Haruna (Japanese battleship), 222, 339
Hashimoto Toshio, 323, 324–5
Hashirajima Harbor, 145, 153, 176
Hashizume Hisao, 207, 209
Hawker Hurricane fighters. See Hurricane
Henderson, Lofton (Joe), 240–41, 291, 359
Hermes (British carrier), 95–96, 109
Hilton, James, 132
Hirohito (Japanese Emperor), 109–10
Hiroshima, 109.
See also Hashirajima Harbor
Hiryū (Japanese carrier), 16, 45, 240
described, 34
dive bomber attack on Yorktown, 312–17
torpedo bomber attack on Yorktown, 319, 321–24
under attack, 333–35
death throes, 338–39, 345
photo, 343
Hitler, Adolf, 19, 28, 31
Hoover, Herbert, 247
Hopkins, Lew, 296
Hopping, Halstead, 72
Hollingsworth, William, 73–74
Holmberg, Paul (Lefty), 306
Holmes, Wilfred Jasper, 141, 147, 185, 206, 209, 387
Hornet (American carrier, CV-8), 45
and the Doolittle raid, 111, 115, 118, 122–29, 132
at Midway, 249–65
launch sequence at Midway, 254–56
confusion of afternoon strike, 331–32
sinks, 366
photo, 128.
See also Task Force 16;
individual squadrons (VB-8, VS-8, etc.)
Hornet (American carrier, CV-12), 363
Hoover, Travis, 127–28
Hosogaya Moshirō, 198, 205
Hudson, Alec. See Holmes, Jasper
Hughes (American destroyer), 348
Hughes, Charles Evans, 134
Humphreys (American destroyer), 204
Huntington, Robert K., 271–72
Hurricane (British fighter), 93, 95
Hypo (Station), 135, 135n, 140–41
and the Coral Sea, 145–46, 181–82
and Midway, 182–83, 186–87, 213–14, 387–88
Hyūga (Japanese battleship), 179
Ickes, Harold, 9, 201
Indomitable (British carrier), 93
Ingersoll, Royal E., 317
Ingersoll, Royal R., 317
Inoue Shigeyoshi, 33, 87
characterized, 96–97
and the Coral Sea, 145–46, 150, 154–55, 179–80
Inukai Tsuyoshi, 28n
Ito Takuzo, 80
Jaccard, Richard, 333
Jacobs, Tyrell D., 23
Jake (Japanese floatplane), 159, 222
photo, 221
Jaluit, American raid on, 66 (map, 68)
Japanese Army, politics of, 27–29, 109
Japanese Imperial Navy: politics of, 29–30
pre-war strategy of, 32–33
Java Sea, Battle of, 85
Jersey, Chester, 136
JN-25b (Japanese code), 139–43
Johnson, Robert (Ruff): in flight to nowhere, 262, 263, 317
returns from Midway, 331
attacks Hiryū, 342
attacks Japanese cruisers, 351–52
Jun’yō (Japanese carrier), 199, 203
Jupiter (American collier), 13, 113
Jurika, Stephen, 130, 258–59
Kaga (Japanese carrier), 33–34, 33n, 43, 44–45, 97, 145, 178, 269–70
attacked by torpedo planes, 278
attacked by dive bombers, 301–3
death throes, 309–10
sinks, 335n
Kakuta Kakuji, 198, 202–3, 205, 321
Karrol, Joseph, 330
Kate (Japanese torpedo bomber): characteristics, 39–40
at Midway, 218, 321–24
photo, 39
Katsumi Tomoi, 346–47
Kawanishi airplanes. See Emily
Kelly, C. Markland, 390
Kidō Butai: described, 25
in the Indian Ocean, 93–96
and planning for Midway, 100–101, 102–4, 108, 181
at Midway, 214, 217, 222
attacked by planes from Midway, 232–39, 240–44
attacked by torpedo planes, 269–73, 278–80, 285–87 (map, 277)
attacked by Nautilus, 290, 326–28
attacked by dive bombers, 297–308 (map, 299)
reorganized, 312
destroyed, 357
mentioned, 3, 24, 35, 37, 42, 44, 63, 76, 82, 87, 91, 187, 197, 205
Kiefer, Dixie, 164, 317
Kikuzuki (Japanese destroyer), 156
Kimes, Ira, 225–26
Kimmel, Husband, 8–9, 15–16, 18, 25
King, Ernest J.: characterized, 10–11
appointed CominCh, 12
relations with Nimitz, 12, 35, 64–65, 76–77, 82–85, 91, 100, 149–50, 183–84
relations with Fletcher, 148–50, 360–61
