Hawkins, William Deane, 114
Hay, John, 4
Hayes, Ira, 262
Hayner, Fred, 257, 273
Hayward, Louis, 105
heat exhaustion, 173
Henderson Field, 50, 51, 53, 55, 61, 64, 68, 73
Hersey, John, 7, 73, 74, 86
Hewlett, Frank, 23
Hewlett, Thomas, 323-24
Higashikuni, Naruhiko, 233
Higgins, Andrew Jackson, 63
Higgins boats, 63-64, 98, 104-5
Hill, Harry W., 103
Hirohito, Emperor, 2, 8, 9, 17, 158, 185-86, 233, 257, 332, 337, 348, 362, 365n, 366
Hiroshima, 15, 157, 229, 234, 336, 341-43, 342, 344-47, 371
deaths at, 347
Hiroshima Communications Hospital, 345
Hirota, Koki, 365n
Hiryu, 43
Hitler, Adolf, 4, 5, 18, 34, 123-24
suicide of, 305
Hiyo, 139
Hoffman, Carl W., 69-70, 118
Holcomb, Thomas, 135
Hollandia, 91, 158
Holmes, Jasper, 39
Holocaust, 364
Homma, Masaharu, 22, 26, 196, 206-7
Hong Kong, 32
Hope, Bob, 165
Hopkins, Harry, 17-18, 304
Hopkins, James, 350, 353, 354
Hornet, USS, 35-36, 36, 38, 39, 40, 54, 168
hospital ships, 148
Hotaling, Gage, 274
Hull, Cordell, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
“Humpsters,” 315
Hunt, George P., 167, 169, 172, 175, 176, 180
Iba Airfield (Philippines), 21
Ickes, Harold, 7
Ienaga, Saburo, 26
Ilu River, Guadalcanal, 71
Imphal, 316
incendiary bombs, 226
India, 34, 46
Indianapolis, USS, 339
Indochina, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 33, 46
Indonesia, see Netherlands East Indies
Inland Sea, 237-38
International Military Tribunal for the Far East, 365n
Intrepid, USS, 278
iron, 3, 5, 130
Ironbottom Sound, 61
Ishii, Shiro, 364, 364n
Ishiyama, Fukujiro, 325
island fighting, 157
Isley Field, 244-45
isolation, 150
Italy, 123-25
Allied invasion of, 124-25
declaration of war against U.S. by, 18
Iwabuchi, Sanji, 199-200, 201
Iwo Jima, 96, 162, 240, 241-42, 243-44, 245, 246-75, 252, 255, 276, 289
air rescue station planned for, 244
B-29 landing on, 272
burial detachments on, 272
called “The Wilderness,” 266-67
casualties on, 245, 254-55, 266
“cleanup” operation on, 274
code talkers on, 267-68, 269
Death Valley area of, 273
decision to invade, 244-45
defenses of, 246-47, 257-58
final Japanese attack on, 273-74
first assault waves at, 251
4th Division cemetery on, 274-75
Japanese cross-island defenses on, 272-73
Japanese mortar assault at, 253-54
as Japanese weapon, 219
Kitano Point on, 273
moonscape of, 256-57, 256
night operations on, 174
nurses on, 269-70, 271
second day of, 255-56
sulfur deposits on, 256
Suribachi assault on, 258-60
underwater demolition teams at, 248-50
Jackson, Harry, 105, 106
Japan, Imperial, 119
air defense system of, 233, 328
Allied targeting of aircraft industry in, 215-16 416
American subs in war against, 240
attacks on mainland of, 329
August 14 bombing attack on, 362
B-29 bombings of, 209, 324
blockade of, 237-40
carrier strength of, 12
in China. 314-15
as coal-driven economy, 4
“conditional” surrender of, 362-63, 368-70, 369
culture of cruelty in, 26
defense-in-depth strategy of, 174-75
defensive perimeter of, 94, 101
economic strangulation of, 130
exploding population of, 3
freeze on U.S. assets of, 7-8
initial amphibious invasions by, 19-20
invasion of China by, 3-5, 8
military training in, 26
mistreatment of prisoners by, 25, 70-71, 317-28
moral of soldiers from, 312n
oil and, 1-2, 4, 5
overconfidence of, 34
peace overtures by, 339
planned U.S. invasion of, 228
racism of, 157
