The Most Dangerous Man in America: The Making of Douglas MacArthur
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as supreme Allied commander in Europe, 163
and Truman, Harry, 340
and warfare, principles of, 277
Evart, H. V., 182
Farley, James, 15, 27
Farrell, Thomas, 345
Fasari airfield, 210
Fechner, Robert, 8, 11, 13
Fechteler, William, 255
Fellers, Bonner, 262, 328
First Battle of Savo Island, 202
Fletcher, Frank “Jack,” 187, 202–203
Formosa, 268, 281, 306
Fort Myer, 2, 23, 25, 32, 34, 42
Foulois, Benjamin, 27–28, 30–32, 36
France, 68, 182, 183–186, 189–191, 250
French Indochina, 68
Fuller, Horace, 263–264, 265, 266
Garner, John Nance, 1
Garrett, Harold J., 117
Gavin, James, 6
Genghis Khan: Emperor of All Men (Lamb), 34
George, Harold H., 148, 187
Germany, 30, 138, 139, 329–331
Germany-first war strategy, 95, 100, 182–183
Gerow, Leonard “Gee,” 71, 89
Ghormley, Robert, 193–194, 202, 204, 205–206, 208, 223, 224
Gilbert Islands, 88
Gill, William, 296
Gona, 210, 211, 212, 213–214, 225
Gonzaga, 87
Grant, Ulysses S., 82, 112–113, 235
Great Britain, 88, 141, 338–339. See also Churchill, Winston
Griswold, Oscar, 239, 300, 313–314, 315, 319–322, 344, 357
Grose, John E., 222
Grunert, George, 65, 66
Guadalcanal, 201–204, 223–226
Guam, 88
Guderian, Heinz, 138
Halsey, William, 103, 223, 245, 268, 309, 313, 357
and Casablanca Conference, 1943, 231, 232
and Hawaii, 257–258
and Japan, invasion of, 342
and Japan, surrender of, 350, 351
and Leyte, 281, 284, 285, 286–287, 290, 291–292, 292–294, 307
and Operation Cartwheel, 239, 242
and Rabaul, 237–238
and Seeadler Harbor, 255–256
and Solomon Islands, 232, 257
Handy, Thomas, 232, 251
Harding, Edwin, 213, 214–216, 217–218, 221–222, 223
Harmon, Millard, 231
Hart, B. H. Liddell, 35–36, 65
Hart, Thomas, 71, 76–77, 87, 88, 92–93, 93–94, 148
Hawaii, 257–258
Herring, Edmund, 214, 215, 216, 217
Hester, John, 239
Hirohito, 106, 345
Hiroshima, 345
Hitler, Adolf, 36, 64, 65, 68, 275, 317
Hodge, John, 297
Hodges, Courtney, 144–145, 343
Holbrook, Lucius, 53
Hollandia, 260, 261–264. See also Operation Reckless
Homma, Masaharu, 93–94, 96–100, 106, 176, 257, 357
and Bataan, U.S. retreat into, 111–118
and Bataan and Corregidor, victory at, 171–172
and Battle of Bataan, 122–123, 129–131, 134
and Battle of the Pockets, 135, 147–148
and Battle of the Points, 147–148
and Manila, 111–112, 113, 118–119, 123
Honnen, George, 237
Honolulu, and MacArthur and Roosevelt, July 1944 meeting, 269–273
Honshu, 342, 343
Hoover, Herbert, 1, 2, 13, 15, 22, 23, 24
Hopkins, Harry, 185
Horii, Tomitaro, 196, 197, 199, 200, 201–202, 204, 208–209
Howe, Louis, 7–9, 11
Huff, Sidney “Sid,” 51, 108, 118, 148, 153, 157, 159, 168, 348
Hull, Cordell, 70
Hunt, Frazier, 324, 340
Huon Peninsula, 232
Hurley, Patrick, 144, 146
Hutter, Howard, 47
Hyakutake, Haruyoshi, 201–202
Iba Airfield attack, 76. See also Clark Field Attack
Ichiki, Kiyonao, 202–203
Ickes, Harold, 4, 18, 25, 45, 174, 357
and MacArthur, criticism of, 3, 5, 18–19, 26, 278–279, 328, 335, 336
and Philippines, 55, 60, 61
India, 161–162, 182
The Influence of Sea Power upon History (Mahan), 3
Inoue, Shigeyoshi, 187
Ioribaiwa, 196, 200, 208
Iron Bottom Sound battles, 203
Irwin, Constant, 168
Iwabuchi, Sanji, 319–320, 322
Iwo Jima, 281, 286, 306, 307, 313
Japan
and army-navy competition, 276–277
bombing of, 276
and China, 60
and French Indochina, 68
and Hiroshima and Nagasaki, atomic bombs dropped on, 345
invasion of, 326, 336, 341–345 (see also Operation Coronet; Operation Downfall; Operation Olympic)
MacArthur and Quezón’s visit to, 56–57
MacArthur and Roosevelt’s misjudgment of, 61–62
occupation of, 346–347
and Pearl Harbor attack, 71–74, 85–86
and Philippine independence, promise of, 123–124
and Philippines, 42, 43, 54, 59, 60–61
and Philippines, plan to defend, 277–278, 290–291
and Philippines, U.S. airfields attack in (see Clark Field attack; Iba Airfield attack)
surrender of, 345–351
and Tokyo, aerial attack on, 186, 238
and war weariness, 318
See also specific battle sites, battles, officers, etc.
