Index

–A–

Abuyog, 310, 321-322

ACETYLENE Island, 181n, 183-184

Acker, Capt George K., 314

Adams, Maj Hank, 248

Admiralty Islands, 67, 83, 292, 315, 363, 407

Advance Base Force, 14, 16

Advance base warfare, 14

AGGRAVATE, 181n, 183

Aineman Island, 414

Ainsworth, RAdm Walden L., 278

Air activities

American, 43, 95, 99, 227, 236, 340, 363, 368, 373, 381, 388, 718, 735

air alerts, 624

air attacks, 172, 450, 455-456, 735

air combat, 278, 378, 385, 434, 561

air coordination, 305-306, 354, 377, 385

air cover, 328

air defense, 319, 326, 598, 708

air drops, 597

air escort, 601

air freight, 604

air gunfire, 280, 605, 719

air liaison officers, 171, 352-353, 390

air liaison parties, 106n, 277, 283, 306-308, 342-344, 349, 351, 353, 356, 368, 370, 378, 718, 735

airlift, 723

air neutralization, 184

air preparation, 210

air observation, 281, 317, 320, 373, 600, 668, 671, 686, 719

air observers, 660, 707, 718

air offensive, 492

air photography, 163, 368, 472, 474, 486

air raids, 717, 729

air reconnaissance, 382, 486

air-sea rescue, 103, 717:

air strikes, 135-137, 141-142, 157, 172, 177, 224, 226, 241-242, 249, 260, 282- 283, 306, 314, 327, 332, 335, 342, 346, 350-354, 366-367, 370, 372, 381, 383, 386, 399, 412, 415, 423, 430, 435, 453, 472-473, 485-486, 490, 500, 504, 534, 551, 558, 562-563, 586, 591-592, 601, 611, 638, 643-644, 648, 665, 668, 672, 676, 698, 714-715, 717-718, 735

air superiority, 670, 728

air supply, 725

air support, 63, 97, 101, 153, 180, 211, 256, 283-284, 303, 306, 309, 350, 354, 356, 373, 384, 531, 538, 547, 555, 558, 611, 636, 643, 684, 686, 691, 699, 717

bombing support, 190, 221, 728

carrier-based support, 76-77, 106n, 283, 292, 306, 340, 424, 436, 489, 491, 737

close air support, 17, 83, 99, 216, 283-284, 291, 304-307, 328, 332, 339-340, 343, 347, 349, 352-353, 368, 370, 378, 384- 385, 387-388, 390, 393, 397, 423, 435, 440, 495, 512, 598, 640, 655, 699, 714, 718, 735

dive bombing, 305, 374, 388

emergency landings, 325, 438, 464, 597-598, 601

fighter missions, 291

ground controllers, 328, 385

rocket strikes, 141, 506

strafing, 190, 211, 221, 283

Japanese

air attacks, 71, 190, 318-319, 325, 328, 330, 335, 400, 413, 451, 570

air defense, 298

air efforts, 337, 375, 396

air garrisons, 340, 734

air neutralization, 309

air power, 309, 331, 405, 432, 597

air strength, 298, 331, 336, 379, 393, 405, 450, 466, 539, 601, 731

air support, 70, 670

Aircraft

American, 81, 184, 199, 210-211, 224, 262, 264, 329, 350, 361-362, 376, 381, 393, 412, 417, 422-423, 493n, 548, 554, 644, 716, 720

Types

B-24s (Liberators), 101-102, 193, 218, 399, 459, 473, 485 485n, 487, 495-496, 499, 504, 717

B-25s (Mitchells), 353, 412

B-29s (Super Fortresses), 429, 429n, 438, 462-464, 476, 479, 487, 597-598, 600-601, 679, 683, 731

bombers, 43, 58, 325, 400, 407, 413, 430, 813 462, 487, 500, 503-504, 598, 717, 734

C-46s (Commandos), 199, 604

C-47s (Skytrains), 199, 326, 604

C-54s (Skymasters), 427

carrier-based, 5, 40, 64, 77, 82, 102-103, 108, 141-142, 152-153, 165, 232, 298, 301, 422, 436, 495-496, 500, 530, 574, 587, 595, 610, 621, 623, 633, 638-640, 718

dive bombers, 43, 143, 340, 342-344, 346-347, 350, 352, 359, 370, 378-379, 382-383, 385, 393, 407, 412, 422, 718

escort fighters 439, 600-601

F4Us (Corsairs), 99, 143, 211, 228, 256, 284, 326-332, 335, 339, 365, 368, 371-372, 375, 378, 383, 399, 401-402, 404, 408, 412-414, 416, 428-429, 432-433, 436, 503

F6Fs (Hellcats), 100, 199, 326-327, 333, 371, 399, 412, 427, 429, 436, 451-452

F6F-Ns, 429, 432

FMs, 371

fighter-bombers, 108, 386, 412, 416, 429

fighters, 58, 172, 328, 350, 362, 379, 382-383, 399, 404, 407, 413, 422, 429, 435, 452, 495, 499, 503, 576, 597, 600, 691, 718

floatplanes, 101

flying boats, 367, 439

J2F-6s, 429

L-4s, 317, 370

L-5s, 212

medium bombers, 43, 325, 382-383, 429

night fighters, 193, 199, 326-328, 330, 333, 371, 400, 411, 413, 422, 425, 429, 526, 560

OS2Us, 495

OYs, 429, 432, 595

observation planes, 101, 426, 429, 436- 437, 495, 595, 617, 658, 718, 720

P-40s, 329

P-47s, 423

P-51s, 436, 464, 598, 643, 643n

P-61s, 326, 328, 371, 526, 598

PBJs (Mitchells), 371, 373-374, 380, 387, 429, 436, 485

PBYs, 199, 371

R4Ds (Skytrains), 371, 408, 437-438, 597

R5Cs (Commandos), 437, 597

reconnaissance planes, 415, 417

SB2Cs (Helldivers), 371, 389, 418

SBDs (Dauntlesses), 339, 342-344, 346, 353-354, 356-357, 370-371, 378, 383-386, 388, 399, 414

spotting planes, 317-318, 386, 436, 714

TBFs (Avengers), 193, 318, 371, 426, 429„ 433-434

TBMs (Avengers), 429

torpedo bombers, 43, 422, 424, 426-427, 429, 432, 576, 595

transports, 325, 356, 632-363, 401, 412, 422, 438, 480, 597, 604

utility planes, 429

Japanese, 71, 259, 276, 278, 300, 312, 324, 328, 366-367, 382, 429, 450, 484, 732

Types

Bettys (medium bombers), 276, 356

bombers, 407, 411, 413, 452

carrier-based, 300

dive bombers, 330

fighters, 101, 327-330, 375, 400, 412, 451-452

float planes, 71, 228, 259

heavy bombers, 300

Lilys (light bombers), 374

medium bombers, 276

night bombers, 326

night fighters, 326, 330

torpedo bombers, 330, 451-452

transports, 321-322

Zeros (fighters), 399, 404, 412, 451-452, 495

Airfield No. 1 (Iwo Jima), 449n, 459, 471, 479, 495, 504, 514-516, 518-519, 525, 528, 547, 549, 551, 557, 560, 563-565, 571, 595, 597-598, 600, 603-604, 633, 651, 716, 720

Airfield No. 2 (Iwo Jima), 447, 449n, 459, 471, 479, 509, 525, 548, 555-558, 561-563, 565-567, 569, 574-576, 586, 595, 597, 600, 616, 644-647, 649, 701, 716, 720

Airfield No. 3 (Iwo Jima), 459, 574, 578, 581-586, 600, 684, 708

Airfields

American, 58, 118, 152-153, 162, 173, 177, 179, 181, 187, 189, 192-193, 199, 204, 212, 214, 217, 222-224, 227-228, 237, 241, 259, 268, 273-274, 277-281, 287, 298, 314-315, 319, 323, 325, 339, 361, 363, 365, 463, 485n, 600-601, 608

Japanese, 58, 117, 120-124, 126, 131, 134, 139, 141, 144, 156, 161, 180, 324, 336, 393, 395-396, 405

AK-98, 316

Akalokul, 58

Akarakoro Point, 190

Aleutian Islands, 6, 21, 23, 467, 730, 734

Allender, LCdr Byron E., 151n

Allied

air effort, 736

invasion fleet, 340

invasion, North Africa, 733

news service, 612

planners, 614

powers, 613

prisoners of war, 730

ships, 336

Allied Forces, 5, 54, 179, 301, 382, 440, 448, 729, 730, 732, 734

Allies, Western, 729

AMAZEMENT Island, 181, 181n, 183

AMELIORATE, 181n, 183-184. See also Falalop Island.

Amiangai, 208

Ammunition

American, 87-88, 128, 152, 240, 269, 279, 318, 476-477, 492, 523, 553, 601, 611, 678, 689, 720, 722

artillery, 88, 127, 603, 610

bombs, 108, 227, 408, 530, 534, 548, 551, 565, 613, 644, 691

8-inch, 363, 587, 610

81-mm mortar, 152, 209, 523, 526, 563, 597 15-inch, 587

.50 caliber, 414, 551

5-inch, 610

14-inch, 145, 563, 565, 610

40-mm, 261, 315, 497, 505

gas shells, 613

high-explosive shells, 145, 156

machine gun, 87, 127, 173

mortar shells, 597, 611

napalm bombs, 224-225, 249, 254, 256, 271, 283-284, 370, 378-379, 385-386, 416, 432, 436, 487, 499, 503, 506, 523, 530, 536, 611, 638, 658, 677, 717

155-mm howitzer, 587

105-mm, 152, 587, 672

pyrotechnics, 258

rockets, 241, 387, 418, 436, 481, 495, 497, 503, 505, 530, 534, 551, 565, 590, 611, 623, 631, 638, 649, 674, 685, 707, 727, 729

75-mm, 155, 587, 615, 644, 650, 672, 705

16-inch, 610

smoke, 154, 160, 206, 209, 230, 262, 352, 497, 501, 568, 589, 635

star shells, 152, 270, 281, 526, 589, 610, 678-679, 725

.30 caliber, 173

tracer, 408

12-inch, 610

20-mm, 261, 315, 578

Japanese, 226, 249, 530, 654, 695

aerial bombs, 72, 193, 258, 375, 636n

aerial torpedoes, 565-566

antipersonnel bombs, 424

armor-piercing shells, 123, 513

artillery, 231, 367, 527, 545

.50 caliber, 415, 420

gas shells, 624

illuminating, 258

mortar, 526, 662, 673, 675, 727

Amoy, 293, 465

Amphibious assault operations, 10, 13-17, 33-34, 43, 71, 84, 168, 211, 278-279, 281, 286, 304, 359, 448, 463, 478, 487, 505, 715

Amphibious doctrine, tactics, 10, 268, 737

Amphibious exercises, 14, 162, 483

Amphibious Training Command, 304

Amphitheater, 568, 572, 595, 616, 646-648, 650, 656-657, 661, 663-665, 667, 671-672, 681-682

Anderson, Capt Carl E., 602; RAdm, 602n

Angat River, 346

Angaur, 52, 55, 57, 59, 62-63, 68-69, 79-80, 88, 134, 161-163, 165-166, 168-169, 171-175, 177-179, 181, 183-184, 187, 223, 279, 284-287, 430-431, 433, 733-734

operation, 166, 173, 177-178, 180

Annapolis, Maryland, 14

Anso, Maj Kenro, 659

Antonelli, Maj. John W. A., 508, 514, 618, 642-643

Apamama Island, 398-399, 413

Apennine Peninsula, 733

Apra Harbor, 426

Arakabesan, 57

Ardennes, 729

offensive, 735

Arkansas, 493, 503

Armor. See also Army Units; Marine Units; Weapons.

American, 153-154, 158, 172, 212, 235, 272-273, 512, 514-515, 517, 519, 534, 549, 554, 565-567, 584, 592, 618, 621, 623, 628, 631-632, 637, 639, 647-649, 662, 672-673, 676, 687, 691, 727

Japanese, 123

Armstrong, PFC P. E., 344n

Army Air Forces, 102, 307, 309, 325, 332, 359, 361, 366, 377, 386, 393, 396, 407, 436, 462, 464, 486-487, 496, 500, 640, 699, 712

Units

Far East Air Forces, 301, 303, 324-325, 359, 365, 388

Strategic Air Forces, 417

Fifth Air Force, 78, 101, 301, 307, 312, 326, 328, 332-334, 339, 353, 382, 389

Seventh Air Force, 396, 412, 473, 485, 717

Thirteenth Air Force, 301, 309, 334, 359, 362, 366, 368, 377, 382, 384, 390

Fourteenth Air Force, 334

Twentieth Air Force, 334

VII Bomber Command, 485, 485n

XX Bomber Command, 463-464

V Fighter Command, 333

VII Fighter Command, 603, 710

XIII Fighter Command, 388

308th Bombardment Wing, 339, 342-344, 346, 349, 354

310th Bombardment Wing, 331

313th Bombardment Wing, 487

15th Fighter Group, 598, 598n

21st Fighter Group, 708

48th Bombardment Squadron, 412

419th Night Fighter Squadron, 368

28th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 473

9th Troop Carrier Squadron, 438, 597, 604

973rd Aviation Engineer Battalion, 367 465th Aviation Squadron, 708

76th Fighter Control Center, 368

77th Fighter Control Center, 371, 383

Army-Navy joint communications procedure, 35

Army Units

Chemical Warfare Service, 477, 613

Field Service Command, 30

Pacific Ocean Areas, 476

Southwest Pacific Area, 291, 293, 293n

Garrison Force Zero, 603

Sixth Army, 309-310, 315-316, 320-321, 325, 334, 337, 339-340, 342, 348-349, 357-359

Eighth Army, 332, 358-359, 365, 367, 374, 382

Tenth Army, 38, 465

I Corps, 20, 352

X Corps, 310, 315, 319, 321, 337, 359, 381-384, 386-387

XIV Corps, 303, 337, 342, 352

XXIV Corps, 63, 65, 301, 314-321, 323

XXIV Corps Artillery, 314, 319, 323

Americal Division, 375-377

1st Cavalry Division, 301, 310, 334, 342-344, 346-348, 351-352, 354

1st Infantry Division, 20, 34, 353

3rd Infantry Division, 34

6th Infantry Division, 352-354

7th Infantry Division, 34, 310, 315-318, 321, 400

9th Infantry Division, 34, 36, 315

11th Airborne Division, 322, 354

24th Infantry Division, 310, 365, 384, 387, 390

25th Infantry Division, 354

31st Infantry Division, 381, 384-386, 390

32nd Infantry Division, 310

37th Infantry Division, 307, 346, 354

38th Infantry Division, 354

40th Infantry Division, 354, 375-376

41st Infantry Division, 359, 362, 366-368, 370-371, 373-374, 378-379, 390

43rd Infantry Division, 354

77th Infantry Division, 63, 181, 310, 328, 332, 427

81st Infantry Division, 63, 79, 96, 153, 162-163, 165, 170, 175, 177-180, 186-187, 250, 252, 254, 258, 260, 262, 264, 274, 282, 284-286. See also Wildcats.

96th Infantry Division, 180-181, 310, 315-316, 318, 321

1st Cavalry Brigade, 354

Infantry Regiments

20th, 315

33rd, 315

124th, 385

147th, 608, 708, 711

162nd, 374

163rd, 374

321st, 166, 168-171, 173-176, 178, 180, 186-187, 190, 192-193, 197, 201-202, 204, 209, 217-218, 221-224, 237, 242, 246, 249, 251, 254, 261

322nd, 166, 168-173, 176, 178-180

323rd, 163, 168, 180-181, 183-184, 251, 257-259, 264

726th Amphibian Tractor Battalion, 254

287th Artillery Observation Battalion, 314, 316-318, 322

506th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, 603, 708

154th Engineer Battalion, 254

Field Artillery Battalions

198th, 314, 316-317, 319

226th, 314, 316-320

Infantry Battalions

1/162, 371

1/321, 170-171, 173-176, 189, 192, 210, 254, 256-257

1/322, 171-174

1/323, 250, 254, 256-257, 262

2/15, 190, 226

2/162, 371

2/321, 173-174, 176, 178, 189, 192, 195, 197, 199, 201, 206-207, 214, 223, 250, 254, 256-257

2/322, 171-174, 176, 187, 193

2/323, 257, 260-262

3/124, 385

3/321, 173-176, 187, 189, 192, 195, 198, 200, 206-207, 250, 254, 257

3/322, 171-174, 197, 199

6th Ranger Battalion, 310

710th Tank Battalion, 174, 187, 224, 228-229, 240, 254

471st Amphibian Truck Company, 475, 516 295th Joint Assault Signal Company, 384 442nd Port Company, 602

592nd Port Company, 602

38th Field Hospital, 603, 710

Arnold, MajGen William H., 377, 463-464

Artillery

American, 80-81, 84, 103, 129, 132, 135, 137, 142, 151-153, 157, 161, 173, 175, 187, 190, 195, 205, 208, 210, 224, 242, 244, 246, 254, 269, 272, 274, 281, 291, 300-301, 314, 316-320, 322-323, 379-380, 416, 423, 484, 504, 508, 516, 521, 530-531, 534, 538, 549-550, 552, 554-556, 560, 563, 565-567, 573, 576-585, 587, 589, 591, 605, 611, 617, 623-624, 626-627, 632-635, 638-639, 648-652, 654, 658, 661-663, 666-669, 671-674, 676, 679, 681, 684, 686, 691, 697-699, 704, 708, 714, 717, 719-722, 726-727

Filipino, 348

Japanese, 109, 115, 122, 127-128, 134, 141-142, 156, 177, 278, 350, 407, 453-454, 454n, 456-457, 474, 493n, 497-498, 519-520, 525-526, 531, 533-534, 538, 545, 549-551, 553-554, 557-558, 561, 564, 566, 568, 570, 575, 582, 584, 586-587, 595, 597, 603, 617, 624, 626, 629, 647, 651, 653, 655-656, 658, 662, 666, 669, 671, 674, 677, 718, 723, 726

Asbill, Maj Edward L., 671

Asia, 294

Eastern, 735

Southeast, 51, 294, 463

Asias (village), 58-59, 148

Aslito Airfield, 423-424

Atlantic Ocean, 21, 444

Atomic warfare, 737. See also Weapons.

