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Note: This pathfinder is done in a different format than the others.
It is comprised of the names of WWII heroes and where to find specific information on them.
A bibliography including call numbers is located at the end.

Selecting a name below will take you to the entry for that person:

Henry Harley Arnold

John Basilone

Richard Ira Bong

Gregory "Pappy" Boyington

Omar Bradley

Winston Churchill

Mark Clark

James H. Doolittle

Merritt Edson

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Henry "Red" Erwin

Joseph Jacob Foss

William F. "Bull" Halsey

Henry Kent Hewitt

Charles E. "Chuck" Kelly

John F. Kennedy

Ernest Joseph King

Thomas Cassin Kinkaid

Walter Krueger

Ben Lear

Douglas Macarthur

George C. Marshall

Joseph T. McNarny

Marc Andrew Mitscher

Bernard Montgomery

Louis Mountbatten

Audie Murphy

Chester Nimitz

Joseph Timothy O'Callahan

George Patton

Donald K. Ross

Oskar Schindler

Holland McTyeire Smith

Brehan Burke Somervell

Carl Andrew Spaatz

Raymond Ames Spruance

Harold Raynsford Stark

Joseph Warren Stilwell

Corrie Ten Boom

John Henry Towers

Richmond Kelly Turner

Matt Louis Urban

Alexander Archer Vandegrift

Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright

Raoul Wallenberg

Rodger Young

Arnold, Henry Harley

1. Generals and Admirals, p. 10 2. Current Biography 1942

3. Encyclopedia of World Biography 4. American National Biography

5. New York Times Magazine, February 15, 1942, p. 28 6. Time, March 5, 1942, p. 20

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Basilone, John

1. Above and Beyond, p. 169 2. Life, October 11, 1945, p. 126

3. Time, March 18, 1945, p. 18 4. Biography Resource Center database

Bong, Richard Ira

1. Above and Beyond, p. 209 2. Time, August 9, 1943, p. 68

3. Time, April 24, 1944, p. 26 4. Time, October 23, 1944, p. 68

5. Biography Resource Center database

Boyington, Gregory "Pappy"

1. Above and Beyond, p. 174 2. American National Biography

3. Time, April 24, 1944, p. 26 4. Time, January 10, 1944, p. 68

5. Biography Resource Center database

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Bradley, Omar

1. Current Biography 1943 2. Encyclopedia of World Biography

3. Dictionary of World Biography 4. American National Biography

5. A Soldier's Story 6. Generals and Admirals, p. 30

7. Time, December 4, 1944, p. 24 8. New York Times Magazine, May 7, 1944, p. 8

9. Biography Resource Center database 10. Reader's Guide, 1941 - 1945 (under Bradley)

Churchill, Winston

1. Current Biography 1940 & 1943 2. Encyclopedia of World Biography

3. Dictionary of World Biography 4. Contemporary Authors, v. 97 - 100

5. Churchill, A Life 6. The Duel: 10 May - 30 July 1940

7. Check catalog under Churchill, Winston for additional book titles 8. Current History, December, 1939, p. 20

9. Vital Speeches of the Day, October 15, 1941, p. 2 10. Nation, December 18, 1943, p. 723

11. Biography Resource Center database 12. Reader's Guide, 1939 - 1945 (under Churchill)

Clark, Mark

1. Current Biography 1942 2. Encyclopedia of World Biography

3. American National Biography 4. Generals and Admirals, p. 24

5. Life, January 3, 1944, p. 14 6. New York Times Magazine, September 19, 1943, p. 9

7. Biography Resource Center database

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Doolittle, James H.

