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War at the End of the World

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by James P. Duffy


  Vader, John. New Guinea: The Tide Is Stemmed. New York: Ballantine, 1971.

  Van der Vat, Dan. The Pacific Campaign: The U.S.–Japanese Naval War 1941–1945. New York: Touchstone, 1992.

  Veale, Lionel. The Wewak Mission: Coastwatchers at War in New Guinea. Ashmore City, Australia.: L. P. V. Veale, 1996.

  Watson, Robert Meredith, Jr., Seahorse Soldiering: MacArthur’s Amphibian Engineers from New Guinea to Nagoya. Xlibris, 2003.

  Weise, Selene H. C. The Good Soldier: The Story of a Southwest Pacific Signal Corps WAC. Shippensburg, PA: Burd Street Press, 1999.

  Whan, Major Vorin E., Jr., ed. A Soldier Speaks: Public Papers and Speeches of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. New York: Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, 1965.

  Whitney, Major General Courtney. MacArthur: His Rendezvous with History. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956.

  Williams, Peter. The Kokoda Campaign 1942: Myth and Reality. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012.

  Williford, Glen. Racing the Sunrise: Reinforcing America’s Pacific Outposts, 1941–1942. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2010.

  Willoughby, Maj. Gen. Charles A., and John Chamberlain. MacArthur: 1941–1951. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1954.

  Wilson, Paul C. The Sunset War. Bloomington, IN: 1st Books Library, 2003.

  Winters, Harold. Battling the Elements: Weather and Terrain in the Conduct of War. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.

  Wukovits, John. Admiral “Bull” Halsey: The Life and Wars of the Navy’s Most Controversial Commander. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

  Zedric, Lance Q. Silent Warriors of World War II: The Alamo Scouts Behind the Japanese Lines. Ventura, CA: Pathfinder Publishing, 1995.

  Zuckoff, Mitchell. Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II. New York: Harper, 2011.

  SOURCE NOTES

  When I read a book, I generally use two bookmarks: one for the last page I’ve read, and one for the page housing the corresponding source notes. I do this because I often want to know more about a person, a quote, or an incident mentioned by the author, but not discussed in depth in the book I am reading. Examining the author’s cited source enables me to dig deeper into questions and events that interest me, such as what was said before or after the quoted passage, how others responded to the incident, and the background of the person mentioned. That information may not be appropriate for inclusion in the present work, but may be interesting and often results in my purchasing another book. This becomes difficult when the sources identified are located in an archive that is not easily accessed. Because of this, I have endeavored as often as possible to select sources that are available to readers who wish to learn more about the events about which I have written.

  Prologue

  1 Manchester, p. 146; Taylor, pp. 92–93.

  2 Harries, pp. 201–9.

  3 MacArthur, p. 106.

  4 Coakley, pp. 502–3.

  5 Milner, p. 3.

  Chapter 1: “This Is War, Not a Sunday School Picnic”

  1 Collie, p. 5.

  2 Ibid.

  3 Vego, p. 94.

  4 Bullard, p. 14.

  5 Gamble, Invasion Rabaul, p. 66.

  6 Selby, pp. 7–8.

  7 Gamble, Invasion Rabaul, pp. 56–57.

  8 Ibid., p. 60; Selby, p. 24.

  9 Gillison, p. 313.

  10 Ibid., p. 314.

  11 Aplin, p. 278.

  12 Selby, pp. 15–16.

  13 Aplin, pp. 25–26.

  14 Gillison, p. 321.

  15 Ibid., p. 363.

  16 Ibid, p. 364; Time, February 15, 1943.

  17 Gamble, Invasion Rabaul, p. 70.

  18 Ibid.

  19 World War II Database, www.ww2db.com.

  20 Bullard, p. 22.

  21 Gamble, Invasion Rabaul, p. 74.

  22 Selby, p. 27.

  23 Ibid.

  24 Gamble, Fortress Rabaul, p. 5.

  25 Sun-Herald, Sydney, Australia, October 3, 2002.

  26 Prange, p. 54.

  27 Ibid.

  28 http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/herstein.html.

