US Marine Corps OH 5 Victory and Occupation: Index

Index

–A–

Abe, VAdm Koso, 745

Acorn, 456, 456n. See also Navy Units. Adams, LtCol John P., 775

Adjutant & Inspector's Dept, HQMC, 678

Admiralties, 4

Advanced Naval Bases, 4, 94, 103, 406, 467, 550, 650, 653–654, 687–689. See also Bases. Aerial photography. See Air activities.

Aerial photography interpreters, 61, 687

Agana, 734

Agat, 734

Agina, 128

Aguijan, 462

Aguni Shima, 34, 347–348, 381

Aid stations. See Medical activities.

Aihara, RAdm Aritaka, 455

Ainoura, 500,500n

Air activities

American

Air attacks, 11, 18, 32, 40, 57, 61n, 63, 67, 60, 104, 134–135, 152, 164, 186, 190, 192- 193, 209, 211, 220, 343, 352, 371, 495, 529

air control, 177, 182, 184, 226, 657

air defense, 26, 69, 177, 183–184, 242, 274, 373, 381, 410, 465

air drop, 25, 130, 234, 271, 293, 295, 297, 304, 328–329, 329n, 330–331, 331n, 340, 342, 361n, 374, 383, 707, 783, 785

air evacuation. See Medical Activities. air liaison parties, 182, 259, 344, 374–375, 382–383, 386, 670–671

air observers, 90, 102, 132, 162, 186n, 377

air personnel, 16, 22, 69, 75, 95, 102, 177n, 180, 185–186, 208, 208n, 209, 223–224, 226–227, 227n, 228–230, 278, 331, 370,371, 373–374, 377, 409–412, 418, 424–426, 461, 470, 528, 552n, 561, 566, 576–578, 582, 591n, 621, 623, 636, 670–671, 704, 712, 715–716, 731, 745–746, 783

air photography, 61, 78–80, 102, 185, 252n, 377, 460, 577, 685

air raid warning services, 177, 182–183

air tactics, 26, 85, 226, 230, 425

artillery spotters, 376–377

bombing, 5, 8, 13, 15, 17, 20, 39, 55, 63, 67, 97–98, 103, 111, 138, 144–145, 148, 155, 176, 188, 193, 202, 213, 216–217, 231, 245, 259–260, 265, 275, 284–286, 311, 344–345, 352, 369, 371, 430, 433, 461, 500, 503, 635, 767, 772–775, 779

carrier strikes, 12, 60, 78–79, 96, 98, 106, 259, 393, 426, 673

close support, 13, 57, 60–61, 90–91, 111, 136, 138n, 180–182, 193, 202, 230, 305, 348, 375n, 376–377, 380, 383, 390, 410–411, 417, 421, 424–425, 427, 561, 586, 613, 669–672, 717

combat air patrols, 69, 99, 138, 177, 181, 186, 224–226, 370, 372, 374, 383, 415, 577, 601, 623

losses, 208n, 369

reconnaissance, 77, 337, 377, 564, 566, 577, 595, 613, 783

search and rescue, 103

strafing, 97, 111, 154–155, 167, 417, 586, 635

Japanese

air attacks, 81, 97, 99–100, 102, 109, 116, 177–179, 183–184, 186, 209, 224, 241n, 274–275, 690

airborne raids, 227–229

air personnel, 98, 100, 107, 178, 186, 224, 370

air photography, 225

air support, 675

air tactics, 177, 223–224

bombing, 177, 179

combat air patrols, 21

losses, 15–16, 100, 178, 180, 180n, 184–186, 186n, 209, 227, 229, 242, 251, 274

reconnaissance, 177, 189

suicide attacks, 22, 53, 81, 100, 166, 177- 180, 185, 190, 208, 223, 227–228, 236, 264, 421. See also Kamikazes; Kikusui.

Aircraft

American, 21, 32, 41, 60, 75, 97, 103n, 104, 177, 179, 182, 185–186, 192, 193, 211, 271, 277, 307, 364n, 375, 379, 382–383, 411, 414, 483, 532–534, 561, 566–567, 595, 643, 670, 715–717, 741, 748, 774, 776–778, 783

types

B-24s (Liberators), 373, 453n

B-25s (Mitchells), 373

B-29s (Superfortresses), 13, 78, 98, 373n, 379, 401, 430, 433, 436, 503, 779–780, 783, 785

bombers, 8, 25, 98, 167, 373, 438, 577, 779

carrier aircraft, 16, 61, 78, 98–99, 102, 104, 109, 111, 111n, 115, 129, 179, 181, 193, 243, 329, 329n, 374–375, 383, 407, 409–410, 431, 436, 484, 538, 561, 566, 645, 776, 779–780

C-46s (Commandos), 786

dive bombers, 716

F4Us (Corsairs), 95, 154, 177n, 186, 225, 371, 373, 413, 415, 417–418, 424–428, 431, 495, 566, 588, 608, 613, 621, 624, 716

F6Fs (Hellcats), 91, 128, 225–226, 413, 415, 417, 424–426

FM-2s (Wildcats), 428, 716

fighter bombers, 26

fighters, 8, 13, 25–26, 129, 152, 154, 166–167, 370, 431, 438, 566, 585, 613, 627, 716

gliders, 713

night fighters, 25, 181, 208, 225, 374, 588

observation planes, 25, 117, 120, 219, 277–278, 335, 337, 601, 668, 729

OYs (Sentinels) ("grasshoppers"), 128, 376, 564, 578, 585, 610, 613, 622, 628

patrol bombers, 97, 103

P-38s (Lightnings), 773

P-47s (Thunderbolts), 226–227, 371–372

PBJs (Mitchells), 373n

PBY-5As (Catalinas) , 84n

photo-reconnaissance planes, 29, 417, 577–578

reconnaissance planes, 564, 618

R5Cs (Commandos), 629

R5Ds (Skymasters), 636, 642

scout bombers, 25, 564, 576–577

seaplanes, 107, 185n, 484, 555–556, 636

TBFs (Avengers), 715

TBMs (Avengers), 91, 226, 293, 304, 329n, 374, 383, 424, 428n, 431, 781

torpedo bombers, 25–26, 61, 226, 417, 423, 564, 576, 588

transports, 25, 123, 180n, 225, 243, 437, 485, 566, 576, 595, 599, 602, 604, 623, 629, 638, 643, 713, 729

German

Messerschmitt ME-109, 227n

Japanese

aircraft, 21–22, 57–58, 69, 76, 100, 109, 166, 177, 179, 224–225, 293, 307–308, 370–371, 503, 665, 731, 741

types

Bettys (light bombers), 415

bombers, 21, 100, 179–180, 208, 227–228, 534

carrier planes, 16

fighters, 21, 179–180, 502

Franks (fighters), 227, 371, 371n

Jacks (fighters), 227

reconnaissance planes, 21, 179, 208, 225

seaplanes, 773

suicide planes, 94, 104, 175, 419. See also Kamikazes; Kikusui.

Tonys (fighters), 227n

training planes, 21

Zekes (fighters) ("Zeros"), 227, 371, 371n

Airfields

American, 4, 11–12, 25–26, 32, 55, 60–61, 69, 73, 75, 78, 90, 98, 120, 181, 208, 224, 228–229, 251, 299–300, 302, 309, 311, 314, 370, 372, 376, 378–379, 408, 460, 487–488, 538–539, 541, 545–546, 550, 552, 556, 566, 566n, 584, 599, 618, 624, 630, 709, 729

development, 72, 74–74, 123, 166, 226, 242n, 335, 379, 694

Japanese, 21, 32, 46, 66–67, 98, 100, 102–103, 183, 226, 372, 406, 417, 455, 716, 772

Aitape, 4

Aka Shima, 452

Akron, Ohio, 712

Alabama, 479n

Alamogordo, N. Mex., 432

Alaska, 763

Albertville, 747n

Allied forces, 3, 5, 15–17, 19–21, 31–32, 57, 63, 436–437, 439, 462, 497, 528, 557, 582, 675, 707, 740, 749, 779, 781

Allied POW Rescue Group, 484. See also Prisoners of War.

Alward, Maj Everett V., 416

Amami 0-Shima, 11, 34, 39, 39n, 43, 97, 179, 370, 427

Amamiya, LtGen Tatsumi, 43, 212, 268, 289, 363

Amend, Maj Jack R., Jr., 416

American Civilian Internment Center (Shanghai), 754. See also Prisoner of War Camps.

American Embassy Guards, 543, 583, 732

Peiping, 731

American flag, 295, 545, 552, 780–781

Amethyst, 644, 645

Amike, 303

Ammunition

American, 65, 103, 144, 149n, 151, 173, 180n, 196, 225, 234, 237, 240, 262, 275, 304, 331, 339, 342, 344, 479, 579, 625, 627, 667, 668n, 697. See also Supplies and Equipment.

Types

armor piercing, 316n

artillery, 192, 192n, 211, 217, 241, 338, 459

bombs, 148, 152, 154, 192, 211, 249, 277, 352, 373–374, 382, 419, 426–427, 459, 503

81-mm mortar, 180n

.50 caliber, 192, 374, 417

5-inch shells, 385

flares, 209, 254, 299, 341, 338, 590 14-inch, 305

high explosive shells, 305, 316n, 589

machine gun, 211

mortar, 326, 625

155-mm, 240

105-mm, 189n, 262

rockets, 211, 373n, 374, 385, 417, 714

75-mm, 189n, 218n, 260, 262, 305

smoke, 374

star shells, 190, 254

.30 caliber, 260

tracers, 209

20-mm, 142, 374

Japanese, 154, 289, 455, 709

Types

artillery, 222

bombs, 208, 419, 737

8-inch, 320

47-mm, 353

Ammunition-Continued

Japanese-Continued

Types-Continued

mortar, 211, 262, 511

parachute flares, 508n

320-mm mortar, 45, 308

white phosphorous shells, 252, 254

Amoy, 11, 402

Amphibious assault operations, 4–5, 11, 12n, 40, 60, 66–67, 76, 86n, 109, 166, 177, 196, 205, 242, 299, 303, 324, 348, 376, 394, 403, 410–411, 413, 429, 447, 460, 467, 481, 485, 534–535, 615, 653, 655–658, 661–662, 664–667, 669–670, 674–676, 679, 684, 691, 694, 701, 710–711, 725, 728, 778

Amphibious doctrine, tactics, 382, 429, 654- 658, 663, 669, 677, 680, 687

Amphibious exercises, 468, 630, 635. See also Fleet Landing Exercises.

