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table of contents
  1. List of Illustrations
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. List of Abbreviations
  5. Introduction: An Airborne Culture
  6. 1. The Birth of American Airborne Culture
  7. 2. World War II and the Foundation of the Airborne Mafia
  8. 3. The Airborne Way of War and Its Strategic Implications
  9. 4. The Airborne Influence on Atomic Warfare
  10. 5. Tactical Mobility and the Airmobile Division
  11. 6. The Strategic Army Corps and the Emergence of Strike Command
  12. Epilogue: The Legacy of the Airborne Mafia
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index

Index

1st Allied Airborne Army, 149

1st Armored Division, 37, 111, 124, 166

1st Brigade, 8th Infantry Division, 165

1st Infantry Division, 158

2nd Armored Division, 166–67

2nd Infantry Division, 134, 139, 166

3rd Armored Division, 53

3rd Army, 51, 54

3rd Infantry Division, 47

4th Infantry Division, 43–45, 158, 161

5th Army, 37–38, 42, 47–48, 69

5th Cavalry Regiment, 142

6th Army, 115

7th Armored Division, 51, 53

7th Army, 38, 46, 72, 114–15

7th Cavalry Regiment, 141–42

8th Army, 70, 72–73, 114, 121, 153

8th Cavalry Regiment, 140

9th Armored Division, 51, 53–54

9th Infantry Division, 57

10th Air Transport Brigade, 134

10th Armored Division, 51, 53–54

11th Airborne Division, 41, 57, 63, 65, 152, 162, 184, 188; as 11th Air Assault Division, 133–40

11th Attack Helicopter Regiment, 177

12th Army Group, 54

12th Cavalry Regiment, 140

13th Airborne Division, 41, 135

16th Military Police Brigade, 183

17th Airborne Division, 50

26th Infantry Regiment, 37–38

28th Infantry Division, 18, 53

30th Infantry Division, 51, 53

37th Tank Battalion, 54

45th Infantry Division, 38–39, 47

46th Infantry Division, 171

75th Ranger Regiment, 182–83

80th Anti-Aircraft Battalion, 59

82nd Airborne Division, xi, 1–2, 5, 17–18, 24, 26–27, 32, 56, 58–63, 79, 89, 94, 98, 100, 112, 114, 122, 124–25, 130, 133, 140, 148, 150–51, 158–59, 161, 163, 166–72, 176, 180–87; in Battle of the Bulge, 50–53; Gavin’s command of, 69, 72; in Italy, 48–49; in Normandy, 43–46; retention after World War II, 63; in Sicily, 38–42

82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum, 185–86

91st Military Police Battalion, 183

101st Airborne Division, 5, 24, 58–60, 62–63, 69, 119–20, 133–34, 139–40, 145, 169, 173, 177, 181, 184, 186; in Battle of the Bulge, 50–55; in Normandy, 43–46; as part of STRAC, 158–63, 166, 170; reactivation of, 89–90, 112–14

173rd Airborne Brigade, 138, 165, 169, 176

187th Glider Infantry Regiment, 135–36, 140, 164; in Korea, 153–54

188th Glider Infantry Regiment, 63, 140

194th Glider Infantry Regiment, 60–61

307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 39

325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 46, 51, 58–59

326th Glider Infantry Regiment, 58

327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 58–59, 159

401st Glider Infantry Regiment, 58

456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, 39

501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 15, 20, 22, 44, 50, 53, 163, 176

503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 14, 125, 163, 176

504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 38–39, 48–49, 183, 186

505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 26, 33–34, 37–41, 43, 45, 49, 58, 61, 86, 176

506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 16, 21, 24, 31, 43, 46, 50, 160

