Puller, Samuel D., 102
Pyle, Ernie, 161
Quantico team, amphibious doctrine of, 12–16, 195–96
Reefs, 25, 88
landing vehicles for crossing, 46–47, 58–59, 155, 157
Rendova, 38–39
Rikusentai (special naval landing forces), 16, 17 table, 19, 202, 206
Ringgold, 54
River Clyde, at Gallipoli, 10
Robertson, Donn J., 198–99
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 173, 190
Rupertus, William, and Peleliu campaign, 120–23
landing during, 114–15, 119
preparing for, 112–13
Rutherford, J. T. “Slick,” 62–63
Ryan, Mike, 56, 196–97
Saipan, 62–63, 64 fig., 70–73, 71 fig.
lessons from, for Japanese, 109–10
Saito, Yoshitsuga, 70
Sanada, Joichiro, 131–32
San Juan, 30
Saratoga, 52, 146
Schmidt, Harry “the Dutchman”
and Iwo Jima campaign, 96, 128, 134, 142
and Kyūshū campaign, 176, 179, 186
and Tinian campaign, 80, 82, 84
Schoettel, John F., 102
SeaBees (Naval Construction Battalion), 51, 56, 83, 101–2, 121, 205
Seventh Amphibious Force, 88–91, 176
“77th Marine Division.” See Army units, 77th Division
Shapley, Alan, quoted, 195
Shepherd, Lemuel C., 100, 151
and Guam campaign, 74, 77 n
and Okinawa campaign, 160, 165, 169
Sherman, Forrest, 66–67, 106, 165
Sherrod, Robert, 141
quoted, 102, 142, 199
Shibasaki, Keiji, 40–44, 53–55, 186, 206
Ships, 45, 48–49. See also Landing craft; Landing ships; Submarine operations; names of specific vessels
troop transports, 34–38, 150 n, 184, 189
vulnerability of, 94–95
Shoup, David M., 39, 47 n, 54, 60, 196–97
quoted, 23
Singapore, 18
Sixth Army, 175–76, 183, 187, 189, 192
Slappey, Wallace J., 121
Sledge, Eugene B., 115, 206–8
quoted, 117, 124
Smith, Holland M. “Howlin’ Mad,” 15, 79–80, 97, 105, 125, 203, 208
and Iwo Jima campaign, 96, 128, 134, 135 fig., 145, 145 n
and Liscome Bay sinking, 92
and Marianas campaign, 67
proponent of LVTs, 46
quoted, 70, 126
and Tarawa campaign, 50, 58–60
Smith, Julian, 48–50, 53–54, 57, 60, 94
Smith, Oliver P., 119
Smith, Ralph, 80, 92–93
Solomon Islands, 1–4, 29 fig.
Spearfish, 128
Spruance, Raymond A., 67, 72, 175
and Iwo Jima campaign, 126–28
and Okinawa campaign, 150, 158, 163, 165–66
quoted, 170
and Tarawa campaign, 48–50
Stalin, Joseph, 173
Stillwell, Joseph, 170
Storm landings. See also Amphibious doctrine; Amphibious logistics; names of specific campaigns
appraising, 87
defined, xiii-xiv, 4–5
night, 3–4, 33–34, 194
overview of, in Central Pacific, 5–7, 193–99
Stout, Robert F. “Cowboy,” 121
Sturgeon, 150 n
Submarine operations
German, 35
Japanese, 92, 146
U.S., 56, 57, 61, 70, 95, 150 n, 203
Sugawara, Michio, 182
Sugihara, Kinryu, 136
Suicide missions, 146, 178, 184–86, 188–89
at Okinawa, 152–53, 155, 162–65
Suicides, civilian, 72–73
Sulfur Island. See Iwo Jima
Suribachi flag-raisings, 143–44
Susan B. Anthony, 35
Susskind, David H., quoted, 143
Swift, I. P., 176, 186
Swimmers, stealth. See UDT (underwater demolitions team)
Tactical Air Force, Okinawa, 151, 180
Tada, Tokechi, 109
Takashina, Takeshi, 75–77
Tanambogo. See Gavutu-Tanambogo
Tanks
Japanese, 71, 118
U.S., 71, 99–100, 113
at Iwo Jima, 136, 141
at Okinawa, 158, 161
at Peleliu, 117–18
at Tarawa, 48–49, 59
Tarawa, 19, 52–56, 199 fig., 202, 205
Japanese defense of, 21, 27, 40–44
lessons from, 56–61
planning for, 44–50
Target Information Centers (TICs), at Okinawa, 167
Task Force 40, 188
Task Force 54, 178
Task Force 58, 65, 72, 89, 139, 163
Task Force 62, 1–4
Taxis, Samuel G., quoted, 166, 191
Taylor, Montgomery N., 13
Tennessee, 41, 161
Tentative Manual for Landing Operations (1935), 14–16, 196
quoted, 20
Tenth Army, 150–51, 171, 191
III Amphibious Corps (IIIAC), 60, 67, 110, 151, 153
at Guam, 73–78, 197
at Peleliu, 107, 124
Third Amphibious Force, 104, 176
Third Fleet, 105, 175, 192
Thomas, Gerald C., 25, 47
Tinian, 79–85
Toyama Maru, 150 n
Toyoda, Soemu, 63, 69, 72
TQM (transport quartermaster), 32
