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Target: Rabaul: The Allied Siege of Japan's Most Infamous Stronghold, March 1943 - August 1945

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by Bruce Gamble


  Lanigan, Richard I., 339, 354

  Lanphier, Charles C., 125–126, 326, 341, 344

  Lanphier, Thomas G., 125–126, 344

  Larner, Edward L., 42–43

  Leahy, William D., 13, 131

  Leeson, Alfred “Dix,” 249

  Leighton, Leonard G., 98

  Liberty, 299

  Life, 16–17, 299, 304

  Lindbergh, Charles A., 83, 337–338

  Long, Rupert Basil Michel, 234

  Loos, DeLasso, 75, 101, 105

  Lorengau, 50

  Love, Francis S., 190

  Loverin, Orin N., 154

  Lovett, Robert A., 14

  Lucas, John V., 207, 212

  Luce, Clare Boothe, 15

  Luce, Henry, 15–16

  MacAllister, Donald, 288–289

  MacArthur, Douglas, 9–11, 13–16, 19–21, 23–26, 29, 42, 71–72, 89, 116, 128, 131–133, 146–148, 191, 246–247, 263, 321, 336, 350, 356, 361

  MacDonald, Charles H., 165, 168

  MacEachran, Donald D., 68

  MacFarlane, John O., 277

  Mackey, William C., 189–190

  Madang, 3, 26, 89

  Magda, John, 209–210

  Magee, Christopher L., 286

  Magee, Milford M., 179

  Mahaffey, James M., 152, 159

  Maligum, 46–47

  Mangett, Marcus L., Jr., 256, 261

  Manion, Arthur, 46–48

  Manuel, Gordon R., 62–64, 243, 248

  Manus Island, 50

  Marcus Island, 219

  Marilinan airdrome, 95

  Mars, Stanley J., 265

  Marshall, George C., 13, 23–24, 147

  Marshall, Robert M., 279

  Marshall, Robert W., 302

  Marshall Islands, 19, 131

  Martindale, Robert R., 2–3, 5–7, 49–50, 254

  Massie, John H. H., 103, 108–109

  Matheson, Bruce J., 282, 285–286, 293

  Matsuda, Saiji, 118, 122–123, 126, 266, 311, 318, 323–324, 327, 357

  Matsumoto, Torataro, 355

  Matupit Island, 30

  Maurer, Edward J., Jr., 109

  Mayberry, Walter T. “Tiger,” 318, 327

  McCleaf, Paul F., 298, 347

  McClurg, Robert W., 281

  McCown, Marion R., 301–302

  McCullar, Kenneth D., 31–33, 35–37, 85–86

  McGuire, Eugene I., 139

  McGuire, Thomas B., Jr., 110, 151, 299

  McLean, Carl T., 278

  McLellan-Symonds, Leslie, 345

  McMurria, James A., 1–7, 45–47, 49–53, 56, 122–123, 134, 254, 317–318, 326–327, 339, 341–347, 353–356, 358–359