Atsuchi, Capt Kanehiko, 533n; Col, 533, 533n, 536, 537n, 538, 542

Attu, 467, 734

Auburn, 605, 607, 619

Auckland, New Zealand, 431

Aur Atoll, 418

Auriga, 314, 316

Australia, 291, 444

Aviators. See Pilots.

Axis, 736

Aycrigg, Lt William A., 403

Azores, 43

–B–

Babelthuap Island, 57, 60-62, 68-69, 79, 162-163, 166, 175, 190, 193, 222, 225, 232, 241-242, 262, 264-265, 281, 432-433, 733-734

Baker, Maj Harry F., 437

Baker, Col R. M., 15

Baldy Ridge, 224, 226, 228, 234, 237-238, 241-242, 244-245

Balete Pass, 357

Balivag, 346

Balkans, 443, 729

Ballance, LtCol Robert G., 84, 86

Baltic Sea, 443

Bangkal, 379

Bangkok, 463

Banika Island, 89-90, 95, 393, 400

Bard, Capt Elliott E., 42

Basilan Island, 374

Basilan Strait, 363, 366, 374

Basilone, GySgt John, 514

Bataan Peninsula, 348, 690

Batangas Peninsula, 342

Bates, Lt Wesley C., 512

Battle for Leyte Gulf, 312, 321, 323, 443

Battle of Midway, 430

Battle of the Philippine Sea, 443

Baybay, 310, 321

Bayfield, 648

Bayug Airfield, 325

Beach, Capt C. C., 415n

Beaches, 58, 72, 77, 79, 86-87, 94, 118, 121, 128, 131, 259-260, 274, 472, 482, 527, 603, 617, 623, 717, 722, 724

Blue, 163, 165-166, 168-169, 508, 519, 525, 557

Blue 1, 316, 471, 471n, 508, 519-521, 548

Blue 2, 471, 471n, 519-521, 525

Brown, 602

Green, 165, 169, 471, 513, 516, 526

Green 1, 471, 508, 510

Green 2, 173

Orange, 79, 81-82, 106, 108, 119n, 137, 187, 232, 268, 602

Orange 1, 80, 115

Orange 2, 80, 115-117, 121, 129

Orange 3, 80, 116, 119, 119n, 120, 131, 152, 233

Purple, 187, 201, 228, 236, 251, 258, 268, 274, 602-603

Purple 2, 603

Red, 163, 165-166, 168, 176, 472, 508, 514

Red 1, 471, 508, 512-513, 515, 552

Red 2, 471, 508, 513, 515

Scarlet, 193

White, 79-82, 106, 108, 110, 144, 264, 268, 274, 602

White 1, 108-110, 112

White 2, 110

Yellow, 424, 508-509, 517, 525, 555

Yellow 1, 471, 508, 517-518, 522, 526, 548, 552, 560

Yellow 2, 471, 508, 516-517, 519

Beachheads, 73, 85, 430. See also Beaches. Beachmasters, 85, 87

Beach parties, 282, 601. See also Shore party activities.

Belgium, 6

Bell, BGen Marcus B., 187, 211, 264n

Benedict, LtCol William E., 97n, 109n,

Berger, LtCol Spencer S., 92n, 147, 229, 253, 275

Berlin, 730

Betio Island, 396-397, 401

Biak, 71, 457

Bismarck Archipelago, 438

Bismarck Sea, 537

Bivouac areas, 151

Blackburn, Capt Donald D., 348

Blaha, Capt Nathan D. 424

Blanchard, Capt Rolfe T., 329n, 372

Blandy, RAdm William H. P., 63, 165-166, 181, 278, 483, 492-493, 493n, 495-496, 498-502, 714

Blessman, 500

Blissard, LtCol Louis B., 649, 652

Block Island, 435

Bloody Gorge, 616

Bloody Nose Ridge, 157, 223-225, 228, 279

Blow, Maj Rex, 382

Boats. See Landing Craft ; Ships.

Boehm, Col Harold C., 575, 575n, 582n, 588-590, 591n, 686

Bohemia, 9

Bohol Island, 327, 359, 361, 375, 377

Bollman, Capt Howard W., 413

Bombardments, 71, 102-104, 108, 112, 132, 145, 153, 165, 211, 221, 227, 278-281, 335, 386, 409, 452-453, 455, 486-487, 489, 491-493, 493n, 495-496, 498, 501-506, 509, 517, 526, 531, 533, 547, 565, 574, 576, 610, 646, 714, 726, 728, 731, 737. See also Naval gunfire.

Bongao Island, 378

Bonins, 64, 68, 102, 436, 444-445, 448, 450-451, 459, 461-462, 462n, 463-464, 466, 472, 475, 484-485, 505, 537, 597, 654, 716-717, 737

Borneo, 6, 294, 309, 358, 366, 374, 378

Bougainville, 284, 305-307, 335, 342, 346, 362-363, 388-389, 393, 467, 735

Bountiful, 723

Bourke, BGen Thomas E., 291, 300-301, 314, 316-318, 323; LtGen, 319n

Bowdoin, Maj George E., 248n

Boyd Ridge, 221, 229, 231-237, 241-242, 250, 254, 257, 260

Boyd, LtCol Robert W., 115, 123

Boyer, LtCol Kimber H., 93

Bozarth, Capt Clyde L., 276n

Brant, Capt Robert E., 123

Brayton, LtCol Corey C., 415n

Brisbane, 291-292, 301

British whaling captains, 445

Brodie gear, 436-437

Brown, Col Dudley S., 61

Brunelli, LtCol Austin R., 680

Buckley, Col Edmond J., 474

Buckley, LtCol Joseph E., 93n

Buckner, LtGen Simon B., Jr., 465

Burauen, 310, 316-317, 319-320, 322

Buri Airfield, 322-323, 325

Burma, 730

Burnette, Maj Robert W., 91

Burrfish, 78

Bushido, 69

Butler, LtCol John A., 305, 508, 634

Butterfield, LtGen Jackson B., 508, 513, 625, 627

Byers, SSgt A. A., 344n

Bypassed islands, 412, 415, 418

Byrum, Maj Paul R., Jr., 399

–C–

Cabanatuan, 343, 346

Cagayan, 381

Caldera Point, 366

California, 17, 437, 468, 500

Campbell, LtCol Harold D., 42; BGen, 46, 98, 265, 398, 430, 595

Camp Dunlap, 23

Camp Elliott, 20-21

Camp Holcomb, 20

Camp Kearney Field, 437

Camp Lejeune, 20, 39

Camp Pendleton, 23, 468

Camp Tarawa, 482

Cape Esperance, 94, 165

Cape Gallatin, 169

Cape Gloucester, 89, 94, 268, 275

Cape Isabel, 409

Cape Ngaramudel, 173

Cape Ngatpokul, 168

Cape Pkulangelul, 172

Capisan, 370

Carey, Maj Roland, 662

Cargill, Maj Wayne M., 417

Caribbean, 15-17, 21, 36

Carleson, Maj Roger T., 42

Carney, Col Edward B., 429

Caroline Islands, 3, 6, 16, 54, 67-68, 101, 395, 412, 733-734. See also Western Caroline Islands.

Castle, Capt Donald E., 636

Catskill, 314

Casualties

American, 113-114, 120, 124, 128, 130-132, 136, 138, 141, 144, 147-148, 150, 154, 161, 166, 179, 185, 189, 198-199, 208-209, 212, 216, 218, 225, 227, 231, 236, 242-243, 253, 257, 273-274, 281-282, 284-285, 322, 336, 356, 375, 386, 390, 408, 412, 438, 451, 471, 479, 504, 513, 517, 520-521, 525, 525n, 531, 536-537, 545, 551, 560, 574-575, 597, 602, 604-605, 608, 612, 614-615, 617, 624, 630-631, 633-636, 636n, 644, 648, 659-660, 665, 689, 695, 699, 701, 703, 705, 710-711, 715n, 722-723

Japanese, 109, 113, 121, 126, 136, 138, 177, 177n, 179, 185, 208-209, 218, 226-227, 232, 253, 261, 265, 276, 300, 333, 350, 352, 376, 385, 396, 409, 415, 426, 453, 531, 533, 536, 538, 545, 562, 605, 626, 629, 639, 665, 679, 689

Catabato, 381-382

Cates, MajGen Clifton B., 467, 505, 517, 519, 521, 554, 557, 563, 579, 610, 645, 647, 652, 661, 665, 669-670, 672, 677, 681-682, 694, 700, 708

Catmon Hill, 319n

Caves. See Terrain.

Cebu, 294, 358-359, 361, 363, 374-37,3, 388

Cebu City, 375

Celebes, 102, 294, 733

Celebes Sea, 309

Cemeteries, 712

Central America, 8, 15

Central Intelligence Agency, 612

Central Pacific, 3, 23-24, 51-52, 54, 266, 293, 309, 318, 393, 395-398, 400-401, 405, 407, 414, 416, 432, 437-438, 440, 462-463, 466, 478, 491, 723, 726, 731-733, 738

Chamberlain, Sgt Reid, 690

Chambers, LtCol Justice M., 519-520, 559

Chaney, MajGen James E., 603, 708

Chapman, LtCol Leonard F., Jr., 92n

Chappell, Maj C. J., Jr., 42

Charan Kama, 424-425

Charlie Dog Ridge, 568, 645, 648, 682

Chase, BGen William C., 343-344, 347

Chateau-Thierry, 468

Centaurus, 101

Chemical officers, 613

Chemical warfare, 91, 612-614

Chenango, 426

Chesapeake Bay, 36, 304

Chester, 493, 500

Chichi Jima, 64, 445, 448-449, 451, 455, 462n, 496, 543, 561, 598, 700, 702, 705-707

Chidori Airfield, 449n, 453, 457

Chilton, Cdr W. P., 499

China, 3, 6, 9, 16, 51, 62, 69, 293-294, 298, 309, 334, 458, 463-464, 467

China-Burma-India Theater, 334

China Wall, 221, 241, 248, 250, 256, 260-264

Chinese, 54, 276, 730

Christianity, 294

Christmas Day, 438

Clark Field, 342, 357

Clark, RAdm Joseph J., 451-453, 595

Clausewitz, 330

Coady, Maj James F., 515

Cobia, 455

Cole, Col J. Frank, 395n, 400

Coleman, Col William F., 186n, 210n, 211n; BGen, 221n

Colhoun, 624

Collins, LtCol William R., 564-565

Colorado, 409

Columbia Victory, 602-603

Columbus, Ohio, 610

Combat efficiency, 185, 227, 592, 608, 661, 694

Combat information center, 497

Combat loading, 17, 83n

Commandant of the Marine Corps, 15, 24, 27, 29, 36, 46, 253n, 428

Commander, Air, Iwo Jima, 597-598

Commander, Aircraft, Northern Solomons, 362

Commander, Aircraft, Solomons, 46

Commander, Air Forces, Pacific Fleet, 29, 38, 47, 99, 477

Commander, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet, 48, 466, 473, 490, 490n, 491n, 492n

Commander, Beach Party Group, 602

Commander, Fifth Fleet, 491, 492n

Commander, Forward Area, Central Pacific, 64, 710

Commander, Forward Areas, Western Pacific, 184

Commander, Garrison Air Force, Western Carolines, 99

Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, 26, 28-30, 36, 293, 421

Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, 26, 38-39, 60-61, 77-78, 83, 98, 101, 134, 301, 417, 421, 464, 469

Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, 24

Commander, Joint Expeditionary Force, 486, 608

Commander, Landing Force Air Support Control Unit, 503

Commander, Marianas Area, 36

Commander, Marshall-Gilberts Area, 36

Commander, Service Forces, Pacific Fleet, 477-478

Commander, South Pacific, 99, 301

Commander, Support Aircraft, 103, 108, 283

Commander, Ulithi Fire Support Group, 183

Commander, Western Pacific Task Forces, 62

Commanding General, Aircraft, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, 47

Commanding General, Army Forces, Western Pacific, 39

Commanding General, Expeditionary Troops, Third Fleet, 64

Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, 28-29, 31, 47, 477, 482, 491n, 492, 492n

Commanding General, V Amphibious Corps, 24, 490n, 491n

Commanding General, Marine Garrison Forces, 14th Naval District, 38

Commanding General, Pacific Ocean Areas, 477-478

Commanding General, Samoan Force, 46

Communications

American, 14, 17, 35, 151, 178, 204, 222, 241, 274, 277, 350, 368, 370, 377, 383-384, 402n, 411, 612, 615, 620n, 693, 703, 722-723, 725

Equipment, 94, 130, 139, 368

Radios, 207, 259, 277, 384, 390, 402, 404, 486n, 589, 612, 620n, 626, 719

SCR-193, 308

SCR-300, 277

SCR-542, 308

SCR-610, 277

tank, 154

Japanese, 278, 455, 586, 612, 646, 656-657,

Radios, 120, 202, 377, 449, 451, 456, 461, 487, 702

Communism, 8-9

Congress, 445

Connolly, RAdm Richard L., 25

Cook, Capt Richard M., 558

Cooley, Maj Albert D., 42; Col, 47, 423

Coolidge, President Calvin, 6-7

Corregidor, 291, 296, 354, 690

Court of International Justice, 4

Craig, LtGen Edward A., 608n, 624n

Cram, LtCol Jack R., 436

Crist, LtCol Raymond F., Jr., 573

Crowl, Philip A., 52, 279n

Crown, Maj John A., 119, 204

Cuba, 14, 19

Culebra, 19

Cunningham, Maj Alfred A., 41

Cushman’s Pocket, 686-687, 689, 691-692

Cushman, LtCol Robert E., 414, 416, 574, 577, 584, 591

–D–

D-Day, 86, 273, 280-284

Dagami, 316-317, 319-321

Dagupan, 337, 339, 372

Daly, LtCol James M., 401, 411

Danube River, 730

Dardanelles, 33

Dardanelles-Gallipoli operation, 14

Dark, Col Robert F., 187, 192, 199, 250-251, 257

Dato, 379

Davao, 366, 381, 384-385

Davis, Maj Raymond G., 145

Davidson, Maj Robert, 508, 517, 654, 674

Day, Maj William R., 558

Dead Man’s Curve, 232-233

Deakin, Col Harold 0., 95n, 150n, 274n

Dean, Maj William W., 598

Death Valley, 160, 221, 226, 232, 254, 261-263, 707

DeBell, Maj George J., 233n

Deep Passage, 409

Defenses

American, 549

antiaircraft, 101, 328, 330, 486n, 499, 708

barbed wire, 675

emplacements, 666

fire, 661

field fortifications, 14

land mines, 14

sandbags, 246, 248, 256-257, 260, 508

Japanese, 66, 71-73, 101-103, 112, 134, 137, 144, 152, 161, 168, 177, 185, 189, 192, 199, 207, 217, 221, 227 234, 237-238, 240, 242, 244-246, 249, 256-257, 262-264, 268, 276, 279, 284, 316, 346, 352, 366, 379-381, 385-386, 407, 436, 453-454, 457, 474, 484, 491, 496, 499, 528, 531-538, 546, 549, 564, 570, 573, 627, 645, 684-686, 695, 697-698, 700-701, 714, 717, 766, 731

antiaircraft, 102, 329, 400, 412, 415-417, 424, 428-429, 433-434, 495, 499, 506, 568

antiboat, 110, 116, 119, 121, 474-475, 497-498, 506

antiinvasion mines, 72

antitank, 72-73, 116, 120, 139, 141, 156, 171, 176, 205, 208, 268, 273, 346, 376, 459, 474, 513-514, 566, 572, 584, 625, 627-629, 655

barbed wire, 72, 120, 163, 454

beach, 71-72, 81, 108, 176, 267

blockhouses, 104, 120, 134-135, 208, 211, 456, 459, 473-474, 485n, 486, 493n, 500, 508, 510, 513, 517, 528, 530, 539, 545, 548, 550, 562, 572, 629, 636n, 644, 649, 698, 717

booby traps, 156, 178, 199, 257, 407, 426, 562, 600, 697

bunkers, 135, 156, 171, 173, 273, 459, 528, 536, 545, 548, 558, 562, 572, 580, 590, 635, 647-649, 654, 665

buried aerial torpedoes, 565

camouflage, 548, 550

coastal, 321, 407, 493n, 496, 624-625

concrete fortifications, 73, 120, 135, 145, 376, 454-455, 629, 646, 666

dugouts, 171, 192, 201, 212, 242, 379, 550, 555, 642, 685-686

emplacements, 75, 156, 160, 200, 280, 473, 486, 495, 523, 542, 550, 554, 567, 584, 591, 618, 621, 635, 639-640, 665-666, 672, 675, 694, 698, 716

fortifications, 75, 134-135, 138, 145, 154-156, 165, 169, 171, 173, 185, 208, 216, 274, 278, 448, 454-455, 458-459, 487, 531, 545, 627, 639, 673, 717

foxholes, 651

machine gun positions, 119, 127, 134, 136, 172, 242, 261, 636, 647

mine fields, 251, 276, 375-376, 407, 479, 498, 513, 517, 520, 550, 554-555, 572, 600, 627, 640, 649, 676, 726

observation posts, 75, 550

obstacles, 72, 268, 271

pillboxes, 73, 75, 79, 92, 112, 116, 118, 120-121, 134, 136, 138, 145, 152, 154-157, 163, 169, 171, 173, 176, 198, 200, 208, 212, 268, 271, 273, 350-351, 371, 379, 407, 453, 455, 458-459, 473-474, 482, 485n, 486, 493n, 500, 508, 510, 513-514, 517-518, 520, 528, 530-531, 536, 538-539, 545, 548-550, 554-555, 558, 560, 562, 566-567, 572, 577, 590-591, 605, 610, 614n, 618, 621, 627, 631-632, 635, 639, 643, 647-651, 654, 663, 665-666, 668, 672, 685, 687, 693, 698, 716

pockets, 693-694, 706

rifle pits, 73, 136, 160, 171

rocket positions, 655

spider foxholes, 698

spider-traps, 517, 528, 691, 701

tetrahedrons, 72, 79, 138, 163

trenches, 117, 120, 171, 376, 379, 566, 651, 687

trip wires, 473

tunnels, 75, 205, 221, 453, 456, 530, 538, 540, 566, 572, 586, 613, 622, 637, 639, 645, 663-664, 689-690, 692

underground fortifications, 75, 154, 279, 453, 455-456

DeHaven, Col Louis G., 472, 521-522

Deho, 379

del alle, BGen Pedro A., 428

Demolitions. See Weapons.