Amphibious forces, 637, 659–660, 668, 670. See also Navy Units.

Amsterdam, 479n

Anchorages

American, 4, 7–8, 22, 94, 103, 184, 208, 455, 539, 542, 552–553, 561

Japanese, 31

Andaman Islands, 178n

Angaur, 4, 240n, 450

Annam, Annamites, 522, 767

Anping, 610, 612–614, 648

Ansel, Lt Walter C., 654

Anshan, 588–589

Antiaircraft Artillery. See also Army Units; Marine Units; Weapons.

American, 75, 106, 109, 166, 177, 179, 181–184, 185n, 208, 228–229, 274, 279, 369–370, 380n, 384, 453, 464, 688–690, 692, 692n, 695, 707

Japanese, 41, 45, 47, 115, 194, 350, 484

Antonelli, LtCol John W. A., 503

Anwhei Province, 759

Aola Bay, 710

Aoyangai, LtCol Tokio, 108, 121

Aragachi, 344, 357, 363, 368

Aragusuku, 298

Arakabesan, 453

Ara Saki, 351, 361–362

Arawe, 722

Ariake Wan, 408

Arita, 501

Arlington, Virginia, 678

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

American, 84n, 126, 142, 194, 201, 201n, 203, 206, 219, 222, 231, 247, 249–250, 260, 262, 264, 266–267, 273, 284, 306, 310–312, 315–316, 335, 339, 344, 346, 351, 363, 386–387, 390, 467, 563, 576, 598, 629, 684, 691–694, 7G3, 720, 722, 726

Japanese, 20, 44, 80, 206

Army Air Forces, 13, 60–61, 75, 4Q1, 414

Units

Far East Air Forces, 373, 407–409, 430, 438, 496, 535, 783

Fifth Air Force, 407, 430, 438, 488, 490, 509

Seventh Air Force, 407, 430–431

Eighth Air Force, 430

Thirteenth Air Force, 407, 430

Fourteenth Air Force, 529

Twentieth Air Force, 401n, 430, 783

Air Transport Command, 595

Fighter Command, 373n

XX Bomber Command, 430

XXI Bomber Command, 430

314th Bombardment Wing, 783

301st Fighter Wing, 372n

413th Fighter Wing, 372n

507th Fighter Wing, 372n

11th Bombardment Group, 372n

41st Bombardment Group, 372, 372n 319th Bombardment Group, 372n

494th Bombardment Group, 372n

318th Fighter Group, 229–230, 372n 13th Troop Carrier Group, 599

19th Fighter Squadron, 230n

73rd Fighter Squadron, 230n

333rd Fighter Squadron, 230n

28th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, 185

Army of the United States. See also U.S. Army, 772

Army Units

Army Advisory Group, Nanking, 638

Army Counterintelligence Corps, 122

Army Military Intelligence Training Center, 687

Army Service Command OLYMPIC, 404

Leyte Base Command, 85, 85n

10th Military District, 771

First Army, 409

Sixth Army, 399, 404, 408–409, 476, 490, 492–493, 496, 509, 512, 786

Seventh Army, 747

Eighth Army, 408, 438, 476, 481, 484n, 488- 489, 492, 512, 517, 781, 786

Tenth Army, 350, 353, 354n, 356–357, 363, 365, 365n, 368–369, 372, 374–375, 378–385, 385n, 386, 388–350, 392, 397, 408, 410, 452, 476, 476n, 691, 705

Island Command, 58, 71, 75–77, 84, 92–93, 122, 160, 191, 241–242, 348, 365, 378–381

Tactical Air Force, 25, 61, 69, 74–75, 9293, 95–96, 136, 152, 176–177, 181, 183, 185–186, 192, 228–230, 243, 278n, 329n, 371–372, 372n, 373–374, 430, 671

Air Defense Command, 61, 61n, 69, 98, 176–177, 182, 184–185, 226, 229, 243, 372, 372n, 431

Air Defense Control Center (ADCC), 176, 182–184, 223, 381

Bomber Command, 61

I Corps, 404, 408, 492, 512, 514, 517

IX Corps, 399, 404, 408

X Corps, 11n, 492

XI Corps, 404, 408, 488

XXIV Corps, 60, 66, 68, 72, 80–81, 83–84, 84n, 85, 91–93, 96, 112, 117, 125, 128, 131, 136n, 138, 158, 160, 164n, 166, 169, 176, 181, 183, 188–198, 202, 204, 206–207, 209, 211, 213n, 214, 216–217, 233, 236, 240–241, 266, 268–269, 274, 281, 293, 297–298, 300, 303–304, 344, 351, 351n, 352, 354, 356, 362, 364, 374–375, 387, 389, 476n, 534

Artillery, 68, 103, 106, 189, 195, 216, 216n

America] Division, 408

1st Cavalry Division, 408, 488, 778

1st Infantry Division 656, 681

7th Infantry Division, 60, 68, 92, 112, 112n, 117, 120, 125, 128, 131, 188–190, 194, 196, 199, 199n, 206–207, 210–211, 213, 270–272, 274, 276, 280–281, 287, 290, 292–293, 293n, 297–298, 300, 303, 351–352, 356–357, 362, 368

9th Infantry Division, 656

11th Airborne Division, 404, 408, 438, 475, 481, 483–485, 487

24th Infantry Division, 514, 517

25th Infantry Division, 408

27th Infantry Division, 49, 62, 65, 86, 90, 164, 164n, 189, 192–199, 199n, 216, 380, 412n

32nd Infantry Division, 493, 493n, 496, 500, 502–503, 505, 506n, 508n, 511, 512

33rd Infantry Division, 408

36th Infantry Division, 747

40th Infantry Division, 404, 407

41st Infantry Division, 408

43rd Infantry Division, 408

77th Infantry Division, 62, 65, 67, 91, 96, 98, 103–104, 106, 142n, 166–167, 169, 196–199, 206, 209, 212–213, 233, 244, 256, 263, 265–269, 272, 274, 281–283, 286, 293, 293n, 297–298, 368, 408

81st Infantry Division, 65, 408

93rd Infantry Division, 452

96th Infantry Division, 60, 68, 85, 92, 96, 125, 128, 131, 188–189, 189n, 190, 193–194, 196–199, 199n, 206n, 220, 233, 236, 244, 256, 266–270, 272, 274, 277, 281, 293, 293n, 297–298, 300, 303, 325, 326n, 327, 333, 335, 351, 353–354, 356–357, 363, 368

98th Infantry Division, 408

110th Division, 771–772

53rd Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade, 183, 274, 691

1st Engineer Special Brigade, 160

2nd Provisional Army Brigade, 655

Artillery

17th Field Artillery, 655

131st Field Artillery, 763, 766

419th Field Artillery Group, 188

420th Field Artillery Group, 106, 111, 189

Battalions

104th, 216, 216n

105th, 216

106th, 216

145th, 216, 216n

148th, 763n

249th, 199n

149th, 189

Infantry Regiments

17th, 293, 303

18th, 655

32nd, 272, 298, 303, 367

105th, 164, 193, 199

106th, 199

111th, 453–454

112th, 488

126th, 505–506

127th, 505, 505n, 506

128th, 505–506

158th, 404, 407

164th, 686, 696

165th, 348

184th, 211, 270, 272, 278, 280–281, 303, 357

305th, 167, 169, 233, 263, 267, 269, 293n, 303, 364

306th, 212, 269, 282, 295

307th, 91, 202, 204, 216, 267–269, 368 381st, 398, 357

382nd, 267–269

383rd, 131, 233, 266, 269, 298, 326, 328, 331

708th Amphibious Tank Battalion, 305

870th Antiaircraft Artillery (AW) Battalion, 308n

713th Armored Flamethrower Battalion, 201n, 386, 386n

Infantry Battalions

1/127, 496, 507

1/184, 362

1/305, 169

1/307, 282

1/383, 269

2/184, 270

2/305, 298

2/306, 106, 269

2/307, 104, 204

2/383, 267–270, 304, 328

3/105, 164

3/305, 267

3/306, 281–282

3/307, 267

3/381, 268, 270

3/383, 297, 331

91st Chemical Mortar Company, 253

Arnold, MajGen Archibald V., 60

Arnold, Gen H. H., 303, 351, 401n, 403n, 430

Artillery. See also Army units; Marine Units; Weapons.

American, 63, 79, 86n, 88–89, 91, 93, 103n, 114, 116–117, 117n, 130, 135–136, 144–145, 148, 172, 175, 183, 185, 189–190, 192–194, 209, 211–212, 216, 218, 221, 240, 245, 249, 254, 262, 264, 268–269, 277–278, 298, 305, 352, 376–377, 384, 409, 467, 598, 621, 625, 629, 635, 638, 657, 667–668, 670, 673, 688–690, 692–695, 705, 720–723

operations, techniques, 86, 89–90, 90n, 118, 144–146, 150–151, 155, 188, 190, 198, 202, 213, 216–217, 218n, 220, 222, 231, 235, 248–249, 253, 254n, 259, 265, 275, 280, 286, 289, 296, 305, 311, 320, 326, 333, 339, 341, 343, 345, 351, 358, 369, 374, 380, 382–383, 385, 390, 645, 717. See also Tactics.

Japanese, 45, 55, 111, 139, 142, 145, 146n, 151–152, 185, 185n, 201, 214, 253, 271, 275, 363, 485, 511, 675, 709

operations, techniques, 111, 126, 131, 140, 144, 148, 193–194, 197–198, 201–202, 204, 207, 212, 221, 230–234, 237, 245, 248, 251–252, 259–260, 270, 275, 295, 393, 741

Asa, 202–203

Asa Kawa River, 199, 201, 203, 205, 212, 214, 216, 219–220, 222–223, 223n, 230, 234–235, 257, 302, 388n

Asama Maru, 734n

Asato, 282

Asato Gawa River, 233–236, 247, 251, 254, 256, 271, 273, 275–276, 280, 301

Ashurst, Col William W., 732–733, 751, 753–754, 757

Asia, 60, 475, 528, 589

Assault signal companies, 598, 695. See also Army Units; Marine Units.