  McNeff, Donald K., 145

  McWhorter, Hamilton, III, 221–222, 226

  Meehan, Arthur W., 84

  Merrill, Aaron S. “Tip,” 176, 193, 199–201

  Merriman, James T., 336

  Meyers, Joseph F., 188

  Middlebrook, Garrett E., 100–101, 103–105, 108–110, 112

  Midway, 20

  Migliacci, Gerome A., 157–158, 242, 245

  Miller, Henry, 125

  Miller, Henry L., 204–205, 209

  Miller, Henry S., 288, 291, 297

  Miller, James L., 339, 352–353

  Miller, Orville L., 221, 231–233, 244, 246

  Miller, Robert E., 166–167

  Miller, Wayne, 213

  Millington, Robert “Oak,” 336

  Milne Bay, 34–35, 37–39

  Mitchell, Ralph J., 267, 270, 272, 298–299, 302, 310–312, 323, 329, 333, 350

  Mitscher, Marc A. “Pete,” 313

  Miyazaki, Takahashi, 130

  Montgomery, Alfred E., 219, 227

  Moore, Donald J., 286–287

  Moore, James T. “Nuts,” 272–274

  Moore, Orbry H., 181–182

  Morey, Robert W., 211–212

  Morison, Samuel Eliot, 116, 291

  Morrell, Rivers J., 279, 285–286

  Morris, P. Brice, 357–358

  Mortensen, Max H., 154–156, 179–180

  Mot, 46–47

  Mullen, Paul A. “Moon,” 275, 289

  Mulligan, John J., 64, 256

  Murphree, Clinton H., 111–112

  Murphy, John A., 156–158

  Murphy, John J., 240–241, 251, 254–255, 317, 339–342, 345–346, 352

  Nakaoka, Nobuki, 207

  Namba, Shigeki, 96

  Nangananga, 352, 356

  Nason, Joseph G., 253–254, 325–326, 340–343, 345–347, 354–356

  Nassau Bay, 90

  Naumann, Ernest A., 74, 255–256

  Netherlands East Indies, 115

  Neuman, Leslie W., 64, 256

  New Britain, 20, 23, 25–27, 115

  Newell, James H., 204, 206–207, 222

  New Georgia, 25, 34, 72, 90

  New Guinea, 23, 25, 27, 34, 40, 117

  New Ireland, 20, 23, 25, 232, 336

  New York Times, 299

  Nicoll, Geoffrey D., 149

  Nimitz, Chester W., 13, 20, 21, 23, 26, 131, 193, 218–219, 313, 336, 350

  Nishizawa, Hiroyoshi, 306–307

  Nyarady, Stefan A., 223, 255, 266

  Oba, Yoshio, 281

  Ofuna, 313

  Okawara, Yoshio, 319, 353, 361

  Oki, Yoshio, 77–78

  Okumiya, Masatake, 309, 311

  Olander, Edwin L., 268, 286, 292

  O’Loghlen, Ross B., 265

  Omori, Sentaro, 176, 182, 193, 203–204

  Ono, Satoru, 65, 67–68

  Oro Bay, 34, 42, 150–151

  Osugi, Morikazu, 224

  Ota, Toshio, 59

  Owens, Robert G., 300, 302

  Owen Stanley Mountains, 41, 46

  Ozawa, Jisaburo, 34, 40, 174

  Palmer, Escoe E., 341–342

  Patrick, James J., 140

  Patterson, Robert P., 14

  Pearce, Rodney, 265

  Pearl Harbor, 40, 195

  Peattie, Francis G., 69

  Peirce, Charles L., 288

  Perkins, John C., 338

  Peterson, Harlan H., 152, 155–156

  Peterson, John E., 86–87

  Philippines, 20, 40, 131, 350–351

  Pittman, William F., 108–109

  Planck, Carl G., Jr., 190, 243, 248

  Port Moresby, 1–2, 11, 20, 31, 34, 35, 37–38, 161

  Post, Arthur L., 238–239

  Potter, Lionel B., 99–100

  Powell, Ralph W., 145

  Prentiss, George W, 92

  Pugh, Herbert W. “Pudgy,” 78, 81

  Putnam, Frank G., 285

  Quinn, Noel T., 265–266

  Quinones, Alphonse D., 218, 340

  Rabaul: 2 November 1943, 192

  Rabaul Times, 251

  Ramey, Howard K., 17, 31

  Ramey, Roger M., 33, 41, 61

  Ramsey, B. R., 298

  Rapopo airdrome, 63–66, 127, 136, 152, 163, 165–167, 218, 334

  Rawlings, Charles A., 167–168, 170

  Raymond, Georges, 29

  Reames, James M., 283

