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INDEX
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Aaron Ward, USS, 614
Abe, Toshio, 352–62
Abner Read, USS, 375–76
Abrams, Georgie, 536
Abukuma (Japanese cruiser), 258, 291
Adams, Phelps, 617
advanced carrier training group (ACTG), 422–23
African Americans, 408–10, 787–88
AFRS (Armed Forces Radio Service), 536, 788
Aichi D3A1 bomber, 288, 567–68, 599
Aiea Naval Hospital (Oahu), 80–81
Aioi Bridge, 694, 695
Airborne Raiding Brigade (Japan), 390
aircraft industry, 416–17
Air Group Twelve, 423, 483–84
air raid shelters, 530–31
air raid sirens, 696–97
air-to-air ramming squadrons, 349–50
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nbsp; Air Transport Command, 342
Akamatsu, Sadaaki, 523–24
Akikuisa, Tsuruji, 479
Akita, Japan, 689
Alamo Scouts, 441
Allenby, Ted, 499
Alwan, USS, 400
Amekudai (Sugarloaf Hill) Okinawa, 623
American Mercury magazine, 40–41
Ammen, USS, 375
Amphibious Expeditionary Force, 486
Amphitheater (inlet on Iwo Jima), 507, 509
amtracs (LVTs), 136
Anami, Korechika
acceptance of terms of surrender, 729–30, 732
as army minister, 649
counteroffer to Potsdam Declaration, 724
and coup attempt, 725, 730, 733–35
leadership objections to terms of surrender, 731
signing of “one-condition” response to Potsdam Declaration, 724
suicide of, 741
SWDC debate over Potsdam Declaration, 721–23
SWDC meeting after Hiroshima, 704
AN/APQ-7 Eagle radar system, 660
Anderson, USS, 376
Aparri Airfield, Luzon, 164
Apostoli, Fred, 536
APQ-7 radar bombsight, 522
Apra Harbor, Guam, 535, 537
Archerfish, USS, 350–62
area bombing, U.S. opposition to, 541
Argonaut Conference (Malta), 645
Arima, Masafumi, 192, 200, 202, 372
“Arlington County Commandos,” 32
Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS), 536, 788
Army Air Corps, U.S., 336, 521–22
Army Air Forces (USAAF), 22, 35–36, 56, 146, 205, 758; See also Arnold, Henry “Hap”; atomic bomb; B-29 Superfortress bomber; Fifth Air Force; incendiary bombing attacks
and airpower theories of de Seversky, 96
and atomic bombs, 684, 690–96, 709–16, 718–20
Battle of Bismarck Sea, 35–36
and CAUSEWAY (Formosa) plans, 56
creation of Twentieth Air Force, 315–16
during Okinawa campaign, 596–97, 614–15
on Iwo Jima, 502–4, 515–16, 518
on Leyte, 206, 364–65, 376–77
on Luzon, 433, 464
on Mindoro, 394
and occupation of Japan, 748–49
Operation MATTERHORN, 169, 340–43, 527
operations in Marianas, 343–46, 519–21, 526m, 536–39
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