Denmark, 19

Deputy Commander, Aircraft, Landing Force, 503

Deputy Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, 30-31

DETACHMENT Operation, 435, 465, 467-469, 482, 487, 489-491, 714, 720, 722-725

de Villalobos, Ruy Lopez, 54

Digos, 395

Dillon, LtCol Edward J., 674, 678

Dipolog, 365-367, 371-372

Director of Marine Corps Aviation, 41

Disarmament conferences, 5-6

Disarmament treaty, 6

Doe, MajGen Jens A., 366, 373, 378

Doherty, Capt. Albert J., 204

Dominican Republic, 467

Donlan, Capt Pat, 662-663

Doswell, Maj Menard, III, 433

Downs, lstLt Willis A., 374n

Drake, Maj Clifford B., 521-522

Drydocks, 83, 184

Dulag, 310, 312, 314-317, 320, 325

Dunn, Col Ray A., 179

DuPage, 108, 278n

Duplantis, LtCol Wendell H., 558

Durgin, RAdm Calvin T., 492, 495, 500, 560, 717

Duryea, LtCol Justin G., 634, 642

Dutch East Indies, 358, 730

–E–

East Boat Basin, 220, 353, 459, 469, 471, 474, 500, 509, 547, 553, 555, 569, 646, 650, 711

East Indies, 287, 294

East Prussia, 443

East Road, 145-146, 157-159, 189, 198-202, 206, 221, 224, 226, 228-233, 236-238, 240, 251

Eberhardt, Capt Fred C., 526

Edgar, Maj John B., Jr., 521

Edmondson, Maj Robert W., 424

Efate Island, 98, 430-431, 730

Eichelberger, LtGen Robert L., 332, 359; Gen, 377, 386, 390

El Centro, California, 45

Eldorado, 484

Eleventh Naval District, 21

Eli Malk, 57

Eller, RAdm Ernest M., 80n, 283, 437n

Ellice Islands, 396, 398-401, 404

Ellis, Maj Donald K., 548

Ellis, Maj Earl H., 16; LtCol, 66n

Elmore, 278n

Emirau Island, 363, 373, 416, 432, 435, 438

Emperor Meiji, 459

Engebi Island, 408-413

England, 6

English, 54

English, LtCol Lowell E., 558, 582

Engineers. See also Army units; Marine units.

American, 135-136, 156, 193, 204, 209, 224, 226, 231, 234, 258, 263, 271, 282, 325, 337, 376, 383, 398, 484, 514, 520, 531, 554, 595, 600, 602, 610, 627, 640-641, 652, 765, 681, 705, 720-721

Japanese, 453, 647

Eniwetok Atoll, 64, 83, 278, 314-315, 405, 408-409, 412-413, 420, 438, 526

Enterprise, 560

Equipment. See Supplies and equipment.

Ermilio, LCdr Dominick J., 594

Erskine, MajGen Graves B., 467, 565, 573-574, 577-581, 583-585, 588-590, 592-593, 602, 607, 610, 616-617, 627, 635, 647, 652, 659, 686, 691-692, 700-701, 703-704, 708, 711, 719

Espiritu Santo Island, 98-101, 430-431, 433, 438

Essex, 335, 435, 503

Estes, 493, 499

Ethiopia, 9

Europe, 5, 440, 729-731, 733, 737

Europeans, 444-445

European Theater, 714, 733

Evans, Lt E. Graham, 635

Evans, Maj Holly H., 574

Everglades, 35

Everton, Maj Loren D., 400, 412, 416

Ewa, 21, 41-42, 45-47

–F–

Fagan, Maj Richard, 558, 618

Fais, 434

Falalop Island, 433-434

Fanshaw Bay, 424

Far East, 6

Farrell, BGen Walter G., 46

Fascism, 8

Fascist dictatorships, 4

Fawell, LtCol Reed M., Jr., 505, 618

Feehan, Maj Harvey A., 522

Ferguson, Capt, 197

Fertig, Col Wendell W., 359, 381-382

Fields, Capt Thomas M., 620

Filipinos, 296, 347, 350, 381, 387

Forces, 348, 381, 407

Guerrillas, 348-352, 359, 361, 363, 365, 370-371, 375-377, 379-384, 386, 690

Fire direction centers, 153, 319, 611. See also Artillery.

Fitzgerald, Captain John I., Jr., 93

Five Brothers Ridge, 221, 224-226, 229-231, 233, 240, 244, 246, 254, 256-257, 260-261, 441

Five Sisters Hill, 157-158, 160, 221, 231, 237, 248, 250, 256-257

Flag raising (Iwo Jima), 542-543, 543n, 545, 593

Fleet Anchorage, 181

Fleet War Plans Division, 465

FLINTLOCK Operation, 401

Flock, Lt Charles F., 370

Florida, 35

Flyers. See Pilots.

FORAGER Operation, 61, 301, 422

Formosa, 6, 51, 62, 276, 293, 297-299, 321, 324, 335-337, 435, 450, 464-465, 476

Forrestal, Mr. James V., 442, 484, 564

Fort Bragg, N. C., 35-36

Fort, RAdm George H., 63, 83, 95, 104n, 165, 186, 211, 278-280, 286; VAdm, 78n

Fort Stotsenburg, 342

Forward observers, 153, 597, 628, 719. See also Artillery.

Fourteen Points, 7

Frame, Maj Donald P., 435

France, 4-7, 19, 443, 467

Frank, Mr. Benis M., 90n

Freeman, Col Calvin B., 398, 401, 407-408

Fremont, 165, 278

French Samoa, 398

Frogmen, 495, 497-498, 500

Fukudome, VAdm Shigeru, 298

Funafuti, 396, 398, 401-404

Futrell, Dr. Robert F., 486n

–G–

Gabbert, LtCol John T. L. D., 389

Gambier Bay, 405

Garakayo Islands, 242, 250

Garangaoi Cove, 173-174

Garapan Plain, 678

Garekoru, 59, 160, 190, 192-193, 195, 197-201

Gayle, Maj Gordon D., 208, 242

Geiger, BGen Roy S., 42, 45-46; MajGen, 25, 61, 63-64, 79, 89, 104, 131, 165, 175, 185-187, 211, 246, 252, 278-279, 286, 428, 433; LtGen, 31-32

Gela, 281

Geneva, Switzerland, 6

Geneva Conference, 7

Geneva Conventions, 377, 420

German colonies, 3, 6, 55

German General’s Plot, 729, 732

Germans, 395, 458, 675, 729-732, 735-736

German Siegfried Line, 443

German Sixth Army, 430

Germany, 4, 8-9, 67, 408, 430, 443, 729, 732 736

Gilbert Islands, 6, 23, 288, 395-396, 399-401, 404, 407, 415, 422, 443, 462, 731

Gilberts-Marshalls Operations, 407

Gilberts operation, 395-396, 399

Glidden, Maj Elmer G., Jr., 405

Godolphin, Capt Francis B., 343n, 344n

Gormley, LtCol John J., 119n, 121, 137

Gorokottan Island, 262

Goto, Major Ushio, 69, 163, 168-171, 176-177, 177n, 179-180,

Graham, Col Chester B., 471, 515, 557-558, 567, 569, 617, 627, 639

Great Britain, 4-6, 19

Great Depression, 9

Green Island, 363

Green, Maj Thomas C., 42

Griffin, Maj David R., 202n

Grinlinton Pond, 257-258, 261

Griswold, MajGen Oscar W., 352

Guadalcanal, 44-45, 52, 61, 77, 89-90, 94-97, 99, 101, 165, 237, 253, 266, 268, 284, 291-293, 305, 327, 389, 393, 410, 422, 428, 430-431, 438-439, 457, 466, 514, 678

Guam, 6, 25, 30-32, 36, 60-61, 63-64, 79, 184, 277, 279-280, 282, 310, 323, 388, 425-429, 429n, 438, 444, 466-469, 473, 477, 480, 483-484, 489, 505, 538, 564, 578, 597, 598n, 604, 612, 711, 731-734

Guimba, 342, 347

Guivan, 335

Guivan strip, 339

Gustafson, Maj John H., 141, 212

–H–

H. L. Edwards, 190

Haas, LtCol Ralph, 508, 517, 526

Hague Conventions, 377

Haha Jima, 496, 598

Haiti, 467

Hale, MajGen Willis H., 414

Halsey, Adm William F., 62-63, 65, 66n, 82, 102, 181, 245, 278, 286, 291, 293, 293n, 301, 303, 309, 325-326, 335, 420, 430, 435, 465

Hanneken, Col Herman H., 119, 130, 135, 137

Hankins, Col Joseph F., 233

Hanlon, Capt B. Hall, 492

Hansen, Lt John E., 402, 404, 536

Harding, President Warren G., 5, 7

Harmon, LtGen Millard F., 417, 464, 483

Harris, SSgt Charles E., 536

Harris, Col Harold D., 115, 122, 139, 141-143, 208, 237-238, 240, 240n, 241, 245, 254, 303; BGen, 115n

Harrison, Col William H., 104-105

Hart, BGen Franklin A., 505, 556

Hawaiian Islands, 6, 16-17, 23-24, 30-32, 45, 96, 162, 301, 314, 363, 400-401, 408-409, 436, 438, 445, 462, 468, 477-478, 482-483, 604-605, 612, 708, 713

Hawkins Field, 401, 404

Headley, Capt James C., 559, 650, 664

Headquarters, Marine Corps, 23, 27, 38, 221

Heinl, Maj Robert D., Jr., 589n

Hellzapoppin Ridge, 305, 346, 389

Henderson, Col Frederick P., 426n

Henderson Field, 45, 393, 428

Heritage, Maj Gordon W., 426-427

Hermle, BGen Leo D., 505, 516, 706

Higashi, 445, 673, 680

Higashi Rock, 495

Higashiyama, 159, 260. See also Walt’s Ridge.

Hall, RAdm Harry W., 466, 502, 524, 700, 714

Hill B, 222

Hill Oboe, 576-577, 616

Hill Peter, 574, 576-577, 616

Hill Row, 205

Hill 3, 214

Hill 80, 202, 204

Hill 100, 157, 199, 206-207

Hill 120, 234, 244

Hill 140, 244-246, 249, 254

Hill 165, 640

Hill 200, 146-147, 157

Hill 205, 147

Hill 210, 146-147

Hill 215, 637

Hill 260, 157

Hill 300, 224, 260. See also Kansokuyama. Hill 331, 589-590

Hill 357. 583-584

Hill 362, 590, 687

Hill 362A, 220, 581n, 616, 618, 621-623, 625-630

Hill 362B, 581, 582n, 583-584, 616, 629-632, 635, 691

Hill 362C, 445, 582n, 583, 585-586, 588, 591, 616, 684-685

Hill 382, 447, 455, 568, 572, 646-647, 649-663, 665, 668-669, 682

Hilo, Hawaii, 477, 482

Hiraiwa Bay, 474, 633

Hirohito, Emperor, 732, 736

Hitler, Adolph, 9, 729, 732

Hjerpe, Maj Carl W., 515

Hobby, 402, 404

Hodge, MajGen John R., 63, 318

Hoeck, 1stLt G. A., 638n

Hoffman, BGen Hugh, 344n,

Holcomb, Gen Thomas, 19, 44

Holland, TSgt R. B., 344n

Hollandia, 292, 310, 327

Home Islands, 39-40, 57, 428, 443-445, 448-450, 463, 466, 484, 493, 496, 597, 611, 618, 730-732. See also Japan.

Hong Kong, 6, 294, 435, 451

Honolulu, Hawaii, 476

Honolulu, 132

Honshu, 490

Honsowetz, LtCol Russell E., 147, 157

Hoover, President Herbert, 7, 246, 401, 414, 613, 710

Hoover, VAdm John H., 184; Adm, 64

Hope, Bob, 90n

Hopkins, Col Zebulon C., 304n, 334

Hori, Col Shizuichi, 457-458, 533n, 539n, 706, 706n, 707, 717n

Hough, Maj Frank O., 52, 150n

Houser, Maj Robert H., 559n, 562, 588

Hudson, LtCol Lewis C., 520, 548

Hungary, 8

Hunt, Capt George P., 110, 112-113, 144

Hurst, Maj E. Hunter, 119-120, 137, 226, 229, 234; LtCol, 197n

–I–

ICEBERG Operation, 465, 572

Ichimaru, RAdm Toshinosuka, 454, 461, 499, 499n, 564, 586, 669-670, 680, 702, 706, 706n

Idaho, 493, 496, 498, 500, 563, 565

IDENTICAL Island, 181n, 183-184

Ikeda, Col Masuo, 453, 562, 566, 643, 701-705, 710

Iloilo River, 375

Inaoka, Maj Masauru, 711

Independence, 396

Indianapolis, 281, 560

Indochina, 453, 730

Indonesia, 294, 358

Infantry

American, 87, 211, 240, 251, 273, 305, 307, 317, 352, 366-368, 371, 374-375, 379, 385-386, 423, 521, 531, 565, 567, 574, 576, 581-582, 584, 592, 608, 618, 621, 628, 633, 639, 647, 649-650, 657, 681, 686, 716, 720. See also Army units and Marine units.

Inoue, LtGen Sadae, 68-72, 76, 156, 159, 163, 169-170, 179, 180n, 190, 222, 232, 259, 263, 265, 285-286

Inouye, Capt Samaji, 457, 543, 586, 675, 677-680, 702, 706

Intelligence

American, 163, 173, 177, 183, 209, 271, 280, 284, 335-336, 340, 343, 349, 352, 359, 366, 368, 469, 472, 475-476, 489, 499, 523, 570, 638-639, 646, 651, 693, 698

Irwin, Maj Darrell D., 400

Islamic religion, 294

Island Mail, 409

Isolationism, 5, 8, 15

Italy, 4-9, 530, 733

Ivey, LtCol Thomas S., 314

Iwahig, 362

Iwo Jima Operation, 397, 465, 468, 472, 476, 435-438, 444-445, 447-449, 449n, 450-454, 454n, 455-459, 461, 462n, 463-469, 471-485, 485n, 486-487, 490-497, 500-504, 506, 510, 512, 514-519, 521-523, 525-528, 530-533, 535-543, 545-548, 550, 552-556, 559-565, 568-573, 577, 579-581, 586, 588, 592-593, 597-598, 598n, 600-605, 607-608, 610-614, 614n, 615-618, 620, 620n, 622-626, 628-631, 633-634, 636, 640-644, 646-647, 657, 669, 688, 691, 693-695, 697-715, 715n, 716-719, 721-729, 732, 736-738

Operation, 397, 465, 468, 472, 476, 482, 564, 482, 564, 579, 597, 601, 604, 617, 645, 710-711, 713, 715, 715n, 720, 722-723, 726, 735, 737

Izu Shoto, 444

–J–

Jack, Maj Samuel S., 42

Jaluit Airfield, 396

Jaluit Atoll, 412-414, 416, 420

Jaluit Island, 399, 405, 412, 415

Jaluit lagoon, 399

Japan 4-6, 8-10, 16, 23, 30, 32, 51, 54-55, 62, 67, 76, 241, 265, 276, 293-294, 296-297, 300, 326, 377, 405, 421, 430, 435-436, 348, 444-445, 448, 451, 453-454, 462-465, 476, 484, 489-491, 495, 598, 600-601, 614-615, 669, 683, 706, 711, 730-737.

invasion of, 387-388

Japanese, 57-58, 66, 117, 119, 121, 136, 138, 144-145, 147, 158, 160, 177, 190, 201-202, 207, 209, 212, 214, 216-219, 221-223, 225, 227-228, 230-232, 234-235, 237-238, 240-242, 246, 249-251, 253, 256-258, 261-264, 267-268, 270, 276-277, 279, 285, 287, 296-297, 300, 306, 310, 312, 314-315, 317-318, 320-325, 328-329, 332, 335-336, 340, 346, 348-352, 356-357, 359, 361, 366-367, 370, 372, 374, 376-377, 379, 382, 386-387, 389, 393, 395, 399-400, 407, 409-11, 413, 415-418, 420, 426, 430, 436, 445, 449n, 451, 474, 484, 490, 526, 543, 558, 602, 613, 624, 670, 688, 697-698, 700, 710-711, 735-737

Army-Navy relations, 732

bases, 52, 400, 417

civilians, 55, 265, 381, 445, 450, 453

diplomats, 737

Emperor, 8, 485, 730

Empire, 451, 700, 737

food, 530, 695

Imperial Government, 706

installations, 101, 108, 143, 279, 383, 414, 417, 490, 498-500, 514, 550, 719, 726

leaders, 443, 449, 730

mandated territory, 57

Military Academy, 457

military doctrine, 457

Minister of War, 324, 451, 732

morale, 332, 414, 682, 736

policy, 445, 614

phosphate plant, 172-174, 208, 216

Prime Minister, 707

repatriation, 265

Samurai family, 450

secret weapon, 736

strength, 163, 175, 180, 189, 258, 276, 285, 336, 340, 381, 458n, 472-473

surrender, 178, 222, 265, 421, 693, 704-705

thermal ray, 736

Tokyo Prefecture, 445

transportation system, 335

war effort, 730

war production, 450

weather station, 449, 456

Japanese Units

Imperial General Headquarters, 67-68, 70-71, 76, 297-298, 706

Army, 208, 221, 276, 297, 332, 361, 371, 383, 407, 448, 457, 614n, 620, 726, 732, 736

Kwantung Army, 67

Southern Area Army, 76

First Combined Air Force, 298. See also

First Air Fleet, Fourth Air Army

Fourth Air Army, 298, 337

Fourteenth Area Army, 298, 300, 340, 348, 358

Twenty-Third Army, 451

Thirty-First Army, 68, 76, 78, 449, 453

Thirty-Fifth Army, 298, 361

1st Infantry Division, 321

14th Infantry Division, 68

16th Infantry Division, 315

30th Infantry Division, 359

35th Infantry Division, 67-68

100th Infantry Division, 359

102nd Infantry Division, 361

109th Infantry Division, 433, 455, 475, 533n

1st Amphibious Brigade, 68

2nd Independent Mixed Brigade, 453, 457-

458, 569, 572, 647, 647n, 654, 693, 711

53rd Independent Mixed Brigade, 68-69

54th Independent Mixed Brigade, 359, 361

Infantry Regiments

2nd, 264 15th, 68-69

26th, 698 41st, 321 59th, 68-69

145th, 453, 562, 643, 701, 703, 705

26th Tank Regiment, 454-455, 590, 692

10th Independent Antitank Battalion, 553n

Independent Infantry Battalions

309th, 569, 647n, 651

310th, 572, 647

311th, 572, 647n

312th, 647n

314th, 572, 647n

346th, 69

Infantry Battalions

1/59, 163, 175

2/15, 69, 193, 195

3/15, 69, 135

3/17, 643 3/145, 659

Antiaircraft units

126th, 69

144th, 69

Miscellaneous

45th Guard Force Detachment, 69

Navy, 178, 208, 265, 276, 298, 300, 312, 319, 329, 439-440, 443, 449-450, 454n, 670, 677, 680, 732

Air Fleets

First, 298

Second, 298

Combined Fleet, 67, 76, 297-298, 407, 499, 701

Imperial Fleet, 64, 68, 297, 312, 319, 325, 407, 461, 493

First Mobile Fleet, 298

Second Fleet, 298

Third Fleet, 298

Fifth Fleet, 298

Sixth Fleet, 298

Chichi Jima Naval Base, 449

204th Naval Construction Battalion, 454

214th Naval Construction Battalion, 75, 208

Naval Guard Force, 457, 475, 677

Special Naval Landing Force, 379

Striking Force, 298

Special Attack Unit, 537. See also Kamikazes.