  29 McAulay, We Who Are About to Die, p. 118; Gillison, pp. 356–57.

  30 Gillison, pp. 356–58.

  31 McAulay, We Who Are About to Die, p. 121.

  32 Gillison, p. 358.

  33 Bullard, p. 24.

  34 Gamble, Invasion Rabaul, p. 81; Aplin, p. 3.

  35 http://asopa.typepad.com/asopa_people/2009/07/the-herstein-mens-fateful-decision-to-stay.html.

  36 http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/herstein.html.

  37 Bullard, p. 23.

  38 Ibid., p. 16; http://kokoda.commemoration.gov.au/war-in-papua/japanese-intelligence-on-kokoda.php.

  39 McAulay, We Who Are About to Die, p. 123.

  40 Gamble, Invasion Rabaul, p. 84.

  41 Selby, pp. 35–36.

  42 Lorna (Whyte) Johnston interview with Dr. Barbara M. Angell, May 5, 1998. www.angellpro.com.au.

  Chapter 2: “Every Man for Himself”

  1 Bullard, p. 24.

  2 Ibid., p. 25.

  3 Selby, p. 38.

  4 Wigmore, p. 403.

  5 Bullard, p. 26.

  6 Wigmore, p. 653.

  7 Prange, p. 54.

  8 Hall, p. 18.

  9 Selby, p. 43.

  10 New York Times, January 25, 1942, p. 26.

  11 Roscoe, pp. 88–92.

  12 Hall, pp. 24–25.

  13 www.info.dfat.gov.au/info/historical/HistDocs.nesf.

  14 Costello, p. 180.

  15 www.info.dfat.gov.au/info/historical/HistDocs.nesf.

