New Zealand, 175
Newsom, Captain Joel, 4, 5, 65, 133–134
Nichols, Lieutenant Commander Bromfield, 35–36
Nichols Field, Philippines, 5
Nimitz, Admiral Chester, 78–79, 143–145, 150, 174, 175, 227–228, 304–306, 319, 322, 354–356, 359, 429, 431–432, 437, 439, 440, 452, 455, 464–465
Nogi, Lieutenant, 394
Normandy invasion, 308, 411, 450
Northwest Field, Guam, 351
Nouméa, New Caledonia, 176, 182, 184–187
Oerlikon 20-millimeter antiaircraft gun, 86
Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), 51–53, 60, 129, 157, 218, 283
Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 189–190, 262
Office of War Information, 156
Oiagi, Lieutenant, 118–119
Okinawa, 359, 361, 407–408, 410, 411, 415, 421–422, 426–428, 428, 429, 433, 436–441, 447, 448, 451, 452, 454, 455, 460
Olongapo, Philippines, 403–405, 427, 483–488
Olson, Colonel John E., 500
Omori Camp, 465, 469
OP-20-G, 157
Operation Coronet, 440, 441, 452
Operation Detachment, 407–408, 410
Operation Downfall, 440
Operation Forager, 303, 305, 306, 309, 310, 313–315, 319–323, 351, 353, 358
Operation Iceberg, 407–408, 410, 429
Operation Olympic, 440, 441, 450–452, 454–455, 459, 463
Operation Overlord, 240
Operation Swift Mercy, 465
Operation Watchtower (Operation Shoestring), 175, 242
Oryoko Maru (Japanese transport ship), 396–404, 426, 427, 441–443, 446, 474, 483–484, 486, 498, 500, 501
Osmeña, Sergio, 374
Ozawa, Admiral Jisaburo, 318
Pacific Ocean Areas (POA), 174, 354
Pajota, Captain Juan, 371, 373
Palawan Island, 376, 409, 410, 445
Panay Island, 164
Parsons, Lieutenant Charles “Chick,” 187–190, 216, 235, 237, 257, 260, 261, 371
Pasay School, Philippines, 16–18
Patterson, Cissy, 155
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 24–26, 28, 31–34
Japanese attack on, 4, 5, 35–37, 40–41, 51, 52, 76, 77, 141, 266, 339, 340, 352
summit of 1944, 355–357, 359
Pentagon, 204, 251–253, 257, 362, 384, 459
Perry, Oliver Hazard, 99
Pershing, John J., 106
Petritz, Ensign George, 366, 373, 389, 394, 395, 398, 405, 406, 420, 444, 485
Philippine Regional Section (PRS), 235, 280, 291, 294, 326
Philippine Sea, 373
Philippine Sea, Battle of the (Great Marianas Turkey Shoot), 318–319, 320, 331, 360
Philippines, 114, 138, 142, 175 (see also specific places)
guerrilla movement in, 134–135, 187–189, 211, 216–217, 226, 232–238, 252–256, 260, 278–280, 291, 293, 296, 297, 300, 325, 326, 347, 348, 350, 357, 370, 371, 373, 381–383, 409
Japanese attack on, 5–9, 11–12, 26, 75–77, 126, 127
retaking by US, 303, 304, 337, 356–357, 359–360, 369, 374–375, 379, 390–393, 397, 407, 408, 410–411, 423–424
Phillips, Claire, 371
Pim, Captain Richard Pike, 220
Pius XII, Pope, 240
Port Darwin, Australia, 6, 65, 254
Port Moresby, New Guinea, 174
Potsdam Conference, 453, 458
Potsdam Declaration, 464
Presidential Unit Citation, 226
Prison-ship sinkings, 348–350, 361–363, 380–381, 383–387, 389, 394, 402–404, 409, 426–427, 442, 443, 446, 470, 474–476, 478, 483, 484, 486, 498–501, 511