Assembly areas,

American, 111, 132, 145, 197, 214, 218n, 270, 275, 293n, 307, 338, 342

Japanese, 193

Astor House, 546

Atlanta, 479n

Atlee, Clement, 434

Atoll Commander, Eniwetok, 444n

Atolls, 666, 671, 745

Atomic Bomb, 192, 399–400, 428, 432, 433, 436, 452n, 459, 476, 536, 780–781

Atrocities, 741, 745

Atsugi Airfield, 438, 481, 483–485, 487, 786

Atsutabaru, 132

Attu, 763

Australia, 87, 696, 760, 770–772, 781, 786

Austria, 746

Awa, 135, 136n, 140, 142, 144, 149, 152

Awacha, 199, 204, 217, 220n, 259

Awacha Draw, 220–221

Awacha Pocket, 203, 216, 218, 220, 232, 726

Awards and decorations, 729

Aware Saki, 106, 388n

Aware Shima, 67

Awase, 372

Awashi Peninsula, 128

Axis, 18

Axtell, Maj George C., Jr., 374n

Azuma, 487

–B–

Babelthuap, 453

Badger, RAdm Oscar C., 476, 479n, 483–484, 487–488; VAdm, 637, 639–640, 642–645, 647

Bailey, Maj Stanley R., 419

Bailey bridge, 223, 223n, 231, 275, 307. See also

Bridges.

Baird, Capt Robert, 226

Balikpapan, Borneo, 427, 429

Ballance, Col Robert G., 112n, 158n; BGen, 116n

Banana Wars, 675, 720

Bangkok, 766

Banika, 70, 74, 93, 391

Bank of Chosen, 502

Banten Bay, 763n

Barbey, VAdm Daniel E., 358, 408, 534, 536, 551–552, 555, 559, 559n, 561, 563, 565, 569, 574, 604

Barr, MajGen David, 641

Barrett, Maj Charles D. 654–655; Col, 688; MajGen, 690

Barrett, lstLt Edward M., 739n

Barry, 370, 370n

Bases

American, 7, 65, 75, 98, 103, 146, 424, 680, 709, 776

Japanese, 39, 57–58, 139, 406, 455

Basic School, Quantico, 724

Basset, RAdm Melvin H., 452n

Bataan, 45, 439, 740–741, 786

Bataan, 479n

Bataan Death March, 769, 772, 788

Batavia, 740, 763, 765

Battles, Cpl Connie Gene, 754

Bay field, 639–640, 642

Bay of Chaungzon, 766

Bayler, Col Walter L. J., 459

Beaches, 34, 63–66, 76, 79, 91, 93, 96, 100, 102, 104, 106, 109, 112, 114–115, 125, 136, 160, 162, 167, 272, 306, 323, 330, 332, 379, 485

Black, 118

Green, 485

Green 1, 115

Green 2, 112

Orange, 158, 164

Purple 1, 158

Red, 305, 485

Red 1, 42, 158, 305

Red 2, 305

White, 723–724

Yellow 2, 160

Yellow 3, 158

Beachheads, 70, 117n, 118, 222, 273, 375, 719, 729. See also Beaches.

Beachmaster, 663

Beach party, 663–664. See also Beachmaster; Shore Party Activities.

Beans, LtCol Fred D., 145, 149, 151, 174, 256n, 476, 485, 488

"Beast of the East," 752

Beecher, Col Curtis T., 769, 776–777; BGen, 769

Bell, LtCol George B., 254, 310

Belleau Wood, 479n

Benedict, LtCol W. E., 128n, 303, 342, 345, 358, 364, 364n

Benevolence, 484, 781

Benner, Col Kenneth W., 183–184

Bennington, 180, 185, 416, 421, 479n

Beppu, 505

Berger, Lt Col Spencer S., 116, 171–172, 210, 330, 332

Bergren, Maj Orville V., 144n, 145n, 320n; Col, 479n, 489n

Beriberi, 453, 740

Berlin, 432

Besena Misaki, 136

Best, Col William N., 560–561

Biak, 48

Bias Bay, 603

"Big Ben," 419. See also Franklin.

Big Three Meeting, 431

Bikini Atoll, 444n, 459

Bill, lstLt Josiah W., 439

Biloxi, 496

Birmingham, 208

Bise Saki, 140

Bishi Gawa, 67, 100, 112, 116, 158

Bishop, Lewis S., 758–759

Bismarck Archipelago, 4

Biwa-ko, 779

Black List, 484, 783 310–224 0 - 69 - 56

Black market, 502, 753, 761

Blake, BGen Robert, 450, 455, 457

Blakelock, BGen David H., 65n, 72n, 123n, 158n, 162n, 166n, 180n, 240n, 242n, 272n, 392n

Blandy, RAdm William H. P., 60, 99n, 100, 102–103

Bleasdale, Col Victor F., 129, 142, 146

Block Island, 424, 426, 427n, 429

Bloody Nose Ridge, 232

Bloody Ridge, 167, 169, 209

Boatner, BGen Haydon L., 544

Boats. See Landing Craft.

Bodnar, Sgt John P., 746–747

Bombardments, 65, 99, 102, 111, 348. See also Naval gunfire.

Bomb disposal activities, 25

Bon Homme Richard, 479n

Bonins, 7–9, 11, 11n, 12, 21, 40, 43, 159, 449- 450, 452, 460–461, 468, 746

Bonins Occupation Forces, 450, 460–461

Boston, 479n

Bougainville, 4, 25, 27, 88, 372n, 410, 412, 535- 536, 566, 686, 698, 711, 714, 717–720

Bougainville, 564

Bougainville Milk Run, 670

Bouker, LtCol John G., 103n

Boundaries, 67, 112, 115, 117–118, 125, 173, 202–204, 214, 233–234, 248, 273, 282, 293n, 297–298, 303, 305, 312, 314, 318, 329, 338, 350, 356, 360, 362

Bourke, MajGen Thomas E., 397n, 409, 495, 500

Boxer Protocol, 732

Boxer Rebellion, 522, 524, 547

Boyd, Maj Clay, 489n

Boyington, Maj Gregory, 745, 750, 785; LtCol, 716

Bradford, BGen William B., 216

Bradley, MajGen James L., 60, 125, 198, 326n

Bradley, Gen Omar, 685n

Bradshaw, Capt Harvey D., 426n

Brazil Maru, 777–778

Bremen, 747

Bremerton, Washington, 418, 421

Breton, 95

Bridge House, 754

Bridges, 102, 116, 116n, 132, 134–135, 139, 155, 203, 219, 231, 233, 276, 283, 302, 304, 307–308, 310, 312, 325, 326, 327n, 330, 346, 590, 599

Brimmer, Cpl Charles, 754–755

British Broadcasting Corporation, 757

British Carrier Force, 60, 100, 406, 431, 435, 479

British Chiefs of Staff, 3n

British commandos, 707, 707n, 708

British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 514

British expeditionary force, 522

British flag, 781

British Flagship Group, 438. See also Task Organizations.

British forces, 479, 749, 764, 766, 781

British Government, 436

British Landing Force, 483, 485, 487

British Naval Units, 60, 100, 369, 406, 438, 479, 649. See also Task Organizations.

British observers, 382

British Pacific Fleet, 431

British Support Force, 438

Brittain, Commo Thomas B., 551

Broadcasts, 357, 583

Brodie gear, 668

Brown, Col Charles C., 544

Brown, Maj Luther A., 731, 733, 752–753; Col, 732, 732n, 751

Brown, Col Wilburt S., 116–117, 123, 189, 189n, 194; MajGen, 88n, 189n, 194n, 195n, 199n, 219n, 383n, 613n

Bruce, MajGen Andrew D., 62, 91, 96, 104, 166, 196, 198, 286; LtGen, 142n

Brunner, Sgt Frederick J., 747, 747n

Buckley, LtCol Edmond J., 685n, 686; Col, 686n

Buckner, LtGen Simon B., Jr., 6, 11–12, 12n, 58, 60, 62–68, 71, 73, 76, 82, 83n, 84–86, 90, 92, 125, 129, 132, 141n, 159, 164n, 188, 195–199, 218, 240–242, 278, 278n, 280–281, 287, 292, 298, 338, 338n, 347–348, 350, 353–354, 354n, 364, 379, 384, 724

Bunker Hill, 180, 185, 415–417, 419n, 421

Bureau of Aeronautics, 410

Burma, 3n, 45, 530, '740, 750, 766–768

Burton, LtCol Custis, Jr., 216

Bushido, 367, 788

Butuan Bay, 772

Byroade, BGen Henry A., 595

–C–

Cabanatuan, 743, 769, 778

Cactus Air Force, 686n, 716, 716n

Cairo Conference (SEXTANT), 3

Cairo Declaration, 399, 434

Caldwell, Col Frank C., 707n

Californja, 647, 681, 699

Campbell, BGen Harold D., 453

Campbell, LtCol William R., 427

Camp Elliott, Calif., 442, 680, 682, 705

Camp Gillespie, San Diego, Calif., 705

Camp Lejeune, N. C., 27, 441, 448, 468–469, 616, 681, 687, 689–690, 698, 705, 714

Camp Pendleton, Calif., 27, 442, 448, 468, 512, 616, 625, 631, 642–643, 647, 680, 698, 721