Truk, 66
Truman, Harry S., 173–74, 190
Tulagi, 1–2
Turnage, Allen, 74
Turner, Kelly “Terrible,” 14–15, 34, 47, 93
and Iwo Jima campaign, 128, 134, 139–41
and Kyūshū campaign, 175–78
and Liscome Bay sinking, 92
and Marianas campaign, 67
and Okinawa campaign, 150, 154–58, 165–66
quoted, 188
and Rendova campaign, 38–39
in Southern Solomons, 1–4, 11
and Tarawa campaign, 50, 57
XXIV Corps, 150, 153, 161
Twining, Merrill B., No Bended Knee, quoted, 172
“Two-Ocean Navy Act” (1940), 34
UDT (underwater demolitions team), 68, 71, 75, 154, 160
daylight operations, 95, 95 n, 114, 138–39
Ulithi, 121
ULTRA intercepts, 24, 36, 69, 153
concerning Kyūshū, 181, 182, 184, 189
Umurbrogal (Bloody Nose Ridge), Peleliu, 111, 120, 122–24
Ushijima, Mitsuru, 87, 151–52, 168, 186
Vandegrift, Alexander A., 165
quoted, 6, 22, 86
Vogel, Clayton B., 46
Wake Island, lessons from, 19–20
Walker, Anthony “Cold Steel,” 169
Wallace, William J., 160
Walt, Lewis W., quoted, 198
Weapons, Japanese, 71, 113, 114, 118, 169, 183. See also Suicide missions
127-mm dual-purpose gun, 42 fig.
antitank gun, 48, 133 fig.
beach mines, 41, 103, 114, 115 fig., 141, 186
at Iwo Jima, 132–34, 141
kikusui (“floating chrysanthemum”), 152–53, 163–64
mortars, 185 fig., 191
shortage of, 186
Weapons, U.S. See also Tanks, U.S.
37-mm antitank gun, 84
Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR), 100
development of, 99–100, 101 fig., 151, 187
pack howitzer, 31 n
“siege gun,” 151
Weller, Donald M., 207 fig., 208
West Loch disaster, 68–69
Wildcats, the. See Army units, 81st Division
Wilkinson, Theodore S., 105, 120–22, 176
quoted, 104
Williams, Robert H., 2–3, 139
With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa (Sledge), 115, 206–8
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p; quoted, 117
Wright, Jerauld, 178
Yahara, Hiromichi, 165–66, 168
Yamamoto, Isoroku, 24
Yamato, 163
Yokoyama, Isamu, 182–83, 186
Yoshida, Kiyoshi, 69, 100
Youngdale, Carl A., 142
Zeilin, Jacob, 191
About the Author
Col. Joseph H. Alexander served for twenty-nine years as an assault amphibian officer in the Marine Corps. He commanded a company in Vietnam and a battalion in Okinawa and served five years at sea on board amphibious ships. As a colonel, he served as chief of staff, 3d Marine Division, director of the Marine Corps Development Center, and military secretary to the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Colonel Alexander is an independent military historian now living in Asheville, North Carolina. A 1960 graduate of the University of North Carolina, he holds master’s degrees from Georgetown and Jacksonville Universities and is a distinguished graduate of the Naval War College. He is a member of the U.S. Naval Institute, the Marine Corps Historical Foundation, and the Society for Military History.
He is the author of Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa (Naval Institute Press, 1995), a main selection of the Military Book Club and winner of the 1995 Wallace M. Greene Award, 1995 Roosevelt Naval History Prize, and 1996 Alfred Thayer Mahan Award. He also coauthored, with Merrill L. Bartlett, Sea Soldiers in the Cold War (Naval Institute Press, 1994) and three World War II fiftieth-anniversary monographs (Tarawa, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa). His recent essays on the Pacific War have been published in the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Naval History, MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, Leatherneck, and the Marine Corps Gazette. From 1993 to 1996 he participated as scriptwriter and principal on-screen authority for eleven historical documentaries with Lou Reda Productions for the Arts and Entertainment Network and the History Channel.
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