Dill, Sir John, 82
Disease, 147, 148, 154, 161, 165, 172, 174, 181, 186–87, 194, 207, 223, 244, 322, 343, 353, 375, 377
Distinguished Flying Cross, 50
Distinguished Service Cross, 56, 170, 325
Distinguished Service Medal, 56, 269, 341
Dobodura, New Guinea, 123, 180, 202, 213, 240
Doe, Jens A., 303, 313, 315, 318, 339, 341
Doolittle, James, 88
Doolittle Raid, 88, 93
Doroeba Plain, 376, 379
Double Trouble (B-17), 203–4
Dougherty, Ivan N., 230
Douglas C-47 Dakotas, 170, 193, 194
Driniumor River, 307–9, 354, 356–60
Duigan, Terry, 201
DUKWs (amphibious vehicle), 333, 334
Dutch East Indies, 4, 37, 58, 85, 312, 346
Earhart, Amelia, 15, 43
Eastern Solomons, Battle of the, 269
Eather, Kenneth, 149
Edmonds-Wilson, James, 15
Egeberg, Roger, 288
Eichelberger, Robert L., 169–70, 178–82, 297, 300, 303, 304, 306, 310, 340–41, 343
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
King and, 73
MacArthur and, 58–59
Marshall and, 59
Normandy invasion and, 274
Philippines and, 58–59
promotions of, 59
Embogo, New Guinea, 177
Empress Augusta Bay, 263, 264, 267
“Europe first” policy, 65, 69–71, 166, 208
Evatt, Herbert, 14
Ezaki, Yoshio, 284, 289, 291, 293–94
Fabian, Rudolph J., 111–12
Farr, Hilary, 46–47
Farragut, David, 76, 216
Fechteler, William, 287, 313, 332, 333
Fellers, Bonner, 296, 347
Field, John, 119, 155, 156, 163
Fiji Islands, 75, 87, 117
Finnegan (code breaker), 90–91
Finschhafen, New Guinea, 51, 189, 217, 229, 241, 246–56, 262, 263, 288, 370
First Operational Stage (Japan), 11
Fitch, Aubrey, 94
Fleay, Norman, 191
Fletcher, Frank Jack, 94–98, 101–6
Florida Island, 140
Flynn, Errol, 45, 162, 190
Forde, Francis M., 67, 68
Foristel, James W., 272
Formosa, 4, 142, 344, 345, 347, 351, 352
Francisco River, 45, 46, 120
French Frigate Shoals, 114
Fuchida, Mitsuo, 22, 24, 34, 60
Fuina, John, 251, 252
Fukkaku, 331
Fuller, Horace H., 301, 305, 332, 335, 336, 338–41
Funston, Frederick, 55
Furutaka (cruiser), 98
Gabmatzung, New Guinea, 237
Gabsonkek, New Guinea, 237
Gama River, 163
Garland, A. G., 135
Gazelle Peninsula, 261, 382
Geelvink Bay, 311, 328
Genda, Minoru, 34
Genjem, New Guinea, 306–7
Ghormley, Robert L., 76, 121, 124
Gila Peninsula, 377
Gilbert Islands, 266
Gili Gili, New Guinea, 119, 154, 158, 159, 162
Gill, Frank, 41
Gill, William H., 303
Glassford, William A., 35
Gona, New Guinea, 126, 129, 143, 167–69, 172, 174, 176, 180, 181, 185, 186, 207, 209, 215, 218
Goode, A. L., 95
Goodenough Bay, 157, 158
Goodenough Island, 159–61, 267, 270, 274–76
Goto, Aritomo, 44, 92, 96, 98, 101–3
Great Barrier Reef, 84
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, 4, 86
Guadalcanal, 2, 47, 90, 140–42, 152, 156, 168, 170, 186, 195, 207, 212, 214, 219, 265, 269
Guam, 4, 16, 19, 132, 188
Gundersen, Gottfred, 20–21, 24, 26–27
Gunn, Paul, 197
Gunther, John, 304
Guri Guri, New Guinea, 171
Hajime, Sugiyama, 143
Hale, Kenneth, 33
Hall, Charles P., 307, 358, 359, 376
Halmahera Island, 375–77, 379
Halmahera Strait, 379
Halsey, William “Bull,” 76, 88, 214–19, 261–65, 267, 269, 282, 345
Hamakaze (destroyer), 159
Handy, Tom, 274
Haney, Harold, 336
Hansa Bay, 228, 244, 295–301
Hara, Chuichi, 98, 99, 104
Hara, Shiro, 109
Harding, Edwin Forrest, 171–73, 175, 177, 179, 180
Hastings, Max, 67
Hattori, Takushiro, 87–88