  16 Black, pp. 194–95.

  17 Manchester, p. 214.

  18 McAulay, pp. 144–45.

  19 Gamble, Invasion Rabaul, pp. 235–42.

  20 Selby, pp. 183–96.

  21 Gamble, Fortress Rabaul, pp. 54–62.

  22 Bergerud, Touched with Fire, p. 213.

  23 Ibid., p. 38; Lundstrom, pp. 88–108; Johnston, Queen of the Flat-Tops, pp. 67–79; Gamble, Fortress Rabaul, p. 68.

  24 Johnston, Queen of the Flat-Tops, p. 77.

  25 Ugaki, p. 92.

  26 Bergerud, Touched with Fire, p. 39.

  Chapter 3: First Landings in New Guinea

  1 Dull, p. 102.

  2 Lovell, p. 273.

  3 Bullard, pp. 38–39.

  4 Ibid., p. 47.

  5 Lundstrom, p. 124; Gillison, p. 454.

  6 Flynn, pp. 81–82.

  7 Gamble, Invasion Rabaul, p. 113; Gillison, p. 455.

  8 Ibid.

  9 Gamble, Fortress Rabaul, p. 112.

  10 Gamble, Invasion Rabaul, p. 163; McCarthy, p. 57.

  11 Bradley, Wau, p. 6.

  12 McCarthy, p. 57.

  13 Lundstrom, pp. 125–31.

  14 Bradley, p. 10; Gillison, p. 455.

  15 Bradley, p. 10; Johnston, Queen of the Flat-Tops, p. 89.

  16 Sakai, pp. 164–65.

  17 Gillison, p. 456; Johnston, Queen of the Flat-Tops, pp. 91–92.

  18 Bullard, p. 48.

  19 Ibid.

  20 Spector, p. 150.

  21 Bullard, p. 58.

  Chapter 4: A General in Search of an Army

  1 Black, p. 320.

  2 Manchester, pp. 73–76; James, pp. 115–27.

  3 Manchester, p. 110.

  4 Manchester, p. 160; Hunt, p. 171; Perret, p. 227.

  5 Perret, p. 187.

  6 James, The Years of MacArthur, vol. 2, p. 97.

  7 Perret, p. 272.

  8 Ibid., p. 269.

  9 Schmitz, pp. 41–42.

  10 Miller, p. 334.r />
  11 Manchester, p. 273.

  12 Ambrose, p. 93.

  13 Schweikart, p. 405.

  14 Ferrell, p. 49.

  15 Schmitz, pp. 145–46.

  16 James, The Years of MacArthur, vol. 2, p. 87.

  17 D’Este, p. 446.

  18 Manchester, p. 251.

  19 Sherwood, p. 508.

  20 Manchester, p. 251.

  21 Sherwood, p. 509.

  22 Salecker, p. 158.

  23 Manchester, p. 267.

  24 MacArthur, p. 145.

  25 Manchester, p. 271; Willoughby, p. 13.

  26 Lee and Henschel, p. 160.

  27 Manchester, p. 268.

  28 Lardner, p. 14.

  29 Manchester, pp. 267–68.

  30 James, The Years of MacArthur, vol. 2, p. 84.

  31 New York Times, March 18, 1942, p. 1.

  32 Ibid.

  33 Ibid.

  34 Bergerud, Touched by Fire, p. 43.

  35 Hunt, pp. 271–72; Manchester, p. 270; Perret, p. 283; James, The Years of MacArthur, vol. 2, pp. 297–98.

  36 Lee and Henschel, pp. 160–61.

  37 Manchester, p. 272.

  38 Hastings, Inferno, p. 218.

  39 New York Times, March 21, 1942, p. 1.

  40 Hersey, pp. 306–8.

  41 Leary, MacArthur and the American Century, p. 110.

  42 Ibid.

  43 Whan, pp. 115–16.

  44 Lardner, p. 73.

  45 Johnston, The Toughest Fighting in the World, p. 52.

  46 Melbourne Herald, March 18, 1942, p. 1.

  47 MacArthur, p. 151.

  48 Perret, p. 285.

  49 www.HomeofHeroes.com.

  50 Whan, pp. 117–18.

  51 Manchester, p. 146.

  52 New York Times, May 10, 1932, p. 17.

  53 Manchester, p. 280.

  54 Saturday Review, September 26, 1964, pp. 42–43.

  55 Ferrell, pp. 48, 50.

  56 Stimson and Bundy, p. 507.

  57 Manchester, p. 283.

  58 Beckman, p. 20.

  59 Sherwood, p. 455.

  60 Manchester, p. 283.

  61 Lear, MacArthur and the American Century, p. 147.

  62 Morton, pp. 251–52.

  63 MacArthur Memorial Archives RG-4: USAFPAC.

  64 Ibid., Box 7, Fol. 1.

  65 Drury, pp. 49–50; Wukovits, p. 205.

  66 Hunt, p. 280.

  67 Perret, p. 288.

  68 Manchester, p. 282.

  69 James, The Years of MacArthur, vol. 2, p. 123; Whitney, p. 67.

  70 Ibid., pp. 120–21.

  71 Leary, p. 147.

  72 Morison, Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, p. 32.

  73 Spector, p. 145.

  74 Sherwood, pp. 603–5.

  75 Morgan, p. 639.

  76 Black, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, pp. 750–51.

  77 Tugwell, p. 349.

  78 The War with Japan, Part 1. (7 December 1941 to August 1945). United States Military Academy Department of Military Arts and Engineering. Part 1, 1950, p. 112.

  Chapter 5: To Port Moresby by Sea

  1 Bullard, pp. 1–2; Vego, pp. 94–95.

  2 Dull, p. 118.

  3 Johnston, War Diary 1942, p. 18.

  4 Bullard, p. 50.

  5 Johnston, War Diary 1942, p. 18.

  6 Vego, p. 94.

  7 Frei, p. 166.

  8 Ibid, pp. 162, 166.

  9 Vego, p. 95; Frei, p. 168.

  10 Toland, Rising Sun, p. 54.

  11 Brown and Anderson, p. 8.

  12 Frei, p. 173.

  13 Holmes, p. 65.

  14 www.pacificwar.org.au/CoralSea.

