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A7M “Sam” fighters, 54
Abukuma (light cruiser), 245, 248, 252, 285
Acuff, Captain James T., 133
Adak, Aleutian Islands, 18
Adams, Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Max, 200
Admiralty Islands, 75, 152
Agawa Hiroyuki, 255
Ageta, Captain Kiyou, 283, 284
Aichi D3A1 “Val” dive-bombers, 195
Air-only SHO, 128, 130, 131, 134, 150, 227, 258, 342
Aircraft production (Japanese), 50–53, 59
Akagi (aircraft carrier), 67, 130
Akikaze (destroyer), 260
Akishimo (destroyer), 170, 290, 332
Akitsuki (destroyer), 264, 279
Akitsuki-class destroyers, 47
Akitsushima (seaplane carrier), 90
Aleutian Islands, 18, 68, 99, 247
Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS), 58, 94–98, 114
Amagi (aircraft carrier), 55
Amami Oshima, Japan, 145, 180, 260
Amano, Captain Shigetaka, 277
Andaman Islands, 257
Anderton, Major John E., 97
Ando, Rear Admiral Norihide, 177, 234, 235
Angaur Island, 84
Aoba (heavy cruiser), 110, 154, 155, 168, 178, 179, 200
Apra Harbor, Guam, 31
Araki, Rear Admiral Tsutau, 103, 186
Arima, Rear Admiral Masafumi, 106, 158
Asagumo (destroyer), 230, 239, 240, 247, 250, 251
Asami, Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Wahei, 203
Asashimo (destroyer), 186, 187
Ashigara (heavy cruiser), 245
Atago (heavy cruiser), 103, 104, 154, 174, 176, 185–86, 188, 247, 287, 312, 313
“ATIS Limited Distribution Translation 4,” 95, 97
Atomic bomb, 1, 339
Australia, 38, 58
Australian forces, 7
intelligence and, 115–16
Royal Australian Air Force 6th Wireless Unit, 116
B-24 bombers, 78, 171, 246
B-26 bombers, 51
B-29 bombers, 33, 143
B5N2 “Kate” torpedo bombers, 54
B6N2 “Jill” bombers, 52, 54, 138–39, 158, 159, 190, 194
Bacolod, Negros Island, 161
Bagnall, Lieutenant Richard, 97
Baker, Ensign Douglas, 136
Bakutis, Commander Fred, 75, 135, 231
Balboa Park naval hospital, 7
Baldwin, Hanson, 228
Balikpapan, Borneo, 117
Ban, Rear Admiral Masami, 231, 239, 240
Barnes, Ensign Robert J., 231, 263
Bataan (B-17), 13
Behren, Captain William W., 144
Biak Island, 27, 70, 179, 298
Bismarck Sea, Battle of the, 49, 247
Bix, Herbert, 37
Blair, Clay, 279
Bledsoe, Captain Albert M., 160
Blockade, 16, 338–39, 349
Bogan, Admiral Gerald F., 82, 140, 200, 201, 220, 221, 225, 254, 269, 276, 329
Bohol Island, 236
Bombay Shoal, 187
Bonin Islands, 10, 75, 76, 81, 85, 93
Borley, Ensign C. W., 136
Borneo, 117, 169, 171, 257
Bougainville, 130–31, 150
Boulder Boys, 40, 60, 95
Bowers, Lieutenant Fabian, 97
Bratton, Rufus, 95
Breeches buoy, 84, 90
Bremerton, Washington, 19
Bridger, Captain John D., 265
Britain, Battle of, 33
British Eastern Fleet, 167–68
British intelligence, 38–39
Bronze Star, 242
Brooks, Ensign William C., 299, 309
Brunei Bay, 155, 168–71, 173, 175, 176, 178, 180, 183, 227, 286, 325, 332
Buchanan, Commander A. E., 240
Buell, Lieutenant Commander Harold L., 78, 79, 88, 90
Buna, New Guinea, 44
Bungo Strait, 145, 180, 258
Buracker, Captain William J., 197
Burke, Commodore Arleigh A., 74, 86, 90, 146, 219, 223–25, 276
Burma, 38, 60
Bush, Lieutenant (Junior Grade) George Herbert Walker, 75–76
CN1 “Myrt” reconnaissance aircraft, 52
Calamian Islands, 89, 176
Caldwell, Commander Thomas F., 123
Calhoun, Captain Walter L., 8–9
Camp Tracy, California, 43
Cannon, Private Donald J., 160
Canton Island, 13
Cape Engaño, 218, 219, 221, 261–69, 276–78
Capron, Radioman James B. Jr., 199
Carlson, Evans F., 7
Carney, Rear Admiral Robert B. “Mick,” 72, 73, 90, 119, 145, 222–23, 225, 262, 274, 276
Caroline Islands, 71, 81, 83
Cebu Island, 78, 79, 82, 96, 98, 127, 166, 194, 195
Chapple, Lieutenant Commander Wreford G. “Moon,” 179, 200
Cheek, Captain Michael, 72, 73, 222–23