Hayashi, Kiyoshi, 41
Hayashi, Masajiro, 161–62, 164, 165
Haynes, Leon W., 41
Heath’s Plantation, New Guinea, 238
Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 142, 219
Heraklion, Crete, 231
Hermes, Alfred, 44
Herring, Edmund, 176, 225, 241, 247–49
Hersey, John, 68
Herstein (transport), 20–21, 24, 26
Higgins, Walter E., 199–200
Higgins boats, 187
Higgins Industries, 187
Hill 201, Noemfoor Island, 370
Hill 670, Noemfoor Island, 372
Hiraide, Hideo, 110, 116
Hirohito, Emperor, 382, 384
Hiroshima, 384
Hiryu (aircraft carrier), 115
Hitler, Adolf, 2, 145, 231
Hiyo (aircraft carrier), 212
HMAS Westralia (LSI), 271
HMS Glory (aircraft carrier), 382
Hollandia, 260, 295–306, 309, 310, 312, 313, 318, 320, 328, 332, 343, 355, 368, 379
Homma, Masaharu, 36, 80
Hong Kong, 4
Honolulu conference, 346–52
Hoover, Herbert, 3, 56, 64
Hopkins, Harry, 62, 82
Horgan, Maurice C., 101
Horie, Tadashi, 44, 45
Horii, Tomitaro, 9–11, 13, 16, 19, 21, 22, 36, 52–53, 92, 118, 141, 147–50, 152
Horn Island, 44, 45
Huerta, Victoriano, 55
Humboldt Bay, 298, 300, 303–5, 368
Huon Gulf, 227–29, 233, 249
Huon Peninsula, 51, 53, 189, 224, 228, 233, 241, 242, 244–60, 267
Hurley, Patrick J., 64
Hurricane Task Force, 332
Hutchinson, George, 20
Hyakutake, Harukichi, 117, 156, 263
Hyane Harbor, Los Negros, 284–86, 289
I-8 (submarine), 93
I-177 (submarine), 258
Ichiki, Kiyonao, 142
Igarashi, Hisashi, 195
Imamura, Hitoshi, 152, 189, 191, 194–96, 198, 208, 240, 241, 260, 278, 281, 288, 289, 295, 382
Imita Ridge, New Guinea, 149–50
Inada, Masazumi, 301, 303, 306–7
Indian Ocean, 90
Inoue, Shigeyoshi, 10, 42, 93, 103, 104, 108
Insoemanai Island, 311, 315
Insoemoar Island, 311, 312
Intelligence and code breaking, 11, 27, 33, 40, 55, 90–92, 94, 95, 111–16, 123, 150, 156, 158, 189, 193, 196, 214, 228, 246, 247, 258–59, 262, 270, 283, 284, 287, 290, 295, 299, 312, 314, 317, 319, 329–30, 355, 357, 363, 367, 375–76
Ioribaiwa Ridge, New Guinea, 149–50
Irving, Frederick A., 301, 305
Ishizaki, Noboru, 92
Island hopping, 215
Isurava, New Guinea, 139, 140, 146–50
Itabana, Giichi, 196
Ito, Masanori,
116
Iwo Jima, 2, 375
James, D. Clayton, 121
Japanese forces
First Air Fleet, 21
1st Carrier Division, 262
First Carrier Striking Force, 90
1st Shipping Group, 246
Second Area Army, 260, 297, 300, 305, 355, 356
Second Fleet, 264
2nd Raiding Unit, 376
3rd Fleet, 212
3rd Kure Special Naval Landing Force, 92
Fourth Air Army, 225, 277
4th Air Group, 46
4th Destroyer Squadron, 165
Fourth Fleet, 52, 90, 93, 99
5th Division, 189
5th Kure Special Naval Landing Force (SNLF), 158, 161
6th Air Division, 196, 301
6th Cruiser Division, 44
6th Torpedo Squadron, 44
7th Establishment Squad, 91
Eighth Area Army, 191, 207, 260, 278, 281, 288, 294
8th Base Force, 91
8th Establishment Squad, 91
9th Company, 31
11th Air Fleet, 212, 250, 264, 277
12th Air Fleet, 264
14th Army, 36
14th Artillery Regiment, 191
15th Independent Engineer Regiment, 129, 137
16th Naval Pioneer Unit, 158
17th Army, 117, 118, 132, 156, 263
17th Infantry Division, 272, 278
Eighteenth Army, 189, 194, 196, 241, 246, 256, 260, 295–97, 301, 306, 353–60, 382
18th Cruiser Division, 159
20th Infantry Division, 195, 241, 244, 246, 247, 250, 258, 307–9, 357, 359
21st Field Artillery Regiment, 246