1. Current Biography 1942 2. Encyclopedia of World Biography

3. American National Biography 4. Doolittle

5.Generals and Admirals, p. 32 6. New York Times Magazine, September 19, 1943, p. 7

7. Life, October 25, 1943, p. 47 8. Biography Resource Center database

Edson, Merritt

1. Above and Beyond, p. 167 2. Time, December 27, 1943, p. 66

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

1. Current Biography 1942 2. Encyclopedia of World Biography

3. Dictionary of World Biography 4. American National Biography

5. Eisenhower at War, 1943 - 1945 6. Great American Generals of World War II

7. Generals and Admirals, p. 8 8. New York Times Magazine, January 30, 1944, p. 7

9. Time, January 1, 1945, p. 20 10. Biography Resource Center database

11. Reader's Guide, 1941 - 1945 (under Eisenhower)

Erwin, Henry "Red"

1. Above and Beyond, p. 214 2. Biography Resource Center database

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Foss, Joseph Jacob

1. Above and Beyond, p. 173 2. Current Biography 1955

3. Biography Resource Center database

Halsey, William F. "Bull"

1. Current Biography 1942 2. Encyclopedia of World Biography

3. Dictionary of World Biography 4. American National Biography

5. Generals and Admirals, p. 40 6. Time, November 2, 1942, p. 28

7. Time, November 23, 1942, p. 28 8. Life, January 11, 1943, p. 37

9. Biography Resource Center database 10. Reader's Guide, 1941 - 1945 (under Halsey)

Hewitt, Henry Kent

1. Generals and Admirals, p. 28 2. Current Biography 1943

3. New York Times Magazine, June 20, 1943, p. 34 4. Time, July 26, 1943, p. 33

5. Biography Resource Center database

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Kelly, Charles E. "Chuck"

1. Above and Beyond, p. 188 2. Time, March 20, 1944, p. 33

3. Biography Resource Center database

Kennedy, John F.

1. Current Biography 1950 2. Encyclopedia of World Biography

3. Dictionary of World Biography 4. American National Biography

5. Check catalog under Kennedy, John F. 6. Biography Resource Center database

King, Ernest Joseph

1. Generals and Admirals, p. 34 2. Current Biography 1942

3. American National Biography 4. Life, May 8, 1944, p. 19

5. Time, November 30, 1942, p. 19 6. Biography Resource Center database

Kinkaid, Thomas Cassin

1. Generals and Admirals, p. 50 2. Current Biography 1944

3. New York Times Magazine, November 5, 1944, p. 8 4. Biography Resource Center database

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Krueger, Walter

1. Generals and Admirals, p. 16 2. Current Biography 1943

3. American National Biography 4. Time, March 8, 1943, p. 56

5. Time, January 22, 1945, p. 24 6. Biography Resource Center database

Lear, Ben

1. Generals and Admirals, p. 14 2. Current Biography 1942

3. American National Biography 4. Time, January 19, 1942,p. 61

5. Time, February 5, 1945, p. 20 6. Biography Resource Center database

MacArthur, Douglas

1. Current Biography 1941 2. Encyclopedia of World Biography

3. Dictionary of World Biography 4. American National Biography

5. Great American Generals of World War 2 6. Generals and Admirals, p. 6

7. Time, January 3, 1944, p. 16 8. Life, October 25, 1943, p. 47

9. Biography Resource Center database 10. Reader's Guide, 1941 - 1945 (under MacArthur)

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Marshall, George Catlett

1. Current Biography 1940 2. Encyclopedia of World Biography

3. Dictionary of World Biography 4. American National Biography

5. George C. Marshall 6. Generals and Admirals, p. 4

7. Life, November 22, 1943, p. 33 8. Time, December 27, 1943, p. 17

9. Biography Resource Center database 10. Reader's Guide, 1941 - 1945 (under Marshall)

McNarny, Joseph T.