Miscellaneous

Angaur Sector Unit, 69, 166, 169

Antitank Battalion, 454

Cavalry, 451

Chichi Jima Branch, Army Fortification Department, 448

Demolition detachment, 592

Field Hospital, 647

Garrison units, 138, 163, 169-170, 178, 222, 237, 278, 358-359, 361-362, 377, 381, 387, 415, 448, 453, 493, 704

Anguar, 163, 165, 175, 179-180, 184

Chichi Jima, 449, 705

Iwo Jima, 458n, 537, 670, 700, 702

Leyte, 329

Peleliu, 76, 134, 189-190, 214, 232, 265

Imperial Guards, 451

Korean labor force, 69

Naval engineers, 221

Palau Sector Group, 68-71, 76

Parachute units, 450

Peleliu Area Unit, 222

Shimbu Group, 352

Special Counterattack units, 267

Special Counterlanding Force, 134

Stragglers, 376, 426, 664, 675, 692

Suicide Squads, 156

Suicide Swimmers, 561

Suribachi Sector Unit, 533

Volcano-Bonin Defense Sector, 475

Java, 297

Jeans, Capt Cloyd R., 402-403

Jerome, Col Clayton C., 219, 304, 336-337, 339, 352, 356, 363, 366-368, 372-373, 382, 390; BGen, 280n

Jeru, Capt George E., 85n

Johnson, LtCol Chandler W., 508, 539-540, 629

Johnson, Capt Robert C., 560

Johnson, Col Robert F., 711

Johnston Island, 21, 438

Joint Army-Navy Board, 16

Joint Chiefs of Staff, 24, 38, 51, 60, 62, 65, 151, 286, 292-293, 303, 462, 465, 733

Joint Expeditionary Forces, 62

Joint Intelligence Center (Pacific Ocean Areas), 30, 60

Joint Marine-Army training, 21

Joint Navy-Marine planning, 83

Joint Planning, 468

Joint Staff Planners, 464

Joint Staff Study, 50

Joint Training Forces

1st, 20

2nd, 21

Joint War Plans Committee, 462, 464

Jolo Island, 361, 378-380

Jordan, Col Walter I., 471, 519, 563, 567, 569, 659, 663, 665, 667, 672

June, Col Frank M., 433

Jungle Warfare. See Tactics.

–K–

Kabacan, 381

Kaempfer, Maj William P., 548

Kaido, Col Chosaku, 456

Kalinin Bay, 401, 407

Kaluf, Col John, 86n, 282n

Kama Rock, 603, 698

Kamikazes, 323-325, 328, 331, 336, 340, 459, 537, 718, 736

Kamilianlul Mountain, 210

Kamilianlul ridges, 202

Kaneohe, Hawaii, 398

Kangoku Rock, 472, 603, 698

Kansokuyama, 159, 235, 260. See also Hill 300.

Kauffman, Cdr D. L., 498n

Kavieng, 303, 444

Kazan Retto, 444

KEENSET, 181n, 183-184

Kellum, Maj William C., 433

Kenney, LtGen George C., 291-292, 301, 303, 326, 334, 362; Gen, 65n

Kenyon, Col Howard N., 564, 573, 582, 584, 687

Keokuk, 537

Kessing, Como Oliver O., 434

Kibawe Trail, 387

Kibbe, Cdr R. L., 102n

Kimes, Maj Ira L., 42

KING II Operation, 310, 315

King, Adm Ernest J., 35, 293, 395, 397, 462-463, 465

King, Maj John H., 329

Kingman, RAdm Howard F., 278

Kingsbury, Maj Robert T., III, 326n

Kinkaid, VAdm Thomas C., 303, 309, 326, 334

Kiska Operation, 467

Kita village, 445, 455-456, 633, 639, 695

Kitano Point, 447, 455, 459, 577, 593, 624, 640, 642-643, 684, 698, 691, 695, 698, 700

Knott, Maj Gordon H., 411

Koiso, Premier Kuniaki, 707n

Kojima, Cpl Kyutaro, 711

Kolombangara Island, 393

Kongauru Island, 211-212, 223, 250

Korea, 730

Korean civilians and laborers, 206, 209, 216, 222, 265, 276, 418, 420, 639, 711

Korean War, 718

Koror Island, 57, 62, 68, 71, 134, 166, 190, 232, 281, 433

Koror Town, 101

Kossol Passage, 57, 103, 232

Kossol Roads, 152, 287

Koyatau, Riichi, 543n

Krueger, LtGen Walter, 309, 321, 339, 348, 351, 357

Krulewitch, LtCol Melvin L., 681

Kumamoto, 659

Kuribayashi, Capt Tadamichi, 451; LtCol, 451; Col, 451; BGen, 451; MajGen, 451; LtGen, 450-451, 451n, 453-459, 475, 484, 493, 523, 525-528, 533, 537, 539, 546-547, 551, 556, 561, 568, 572, 584-586, 593, 615, 623, 628, 630, 633, 641-644, 669-670, 679, 682-683, 685, 695

Kuribayashi, Yoshii, 451n

Kurihama, 484

Kurihara, SgtMaj Masao, 237n

Kurile Islands, 415, 443

Kuroda, LtGen Shigenori, 298, 300

Kurpoat, Sgt Henry S., 516

Kwajalein, 400, 405, 407, 409, 411, 417, 438, 467

Kyushu, 39, 659

–L–

Lae, 451

Lake Aztec, 176

Lake Pinalay, 385

Lake Salome, 174

Lambrecht, LtCol Peter D., 326

Lanboyan Point, 365

Landing barges, 195

Landing craft. See also Ships.

American, 19, 35, 181, 184, 195, 241, 267, 503, 508, 522, 548, 601, 607, 634, 725

Types

LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry), 108, 135, 166, 171, 497-498, 503, 554, 727

LCI(G) Landing Craft, Infantry (Gunboat), 132, 166, 496-497, 503, 626, 708

LCI(M) (Landing Craft, Infantry, (Mortar), 166, 504, 523, 555

LCI(R) (Landing Craft, Infantry, (Rocket), 315, 504, 530

LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized), 88, 166, 516

LCP (Landing Craft, Personnel), 85

LCT (Landing Craft, Tank), 35, 84, 272, 459, 602

LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel), 19, 34-35, 85, 88, 127, 166, 516, 518, 522, 542

Japanese, 195, 258, 278

Landing exercises and techniques, 17, 19

Landing forces, 269, 731

Lang, Lt Frank C., 413

Lanigan, Col John R., 471, 509, 519-520, 549-551, 555, 649-650, 660, 663, 671, 692, 694

Larkin, LtCol Claude A., 42; Col, 45; BGen, 46; MajGen, 303, 388

Larsen, MajGen Henry L., 428

Lauesen, Lt Christian F., 402

LCI-392, 418, 420

LCI-394, 420

LCI-438, 497

LCI-449, 497

LCI-450, 498

LCI-457, 498

LCI-466, 498

LCI-469, 498

LCI-474, 497

LCI-479, 420

LCI-484, 420

LCI-491, 420

League of Nations, 4-5, 7, 9, 55, 66

Leek, LtCol Frederick E., 372-373, 373n

Lehnert, Lt Robert E., 402

Lejeune, MajGen John A., 16

Letcher, Col John S., 652; BGen, 480n, 605n, 614n, 624n

Lethbridge Report, 612n

Leutze, 497

Lexington, 40-42

Leyte, 54, 181, 287, 291, 294, 301, 303, 309-310, 312, 315-327, 330-335, 339, 342, 358-359, 361, 363, 366-367, 377-378, 381, 443, 443, 461, 734

Leyte Gulf, 300, 310, 312, 318, 330, 335-337, 366

Leyte Operation, 314, 318, 320, 323, 328, 332-334, 345, 358

Lighthouse Hill. See Palomas Hill.

Line of departure, 84, 505-506, 517, 522, 615, 649

Lingayen, 337, 339, 342, 348

Lingayen Airfield, 339

Lingayen Gulf, 334-335, 337, 342

Liscome Bay, 396

LITHARGE, 181n, 183-184

Little Slot, 221

Liversedge, Col Harry B., 471, 509, 512, 528, 530, 539, 545, 625

Logistics, 82, 476, 716, 725

London Naval Treaty, 7

Los Angeles, Calif., 454

Los Negros, 363

LOSSAU, 183

Loud, Cdr Wayne R., 63

Louisville, 106, 190, 278, 281

Lovell, Stanley P., 612n

Low Countries, 19

Lowery, Sgt Louis R., 542

LSM 216,517-518

LST 776, 436-437

LST 477, 537

LST 779, 543, 552

LST 807, 560

LST 929, 479

LST 930, 479

LST 931, 479

LST 1032, 552

LST 1033, 479

Lummus, lstLt Jack, 640-641

Lunge Point, 537

Luzon, 21, 62, 287, 291, 293-294, 296-298, 303, 312, 324, 327, 331-332, 334-337, 339-343, 348-349, 351-352, 356-358, 361, 366, 368, 370, 377, 382-383, 433, 435, 443, 457, 465, 734-735, 737

Luzon Operation, 332, 334, 348, 353, 357, 715

Lyman, Col E. L., 248n

–M–

MacArthur, Gen Douglas, 9, 24, 51-52, 54, 62, 65, 181, 286, 296, 301, 303, 309, 326, 333, 336-337, 342-343, 358, 386, 390, 465, 732-735

MacFarlane, LtCol Robert E., 521

Mackay, Maj Malcolm S., 437; LtCol, 438, 597

Magai Channel, 183

Main Valley, 221

Major, Col Harold C., 388

Majuro Atoll, 400, 400n, 405, 407, 438

Makin Island, 396, 398-399, 400n, 408, 412

Malabang Field, 383

Malabang landing, 373n

Malacanan Palace, 343

Malakal, 57, 281

Malanaphy, Cdr Michael J., 492

Malaya, 730

Malayan, 55, 294

Malaybaley, 385

Maloelap Airfield, 396, 405

Maloelap Atoll, 412-413, 415

Manchuria, 9, 67-68, 454, 458, 463, 730

Mangaldan, 337, 339-340, 342, 352, 356-357, 370, 373, 381-383

Mangaldan Field, 339, 354

Manila, 294, 296, 303, 334, 342-344, 346-347, 349, 351-354

Liberation of, 348

Manila Bay, 296, 354

Manila Bay, 423

Manila, John, 514. See also Basilone, GySgt John.

Manus Island, 83, 315

Maps and charts, Japanese, 472

Marakina Watershed, 354

Marcus Island, 283n, 444

Marianas, 3, 6, 25-26, 30, 51, 54, 60, 67-68, 70, 292-293, 301, 395, 397, 416, 422, 428-429, 436, 443-444, 449, 453, 462-464, 466-468, 477-478, 483, 485, 495, 500, 504, 527, 559, 592, 598, 600, 604, 614, 713, 717-718, 723, 731-733

Marianas Operation, 26, 60, 62, 64, 84, 86, 153, 424, 465

Marianas Turkey Shoot, 423

Marine units

Air

Aircraft, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, 2730, 40, 47, 433

Marine Aircraft, Hawaiian Area, 46

Marine Aircraft, Northern Solomons, 301, 303, 387, 388

Marine Aircraft, South Pacific, 46

Marine Aircraft, Defense Force, Samoan Area, 46

Marine Fleet Air, West Coast, 27, 30, 4546

Marine Garrison Air Force, Western Carolines, 431

Marine Air Support Control Units, Amphibious Forces, Pacific, 48

Marine Aircraft Wings, Pacific, 28, 44-47, 99

1st Marine Aircraft Wing, 27, 41-47, 301, 303-304, 312, 347, 362, 387-389

2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 27, 41-42, 4447, 98, 98n, 99, 212, 377, 388, 425, 430-431

3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, 27, 46-47

4th Marine Aircraft Wing, 27, 44-47, 398-399, 401, 404n, 412, 414, 416, 420, 422, 425

Marine Aircraft Wings, Pacific, Service Group, 44-45

Marine Carrier Groups, Aircraft, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, 47, 423, 434-435

Marine Aircraft Groups, 340, 342

Marine Aircraft Group 11, 42, 98, 100-101, 127, 282, 430

Marine Aircraft Group 12, 326-333, 335, 339, 342, 359, 362-363, 365-368, 372-373, 378, 390

Marine Aircraft Group 13, 398, 400, 407

Marine Aircraft Group 14, 334-335, 339, 359, 362-363, 375-376, 390

Marine Aircraft Group 15, 413, 437

Marine Aircraft Group 21, 42, 393, 426-429

Marine Aircraft Group 22, 401, 411

Marine Aircraft Group 23, 45

Marine Aircraft Group 24, 303-304, 306-308, 335, 337, 339, 342-344, 347-349, 354, 356-357, 362-363, 368, 373, 382, 384, 387-389, 735

Marine Aircraft Group 25, 98, 430

Marine Aircraft Group 31, 398, 400, 407-408

Marine Aircraft Group 32, 303-304, 335, 339, 342-344, 347-349, 352, 354, 356-357, 359, 362-363, 366-368, 371, 373, 378, 388, 390

Marine Aircraft Group 41, 45

Marine Aircraft Group 42, 45

Marine Aircraft Group 43, 45

Marine Aircraft Group 44, 45

Marine Aircraft Group 45, 433-434

Marine Aircraft Group 51, 47, 423

Marine Aircraft Group 61, 327, 363, 388

Second Marine Aircraft Group (Oahu), 20

Marine Aircraft Group (Dagupan), 339, 350, 354, 356, 368

Marine Aircraft Groups (Mindanao), 368

Marine Aircraft Groups (Zamboanga), 370-374, 382, 384, 388

Marine Aircraft Service Group 48, 435

Marine Aircraft Support Groups, 47

Provisional Air Support Command, 47

Landing Force Air Support Control Unit, 503, 605, 611, 719

Marine Base Defense Aircraft Group 45, 98n, 433

Marine Base Defense Aircraft Group 48 47, 423

Base Air Detachment 3, 42

AWS-1, 411

AWS-2, 429

AWS-3, 363, 383

AWS-4, 363, 366, 368

AWS-5, 425

Headquarters Squadron, Marine Aircraft Wings, Pacific, 44-46

HqSqn-11, 101

HqSqn-12, 45

VMB-413, 363, 388

VMB-423, 388

VMB-433, 363, 388

VMB-611, 363, 373-374, 380, 386

VMB-612, 429, 436, 485

VMF-111, 42, 398, 400, 400n, 412

VMF-113, 400, 411-412, 416

VMF-114, 99, 101, 210-211, 226, 232, 241-242, 256, 259, 283-284, 430, 432-433

VMF-115, 326, 329, 363, 368, 378

VMF-121, 42, 99, 101, 430

VMF-122, 99, 101, 228, 430

VMF-124, 335, 435-436, 503

VMF-151, 398

VMF-155, 417

VMF-211, 42, 326, 328-329, 363, 368, 378, 383

VMF-212, 334, 340, 363

VMF-213, 335, 435

VMF-216, 427, 429

VMF-217, 427, 429

VMF-218, 326, 328-329, 363, 368, 383

VMF-221, 42

VMF-222, 334, 340, 363, 375-376

VMF-223, 334, 363, 375-376

VMF-224, 398, 400, 408, 416

VMF-225, 427, 429

VMF-241, 398

VMF-251, 363, 375-376

VMF-252, 42

VMF-311, 398

VMF-312, 433

VMF-313, 326, 328-330, 363, 368, 378

VMF-321, 429

VMF-422, 398, 401, 403-404, 409-411

VMF-441, 398, 400, 416

VMF(N)-531, 400

VM.F(N)-532, 400, 408, 411, 413, 425

VMF(N)-534, 427, 429

VMF(N)-541, 99, 259, 326-328, 330, 333, 430, 432

VMF(N)-542, 433-434

VMJ-152, 42

VMJ-252, 413

VMJ-353, 397-398, 413

VMO squadrons, 718

VMO-1, 426-427, 429

VMO-2, 424-425, 429

VMO-3, 153, 432

VMO-4, 424-425, 436-437, 595, 646, 650, 665, 671

VMO-5, 436-437, 595

VMO-151, 42

VMO-251, 42, 334-335

VMR-253, 429, 438-439, 604

VMR-353, 438, 604

VMR-952, 437-438, 597, 604

VMS-3, 42

VMSB-131, 42

VMSB-132, 42

VMSB-133, 339, 346, 383, 385, 388

VMSB-142, 339, 346, 353, 370, 380, 383

VMSB-151, 398, 411

VMSB-231, 42, 405, 412

VMSB-232, 42

VMSB-236, 339, 370, 378, 380, 388

VMSB-241, 339, 346, 353, 383-385, 388

VMSB-243, 339, 353, 363, 380

VMSB-244, 339, 353, 383, 388

VMSB-331, 398-399, 407, 412n, 418

VMSB-341, 339, 353, 380, 383

VMSB-354, 420

VMTB-131, 367, 429

VMTB-134, 100-101

VMTB-232, 433-434

VMTB-242, 429, 598

Ground

Fleet Marine Force, 10, 17, 19, 21, 23-29, 32-33, 36, 38-40, 44, 47-48, 464, 466-461, 476, 489