Japanese military, 138, 139
atrocities, 172–173 (see also Bataan Death March; Japanese soldiers: sacrifice and savagery of)
Japanese officers, 136, 138–139. See also specific officers
Japanese soldiers
and disease and food scarcity, 201, 209–210
and kamikaze attacks, 287, 294, 306, 308, 309, 313, 347
sacrifice and savagery of, 136–137, 138, 318 (see also Japanese military: atrocities)
strengths and weaknesses of, 136, 138–139
Johnson, Harold K., 172
Johnston, Joe, 112–113
Jones, Albert, 99–100, 108–109, 119, 122
Kazume, Naoyuku, 265–266
Kenney, George, 176, 191–193, 245, 246, 252, 267, 309, 357
and Arnold’s commander assessment, 206
and Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 228–230
and Buna, 210, 214, 215, 216–217, 218
and Casablanca Conference, 1943, 231
and Holandia, 262–263
and Kinkaid, Thomas, 253–254
and Leyte, 282, 284–285, 286, 288, 290–294, 298
and Los Negros, 253
and MacArthur, 192–193, 210–211, 216, 233, 250, 289
and New Guinea, 195–196, 198, 210–211, 212, 213
and Operation Cartwheel, 240, 242
and Operation Dexterity, 247
and overall commander in the Pacific compromise, 327–328
and Rabaul, 194, 230–231
and Roosevelt, Franklin, 232–233
and Wakde, 264
Kesselring, Albert, 138
King, Ernest, 107, 144, 185, 197, 223, 226, 234, 313, 323, 357
and Arnold’s commander assessment, 208
and Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 229
as commander in chief of U.S. Fleet, 102–105
and Formosa, 306
and Great Britain, 338–339
and Guadalcanal, 204
and Luzon, 305
and MacArthur, 163–164, 243, 245, 251, 271, 354
and overall commander in the Pacific compromise, 326, 327
and overall commander in the Pacific debate, 256–257, 258
and Philippines, invasion of, debate over, 257, 260, 268–269
and promotion to fleet admiral, 309
and Rabaul, 193–194
and two-front war strategy, 178–179, 182, 183
Kink
aid, Thomas, 224, 245–246, 252, 253–254, 300, 313, 357
and Leyte, 282, 284, 286, 287, 288, 291–292, 292–293, 306
and Lingayen Gulf, 309
and Los Negros, 253
and Operation Dexterity, 246–247
Kitagiri, Shigeru, 241
Knox, Frank, 102, 119–120, 208, 229
Koiso, Kunaiki, 276
Kokoda, 196, 197, 199
Krueger, Walter, 89, 236–237, 246, 251, 252, 284, 357–358
and Biak, 266
and Eichelberger, Robert, 297–298, 312
and Holandia, 263, 266
and Japan, invasion of, 343
and Kinkaid, Thomas, 253–254
and Leyte, 282, 286–287, 291, 294–298, 306
and Lingayen Gulf, 309
and Los Negros, 253–254
and Luzon, 299–301, 311–312, 313–314
and MacArthur, 234–235, 236, 237, 296, 297–298, 311–312
and Manila, 314–315, 321–322, 323
and Operation Cartwheel, 242
and Operation Dexterity, 247
and POWs, 347
Kurita, Takeo, 291–294, 306
Kuroda, Shigenori, 277–278, 290
Kyushu, 342, 343
Lae, 178
Lamb, Harold, 34
Layac Junction, 116
Leahy, William, 25, 193, 271, 272, 309
Leary, Herbert, 167
Lee, Henry, 172, 173
Lee, Jerry, 62–63
Lee, Robert E., 82, 112–113
Legaspi, 87
Lehrbas, Larry, 231
Leyte, 280–282, 284–290, 285 (map), 290–294, 294–299, 305–309. See also Operation King II
Life magazine, 68, 227
Lindbergh, Charles, 83, 267
Lingayen Gulf, 62, 67, 87, 93–94, 309–311, 310 (map)
Longstreet, James, 82
Los Negros, 252–255
Luce, Clare Boothe, 68, 81, 135, 233
Lueddeke, John W., 173
Luzon, 86, 87, 90, 96–100, 100–102, 105, 282, 299–301, 305–307, 311–324, 331. See also Battle of Luzon; Operation Musketeer
