by John Prados
Kinugasa (cruiser), 78, 114, 120, 182
Kirby, Marion, 333
Kirishima (battleship), 135, 143, 165, 169, 178–80, 184, 189, 192–94, 196
Kiriwina Island, 283, 316, 318
Kisner, Charles “Homer,” 91–92
Kittell, Charles, 317
Kiwi (corvette), 232–33
Knox, Frank, 160, 224, 271–72
Kobe, Yuji, 139, 144
Koga, Mineichi, 280–83, 290, 306, 310, 312, 321–22, 325, 334, 343, 347, 348, 361
Kolombangara, 29, 245, 250, 257, 260, 287–89, 296–98, 301, 303, 306, 307, 309–10
Komatsu, Teruhisa, 200–1
Komura, Keizo, 144, 339
Kondo, Nobutake, 5, 6, 68, 71, 73, 76, 77, 82, 111, 123, 125, 127, 128, 136–38, 144–45, 151, 154–57, 162–65, 167, 169, 181, 183–85, 187–89, 191–99, 210, 223, 231, 252, 276, 282, 283, 358
Kongo (battleship), 116, 118, 119, 136, 156, 164, 165, 185, 227, 307
Kono, Chimaki, 56, 66, 67
Kotani, Shigeru, 61, 62
Koyanagi, Tomiji, 118, 227, 228, 230, 276
Krulak, Victor H., 313, 314
Kula Gulf, 280, 287, 297, 298
Kumabe, Tsutae, 203–5
Kumano (cruiser), 151, 222, 297
Kuper, Geoffrey, 29
Kuramoto, Iki, 21, 22
Kurita, Takeo, 115, 118, 119, 125, 156, 165, 276, 283, 334–40, 342
Kuroshima, Kameto, 100, 101, 169, 199, 209, 211
Kuroshio (destroyer), 205, 279–80
Kusaka, Jinichi, 116, 118, 210, 244–46, 249–51, 253, 256, 258, 259, 262, 264, 265, 268, 275, 284–86, 287, 296–98, 302, 304–7, 309, 311, 316, 318–21, 325–26, 328, 334, 338, 343, 345, 346, 349
Kusaka, Ryunosuke, 2, 3, 5, 8, 115, 127–29, 131–32, 135–37, 141, 207, 222, 225, 226, 228, 244, 320, 321
Lae, 20, 22, 24–27, 34, 40, 251–55, 284, 320
Lanphier, Thomas G., Jr., 264, 272, 274, 293
Larson, Harold O., 311
Lasswell, Alva B. “Red,” 270, 271
Layton, Edwin T., 34, 35, 41, 48, 70, 166, 235–36, 271, 275, 281
Lee, James R. “Bucky,” 139–40, 182
Lee, Willis A. “Ching,” 169, 183, 184, 187–89, 191–94
Lerew, John, 22
Long, Rupert B. M., 29
Lowrey, John R., 299
Loxton, Bruce, 47n
Lundstrom, John B., 47n, 59, 62
Lynch, John, 144
MacArthur, Douglas A., 34, 40, 42–43, 45, 47, 49, 50, 60, 93, 102, 198, 211, 213–15, 220, 224, 229, 238–39, 243, 250, 251, 277, 284, 315–17, 340, 343, 346–47, 354, 359
MacIntosh, L. D., 241
Mackie, John H., 28, 29
Mahan, Alfred Thayer, 181, 327
Malaita Island, 30, 295
Malaya, 81, 163
Mandate Islands, 14, 19, 20, 66
Mangrum, Richard C., 73, 77, 81
Marchant, Sexton, 29–30
Marchant, William S., 30
Marshall, George C., 214, 215
Marshall Islands, 223, 322, 346
Maruyama, Masao, 106, 109, 128, 132–35
Mason, Charles P., 141, 142, 152, 153, 156, 167
Mason, Paul, 28–29, 58, 91
Mason, Redfield “Rosie,” 270
Matsubara, Hiroshi, 330, 344, 346
Matsuyama, Mitsuharu, 12, 14, 56
Maxon, Glenn D., 18, 89–90
Maxson, Warren, 119
May, Herbert, 116
Maya (cruiser), 74, 121, 124, 162, 181, 182, 337, 339, 342, 344, 346
Mayo, Leo, 333
McCain, John S. “Slew,” 51–52, 96, 122
McCallum, Arthur H., 235, 238, 240
McCallum, Daniel J., 91–92, 229
McCandless, Bruce, 124, 177, 178, 180
McCarthy, Francis, 53
McFarlan, David S., 29
McGraw, Bruce, 139
Melanesians, 293–95
Merillat, Herbert C., 17, 18, 53, 61, 89, 91, 92, 96, 119
Merrill, Aaron S. “Tip,” 242–43, 285, 286, 308, 323, 325, 328–31, 335, 345