Headquarters, Fleet Marine Force, 17, 26-27, 30-31, 36, 38-39, 46

Amphibious Corps, Atlantic Fleet, 20, 467

Department of the Pacific, 38

Administrative Command, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, 26-27, 30

Marine Garrison Force, 246, 475

Amphibious Training Staff, FMFPac, 21

Headquarters and Service Battalion, FMFPac, 27

Marine Supply Service, FMFPac, 477

Service Command, FMFPac, 30

Supply Service, FMFPac, 27-28, 30, 477

Transient Center (Marianas Area), FMFPac, 31

Marine Corps Expeditionary Force, 16-17

Marine Service of Supply, Amphibious Troops, Pacific, 24

Expeditionary Troops, 83, 162, 181, 469, 471, 474, 484, 607, 714

Force Amphibian Tractor Group, 27

Force Antiaircraft Artillery, 27

Force Artillery, 27

Force Reserve, 27

Force Service Troops, 27

Fleet Base Defense Force, 17

FMF Transient Center, 27

I Marine Amphibious Corps, 3, 21, 23-25

II Marine Amphibious Corps, 24

X-Ray Provisional Amphibious Corps, 61, 64, 78-79

Redesignated III Amphibious Corps, 66

III Amphibious Corps, 25-27, 30, 61, 6364, 79, 88, 96, 162-163, 165, 168, 177, 181, 186-187, 246, 252, 278n, 430

V Amphibious Corps, 23-27, 30, 38-39, 61, 162, 300-301, 425, 436, 466-469, 471, 471n, 472-473, 476-480, 482-483, 489, 491-492, 504, 522, 522n, 523, 525-526, 528, 547-549, 554-557, 560-561, 563-565, 565n, 567-569, 571-573, 577-579, 579n, 580, 583, 585-588, 593, 597-598, 603, 605, 608, 608n, 610, 624, 629, 633, 635, 638, 643n, 644, 647, 670-672, 685, 700n, 711-712, 714, 719-721, 723, 725

Administrative Command, 24-25

Supply Service, 25

V Corps Artillery, 301, 314, 316-319, 323, 565, 574, 580, 605, 708, 720

I Corps Supply Service, 25

III Corps Headquarters and Troops, 27

V Corps Headquarters and Troops, 27

1st Marine Division, 19-20, 27, 34, 36, 63, 77-79, 83, 86, 89, 94, 96, 100, 106, 127, 130, 138, 158-159, 161-162, 165, 185, 187, 200, 209, 216, 218, 223, 225, 227, 232, 236, 240, 245, 249-251, 253-254, 266, 269, 271, 274-275, 277, 281-283, 283n, 284, 286, 430, 433, 734

2nd Marine Division, 19, 27, 34, 97, 266, 395-396, 425, 464

3rd Marine Division, 27, 389, 437, 464, 467-469, 471, 473, 478n, 483-484, 515, 525, 537, 553-555, 558, 563-565, 565n, 572-579, 579n, 580-582, 582n, 583-587, 589-593, 616-617, 623, 626-627, 630, 634, 638, 644n, 645, 647, 649, 652, 655, 659, 672-673, 676, 680, 684, 686, 688-689, 691, 701-702, 704, 708, 711, 711n, 712

4th Marine Division, 27, 400, 407-408, 423, 425, 437, 466-469, 471, 471n, 472-473, 478n, 479n, 482-483, 498, 502, 505-506, 508-509, 517-518, 521, 523, 525-526, 528, 549, 551-552, 554-558, 560-561, 563-564, 565n, 569-571, 595, 602-603, 605, 616, 636n, 642, 644n, 645-647, 649-652, 654, 657-661, 665, 668-677, 680-683, 692-693, 695, 702, 708, 711n, 712, 714, 725

5th Marine Division, 25, 27, 64, 437, 467-469, 471-473, 478n, 479n, 480, 482-484, 498, 502, 505-506, 508-509, 512, 516-517, 521, 525, 528, 549, 551-552, 554-558, 560-561, 563-565, 565n, 567, 569, 571, 573, 575-579, 579n, 580-581, 581n, 582n, 583-587, 591-592, 602-603, 605, 616-618, 620, 622, 624, 626-627, 629-636, 636n, 637-638, 640-641, 643-644, 644n, 645, 658, 676, 686, 688, 691, 695, 697-698, 700-705, 707, 711n, 712, 714, 725

6th Marine Division, 27

1st Marine Brigade, 17, 19, 344n

2nd Marine Brigade, 17, 19, 344n

1st Marines, 80-86, 91, 110, 116, 122, 126, 130, 134, 141, 143-146, 148, 155-159, 161, 186-187, 189, 192, 201, 223-224, 228, 237, 280, 467

3rd Marines, 564, 565n, 573, 607-608, 608n 5th Marines, 80, 91, 96, 115-116, 118, 122, 126, 128-129, 134, 139, 141-143, 146, 148, 152, 155, 185, 201, 204-205, 207, 210, 214, 218, 223, 236-238, 240, 242, 249-250, 252, 254, 593

6th Marines, 467

7th Marines, 19, 80-81, 96, 118, 121, 126-127, 129-130, 134, 138, 146, 148, 153, 155, 185, 192, 200, 207, 216, 222-228, 233-234, 236-238, 252, 269, 276

9th Marines, 564, 573-578, 581-585, 587-588, 590-592, 617-618, 648, 665, 667, 672, 686-687, 690, 711

11th Marines, 80, 91, 94, 105, 129, 153, 202, 207, 233, 250

12th Marines, 573, 579, 579n, 580, 587, 589, 697

13th Marines, 472, 482, 515-516, 521, 548, 554, 579n, 617, 621, 624-625, 627-628, 636, 643, 697, 701

14th Marines, 472, 545, 552, 560, 568, 579n, 587, 655, 671, 675-676, 697

20th Marines, 408

21st Marines, 305-306, 484, 515, 551, 554-559, 561-563, 565-567, 573-575, 578, 580-588, 590-591, 593, 623, 636, 647, 655-656, 690-691, 701, 711

22nd Marines, 408

23rd Marines, 471, 509, 517-519, 521, 549-551, 554-558, 647, 649-652, 654-656, 658-659, 661-662, 665, 667-670, 672, 674-678, 680-681, 692, 694

24th Marines, 471-472, 519, 521, 557, 563, 565, 567-569, 647-648, 659-661, 663, 666-668, 671, 673, 675-681

25th Marines, 471, 471n, 509, 519-521, 648-551, 554-557, 560, 647, 649-651, 656, 658, 660-661, 664-665, 669-670, 673, 675-676, 678, 680-682, 692, 694

26th Marines, 469-471, 484, 515, 549, 557-558, 561, 565-567, 569, 575, 616-618, 620-621, 627, 629-636, 639, 643, 699-703, 706-707

27th Marines, 471-472, 509, 513-515, 548-550, 554-557, 621-623, 625, 633-636, 638, 642-643, 686, 697-702, 707

28th Marines, 471, 482, 509-510, 512-513, 516, 528, 530-531, 533-534, 536, 538-539, 542, 545, 547, 553, 624-628, 630, 632-633, 635, 637, 640, 642-643, 697, 699-701, 703, 707

29th Marines, 39

Field Depots

1st, 28 3rd, 28 5th, 28, 477

7th, 28

8th, 28, 478, 602, 708, 725

16th, 28, 86, 99, 150, 225, 246, 282

Base Depots

4th, 28

6th, 28, 477

1st Provisional Field Artillery Group, 652

Amphibian Tractor Battalions

1st, 28, 92, 229, 252, 271

2nd, 28 3rd, 28 4th, 28 5th, 28 6th, 28, 93

8th, 28 10th, 28 11th, 28, 643

Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion, 698

Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions

1st, 27 2nd, 27 3rd, 27 4th, 27 5th, 27 7th, 27, 175, 179

8th, 27 9th, 27 10th, 27 11th, 27 12th, 27, 265

14th, 27 15th, 28 16th, 28 17th, 28 18th, 28

Armored Amphibian Battalions

1st, 28

2nd, 28, 472, 505, 618, 648, 671, 698, 721

3rd, 28, 93, 242, 252

Artillery Battalions

1/11, 80

1/12, 575, 686

1/13, 515, 639

1/14, 521-522, 555, 573, 575, 661, 668

2/11, 80, 116, 123, 195, 228

2/13, 515

2/14, 521-522, 652, 668

3/11, 80, 129, 153, 269

3/13, 515-516, 531

3/14, 521-522, 552, 668

4/11, 86, 248, 252, 254

4/12, 708

4/13, 515, 574, 578

4/14, 472, 522, 552, 668

Base Headquarters Battalions

1st, 28

3rd, 28

Defense Battalions, 19, 21, 43

52nd, 28

Engineer Battalions

1st Separate, 28, 114, 204

2nd Separate, 28, 595, 720

1st, 152, 156, 204, 240

3rd, 573

4th, 647

5th, 545, 628

Infantry Battalions

1/1, 114, 144-147, 157-159, 161, 189

1/5, 115-117, 122-124, 126, 139, 141, 143, 201-202, 204-205, 209, 214, 216-217, 236-237, 240, 250

1/7, 119, 119n, 121, 129n, 135-138, 159-160, 190, 200, 210, 212, 223-229, 231, 236, 250-252

1/9, 574-577, 581-582, 586, 590-591, 685-688

1/21, 306, 558-559, 559n, 562, 578, 580, 582-586, 588-589, 591-592, 626, 686, 691

1/23, 508, 517-519, 526, 548, 550, 554, 558, 647, 649, 652, 654-656, 658, 660, 665, 667, 671-672, 674, 680, 687, 692, 779

1/24, 519-521, 547-548, 550-551, 555, 557, 559-560, 568-569, 647-648, 658, 660-662, 666-667, 672, 674-676, 680-681

1/25, 508, 519-520, 526, 547, 550-551, 554-555, 559, 650-651, 654, 656-657, 660, 664-665, 667, 671, 673-675, 681-682, 694

1/26, 515, 547, 549, 554, 557, 567, 617, 621, 623, 633-635, 638-641, 697, 703, 706-707

1/27, 508, 513-514, 549, 554-555, 621-623, 633-634, 636, 642

1/28, 508-510, 512-514, 525n, 526, 530, 534, 536, 538, 543, 545, 625-626, 629-630, 637, 640, 643, 707

2/1, 110, 113-115, 123, 126, 134, 144-147, 157-159, 229

2/5, 117-118, 123, 126, 139, 141-143, 201, 205-206, 208-209, 216-217, 232-233, 237-238, 241-242, 244-246

2/7, 80, 119, 130-131, 138, 144, 146-147, 157, 159-160, 190, 207, 224-231, 234, 236, 251-252

2/9, 574-575, 575n, 576-577, 581-582, 585-586, 590-592, 684, 686, 688

2/21, 558-559, 562, 566-567, 578, 580, 582-587, 591, 686, 691

2/23, 508, 517-519, 550, 554, 558, 647, 654-655, 658, 667, 672-674, 676-681, 692

2/24, 519, 547, 549, 554, 557, 567-568, 636n, 647-648, 658-663, 665-668, 672, 675-676, 680-682, 693-694

2/25, 520, 547-548, 550-551, 555, 559, 561, 567, 647-650, 654, 656-658, 664-665, 667, 669-670, 673, 681-682, 693-694

2/26, 561, 567, 617-618, 620, 624, 626-627, 629-631, 635, 699-700

2/27, 508, 513-515, 549, 557, 561, 617-618, 621, 623, 636-637, 639-642

2/28, 508-510, 512-514, 530-531, 535-536, 538-540, 543, 625-630, 633, 637, 640-641, 707

3/1, 110, 113, 144-145, 147, 156-157, 159-160, 187, 189, 192, 197

3/4, 522

3/5, 116-117, 119-120, 126, 128, 139, 141-143, 148, 201-202, 205, 210-212, 214, 228-229, 231-232, 237, 240, 246, 249-251, 433

3/7, 116-119, 119n, 120-121, 134-138, 141, 159-160, 192-193, 195, 197-200, 224-225, 227-229, 231, 234, 236-238, 252, 697

3/9, 575, 575n, 576, 578, 580-583, 585-593, 626, 629-631, 685-687

3/21, 566-567, 576, 578, 580-581, 585-587, 591-592, 685-687

3/23, 518-519, 547, 556, 558, 647, 649, 651-655, 658, 660, 664, 667, 671-672

3/24, 520-521, 567-568, 647-650, 656, 659-661, 665-667, 672, 676-677, 681

3/25, 508, 519-521, 547-548, 550, 555, 559, 561, 650-651, 654, 657-658, 664, 667, 669-671, 673, 680-682, 693

3/26, 558, 567, 617-618, 626-627, 630-631, 635-636, 639, 643, 699-700, 703, 707

3/27, 515, 547, 549, 554, 621, 623, 625, 633, 637, 643, 691, 703, 706-707

3/28, 512-513, 530-531, 534-536, 538-540, 625-626, 629-630, 633, 637, 643, 701, 703, 706-707

1st Medical Battalion, 148, 251

Motor Transport Battalions

1st, 88, 252

5th, 643

155-mm Howitzer Battalions

1st, 27

2nd, 27, 552

3rd, 27, 80, 153, 254

4th, 27

5th, 27, 314-319, 320n, 322

155-mm Gun Battalions

7th, 27

8th, 27, 80, 153, 254

9th, 27

10th, 27

11th, 27, 314, 316-317, 319n

12th, 27

Pioneer Battalions

1st, 84, 86, 147, 152, 225, 282

3rd, 573, 602

5th, 703, 708, 710, 724

1st Seacoast Artillery Battalion, 28

1st Service Battalion, 86, 282

Service and Supply Battalions

1st, 28

2nd, 28

3rd, 28

4th, 28

Tank Battalions

1st, 88, 115, 124, 155, 228, 272

3rd, 484, 573-574, 578, 581, 591, 685, 687-688

4th, 472, 509, 517, 519, 548-550, 555, 560, 647-648, 650, 666-668, 676

5th, 472, 512-515, 531, 538, 549, 554, 560, 565, 618, 625-628, 631, 639, 641

Provisional Battalion, 675, 681

4th Provisional Battalion, 681

Amphibian Truck Companies

4th, 521

5th, 516

2nd Bomb Disposal Company, 600

Joint Assaut Signal Company (JASCO), 103, 282, 332, 384

4th Joint Assault Signal Company, 277

War Dog Platoons,

4th, 158

6th, 624

1st Provisional Rocket Detachment, 662, 655

3rd Rocket Detachment, 621

Demolition teams, 135-137, 156, 169, 209, 214, 216, 226, 262, 271, 531, 621, 633, 636, 649, 667, 685, 689, 697, 706

Marine Detachment (Provisional), U.S. Army Forces, Western Pacific, 39

Marine Detachment, Sixth Army, 39

Marine Detachment, Tenth Army, 38

Marine Detachment (Provisional), Marianas Area, 31

1st Division Military Police Company, 233

7th Marines Weapons Company, 224, 227

Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, N.C., 20, 100

Marine Corps Air Station, Mojave, Calif., 45, 47, 423

Marine Corps Base, San Diego, Calif. 17

Marine Corps Equipment Board, 17, 35

Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Va., 17, 60

Marshall, General of the Army George C., 614

Marshalls, 3, 16, 48, 54, 60, 67, 85n, 110, 279, 288, 292, 315, 392, 395-396, 399-400, 400n, 401, 405, 407-409, 411-414, 416-417, 420-422, 428, 449, 462, 466-467, 478, 713, 718, 731, 733

Masilay, 371

Mason, Col Arthur T., 172n

Matsunaga, RAdm Teiichi, 451

Matsushita, Maj Nagahiko, 533n.

Maui, 468, 482-483

McAloney, Capt Samuel H., 344n, 351n, 368, 378-379

McBroom, Maj Robert B., 89

McCarthy, LCdr Daniel J., 538

McCaul, Maj Vernon J., 42; Col, 304, 363, 388 ; LtGen, 304n

McConaughy, Capt James L., Jr., 351-352, 379

McCutcheon, LtCol Keith B., 304, 306-307, 337, 343, 372, 382, 389; MajGen, 343n, 373n

McGlothlin, Maj Joe H., 329, 401-402

McQuade, Maj Thomas J., 42

Mears, Capt Dwayne E., 510

Meat Grinder, 616, 645, 647-648, 651, 661, 682

Medical Activities, 55, 83, 139, 142-143, 148, 150-151, 185, 225, 227, 234-235, 238, 266, 274-275, 398-399, 427, 431, 438, 477, 517, 525, 536, 545, 551, 557, 567, 569, 597, 602-604, 610, 613, 629, 635, 642, 648, 668, 677-678, 682, 689, 699, 721-723, 761

Mee, Maj Fenton, 5; LtCol, 525n, 555, 650, 653, 656, 660, 674

Megee, Col Vernon E., 47-48, 503-504, 504n, 597; Gen, 598n

Melanesian, 55

Merritt, Col Lewie G., 45; BGen, 388, 398, 401, 414, 416

Meyer, Col Lyle H., 303, 307, 339, 356, 387

Micronesia, 16, 54-55

Middle Village, 174

Midway, 17, 21, 342, 401, 438-439

Mille Airstrip, 396

Mille Atoll, 400n, 405, 412-413, 415, 418, 421

Miller, Sgt P. J., 344n, 479

Miller, Lt Roy G., 320, 436

Millington, LtCol William A., 435-436, 503-504, 506

Mills, LtCol James E., 314; Col, 319n

Minami village, 445, 447, 459, 568, 642, 646, 648, 650, 660, 666, 673, 676, 682

Mindanao, 52, 64-65, 291-293, 303, 309, 321, 332, 356-359, 361-363, 365-366, 374, 380-388, 390, 733-734

Mindoro Island, 331, 334, 336, 358, 363, 381

Mississinewa, 434

Missoula, 540

Mitchell, Maj Norman L., 259

Mitchell, MajGen Ralph J., 46, 301, 303n, 312, 314, 326, 334-335, 362-363, 387

Mitscher, RAdm Marc A., 405, 493, 495-496, 717; VAdm, 64, 102

Moluccas, 52

Monte Cassino, 530

Monitor, 314

Montgomery, Field Marshal Sir Bernard L., 307-308

Moore, BGen Ernest, 598, 708

Moore, Maj James B., 400

Moore, MajGen James T., 47, 98-99, 430-431, 433, 598n

Moran, Lt Robert P., 402-403

Moret Field. 367-368, 370-374, 379-384, 388

Moret, Capt Paul, 42; LtCol, 367

Morison, Samuel Eliot, 715n

Mormacport, 101

Moro guerrillas, 379

Morotai Island, 52, 62, 65, 293, 309-310, 381, 733-734

Mortimer Valley, 260

Moses, Col Martain, 318

Motoyama Plateau, 471, 571-574, 577, 579, 632

Motoyama tableland, 580, 593

Motoyama village, 445, 447, 449n, 459, 539, 574, 577-578, 581, 584-586, 634, 684, 686

Mt. Bangkal, 379

Mt. Daho, 379-380

Mt. Dato, 379

Mt. Mataba, 353-254

Mt. McKinley, 106, 187

Mt. Olympus, 106, 108, 278, 314

Mt. Oyama, 262

Mt. Patikul, 379

Mt. Suribachi, 453, 455-459, 469, 471, 473, 483, 487, 495-498, 500, 502-503, 508-510, 512-513, 516, 525-526, 528, 530-531, 533, 533n, 534-540, 542-543, 545, 547, 553, 564-565, 593, 604, 611, 618, 624-626, 634, 646, 677-679, 700, 726

Mudge, MajGen Verne D., 343n, 344n, 347, 352

Mueller, MajGen Paul J., 63, 165, 168-169, 171-173, 175, 177, 179, 181, 186, 211. 232n, 237n, 252, 254, 259n, 260-262, 263n, 264, 278

Mugai Channel, 181

Mulcahy, Col Francis P., 46; MajGen, 47, 388

Munda Airstrip, 428

Munday, Maj Jack R., 123n, 129n

Munich Settlement, 9

Murahori, lstLt, 190

Murai, MajGen Kenjiro, 70, 259, 263; LtGen, 264

Murphy, LCdr Raymond P., 595

Murray, Maj Clay, 559n, 562

Murray, 420

Mussolini, Benito, 9

Mustain, LtCol Hollis U., 508, 519, 550, 555

–N–

Nakagawa, Col Kunio, 68-70, 72, 146-148, 156-157, 159, 161, 169, 179, 217, 219, 222, 225, 229-230, 233, 235, 245, 248-249, 258, 260-264; LtGen, 267

Nakayama, 146. See also Hill 200.