507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 20, 24, 45

508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 45, 63

509th Parachute Infantry Battalion, 37–38, 42, 49, 185

511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 16, 27, 140

513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 16, 17

517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 31, 32, 176

555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, 63

705th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 53

755th Field Artillery Battalion, 53

969th Field Artillery Battalion, 53

Abrams, Creighton, 10, 54, 129–30, 140, 179–80

Adams, Paul D., 126, 162, 165–66

aerial resupply, 59, 98, 125

Afghanistan, 146, 177–78, 180–83, 188

AH-1 Cobra, 119

AH-64 Apache, 119, 177, 179

air assault badge, 135, 136, 185

air cavalry combat brigade, 132, 146

Air Force Strike (AFSTRIKE), 165

air-mindedness, 4–5, 133–35, 139, 145, 167, 173, 175, 190

Airborne and Special Operations Museum, 186

Airborne Command, 14, 21, 24–25, 28, 36, 58

airborne mafia definition, 2–3

airborne uniform items, 7, 15, 18–21, 33; glider wings, 58; Parachutist (jump) wings, 58, 65, 90, 135–36

airborne warfare, 2, 93, 120, 134, 188; Gavin’s book, 69, 94

Airborne-Army Aviation Department, 125

airfield seizure, 45, 151–53, 163, 166

AirLand Battle, 177

airmobility, 121–23, 125, 129–31, 133, 137, 146; change of tactics after Ia Drang, 142–44; definition from CGSC, 127; French airmobility, 137–38; link to horse cavalry, 127; as state of mind, 134; as two interrelated concepts, 163

airmobility logistics, 131

Alexander, Mark, 17, 39, 61

armor, 4, 9–10, 14, 39, 42, 89, 98, 109, 115, 117, 121, 163, 178–79; and cavalry branch, 9, 120, 139; as opposed to the airborne, 74; as support at Bastogne, 54–55

Army Air Forces, 15, 22

Army Ballistic Missile Agency, 104, 109

Army Field Forces, 109–11, 123

Army General Classification Test (AGCT), 15

Army Strike (ARSTRIKE), 165

artillery, 14, 54, 56–57, 58, 99, 107, 110–12, 114–15, 119, 126, 131, 139, 141, 164, 180; 75mm pack howitzers, 56, 60–62; 105mm artillery; 155mm artillery, 49; aerial, 141, 143; atomic, 97, 101–2, 114; French, 38; horsemobile, 127; missiles as, 95–96, 104; need for heavy, 49, 53, 55, 60

Assistant Division Commanders, 18, 134; Keerans of the 82nd, 39; Pratt of the 101st, 46, 59

Association of the United States Army, 105

Atomic Field Army-1 (ATFA-1), 110–12

Avellino (see also Operation Giant III), 42, 49

Aviation School, 123, 126

Band of Brothers (miniseries), 50, 188

Basic Airborne Course (See also The Parachute School), 140

Bastogne, 50–55, 60, 98, 134, 149, 181

Battle Groups (Pentomic Concept), 73, 95–99, 104, 106, 109, 111–16, 121

Battle of the Bulge, 47, 49–55, 114

Battleground! (film), 50, 134

Berlin, airlift, 98, 151–52; blockade, 67; crisis (1961), 87, 116, 167

Bien Hoa Airfield, 169

Billingslea, Charles, 40, 166

Black Lives Matter protests, 183

Bloody Sunday, 190

Bradley, Omar, 18, 45, 54, 149; chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 70; reputation, 72; thoughts on future war, 150

Brereton, Lewis H., 149

Browning, F.A.M., 40

Bundeswehr, 116

Burgett, Donald, 17, 24

C-17 Globemaster III, 2, 187

C-54 Skymaster, 149

C-82 Packet, 149

C-119 Flying Boxcar, 153–54, 157

C-124 Globemaster II, 157, 162, 166

C-130 Hercules, 130–31, 150, 157, 160–63, 167, 174, 182, 188

C-133 Cargomaster, 169

C-141 Starlifter, 1

Camp Mackall, North Carolina, 36

Camp Toccoa, Georgia, 16–17

Carter, Jimmy, 1; administration of, 172, 180

cavalry, 5, 9, 14, 65, 81, 119–21; air cavalry, 9, 121, 132, 139, 141, 145–46; horse cavalry, 127–29; sky cavalry, 70–71, 83, 121–28