Prisoner rescue mission, 278–281, 292–302, 344–345, 362
Puerto Princesa, Philippines, 409, 426
Purple cipher system, 60
Purple Heart, 451, 477, 478, 526
Quadrant Conference, 239–244, 449
Quanning, 366
Quezon, Manuel, 233, 374
Quinine, 72, 119, 279
Rabaul, New Guinea, 175, 303
Radar, 34, 412
Radford, Admiral Arthur, 518
Radio Station KFS, 187, 188, 315–317
Radio Tokyo, 91–92, 151
Rakuyo Maru (Japanese transport ship), 426
Randall, Captain Carey, 89, 91, 92, 146
Razor’s Edge, The (Maugham), 323, 352, 353, 456
Reedy, Admiral James, 520
Riera, Commander Robert Emmett, 172, 401–404, 486, 498–499
Roberts Commission, 51
Rochefort, Commander Joe, 139
Rockaway Township, New Jersey, 43–45
Rogers, Colonel Rufus H., 345, 347
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 54, 64–65, 136, 218, 230, 245, 246, 262–263, 435, 456
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 14, 15, 24, 41, 53–54, 57, 61–64, 75–78, 112–113, 126, 141, 142, 151, 156–158, 173, 190–191, 205–207, 217–219, 224, 226, 228, 237, 240, 242, 244–248, 266, 272, 306, 341–342, 354, 355, 357, 359, 386, 408, 410, 434–437, 447, 449, 456, 457, 461, 470, 521
Roosevelt, John, 114, 124, 245
Roosevelt, Sara, 246
Rose, Denver, 349
Rosenquist, Lieutenant Harold, 253–257, 261, 262, 278–281, 292, 294–302, 345–348, 362, 382, 383, 384
Rosenthal, Joe, 413
Rountree, Jack, 178–181
Safford, Captain Larry “Saffo,” 157–158
Saipan, 283, 303, 305–307, 309, 310, 313–315, 317–323, 331, 353, 354, 358, 360, 414, 421, 455, 460
Saito, General Yoshitsugu, 323
Saito, Hiroshi, 436
Samar, 315, 316
San Bernardino Strait, 330
San Fernando, Pampanga, 489–491
San Fernando la Union, Luzon, 422, 492–493
Santa Cruz, Battle of, 177–185, 187, 227–228, 340, 388, 514
Santa Cruz Islands, 176
Santa Scholastica, Philippines, 12, 16
Savo Island, Battle of, 413
Savo Sound, 186, 187
Schwarz, Captain Bert, 383, 386, 387
Scott, Lieutenant Warwick Potter, 393, 398, 405, 485
Scouting Squadron Six, 33–36
Seligman, Commander M. T. “Mort,” 154–158
Sellars, Admiral David Foote, 101–104, 106
Sextant Conference, 304
Sherrod, Robert, 413–415, 418, 420, 429
Shinyo Maru (Japanese transport ship), 348–350, 361–363, 380–381, 383–387, 426
Shoffner, Austin Conner, 250
Shokaku (Japanese aircraft carrier), 319
Sierra Madre Mountains, 367
Singapore, 77, 240, 267, 293, 294, 372
Smith, General Holland “Howlin’ Mad,” 320–322, 415–416, 418–421
Smith, General Ralph, 321–323, 421
Smith, George, 84
Solomon Islands, 164, 168, 169, 171–175, 177, 217
Sons of Liberty, 44
Soryu (Japanese aircraft carrier), 148
South China Sea, 163, 378, 401, 426
South East Asia Command (SEAC), 142
Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA), 174, 189, 291, 301, 347, 354, 370
Spanish-American War, 82
Specht, Marine Corporal Eugene L., 487
Spruance, Rear Admiral Raymond, 143–146, 150–151, 305, 308, 309, 317–322, 360, 433, 437–440, 455
SS Mactan (Red Cross ship), 10–11, 137
Stahl, Bob, 316–317
Stalin, Joseph, 62, 64, 449