and Pacific strategy, 75–76, 84, 118, 148–49, 184, 358–59
mentioned, 17, 47, 96
photo, 10
Kirishima (Japanese battleship), 291, 339
Kiska Island, 198, 205, 357
map, 200
Kleinsmith, Charles, 318, 325
Kleiss, Norman (Dusty), 303, 333
Knox, Frank: characterized, 9
and Pearl Harbor, 8–10
and Wake Island, 17
mentioned, 20, 363, 366
Kobayashi Micho, 312–16
Kodiak Island, 202
Kōdōha Faction (in Japanese Army), 28–29, 31
Kondō Nabutake, 104–5, 214, 215n, 216, 312, 321
assumes command of Kido Butai, 337–38
Konoe, Prince, 31
Kroeger, Ed, 297, 301
Kumano (Japanese cruiser), 341–42
Kunz, Charles, 227–28
Kurile Islands, 37, 199
Kurita Takeo, 105
and mission to shell Midway, 337, 339–40
Kuroshima Kameto, 210
Kusaka Ryūnosuke, 239, 244, 308
Kwajalein Atoll: described, 71–72
American raid on 69–75, map, 68
Lae-Salamaua raid, 85–86, 97, 99, 146
Landing Signal Officer, 61–62, 118
Landon, Alfred, 9
Langley (American carrier, CV-1), 13, 45n, 113
sinks, 85
Larsen, Harold, 268
Laser, Samuel, 171
Laub, Robert, 353
launch procedures: American, 254–56
Japanese, 219–21
Layton, Edwin, 143–46, 206, 387–88
relations with Nimitz, 144–45
relations with Rochefort, 143–45
and Midway, 182–83, 186, 213–14
photo, 142
Layton, Sir Geoffrey, 93, 95
League of Nations, 66
Leary, Herbert Fairfax, 49, 83
Leary (U.S. destroyer), 78
Leslie, Max, 193n, 281, 287, 298, 328
attacks Sōryū, 305–8
helps defend Yorktown, 313
attacks Hiryū, 332–35
Lexington (American carrier, CV-2): in air battle near Rabaul, 78–79
in the Coral Sea, 152–53, 155, 156, 162–63, 169
sinks, 170–72
mentioned, 15, 18, 33n, 44, 52, 54, 65–66, 114, 146
photo, 171
Lindsey, Eugene: in Marshall Islands raid, 70, 72–73
at Midway, 273–74, 275–81
Lindsey, Robin, 127
London Naval Conference, 134
Lord, Walter, 4
Louisville (American cruiser), 49, 50
Low, Seth, 117
LSO. See Landing Signal Officer
Lundstrom, John B., 41, 86, 279n
Magda, John, 260–61, 264–65
Mahan, Alfred T., 13
Maikaze (Japanese destroyer), 327
Makigumo (Japanese destroyer), 313n, 339, 342
Makin, American raid on, 67
map, 68
Maloelap Atoll, American raid on, 69–70
map, 68
Manchuria, 28
Marco Polo Bridge incident, 28
Martlet (British fighter), 58
Mark 13 and Mark 14 torpedoes. See torpedoes, American
Marshall, George C., 118, 186, 211
strategy after Midway, 358–59
Marshall Islands, American raid against, 66–75, 99
map, 68
Massey, Lance (Lem), 193n
in Marshalls raid, 72–73
at Midway, 274, 281–87, 285, 301, 305
Marcus Island, American raid on, 82, 99
Martin airplanes. See Marauder
Maumee (American oiler), 14
Marauder (American bomber, B-26), 236
MacArthur, Douglas, 358–59
McCain, John S., 365
McCarthy, James, 117n
McClusky, Clarence Wade, 59, 62
described, 296
in Marshalls raid, 70–71, 75
at Midway, 274–75, 276, 279n, 287
attacks Kidō Butai, 295–301
wounded, 329
argues with Browning, 344–45
career after Midway, 364
photo, 296
McCormick, Lynde D., 86
McHugh, Lee, 73
McInerny, John E., 260–61, 264–65, 390
McLeod, Bowen, 6
Midway Atoll: described, 101–2
strategic importance of, 102
Japanese planning for, 102–6, 176–78
photo, 103
Mikuma (Japanese cruiser): rams Mogami, 341–42
under air attack, 351–55
photo, 354
Mili Atoll, American attack on, 67–68
map, 68
Miller, Henry, 121, 123
Minneapolis (American cruiser), 351
Mitchell (American bomber, B-25), 116, 127
photo, 128