Namur Island, 407. See also Roi-Namur. Nanomea, 396, 401-402, 404

Nanpo Shoto, 444-445, 464

Nansei Shoto, 465

Napalm, 92, 92n, 136, 153, 169

Napp, Cdr Emil E., 90n

Nashville, 311

Natives, 265, 317, 365, 398, 402, 404, 418, 420

Natoma Bay, 423

Nauru, 396, 399, 415

Navajo Marine Code Talkers, 620, 620n, 621, 719

Naval gunfire, 17, 34, 36, 63, 78, 83, 94, 103-105, 108, 112, 119n, 135, 137, 146, 153, 162, 166, 168-169, 177, 190, 208, 210, 221, 278-279, 280-282, 288, 314, 368, 404, 475, 483, 486-487, 489-493, 495, 501, 504-505, 512, 534, 536, 547-550, 555-556, 558, 562-563, 567, 573, 576, 579n, 582, 584, 587, 589, 605, 611, 617, 620-621, 623, 633, 638, 640, 643, 646, 648, 654, 658, 661-662, 668, 671-672, 674, 684, 714-719, 726

Naval liaison officers, 282

Naval liaison parties, 308

Naval losses, 312

Naval Treaty of 1922, 4, 6

Naval War College, 15

Navy, 13, 24, 41, 63-64, 278, 307, 325, 334, 342, 388, 430, 436, 452, 670, 714, 732, 734

Bureau of Aeronautics, 41

Bureau of Naval Personnel, 279

General Board of the Navy, 14, 20, 40, 43

Navy Units. See also Task Organizations. U.S. Fleet, 17, 395, 735

Atlantic Fleet, 19-20

Pacific Fleet, 19, 23, 184, 734

Third Fleet, 63-64, 102, 245, 278, 293, 300, 303, 309, 334-336, 430, 435

Fifth Fleet, 23, 68, 70, 77, 101, 422, 435, 466, 491, 502

Seventh Fleet, 300-301, 307, 309, 326, 335

Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet, 20

Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet, 21, 23, 467

Amphibious Support Force, 483, 492, 502

Attack Forces

Eastern, 63

Luzon, 336

Northern, 25, 502

Southern, 25

Ulithi, 183

Western, 63, 83, 102, 165, 186, 283

Covering Force, 63-64, 483, 492, 498, 500, 503

Fast Carrier Forces, 64, 101, 435, 495

Fleet Naval Landing Forces, 25, 63-64, 425

Joint Expeditionary Force, 483

Joint Expeditionary Force, 466, 483

Pacific Forces

Central, 23

Southwest, 62

Service Force, Pacific, 477

Fleet Air Wing 2, 398

Transport Division, 28, 316

Transport Division 32, 484

Amphibious Group 2, 476

Attack Groups

Angaur, 63, 165

Peleliu, 63

Ulithi, 181

Defense Group, 634

Escort Carrier Group, 96

Fast Carrier Groups, 102

Fire Support Group, 64, 102-103, 278

Mine Group, 492

Submarine Offensive Reconnaissance Group, 102

Support Carrier Group, 492, 495, 500, 598

Transport Groups, 95

Transport Group 3, 83

Underwater Demolition Group, 492

Air Evacuation Squadron 2, 597

Destroyer Squadron, 54

Interpretation Squadron 2, 473

Naval Construction Battalions (Seabees), 89, 204, 274, 335, 398, 408, 484, 517, 526, 564, 595, 600, 701, 710, 712

9th, 560

15th, 89

31st, 479, 479n, 564, 594, 602

33rd, 152, 204, 272

51st, 433

62nd, 479, 595, 720

73rd, 152, 204

93rd, 335

98th, 708

133rd, 479, 479n. 594-595, 602, 634

1054th, 152

Photographic Squadrons

4th, 472

5th, 472

Service Squadron 10, 478

Transport Squadrons

11, 484

15, 584

16, 484

Underwater Demolition teams (UDT), 78-79, 83, 103, 110, 165, 183, 207, 268, 490, 493n, 496-499, 725

UDT 13, 495

UDT 15, 500

VC-21, 283n

VOC-1, 718

Air Support Unit, 492

Fire Support Unit One, 498

Fire Support Unit Two, 498

Gunboat Support Unit One, 492

Gunboat Support Unit Two, 492

Peleliu Fire Support Unit, 96

Kossol Passage Detachment, 63, 103

Shore-Based Aircraft, Forward Area, 414

Navy Yard, 270

Nazi Party, 732

Negro Marines, 150, 516, 602

Negros Island, 294, 331, 358-359, 361, 374-378

Nemoto, Captain, 264

Netherlands, 6

Netherlands Indies, 51, 55

Nevada, 493, 496, 498, 500, 503, 624

New Bern, N. C., 41

New Britain, 77, 89, 237, 266, 303, 363, 444

New Caledonia, 367, 438

Newcomb, Richard F., 458n, 533n, 543n, 677n, 678n

New Georgia, 305, 389, 393, 428, 430

New Guinea, 51-52, 67-68, 97, 287, 291-292, 309, 432, 439, 444, 730, 733

New Hebrides, 95, 98, 100, 430, 433

New Ireland, 303, 363

New London, Conn., 14

New Mexico, 336

Newport, R.I., 14-15

New River Base, N.C., 20

Newton, VAdm John H., 293

New York, 493, 500, 503

Ngardololok, 59, 142-143, 201, 217

Ngarekeukl, 189-190

Ngarmoked Island, 57, 135-138

Ngercheu Island, 265

Ngeregong, 261-262

Ngesebus Airfield, 73, 211

Ngesebus Island, 58, 61, 73, 80, 148, 189, 202, 205-212, 214, 219, 222-223, 242, 250, 276, 281, 84, 306, 735

Nicaragua, 16-17, 305, 467

Nichols Field, 354

Nimitz, Adm Chester W., 24, 26, 29-30, 38, 4447, 51-52, 52n, 60-62, 65, 98, 278, 286, 292-293, 326, 388, 395-396, 420, 427, 430, 462-466, 491n, 612, 712, 714, 733

Nine-Power Treaty, 6

Nishi, LtCol Baron Takeichi, 454-455, 459, 590-591, 628, 646, 652, 655, 684, 692; Col, 706

Nishi Ridge, 616, 625, 628-630

Nishi Village, 618, 630, 632, 635, 637

Nisshu Maru, 455

Noble, RAdm Albert G., 381

Noguchi, Capt Iwao, 711

Norfolk, Va., 35

Norman, Col Lawrence, 398

Normandy, 731-732

North Africa, 733

North Carolina, 20

North Carolina, 493, 503

Northern Solomons, 303

Northrop Aviation, 326

Norway, 19

Noumea, 431

Novaliches, 346

Nui Island, 402-403

Nukufetau, 399

Nutting, Capt Lewis, 605

–O–

Oahu, 21, 183, 417, 477, 483

Obata, Gen Hideyoshi, 449, 453

Observers, Japanese, 128, 141

Ocean Island, 415

OCTAGON Conference, 65

Oder River, 730

Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 612

Ofstie, RAdm Ralph, 278, 281

Ogasawara Gunto, 444

Okinawa, 30, 32, 39, 47, 184, 266, 277, 309, 377, 387-388, 465, 490, 572, 614, 715, 734-735, 737

Old Baldy, 260

Oldendorf, RAdm Jesse B., 103-104, 106, 287n, 279-280

Oldfield, LtCol John S., 515

Old Glory, 445

O’Leary, TSgt Jeremiah A., Jr., 235n

Ommaney Bay, 336

O’Neill, Capt Donald D., 425

Ormoc, 321, 325, 327-328, 330

Orote Field, 426-428

Orote Peninsula, 425-426

Osaka Yama, 628. See also Hill 362A.

Osborne, 1stLt Stanley, 662-663

Osuka, MajGen Kotau, 453, 457-458, 475

Ota, Lt Hideo, 711

Owi Island, 335, 432

Oyama, 260

Oyanagi, Leading Private Yutaka, 683n

Ozark, 723

–P–

Pacific Islands, 55

Pacific Ocean, 54, 439-440, 444, 713-714, 731, 737, 764

Pacific Ocean Areas, 24, 29, 38, 41, 54, 60

Pacific Theater, 21, 292, 504, 522, 588, 612-613, 620n, 726, 730

Pacific War, 54

Pagan Island, 429

Palampon, 332

Palaus, 16, 47, 52, 54-55, 57-62, 64-68, 71, 76-78, 82, 96-98, 101-102, 105, 134, 162, 165, 180, 183, 189, 193, 223, 227, 232, 245, 253, 259, 265, 279, 286-287, 293, 326, 407, 430, 433, 457, 733-734

Palawan Island, 358-359, 361-362, 365

Palmyra Island, 21, 438

Palo, 310

Palomas Hill, 174, 176. See also Lighthouse Hill.

Palompon, 331

Panaon Straits, 310

Panay, 294, 358-359, 361, 363, 370, 374-376, 378

Panay Islands, 328, 331

Parang, 381-383

Parangon, 381

Parker, Capt Elton C., 492

Parris Island, S.C., 35-36

Parry Islands, 408-409

Password CHEVROLET, 620

Patikul, 379

Patrick, MajGen Edwin D., 352-354

Patrols, 269, 611, 637, 692

antisubmarine, 100, 278, 433, 561, 598, 611, 717

Pearce, Maj Thomas B., Jr., 629

Pearl Harbor, 20, 26, 30, 32, 41, 44-45, 60-61, 67, 94, 98-99, 220, 303, 315, 409, 423, 429, 431, 449, 451, 465, 467-468, 476-477, 501, 537, 677

Japanese attack, 29, 40, 42, 44

Peatross, LtCol Oscar F., 513n

Peleliu, 3, 36, 57-59, 62-63, 66, 70-73, 75-81, 83-84, 86, 88-89, 92-94, 97, 100-106, 116, 118, 120, 122n, 124, 127-129, 131, 135-136, 138-139, 141-143, 150-51, 153, 155-156, 162, 165, 169, 175, 177, 179-181, 184-197, 189-190, 192-193, 195, 198-202, 204-205, 207, 209-211, 214, 216-219, 221-223, 225, 227-228, 232-233, 236-237, 241-242, 244-246, 249-250, 253-254, 258-263, 265, 267-269, 271-273, 275-286, 288, 300, 306, 309, 326-327, 333, 335, 430-431, 431n, 432, 438, 443, 445, 489, 505, 729, 733-734, 738

Peleliu Airfield, 66, 95, 98-99, 115, 152, 165, 185, 236, 263, 276, 430, 432, 438

Peleliu Island Command, 86, 89, 98, 134, 152, 156, 264-265, 282

Peleliu Operation, 94, 96, 100, 153-154, 161, 185, 190, 207, 214, 266, 270-271, 273-274, 278, 280-281, 284, 285n, 287, 324, 433, 735

Pennsylvania, 145

Pensacola, 493, 495-497, 563, 565, 624

Peppard, Maj Donald A., 237n

Peralta, Col, 375

Percy, Maj George A., 562, 582

Perry, Commo Matthew, 445, 484

Philadelphia, Pa., 14

Philippines, 3, 6, 14, 51-52, 54, 65, 67, 70-71, 76, 102, 179, 181, 184, 279, 287, 291-294, 296-298, 303-304, 306-307, 309, 312, 324, 327, 332-333, 335-337, 340, 342, 348, 354, 356, 358-359, 361-363, 366, 375-377, 380-382, 384, 387-390, 423, 433, 440, 443-444, 447, 457, 461, 463, 465, 469, 718, 718n, 730, 732-736

Philippines Operation, 286, 291, 300, 307, 334, 351, 358, 374, 377, 387, 389-390, 416

Photographs, 221, 275, 318, 382

Pilots

American, 40-42, 48, 153, 225, 241, 274, 283, 291, 301, 312, 314, 327-328, 330-335, 342, 346, 348-349, 351-352, 354, 356, 359, 362, 365, 367, 370, 374-376, 380, 383-390, 393, 396-397, 400-401, 407, 411-413, 415-417, 420, 422-424, 427-428, 433-437, 440, 472, 485, 490, 493, 499-500, 523, 597, 717-718, 718n, 735

Japanese, 399-400, 439, 452, 454

Pinckney, 479, 723

Pipes, Sgt Joe L., 516

Plain, Col Louis C., 514

Planning

American, 51-52, 57-58, 60, 98, 346, 483, 485, 590, 542, 559n, 590, 593, 612, 721

Japanese, 300, 340, 450

Plaridel, 346

Poland, 8-9, 19

Pollock, LtCol Daniel C., 515, 549

Polynesian, 55

Ponape Island, 407, 412, 415-416

Pontoon causeways, 152

Pope, Capt Everett P., 157-158, 234

Portland, 281

Portugal, 6, 8

Pratt & Whitney radial engine, 399

President Monroe, 409-410, 710

Price, RAdm John D., 398

Prisoners of War

Japanese, 134, 138, 175, 195, 199, 207-209, 218, 222, 225, 236, 253, 258, 276-277, 285, 361-362, 370, 418, 522, 551, 626, 644, 690, 692-694, 703-704, 710-711

Korean, 209, 216, 276, 644

Psychological warfare, 276, 417, 693, 704

Puerta Princesa, 362

Puller, Col Lewis B., 110, 112, 114, 129-130, 134, 144, 147-148, 157, 187

Pusan, Korea, 454

Putnam, Maj Paul A., 42

–Q–

Quantico, Va., 14, 16-17, 19, 21, 35-36, 39, 4142, 304, 388

Quarry, Iwo Jima, 525

Quebec, Canada, 65

Quebec (QUADRANT) Conference, 60

Quezon City, 354

Quezon, Manuel L., 296

–R–

Rabaul, 303, 393

Radar, 100, 259, 323-324, 326, 328, 330, 373, 404, 408, 411, 425, 486n, 487, 572, 611, 646, 653, 662

Radar Hill, 205, 214, 216-217

Radio Tokyo, 499, 707

Railroads, 171, 171n, 172, 176

Ramsey, LtCol Frederick A., Jr., 130n

Randall, LtCol Carey A., 574

Rea, Maj Amedeo, 561, 618

Reconnaissance activities, 318, 474

Redfield, LtCol Ben Z., 413

Rees, Col James E., 353

Reeves, RAdm John W., Jr., 151

Reich, 2dLt Richard, 662-663

Reinberg, LtCol Louis, 248

Reinforcements

American, 155

Japanese, 190, 201, 281, 321-322, 324-325, 328, 382, 453, 664, 670

RENO V Operation, 293n

Rentz, Maj John N., 445n

Replacements, 86, 139, 147-148, 480, 483, 546, 586, 592-593, 602, 608, 633, 688-689, 699, 702, 724

Rescue Activities, 401, 440

Research and Development, OSS. See Office of Strategic Services.