Central Army Group, NATO, 116

CG-4A Waco Gliders, 59

CH-47 Chinook, 87, 128, 131, 134, 136, 178

CH-54 Skycrane, 134

Chamoun, Camille, 161–62

Clark, Mark W., 42, 47–49

Clarke, Bruce, 115

cohesion, 4, 20, 27–28, 29, 32–33

Collins, J. Lawton, 122

Columbus, Georgia, 20

Continental Army Command (CONARC), 83, 99, 111, 114–15, 116, 126, 128, 161

Corporal E missile, 104–6

counterinsurgency, 177, airmobility and, 118, 130–11, 137–18, 145; Eisenhower administration and, 75–76; Kennedy administration and, 85, 88–89; limited war and, 66; post-Vietnam erasure, 178–19; rapid response forces and, 189

Cuban Missile Crisis, 85, 113, 165–16, 170

cultural tenets, 3–4, 21, 27, 37, 93, 114, 174–75

CV-2 Caribou, 131, 134, 140

Czechoslovakia, 67

Davy Crockett rocket, 104, 106, 112

de Gaulle, Charles, 6, 86

Decker, George H., 116

Depuy, William E., 179

Devers, Jacob, 63, 147, 152

Dien Bien Phu, 76–77, 141

dispersion, 4, 37, 45, 46–47, 69, 72, 97–98, 100, 110, 113–14, 116, 118, 123, 125; controlled dispersion, 93–96

Division Ready Force (Immediate Response Force), 2, 165–66, 172, 182; see also Western Hemisphere Reserve and Global Response Force

Donahue, Christopher, 1–2, 186

dragoons, 119–20, 127

Duke of Wellington, 127

Eddleman, Clyde D., 115–16

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 49, 54, 59, 63, 68, 71–72, 157; administration of, 5, 66–67, 108; and Little Rock, 159–61; and the New Look, 73–85, 91, 109; reputation of, 72; and strategic flexibility, 84, 179; rumors about his capture, 50; thoughts on airborne during World War II, 40, 45

Ellsberg, Daniel, 108

Ewell, Julian, 53, 176

Exercise Air Assault II, 137

Exercise Banyan Tree, 163

Exercise Big Lift, 167

Exercise Caribou Creek, 163

Exercise Carte Blanche, 100

Exercise Desert Rock VI, 100

Exercise Desert Rock VII, 100

Exercise Sage Brush, 96, 111, 125–26

Exercise Swarmer, 152–53

expeditionary mindset, 2–3, 21, 37, 47–55, 57, 91, 134, 149, 166, 173, 180, 182, 190

Explorer I, 102

Fallschrimjäger, 12–14, 19

Fayetteville, North Carolina, 20, 186

Field Manual 31–30, Tactics and Technique of Air-borne Troops, 16, 23, 25–26, 29, 31

Field Manual 57–35: Airmobile Operations, 128

Field Manual 100–5: Operations, 66, 99, 177

Field Manual 100–31, Tactical Use of Atomic Weapons, 99

First Airborne Task Force, 47, 62

flexibility, 3–4, 6–7, 21–37, 40, 49, 55, 66, 84, 91, 93, 96–100, 109–22, 134, 170, 174, 183

Flexible Response, 66–67, 77, 84–90, 95, 116, 118, 165

Foreign Legion, French, 6

Fort Benning, Georgia (Fort Moore), 11, 14–18, 34–35, 97, 123, 125, 127, 133–35, 139

Fort Bragg, North Carolina (Fort Liberty), 88–89, 124, 129–30, 134, 152, 155–56, 163, 167–70, 172, 185–86

Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 112, 156, 159–61, 172, 186, 189