Camp Ritchie, Md., 687

Canals, 276, 283, 537. See also Terrain. Cannes-Nice area, 747

Cannibalism, 461–462

Canton, 407, 521, 525, 534, 603, 631

Cape Esperance, 91

Cape Gloucester, 86–87, 676, 686, 696n, 720

Cape Gloucester, 424, 428, 428n

Cape Torokina, 25, 719

Cargo. See Supplies and Equipment. Caribbean, 469, 649, 680, 718

Carlson, Maj Evans F., 698, 707–710, 710n; LtCol, 744

Carney, RAdm Robert B., 483, 487

Caroline Islanders, 455

Caroline Islands, 14, 450, 654

Casualties

American, 27, 73, 87–88, 99–100, 104, 109, 11n, 114, 118, 126, 128, 134, 138n, 140, 144–146, 148, 148n, 151–152, 155, 158, 160, 164, 166–167, 169, 171, 175, 178–179, 180n, 184, 190, 194, 196, 198, 201–203, 204n, 205, 208, 212–213, 219–221, 228–229, 231–232, 234–239, 243–245, 249–250, 252–253, 261, 263, 265, 271, 276–277, 278n, 281, 283, 296, 298, 304, 309, 311–312, 316, 320n, 324, 327, 329, 332–335, 339–342, 344–345, 348, 358, 362, 369, 389, 403, 419, 421, 432, 434, 527, 531, 558, 612–613, 625, 627, 672, 675, 683–684, 699, 704n, 709–710, 728–730, 737, 750, 769, 776

Japanese, 16, 18, 103–104, 120–121, 130, 132, 136, 148, 150, 152, 154–155, 166, 169, 171–173, 175–176, 190–191, 194, 205, 208, 210–213, 213n, 221, 228, 230, 234–235, 239, 242, 244, 247, 254, 266, 282, 289–290, 298, 300, 307, 312, 316, 320, 323–324, 330, 345, 356, 360n, 368–369, 369n, 380–381, 710, 729

Casualty Division, HQMC, 750

Casualty evacuation. See Medical Activities. Cates, MajGen Clifton B., 24, 24n

Catoctin, 551–552, 555, 558–559, 561, 563, 569

CAUSEWAY Operation, 6, 9, 11–12, 12n, 13, 57. See also Planning.

INDEX901

Caves. See Terrain features.

Ceasefire, 436, 574, 594

Cemeteries

Arlington National, 678, 730

77th Infantry Division, 169n

Central America, 697, 720

Central Carolines, 449, 463n

Central China, 527, 537, 541, 783

Central Pacific, 4, 4n, 5, 14, 20, 24, 26, 410, 412, 429, 454, 654, 665–668, 672–673, 675, 690, 718, 720, 729

Operations, 4n, 74n, 239, 390, 690, 704

Central Solomons, 666

Centron, 747, 747n

Chamberlain, Maj Clair "C," 181

Chamorros, 461

Chan, 274, 290, 292, 298, 300, 325

Chandler, QMCIk Paul G., 733–734

Changchun, 530, 584, 636

Chang Chun, Gen, 594

Changkeichuang Field, 538–539, 546, 550, 556, 566, 566n, 584, 599, 618, 624, 630

Chang-li, 590, 600, 610, 764, 766–767

Changtien, 577

Chaplains, 323, 691, 726–727, 742

Chapman, LtCol Leonard F., Jr., 88

Chapman, LtCol Max C., 183

Chappell, Col Kenneth B., 116, 202, 210, 217n

Charts. See Maps and Charts.

Chatan, 50, 117

Chatan-Futema line, 50

Chefoo, 541, 545, 559n, 561, 563–564, 570, 577, 601, 603, 632

harbor, 558

operation, 559

Cheng Kai Ming, MajGen, 594

Chennault, MajGen Claire, 529

Chen Pao-tsang, LtGen, 565

Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo, 437, 525–529, 531–532, 542, 545, 547, 557, 559, 559n, 565, 569–572, 579, 584–585, 603, 632

Chibana, 197, 218

Chicago, 479n

Chichi Jima, 8, 418, 460–462, 745

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), 26, 76, 414, 446, 464, 640, 642, 687. See also Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet; Adm King.

Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 11n; See also Gen George C. Marshall.

Chihfeng, 602

Chikuto, 314

Chilton, 644, 647

Chimu, 68, 132, 171, 176, 241

Chimu airfield, 373n, 488, 560

Chimu Wan, 66, 162, 166

China, 5, 7, 19–20, 31–32, 36–37, 41, 44, 60, 98, 174, 402, 433, 433n, 437, 441, 444, 450, 468–470, 500, 505, 517n, 521–522, 524, 526, 528–529, 529n, 530–532, 534–536, 539–540, 543–544, 547, 551, 557, 559–561, 566, 569, 572–573, 573n, 574, 576, 578, 581–582, 584, 586, 589, 592, 594, 596, 605–607, 610, 613, 617–624, 628–634, 637, 639–641, 645, 647–648, 650, 654, 675, 697, 708, 716, 732, 738, 741, 750, 778

cities, 527, 532, 540

coalition government, 573, 601, 632

coal mines, 541, 574–575, 578, 582, 585–585, 600, 649. See also Tangshan mines.

coast, 3, 5–7, 9, 11, 373, 407, 437, 778

communications centers, 437

economy, 531, 582

ports, 437. 533, 578

rail facilities, 533, 536, 578–579, 585–586, 617

China (Okinawa), 371–372

China-Burma-India Theater, 401, 528–529

China Sea, 97, 107

China Theater, 533, 536, 545, 555, 557, 559, 568–569, 574, 596–597, 600, 603, 606. See also U.S. Forces, China Theater.

Chinchow, 584, 639

Chin Chung River. 627

Chinen Peninsula, 50–51, 55, 164, 205, 270, 274, 278, 281, 287–289, 292–293, 293n. 298, 300, 303

Chinen Point, 66

Chinese, The, 37, 455, 499, 499n, 508, 527, 531- 532, 537, 546–547, 556, 580, 607, 619, 758

Air Force, 528

Central Government. See also Chinese Nationalists, Kuomintang. 521, 526–527, 531–533, 541, 543, 561, 565, 569, 571–574, 578, 581, 584, 594, 596, 607–609, 614, 616, 620, 631–633, 640–642, 644, 649

civil war, 437, 521, 532–533, 543–544, 559, 568, 570, 573–574, 578, 603, 623, 631, 633, 636, 641, 645, 648

Communists, Communist Party, 437, 521, 525–528, 529n, 532, 542–543, 545, 556, 558–559, 561, 563–565, 570, 572, 574, 576–580, 582, 585–586, 588, 590–591, 594–596, 602, 604, 608–610, 612–614, 616–620, 625, 627–628, 630–633, 636, 639–642, 644–645, 647–649

Communist areas, 527, 600–601, 623, 636

Communist forces, 542, 548, 554, 556, 563, 565–567, 569–570, 572, 585, 588, 594–595, 601, 603, 608–604, 612–613, 617, 623, 627, 636–637, 643–644, 647, 759

Communist New Fourth Army, 759

Eighth Route Army, 527, 556, 564, 610, 612, 708, 759

53rd Communist Regiment, 619

Road Protecting Battalion, 619

Communist guerrillas, guerrilla tactics, 527, 542, 556, 570, 603, 609, 708, 759

Communist leaders, 548, 563–564, 594–595, 602–603, 610, 614n, 623n, 633

Communist operations, tactics, 536, 570–571, 584–586, 588–590, 609–610, 612–613, 617, 622, 625, 628, 630, 632, 638, 643–644, 648

Communist propaganda, 609–610

Imperial Government (China), 522

Imperial troops, 522

Military academy, 525

Nationalists, Chinese. See also Chinese

Central Government, Kuomintang. 437, 521, 532, 540, 542, 544, 546–547, 559, 568, 571, 573–574, 580, 582, 584–586, 590–591, 594–597, 601–604, 616, 620, 623, 623n, 625, 627–628, 631–633, 640, 642–644, 649

Army, 437, 526–529, 532–535, 542, 544–546, 557, 559n, 561, 564–565, 568–569, 571, 573–574, 578–579, 581, 585–585, 591, 594, 597, 601, 604, 607–610, 612, 616–617, 623, 627–628, 631–632, 639, 641, 643, 759

Eleventh War Area, 520, 565, 580

Tientsin Garrison Force, 568n

8th CNA, 561, 579, 581

13th CNA, 561, 569

52nd CNA, 561, 569

92nd CNA, 558, 568

94th CNA, 568, 568n, 570, 616–617 43rd Division, 568, 570, 588

puppet soldiers, 543, 564, 579, 590

Revolution, 524

warlords (China), 525–526

Chinwangtao, 535–536, 541–542, 545, 547–548, 552, 555–556, 563, 568–570, 575, 585–586, 588, 590, 600, 604, 607, 609–610, 615, 617, 621, 624, 628, 649, 731

Chitose, 786

Chiwa, 316

Cho, MajGen Isamu, 40; LtGen, 40, 40n, 48, 206, 213, 338n, 367, 370

Chocolate Drop Hill, 266–267

Choiseul, 700, 706

Choshi, 408

Chou En-Lai, Gen, 547, 558, 594

Christmas Day, 90n, 578

Chuda, 173

Chungking, 528–529, 531–532, 543–544, 546- 548, 569, 57–574, 594–595, 601, 604, 755

Churchill, Prime Minister Winston S., 3, 432, 434, 531

Chu Teh, Gen, 708

Cities, 38, 233, 257

Civil affairs, 76–77, 121, 380. See also Military Government.

Civil Affairs Handbook for the Ryukyu Islands, 77

Civilians, 77, 78n, 80, 87, 101, 118, 121–122, 131–132, 136, 162, 167, 173, 175, 176n, 357, 357n, 361, 363, 369, 369n, 455, 577, 738n

Clark, Col Saville T., 498n

Clement, BGen William T., 438–439, 476, 478–479, 479n, 481, 485, 487–488, 489n, 600–601, 606, 608

Coast artillery. See also Artillery, Weapons.

