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Thanks for posting those Jim. Great theories, I have to say. I think some points are errors, or have been proven to be wrong by Halo 2, but I think Eagle was onto something when he pointed out how the MC didn't mention Kelly, which now I think about it, does seem pretty darn odd.
We know that he prefers to work with Kelly, Linda, Fred, James, Joshua, Sam (KIA after getting the MJOLLNIR armour) and Fhajad (reassigned after augmentation). And in every single battle that the books detail, most of these characters are mentioned.
Prologue Battle: John, Kelly ("she was the fastest spartan on his team", FoR p2), and 3 other unidentified Spartans (likely to be Fred/James/Joshua/Linda)
Rebel Base Mission: John, Kelly, Fred, Sam, Linda
Covenant Ship Mission: John, Kelly, Sam (KIA)
Sigma Octanus: John, Fred, Kelly, James (Blue Team), Joshua (Red Team Lead.), Linda (Green Team Lead)
Space Mission: John, Linda, James
And of course, Kelly, Joshua, and Fred are explicitly mentioned when detailing the Reach Mission in FS. Indeed Fred and Kelly are the focus of that aspect of the book.
So given all this, and his close relationship with Kelly, the only reason why it would appear that he didn't mention her (and she'd certainly be one of the ones that he immediately noticed), is that because she wasn't there at the time; she was being recalled.
[Edited on 6/10/2006]