  15 Holmes, p. 70.

  16 Bullard, p. 56.

  17 James, The Years of MacArthur, vol. 2, p. 157; Reports of General MacArthur, vol. 1, pp. 45–46.

  18 Ugaki, p. 75.

  19 Spector, p. 157.

  20 Feuer, pp. 36–37.

  21 Ibid., p. 15.

  22 James, The Years of MacArthur, vol. 2, p. 159.

  23 Hoyt, Blue Skies, p. 25.

  24 Ibid.; Dull, p. 121.

  25 Morison, Coral Sea, p. 27.

  26 Dull, p. 122.

  27 Ugaki, p. 121.

  28 Lundstrom, p. 192; Ugaki, p. 121; Bullard, p. 72.

  29 Lundstrom, p. 192.

  30 Extract from the report of Commander John S. Philips, downloaded from http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/logs/AO/ao23-Coral.html.

  31 Lundstrom, p. 195; Hoyt, p. 52; Vego, p. 134.

  32 Lundstrom, Black Shoe Admiral, pp. 1166–71.

  33 Morison, Coral Sea, p. 40.

  34 Lundstrom, Black Shoe, p. 169.

  35 Ibid.; Morison, Coral Sea, p. 42.

  36 Vego, p. 135.

  37 Lundstrom, pp. 206–7.

  38 Ibid., p. 205.

  39 Hoyt, pp. 63–67.

  40 Ugaki, p. 23

  41 Vego, p. 135; Lundstrom, pp. 209–18.

  42 Dull, p. 126.

  43 Hough, pp. 192–93.

  44 Lundstrom, pp. 222–23.

  45 Ibid., p. 228.

  46 Hoyt, pp. 81–84; Hough, pp. 194–95; Dull, pp. 126–28.

  47 Dull, p. 128.

  48 Hoyt, pp. 88–99; Dull, p. 128; Spector, pp. 161–62.

  49 Dull, p. 128.

  50 Lundstrom, pp. 279–82; Hough, pp. 198–99. Hoyt, pp. 127–61.

  51 Morison, Coral Sea, p. 63.

  52 General Staff, Reports of General MacArthur, vol. 6, chapter 3, endnotes.

  53 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 22, 1942, p. 2.