American, 183, 688–689, 742

Japanese, 65, 483–485

Cobb, RAdm Calvin H., 62, 370

Colley, LtCol Thomas J., 643

Colmer, LtCol Parker R., 463n

Coln, LtCol Royce W., 426, 426n, 428, 429n

Colorado, 260

Columbia University, 92

Combat efficiency, 74, 109, 249, 615, 623, 682

Combat Intelligence School (Camp Lejeune), 687

Combat readiness, 74, 83, 615

Combined Chiefs of Staff, 3n, 7, 9, 399–400

CominCh-CinCPac conferences, 7, 12, 111

Command, commanders

American, 26, 76, 658, 661, 671, 673

Japanese, 14, 18–19, 56, 185, 274, 436, 544, 580

Commandant, Marine Corps Schools, 654, 699

Commandant of the Marine Corps. See also Generals Cates, Shepherd, Vandegrift. 12n, 24n, 89n, 136n, 197n, 376, 412, 414, 422, 442, 446–447, 465, 468–469, 551, 592, 605–606, 608, 622, 654, 660, 677–680, 682, 687–689, 699, 705, 712–713, 721, 736n

Commander, Aircraft, Pacific Fleet, 7, 74–75, 413

Commander, Air Support Control Unit, 102, 177, 181–182, 375

Commander, Amphibious Force, South Pacific, 659

Commander, Amphibious Forces, Western Pacific, 638

Commander, Asiatic Fleet, 489n

Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Forces, Pacific Fleet, 673

Commander, Fifth Fleet, 6, 62, 493n

Commander, Fleet Activities, Yokosuka, 488–489

Commander, le Shima Attack Group, 166

Commander in Chief, 8, 431. See also President Roosevelt.

Commander in Chief, Army Forces in the Pacific, 401, 403, 430–431. See also General MacArthur.

Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, 468–469

Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, 3n, 4, 9, 11–12, 31, 370, 373n, 398–399, 401, 403, 407, 411, 413, 422, 424, 429n, 430–431, 439, 450, 452, 459, 462–463, 465–466, 505n, 509, 533–535, 544, 569, 660, 707, 783. See also Admiral Nimitz.

Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, 4, 6, 31, 58, 62–63, 65, 65n, 76, 240, 280, 347, 354n, 373, 399, 401, 430, 436, 439, 449, 450n, 783. See also Admiral Nimitz.

Commander in Chief, Southwest Pacific Area, 3, 3n, 6, 8, 25, 403. See also General MacArthur.

Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, 3, 8, 294, 411, 413–414, 422, 424, 688, 712–713. See also, Chief of Naval Operations; Admiral King.

Commander, Joint Expeditionary Force, 661

Commander, Marianas, 450, 452n

Commander, Marshalls-Gilberts Area, 457

Commander, Naval Air Bases, Okinawa, 74–75

Commander, Naval Air Base, Truk, 457

Commander, Naval Facilities, Tsingtao, 616

Commander, Naval Forces, Ryukyus, 370

Commander, Naval Forces, Western Pacific, 636

Commander, Naval Port Facilities, Shanghai, 638

Commander, Northern Attack Force, 152n

Commander, Service Squadron Ten, 242

Commander, South Pacific Force, 659, 661, 663, 686

Commander, Support Aircraft, Pacific Fleet, 671

Commander, Truk and Central Caroline Islands, 457

Command functions, 659

Command posts

American, 91, 112, 125, 134, 140, 146, 556

Japanese, 49, 236, 304

Commanding General, Army Air Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas, 11, 62

Commanding General, Expeditionary Troops, 24n, 661

Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force Pacific, 365n, 466, 688

Commanding General, Marine Barracks, Quantico, 468

Commanding General, Marine Garrison Forces, 14th Naval District, 465

Commanding General, Marine Garrison Forces, Pacific, 465

Command relationship

American, 58, 401, 536, 658–660, 677

Japanese, 58

Commencement Bay, 26, 413, 424–425

Committee of Three, 594–595, 601, 604, 608

Commonwealth of Australia, 439

Communications

American, 91, 117, 136, 175, 182, 184, 195, 326, 329, 361, 378, 437, 528, 532, 539, 564, 568, 575, 595, 600–602, 604, 663, 666, 669–671, 718

equipment, 183, 307, 323, 338, 583, 669, 705, 719, 722

radio, 136, 182, 195, 305–306, 375, 534, 583, 591, 595, 599, 601, 612–613, 669, 722, 766, 771

wire, 195

Japanese, 11, 20, 51, 97, 104, 121, 152, 710

Conical Hill, 233, 236, 244, 263n, 266–270, 274, 277, 281

Consort, 645

Conte Verde, 734n

Convoys

American, 21, 109, 134, 180, 189, 331, 532, 558–560, 612

Japanese, 20, 178n, 776

Cook, Maj Earl J., 245

Cooke, VAdm Charles M., Jr., 6, 604–607, 614n, 616, 623n, 627n, 628, 630n, 633n, 637

Cooley, Col Albert D., 415

Coral, coral reefs, 34, 91, 100, 102, 104, 106, 106n, 112, 114, 116, 157–158, 167, 176, 207, 209, 231, 260, 305, 324, 346, 667

Coral Sea, 763

CORONET Operation, 402, 404, 406, 408, 476. See also, OLYMPIC Operation; Planning.

Corregidor, 439, 488, 741–743, 771, 786

Corwin, 2dLt Douglas A., 612

Cosgrove, LtCol John J., 699n

Courtney, Maj Henry A., Jr., 237, 244–245

Cowpens, 479n, 781

Craig, BGen Edward A., 624

Cram, LtCol Jack R., 373n

Crawford, RAdm George C., 638n

Crawford, Col William D., 547

Crist, BGen William E. 76–77

Croix de Guerre, 747n. See also Awards and Decorations.

CROSSROADS Operation, 459

Culebra, 654, 656

Cummings, Col Gale T., 454

Cunningham, Cdr Winfield S., 737, 755

Cunningham Field (Cherry Point), 681

Currin, LtCol Michael S., 711

Curotis, 370

Czechoslovakia, 747n

–D–

Dachau, 749

Dailey; BGen Frank G., 415, 415n, 419n

Dai Naichi Maru, 764

Dairen, 522, 541, 559n, 561, 569

Dakeshi, 199, 203, 216, 217n, 220, 222, 231–232, 234–236, 238, 259, 261–262

Dakeshi Ridge, 221–222, 232, 236, 260–261, 726

Dakiton, 330, 342

Davao, 769–770

Day, Col Karl S., 545–546

Dayton, 479n

D-Day (Europe), 16

Defense battalions, 25, 88–89, 688–692, 712. See also Marine units.

Defenses

American, 24, 58, 86, 129–130, 140, 146, 148, 152, 184, 238–239, 245, 247–249, 251, 259–260, 269, 276, 280, 284, 286, 288, 298, 315, 318, 335, 337, 346, 356, 358, 638, 709

abatis, 134

airfield, 228

antiaircraft, 183, 184

base, 424

beach, 203, 247, 688

blocking positions, 117, 212

camouflage, 132

foxholes, 343

observation posts, 277, 338

outposts, 601, 608

perimeter, 135, 139–140, 144, 148n, 151, 171, 276, 287, 341, 358, 609

reverse slope, 256, 271

Japanese, 4, 7, 14, 16–22, 25, 39–41, 45–51, 54–55, 61, 69, 78–81, 93, 96, 98, 102–103, 107, 116–118, 120, 123, 125, 130–132, 134, 138–140, 142, 145–146, 148, 151, 154, 167, 173, 188, 190–194, 204–205, 210, 217, 230–231, 236–237, 239, 239n, 244, 250, 252, 256, 269–271, 274, 289, 298, 308, 312, 323, 363, 393, 441, 455, 485, 530, 673, 675, 685, 687, 704, 719, 720, 723–724

antitank obstacles, 49, 102, 121, 125, 127, 139, 154, 188, 190, 214, 260, 264, 318

barbed wire, 188

barricades, 49

beach, 40, 80, 392

blockhouses, 276, 723

bunkers, 49, 151, 167, 216n, 361, 718, 720, 725

camouflage, 79, 154, 167, 192, 310

cave, 48–50, 115, 118, 149, 151, 154–155, 167, 169, 173, 190, 193, 201, 204, 212, 214, 216n, 217–219, 221, 230–231, 236, 244, 248, 253, 261–263, 267–268, 271, 304, 308, 337, 368, 380, 385, 393, 704, 723, 725–726

coastal, 46

dummy guns, 115

fire lanes, 55, 268

fortified positions, 5, 49–50, 53, 116, 152, 213, 247, 263, 286, 380, 718, 721, 741

fortified tombs, 162, 169, 212, 260, 267, 276, 296, 337, 725

forts, 439, 483–485, 487

gun positions, 135, 151, 154, 202, 237, 248, 262, 265, 337, 672, 726

minefields, 49, 135, 142, 188, 190, 198, 249, 251, 306–307, 312, 320, 386

observation posts, 54, 111, 125, 138, 197- 198, 201, 233, 245, 268, 314, 332, 356

outposts, 54, 131, 221, 235, 256, 290

pillboxes, 148, 173, 190, 202, 212, 218–219, 221, 232, 260–261, 267, 296, 364, 393, 720–721, 723

reverse slope, 217, 245, 247–248, 263–265, 267–268, 273, 276, 281, 337, 340, 345–346, 387, 393

roadblocks, 132, 135, 139, 362, 567

spider holes, 167

trenches, 154–455, 162

tunnels, 167, 231, 244, 296, 306, 309, 324

del Valle, MajGen Pedro A., 24, 60, 66, 68, 74, 86–87, 117, 123, 125–126, 129–130, 173, 195, 197, 199, 202, 212, 214, 217, 219–221, 234, 256–257, 278n, 286, 293, 295, 325, 329–330, 339, 362, 387, 390, 392, 397, 397n, 654, 691; LtGen, 125n, 337n, 353n, 354n, 655n, 691n, 703n, 707n

Demolitions. See also Supplies and Equipment; Weapons.

American, 149, 231, 250, 253, 262, 312, 384, 461, 780

Japanese, 139, 169, 172, 207, 257–228, 296, 315, 498

Demonstration Group, 95, 347

Denig, LtCol Robert L., Jr., 114

Deputy Island Commander, Guam, 454

Devereux, Maj James P. S., 737–738, 752, 756–757, 781

Dewey Boulevard, 743

Deyo, RAdm Morton L., 60, 60n, 99, 99n

Dickey, Col Ward E., 95

Dick Hill, 267–269

Dilbert Dunker, 425, 427

Diplomatic corps, 547, 734n

Diplomatic immunity, 733

Disarmed military personnel, 452, 463–464

Division of Aviation, HQMC, 678–679, 713, 715

Division of Operations and Training, HQMC, 678

Division of Personnel, HQMC, 678

Division of Plans & Policies, HQMC, 412, 414n, 631, 678, 691, 700–701. See also "Pots and Pans."