Reservoir Hill, 350-351

Reutlinger, Maj Albert F., 93

Reynolds, Maj John E., 417

Rhineland, 9

Richardson, LtGen Robert K., Jr., 464

Ridderhof, Col Stanley E., 388

Ridge 3, 242, 245

Ridge 120, 244

Ridlon, Capt Walter, 663

Roach, Capt Phjl E., 510

Roads, 202, 210, 325, 479, 634

Roane, Capt Eugene S., Jr., 322

Robertson, Capt Armand, 95-96

Robertson, LtCol Donn J., 515, 549, 702

Robinson, Col Ralph R., 60

Rockey, MajGen Keller E., 468, 512, 549, 554-555, 557, 579, 581, 598, 610, 617, 626-627, 630, 633, 635, 638, 642-644, 691, 695, 699-702, 706

Rocky Point, 168-169, 171

Rodgers, RAdm Bertram J., 483, 492, 498, 500, 502

Rogers, BGen Ford O., 265

Rogers, Capt John F., 402

Rogers, Col William W., 466; MajGen, 466n, 522n, 565n, 579n, 608n, 700n, 714n

Roi-Namur, 400, 400n, 401, 405, 407-408, 411, 466-467, 477, 636n

Roll, LtCol George A., 638

Roosevelt, President Franklin D., 9, 19, 65, 613, 614n, 673, 706, 706n, 727

Rosenthal, Joe, 543

Ross, Col Richard P., Jr., 150n

Rota Island, 428-429

Rothwell, LtCol Richard, 519, 558, 562

Rowell, Col Ross E., 41; BGen, 42; MajGen 44, 44n, 45, 45n, 46

Rowse, Maj Earl J., 552

Royal Air Force, 408

Royal Australian Air Force Command, 301, 309, 382

Royal, RAdm Forrest B., 366

Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, 39-40

Royal New Zealand Air Forces, 301, 362

Rozga, Lt Thomas, 425, 436

Rue, Lt Charles C., 370

Ruhl, PFC Donald J., 535

Ruhr Pocket, 730

Rupertus, MajGen William H., 63, 77, 79, 83, 94, 97, 129-132, 151, 165, 185-186, 189-190, 193, 199, 200-201, 204, 206, 210-211, 223-224, 228, 236, 242, 251, 253n, 266, 278, 278n, 279, 284, 286, 433

Russell, Maj Gerald F., 642

Russell Islands, 77, 88, 100, 115, 186, 393, 400

Russell, MajGen John H., 17

Russia. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Ryukyus, 297, 335, 444, 464, 737

–S–

Sabol, LtCol Stephen V., 110, 113, 145

Saipan, 25, 32, 51, 59-61, 71, 76, 78, 105, 168, 173-174, 176, 184, 263, 267, 275-277, 323, 421, 423-425, 428-430, 438, 443-444, 450, 453, 457, 461, 464, 467-468, 472, 474, 476, 478, 480, 484, 487, 489, 491, 498, 504, 573, 597, 725, 731-732, 734

Saipan Operation, 26, 225, 423-424, 462, 466

Saito, Fred, 533n, 543n, 677n, 678n

Salt Lake City, 493, 498

Samar, 65, 294, 310, 312, 317, 330, 334-335, 339, 358-359, 365, 377-378

Samaritan, 479, 537, 723

Samoa, American, 21, 46, 398

Sample, RAdm William D., 278

Samurai, 677

San Bernardino Straits, 312

Sanderson, BGen Lawson H. M., 420

San Diego, Calif., 17, 21, 23, 41-42, 44-45, 328, 431

San Diego Union (newspaper), 400

San Fabian, 339, 356

San Fernando, 342, 350

San Francisco, Calif., 286, 465

Sangamon, 426

Sanga Sanga, 378

San Ildefonso, 346

San Isidro, 331

San Jose, Calif., 316-317, 353

San Jose del Monte, 346

San Pablo, 325

San Roque Airfield, 367

Santa Barbara, Calif., 45, 47, 423

Santa Cruz, 439

Santa Maria, 346, 367

Santee, 427

Santo Tomas, 343

Santo Tomas University, 347

Sarangani Bay, 382, 384, 387

Saratoga, 40-42, 537

Sarles, LtCol George H., 373, 386

Saufley, 378

Savory, Nathaniel, 445

Sayers, LtCol Joseph C., 561

Sayre Highway, 385-386

Scales, Maj James S., 518, 649, 652-653

Scandinavia, 729

Schmidt, MajGen Harry, 466-468, 476, 482, 490-491, 491n, 492, 505, 515, 517, 547, 551-553, 563-564, 569, 576-577, 593, 603, 607, 608n, 610, 627, 633, 635, 638, 670-671, 676, 700, 710, 714, 716, 720

Schmidt, LtCol Richard K., 509, 648

Schrider, Maj Peter P., 304, 425, 429

Schrier, 1st Lt Harold G., 540, 542

Scott, LtCol Wallace T., 356, 373

Sea Runner, 253

Sea Sturgeon, 251, 253

Seawolf, 78

Secretary of the Navy, 484, 542, 713

Selden, Col John T., 131; BGen, 131n

Senda, MajGen Sadasue, 458, 569, 572, 586, 647, 654, 680, 693, 693n, 694-695, 702

Sengebau, Kulas, 265n

Service and Supply Activities. See Army units; Logistics; Marine Units; Supply and equipment.

Sevik, Lt Edward A., 413

Shanghai, 321

Shanley, Capt James V., 235, 244

Sharp, RAdm Alexander, 492

Sharpe, lstLt Winfield S., 372

Shepard, LtCol Charles E., Jr., 513

Sherman, Capt Forrest P., 465

Shimbu Line, 351, 353. See also Japanese Defenses.

Ships. See also Landing craft.

American, 86, 169, 323, 445, 493n, 499, 548, 603, 714, 716

amphibious command ships, 475, 523, 714

battleships, 82, 103, 165-166, 210, 278, 475, 493, 498-499, 574, 587, 625, 634, 644, 665

barges, 87, 127, 184, 232, 269, 314, 367, 375

cargo vessels, 82, 87, 478, 573, 603, 722

carriers, 97, 102, 278, 281, 283, 293, 312, 317, 323-325, 336, 395, 397, 405, 407, 423-424, 426, 429, 435, 437, 451-452, 459, 475, 523, 537, 560, 565, 717

cruisers, 82, 103, 160, 165-166, 181, 210, 278-279, 336-337, 400, 407, 459, 475, 484, 489, 498, 504, 551, 554-555, 574, 587, 625, 634-644, 665

destroyer escorts, 312-313, 420, 607

destroyer minesweepers, 607

destroyers, 103, 108, 132, 162, 165-166, 181, 190, 195, 210, 261, 278-279, 312, 329-330, 336, 378, 383, 400, 402, 404, 407, 420, 475, 484, 493, 496-498, 504, 530, 554-555, 591-592, 607, 634, 637, 644, 658, 665, 668, 691, 699

escort carriers, 424, 432

gunfire support ships, 81, 211, 493, 495-498, 501, 503-504, 523, 554, 649, 658, 671-672, 679, 714

liberty ships, 431

LSDs (Landing Ships, Dock), 84, 88, 96, 607

LSMs (Landing Ships, Medium), 379, 475, 482, 509, 517, 520, 601

LSTs (Landing Ships, Tank), 84, 95-97, 103, 129, 153, 162, 166, 187, 232-233, 270, 329, 356, 366, 436, 475, 477, 479-480, 480n, 482, 484, 503, 522-523, 560-561, 601, 607, 722

LST(H)s (Landing Ships, Hospital), 83, 479, 480n, 517, 522-523, 560, 604, 723

LSVs (Landing Ships, Vehicle), 314, 732

minelayers, 400, 530, 607

minesweepers, 103, 165, 183, 335, 420, 491, 495-496, 607

motor torpedo boats, 327, 361

patrol craft, 84, 181, 261, 315, 497, 505, 607, 665, 716

repair ships, 607

submarines, 381, 444, 453-455, 473

supply and support ships, 233, 253, 502, 531, 597, 648, 651,

tankers, 82

tenders, 607

transports, 19, 85, 87, 96-97, 162, 168, 181, 212, 251, 274, 328-329, 335, 367, 429, 475, 498, 502-503, 522-523, 525, 540, 552, 573, 597, 604, 607, 610, 714, 723, 736

tugs, 601, 607

Japanese, 278, 281, 324, 327-330, 333, 399, 730

barges, 166, 190, 259, 278, 420, 432, 526

battleships, 312

cargo vessels, 328-329, 399

carriers, 300, 312, 731

coast defense vessels, 321

cruisers, 312

destroyers, 312, 321, 328

escorts, 329

submarines, 259, 312, 366, 396, 415, 417, 434, 450, 484

tankers, 447, 735

tenders, 399

torpedo boats, 366, 407

transports, 321, 328, 453

hip-to-shore movement, 119n, 269

Shofner, LtCol Austin C., 116-118

Sho-Go Operations, 297, 312, 321

Shore fire control parties, 35, 277. See also Air activities; Naval gunfire.

Shore party activities, 17, 34, 84, 86, 88, 94, 127, 143, 148, 152, 204, 282, 478, 480, 483, 523, 553, 592-593, 601-602, 708, 710, 724-725

Siari, 365

Siberia, 67

Sibert, MajGen Franklin C., 381, 383

Sicily, 281, 733

Silverthorn, LtGen Merwin H., 32n, 27n

Sindangan, 365

Singapore, 294, 337, 382

Siskin, Chaplain Edgar E., 109n

Slappey, Capt Wallace J., 432

Smith, Sgt E. Payson, Jr., 373n

Smith, LtCol John, 379

Smith, Maj Holland M., 15, 19; Maj Gen, 2021, 23, 434n; LtGen, 24-26, 29-31, 33-36, 304, 423, 428, 433, 464, 466, 487, 489-492, 492n, 501, 523, 542, 603, 608, 608n, 610-613, 700, 714

Smith, MajGen Julian C., 61, 63-64, 76, 79, 186, 211, 278; LtGen 80, 80n, 89, 162-163, 181, 181n

Smith, BGen Oliver P., 77, 129-131, 211, 253; MajGen, 60n

Smith, Maj Perry K., 142; Col, 363

Smoak, Col Eustace, 588

Smoke screen

American, 135, 231, 279, 322, 357, 385, 497-498, 637, 650, 652, 660, 666

Japanese, 227, 592, 698

Smyth, PFC George, 562

Solace, 479, 542, 723

Solomons, 6, 67, 83, 87, 97, 291-293, 301, 326-327, 334, 342-343, 362-363, 393, 428, 466-467, 730

Song of Iwo Jima, 700

Sorol, 434

South-America, 8

South China Sea, 334, 435

South Pacific, 21, 23, 45-46, 398, 431, 733

Southwest Pacific Area, 24, 51-52, 101-102, 291-292, 301, 303, 334-335, 358, 416, 438, 457

Spain, 8, 9, 54, 294

Spanish American War, 14, 54

Spatz, Lt Donald, 413

Spearfish, 473

Spritzen, LtCol Roland J., 553n

Spruance, VAdm Raymond A., 23, 422, 435, 465-466, 469, 489-491, 492n, 501, 560, 713; Adm, 465n

Spurlock, Maj Roy T., 327

STALEMATE Operation, 52, 59-62, 162, 266, 278, 430, 733

STALEMATE II Operation, 59, 62-65, 82, 84, 89, 97-98, 100-101, 180, 287, 315

Stalingrad, 430

Stark, Adm H. R., 40, 42-43

Stars and Stripes, 207, 542, 564, 626, 678. See also Flag raising and Old Glory.

Steele, 413

Stein, Cpl Tony, 625

Stephenson, Capt Edward V., 578

Stiles, Maj Wilfrid H., 431

St. Matthias Group, 373

Stout, Maj Doyle A., 568, 648, 661

Stout, Maj Robert F., 225, 432-433

Strategy, 395, 715n, 716

Streit, Maj Victor H., 226

Stuart, LtCol Arthur J., 88n, 122n, 124n, 154n, 210n, 272n

Stuart, Col James A., 607

Subic Bay, 21, 342

Sudentenland, 9

Suifuzan Hill, 235, 260

Sulfur, 444, 455-456, 572, 579, 600, 638

Sulfur Island, 444

Sulu Archipelago, 358-359, 361, 363, 371, 374, 378, 389, 385

Sulu Sea, 335, 368

Sumatra, 297

Supplies and equipment. See also Ammunition; Logistics.

American, 85, 87, 128, 152, 273, 478, 478n, 522, 551, 553, 597, 601-602, 610, 612-613, 627, 722-725

aviation, 477-478

cargo, 721, 724

clothing, 610

communications, 308, 368, 370, 379, 383, 389, 413, 515, 597, 719

dumps and storage, 86-87, 122, 126-128, 151-152, 264, 269, 282, 318, 526, 551, 553, 600, 608, 658, 701, 720, 724

equipment, 92, 152, 184, 208, 266, 269, 272, 277, 325, 523, 611, 651

explosives, 514, 531, 669, 711, 716

food and rations, 83, 87, 128, 282, 398, 410, 477, 523, 553, 557

fuel and lubricants, 87-88, 241, 476-477, 526, 536, 607, 610, 612-614, 641, 664, 712, 722

gas masks, 638

matting, 333, 478, 601-602, 724

smoke pots, 256

spare parts, 155, 266, 277

water, 87-88, 128, 129n, 135-136, 150, 190, 241, 257, 271, 275, 352, 398, 447, 477, 480, 523, 553, 557, 602, 607, 634

Japanese, 382, 415, 457, 473, 654, 659

dumps and storage, 150, 200, 275, 278, 281, 331, 353, 383, 493n, 562, 617, 638, 641

gas munitions, 614

signal, 259

smokeless powder, 177, 584

water, 258, 262, 530, 611, 620, 695

Support Air Request Net, 718

Surigao City, 382

Surigao Straits, 312, 327, 330

Sutherland, LtGen R. K., 293n

Suwanee, 426

Suzuki, LtGen Sosaku, 361

Sweetser, Col Warren E., Jr., 387-388

Swift, MajGen Innis P., 352

Swindler, Col Leland S., 478; BGen, 724n

–T–

Tachiiwa Point, 447, 459, 578, 642, 675-677, 681

Tacloban, 310, 312, 314, 316, 325-328, 330-331

Tacloban Airfield, 310, 330, 333

Tactics

American, 715n, 725, 737

amphibious patrols, 260

armored support, 209, 518, 550, 564, 566, 635

counterbattery fire, 202, 320, 554-555, 639, 656, 660, 666, 669, 673, 719-720

gas warfare, 612-614

harassing and interdiction fire, 153, 281, 414, 651, 654, 661, 671

infiltration, 705

jungle warfare, 305

night attacks, 91, 588, 590

sabotage, 349

search and kill missions, 318, 401

supporting arms coordination, 134, 282, 308, 320, 331, 333, 482, 555, 657-658, 666, 684, 716, 719

tank-infantry assault, 110, 174, 177, 234, 281, 514, 519, 536, 567, 580, 592, 623, 627, 687, 714

Japanese, 278, 315, 322

Banzai attacks, 71, 122, 156, 169-170, 175, 261, 263, 457-458, 522n, 525-527, 533, 538, 556, 641-642, 678-679, 705, 708

chemical warfare, 614

counterattacks, 72, 115, 121, 126, 132, 147, 158, 170-171, 176, 198, 202, 205, 245, 257, 267, 350, 556, 559, 679, 682

counterbattery fire, 279, 655, 661

counterlandings, 242, 261

guerrillas, 461

harassing and interdiction fire, 73, 320, 726

incendiary balloons, 736

infiltration, 170, 174, 207, 220, 225, 249, 261, 319-320, 322, 525-526, 539, 545, 556, 558, 585-586, 630, 632, 638, 661, 665, 677, 686, 697

rocket barrages, 660-664

sniping, 135, 141, 168, 172, 187, 201, 208, 232-233, 246, 248, 251, 263, 320n, 351, 426, 543, 560, 564, 578, 595, 623, 625, 635, 637, 639, 641, 646, 649-651, 656, 667, 669

suicide attacks, 156, 323, 330-331, 335-336, 435, 735

tank attacks, 123

withdrawal, 180

Tada, Col Tokechi, 232n, 263, 458, 508, 548, 550, 559, 650, 657

Takasago Maru, 420

Talevera, 342

Tanauan, 315, 320

Tanauan Airfield, 325, 331, 333, 339

Tarawa, 32, 52, 78, 105, 287-288, 395-401, 408, 438, 466-467, 487, 489, 505, 719, 730-731

Taroa, 400

Taroa Airfield, 405. See also Maloelap Airfield.

Task Organizations Central Pacific, 469

TF 18, 20

TF 30, 63-64

TF 31, 63

TF 32, 63, 83, 102, 165, 186, 283 63

TF 38, 64-65

TF 50, 466

TF 51, 466

TF 52, 523

TF 53, 25, 502, 724

TF 54, 483, 493, 498, 500, 503, 654, 668, 671,

TF 55, 25

TF 56, 466

TF 57, 399

TF 58, 405, 408, 435-436, 475-476, 489, 493, 495-496, 501, 503, 523, 560, 564, 717

TF 59, 11, 46

TG 32.1, 63

TG 32.2, 63, 165, 181

TG 32.9, 63, 103

TG 51.5, 634

TG 52.2, 492, 495

TG 52.3, 492

TG 52.4, 492

TG 56.1, 466

TG 58.1, 451

TG 58.4, 451

TG 58.5, 560

TG 59.6, 431

TG 78.1, 366

TG 78.2, 381

TU 52.2.2, 492

Tawi Tawi Group, 378

Tennessee, 409, 493, 496, 498, 500

Tentative Landing Operations Manual, 17

Tenzan, 260, 644

Terrain, 77, 723, 726

caves, 57, 70, 73, 75, 92, 104, 112, 134, 138, 145-146, 154, 156, 160-161, 177, 192, 198, 201-202, 205, 208-209, 212, 214, 216-271, 221-223, 225-226, 230, 234, 236, 240-242, 245-246, 248, 251, 256, 258, 261-265, 270-271, 276, 279, 351, 426, 432, 453, 455, 459, 473, 493n, 508, 528, 530-531, 539-540, 542-543, 545, 548, 554, 560, 569, 572, 577, 580, 586, 589-592, 611, 613, 614n, 618, 620-621, 626, 628-629, 631-633, 635, 639, 642-643, 645-646, 468-650, 652, 663, 668, 672, 684-687, 689, 691-692, 695, 697-701, 704, 706-707, 716, 720, 726-727

escarpments, 721-722

hydrographic conditions, 165

jungles, 192

promontories, 73, 119, 134-136, 136n, 137-138, 146, 153

ravines, 693

reefs, 58-59, 78-79, 81, 84-88, 94, 103, 108-110, 113, 119, 127, 129, 131, 148, 152, 163, 183, 216-217, 241, 266, 268-270, 272, 41, 478, 496

ridges, 134, 141-142, 146-147, 153, 185, 189-190, 193, 195, 198, 200-201, 204-205, 214, 216-217, 219

sand, 721-722, 724

swamps, 141-142

terraces, 721, 724

tunnels, 695, 716

volcanic ash and rock, 452, 455, 478, 483, 506, 509, 516-517, 519, 538, 557, 600-601, 686, 690-691, 721-724

Terrar, Lt Edward F., 426

Terry, 624

Texas, 493, 503

Thompson, Lt Earl C., 402

Thurnau, Lt Theodore, 403-404

Timor, 297

Tinian, 25, 32, 36, 60, 184, 424, 429, 429n, 467-468, 484, 598, 731-732

Titcomb Field, 383-384, 388

Titcomb, Capt Jack, 344n, 351, 383

Tobiishi Point, 539, 545

Tojo, Gen Hideki, 430, 450; Premier, 732

Tokyo, 67, 288, 294, 296, 377, 428, 435, 451, 458-459, 463-464, 487, 491, 493, 495, 537, 560, 669-670, 683, 700, 716, 732, 737