Fort Polk (Fort Johnson), 111

Fort Rucker, Alabama (Fort Novosel), 124, 126–27

Fort Stewart, Georgia, 130, 136

Forward Operating Base Cobra, 119

Frederick, Robert T., 62

Gabel, Kurt, 16–17, 24, 32

Gavin, James M., 3, 5, 36, 58, 62, 66, 80–81, 91, 117–18, 129, 135, 136, 157, 175, 178, 179, 185, 190; and aerial delivered artillery, 57; and aerial resupply, 59, 98; on air as the decisive domain, 147–48, 173; airborne attitudes, 20, 23; on atomic weapons, 93–96; on atomic doctrine and organization, 109–10, 113–15; Battle of the Bulge, 50–53; in Berlin, 63; commanding in Sicily, 37–41; Coordination Group, 82; developing doctrine, 12, 25; on futility of airborne operations, 188; on individualism, 29; on intervention at Dien Bien Phu, 77; missiles, 102–8; and mobility differential, 120–23, 130; Peace Corps idea, 89; postwar assignments, 69–73, 81; on Sputnik, 102; relationship with Kennedy, 84–87; resistance to the New Look, 81–84; and Salerno, 48–49; Sky Cavalry, 121–28, 132, 141, 144; studying German airborne operations, 12; thoughts on Operation Varsity, 61; thoughts on Ridgway as chief of staff, 78; Victory Parade and integration, 63

glider operations, 12, 23, 61–63, 120, 155; frustration with, 58; organization of glider regiments, 22, 58; pilots for, 58, 61; use as casualty evacuation, 61; use in Market Garden, 60; use in Normandy, 59–60; use in Varsity, 60–61

Global Response Force, 182

Golden Brigade, 169

Gruenther, Alfred M., 71, 79, 151

H-37 Mojave, 131

Haiti, 1, 182

Haldane, Robert, 65, 158

Ho Chi Minh Trail, 140

Honest John rocket, 104, 106, 112

Horsa Gliders, 59

Howell, William A., 125, 127

Howze, Hamilton, 5, 65–66, 108, 139, 173, 177; as commander of the 82nd, 158–59; as commander of XVIII Airborne Corps, 166, 170; as director of army aviation, 124–26; Howze Board, 128–33, 146; and special warfare board, 88

Hutton, Carl I., 123, 126, 128, 138

Ia Drang Valley, 141–43

II Corps, 38

individualism, 28–32

Janissaries, Ottoman 19

Johnson, Earl, 122, 155–56

Johnson, Harold K., 137, 139

Johnson, Howard, 11

Johnson, Louis A., 70

Johnson, Lyndon B., 139–40, 167, 171; administration of, 66

Joint Airborne Troop Board, 62, 155

Juno-1 rocket, 102

Jupiter-C rocket, 102, 104–5, 109

Kennedy, John F., containment and, 66; civ-mil relations during administration, 5; and flexible response, 77, 84–91, 118, 179; and ROAD approval, 116

Kesselring, Albert, 48

Key West Agreement, 101–2, 127

King Jr., Martin Luther, 172

Kinnard, Harry W.O., 54–55, 120, 129, 134–42

Knollwood Maneuvers, 41

Korean War, 66–68, 70, 72, 74–75, 80, 100, 120–21, 128, 152, 154

Kurilla, Erik, 183

La Fiere Bridge, 43, 45

leadership, 7–8, 21, 26–32, 34, 47, 51, 55, 66, 69, 71–72, 114, 174

Lee, William C., 5, 14, 25

Lemnitzer, Lyman, 65–66, 163

Little Groups of Paratroopers (LGOPS), xi, 25, 40, 42, 189

Little John rocket, 104, 106, 112, 131, 140

Little Rock, 159–60, 170

Louisiana Maneuvers, 111

M-1 Abrams, 179

M-1 Garand, 108

M-2 Bradley, 179

M-14 rifle, 108

M-65 atomic cannon, 101–2, 106

Marine Corps, United States, 8, 71, 85, 162, 166

Marshall, George, 17, 25, 27, 40, 51, 58–59, 62; Marshall Plan, 67

Mathewson, Lemuel, 152

McAuliffe, Anthony, 51, 53–54, 62, 72, 122

McCaffery, Barry, 189

McCarr, Lionel C., 112

McElroy, Neil H., 106

McNair, Lesley J., 20, 23, 42

McNamara, Robert S., 86–87, 90, 118, 128–29, 132–33, 138–39, 167

medical evacuation, and gliders, 61; and helicopters, 108, 143, 178

Meyer, Edward C., 185

Midway, Battle of, 103

Miley, William, 19–20, 50–51, 151

Military Air Transport Service, 161, 164

Military Assistance Command—Vietnam (MACV), 140, 176

MIM-104 Patriot, 179

mobility, strategic, 81, 113, 141, 148–50, 157–58, 159, 164, 173; tactical, 3, 55, 63–64, 114, 120–46; discussion of the two, 148

