Tojo, Hideki, 88
Tokitsukaze (destroyer), 199, 200
Tokyo, Doolittle raid on, 89
Tomioka, Captain, 87
Tor River, 317, 318, 320
Torres Strait, 37
Torricelli Mountains, 354, 359
Towers, John H., 346
Townsville Airdrome, Australia, 91
Trifoam River, 320
Trobiand Islands, 159
Truk Island, 9–11, 18, 20, 85, 90–93, 108, 199, 212, 214, 262, 264–66
Truman, Harry, 347
Tsili-Tsili, New Guinea, 225–26, 237, 240
Tsugaru (minelayer), 22
Tsukamoto, Hatsuo, 30, 129, 137, 139, 140
Tsukioka, Torashigue, 159
Tugwell, Rexford, 83
Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 86, 87, 90, 95–97, 106, 121, 124, 140
Tuluvu, New Britain, 189
Turner, Richard Kelly, 82, 140
Type 95 Ha-Go tanks, 330
Uberi, New Guinea, 146
Ugaki, Matome, 42, 93, 214, 331
ULTRA intercepts, 262, 363
United Nations, 69, 208
Urakaze (destroyer), 159
U.S. forces
1st Arizona Volunteer Infantry, 318
1st Cavalry Division, 209, 283–86, 316
I Corps, 208
1st Marine Division, 140, 186–87, 209, 269, 276–78
1st Marine Parachute Battalion, 228
1st Marine Tractor Battalion, 272
Second Army, 211
2nd Engineer Special Brigade (Seahorse Soldiers), 206, 209, 221, 222, 229, 231, 235
2nd Marine Division, 266
2/27th Battalion, 146
Third Army, 210, 211
3rd Bombardment Group, 173
3rd Marine Division, 263
Fifth Air Force, 212, 219, 263–64, 266, 275, 276, 282, 283, 290, 300, 312, 313, 373, 374
5th Cavalry, 291, 293
Fifth Fleet, 301
5th Marine Regiment, 186
Sixth Army, 211, 212, 256, 267, 269, 354, 374, 383
6th Infantry Division, 319, 321–22, 325, 327, 365, 374, 377
Seventh Amphibious Force, 206, 219, 229, 240, 373, 377
7th Brigade, 119
7th Cavalry, 293
Seventh Fleet, 269, 286
9th Naval District, 269
XI Corps, 307, 358
12th Marine Defense Battalion, 220
17th Infantry Brigade, 190, 193
18th Fighter Group, 375
19th Bombardment Group, 62
20th Infantry Regiment, 321–25
24th Infantry Division, 209, 301, 305, 340, 341, 368
31st Infantry Division, 327, 358, 376, 377
32nd Infantry Division, 80, 118, 150, 169, 171–77, 179–81, 209, 256, 267, 303, 307, 355, 358, 376
34th Infantry Regiment, 340, 341, 368
39th Fighter Squadron, 200
40th Antiaircraft Brigade, 209
40th Artillery Brigade, 122
40th Infantry Division, 278
40th Seabees, 291, 293
41st Antiaircraft Brigade, 209
41st Infantry Division, 77, 80, 118, 169, 176, 209, 222–23, 242, 301, 303, 305, 313, 332, 336, 340
42nd Infantry Division (Rainbow Division), 55
43rd Engineers, 158, 164
43rd Infantry Division, 307, 357–58
46th Engineers, 155, 158
59th Combat Engineers, 220
63rd Squadron/43rd Bomb Group, 200
67th Field Artillery Battalion, 315
80th Fighter Squadron, 240
84th Infantry Brigade, 56
98th Field Artillery (Pack) Battalion, 209
99th Battalion Field Artillery, 291
101st Coast Artillery Battalion, 119
112th Cavalry Regiment, 210, 220, 267, 270, 273, 307, 358
124th Infantry Regiment, 358, 377
124th Regimental Combat Team, 307, 359
126th Infantry Regiment, 150, 173–74, 257
126th Regimental Combat Team, 267, 376
127th Infantry Division, 308
128th Infantry Regiment, 171, 173, 175
128th Regimental Combat Team, 358
134th Field Artillery Battalion, 220
158th Infantry Regiment, 209, 220
158th Regimental Combat Team “Bushmasters,” 318–21, 365–68, 370–72
162nd Infantry Regiment, 221, 223, 241, 242, 335–36, 339
162nd Regimental Combact Team (MacKechnie Force), 221
163rd Regimental Combat Team, 303, 314–17, 318, 319, 332, 338, 341
169th Infantry Regiment, 358
186th Infantry Regiment, 335, 339–40, 343
218th Field Artillery Battalion, 315
321st Bomb Squadron/90th Bomb Group, 199, 201
320th Bomb Squadron/90th Bomb Group, 200
347th Fighter Group, 375
399th Fighter Squadron, 214
403rd Bomb Group, 202
418th Night Fighter Squadron, 375
419th Night Fighter Squadron, 375
503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 209, 230–31, 235–38, 365, 367–69, 371–72
532nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (EBSR), 248, 250–51, 255, 257
532nd Engineer Special Brigade, 234–35
542nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment, 313
542nd Shore Battalion, 257
603rd Tank Company, 316, 336
709th Anti-Aircraft Battery, 164
836th Engineer Aviation Battalion, 317
864th Aviation Engineers, 338
871st Airborne Engineer Battalion, 239
Alamo Force, 211, 256, 318, 368
Alamo Scouts, 270, 283–84, 330, 354, 363, 364, 373