Tokyo Bay, 421, 444

Torokina, 301

Totsuke, LtCol Ryoichi, 375

Toyoda, Adm Soemu, 297-298, 300, 499, 499n, 564, 670, 680

Treitel, Maj Paul S., 550, 560, 569, 680

Trotti, LtCol Tom M., 558

Truk, 60, 67, 101, 292, 407-408, 449

Tryon, 101

Tulagi, 95

Tulagi-Purvis Bay, 83

Tumatangas, 379

Tumbelston, Maj William H., 642

Turkey Hill, 572

Turkey Knob, 353, 568, 595, 616, 646-647, 650-651, 654, 656-658, 660-661, 663-665, 667 669, 672-673, 675, 680-682

Turner, RAdm Richmond K., 23; VAdm, 25 466, 475-476, 484, 489-491, 501, 608, 608?1 612, 700, 714

Tuscaloosa, 493

Twining, MajGen Nathan, 46

Tutuila, 398

–U–

Ujelang Atoll, 416

Ulithi Atoll, 52, 59, 62, 66, 162-163, 180-181, 184, 250, 254, 257, 286-287, 430-435, 443, 478, 733-734

Umayam River Valley, 386

Umurbrogol, 58, 73, 75, 108, 147-148, 156, 161, 190, 192, 200, 210, 219, 228, 237, 240, 248, 258

Umurbrogol Mountain, 57, 145, 177

Umurbrogol Pocket, 192, 206, 216, 218, 221, 224, 227, 231, 236, 240-242, 244-246, 249-251, 254, 257, 259-262, 270, 284

Umurbrogol Ridges, 58, 146, 189, 199, 219, 222-223, 236-237, 265

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 4-5, 8, 443, 675, 729-730, 737

United Press, 400

United States, 4-8, 171n, 294, 296, 400, 429, 451, 467, 480, 483, 604, 612-614, 700, 734, 736-737

aid programs, 274

Armed Forces, 9, 348, 351, 462, 644

Army, 17, 23, 161, 187, 200, 248, 291, 303, 307, 332, 342-343, 361, 384, 393, 409, 484, 708, 710-711, 714, 718, 721, 724

Marine Corps, 9-10, 13, 15, 19, 39, 52, 397, 620n, 712, 721, 735

doctine, 333, 714

history, 396

morale, 664

replacements, 688

strength, 15, 19-20, 39, 44, 688

training, 688, 714

shipping losses, 324, 556

units of fire, 83n

Urukthapel, 57

Valencia, 385

Vandegrift, LtGen Alexander A., 186n, 252 247 ; Gen, 24-25, 29, 253, 288n, 423

Vandegrift, LtCol Alexander A., Jr., 521, 568

Vandegrift Letters, 158n

Vaughan, Maj Everette H., 400; Col, 401n

Vegetation, 192

Vehicles

American, 722

Alligators, Roebling, 35

ambulances, 274

amphibians, 87-88, 94, 127-128, 130-131, 139, 148, 156, 269, 273, 312, 721-723

amphibian tractors, 13, 17, 35, 78, 84, 9294, 106, 108-109, 148, 187, 224, 266-267, 274, 282, 315, 321, 432, 473, 483, 503, 505, 508, 516, 548, 553, 573

amphibian trailers, 88, 127-128, 269, 477-478, 482, 721

amphibian trucks, 85, 87-88, 92-94, 103, 109, 115, 127, 129, 131-132, 148, 228, 269-270, 274, 277, 282, 344, 477, 479, 482-483, 515-516, 521-522, 552-553, 573, 601-602, 657, 721-723

armored tankdozers, 699

bulldozers, 127, 138, 152, 168, 238, 242, 262, 480, 516, 521, 523, 459, 601-602, 605, 610-611, 615, 628, 647, 685-688, 701, 705, 707, 712, 724

cargo carriers (Weasels), 478, 482, 523, 536, 601, 722-723

cranes, 724

jeeps, 308, 344, 350, 368, 378-379, 384, 701

LVTs (Landing Vehicle, tracked), 35, 85, 87, 92, 94, 104, 106, 108-110, 115-117, 127-128, 130-132, 136, 139, 144, 148, 151, 155, 166, 206, 210-211, 216-217, 233, 240, 257, 262, 269, 271-273, 280, 375, 447, 472-473, 478, 503, 506, 508, 516, 518-519, 523, 551, 601, 721-723

LVT(A)s (Landing Vehicle, Tracked (Armored)), 35, 84-85, 92-93, 106, 108-109, 114, 116, 129, 137, 146, 158, 195, 209-210, 212, 242, 266, 277, 472, 505, 508, 569, 618, 620, 648, 650, 721

LVT(IF )s (Landing Vehicle, Tracked (Flamethrower)), 155, 157, 201, 206, 208, 226, 229-230, 241, 263-264

tank retriever, 156, 273, 518

tractors, 109, 127, 506, 552-553, 721

trailers, 722

trucks, 151, 274, 350, 379, 513, 517, 522, 534, 655,

wheeled vehicles, 447, 473, 478, 516-517, 721-723

Japanese

armor, supporting, 177

bulldozers, 459

motor vehicles, 641

prime movers, 617

tanks, 687

trailers, 641

Vella Lavella Island, 393

Venable, Col Benjamin W., 176

Versailles Peace Conference, 7

Versailles, Treaty of, 16

Vicksburg, 493, 498

VICTOR Operations, 358, 362

VICTOR I, 358, 375, 377

VICTOR II, 358, 375, 377

VICTOR III, 359

VICTOR IV, 359, 365, 378

VICTOR V, 359, 380-382

Virgin Islands, 42

Visayan Islands, 309, 734

Visayan Sea, 327, 332, 358, 374

Visayas, 65, 294, 298, 309-310, 321, 374, 377-378

Vogel, MajGen Clayton B., 21

Vogelkop Peninsula, 292

Volcano Islands, 436, 443-444, 484, 462n

Volckmann, Maj Russell W., 348; Col, 349, 351; BGen, 348n

–W–

Wachi, Capt Tsunezo, 458n

Wachtler, BGen Walter A., 82n, 240n

Wake Island, 6, 21, 42, 415, 420-421, 444

Wake Island, 437, 493, 595

Walker, Maj Thomas J., Jr., 42

Waller, Col James D., 472, 515

Wallis Island, 398-399, 411

Walsh, Senator Joseph, 288n

Walsh, GySgt William G., 622

Walt, LtCol Lewis W., 118, 123, 141, 210

Walt’s Ridge, 157-158, 160, 221, 224, 229-234, 237, 240, 244, 246, 248, 250, 254, 256-257, 260

Walter Colton, 431

War Dogs, 91, 143. See also Marine units. Washington, 493, 503

Washington Conference, 6, 15

Washington, D. C., 5, 279, 462, 613

Washington, President George, 5, 445

Wasp, 436

Watson, Col Arthur P., 257, 264

Watson, Sgt Sherman B., 539

Wattie Ridge, 224, 233, 246

Wattie, Lt. Robert T., 238

Weapons

American, 195, 655, 689

antiaircraft guns, 356, 477, 501

antitank guns, 91, 116, 687

atomic weapons, 204

automatic weapons, 91-92, 126, 132, 144, 589

bayonets, 223, 566

bazookas, 91-92, 115, 124, 135, 152, 214, 216, 266, 271, 566, 578, 633, 652, 659, 666, 693, 708

BARs, 266, 708

demolitions, 91-92, 114, 134, 138, 216, 266, 590, 629, 631, 650, 666, 681, 687, 689, 699, 705

8-inch howitzers, 500, 504

81-mm mortars, 230, 270, 518, 568, 575, 582, 640, 648, 697

.50 caliber machine guns, 272, 463, 628, 721

5-inch guns, 500, 504

5-inch rockets, 503, 717

flamethrowers, 91-92, 134-36, 138, 152, 155, 169, 176, 200, 204, 209, 216, 223, 256-257, 262, 264, 266, 270-271, 273, 514, 531, 536, 567, 569, 576, 578, 589-590, 614, 621, 631, 633, 666, 681, 687, 689-690, 695, 699, 707, 725, 727

flamethrower tanks, 238, 273, 512, 531, 621, 626, 628, 641, 666-668, 673, 675, 687-688, 694, 699, 707, 710

4.2-inch mortars, 108, 270, 503, 554, 610, 727

4.5-inch rockets, 108, 503, 621, 655

14-inch guns, 500

40-mm guns, 166, 503, 654

.45 caliber pistols, 708

grenade launchers, 115, 124

grenades, 144, 262, 514, 531, 569, 611, 614, 620, 636, 652, 659, 666, 678, 686, 689, 693-694, 713, 725

guns, 156, 477

half-tracks, 136-138, 200, 230-231, 531, 534, 548, 630, 632, 657, 673, 684

howitzers, 94, 116, 124, 246, 248, 482, 521-522, 552, 554-555, 565, 721

M-1 rifles, 697, 707-708

machine guns, 91, 108-109, 123, 272, 472, 566, 635, 698, 701

medium tanks, 208, 233, 649-650, 673

mines, 109, 134, 632, 656, 675, 691, 720

mortars, 87, 92, 109, 121, 142, 144, 157, 166, 171, 173, 187, 230, 270, 272, 477, 508, 523, 566, 575, 629, 635, 637, 698, 727

naval guns, 209, 376, 423, 540, 716

90-mm guns, 603

155-mm guns (Long Toms), 154, 209, 228, 230, 248, 301, 719

155-mm howitzers, 301, 477, 625, 638, 652, 719

105-mm guns, 240, 242, 516, 634, 691

105-mm howitzers, 83-84, 129, 129n, 269-270, 472, 515, 521, 552, 568, 719-720

120-mm mortars, 727

rifles, 91, 109, 566, 613-614, 659, 689, 698

rocket launchers, 627, 631, 639, 655, 662, 666, 676, 685

rockets, 108, 166, 534, 637

satchel charges, 652, 659

7.2-inch rockets, 685

75-mm guns, 108, 209, 214, 217, 269, 516,

520, 534, 621, 634, 640-641, 727

75 mm guns (self-propelled), 135, 176

75-mm howitzers (pack), 84, 93, 116, 129n, 246, 261, 272, 521, 639, 657, 719-721 16-inch guns, 504

60-mm mortars, 92, 126, 241, 270, 510, 568, 582, 666, 693

tank dozers, 156, 273, 512, 520, 652, 706-707

tanks, 81, 85, 88, 91, 110, 115-117, 120, 123-124, 134-139, 141, 143, 145-146, 153-161, 166, 168, 171, 173-74, 200-201, 205-206, 209-212, 214, 217, 226, 229-232, 235-236, 238, 241, 251, 256-257, 262-264, 272-274, 277, 281, 353, 472-473, 483, 509, 512-515, 517-520, 531, 534, 536, 538, 550, 553, 555, 558, 560, 563-567, 569, 574, 576-578, 582, 584, 590-591, 618, 621, 626-628, 630, 633-634, 639, 641, 644, 646-647, 649-653, 655-657, 659, 662, 664, 666-668, 672, 676-677, 681, 684-690, 693, 698-699, 706-707, 727

.30 caliber machine guns, 272, 771

37-mm guns, 108, 115, 123-124, 136-137, 158, 251, 269, 531, 534, 568, 575, 621, 629-630, 632, 636, 640, 667, 684, 727

toxic gases, 613-614

20-mm guns, 166, 463, 654

white phosphorus grenades, 235, 567

Filipino, 348

Japanese, 73, 109, 137, 156, 193, 221, 231, 240, 256, 267, 449, 454, 498, 518, 531, 538, 553, 585, 587, 604, 617, 639, 655, 666, 668, 675, 681, 689, 723, 726

antiaircraft guns, 135, 415, 449, 493n, 549

antipersonnel land mines, 667, 690, 726

antitank guns, 177, 209, 249, 316, 353, 474, 493n, 513, 519-520, 536, 565-568, 572, 574, 582, 587, 591, 634, 646-647, 684

automatic weapons, 75, 117, 136, 205-206, 209, 240, 256, 273, 320, 453, 456, 458, 575, 618, 625, 648, 655

bamboo spears, 678

bangalore torpedoes, 154

chemicals, 142, 614, 614n, 620, 638

coastal guns, 458, 474-475, 498, 500, 531

demolitions, 154, 200, .320, 367, 526, 592, 691

dual-purpose guns, 146, 474, 572

80-mm (naval) guns, 454

81-mm mortars, 267, 454

5-inch guns, 135, 500

57-mm guns, 83, 646, 649, 727

flares, 533

4.7-inch gun, 610

40-mm guns, 144, 415

47-mm antitank guns, 73, 109, 112, 454, 562, 591, 628, 646, 649, 665, 684, 727

grenades, 134, 249, 259, 320, 514, 526, 535, 542, 545, 614n, 622, 630-631, 637-639, 656, 659, 678, 688, 691, 708

guns, 473

knee mortars, 637-638, 676

knives, 630

light tanks, 684

machine guns, 73, 112, 142, 160, 168, 177, 226, 249. 449, 474, 493n, 518-519, 535, 539, 549-550, 554, 563, 568, 574, 584, 589, 617, 621-622, 650, 656, 660, 662, 664-665, 675, 678, 689, 697, 703

medium tanks, 316, 684

mines, 72, 79, 115, 119, 135-136, 152, 156, 160, 163, 193, 199, 249, 258, 267, 269, 320, 426, 473-474, 482, 486, 508-509, 512, 519-520, 528, 536, 545, 548-549, 564-566, 584, 641, 647, 726

Molotov cocktails, 592

mortars, 118-119, 122, 127-128, 134, 141, 154, 156, 160, 168, 177, 205-206, 231, 353, 367, 453, 459, 513-514, 519-520, 523, 525, 527, 531, 533-535, 538, 549-550, 553-554, 557-561, 566-568, 573-575, 585, 587, 595, 603-604, 617-618, 621, 624-629, 634, 639, 648-651, 653-656, 685, 660-662, 664, 668-669, 671-672, 674-677, 681-682, 692, 723, 727

mountain guns, 146

naval mines, 367

90-mm howitzers, 727

150-mm guns, 497

150-mm mortar, 221, 267, 454

140-mm guns, 533

120-mm howitzers, 449, 727

pistols, 630

rifles, 142, 177, 249, 449, 535, 568, 575, 662, 697, 703

rocket launchers, 407, 454, 459, 726-727

rockets, 142, 267, 453-454, 519, 527, 550, 592, 649-651, 655, 677, 692, 726

sabers, 630

satchel charges, 628

70-mm guns, 202, 249

75-mm guns, 73, 205, 268, 316, 454

6-inch guns, 530

60-mm mortars, 510, 675

small arms, 206, 209, 617, 623, 625, 692

tanks, 122-124, 126, 267, 281, 316, 454- 455, 523, 586, 591, 652, 655

37-mm antitank guns, 73, 202, 205, 209, 268, 454, 591, 675

320-mm mortars, 454, 727

torpedoes, 396, 452, 624-625, 636n

20-mm rockets, 267

20-mm cannon, 139, 249, 379, 415, 454

25-mm antiaircraft guns, 268, 449, 454

200-mm (naval) guns, 267

Weather, 233

humidity, 55

rain, 55

temperature, 141

Weller, LtCol Donald M., 489, 493, 499; Col, 279n

Welles, 403

Wells, 1stLt George G., 540

Wensinger, Col Walter W., 471, 509, 517-519, 549-550, 647-649, 656, 670, 680-681

West Coast, 400, 411

Western Caroline Islands, 52, 55, 62, 97, 99, 151, 184, 429, 431-434, 455, 734. See also Caroline Islands.

Western Pacific, 3, 59, 397, 465, 614

West Field, 429n

West Indies, 19

West Road, 189, 192, 195, 198, 200-202, 204, 206, 209, 222, 224, 226, 228, 232-233, 236- 238, 240, 242, 246, 249, 254,

White, Maj Philip R., 326n

Whitehead, MajGen Ennis C., 382

White Plains, 424-425

Wickel, 2dLt James J., 232n, 259n, 263n

Wildcat Bowl, 221, 256, 260-263

Wildcats, 263-264, 399. See also 81st Infantry Division under Army units.

Wildcat Trail, 210

Wilkinson, VAdm Theodore S., 63-64, 103-104, 181, 278

Williams, LtCol Marlowe C., 558-559; Col, 559n

Williams, BGen Robert H., 543n

Willis, 2dLt William A., 112

Willis, Col William A., 326, 363

Wills, Maj Donald H., 372

Wilson, Lt Walter A., 402, 404

Wilson, President Woodrow, 3-5, 7

Wintle, 420

Withers, Col Hartnoll J., 551, 555, 558

Witomski, Maj Stanislaus J., 326n

Woleai, 101

Woods, MajGen Louis E., 388, 416, 420; LtGen, 404n

Worden, LtCol Waite W., 66n, 70n, 129n, 132n, 153n, 180n, 190n, 248n, 285n

World Disarmament Conference, 7

World War I, 3-5, 7-8, 14, 54, 448, 467, 504, 613, 727

World War II, 3, 55, 448, 467-468, 522, 543, 588, 612, 620n, 713, 715, 729, 736

Wornham, Col Thomas A., 471, 509, 513, 549, 556, 621, 639, 643

Wotje Atoll, 400, 405, 412-415, 417-418

Wright engines, 463

Wright, Lt Frank J., 512

Wurtsmith, BGen Paul D., 333n

–Y–

Yamashita, Gen Tomoyuki, 300, 377

Yap, 54, 59, 62, 64, 68-69, 101-102, 180-131, 184, 286, 430, 432-434, 444, 783

Yap Air Base, 52

Yap Operation, 63, 65, 181, 301

Yokohama, 484

Yokosuka, 449

Yorktown, 399

Youngdale, LtCol Carl A., 552

–Z–

Zambales Mountains, 342

Zamboanga, 356, 359, 362-363, 365-368, 371-373, 378-379, 382, 388, 390

Zamboanga Peninsula, 361, 363, 365-366, 370-371, 374, 381

Zeros. See Aircraft, Japanese.

Zonne, Maj Edmund L., 397