Division of Public Relations, HQMC, 678

Division of Reserve, HQMC, 678

Dobbin, LtCol John F., 427; BGen 424n, 425n, 426n, 427n

Dobervich, lstLt Michiel, 770–772

Docks, 553, 555

Documents, Japanese, 78, 191, 285, 312

Doma Cove, 91

Domei news agency, 463

Dominion of Canada, 439

Dominion of New Zealand, 439

Donne, John, 730

Donohoo, LtCol Malcolm "0", 115, 129, 175, 248–249

Dooley, Maj George E., 416

Doolittle, LtGen James H., 430

Dorroh, Maj Jefferson D., 374n

DRAGOON Operation, 60n

Draguignan, 748

Dublon, 454

Duluth, 479n

Dumps. See Supplies and Equipment. Dunlap, 460

Durgin, RAdm Calvin T., 69

Dutch forces, 740

Dutch military cantonment, 740

Dutch nationals, 503

Dyess, Capt Acquilla J., 712; LtCol 699n

–E–

Eagle Mountain Lake, Texas, 713

Easely, BGen Claudius M., 358

East Asia, 434

East Carolines, 449

East China Sea, 18, 21, 34, 99, 188, 315, 325, 428

Easter, 96, 109

Eastern Islands, 34, 66, 68, 164, 381

Eastern Islands Attack & Fire Support Group, 162, 164

Eastern Manchuria, 530

Eastern New Guinea, 665

East Station, 547, 599

Easy Hill, 323

Edenton, N. C., 713

Edson, LtCol Merritt A., 708–709

Edson's Ridge, 709

Edwards, VAdm Richard S., 422

Efate, 717

Eichelberger, LtGen Robert L., 481, 487

Eighty-Eight Balls, 736

Eisenhower, Gen Dwight D., 403n

Elbe River, 747

Eldorado, 182, 225, 375, 644, 647–648

Eleventh War Area, 596

Ellice Islands, 660

Ellis, Maj Earl H., 654, 666, 691

Ellis, Maj Henry A., Jr., 416

Embarkation activities, 95, 391, 595

Emirau, 25, 88, 712

Endo, Capt, 752

Engebi, 225, 225n, 230n, 459

Engineer mine removal operations, 123, 204, 264, 306–307, 311, 322, 346

Engineers. See also Army Units; Marine Units; Seabees.

American, 25, 32n, 71, 86n, 112, 123, 134–135, 149n, 158–159, 176, 223, 242n, 271, 275–276, 283, 302, 307–308, 310, 333, 379, 467, 551, 558, 576, 585, 599, 624, 643, 663, 692–694, 702, 720–721, 726

Japanese, 43–46, 122, 363

England, 708, 746, 746n. See also Great Britain; United Kingdom.

Eniwetok, 70–71, 88, 225, 242n, 428, 444, 450, 464, 464n

Enogai, 711

Enoura Maru, 777

Enright, Col William K., 547n

Enterprise, 98, 419

Entwistle, RAdm Frederick I., 637, 638n

Equipment. See Supplies and equipment. Ercanbrack, CWO Earl B., 734n, 736, 736n, 762, 774, 780, 781n

Erskine, MajGen Graves B., 24

Espiritu Santo, 25, 70, 70n, 86, 90, 95, 710, 716–717

Essex, 26, 415–418

Estes, 102

Eureka, 667

Europe, 13, 15, 218, 409, 430, 525, 528, 589, 746–747

Evacuation activities, 450, 456, 461, 638–640, 642, 644–645, 650, 728, 731, 741, 781, 786

Ewa, T. H., 25, 96, 441, 470, 621, 716

Executions, 459, 741, 745, 768

Executive Headquarters, 594–595, 599, 601- 605, 610, 612–614, 618, 621–623, 677

Exercises. See Fleet Landing Exercises; Training.

Expeditionary Force, 677. See also Task organizations.

Expeditionary Troops, 60, 354, 354n, 558, 661, 674

–F–

Far East, 444, 461, 463–464, 470, 517n, 572, 633

Far East War Crimes Tribunal, 739n

Farrell, BGen Walter G., 600, 606

Fast Carrier Forces, 16, 21–22, 60, 94, 96–100, 178–181, 185, 192, 280, 404, 406, 411, 415–418, 421, 430–431, 438–439, 461, 534, 561, 566

Fayence, 748

Fegan, MajGen Joseph C., 707

Feldmeier, Maj Allan L., 135, 293, 331

Fellows, BGen Joseph H., 439, 663n

Fengt'ai, 760

Fenton, lstLt Francis I., Jr., 439

Fertig, Col Wendell W., 771

Field Manual 31–5, 655

Fighter-director site, 141n, 381

Fike, Col Charles L., 452n

Filipinos, 740–744, 769, 774

Filipino underground organization, 774

Fink, Maj Gerald, 561n

Finschhafen, 70n

Fire coordination, 718

Fire direction, fire direction system, 193, 385

Fire direction center, 117, 195, 383

Fire Plan NEGAT, 377, 378n

Fire Plan VICTOR, 377, 378n

Fire support coordination centers, 383, 670

Fire support operations, 166, 209n, 253–254, 287, 305

First Battle of the Philippine Sea, 4, 16

First Joint Training Force, 656

Flamethrowers. See Weapons.

Flanagan, PltSgt Cecil J., 612–613

Flat Top Hill, 266–267, 269

Fleet landing exercises (FLEXs), 655–656, 662–663, 677

Fleet Training Publication 167 (FTP-167), 655, 658, 660

FLINTLOCK Operation, 661

Florida Islands, 708

Flycatchers, 201, 209n, 210, 233

Flying Tigers, 716, 758

Foley, LtCol Ernest P., 216

Folino, lstLt Fred C., 226

Food. See Supplies and Equipment. Footbridges, 219, 222, 273, 276, 283. See Bridges.

FORAGER Operation, 661

Forbidden City, 540

Foreign concessions (China), 521, 546

Foreign legations, 524

Formosa, 3, 5–9, 11, 11n, 12, 12n, 13, 17, 19, 21–22, 26, 32, 34, 38–41, 56–57, 69, 84, 97- 98, 100, 178–179, 400, 416, 427, 437, 463, 522, 744, 750, 768, 772–778, 783

Formosa-first policy, 9, 11n

Formosa-Luzon Line, 7

Formosans, 499

Formosa operation, 5–6, 8–9, 12–13. See also Planning.

Formosa Strait, 9

Forrestal, James V., 3, 725

Fortifications. See Defenses.

Fort Ord, Calif., 92

Fort Robinson, Nebr., 713

Fort Washington, Md., 713

Forward observers, 117, 259

14th Naval District, 465

Frame, Maj Donald P., 415

France, 746, 746n, 747, 747n, 521–522

Franklin, 94, 98, 419, 421. See also "Big Ben."

Fraser, LtCol Angus M., 138n

Freeny, LtCol Samuel W., 777

Freising (Oberbayern), 748

French Arsenal, 546, 556, 613

French coast, 15

French expeditionary force, 522

French Foreign Legion, 746

French Government, 747n

French Indo-China, 20

French Municipal Bldg., 516, 557

French officials, 547, 767

French underground, 731, 746, 746n, 747–748

Fuel. See Supplies and Equipment.

Fujioka, LtGen Takeo, 44, 289–290

Fukada, Sgt, 774

Fukien Province, 522

Fukuoda, 506n

Fukuoka, 493, 493n, 499–502, 505, 514

Fukuoka Base Command, 505

Fukuoka Occupation Force, 501–502, 505–506

Fukuoka Prefecture, 502, 506, 512, 514

Funakoshi, 481

Funauki Fortress, 39n

Furugen, 117

Futema, 54, 68, 125, 206, 206n, 214

Futtsu Saki, 483, 485

–G–

Gagusuku, 138

Gaja, 205, 220

Gallipoli, 662

GALVANIC Operation, 661

Gard, BGen Robert G., 189n

Gasoline. See Supplies and equipment.

Gavutu, 706, 708

Geheime Staats Polizei. See Gestapo.

Geiger, MajGen Roy S., 24, 60, 66–68, 71n, 79, 84n, 86, 89, 91, 93, 123, 125–126, 129, 159, 175, 195–197, 214, 216, 252, 273, 299, 323, 353, 353n, 354n, 363, 363n, 365, 365n, 373, 381–382, 385–389, 397n, 534, 545, 571, 605; LtGen, 365n, 439, 605n

General Order 241, 677

Geneva Convention, 739n

Geneva Protocol, 749, 753, 755–756, 760

Genka, 174

German forces, 731, 749

German hospital, 748–749

Germans, 455, 546–547, 563, 748–749

Germany, 12, 18, 522, 527–528, 746, 747n

surrender of, 530–531

Gestapo, 747, 747n

Ghormley, VAdm Robert L., 663n

Gilbert Islands, 240, 390, 450, 665, 690, 710, 724, 744

Operation, 674–675

Gilbert Islands, 427, 429

Gilliam, LtCol William M., 278n

Ginowan-Shuri highway, 194, 268

Gisushi, 303–304, 326n

Goettge, LtCol Frank B., 686

Goettge Patrol, 676

Gormley, LtCol John J., 171, 260, 556, 556n

Grasse, 748

Great Britain, 433–434, 521–522, 572, 747n.