Modern Mobile Army 1965–1970 (MOMAR I), 115–16

MOMAR II, 116

Moore, Harold G., 135, 138, 141–45

Moorman, Frank, 98

NASA, 118

National Airborne Day, 184

National Committee to Save the Beret, 185

National Museum of the United States Army, 186

National Security Act of 1947, 67

National Security Council Memorandum 68 (NSC 68), 68

Navy, United States, 70, 74–77, 93, 105, 164–65

New Look, 73–84

1958 Defense Reorganization Act, 179

Nixon, Richard, 160

Normandy, xi, 33, 37, 42–47, 56–63, 79, 86, 114, 123, 152, 186, 189

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 67, 72, 77, 79, 94, 116, 167, 183

Norton, John (Jack), 129, 134–36, 176, 179

Oakes, John C., 164

Oerlikon rockets, 126

OH-13 Sioux, 126

Operation Blue Bat, 162

Operation Desert Storm, 119

Operation Dragoon, 47

Operation Giant III (see also Avellino), 42, 49

Operation Husky, 34, 120; decentralization during, 37–47; lessons from, 40–42

Operation Iraqi Freedom, 177

Operation Junction City, 169

Operation Market Garden, 15, 47, 60, 120, 149

Operation Merkur (Crete), 12

Operation Overlord, 120; decentralization during, 42–45, 46; lessons from, 45–46; 46; see also Normandy

Operation Power Pack, 167–69

Operation Rapid Road, 170

Operation Swaggerstick, 161–62

Operation Torch, 34, 37

Operation Uphold Democracy, 1

Operation Varsity, 47, 60–62

Operations Plan (OPLAN) 316, 165

OV-1 Mohawk, 131–32, 139–40

Palmer, Bruce, 167–68

Palmer, Williston, 79–80

Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring, 39

Panzergrenadier divisions, 116

Parachute Battalion (film), 12

Parachutist Badge, 12, 19, 184; senior and master badges, 185

Patton, George S., 40, 51, 54, 63

Pearl Harbor, 17, 103

PENTANA study, 111–12

Pentomic, 98–99, 109–17, 121, 148, 159; definition, 5; origin of the term, 113

People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN), 141–42, 145, 176

People’s Liberation Armed Forces (Vietcong), 145, 176

Pershing missile, 106

Phenix City, Alabama, 20

Pleiku Province, 141–44

Powell, Colin, 2

Project Binnacle, 110

Project VISTA, 94

Prop Blast Ceremony, 20–21

Ranger Battalions, 180

Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF), 180

Reagan, Ronald, 181

Redstone missile, 104

Reorganization Objectives Army Division 1965 (ROAD), 116–17

Reorganization of the Airborne Division (ROTAD), 112–13

Republic of Korea Army, 72, 114

Reuther, Walter, 89, 105

Ridgway, Matthew B., 3, 5, 36, 58–59, 61, 63, 65–66, 68, 70, 72, 82–85, 91, 93, 122, 150–52, 175, 178, 184–85, 190; and atomics, 95–96, 99, 109–14; as chief of staff, 73–80, 99, 156; as commander of 82nd, 17–18, 25, 38–42, 48, 56; as commander of XVIII Airborne Corps, 49–53, 149; and Korea, 70–71