24th Air Corps, 51
24th Air Flotilla, 16, 44, 117
26th Air Flotilla, 262
28th Naval Base Force, 334
31st Road Construction Unit, 189
32nd Infantry Division, 355, 376
35th Infantry Division, 355, 364
36th Artillery, 322
36th Infantry Division, 312, 313, 330
41st Infantry Division, 80, 118, 195, 307, 309, 357
47th Field Anti-Aircraft Battalion, 141
51st Engineer Regiment, 191
51st Infantry Division, 189, 196, 199, 218, 226, 241–44, 272–73, 307, 357
51st Transport Regiment, 191
55th Cavalry, 141
55th Mountain Artillery, 141
65th Infantry Brigade, 272
66th Infantry Regiment, 288
78th Infantry Regiment, 358, 359
79th Infantry Regiment, 250–51
80th Infantry Regiment, 246
91st Naval Garrison Unit, 312–13
102nd Infantry Regiment, 191, 193
141st Infantry Regiment, 273
144th Infantry Regiment, 30, 33, 44, 132–33, 138, 141
219th Infantry Regiment, 364
221st Infantry Regiment, 363
222nd Infantry Regiment, 330, 335, 341
223rd Infantry Regiment “Yoshino Force,” 317–18, 320, 322
224th Infantry Regiment “Matsuyama Force,” 312, 318, 320, 322, 323
229th Infantry Regiment, 174, 289–91
237th Infantry Regiment, 359
Biak Detachment, 330, 337
Carrier Striking Force, 94, 97, 99, 104
Close Cover Force, 93
Ichiki Detachment, 142
Maizaru 2nd Special Naval Landing Force, 44
Matsuda Force, 272
Naval Construction Units, 125, 140, 141
Okabe Detachment, 189, 191, 192, 194, 197, 199, 217, 218
Sasebo 5th Special Naval Landing Force (SNLF), 158
South Seas Detachment, 9–11, 22, 27, 44, 51, 92, 118, 141, 188
Southern Expeditionay Force, 305, 308, 355, 357
Special Naval Landing Forces, 19, 35, 125, 156
Transport Battalion, 129
Tulagi Covering Force, 95, 96, 98
Tulagi Invasion Group, 92, 94
Yokohama Air Corps, 2185
Japanese Home Islands, 88–89, 245, 344, 347
Java Sea, Battle of the, 66
Johnson, Nelson T., 70
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 74–75, 78, 81, 121, 168–69, 261, 266, 282, 295, 296, 344, 345, 352
Jomard Passage, 103, 104
Jones, George M., 237, 369–70
Jones, John Paul, 76, 216
Junyo (aircraft carrier), 212
K VIII (submarine), 35
Kaga (aircraft carrier), 23, 26, 115
Kahn, E. J., Jr., 174
Kajioka, Sadamichi, 44, 51, 92, 101
Kamiri Airfield, Noemfoor Island, 362–70
Kane, Yoshihara, 196
Kapingamarangi atoll, 16
Kashima (cruiser), 93
Katori (flagship), 10
Katue, Sergeant, 131
Kavieng, New Ireland, 15, 18, 19, 25, 26, 35, 189, 224, 282, 294
Kawanishi Type 97 long-range flying boats, 40–41, 85
Kawashima, Takenobu, 376
K.B. Mission, 154, 163, 164
Keen, T. H., 20
Kenney, George, 144–46, 158–60, 168, 170–73, 176, 179, 182, 188, 189, 192, 195, 197, 198, 200, 202, 205, 212, 217, 220, 224–26, 229–30, 232, 233, 236, 239, 240, 247, 259, 262–65, 275, 276, 287, 297–300, 311, 313, 328, 331, 333, 348, 362, 365, 366, 372, 377
Kimura, Masatomi, 198, 200, 201, 205
Kinai Maru (transport), 159
King, Ernest J., 62, 73, 121, 186, 187, 269, 275, 344, 350
MacArthur and, 73–74, 82, 269, 345, 346
personality of, 74
on unified Pacific command, 74
Kingwell, Deryck, 45
Kinkaid, Thomas C., 269, 286–88, 297
Kinsler, Kenneth H., 230–31, 236
Kinugasa (cruiser), 98–99
Kiriwina Island, 216, 219–21, 262
Kiska Island, 116, 245
Kitagiri, Shigeru, 250, 252
Kitamura, Masayuki, 192
Kitazono, Toyozo, 301