Chichi Jima, 75
Chihaya, Masataka, 240
Chikuma (cruiser), 154, 231, 235, 307, 321, 324, 330, 331
China, 11, 138, 143, 145
China-Burma-India theater, 115
China Incident, 46–47, 61, 256, 285
Chitose (light carrier), 56, 264–65
Chiyoda (light carrier), 56, 193, 267, 268, 276–77
Chokai (cruiser), 103, 154, 188, 292, 321, 324, 330, 333
Chu, Henry, 87
Churchill, Winston, 12, 20, 275
CINCPAC (Commander in Chief Pacific), 39, 41, 42, 90–92, 94, 97, 114, 143, 220, 271, 272, 274, 278, 279, 310, 334, 335
Claggett, Commander Bladen D., 183, 185, 187
Clarey, Commander Bernard A. “Chick,” 279
Clark, Rear Admiral J. J. “Jocko,” 74, 80, 88
Clark Field, Luzon, 86, 87, 138, 140, 190, 196
Co-Prosperity Sphere, 164
Collins, Commodore John A., 195
Combat air patrols (CAPs), 122, 135, 141, 144
Combat Information Center (CIC), 122–23, 163, 249
Combined Chiefs of Staff, 11, 13
Combined Fleet Decoded: The Secret History of U.S. Intelligence and the Japanese Navy in World War II (Prados), 211
Coney, Captain C. E., 163
Contemporary Japan (journal), 69
Convoy College, 278
Cooper, Commander Joshua, 242
Copeland, Lieutenant Commander Robert W., 310
Coral Sea, Battle of the, 90, 244, 299
Coron Bay, 89–90, 111, 176, 180, 182, 208, 226, 227, 243, 245, 252, 307, 330–33, 349
Corregidor, 15
Coward, Captain Jesse B., 238, 239
Cox, Commander W. R., 238
Cox, Lieutenant Harris, 72, 222, 223
Cushing, Lieutenant Colonel James M., 96–98
Cutler, Thomas, 228
D4Y “Suisei” dive-bombers, 195, 196
D4Y1 “Judy” bombers, 52, 54, 197
Dangerous Ground, 183, 187
Davao, Mindanao, 78, 83, 96, 127
Davison, Rear Admiral Ralph E., 75, 76, 79, 86, 118–20, 141, 142, 145, 159, 201, 206, 230
Decisive battle doctrine, 23, 100, 101, 106, 107, 125, 127, 131, 243, 344, 348
Del Monte Field, Mindanao, 78
Delaney, Radioman 2nd Class, 75
Dias, Machinist’s
Mate 1st Class Bill, 17
Dilley, Julianne, 18, 90, 139
Dilley, Luther, 18, 90
Dillon, Katharine V., 4
Dinagat Island, 152, 160–61
Distinguished Flying Cross, 76, 125, 267
“Divine guidance” message, 215, 234, 328
Doi, Commander Hiroshi, 189
Domen, Commander Keizo, 186
Dönitz, Grand Admiral Karl, 149
Donovan, Hedley, 149
Doolittle Raid, 33
Drury, Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Paul, 196–98
DuBose, Rear Admiral Laurance T., 276–77
Dulag town, Leyte, 162, 166, 167
Dull, Paul S., 3
Dutch East Indies, 16
Early, Captain Alexander R., 141
Ebb, Lieutenant Commander F., 115, 116
Edo, Rear Admiral Heitaro, 258
Eguchi, Commander Itozumi, 265, 269
Einstein, Albert, 181
Ellis, Commander William E., 202
Ema, Warrant Officer Tomokazu, 124
Emory, Lieutenant Richard W. “Dick,” 57–59
Enigma, 351
Eniwetok, 42, 75
Espíritu Santo, 234
Evans, Commander Ernest, 304–6, 308, 311, 312
Ewen, Captain Edward C., 123, 225
Ezaki, Lieutenant Hisato, 229, 234
F-4F Wildcat fighters, 303, 304, 322
F-6F Hellcat fighters, 75, 76, 78, 79, 82, 87, 88, 90, 134–36, 143, 157, 197, 231, 254
F-22, 57, 59
Fala (Scottish terrier), 8, 10
Far East Combined Bureau (FECB), 39
Federal Communications Commission, 150
Field, James A., 316n
Fields, Lieutenant (Junior Grade), 304
Filipino partisans, 160
Fishburn, Petty Officer Albert M., 181–82
Flag plot, 73
Flatley, Commander James H., 86, 225
Fleet Radio Unit Melbourne (FRUMEL), 58, 144, 198–99
Fleet Radio Unit Pacific (FRUPAC), 18, 39, 41, 58, 90, 91, 139, 181–83, 226, 280
Fletcher-class destroyers, 162
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS), 150
Formosa (see Taiwan)
Fort Hunt, Virginia, 43
Frank, Richard, 3
Frogmen, 161
Fuchida, Captain Mitsuo, 4, 50, 55, 67–69, 127, 130, 131, 140, 147, 148, 328
Fujii, Captain Shigeru, 31
Fujimatsu, Captain Masahisa, 49
Fujimoto, Lieutenant Katsumi, 82