“Southern Advance” of, 10
system of, 337-38
Ten-Go scheme of, 287-88
ultranationalism in, 2-3
U.S. blockade of, 237
Westernization of, 2
xenophobia of, 3
Java, 33-34
Java Sea, Battle of, 33
Jennings, John, 234, 238
Jeppson, Morris, 341
Johnson. Chandler, 260, 262-63
Johnson. Lewis E., 73-74
Johnston, George H., 78-80
Joints Chiefs of Staff, 93n 244, 93, 93n 244, 93n, 244
Joltin’ Josie, 211, 216, 243
Jones, James, 19, 45, 48, 70-71, 72, 74, 86, 171, 245, 373
assigned to Graves Registration detail, 77-78
Jones, William, 115, 116-17, 118, 132-33
Juneau, 55-56
jungle fighting, 70, 89
in New Guinea, 81-82
jungles, 128-29
Jutland, Battle of, 33
Kadena airfields, 282
Kaga, 42, 43
Kahn, David, 12
Kaku, Tomeo, 43
kamikaze attacks, 190, 206, 218, 245, 278-79, 281, 282, 283, 287-98, 288, 312, 332
Kanaka people, 142
Kasserine Pass, 85
Kastenbaum, Jack, 331
Kastenbaum, Jimmy, 331
Kastenbaum, Marvin, 314, 331
Kawasaki, casualties in, 233
Keegan, John, 42
Keeler, Donald, 292, 293
Kelley, Frank, 152
Kelliher, Bill, 108-9
Kempeitai torture camp, 324-28, 375
Kenney, George C., 80, 83, 88, 94, 185
Kesselring, Albert, 124-25
Key, Francis Scott, 264
Keyser, Ed, 218
Kido, Koichi, 8
Kikuko, Miyagi, 309-10
Kikusui raids, 287, 290-94
Kill-All Order, 331
Kimmel, Husband E., 11, 23
King, Edward P., 24
King, Ernest J., 49, 52, 54, 84, 88, 93, 93n, 94, 130, 161, 190, 333
Kinkaid, Thomas C., 185, 186, 187-89, 190, 191
Kirishima, 61
Kiska, 87-88, 119
Kitano Point, 273
Knox, Forrest, 317-19
Knox, Frank, 6, 88
Kobe, 232
casualties in, 233
Koga, Mineichi, 89
Koiso, Kuniaki, 156, 273
Kokoda Trail, 46, 78-80
Kokura, 344, 348, 354-55
Konoe, Fumimaro, 5, 8-9, 10
Korea, 3
Koromo, 363
Krechel, David C., 129
Krueger, Walter, 185, 196
Krulak, Victor “Brute,” 286
Kuharek, John, 351-52, 355, 356, 359, 360
Kunai grass, 49
Kuribayashi, Tadamichi, 257, 258, 266, 273
Kurile Islands, 11, 12
Kurita, Takeo, 186-87, 189-90
Kurusu, Saburo, 9, 10
Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, 98, 126-27, 126
casualty rate of, 127
Kwantung Army, Japanese, 3, 4,
5, 157, 168-69
Kyoto, 336
Kyushu, 278
B-29s first attack on Japan in, 214-15, 244
Japanese buildup of forces on, 331-32
slave labor camp on, 322-23
as target of U.S. invasion, 330
Kyushu Imperial University, 325
Lae, 90
landing craft, 63-64, 94, 96, 98, 103
see also specific craft
Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP), 98
see also Higgins boats
Landing Ship Tanks (LST), 98, 166
Landing Vehicle, Tracked (LVT), 98, 98n, 104, 166
Lardner, John, 247-48, 250-51, 252-53, 281, 283-85
Laurence, William L., 348, 353, 357-58
Lawrence, W. H., 312-13
Lawson, E. J., 139-40
Lawton, Marion “Manny,” 321, 322
Lay, Kermit, 30
Lea, Tom, 168, 169-71, 173, 181
leaflets, 329
“leapfrogging” movement, 91-93
League of Nations, 3
Leahy, William, 161
Ledo Road, see Stilwell Road
Lee, Willis A., 56
Leitner, Henry, 322
LeMay, Curtis E., 214, 220-21, 227-29, 232-33, 234, 237, 244, 274, 283, 284, 324, 328-29, 335, 347-48, 361-62
firebombing tactics of, 220, 221, 289, 365n
Iwo Jima and, 244
psychological warfare of, 329
Leutze, 291-94
Lewis, Robert, 341, 343
Lexington, USS, 15-16, 37, 139
Leyte, 160, 161, 162, 183, 194
evacuation hospital on, 195
fight for, 190-96, 192
Japanese strategy for, 192-93
landing on, 185
Leyte Gulf, Battle of, 185-90