–H–

Hadnot Point, N. C., 705

Hagushi, 51n, 55, 63, 68, 73, 109, 241, 298

anchorage, 159, 223

beaches, 51, 54, 64, 67, 70, 91, 100, 103, 107, 109, 111, 158, 160, 162, 166, 241, 393, 421, 551, 685

transport area, 135, 179, 233, 348

Haha Jima, 460

Hai Ho River, 539, 542, 546, 550, 552–553, 556, 621

Hainan, 416, 783

Haiphong, 561

Hai River, 621

Haiti, 654

Hakata, 499

Halazone, 331n

Half Moon Hill, 244, 247–253, 256, 264, 271

Halifax, Lord, 436

Hall, RAdm John L., Jr., 60, 91–93, 241

Halmahera group, 452

Halsey, Adm William F., 4–5, 97, 229n, 280, 431, 476, 479, 479n, 481, 483–484, 484n, 487, 493n, 660, 663, 781; FAdm, 403n, 404, 416, 421, 422n

Hamahika Shima, 164, 388n

Hamburg, 749

Hanagusuku, 289

Hanchos, 761

Hancock, 128, 421, 479n

Hangchow, 530

Hangchow Bay, 7, 428

Hanja, 330

Hankow, 524

Hansen, Maj Herman, Jr., 416

Hanza, 115, 117, 120

Hara, VAdm Chuichi, 454–455

Hara-kiri, 367

Harbors, 4, 271n, 299, 460, 522, 540

Harmon, LtGen Millard F., 11

Harriman, W. Averell, 431

Harris, BGen Field, 412

Harris, LtCol Harold D., 691

Hart, Col John N., 623, 631

Haute Savoie, 746–747

Haven, 786

Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, 24, 66n, 141, 397–398, 407, 448, 452, 465, 468, 470, 493, 500n, 636, 654, 672, 704, 709

Hawkins, lstLt Jack, 770–772

Hay, John, 522

Hayden, LtCol Reynolds H., 144, 146, 174, 253

Heanza Shima, 164, 388n

Headquarters Marine Corps, 372n, 447–448, 466–467, 597, 655, 677–679, 681, 688, 690

Hedo Misaki, 140–141, 348, 363n, 380

Heinl, Col Robert D., Jr., 508n, 547n, 670

Hemphill, LtCol Bruce T., 173; Col, 254n

Henderson Field, 91, 186, 410, 709, 716

Henderson, LtCol Frederick P., 189; Col, 89n, 117n, 123n, 186n, 193n, 377, 377n, 378n, 382, 385n; BGen, 192n, 216n, 383n

Henderson Group, 189

Hentona, 175

Hermle, BGen Leo, D., 454; LtGen, 454n

Heydrich, Reinhard, 747n

Higgins, Andrew J., 667

Hill, VAdm Harry W., 229n, 242, 370, 372n, 408, 672, 704

Hill, LtCol Robert E., 342n

Hill 26, 316

Hill 27, 296

Hill 28, 315–316

Hill 52, 343

Hill 53, 320, 323

Hill 55, 257, 257n, 261–262, 264–265, 287, 315–316

Hill 55–1, 315

Hill 55–2, 316

Hill 57, 257n, 309, 325

Hill 58, 320

Hill 59, 257n

Hill 60, 217, 219

Hill 62, 320–321

Hill 69, 335, 340, 344–345, 345n, 346

Hill 72, 360–361

Hill 79, 346, 354, 358, 361–364, 378

Hill 80, 360–361

Hill 81, 354, 358, 361–364, 378

Hill 85, 362

Hill 89, 292, 353, 357, 362, 364, 364n, 367–368

Hill 95, 351

Hill 103, 314, 330

Hill 107, 325

Hill 108, 325, 330

Hill 153, 356

Hill 165, 120n, 131, 131n

Hill 200, 148

Hill 210, 148–149, 154

Hill 220, 50

Hilliard, LtCol Robert C., 385n, 668n

Hillyer, Col Roy N., 323

Himeji, 43, 774

Hinsdale, 109

Hinunangan Bay, 91

Hirado Shima, 505

Hirohata, 736, 761–762, 780, 781n

Hirohito, 436. See also Emperor of Japan. Hiroshima, 433, 436, 780, 786

Hiroshima Prefecture, 514

Hiza, 116

Hizaonna, 127, 127n, 130

Hobbs Victory, 180n

Hochmuth, LtCol Bruno A., 112, 154, 174, 254, 254n, 311

Hodge, MajGen John R., 60, 68, 84, 131, 164n, 188–189, 192, 194, 204, 270, 330, 352, 387, 389

Hogback Ridge, 266, 268–270

Ho-Hsi-Wu, 567

Hokkaido, 31n, 760, 781

Holcomb, MajGen Thomas, 655n; LtGen, 660, 660n, 665n, 677, 687–688, 688n, 699; Gen, 414, 414n

Holdahl, Col Theodore A., 601

Hollandia, 4, 6, 70n

Hollandia, 96

Holomon, LtCol Walter, 327n, 330n

Home Islands (Japan), 4, 15, 17, 19, 31–32, 36–37, 40, 57, 100, 178, 206, 368, 370, 372, 400–402, 406–407, 409, 418, 430, 438, 455, 459, 461, 463, 511, 529, 533, 737, 779, 783, 788

Homma, LtGen Masaharu, 741, 768

Honan Province, 44, 542

Honda Bay, 773

Hong Kong, 19, 407, 416, 522, 603, 609, 645, 647, 752, 783, 786

Honolulu, 752

Honshu, 5, 7, 31n, 98, 180, 402, 406–408, 430–431, 476, 488, 490, 492, 500–501, 736, 760, 765, 783

Honsowetz, Col Russell E., 117n, 120n

Hopeh, 537, 541–542, 544–545, 548, 550, 552, 564, 570, 574–575, 584–585, 588, 593, 596, 599, 609, 614, 616, 620, 622–623, 627, 631–632, 641, 649

Hopkins, Harry L., 431, 431n, 432

Horie, Maj Yoshitaka, 461

Horseshoe Hill, 244, 252–254, 256

Hospitals. See Medical activities.

Houston, 739–740, 740n, 750, 763

Howard, MajGen Archie F., 581–582, 601–602

Howard, Col Samuel L., 744, 768; MajGen, 618, 622–623, 625n

Hsin Ho, 618–619, 625, 627, 632, 648

Hudson, Maj John S., 337n

Hugh W. Hadley, 224

Huizenga, lstLt Richard M., 758–759

Hull, Cordell, 436

Hulutao, 561, 569–570

Humphrey, LtCol Gavin C., 602

Hunt, Capt George P., 723, 724n

Hunt, BGen LeRoy P., 348; MajGen, 496, 506, 514, 517

Hunt, LtCol LeRoy P., Jr., 602

Huntington, LtCol Robert W., 653

Hurley, Ambassador Patrick J., 546, 555, 563, 620

Hurst, LtCol Edward H., 116, 127, 128n, 130, 173, 261; Col, 127n

Hydrographic conditions, 668

Hydrographic survey, 378

–I–

Ibaru Ridge, 358, 360

ICEBERG Operation, 13, 31, 57, 60, 63, 63n, 64, 69, 71–73, 75, 77, 82–84, 89, 91–92, 9496, 99–100, 103, 117, 128, 135, 141, 159, 160n, 178, 183, 207, 224, 229, 240, 242, 354n, 369, 373, 381, 389–390, 398–399, 685

alternate plan, 65–66, 196

base development, 58, 70–71, 75, 84, 92, 166, 372, 379

commanders, 166, 280

expeditionary forces, 6, 31, 97, 177

expeditionary troops, 6, 58, 94, 104

floating reserve, 86

forces, 64, 72, 74, 78, 83, 86, 93, 96, 98, 103, 107, 109, 179, 376, 382

initial support, 71

Joint Staff Study, 57–58, 63, 77

landing, 63, 72–73, 111, 202, 239

operations, 103, 158n, 181, 382

phases, 62, 70, 77, 162, 378

Plan Baker, 65–66

Plan Fox, 63–64, 66

scheme of maneuver ashore, 57, 102

support elements, 71, 103

Ichi, 174

Ichinomaya, 408

Idaho, 344

Idiot Sticks, 130

Ie, 167

Iegusugu Yama, 166–167

Ie Shima, 34, 50, 55, 58, 62n, 66, 68–69, 75, 142, 142n, 166–167, 169, 169n, 196–197, 226, 229, 230n, 370, 372n

airfields, 46, 50, 75, 166, 227

anchorage, 223

base development program, 75

invasion, 91

Iheya-Aguni landings, 348

Iheya Retto, 34

Iheya Shima, 347–348, 378n, 381

Ike Shima, 164, 388n

Ikibaru, 127, 130

Illana Bay, 11n

Imadomari, 140

Imperial City, 540

Imperial Rescript, 449, 530, 532

Imperial Russia, 531

Imperial War Council (Japan), 18

Imura, H., 584n

Inasomi, 280, 303

Independence, 479n

India, 98

India Command, 3n

Indiana., 479n

Indianapolis, 100

Indochina, 26, 103, 416

Infantry units. See also Army units; Marine units.

American, 62, 112, 117, 353, 384, 668, 670, 672, 688, 718, 721–726

battalion landing teams, 88, 88n, 109n, 552, 635, 638–639

battalions, 112, 114, 131, 479, 555, 628- 629, 635, 647, 671, 692–693, 701–702, 713

brigades, 447, 635

companies, 210, 222, 265, 281n, 573, 579, 628–629, 640, 644, 689, 692–693, 695–697, 702, 718–719, 723

divisions, 24, 58, 67–68, 72, 74, 81, 84–86, 102n, 123, 131, 138n, 383n, 447, 467–468, 533, 579, 635, 656–657, 663, 683, 691–692, 693n, 694, 696, 701–702, 717, 720, 723

fire teams, 265, 693, 697–698, 698n, 700–701, 725

platoons, 586, 629, 640, 645, 647, 692n, 693, 696–697, 699, 707, 719, 728

regimental combat teams, 86n, 87–88, 88n, 90, 102n, 109n, 164, 214, 467, 476, 478

regiments, 86n, 87–88, 129, 135, 467, 550, 599, 635, 657, 570–671, 692–695, 714, 717, 721–722, 725, 727

rifle squads, 692n, 696, 698–701, 718–720

Japanese, 4, 45, 54, 80, 312, 608, 686–687, 733, 788

battalions, 41, 44, 50, 80, 207

brigades, 44, 80

companies, 44–45

divisions, 43–44, 80–81

regiments, 44–45, 80–81

squads, 173

Inflation, 582, 532

Initial Occupation Line, 485, 487

Inland Sea, 419, 765

Inoue, LtGen Sadae, 453, 453n

Inouye, VAdm Seibi, 15

Inspector General, FMFPac, 581

Inspector General, U.S. Marine Corps, 637

Instrument of surrender, 439, 454

Insular Patrol (Guam), 734

Intelligence

American, 66, 78, 102, 107, 121, 136, 169, 174, 191, 329, 369, 381, 532, 543–544, 551, 588, 617, 676, 684, 686, 709–710

agencies, 31, 78, 176, 565, 686

estimates, 78, 139, 207, 406, 408

personnel, 498, 543, 686

problems, 685

sources, 20n, 565

studies, 78–79, 433, 479

training, 685–686

Japanese, 530

International Concession, 599

International Red Cross, 745, 749–750, 753–755, 761, 764, 781

International Settlement, 698

Interpreters

American, 121, 296, 357, 485, 580, 589, 603

Chinese, 544

Japanese, 580, 776

Intrepid, 419, 715

Inubi, 127, 129–130

Isa, 210

Isahaya, 501, 506

Ishihara, Isamu, 752, 738n

Ishikawa, 126, 129–130, 132, 134, 171

Ishikawa Isthmus, 34, 50, 68, 126, 128–129, 132, 135–136, 155, 166, 171, 174, 380