MacArthur, Arthur (father), 19–20, 32–33, 235, 333
MacArthur, Arthur (son), 62, 95, 106–108, 121, 148, 153, 156, 323, 353, 354, 358
MacArthur, Douglas
administration and congressional criticism of, 3–5, 8, 13, 15, 18–19, 26–27, 32, 278–279, 328, 335, 336
and airmail scandal, 27, 28
and appointment as commander in Far East, 65–66
and appointment/reappointment as army chief of staff, 23, 37–40, 43–44, 45
and army budget, 2, 7, 8, 9–10, 12–13, 13–16, 16–19, 36–37, 40–41
and army-navy competition, 163–164, 243–246, 248, 276, 354
Arnold’s assessment of, 206–208
and Australia, establishment of three combat commands in, 167–168
and Australia, evacuation to, 148–153
and Australia, request for reinforcements in, 178–183, 185
and Barbey, Daniel, 233–234
and Bataan, escape from, 157
and Bataan, promise of relief in, 119–121, 123–125, 139–140, 173
and Bataan, retreat into, 112–118
and Bataan, sacrifice of army in, 128
and Bataan, surrender of, 170
and Bataan, surrender of, responsibility for, 174–176
and Battle of Bataan, 119, 122–123, 128–131, 134–135, 136
and Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 228–230
and Biak, 265–266
and “big ideas” on how to fight the war, 96
and Bonus Army/Bonus March/Anacostia Flats scandal, 3–4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 25, 29, 37, 38, 40, 45, 144, 328, 354
and Borneo, 336–341
and Brett, George, as scapegoat, 166
and Buna, 208–213, 216–219, 226
and Casablanca Conference, 1943, 231
and Central Pacific campaign, 243–246, 248, 276
characteristics, personal appearance, and personality of, 19, 21, 28–29, 51–53, 62, 79, 107, 121–122, 166–167, 207, 216, 324, 333
as “Choco Doug,” 162
and Churchill, Winston, 96, 109–110, 119–120, 143, 145
and Civilian Conservation Corps, 7–13
and Clarke, Elaine, 283–284, 307
and Colt .45, 108
and command reorganization, 267
command structure of, 236
as commander and chief, Southwest Pacific area, 140, 143–147, 155–156, 162–163, 355
congressional support for, 39
and Cooper scandal (see Cooper, Isabella Rosario)
and Corregidor, 135–136
and Corregidor, escape from, 157, 159–160
and Corregidor, evacuation from, 140, 143–147, 355
and Corregidor, evacuation to, 106–109
and Curtin, John, 143, 144, 145
as “Dugout Doug,” 131, 162, 240, 354
and Eichelberger, Robert, 218–219, 220, 221, 227–228, 324–325
and Eichelberger’s nomination for Medal of Honor, 228
and Eisenhower, Dwight, 22, 28–29, 47, 48, 50, 62, 63, 64, 101–102, 125, 146, 324–325
and Far East, 41
at Fort Myer, 2, 23, 25, 32, 34, 42
and Foulois, Benjamin, 27–28
and Genghis Khan, 34, 356
and George, Harold H., 187
and Germany-first strategy, criticism of, 141, 183
and Great Britain, 338–339
and Griswold, Oscar, 313–314
and Guadalcanal, 223
as guest of honor at War Department reception, 45
and Halsey, William, 237–238
and Hart, Thomas, 88, 93–94
and Hollandia, 261–264
at Hollandia headquarters, 266–267
and Homma, Masaharu, 97–99
Hunt’s biography of, 324, 340
and Huon Peninsula, 232
and “I have returned” speech, 289–290
and “I shall return” speech, 159–160
and Ickes, 3, 5, 18–19, 26, 278–279, 328, 335, 336
and Japan, invasion of, 336, 341–345
and Japan, misjudgment of, 61–62
and Japan, occupation of, 346–347
and Japan, surrender of, 345–351
and Japan, visit to, 56–57
and Japanese military, strength of, 139
and Kenney, George, 192–193, 210–211, 216, 233, 250, 289