Midway, Battle of, 1–5, 7–11, 34, 39, 45, 49, 53, 74–76, 115, 128, 136, 137, 140, 149, 163, 176, 236, 270, 305, 350, 352, 353, 358, 359
Mikawa Gunichi, 13–15, 55–58, 62–66, 68, 72–73, 78, 80, 81, 97, 110, 111, 115, 120, 125, 126, 133–34, 162, 165, 167, 169, 181–84, 196, 202, 207, 218, 222, 251, 253, 256, 258, 262, 327, 359
Mikuma (cruiser), 2, 5, 11, 163, 164
Miller, Henry, 337
Milne Bay, 265–67
Mitchell, John, 272, 274
Mitscher, Marc A., 272, 320, 359
Miyazaki, Shuichi, 107, 127, 202, 207
Mogami (cruiser), 336, 337, 339–40, 342
Montgomery, Alfred E., 343–45
Monzen, Kanae, 19, 40, 207
Moosbrugger, Frederick, 302–3
Moredock, Stewart, 177
Morinaga, Masahiko, 67, 68
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 254, 274, 290, 331, 334, 337, 338
Morriss, Mack, 263, 264
Mott, Elias B., 76
Mulcahy, Francis, 227
Munda, 84, 217–19, 224, 242, 243, 245–46, 250, 257, 260, 262, 277–79, 284–87, 296, 297, 306, 307, 310, 320, 356
Munro, Douglas A., 18, 105
Murata, Shigeharu, 141, 142
Murray, George D., 122, 152, 153
Musashi (battleship), 223, 258, 275–76, 322
Myoko (cruiser), 121–22, 124, 327, 330, 331, 334
N1K1-J “George,” 11, 249
Nagai, Takeo, 129, 168
Naganami (destroyer), 119, 203–5, 208, 345
Nagano, Osami, 3–4, 6, 56, 209, 211, 212, 250, 257, 265, 281, 307, 308, 310, 342, 343, 351
Nagara (cruiser), 1, 2, 155, 165, 170, 174, 175, 179, 185, 189, 192–94
Nagasawa Ko, 37, 121–22
Nagato (battleship), 217, 244
Nagatsuki (destroyer), 284–85, 288
Nagumo, Chuichi, 1, 2, 5, 9, 21, 22, 36, 39, 68, 70, 71, 73, 74, 76, 77, 85, 97, 111, 123, 126–31, 135–38, 139–41, 143, 144, 151, 154, 155, 157, 162, 244
Nakajima, Goro, 299, 300
Nakamura, Teiji, 80, 174
Nakano, Chujiro, 247, 321
Nakaoka, Nobuyoshi, 338, 339
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 170–80, 187–200, 217
Nave, Eric, 239, 240
Nells, 83–84, 118
New Britain, 19–24, 26, 252, 253, 257, 326, 347
New Caledonia, 6, 13, 30, 41, 43, 239
New Georgia, 30, 78, 84, 183, 198, 201, 224, 241–43, 272, 277–79, 285–87, 293, 294–97, 302
New Guinea, 13–15, 19, 20, 24, 25, 28, 32, 35, 41, 43, 44, 47, 56, 59, 86, 98, 162, 208–16, 243, 250–53, 308, 315–17, 320, 322, 346
New Hebrides, 13, 30, 43, 66, 86, 158, 168
New Ireland, 15, 20–24, 274, 336, 337
New Zealand, 43, 51, 53, 287, 288, 307, 312–13, 347
Newell, James, 339
Niizuki (destroyer), 287–88
Nimitz, Chester W., 2, 25, 34–37, 40, 44–45, 47–49, 52, 53, 68, 77, 102–4, 109, 119, 122, 123, 126, 150, 160, 161, 166–67, 200, 203, 215, 220, 223, 224, 226, 229, 231–32, 235–37, 240–41, 243, 271, 272, 275, 279, 281, 291, 312, 315, 320–23, 335, 336, 343, 346, 354, 358–59
Nishida, Masao, 177–80, 198
Nishimura, Shoji, 156, 162, 181, 285, 297
Nishizawa, Hiroyoshi, 59, 245, 247, 318
Nisshin (seaplane carrier), 107, 109, 111, 116, 125, 297
Nixon, Richard M., 309, 347
Nomoto, Tameteru, 137, 151, 153
Nomura, Ryosuke, 244, 247
Noshiro (cruiser), 337, 340, 342
Nouméa, 49, 102, 104, 115, 122, 130, 138, 150, 158
Nowatzki, Richard J., 153
Obama, Barack, 271
Office of Naval Communications, 33, 124, 238
Office of Naval Intelligence, 110, 238
Ohara, Ryoji, 247
O’Hare, Edward H.