Mitchell, Samuel G. (Pat), 250–51, 253, 260–61, 263–65
Mitchell, William (Billy), 116
Mitscher, Frances, 113
Mitscher, Marc (Pete): characterized, 111–15
as CO of Hornet, 115–16
and the Doolittle raid, 116–17, 119, 124–27
at Midway, 246–47, 252–54, 265
launch orders at Midway, 254–56
confusion of afternoon strike, 331–32
report on Midway, 249, 256–60, 269n, 389–91
career after Midway, 363
photos, 113, 126, 259
Mitsubishi airplanes. See Betty; Nell; Zero
Miyo Tatsukichi, 106–8, 110, 195, 206, 357
Moffett, William, 247
Mogami (Japanese cruiser): damaged, 341–42
under air attack, 351–55
Monaghan (American destroyer), 273
Morison, Samuel E., 12
Morrow, Dwight, 114
Morrow Board, 114, 114n
Moore, Oral (Slim), 351
Muri, James, 236
Murphy, John W. Jr., 340–41
Murray, George D., 47, 246
Nagano Osami, 90–93, 100, 109
photo, 91
Namur Island. See Kwajalein Atoll
Nagara (Japanese cruiser), 291, 308, 310
Nagumo Chūichi: characterized, 35–36
and the Pearl Harbor raid, 42, 99
and Midway planning, 177–78, 205
and the air search at Midway, 222–24
timing of launch at Midway, 232, 236–40, 242–44, 260, 269, 272–73
turns north, 256, 269, 269n
transfers to Nagara, 308
determines to fight on, 310–11, 319–20
decides to withdraw, 328, 336
relieved of command, 337
career after Midway, 366
death of, 366
mentioned, 105, 211, 216–17, 218–20, 281
photo, 35
Nakai Kazuo, 74–75, 78
Nakagawa Masayoshi, 78–79, 80
Nakajima airplanes. See Kate
Namur Island. See Kwajalein Atoll
Nashville (American cruiser), 126, 203
Nautilus (American submarine, SS-168), 289–95
attacks Kaga, 326–28
Naval General Staff (Japanese): and Pearl Harbor, 36–37
and strategic options, 90–93, 106
and Midway, 100
Naval War College (American), 47, 362
Neches (American oiler), 66
Nell (Japanese bomber), 32–33, 74–75, 373
Neosho (American oiler), 154, 156, 158, 160–62, 162n, 173
Nevada (American battleship), 6–7
New Britain. See Rabaul
New Caledonia, 65, 83, 96, 183, 185
New Hebrides, 83
New Orleans (American cruiser), 351
New Zealand, 83
Newberg, Peter, 325
Newton, John H., 18
Nielsen, John L., 159–61, 168, 347, 353
Nimitz, Chester: described, 6
characterized, 7–8, 24, 66
service career, 13–15
appointed CinCPac, 12
arrives in Pearl Harbor, 6–8
relations with King, 12, 64–65, 76–77, 82–85, 91, 100, 183–84
relations with Fletcher, 193–95, 214
and Pacific strategy, 21, 24, 51–52, 64, 66, 76
and the Doolittle raid, 122
and code breaking, 138–39, 144–45, 186–88, 213
and the Coral Sea, 147–50, 153, 158, 170–71
and planning for Midway, 84–85, 105, 186–89, 191–92
orders for Midway, 195–96, 214, 258
report on Midway, 289
postwar career, 361
quoted, 357
mentioned, 5, 17, 23, 26, 35, 49, 75, 209, 358
photo, 14
Norris, Benjamin, 242–43, 335n
North American airplanes. See Mitchell bomber
Northampton (American cruiser), 18, 82
Nowaki (Japanese destroyer), 310
O’Flaherty, Frank W., 313n
O’Hare, Edward (Butch), 79–81, 79n
photo, 80
Ōi Atsushi, 38
Okada Jisaku, 302
Okada Keisuke, 28
Okaga Tametsugu, 224
Okinoshima (Japanese minelayer), 156
Oklahoma (American battleship), 6
OP-20-G (code and signals section), 135–36, 182–83, 185
Opa-Locka Naval Air Station, 61–62
Operation AL. See Alaska
Operation K, 206–11, 288
photo, 207
map, 208
Operation MI. See Midway
Operation MO. See Port Moresby
Operation RY (attack on Ocean and Nauru Islands), 108
ordnance, American, 52, 262.