and King, Ernest, 163–164, 243, 245, 251, 271, 354
and Kinkaid, Thomas, 245–246, 253–254
and Krueger, Walter, 234–235, 236, 237, 296, 297–298, 311–312
legend of, 109–110
and Leyte, 280–282, 284–290, 292, 294, 296, 297–298, 305–309
and libel suit against reporters, 22, 23–26
Life magazine profile of, 68
and Lingayen Gulf, 309, 311
and Los Negros, 252–255
and Luzon, 100–102, 300–301, 305–306, 311–324, 331
and Luzon war plan, 90
and Manila, evacuation of, 94–95
in Manila, 23, 41
and Manila battle, 311–312, 315–316, 318–319, 320, 321, 322–323
and Manila declared as open city, 95
and Marshall, George (see under Marshall, George)
and medals/awards, 45, 161, 162, 174
and Melbourne, train trip and welcome to, 156–160
in Melbourne, 160–163
military approach of, 3
military’s support for, 5–6, 28
and Mindoro, 308
as “most dangerous man in America,” 273, 356
and mother (“Pinky”), relationship with, 23, 25, 47, 50
and Murphy, Frank, 44–45
and Nadzab, 240–241
and New Guinea, 182–183, 186, 191, 194–200, 232, 239
and New Guinea war plan, 166–169
and Nimitz, Chester, and Pacific war plan, 267–269
and Nimitz, Chester, and Pacific war plan meeting, in Australia, 259–261
and Nimitz, Chester, competition between, 163–164, 243–246, 248, 276
and Nimitz, Chester, relationship between, 163–164, 271
and Operation Cartwheel, 238–243, 354
and Operation Dexterity, 246–248
and Operation Victor, 332–333
and Osmeña, Sergio, 278–279, 333–334, 335–336
and overall commander in the Pacific compromise, 326–328
and overall commander in the Pacific debate, 256–259
and Pacific, second front in, 190–191
and Papua New Guinea, 177–178
and Pearl Harbor attack, 71–73
and Pershing, John, 20–22, 45
and personal investments, concern for, 110
and Philippine Army, building of, 53–54, 54–56
as Philippine Army field marshal, 61–62
and Philippine collaboration during the war, 334–336
and Philippine command, 75 (map)
and Philippine independence and neutrality, 126, 335
and Philippines, 41–45, 52–53, 59
and Philippines, invasion of, 279–281, 280–281, 304–305
and Philippines, invasion of, debate over, 260, 267–269, 270–273
and Philippines, preparation for war with Japan in, 66–68
and Philippines, promise of return to, 159–160, 165–166, 245–246, 250, 256–257
and Philippines, reappointment as military advisor to, 43–44, 45
and Philippines, Roosevelt as path to, 248
and Philippines, U.S. airfield attack in, 76–77
and Philippines, U.S. airfield attack in, responsibility for, 80–85
in Philippines, as head of Army’s Department of the Philippines, 42
political views of, 3
and political/presidential aspirations, 47–48, 233, 249–250, 267, 353, 355
and Port Moresby, 191, 216
and POWs, 279
and promotion, post-airfield attack, 93
and promotion to general of the army, 309
and public attention, 227
and Quebec Conference (Quadrant), August 1943, 243–244
and Quezón, Manuel, 42–43, 56–58, 59–60, 63, 121, 146
and Quezón, Manuel, and visit to Japan and U.S., 56–58
and Quezón, Manuel, monetary compensation from, 44, 118
and Rabaul, 193–194, 230–231, 232, 248, 256
and Rabaul war plan, 236–238
readings of, 32–34
and reappointment as military advisor to Philippines, 43–44, 45
Reminiscences, 50, 99, 323
and removal from command, 82
and resources/supplies, 232, 242–243, 245, 251, 252, 258, 331–332
and retirement from U.S. Army, 61–62