  Rendova Island, 90

  Rich, Earl R., 171

  Rich, Hampton E., 144–145

  Rickenbacker, Eddie, 299

  Riley, William E., 131

  Rippy, John S., 63–64, 255–256

  Ritacco, Louis L., 112

  Roberts, A. Allan, 240, 243

  Roberts, Carlton W., 204–205, 210–211

  Roberts, John A., 35

  Rogers, Arthur H., 84, 86, 142–145

  Romano, Tony, 337

  Roosevelt, Eleanor, 337

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 14–17, 24, 132

  Rousek, Jay P., 30

  Ruark, William, 100–101

  Rundle, Keith M., 361

  Russell, Hawley, 283–284

  Russell Islands, 34

  Sabe, Tsurukichi, 48

  Saint John’s Catholic mission, 48–49

  Sakai, Saburo, 5
9

  Sakaida, Henry, 294

  Salamaua, 23, 25–26, 89–90, 93, 104

  Salmon, Hamilton H., 178

  Salois, Victor, 48

  Salvage, Owen H., 112

  Sampler, Samuel M., 303, 305

  Santa Cruz Islands, 23–24

  Sarnoski, Joseph R., 76, 78–79, 81–82, 87

  Sarsfield, William J., Jr., 68–69

  Sato, Masao, 227–228

  Sato, Yasuo, 261

  Saturday Evening Post, 167, 170

  Scanlan, John J. “Jack,” 235

  Scharmach, Isidoro Leone, 252, 329, 334

  Schwimmer airdrome, 42

  Sciara, Charles J., 298

  Scott, David A., 283

  See, Robert B., 301–302

  Sepik River, 46–47

  Seven Mile airdrome. See Jackson Field, Port Moresby

  Shea, Norman, 178

  Sheets, Rulon T., 316

  Sherman, Frederick C. “Ted,” 196–197, 199–204, 213, 313

  Sherman, Robert W., 312

  Shibata, Yaichiro, 314

  Shimbo, Yasushi, 301

  Shinohara, Masaru, 191

  Shortland Islands, 73

  Showalter, Charles B., 169

  Simogun, 236–238

  Simpson Harbor, 21, 50, 131–132, 167–170, 172–174, 177–182, 183–190, 201, 206–213, 221–226, 299, 312, 314, 351

  Sims, Sanders S. “Sandy,” 276

  Skinner, Richard Ian, 240, 242, 248

  Small, Arthur, 174

  Smeltzer, Warren H., 153

  Smith, Glen W., 336

  Smith, J. A., 206

  Smith, James K., 335–336

  Smith, Meryl M., 139

  Smith, Paul G., 66

  Society of the Divine Word, 48

  Solomon Islands, 20–21, 23, 25–27, 34, 56, 75, 89, 115–117, 122, 129–130, 229–230, 234, 350–351

  Southard, William, 151

  South Seas Colonization Company, 316

  South Seas Development Bank, 316

  South Seas Development Company, 316

  Spears, Harold L., 300, 302

  Stacy, Brian P, 340

  Staley, Harry A., 30

  Stoecklein, Bernard, 86

  Stokie, Leslie John, 240, 242, 248

  Stone, Derrick R. “Dick,” 141

  Sturdee, Vernon A. H., 357

  Sugawara, Akira, 60, 63–64, 67

  Sugden, Alston F., 5, 7, 254, 326

  Sullivan, Ed, 299

  Sutherland, Richard K., 9–11, 15, 19, 26–27

  Sutton, Alphonse B., 310

  Swarthout, Merle W., 222–223

  Swett, James E., 133

  Sydney, 162–163

  Sylvernale, Robert J., 200

  Tagaya, Osamu, 178, 263

  Takakuwa Industry Company, 316

  Tanaka, Yuki, 257–258

  Tanikawa, Kazuo, 105

  Tanimizu, Takeo, 307–308

  Tatelman, Victor W., 151–152, 154, 159, 162

  Taylor, Glenn W., 182

  Teall, Arthur L., 209, 320

  Terada, Koichi, 81

  Teramoto, Kumaichi, 95–98

  Teranishi, Tamiji, 133

  Thomas, Gordon, 251–252, 266

  Thomas, Patty, 337

  Thompson, Robert H., 200

  Thurber, Harry R. “Ray,” 200–201

  Tillman, Barrett, 303

  Time, 299

  Tobera airdrome, 116, 136, 141–142, 152, 165–167, 298, 301, 310–311, 314, 334, 336