Americal Division, 47, 78
Army Corps of Engineers, 155, 170, 206, 221
Asiatic Squadron, 35
Bombing Squadron 5, 105
Coast Artillery Battalion, 154
Fleet Radio Unit, Melbourne (FRUMEL), 111–12
“MacArthur’s Navy,” 82, 169, 269
Milne Force, 119, 155
PT boats, 221, 222, 258, 267, 272, 276, 299, 308, 309, 313, 364, 379
Refueling Group, 94
Task Force 11, 40
Task Force 17, 94–96, 101, 104–6
Task Force 17.5, 94
Task Force 17.6, 99
Task Force 44, 94, 97
Task Force 58, 300
Task Force 76, 276
Task Force 77, 377
Task Force 6814, 78
Tradewind Task Force, 376
U.S. Forces in the Philippines (USFIP), 79
U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence, 94
USS Aaron Ward (destroyer), 212
USS Anderson (destroyer), 94
USS Astoria (cruiser), 94
USS Aylwin (destroyer), 94
USS Baltimore (cruiser), 347, 348
USS Bonefish (submarine), 333
USS Carter Hall (landing ship dock), 270
USS Chester (cruiser), 94
USS Conyngham (destroyer), 231, 233, 257
USS Dewey (destroyer), 94
USS Enterprise (aircraft carrier), 40, 88, 115
USS Farragut (destroyer), 94, 104
USS Gilmer (destroyer-transport), 232
USS Hammann (destroyer), 94
USS Henry T. Allen (attack transport), 188
USS Hornet (aircraft carrier), 88, 115
USS Humphreys (destroyer transport), 270, 271
USS John D. Ford (destroyer), 35
USS Lexington �
��Lady Lex” (aircraft carrier), 40–42, 47, 49, 93, 94, 101, 103, 106–9
USS Minneapolis (cruiser), 94
USS Missouri (battleship), 382, 384
USS Monaghan (destroyer), 94
USS Morris (destroyer), 94
USS Nashville (cruiser), 303, 306, 383, 384
USS New Orleans (cruiser), 94
USS Parrott (destroyer), 35
USS Paul Jones (destroyer), 35
USS Peary (destroyer), 60
USS Phelps (destroyer), 94
USS Phoenix (cruiser), 286, 288, 377, 379
USS Pope (destroyer), 35
USS Portland (cruiser), 94
USS Princeton (aircraft carrier), 265
USS Reid (destroyer), 233, 240, 249, 250
USS Rigel (destroyer), 219
USS Russell (destroyer), 94
USS Salt Lake City (cruiser), 114
USS Sands (destroyer transport), 270, 271
USS Saratoga (aircraft carrier), 93, 265
USS Seadragon (submarine), 111
USS Shaw (destroyer), 271–72
USS Wake (destroyer), 104
USS Whale (submarine), 288
USS Yorktown (aircraft carrier), 40, 47, 49, 93, 94, 96, 97, 101–3, 105, 106, 108, 114, 115
Van Noy, Nathan “Junior,” 251–52
Van Volkenburgh, Robert H., 122–24
Vandergrift, Alexander, 278
Vasey, George Alan, 120, 236, 240, 256
Veracruz, Mexico, 55
Vernon, Geoffrey, 135, 136
Versailles conference, 59
Vickers machine guns, 95
Victoria Cross, 255
Vietnam War, 137
Vitiaz Strait, 188, 200, 201, 246, 247, 256, 267, 277
Vogelkop (Bird’s Head) Peninsula, 266, 355, 361–62, 372–75
Vunakanau Airfield, Rabaul, 18, 25, 31, 34, 39, 91
Waga Waga, New Guinea, 162
Wagner, Boyd D., 123
Wainwright, Jonathan M., 62, 79–80
Wakde Island, 304, 305, 307, 308, 311–19, 323, 328, 330, 333, 365, 377
Wake Island, 4, 10, 114
Waldron, Albert W., 180
Walker, Kenneth, 189, 192, 199
Wanigela Mission, New Guinea, 170, 171
Washington, George, 288
Watson, Edwin M. “Pa,” 59
Watson, William, 130, 131, 136
Wau, New Guinea, 43, 45, 120, 189–91, 193, 194, 215, 220, 223
Weather, 1, 2, 10, 45, 127, 128, 148, 154, 160, 198, 200, 202, 222, 240, 244, 250, 257, 263, 286–87
Wewak, New Guinea, 189, 195, 224–26, 228, 232, 245, 247, 256, 260, 266–67, 295–301, 305, 307, 309, 353, 355–57, 360, 382
Whitehead, Ennis, 197, 198, 200, 228, 262–64, 282, 313
Whyte, Lorna, 29
Williams, Peter, 127
Willougby, Charles, 173, 283, 284, 312, 330, 356, 357, 363
Wilson, Woodrow, 55, 59
Windeyer, Victor, 248, 249
Wing, Leonard F., 357
Wood, Leonard, 54–55
Woodlark Island, 216, 219–21, 262
Wootten, George F., 157, 229, 231, 235, 240, 252, 256
Yamada, Eizo, 246–47, 249–50
Yamamoto, Isoroku, 87, 89, 113–16, 141, 212–15, 264
Yamato (battleship), 337, 338
Yano, Minoru, 164–65
Yayoi (destroyer), 161
Yazawa, Kyomi, 142
Yeowatt, Robert, 18
Yodda Valley, 127
Yoder, Colonel, 123
Yokohama, Doolittle raid on, 89
Yokohama Maru, 19
Yokoyama, Yosuke, 125, 126, 129, 131–32
York Peninsula, 118
Yoshino, Haruo, 23
Yoshino, Naoyasu, 317
Yubari (cruiser), 51
Yukikaze (destroyer), 199
Yunting River, 4
Zuiho (aircraft carrier), 198, 212
Zuikaku (aircraft carrier), 26, 90, 92, 98, 99, 105–8, 115, 212
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