Stark, Admiral Harold R., 241
Starr, Lieutenant Colonel John H., 295
Station Hypo, Oahu, 138–141, 154
Sternberg Hospital, Manila, 7, 9–12, 15, 65, 123, 124, 130, 133, 510
Stewart, Sidney, 500
Stiles, Lee, 372
Stimson, Secretary of War Henry, 62, 63, 64, 75, 143, 144, 386, 460, 471
Subic Bay, 265, 389, 401, 403, 426, 427, 442, 443, 470, 474, 478
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p; Submarine warfare, 52, 54, 163, 164, 260, 357–358
Suicide attacks, 84, 392, 419–420, 428–433, 435, 437, 438, 454–455
Suketoshi, Sergeant Tanoue, 490
Sullivan, Mrs. Albert Leo, 206
Sullivan, Mrs. Thomas P., 206
Sullivan, Thomas P., 206, 207
Sullivan brothers, 206–207
Sumatra, 77
Sun Tsu, 20, 307
Surigao Strait, 164
Sutherland, General Richard Kerens, 255–258, 262, 279–281, 291–294, 304, 356, 374
Suzuki, Kantaro, 464
Taiho (Japanese aircraft carrier), 319
Takao Harbor, Formosa, 474, 480, 496, 498, 501
Tarawa Island, 284–285, 306, 314, 322, 353, 417
Taylor, Lieutenant Commander X. B., 80
Taylor, Pat, 385
Tenko (roll call), 17–18, 71, 213
Thailand-Burma “Death Railway,” 372
Theiss, Commander Paul S., 438
Thomas, Sergeant Ernest, 421
Time magazine, 414
Tinian, 303, 309, 323, 353, 414, 463
Togo Heihachiro, Admiral, 466
Tojo, Hideki, 23–24, 323
Tokyo bombing raid, 77–79, 85, 89–92, 138, 141, 142, 338, 340
Toshino, Lieutenant Junsaboro, 397, 401, 488, 490, 495
Trapp, Sergeant, 497–498
Trident Conference, 215, 220–222, 240
Tripartite Pact, 112
Truk, 283, 286
Truman, Harry S., 276, 434, 437, 441, 447–453, 455, 457, 458, 460, 461, 474, 476–478, 513, 518–519
Tsushima Strait Battle, 466
Tuganay River, 196, 197
Tulagi, 175, 176
Tully, Grace, 143, 230, 244–245, 457
Turner, Admiral Richmond “Kelly,” 176, 242, 282–286, 305–309, 313, 318, 320, 321, 323–324, 351–352, 360–362, 407–408, 411, 413–418, 421, 422, 428–429, 432–441, 454, 455, 457, 463, 465–466
Ultra, 60–61, 63
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 109–110
Urabe, Lieutenant, 490
U.S. forces
First Marine Division, 172, 176
Second Marine Division, 320
Third Fleet, 359–361, 367
Fourth Marine Division, 320
Fifth Fleet, 282, 284, 304, 317–319, 455, 463
Seventh Fleet, 175, 189, 190, 235, 254, 259, 360–361, 520
Twenty-Seventh Infantry Division, 320–322
Joint Expeditionary Force, 282, 286
Scouting Squadron Six, 172
Task Force 16, 86, 89–91
Task Force 38, 498
Task Force 58 (Fast Carrier Force), 282, 318, 320
US Military Academy at West Point, 191, 192, 514
US Naval Academy at Annapolis, 13, 14, 17, 27, 55–56, 58, 59, 82, 83, 93, 94, 96, 98–109, 172, 190–192, 217, 446, 513–514
US Patent Office, 57, 58
USS Arizona (battleship), 37, 38, 211, 339
USS Astoria (cruiser), 436, 466
USS Augusta (cruiser), 453
USS Bismarck Sea (aircraft carrier), 419
USS Blackfish (submarine), 377
USS Canopus (submarine tender), 6, 133, 134
USS Eldorado (command ship), 411–415, 418–422, 427, 428, 431, 433–440, 442