  Todd, Evelyn, 340–342, 345

  Tojo, Hideki, 314

  Tominaga, Shozo, 259–260

  Towles, John R., 195, 202

  Treasury Islands, 132, 170–171

  Trimingham, Charles E., 69

  Trobriand Islands, 26

  True, Clinton V., 135, 139, 152–154, 158–159

  Tsili-Tsili airdrome, 90, 94–98

  Tsukahara, Nishizo, 56

  Tsunoda, Kazuo, 57–59

  Tuck, Harold R., 298, 347

  Tulagi, 21, 23, 34

  Twining, Nathan F., 130, 203

  Ubili airfield, 74

  Ugaki, Matome, 125

  Uhler, William H., 112

  United Serviceman’s Organization (USO), 337

  Uno, Shintaro, 258, 260

  Unruh, Marion D., 288–289, 318–319, 327

  Vahry, Douglas H., 360

  Valencia, Eugene A., 228

  Van Atta, Lee, 136–138

  Vejtasa, Stanley W. “Swede,” 133

  Vetter, Kenneth P., 256, 261

  Vial, Leigh G., 84

  Vincent, Charles W., 256

  Vincent, Geoffrey H., 255

  Vose, James E. “Moe,” Jr., 220

  Vunakanau airdrome, 37, 61–62, 64–66, 119, 127, 136, 139–141, 152, 163, 165–166, 171–173, 252, 298, 301, 310–311, 334, 338–339

  Vunapope mission, 48, 154–155, 329–331, 334

  Wake Island, 219

  Waldman, William M., 168–169

  Walker, Kenneth N., 16, 29–30, 70

  Walker, Richard L., 175, 187–188

  Wallace, Ralph G., 155–156, 158

  Walsh, Kenneth A., 299

  Walton, Frank E., Jr., 274, 277, 281–283, 289, 294

  Warren, James A. “Jimmy,” 280, 339, 342, 345

  Warren, Raymond C., 111–112

  Warren, Ronald C., 352, 354

  Watson, Edwin M. “Pa,” 15

  Webster, William H., 173–174, 187–190

  Welles, William T., 197, 251, 254, 266

  Wells, Paul C., 310

  West Magnificent Love Line brothel, 57

  Wewak, New Guinea, 3, 41–42, 47–48, 50, 55, 89, 91, 93–96, 98–99, 101–104, 107, 113–115, 128, 131–133, 263

  White, Osmar, 252

  Whitehead, Ennis C., 11, 17, 31, 41, 61, 64–65, 67, 73, 75, 82, 84–85, 89, 92, 95–97, 100, 105, 107, 110, 115–116, 135, 163, 171, 173, 221

  Wilkins, Raymond H., 136, 162–163, 173–174, 187–190, 192

  Wilkinson, Theodore S., 25

  Williams, Leslie, 236, 239–240

  Williams, Oscar M., 170

  Williams, Paul I., 62–63

  Wilson, Dorwan C., 146, 150

  Wilson, James R., 144

  Wisener, Jack K., 52–53, 67, 254–255

  Wokeo Island, 45–47, 49

  Wonderly, Clifford L., 137

  Woodlark Island, 26–27, 72–73, 90

  Woodward, Woodson, 166–167

  Wright, Malcolm H., 235–240

  Wrights, Clair L., 66

  Wurtsmith, Paul B., 37–38, 90

  Wynne, Frank O., 4, 7, 51, 254

  Yahiro, Shunichi, 77, 81

  Yamagami, Kamesaburou, 182

  Yamagata, Aritomo, 257

  Yamamoto, Isoroku, 34, 37, 39–41, 125

  Yamamoto, Suhiro, 80

  Yamanaka, Akira, 101–103

  Yamazaki, Ichirobei, 77

  Yank magazine, 83

  Zanger, Moszek “Mike,” 352

  Zeamer, Jay, 75–82, 87

  Aircraft

  Allied

  A-20 Havoc (Douglas), 11, 42, 89, 92

  B-17 Flying Fortress (Boeing), 9–10, 16, 17, 24, 30–32, 35–37, 52, 56, 60–70, 74–81, 83, 85, 98–99, 128

  B-24/LB-29 Liberator (Consolidated), 1–6, 37, 56, 61, 64–66, 68, 83–86, 98–99, 107, 130, 134, 142–146, 149–150, 152–158, 163, 165–170, 177–182, 218, 338

  B-25 Mitchell (North American)/PBJ, 11, 15, 37, 42–43, 89, 92–93, 100–104, 107–112, 134–141, 142–146, 163, 165–170, 177–182, 183–190, 218, 335–336, 351

  B-26 Marauder (Martin), 75

  Beaufighter (Bristol), 92, 115, 135–136, 141–142, 146, 149, 241

  Beaufort (Bristol), 255, 265

  Boston (Douglas), 115

  C-47 transports, 10, 91, 97, 128

  CAC-1 Wirraways, 132, 141

  F4F Wildcats (Grumman), 133, 270, 274, 307

  F4U Corsair (Vought), 129, 196–197, 203, 222, 228–22
9, 268, 270–271, 274, 278, 284, 292, 307–308, 333, 335, 337–338, 351–352