1. Generals and Admirals, p. 22 2. Current Biography 1944

3. New York Times Magazine, Nov. 21, 1943, p. 47

Mitscher, Marc Andrew

1. Generals and Admirals, p. 54 2. Current Biography 1944

3. American National Biography 4. Life, October 23, 1944, p. 27

5. Time, July 3, 1941, p. 28 6. Biography Resource Center database

Montgomery, Bernard

1. Current Biography 1940 2. Encyclopedia of World Biography

3. Dictionary of World Biography 4. Montgomery, the Field Marshall

5. New York Times Magazine, October 17, 1943, p. 1 6. Time, August 31, 1942, p. 25

7. Biography Resource Center database 8. Reader's Guide, 1941 - 1945 (under Marshall)

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Mountbatten, Louis

1. Current Biography 1942 2. Encyclopedia of World Biography

3. Dictionary of World Biography 4. Life, August 17, 1942, p. 63

5. New York Times Magazine, September 4, 1943, p. 10 6. Biography Resource Center database

7. Reader's Guide, 1941 - 1945 (under Mountbatten)

Murphy, Audie

1. Above and Beyond, p. 194 2. American National Biography

3. To Hell and Back 4. Newsweek, February 28, 1949, p. 20

5. Life, November 17, 1947, p. 106 6. Biography Resource Center database

7. Reader's Guide, 1943 - 1949 (under Murphy)

Nimitz, Chester

1. Current Biography 1942 2. Encyclopedia of World Biography

3. Dictionary of World Biography 4. American National Biography

5. Generals and Admirals, p. 36
6. Life, March 6, 1944, p. 41

7. Biography Resource Center database 8. Reader's Guide, 1941 - 1945 (under Nimitz)

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O'Callahan, Joseph Timothy

1. Above and Beyond, p. 161 2. Biography Resource Center database

Patton, George

1. Current Biography 1943 2. Encyclopedia of World Biography

3. Dictionary of World Biography 4. American National Biography

5. Great American Generals of World War 2 6. Generals and Admirals, p. 26

7. Patton: The Man Behind the Legend 8. Time, August 23, 1943, p. 11

9. Life, January 15, 1945, cover 9. Biography Resource Center database

10. Reader's Guide, 1943 - 1945 (under Patton)

Ross, Donald K.