casualties in, 194
Japanese navy losses at, 190
Life, 120, 121, 152, 168, 170, 196, 301, 338
Lindberg, Charles W., 260-62, 265-67
Lindsey, USS, 291
Lingayen, Philippines, 22
Lingayen Gulf, 196
Liscome Bay, USS, 117
Little Boy, 339, 351
Lockwood, Charles A., Jr., 240
Long Lance torpedoes, 52
Los Alamos, N.Mex., 332-33, 340
Los Baños Raid, 201-5, 207
Lowery, Lou, 260, 261, 262
Lucky Strike, The, 238
Luftwaffe, 84
Luzon, 160, 183, 186, 190, 192-93, 196-99, 205-6, 312n
casualties at, 206
as strategically inessential, 206
MacArthur, Douglas C., 7, 53, 86, 93, 208
and Bataan, 21-23
Corregidor and, 205-6
credit for Buna victory claimed by, 83
deliberateness in jungle campaigns of, 95-96
escape from Philippines of, 23-24, 45
Hawaii strategy meeting with Roosevelt of, 160, 161
and invasion plan, 330, 331
island hopping of, 91-93, 94
Japanese surrender and, 368-70
Leyte declared secure by, 193, 195
in Luzon, 198-99
New Guinea offensive of, 45-46, 78, 80, 128, 140, 158-59
psychological warfare campaign of, 312n
publicity stunts of, 195
in Rabaul, 88-93
and reconquest of Philippines, 159, 160, 166, 181, 183-207
return to Philippines of, 185, 186
Roosevelt’s dislike of, 23
support of Halsey by, 190
Wainwright’s post-release meeting with, 368, 368
Yamashita’s execution and, 207
McCampbell, David, 187
McCloy, John J., 330
McClusky, Clarence (Wade), 40, 41-42
McDonald, Inez, 25
McGuire, Arthur, 292
McKelway, St. Clair, 211, 212-13, 227-28, 236-37
McMillan, I. E., 291
McNeil, John, 293
McSpadden, Melvin, 58
Magellan, Ferdinand, 187
MAGIC, 7
Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands, 95, 101, 117
malaria, 30, 75, 322
Malay Peninsula, 5, 6, 7, 21, 32
Japanese seizure of, 2
Malinta Tunnel, 22, 25
Manchester, William, 21, 116-17, 159, 201, 206, 279-80, 281, 285-87, 299, 304-5
wounding of, 306-7
Manchukuo, 3
Manchuria, 2, 3, 10, 34, 168
Russian invasion of, 362
Mandalay, 317
manganese, 6
Manhattan Project, 213, 333-34, 335n
Manila, 22, 196
building-to-building urban warfare in, 201
entrance to, 197-99, 198
Japanese destruction of, 199
liberation of, 208
Mao Tse-Tung, 4
Mariana Islands, 93, 129-37, 151, 159, 210
attacks on air bases on, 244-45
B-29 bases in, 215
principle targets of, 130-31
Marine Corps, U.S., 72, 93, 97-100, 103, 144, 274
African American, 135-36, 170, 252
amphibious assault doctrine, 99-100, 122
in Betio, 104-11, 121, 123
casualties in Central Pacific of, 96
defense battalions of, 135
on Guadalcanal, 49-50, 50, 53, 61-62, 75
on Guam, 31
integration of, 135-36
Iwo Jima and, 245, 247
as Japanese captives, 70
in Marshall Islands, 125-29, 127
Pearl Harbor casualties of, 15
on Saipan, 131, 133, 136, 144-45
Signal Corps of, 267
storm landings of, 95
as subject to atrocities, 70-71
on Tarawa, 114-19, 116, 121
training for, 62
on Wake Island, 31
see also specific divisions and battalions
Marine Raiders, 99
Marine Signal Corps, 267
Marion, Ore., 72
Mark I flamethrowers, 258
Marpi Point, 151-58, 309
Marquardt, George, 339
Marshall, George C., 23, 84, 93n, 130, 156, 160, 362
and invasion plan, 330
Marshall Islands, 51, 35, 93, 117, 125-29
Japanese supply lines severed in, 129
Martin, Harry L., 274
Maryland, USS, 110
massacres, in Los Baños, 25
Matanikau River, 65-68, 66, 72
Mathewson, Rufu, 57-58
Matsui, Iwane, 365n
Matsuoka, Yosuke, 5