  F6F-3 Hellcats (Grumman), 196–197, 204, 206, 208–209, 212, 221–229, 284, 292, 307–308, 333

  P-38/F-4/F-5 Lightning (Lockheed), 16, 37–40, 73–74, 92, 95, 97, 100–101, 107–108, 110, 113, 126, 128, 135–136, 139, 143, 146, 149–150, 152–158, 163, 165–170, 177–182, 193, 218, 278, 307–308

  P-39/P-400 Airacobra (Bell), 37–38, 42, 95–97, 338

  P-40 Warhawk/Kittyhawk (Curtiss), 39, 42, 90, 241, 274, 278, 308

  P-47 Thunderbolt (Republic), 16, 93, 97, 128, 133

  P-51B Mustang (North American), 94

  PB2Y Coronado flying boat, 71

  PBY Catalina flying boat, 127, 239, 267, 274

  PV-1 Ventura (Lockheed), 274

  SB2C Helldiver (Curtiss-Wright), 220, 222–227

  SBD-5 Dauntless (Douglas), 196–197, 204, 220–226, 253, 310, 316, 338

  TBF-1 Avenger (Grumman), 196–197, 203, 209, 221–226, 229, 231, 312, 316, 338

  TDR-1 unmanned drone, 349–350

  German

  Focke Wulf Fw-190, 70

  Messerschmidt Bf-109, 70

  Japanese

  A6M2 “Zeke” (Mitsubishi), 4–5, 70, 140, 143, 153–154, 156, 165–166, 168, 172, 185, 222–223, 228, 264, 278, 293, 304

  A6M3 “Hamp” (Mitsubishi), 143–144, 156, 163, 165, 278, 287

  B5N “Kate” (Nakajima), 133, 213–214, 227–228, 264, 276, 308, 315, 360

  D3A “Val” (Aichi), 39, 128, 130, 133, 150–151, 227–228, 264, 308, 312

  D4Y1 “Judy” (Yokosuka), 165, 169, 178, 209, 228, 264

  E13A “Jake” (Aichi), 241

  G3M “Nell” (Mitsubishi), 138

  G4M “Betty” (Mitsubishi), 37–40, 120, 120–121, 128, 130, 138, 228, 315

  Gekko. See J1N1 “Irving” (Nakajima)

  H8K “Emily” (Kawanishi), 179

  Hein (Swallow). See Ki-61 “Tony” (Kawasaki)

  J1N1 “Irving” (Nakajima), 59–60, 63–70, 264, 336

  jubaku heavy bombers, 138

  Ki-21 “Sally” (Mitsubishi), 55, 96, 98, 101, 138, 210

  Ki-43 “Oscar” (Nakajima), 55, 61, 96–98, 103–104, 108–109, 128, 140, 165, 225

  Ki-45 “Nick” (Kawasaki), 74, 80, 99

  Ki-46 “Dinah” (Mitsubishi), 66, 110, 169, 360

  Ki-48 “Lily” (Kawasaki), 55, 96–99, 138

  Ki-61 “Tony” (Kawasaki), 55, 94, 156, 209, 228, 278

  Reisen “Zero”, 30, 37–40, 56, 61, 74, 77–81, 128, 130, 140–142, 150–151, 154–157, 166–169, 171, 178, 181–182, 190, 205–206, 208–211, 227–228, 264, 276, 279, 285, 292–293, 305–309, 315, 333, 360

  Rei Shiki Sento Ki. See Reisen “Zero”

  rikko. See rikujo kogeki-ki

  rikujo kogeki-ki, 119–121, 130–131, 141, 264, 316

  Suisei (Comet). See D4Y1 “Judy” (Yokosuka)

  Type 0. See Reisen “Zero”

  Type 2 flying boat. See H8K “Emily” (Kawanishi)

  Type 2 two-seat fighter. See Ki-45 “Nick” (Kawasaki)

  Type 3 fighter. See Ki-61 “Tony” (Kawasaki)

  Type 97 heavy bomber. See Ki-21 “Sally” (Mitsubishi)

 

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