“Butch,” 25
Ohmae, Toshikazu, 13, 15, 41, 55, 58, 100, 127, 206, 247, 257, 265, 338
Oka, Akinosuke, 81, 96, 132, 135
Okumiya, Masatake, 9–10, 131, 137, 149, 152, 259, 261, 267–68, 275, 319
Omori, Sentaro, 121–22, 325, 326–31, 334, 340
Operation Blissful, 313
Operation Cartwheel, 45–46, 223, 241, 243, 315, 349
Operation Cleanslate, 242
Operation Shoestring II, 327
Operation Toenails, 285
Operation Watchtower (see Guadalcanal)
Orita, Zenji, 158, 297
Oro Bay, 265, 318
Osugi, Morikazu, 327, 330
Ota, Minoru, 286, 307
Owada Communications Group, 41, 129, 168, 290, 305
Owen Stanley mountains, 25, 41
Ozawa, Jisaburo, 258, 261, 263, 265, 267, 268, 322, 325, 343
P-38 Lightning fighters, 103, 254, 264, 266, 267, 272, 274, 278, 316–18, 321, 333, 340, 342, 355
P-39 fighters, 266
P-40 fighters, 72, 87, 267
P-47 Thunderbolt fighters, 316, 355
Page, Cornelius L., 20, 40
Parker, Edward N., 176, 177
Patch, Alexander, 212–13, 220–21, 228
Pate, Randolph, 89
Pearl Harbor, Japanese attack on, 2, 7, 44, 48, 244, 338, 353
Pellew, Sir Edward, 327
Perkins, James J., 91, 229
Petersen, Wallis F., 156
Philippines, 42, 45, 81, 83, 124, 163, 198
Pineau, Roger, 269, 271, 274–75
Port Moresby, 24–26, 29, 32–35, 37–39, 41, 239, 251, 266, 318
Potter, E. B., 271
Potter, P. A., 299
Powell, Thomas, 158–59
PT-109, 292–96, 298–302
PT-109 (Donovan), 301
PT (patrol torpedo) boats, 79, 119, 134, 181, 188, 202, 207, 222, 228, 241, 255, 263, 277, 285, 287, 292–96, 298–302, 309, 313–14
Puller, Lewis B. “Chesty,” 105, 106, 133–35
Quackenbush, Robert S., 50, 218, 262
Rabaul, 14, 17, 19–28, 32, 34, 36, 37, 40, 43–45, 47, 56, 57, 60–61, 66, 70, 73, 81, 88, 97, 99, 100, 103, 107, 111, 125, 129, 168, 213–15, 223, 224, 226, 243–45, 248, 250, 278, 283, 285, 290, 308, 315–26, 331, 333–50, 362
Radar, development of, 108–9, 112, 292, 355
Radio deception, 142
Radio direction finding, 33
Radio fingerprinting (RFP), 235
Ramage, Lawson P. “Red,” 179, 187
Read, Jack, 28, 29, 61, 91
Redman, John R., 237
Redman, Joseph, 238
Rekata Bay, 278, 308
Rendova Island, 29, 285–87, 292, 296, 297, 318, 356
Rhoades, F. A. “Snowy,” 30
Richardson, Gilbert M., 239–40
Roberts, C. G., 29
Rochefort, Joseph J., 35, 38, 48, 237–38, 240
Rodee, Walter F., 143
Roenigk, John G., 270
Romoser, William K., 279
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 309
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 160, 215, 271, 359
Roosevelt, Theodore, 131
Royal Navy, 150, 167–68, 241, 279, 286
Russell Islands, 216, 222, 224, 230, 241–43, 261, 277, 284, 292, 295, 296, 310
Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, 98, 164, 244
Ryan, Thomas J., 308
Ryujo (aircraft carrier), 73–74, 76, 77, 140, 143, 249, 290
Sakai, Saburo, 27, 59, 84
Sakaida, Henry, 267
Sakamaki, Munetaka, 318–21
Sakamoto, Eichi, 232–33