Kiyokawa Maru (seaplane tender), 44, 51
Know, Cameron, 369
Knox, William Franklin, 214
Koch, Raymond J., 251
Koga, Mineichi, 264, 266
Kokoda Airfield, 127, 129, 131, 134, 136, 138–40, 190
Kokoda Track, 122, 124–40, 142, 146–53, 156, 167, 170, 172, 176, 190, 203
Komori, Masamitsu, 273, 274
Korea, 4, 142, 147
Kornasoren Airfield, Noemfoor Island, 362, 363, 365, 367, 370–73
Kreutberg Range, 248
Krueger, Walter, 210–12, 219, 256–57, 267, 270, 274, 275, 277, 283, 285, 286, 288, 294, 297, 303, 307, 313–14, 317–22, 327, 330, 333, 338, 340–41, 343, 354, 358, 359, 363, 365, 367–68, 372, 373, 376, 383
Kumusi River, 125
Kuril Islands, 4
Kusaka, Junichi, 212, 382
Kuzume, Naoyuki, 329–32, 334, 336–37, 341
Kwarna River, 244
Kyokusei Maru (transport), 200
Kyuhachi, Kudo, 258
Lae, New Guinea, 26, 42–47, 49–53, 85, 91, 104, 112, 117–21, 188, 189, 191, 192, 195–202, 204, 205, 207, 208, 215–18, 221, 224, 226–29, 233–35, 240–49, 255, 262
Lake Sentani, 298
Lakunai Airfield, Rabaul, 17, 31, 33, 39
Lang, J. T., 238, 239
Langemak Bay, 246
Lardner, John, 69
Larr, David, 124, 177
Laurabada (motor yacht), 27
LCIs (landing craft, infantry), 187, 231, 232, 234, 248, 257, 285, 315, 333, 371
LCMs (landing craft, mechanized), 221, 291
LCTs (landing craft, tank), 187, 231, 232, 285
LCVPs (landing craft, vehicles, personnel), 221
League of Nations, 10
Leahy, William, 347, 349, 350, 352
Leary, Herbert F., 81, 169
Lee-Enfield rifles, 14
Legion of Merit, 373
Lennard, Haydon, 24
Lerew, John, 15–17, 19, 24–27
Lever Brothers Planation, New Guinea, 154, 157
Leyte Gulf, 383
Leyte Island, 310, 327, 350, 352, 379, 383–84
Lindbergh, Charles, 64
Lizuka, Eiji, 259
London Times, 275
Lone Tree Hill, New Guinea, 320–27, 365
Long, Huey, 83
Los Negros, 282–94
Lost Women of Rabaul, 29
Louisiade Archipelago, 84, 103
Luce, Clare Boothe, 145
Lupin Airfield, 272–74, 277
Luzon, 79, 345, 350, 351, 352
LVTs (landing vehicle tracked), 333, 334, 366
MacArthur, Arthur, 58, 64
MacArthur, Douglas, 2–4, 38, 53, 98, 101, 207, 208, 225, 263, 328, 341
Admiralty Islands operation and, 267, 277, 281–88, 294, 295
Arawe operation and, 270, 276
Arnold and, 168–69
arrival in Australia, 64–74
on Australian troops, 149
background of, 54–55
Barbey and, 188, 206
on Battle of the Coral Sea, 110
Biak operation and, 318, 327, 329, 331, 337, 338, 343
birth of, 73
Brett and, 143–45
Buna-Gona campaign and, 118, 119, 122, 124, 168–70, 172, 173, 176–79, 182, 185, 186, 215
Cape Gloucester operation and, 276, 277
Carpender and, 269
on Churchill, 166
command structure reorganized by, 209–10
Curtin and, 70
education of, 54
Eichelberger and, 169–70, 178–79
Eisenhower and, 58–59
escape from Corregidor, 62–63, 65, 67, 169
“Europe first” policy and, 71
on European theater, 145–46
Fabian and, 111–12
father of, 54
in First World War, 55–56
goal of Philippine liberation, 74, 169, 209, 266, 294, 310, 379, 380
Halsey and, 76, 215–16
headquarters in Port Moresby, 172, 176, 178
Hollandia and Aitape operations and, 296, 298–301, 303–4, 306, 310, 356–58
Honolulu conference and, 346–52
Huon Peninsula operation and, 245–48, 255, 256, 260
“I shall return” pledge to Philippines of, 2, 63–64, 384
intelligence information and, 111–12, 114, 196–97
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