Rio Pact, 1947, 68

Rogers Board, 128–29

Ryder, William T., 25

Sampson, Francis L., 20, 33

Schwarzkopf, Herbert Norman, 159

Second Manassas, Battle of, 123

Seitz, Richard J., 31, 170–71, 176

Sink, Robert, 160, 163

Special Forces, 35, 88–89, 118, 132, 166, 178, 185, 188

Sputnik, 102

St. Vith, 51–52

Stahr, Elvis J., 128–29

Stevens, Robert T., 78–79, 156

Stillwell, Joseph, 123

Stockton, Richard, 141

Strategic Air Command, 9, 82, 95, 103, 125, 152, 158, 173

Strategic Army Corps (STRAC), 81, 148, 157–64; motto, 158; responding to delicate situations, 159, 189

Strategic Army Forces, 158

Stroßtruppen, 30, 97

Stryker vehicle, 181–82

surface-to-air missiles, 98, 102, 122, 161

Swing, Joseph M., 57, 62; Swing Board, 41–42

Tactical Air Command, 125, 130, 161, 164

tactical atomic warfare (limited atomic warfare), 69–70; defensive concepts, 98; logistics, 98; offensive concepts, 97; and relation to World War I, 97

Task Force Detroit, 169–71

Taylor, Maxwell D., 3, 5, 26–27, 36, 62, 65–66, 72–73, 90–93, 122, 125, 163, 167, 175; on atomic doctrine and technology, 99–108; as chief of staff, 78–84, 92–93, 172; as commander of the 101st, 43–44, 50–54, 58; entry to the paratroops, 25; and Flexible Response, 84; and gliders, 58–59; and Kennedy, 85–88, 166; on Pentomic reorganization, 111–18; on strategic mobility, 150, 156–59; as superintendent of West Point, 68–69; on Ridgway, 71; and Westmoreland, 57, 82, 176

Team SNAFU, 53

Tet Offensive, 169

The Parachute School, 16–18, 26, 34, see also Basic Airborne Course

Throckmorton, John L., 171

Training Circular No. 113 (TC 113), Employment and Training of Airborne and Troop Carrier Forces, 41–42

Trapnell, Thomas, 164

TRICAP division, 145, 177

Trudeau, Arthur G., 127

Truman, Harry S., 71, administration of, 66–67; and United Mine Workers, 171

Turner, Stansfield, 181

UH-1 Huey, 87, 128, 137, 145

UH-60 Black Hawk, 178–79

ULTRA, 39

United Mine Workers, 170

United Nations, 68, 173

University of Mississippi integration (Operation Rapid Road), 170

US Strike Command (STRICOM), 148, 165–66

US withdrawal from Afghanistan, 186–87

Van Fleet, James, 72

Vance, Cyrus, 133, 136

Vanderpool, Jay, 126–28

Victory Parade, 63

Viet Minh, 77, 137

VII Corps, 43, 45, 72, 79, 95

VIII Corps, 53

voluntarism, 14–16, 21

von Braun, Werner, 102

Walker, Edwin, 159–60

Walker, Walton, 69–70

Weapon Systems Evaluation Group (WSEG), 46, 69–71, 94–95

Werbomont, 51

West Point, United States Military Academy, 24, 66, 82, 101, 125, 135; football uniforms, 184; Taylor’s changes to the curriculum, 68–69

Western Hemisphere Reserve, 112, 148, 158

Westmoreland, William C., 10, 57, 129; as commander of MACV, 140, 143, 145, 169, 176, 178; as Secretary of the General Staff, 82; thoughts on air vehicles, 130

Wheeler, Earl G., 133–34, 137, 156–57

Williams, Robert R., 129, 134

Winski, Brian, 189

Winters, Richard, 14, 16

Wyman, Willard G., 126

XVIII Airborne Corps, 49, 53, 98, 124–25, 129, 148, 158, 160, 164, 166–67, 170–71, 180–81, 183, 187

Yarborough, William P., 12, 38, 48, 166; green berets and Kennedy, 89; parachutist badge and uniform designs, 18–20

Yom Kippur War, 146, 178, 180

York, Robert, 167–68

Zais, Melvin, 145, 151, 176

Zouaves, 19, 37

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