See also torpedoes
ordnance, Japanese, 221.
See also torpedoes
Osbourne, Edgar, 127
Osmus, Wesley Frank, 320
Ōtorojima. See Wake Island
Owen Stanley Mountains, 85
Owens, James C., 268
Ozawa Jisaburō, 35
Paramushiro Island, 199
Parks, Floyd, 226–27
Parshall, Jonathan, 104, 181, 302
PBY. See Catalina
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: Japanese attackon, 7, 17–18, 25, 36–37, 42, 91
Pederson, Oscar (Pete), 59, 156, 166
at Midway, 281–82, 283
manages air battle, 313–15, 319
Penland, Joseph, 300
Pennsylvania (American battleship), 143
Pensacola (American cruiser), 323
Pensacola, Florida (naval training facility), 47, 60–61
pilots, American: training of, 60–62
characteristics of, 62–63, 124
pilots, Japanese: training of, 40–42
losses of, 174–75, 360
exhaustion of, 328
“Plan Dog,” 21–22
Plan Orange, 19, 32
Phelps (American destroyer), 172
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Plunger (U.S. submarine), 13
Point Luck, 197, 212
Port Moresby, New Guinea, 97, 106
Operation MO, 108, 109, 145–46, 153
Powers, John J., 168–69
Prange, Gordon, 4, 216
Prince of Wales (British battleship), 43, 74, 95
Purple (Japanese diplomatic code), 137
Pye, William S., 84
described, 15
and Wake relief expedition, 16–17
Quam, E. R. (Bud), 325
Rabaul, 76, 85, 143, 155
air battle near, 77–81, 97
radar, 125
described, 78
in the Coral Sea, 165–66, 169
at Midway, 313, 319
Rainbow Five (war plan), 22
Ramsey, Dewitt (Duke), 47
Ramsey, Logan C., 211, 224
Ranger (American carrier, CV-4), 45
Redman, John R., 137–38, 147, 182, 365
photo, 138
Redman, Joseph R., 138, 365
Reid, Jewell (Jack), 212–13, 214, 215n
photo, 213
Reina Mercedes (American training ship), 46
Repulse (British battlecruiser), 43, 95
Richards, William L., 216
Richardson, Gil, 387
Richardson, Robert C., 186
Ring, Stanhope C.: characterized, 246–48
and the flight to nowhere, 248–49, 255, 258–63, 389
misses first strike against Hiryō, 331–32
attacks destroyer Tanikaze, 345–47, 346n
attacks Japanese cruisers, 351–52
held back from final attack, 354
career after Midway, 364
photo, 246
Rochefort, Joseph J.: described, 135–39, 141–42
relations with Layton, 143–45
and the Coral Sea, 147–48, 159, 165, 170–71, 181–82
and Midway, 182, 185, 186–88, 186n, 214
career after Midway, 365
mentioned, 5, 387
photo, 136
Rodee, Walter: and the flight to nowhere, 255, 262–63, 390
attacks Japanese cruisers, 351, 354
mentioned, 329, 331
Roberts, Owen, 10
Robison, Samuel S., 14
Roi Island. See Kwajalein Atoll
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: and E. J. King, 10–11, 76–77
and Australia, 83
and Alaska, 199–201
and the Doolittle raid, 117, 130
and Midway, 358
orders attack on Yamamoto, 366
mentioned, 9, 17, 21, 38, 76, 83, 86, 96, 118, 359
Roosevelt, Theodore, 46, 102
Ruehlow, Stanley, 263–64
Russo-Japanese War, 89, 90
Ryūhō (Japanese carrier), 34n, 131
Ryūjō (Japanese carrier), 34, 198–99, 203
Ryūkaku (assumed Japanese carrier), 145, 154
Safford, Laurance F., 135–36, 137
Saipan, American attack on, 366
Sakiyama Shakao, 352
Salamaua. See Lae-Salamaua raid
Salt Lake City (American cruiser), 82
Samoa, 65, 76, 96, 106, 108
Santa Cruz Islands, Battle of, 366
Sargo (American submarine), 23
Saratoga (American carrier, CV-3): and Wake relief expedition, 15–16, 25
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