  54 Gamble, Fortress Rabaul, pp. 174–75.

  55 James, The Years of MacArthur, vol. 2, pp. 162–63.

  Chapter 6: Second Landings in New Guinea

  1 Maneki, p. 90; Drea, ULTRA, p. 24.

  2 Maneki, p. 90.

  3 Ibid., p. 79.

  4 Lewin, pp. 182–83.

  5 Drea, ULTRA, p. 37.

  6 Costello, p. 276.

  7 Dull, pp. 133–36.

  8 Morison, Coral Sea, p. 81.

  9 Harris, p. 91; Parker, p. 52; Fuchida, p. 161.

  10 Fuchida, p. 161.

  11 Lewin, p. 100.

  12 Manila Tribune, June 12, 1942, p. 4.

  13 Lord, Incredible Victory, p. 286.

  14 Ibid.

  15 Ito, p. 56.

  16 Bullard, pp. 100–1.

  17 Ibid., p. 107.

  18 Reports, vol. 2, part 1, pp. 138–41.

  19 McCarthy, p. 120.

  20 Ibid., pp. 121–22.

  21 Johnston, The Toughest Fighting in the World p. 50; Sydney Morning Herald, March 23, 1942, p. 5.

  22 Milner, p. 48.

  23 Gillison, p. 538.

  24 James, The Years of MacArthur, vol. 2, pp. 190–91.

  25 Gill, p. 51.

  26 Milner, pp. 51–52

  27 Ibid., p. 51.

  28 Dod, p. 156; www.pacificwrecks.com/airfields.png/dobodura/index/html.

  29 Milner, p. 53.

  30 Holmes, p. 118.

  31 James, The Years of MacArthur, vol. 2, pp. 191–92; Milner, pp. 52–53; Spector, p. 188.

  32 Collie, p. 55.

  33 Bullard, p. 112.

  34 Reports, vol. 2, part 1, p. 142.

  35 Dull, p. 176; Bullard, pp. 116–17; Reports, vol. 2, part 1, p. 142.

  36 Milner, pp. 54–55; Reports, vol. 2, part 1, pp. 142–43.

  37 Dull, p. 176.

  Chapter 7: Death Along the Kokoda Track

  1 Williams, p. 52.

  2 McCarthy, p. 108.

 
3 Milner, pp. 56–57.

  4 Collie, pp. 65–66.

  5 Milner, pp. 62–63.

  6 Campbell, p. 46.

  7 James, The Years of MacArthur, vol. 2, p. 182.

  8 Mayo, p. 11; Milner, p. 63.

  9 Mayo, p. 21.

  10 Australian Military Medal citation.

  11 Bullard, p. 131.

  12 Brune, p. 40.

  13 Mayo, p. 21.

  14 Williams, p. 52.

  15 Brune, p. 41.

  16 Williams, p. 51, from the 39th Battalion war diary.

  17 Paull, p. 55.

  18 Collie, p. 67.

  19 Paull, p. 57.

  20 Brune, p. 45.

  21 Collie, p. 72.

  22 Brune, p. 47.

  23 Paull, p. 62.

  24 Ibid.

  25 Collie, p. 70.

  26 Williams, p. 55.

  27 Paull, p. 70.

  28 Williams, p. 60; Mayo, p. 26.

  29 Morison, The Struggle for Guadalcanal, vol. 5, p. 53; Milner, p. 68; Dull, pp. 187–94; Toland, The Rising Sun, p. 362.

  30 Bullard, pp. 153–54; Milner, p. 68.

  31 Frank, Guadalcanal, pp. 143–47.

  32 Harries, p. 400.

  33 Collie, pp. 81–83.

  34 Bullard, p. 151.

  35 James, The Years of MacArthur, vol. 2, p. 192.

  36 Perret, p. 301.

  37 Griffith, pp. 51–55.

  38 James, The Years of MacArthur, vol. 2, p. 197; Perret, p. 302.

  39 Griffith, p. 56.

  40 Kenney, The MacArthur I Know, p. 36; Perret, p. 302.

  41 Griffith, p. 46.

  42 James, The Years of MacArthur, vol. 2, p. 198.

  43 Manchester, p. 301.

  44 Griffith, p. 57.

  45 Kenney, The MacArthur I Know, p. 43.

  46 Kenney, General Kenney Reports, pp. 30–31.

  47 Ibid., p. 62.

  48 McCarthy, pp. 194–95.

  49 Ibid.

  50 Collingham, pp. 293–94.

  51 Collie, pp. 92–93.

  52 Williams, p. 69.

  53 Reports of General MacArthur, vol. 1, p. 70.

  54 Paull, p. 222.

  55 Harries, p. 404.

  56 Collie, p. 136.

  57 Bullard, p. 166.

  58 Kenney, General Kenney Reports, p. 106.

  59 Campbell, The Ghost Mountain Boys, pp. 109–110.

  60 Collie, p. 137.

  61 Ibid., p. 139.

  62 Paull, p. 270.

  63 Ibid., p. 85.

  Chapter 8: First Defeat at Milne Bay

  1 Milner, p. 39.

  2 Morison, Breaking the Bismarks Barrier, p. 27.

  3 McCarthy, p. 155.

  4 Sydney Morning Herald, August 28, 1942, p. 5.

 

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