The Ghost Mountain Boys - James E. Campbell [0]
TITLE PAGE
DEDICATION
A GUIDE TO THE BOOK’S MAJOR CHARACTERS
AUTHOR’S NOTE
INTRODUCTION
MAPS
PROLOGUE
BOOK ONE
Chapter 1 ESCAPE TO THE SOUTH
Chapter 2 A TRAIN HEADING WEST
Chapter 3 ARRIVAL DOWN UNDER
Chapter 4 SONS OF HEAVEN
Chapter 5 CANNIBAL ISLAND
BOOK TWO
Chapter 6 FORLORN HOPE
Chapter 7 THE BLOODY TRACK
Chapter 8 MARCHING INTO THE CLOUDS
Chapter 9 ONE GREEN HELL
Chapter 10 TO SWALLOW ONE’S TEARS
(NAMIDA O NOMU)
Chapter 11 FEVER RIDGE
BOOK THREE
Chapter 12 THE KILL ZONE
Chapter 13 A POOR MAN’S WAR
Chapter 14 IF THEY DON’T STINK, STICK ’EM
Chapter 15 THE BUTCHER’S BILL
Chapter 16 BREAKING THE STALEMATE
Chapter 17 CAGED BIRDS
EPILOGUE
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
COPYRIGHT
To Elizabeth, for her patience and grace, and to our
daughters Aidan, Rachel, and Willa
And to the Red Arrow men of New Guinea and their families
A Guide to the Book’s Major Characters
U.S. COMMAND STRUCTURE
General Douglas MacArthur: Commander in Chief Southwest Pacific Area
Major General Richard Sutherland: MacArthur’s Chief of Staff
Brigadier General Charles Willoughby: MacArthur’s Head of Intelligence (G-2)
Major General George Kenney: Commander of Allied Air Forces
Brigadier General Hugh Casey: MacArthur’s Engineer Officer
Major General Edwin Forrest Harding: Commanding General 32nd U.S. Infantry Division from February 1942–December 1, 1942
Lieutenant General Robert Eichelberger: Commander I Corps. Assumed command of all U.S. forces east of the Girua River in early December 1942
AUSTRALIAN COMMAND STRUCTURE
General Sir Thomas Blamey: Commander Allied Land Forces SWPA
Major General Basil Morris: General Officer Commanding New Guinea Force
Lieutenant General Sydney Rowell: Replaced Morris as General Officer Commanding New Guinea Force on August 10, 1942
Lieutenant General Edmund Herring: Replaced General Rowell in late October 1942
Major General Arthur “Tubby” Allen: General Officer Commanding 7th Australian Division
Major General George Vasey: Replaced Tubby Allen as Commanding Officer of the 7th Australian Division on October 27, 1942
32ND U.S. INFANTRY DIVISION
Colonel Lawrence Quinn: Commander 126th Infantry Regiment until November 5
Colonel John Mott: Temporary Commander Urbana Force
Colonel John Grose: Assumed command of Urbana Force on December 4, 1942. Three days later, turned over command of Urbana Force to Colonel Clarence Tomlinson. Then took over command of the 127th Infantry Regiment. Resumed command of Urbana Force on December 20, 1942
Lieutenant Colonel Clarence Tomlinson: Assumed command of the 126th Infantry after Quinn. Took over command of Urbana Force on December 7, 1942. Relieved of duties on December 20 due to exhaustion, but remained Commander of the 126th Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Smith: Commander 2nd Battalion 128th Infantry Regiment
Major Herbert “Stutterin’” Smith: Commander 2nd Battalion 126th Infantry Regiment
Captain William “Jim” Boice: Regimental Intelligence Officer (G-2), and leader of the Pathfinder Patrol
URBANA FRONT
Lieutenant Robert Odell: Platoon leader Company F 2nd Battalion 126th Infantry Regiment. Took command of the company in early December 1942
Lieutenant James Hunt: Head of communications section attached to Company E, then F, and eventually Battalion Headquarters 126th Infantry Regiment
Sergeant Herman Bottcher: Platoon commander Company H 2nd Battalion 126th Infantry Regiment. Attached to Company G
COMPANY G 2ND BATTALION 126TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
Lieutenant Cladie “Gus” Bailey: Commanding Officer
Sergeant Don Stout
Sergeant Don Ritter
Corporal Stanley Jastrzembski
Corporal Carl Stenberg
Privates First Class Russell Buys, Samuel DiMaggio, Chester Sokoloski
COMPANY E 2ND BATTALION 126TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
Captain Melvin Schultz: Commanding Officer
1st Sergeant Paul Lutjens
Sergeant John Fredericks
Private First Class Arthur Edson
SANANANDA FRONT
Captain Alfred Medendorp: Leader of the Wairopi Patrol, Commanding