Meacham, Charles, 128
Medal of Honor, 236
Memphis Belle, 216
Merrill, Frank D., 316
Merrill’s Marauders, 316
Michener, James A., 72
Midway Island, 30, 31-32, 37, 38-45, 86, 87
Mikawa, Gunichi, 52
Milne Bay, 45, 46
Mindanao, Philippines, 24, 160, 161
minefields, 171, 238-39
mines, 238-39
types of, 238
mining campaign, 237-38
Missouri, USS, 288, 368-69, 369
Mitscher, Marc A. “Pete,” 100, 130, 131, 137, 138-39, 278, 290, 294, 295, 297
Mitsubishi Aircraft Engine Works, 219, 360, 372
Mitsubishi Steel and Armament Works, 336
Mitsui Coal Mining Company, 322
Mogmog, soldiers on leave on, 279-80
Montgomery, Bernard Law, 84, 85, 124, 125
Moore, Paul, Jr., 62-69, 7374
Moore, Terry, 301-2
Morcell, Ben, 210
Morgan, Robert K., 216, 217-18, 227, 234
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 17, 33, 41, 91, 139, 188, 189, 288
Morocco, 84
Morotai, 159, 183
Morrison, Philip, 338-39, 344, 351
Motoyama Airfield No. 1, 247, 253, 268-69
Mountbatten, Louis, 314
Mount Ta
potchau, 133, 134, 140, 145
Mudge, Verne D., 197
Munda, 88
Musashi, 187, 216
Mussolini, Benito, 5, 34, 123, 124
mutilations, 72, 179
Muto, Akira, 365n
Mydans, Carl, 198-99, 205
Mydans, Shelley, 198
Nagai, Takashi, 372-73
Nagano, Osami, 9
Nagasaki, 234, 335, 336, 344, 349, 356-57, 371-73
deaths at, 347
mushroom cloud over, 358
as point of detonation in, 360-61
Nagasaki, University of, 372
Nagoya, 238
casualties in, 219, 232, 233-34
Nagumo, Chuichi, 11, 16, 58, 40, 42-43, 151, 146
Naha, 299
Nakagawa, Kunio, 158, 168, 174, 181
Namur, 127
Nanking, Rape of, 4, 25, 365n
napalm, 220-21, 226, 258, 307
Naples, 125
Nash, Margaret, 205
Nasugbu, 199
nationalism, 304
Nationalists, Chinese, 37-4, 161, 315
“Nature of the Enemy, The” (Sherrod), 152-55, 156
Nautilus, 41
Navajo code-talkers, 267-68, 269
Navy, Imperial, 2, 12, 45, 94, 157, 290
Navy, U.S., 10, 93, 96, 97, 100, 137, 311
air arm of, 100
blockade by, 157
casualties from kamikaze attacks on, 288, 297
expansion of Pacific Fleet of, 100-101
first surface engagement of, 33
on Guam, 31, 210
and invasion plan, 330
mining campaign and, 238
Okinawa as logistics miracle for, 311
Pearl Harbor casualties of, 15
War Plan Orange of, 97
Nazi Party, 4
Neil, Dick, 241
Netherlands, 2, 5
embargo against Japan by, 8
Netherlands East Indies, 1-2, 5, 7, 32-35
Japanese oil imports from, 4
U.S. imports from, 6
Netherlands New Guinea, 158
neuropsychiatric casualties, 374
Nevada, USS, 15
New Britain. 34, 90, 163, 165
Newcomb, 290-91
New Georgia, 61, 88, 128
New Guinea, 21, 34, 35, 37, 45-46, 78-83, 79, 88-93, 95, 128, 158
casualties in, 82
desperation of Japanese forces in, 129
diaries of Japanese soldiers found in, 82-83
Japanese casualties in, 159
jungle fighting in, 81-82
New York, N.Y., 363
New Yorker, 211, 247
New York Herald Tribune, 152
New York Post, 40
New York Times, 1, 70, 122, 197, 312, 363
Ngesebus, 181
night bombing, 225
night operations. 174
Niles. Peter, 202
Nimitz, Chester, 16-1 7, 39, 45, 53, 86, 89, 93, 94, 96, 101, 117, 125, 130, 137, 140, 145, 160, 161, 162, 183, 189, 215, 244, 246, 264, 273, 279, 282-83, 285, 299, 306, 330, 331, 369
atomic bomb use and, 333-34
Central Pacific offensive of, 125, 140
Nixon, Fred, 200-201
Noda, Mitsuharu, 146-47
Noemfoor Island, 129, 159
Nomura, Kichisaburo, 7, 9, 10, 11
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