brien, Edmond
Orlando, Tony
Orlando Tavern
Pacifico, John
Paige, Mitchell
as commissioned officer
Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to
A Marine Named Mitch
views on war bond tour
Parade
paramarines
Parsons, Harold
Patrick, H. G.
Patullo, Herb
Pearl Harbor
Pegg, William N.
Pershing, “Black Jack”
Philgas Company
Philippines
Basilone with Army in
Basilone with Marines in
Battle of the Coral Sea and
Phillips, Nash W.
Pinto, Joe
Pistol Petes
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Plain, Louis C.
Plainfield Courier News
Powell, Bob
Powell, Peggy
Powell, Vicky
Proser, Jim
on Basilone's Army service
on Basilone's childhood
on Basilone's death
on Basilone's Marine service
on Basilone's romantic life
on Guadalcanal events
Puller, Lewis B. “Chesty”
Basilone recommended for Medal of Honor by
Guadalcanal events and
Navy Cross awarded to
Quantico, Virginia
Basilone stationed at
Marine Corps History Division
Marine Corps Schools
Raritan, New Jersey
Basilone Day (September 19, 1943)
Basilone Parade
Basilone's childhood in
Raritan Public Library
Raritan Valley Country Club
St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church
Raritan, New Jersey area
Raritan's Hero
(Doorly)
(Doorly)
on Basilone's burial
on Basilone's childhood
on Basilone's death
on Basilone's fame
on Basilone's funeral
on Basilone's Marine service
Grey, Virginia, interview and
on Guadalcanal events
on Iwo Jima events
on war bond tour
Red Beach 2, Iwo Jima
Red Blood, Black Sand
(Tatum)
(Tatum)
Reynolds, Quentin
Riggi, Lena (Basilone)
Basilone family and
courtship with Basilone
death of
marriage to Basilone
Rochambeau
Rochester, New York
Rocket, K. E.
Rodgers, Captain
Roener, Max R.
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Theodore
Rosenbloom, “Slapsie Maxie”
Rosenthal, Joe
Rossi, Lorenzo
Runyan, Damon
Rupertus, General
Russell, Gerald F.
Russo, Father Amadeo
at Basilone Day
at Basilone's burial
memorial mass said by
“Sailor Burt”
Saipan
Sammy (scout)
Samoa
San Diego
Schmidt, Harry
Schoenecker, Jackie
2nd Battalionh Marine Regiment
2nd Battalionh Marine Regiment
author's service in
at Battle of Guadalcanal
Sena, Augie
Sendai Division (Japan)
7th Marine Regiment
1st Battalion (Basilone's Guadalcanal unit)
Samoa defended by
2nd Battalion
See also
Guadalcanal, Battle of
Guadalcanal, Battle of
Sgt. John Basilone Post 280 (American Legion)
Shaw, Henry I., Jr.
Shor, Toots
Sian, Joe
Sims, Amor LeRoy
Slattery, William
Sloan, Alfred P.
Smith, Holland M. “Howlin' Mad”
Smits (soldier)
Solomon Islands
Somerset County Bar Association
Somerset Messenger-Gazette See also
Cutter, Phyllis Basilone
Cutter, Phyllis Basilone
Sorenson (Marine)
Spanish American War
Spielberg, Steven
Star-Ledger
Star of Italy Mutual Aid Society
St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church
Basilone Day and
memorial mass for Basilone
St. Bernard's parochial school
St. Mary's Church
Sullivan, Ed
Sumiyoshi, Tadashi
Tatum, Charles W. “Chuck”
Terminal Island
3rd Marine Division
Thomas, Lowell
Thomason, Clyde
Tillman, Mary
Tillman, Pat
Time
Truk
Tulagi
Turner, Richmond Kelly “Terrible”
U.S. Army
Army Air Corps
Basilone and
Depression-era pay by
at Guadalcanal
U.S. Army Air Corps
U.S. Marine Corps
Army Air Corps-Navy rivalry and
Basilone's enlistment in
casualty report on Basilone's death
as “first to fight”
growth of, during World War II
Marine Corps History Division (Quantico)
Marine Corps Schools (Quantico)
training and
women in
See also individual names of battles; individual names of enlisted Marines; individual names of officers
U.S. Navy.
See also
U.S. Marine Corps
See also
U.S. Marine Corps
USS
Ballard
Ballard
USS
Basilone
Basilone
USS
Hansford
Hansford
USS
Jarvis
Jarvis
USS
Republic
Republic
Vandegrift, Alexander A.
Basilone's Australia assignment and
Basilone's death notification signed by
Basilone's Navy Cross citation and
Basilone's reassignment to combat and
Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to
Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to Basilone by
Vandegrift Boulevard, Camp Pendleton
Viracola, Fiddle
Vitelli, Peter
VJ Day
war bond tour
in Albany, New York
“Back the Attack” slogan
Basilone assigned to
Basilone Day
in Jersey City, New Jersey
in Newark, New Jersey
in New Haven, Connecticut
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
in Raritan, New Jersey, area
in Rochester, New York
War Heroes
(comic book)
(comic book)
Washington (D.C.) Navy Yard
Watters, Clinton
Way We Were, The
Wayne, John
weapons
Browning .30-caliber M1917A1 machine gun
Garand M1 semiautomatic rifles
light machine guns (LMG)
tanks on Iwo Jima
Whitmer, Regina de Peri
Williams, Ted
Windle, Ray
World War I
Governor's Island and
MacArthur and
World War II
Germany surrender
VJ Day
See also individual names of battles
Wornham, T. A.
Wynn, Keenan
Yamamoto, Isoroku
Zeroes
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