Salamaua, 20, 22, 24, 25
Samejima, Tomoshige, 256, 262, 284, 285, 311, 312, 321, 325
Samidare (destroyer), 174, 311, 329, 331
Samoa, 5, 6, 13, 43, 49
Sanada, Joichiro, 210, 211
Santa Cruz, Battle of, 138–58, 160–62, 164, 195, 197, 263, 327, 344, 358, 360
Santa Cruz Islands, 64, 73, 126, 130
Santa Isabel Island, 29, 30, 59
Sasaki, Akira, 1, 286–87, 296, 307
Sato, Naohiro, 246, 318, 321
Sato, Torajiro, 205, 207, 290, 291
Savo Island, 57, 80, 93, 172, 184, 188, 189, 192, 293
Battle of, 58, 62, 64, 65, 68, 89, 108, 112, 123, 327, 359
SBD Dauntles dive-bombers, 59, 72, 76–78, 81, 88, 109, 120, 121, 135, 139–40, 142–44, 147, 149, 183, 230, 337, 338, 340
Scanlan, John J., 20, 22, 23
Scott, Norman, 108, 109, 111–12, 114, 124, 169, 170, 172, 177, 198
Searles, Jack, 202
Seki, Mamoru, 76, 141, 147, 148
Sekino, Hideo, 175–76
Sendai (cruiser), 165, 185, 189, 192, 285, 300, 304, 327–31
Seton, Carden W., 29, 313
Shaw, Robert C., 74
Sherman, Frederick C., 50–51
Sherman, Ted, 323, 325, 326, 336–37, 340, 343, 344, 347
Shiga, Yoshio, 141, 152
Shigenaga, Kazue, 339, 342
Shigure (destroyer), 297, 298, 302–4, 307, 311, 329, 330, 333–34
Shiraishi Kazutaka, 5, 185, 193
Shiratsuyu (destroyer), 329, 331
Shirayuki (destroyer), 253, 255
Shoho (aircraft carrier), 11, 35, 38
Shokaku (aircraft carrier), 9, 35, 36, 39, 74, 76, 77, 84, 124, 128, 131, 135, 136, 141, 143, 145, 147, 151, 158, 344
Shortland Island, 36, 60, 78, 80, 100, 110, 125, 126, 129, 162, 167, 169, 170, 182, 184, 185, 205, 219, 222, 227, 230, 278, 279, 284, 285, 290, 306, 325, 331
Showers, Donald M., 270
Shriver, R. Sargent, 193
Simms, C. A., 225
Sims, Gelzer L., 303
Skip bombing, 252, 254, 260, 276, 316, 331
Slonim, Gilven R., 38, 99
Slot, The, 57, 62, 80, 100, 109, 112, 179, 224, 226, 241, 243, 278, 287, 290, 292, 297, 308
Smith, John L., 72
Smith, LeRoy, 317
Solomon Sea, 24, 224
Southerland, “Pug,” 59
Spruance, Raymond A., 359
Station Hypo, 34–35, 37, 38, 45, 48, 70, 236, 237
Stebbins, Edgar, 144
Stevenson, Nikolai, 89, 119
Stokes, Thomas M., 176
Stormes, Max, 191
Strong, Stockton, 140
Sugimoto Ushie, 262, 273
Sugiura, Kaju, 298, 299, 302, 303
Sugiyama, General, 212, 302, 308, 310
Suzukaze (destroyer), 204, 205
Suzuya (cruiser), 143, 156, 162, 181, 297, 337, 340, 342
Swett, James E., 263–64, 323
Tachibana, Masao, 279, 280
Taiho (aircraft carrier), 8
Takada, Toshitane, 131, 137
Takagi, Takeo, 36–37
Takama, Tamotsu, 134, 170, 171, 174
Takanami (destroyer), 203–6
Takao (cruiser), 165, 185, 189, 192, 193, 337, 339, 340
Tanaka, Raizo, 68, 71–73, 77–78, 97, 115, 116, 162, 165, 179, 182–84, 187, 188, 196, 202–8, 227, 276
Tarawa, 312, 321
Tassafaronga, Battle of, 203–6, 207, 213, 219, 290, 291, 360, 361
TBF Avenger torpedo planes, 76, 135, 141, 143, 144, 147, 149, 183, 230, 241, 279, 297, 308, 337–39, 344, 355
