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
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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
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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