1. Above and Beyond, p. 152 2. Biography Resource Center database

Schindler, Oskar

1. Oskar Schindler and His List 2. EBSCO database (mostly movie reviews)

3. Biography Resource Center database

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Smith, Holland McTyeire

1. Generals and Admirals, p. 60 2. Current Biography 1945

3. American National Biography 4. Time, July 24, 1944, p. 28

5. Biography Resource Center database

Somervell, Brehen Burke

1. Generals and Admirals, p. 18 2. Current Biography 1942

3. American National Biography 4. Life, April 13, 1943, p. 70

Spaatz, Carl Andrew

1. Generals and Admirals, p. 28 2. Current Biography 1942

3. American National Biography 4. Time, March 6, 1944, p. 34

5. Life, May 29, 1944, cover 6. Biography Resource Center database

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Spruance, Raymond Ames

1. Generals and Admirals, p. 44 2. Current Biography 1944

3. American National Biography 4. Time, July 3, 1944, p. 28

5. Biography Resource Center database

Stark, Harold Raynsford

1. Generals and Admirals, p. 38 2. Current Biography 1942

3. American National Biography 4. Life, August 10, 1942, p. 15

5. New York Times Magazine, December 28, 1941, p. 6 6. Biography Resource Center database

Stilwell, Joseph Warren

1. Generals and Admirals, p. 12 2. Current Biography 1942

3. Encyclopedia of World Biography 4. American National Biography

5. National Geographic, October, 1943, p. 491
6. Time, February 14, 1944, p. 21

7. Biography Resource Center database

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Ten Boom, Corrie

1. Corrie ten Boom, Her Life, Her Faith 2. The Hiding Place (no library holdings)

3. Biography Resource Center database

Towers, John Henry

1. Generals and Admirals, p. 46 2. Current Biography 1941

3. American National Biography 4. Time, June 23, 1941, p. 20

5. Time, February 21, 1944, p. 65 6. Biography Resource Center database

Turner, Richmond Kelly

1. Generals and Admirals, p. 52 2. Current Biography 1944

3. American National Biography 4. Time, February 7, 1944, p. 19

5. Biography Resource Center database

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Urban, Matt Louis

1. Biography Resource Center database 2. Google search engine

Vandegrift, Alexander Archer

1. Generals and Admirals, p. 58 2. American National Biography

3. New York Times Magazine, Nov. 14, 1943, p. 22 4. Life, October 25, 1943, p. 47

5. Biography Resource Center database

Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew

1. Generals and Admirals, p. 20 2. Current Biography 1942

3. Encyclopedia of World Biography 4. American National Biography

5. Time, March 30, 1942, p. 25
6. Time, May 8, 1944, p. 61

7. Biography Resource Center database

Wallenberg, Raoul

1. Encyclopedia of World Biography 2. Raoul Wallenberg: The Man Who Stopped Death

Young, Rodger

1. Above and Beyond, p. 200 2. Life, March 5, 1945, p. 14

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Bibliography

All call numbers given are for the Mt. San Antonio College Library

355.0092
B627p Blumensen, Martin. Patton, the Man Behind the Legend, 1885 - 1945. New York : Quill/William Morrow, 1985.

940.5421
B728s
1999
Bradley, Omar N. A Soldier's Story. New York : Modern Library, 1999.

284.2
T25c Carlson, Carole C. Corrie ten Boom, Her Life, Her Faith: A Biography. Old Tappan, NJ : F.H. Revell Co., 1983.

940.54
C355g
Chamberlain, Thomas H. The Generals and the Admirals: Some Leaders of the United States Forces in World War II. Freeport, NY : Books for Libraries Press, 1971, 1945.

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928
C767 Contemporary Authors. Detroit, MI : Gale Research Co., 1962 -

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920
W693 Current Biography Yearbook. New York : H. W. Wilson Co., 1940 -

Periodicals Current History. New York : Events Publishing Co.

973.921
Ei83e Eisenhower, David. Eisenhower at War, 1943 - 1945. New York : Random House, 1986.

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920
En19
1998 Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2nd edition. Detroit : Gale Research, 1998.

362.8781
Sch34 Fensch, Thomas, ed. Oskar Schindler and His List: The Man, the Film, the Holocaust, and Its Survivors. Forest Dale, VT : Paul S. Eriksson, 1995.

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920.073
Am35n Garraty, John A. and Mark C. Carnes, eds. American National Biography. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

923.242
C475g
1991 Gilbert, Martin. Churchill: A Life. New York : Holt, 1991.

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355.1342
L252m Lang, George. Medal of Honor Recipients, 1863 - 1994. New York : Facts on File, 1995.

355.1342
L544b Lemon, Peter C. Beyond the Medal: A Journey From Their Hearts to Yours. Golden, CO : Fulcrum Pub., 1997.

Periodicals Life Magazine. Chicago : Time, Inc.

940.54
W156l Linnea, Sharon. Raoul Wallenberg: The Man Who Stopped Death. Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 1993.

940.5421
L968d
1991 Lukacs, John. The Duel : 10 May - 31 July 1940 : The Eighty-Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler. New York : Ticknor & Fields, 1991.

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920.02
D561 Magill, Frank N., ed. Dictionary of World Biography. Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers ; Pasadena : Salem Press, 1998 -

940.54
M452g Mayer, S. L. Great American Generals of World War 2 : MacArthur, Eisenhower, Patton. New York : Gallery Books, 1984.

940.5481
M951t
1977 Murphy, Audie. To Hell and Back. New York : MJF Books, 1977.

Periodicals The Nation. New York : J.H. Richards.

Periodicals The National Geographic Magazine. Washington : National Geographic Society.

Periodicals The New York Times Magazine. New York : The New York Times Co.

Periodicals Newsweek. Los Angeles : Newsweek, Inc.

Index Shelves Readers' Guide To Periodical Literature. Minneapolis : H.W. Wilson.

355.134
Sch67a
(Reserves) Schott, Joseph L. Above and Beyond: The Story of the Congressional Medal of Honor. New York : Putnam, 1963.

973.91
M356s Stoler, Mark A. George C. Marshall: Soldier - Statesman of the American Century. Boston : Twayne Publishers, 1989.

629.13092
D72t Thomas, Lowell. Doolittle: A Biography. Garden City, NY : Doubleday, 1976.

Periodicals Time. New York : Time, Inc.

940.542
T377m Thompson, Reginald W. Montgomery, the Field Marshal : The Campaign in North-West Europe, 1944/45. New York : Scribner, 1969.

Periodicals Vital Speeches of the Day. New York : The City News Publishing Co.

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