Terauchi, Masamichi, 177, 178
Thomas, Gerald C., 95
Thornhill, H. E., 263
Tinian, 60
Tisdale, Mahlon S., 205
Todd, Leon E., 296
Toibana, Yurio, 273, 274
Tojo, Hideki, 4, 212, 306
Tokitsukaze (destroyer), 253, 254
Tokugawa, Yoshio, 79, 303, 304
Tokuno, Horishi, 178, 192–94
Tomioka, Sadatoshi, 3, 5, 31, 55, 209, 210, 304–5, 312, 318, 339
Tone (cruiser), 73, 129, 130, 139, 143–44, 165, 223
Tonga, 43, 99
Tora! Tora! (movie), 217
Treasury Islands,
313, 322, 347, 356
Tregaskis, Richard, 17, 18, 67, 90
Trobriand Islands, 243
Truk, 6, 12, 14, 15, 20, 21, 23, 25, 32, 35, 37, 41, 70, 97, 99, 124, 126, 144, 150, 162, 335, 336, 347
Tsuji, Masanobu, 80–81, 98, 100, 101, 135, 206, 209–11
Tsukahara, Nizhizo, 13, 60, 68, 72–73, 78, 82–83, 85, 87, 97, 98, 244
Tsushima, Battle of, 164
Tulagi, 14, 16–21, 24, 29, 30, 35–37, 40, 45, 49, 53, 55, 65, 93, 134, 208, 263–65, 292, 294
Turner, Richmond Kelly, 17, 18, 49–52, 57, 61, 64, 67, 96, 104, 109, 123, 138, 171, 274
Twining, Nathan F., 320
Type 1 “Betty” bombers, 26, 27n, 58–60, 83–85, 85, 110, 224, 228, 261, 265, 266, 267, 273, 274, 287, 318, 319, 326, 345
Ueno Toshitake, 67, 78
Ugaki, Matome, 1–3, 8, 9, 12–14, 31, 32, 41, 56, 97–100, 120, 127, 128, 130–32, 135, 150–51, 156, 162, 165, 169, 181, 198, 207–11, 218, 249, 256–58, 260, 262, 265, 267, 268, 273–76
Ukita, Nobue, 118, 119, 156
Ultra, 33, 56–57, 90–92, 122–24, 126, 179, 181, 204, 208, 218, 219, 223, 226, 229, 232, 233, 237–39, 251, 263, 275, 290, 297, 302, 303, 322, 325–26, 335, 336, 343, 346, 353, 354, 360, 361
Unryu (aircraft carrier), 8
Uozumi, Jisaku, 331, 334
U.S. forces
Americal Division, 213, 220, 241
Air Group 10, 138–39
Fifth Air Force, 60, 252, 254, 266, 315–18, 336, 348
5th Marine Regiment, 18, 105, 106
1 Marine Amphibious Corps, 312, 323
1st Marine Division, 17, 18, 45, 49, 50, 52, 53, 92, 119, 161, 241
1st Marine Parachute Battalion, 18, 93, 95
1st Marine Raider Battalion, 18, 93, 95, 96, 105, 106, 287
4th Marine Raider Battalion, 285, 296
XIV Corps, 213, 220
43rd Infantry Division, 241, 242, 287, 296
Marine Air Group (MAG) 21, 242
Marine Air Group (MAG) 23, 72, 85–86
Marine Fighter Squadron 212, 88
Marine Fighter Squadron 214, 317
Marine Fighter Squadron 223, 88
9th Fighter Squadron, 267
19th Bomb Group, 248
132nd Infantry Regiment, 220, 221
147th Infantry Division, 220
164th Infantry Regiment, 111, 115, 119, 133, 135, 206, 220
182nd Infantry Division, 220
PT (patrol torpedo) boats, 79, 119, 134, 181, 188, 202, 207, 222, 228, 241, 255, 263, 277, 285, 287, 292–96, 298–302, 309, 313–14
2nd Marine Division, 206, 213, 220, 241, 315
2nd Marine Parachute Battalion, 313, 314
2nd Marine Raider Regiment, 324
6th Naval Construction, 86
Seventh Fleet, 279
7th Marine Regiment, 91, 93, 104–5, 220
67th Fighter Squadron, 72