USS Enterprise (aircraft carrier), 14, 23, 24, 28–39, 77–86, 89–92, 130, 139–141, 143–151, 168–172, 175–183, 184–187, 207, 219, 223, 226–229, 282, 286, 287, 310, 337–340, 354, 367, 401, 412, 414, 430, 512–513
USS Flying Fish (submarine), 317
USS Forrestal (aircraft carrier), 520
USS Holland (submarine tender), 6
USS Hornet (aircraft carrier), 79, 85, 86, 89–91, 139–141, 145–149, 151, 172, 176, 177, 182, 340, 401, 498
USS Indianapolis (cruiser), 317, 321, 322, 433, 463
USS Iowa (battleship), 217
USS Juneau (cruiser), 206–207
USS Lexington (aircraft carrier), 27, 28, 106, 140, 154, 156, 183, 319
USS Louisville (cruiser), 8, 11
USS Mannert L. Abele (destroyer), 431
USS Missouri (battleship), 276, 439, 464, 465
USS Narwhal (submarine), 260, 279, 281, 295, 296, 371, 383
USS Nashville (cruiser), 90, 141, 374
USS Nautilus (submarine), 260, 279
USS Nevada (battleship), 37
USS New Mexico (battleship), 433, 438, 439, 456
USS Oklahoma (battleship), 37, 38
USS Otus (submarine tender), 4–6, 8–9, 132, 133
USS Paddle (submarine), 349
USS Reina Mercedes (Annapolis station ship), 82
USS Rocky Mount (command ship), 282–287, 305–313, 319, 321, 322, 362, 411, 414
USS Sailfish (submarine), 4
USS Salmon (submarine), 4
USS Saratoga (aircraft carrier), 28, 140, 175, 183
USS Sculpin (submarine), 4
USS Seadragon (submarine), 377
USS Sealion (submarine), 4, 7, 9
USS Seawolf (submarine), 4
USS Shark (submarine), 377
USS Snook (submarine), 376
USS South Dakota (battleship), 464
USS Tranquility (hospital ship), 462–463
USS Trout (submarine), 237
USS Utah (battleship), 37
USS Vestal (repair ship), 185
USS Wasp (aircraft carrier), 175, 183, 219
USS Yorktown (aircraft carrier), 140, 141, 145, 148–149, 177, 183
Utinsky, Margaret, 370–371
Vardaman, James Jr., 458
Vietnam War, 520
Vogt, Ensign John H., 31, 33, 36, 38
Wada, Shusuke, 213, 326, 329, 397–401, 404, 483, 488–490, 494–497, 500, 506–507
Wake Island, 29, 31, 35, 37, 85, 340, 445, 518
War of 1812, 99
War Plan Orange-3, 10
Weller, George, 475–476
Wellesley College, 42, 44
Wheeler, Commander, 299–300
Wheeler, Keith, 413, 414, 420
Wheeler, Kenneth R., 194–196, 208, 327, 330, 367, 373, 394, 482, 487, 499
Whelchel, John “Billick,” 190
White House Map Room, 53–55, 61–65, 173, 319, 447, 448, 457, 458
Whitney, Courtney, 235–236, 238, 255, 258, 261–262, 280–281, 291–294, 301, 326, 350, 370, 371, 374, 375
Wilkins, Ensign Chuck, 366, 373, 394, 400, 404, 485, 501
Willkie, Wendell, 112
Willoughby, General Charles A., 234–238, 255, 261, 278, 280, 291–292, 453–454, 459
Wills, Don, 330
Wilson, Woodrow, 47
Wordsworth, William, 117–118
Wright, Major John, 493, 495–497
Wuest, Ensign Bob, 373, 394, 482, 499, 503
Yamamoto, Admiral Isoroku, 35, 38, 141–142, 217
Yashu Maru (Japanese transport ship), 329–330, 345, 382, 426
Yoshikawa, Takeo, 37–38, 71, 78
Young, Commodore Brigham, 33, 35–36
Yuki, Lieutenant, 198, 199, 250
Zambales Mountains, 488
Zamboanga Province, 346, 348–350
Zero fighter plane, 20, 33, 35, 36, 147, 177, 178, 368
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