Ishikawa Take, 171

Ishimine, 128n, 309

Ishimmi, 206, 267–268

Ishimmi Ridge, 268–269

Island Command

Guam, 454, 456, 459, 463n, 478

Okinawa, 62

Peleliu, 453

Saipan, 453

Italian

concession, 556

consulate, 547

embassy, 583n

hospital, 748

nationals, 503

Italy, 748

Item Pocket, 49

Itokazu, 54, 298, 303

Itoman, 36–38, 290, 312, 315, 318, 325, 326n, 330, 332, 332n, 335, 337–338, 345, 351

Itomi, 139–140, 142, 146, 148n, 151–152, 154

Itomi-Toguchi road, 142, 154

Iwa, 303, 325–328, 331

Iwahig Penal Colony, 774

Iwakuni, 509n

Iwa-Shindawaku ridge, 328

Iwo Jima, 8, 11–14, 21–22, 27, 45, 48, 57, 72, 95–97, 104, 159, 162n, 178, 197n, 240, 242n, 257, 308, 391, 393, 398, 417, 429–431, 438, 460, 461n, 503n, 512n, 621, 666, 670, 670n, 672, 674–675, 683, 703, 705, 707, 714, 722–725, 729, 745

Izena Shima, 378n

–J–

Jajiya, 149

Jaluit, 450, 455, 462

Janiszewski, LtCol George, 703n

Japan, 4–8, 11, 11n, 13–15, 17–21, 37, 41, 57, 63, 67, 75–76, 78n, 93, 98, 178, 226–227, 357, 370, 386, 398–400, 402–403, 416, 418, 430, 432, 434, 436–439, 441, 444, 449–450, 461, 463, 465–469, 475–476, 487–490, 492–493, 495, 499–500, 500n, 505, 508–509, 511–512, 517, 518n, 522, 525–529, 531, 553, 560, 565, 580, 582, 593, 597–598, 607, 641, 654, 659, 661, 732, 734, 734n, 735, 738n, 739n, 741, 750, 755, 761, 765, 769, 775, 776n, 778, 781, 783, 786

invasion of, 8, 401, 432–433, 576, 763n. See also CORONET; OLYMPIC.

occupation of, 437–438, 454–455, 464, 475, 481, 489–490, 493, 496–497, 500–503, 508, 510–511, 518, 533–534, 536, 714

occupation authorities, 499

occupation forces, 428, 450, 453, 456, 463, 476, 481, 490, 492–493, 497, 499, 501, 502n, 506, 509, 511, 560

occupation operation, 488, 495, 507, 518

occupation tasks, 436, 441, 479, 497, 508–509, 511–512, 514

Japanese, 11–12, 31, 103, 106, 151, 452, 455, 526, 532, 540, 542, 544, 546–547, 564, 568, 579, 589, 596–597, 607, 648, 675, 709, 745, 750

Army-Navy agreement, 14, 21

Army-Navy relations, 46

cities, 492

civilians, 38, 46–47, 76–77, 106, 172, 251, 452, 456, 557, 565, 567, 580, 584, 608, 763, 775

economy, 20, 492

elder statesmen, 15–16. See also Jushin. Emperor, 18, 321, 357, 367, 433, 436, 439, 449, 475, 485, 497, 518, 530, 752. See also Hirohito.

Empire, 3–5, 11, 32, 35, 58, 76, 78, 370, 432, 654, 675

forces, demobilization of, 452, 462, 487, 497, 499, 505, 511, 568, 574

General Staff, 16, 274

government, 16–17, 19–20, 38, 436, 476, 497, 509, 517, 732–733, 755

government officials, 14–15, 484, 495, 743, 763, 774, 777

Home Minister, Ministry, 38, 498, 511

industry, 5, 14, 20, 98, 417, 492, 546, 571, 744

intendance service, 40n

interservice, rivalry, 55

military doctrine, 350

Military Service Act, 47

military system, 14n, 676

mines, 492, 501, 552

munitions, 569, 581

Naval Headquarters, 487

operations, 14, 20

pirates, 36–37

ports, 21, 492

schools, 546, 556, 563

surrender, 393, 400–402, 427–429, 434, 436, 438–439, 441, 449–450, 452, 452n, 454, 457, 459–460, 470, 475–476, 484–485, 487–488, 490, 497, 511, 521, 530, 533–534, 556–558, 565, 579, 581, 741, 781, 783, 785–786

transportation facilities, 51, 492, 502, 502n

Japanese Units

Imperial General Headquarters, 14, 14n, 1622, 39–41, 43, 45, 178, 227, 356–357, 368, 392–393, 438–439, 509, 529

Army, 14, 17–18, 21, 41, 178, 321, 393, 501, 542, 675, 736, 738, 742n, 755, 756n, 760–761, 763

General Staff, 14n

Chinese Expeditionary Army, 44, 529, 532

Formosa Army, 18

Kwantung Army, 43, 527, 529–530

Mongolian Garrison Army, 542

Nakagusuku Wan Fortress, 39n

North China Area Army, 532, 542, 546, 557, 568

North China Pacification Army, 542

Southern Area Army, 178n

First Army, 542

Sixth Air Army, 21, 178

Twelfth Army, 542

Seventeenth Area Army, 530

19th Air Sector Command, 46, 54

Thirty-first Army, 454

Thirty-second Army, 18, 22, 39–41, 43–51, 51n, 53–55, 55n, 106–107, 120, 122, 179, 188–192, 197, 205–208, 210–213, 251, 251n, 257, 265–266, 270–272, 274, 280, 288, 292–293, 295, 297, 304, 316, 330, 332, 338n, 340, 350–353, 353n, 357, 362, 364n, 367–368, 379, 386, 393, 675

Forty-third Army, 542, 565, 579–581

Forty-seventh Army, 507n

Fiftieth Army, 507n

2nd Armored Division, 44

8th Air Division, 21, 100

9th Infantry Division, 41, 43, 46, 50, 55

24th Infantry Division, 43–45, 50, 54–55,

191, 205–207, 210–213, 220, 268, 289, 292, 350–351, 353, 357, 363, 368

62nd Infantry Division, 44, 50, 54–55, 188, 190–191, 199, 205, 207, 211–213, 216, 217n, 218, 220, 257, 280–281, 289–290, 292, 350, 352

84th Division, 43

97th Division, 50

118th Division, 542

63rd Brigade, 44, 191

64th Brigade, 44, 236, 257

5th Independent Mixed Brigade, 542, 565, 581

24th Independent Mixed Brigade, 53

4th Independent Mixed Brigade, 43–45, 50, 53, 55, 142, 189, 205, 211, 220, 251–252, 289, 292, 297, 350–352

1st Specially Established Brigade, 54, 247 2nd Specially Established Brigade, 54

5th Artillery Command, 45, 54, 106, 203, 207, 213, 289–290, 350

42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 45

7th Heavy Artillery Regiment, 45, 292, 295 1st Independent Heavy Mortar Regiment, 45

15th Independent Mixed Regiment, 43–44, 221, 247, 351–352

Infantry Regiments

22nd, 43, 191, 205–206, 211, 220, 267–268, 347, 363

32nd, 43, 206, 211–212, 292–293, 297, 347, 363

89th, 43, 206, 211, 220, 260, 269, 351, 363 1st Infantry Unit, 43

2nd Infantry Unit, 43–44, 49–50, 55

1st Medium Artillery Regiment, 45

23rd Medium Artillery Regiment, 45

24th Reconnaissance Regiment, 352

23rd Shipping Engineer Regiment, 207, 292, 295

26th Shipping Engineer Regiment, 207, 221

11th Shipping Group Headquarters, 54

1st Specially Established Regiment, 54, 108, 120

27th Tank Regiment, 44–45

24th Transportation Regiment, 289

81st Field Antiaircraft Battalion, 257

7th Independent Antitank Battalion, 221

100th Independent Heavy Artillery Battalion, 45

Independent Infantry Battalions

1st, 53, 221

2nd, 53, 221

3rd, 63

11th, 44 12th, 44, 191

13th, 44, 191, 352

14th, 44, 191

15th, 44, 257

21st, 44

22nd, 44, 265, 290, 292, 297

23rd, 44, 216, 257

26th, 53 27th, 53 28th, 53 29th, 53 272nd, 44 273rd, 44, 257

14th Independent Machine Battalion, 216, 267

Infantry Battalions

1st Bn, 1st SpecEstabRegt, 120

1/32, 212, 268

2nd Bn, 1st SpecEstabRegt, 120

2/22, 191 2/32, 212 3rd Bn, 1st SpecEstabRegt, 120

3rd Bn, 2nd InfUnit, 217n, 221

1st Light Mortar Battalion, 45, 191

2nd Light Mortar Battalion, 45

Special Guard Companies

223rd, 47 224th, 47 225th, 47

Special Guard Engineer Units

502nd, 47

503rd, 47

504th, 47

Navy, 14, 18–19, 21, 31, 81, 99, 191, 252, 290, 321, 393, 400, 738

General Staff, 14n

Air Fleets

First, 21

Third, 21

Fifth, 21–22, 178, 207

Tenth, 21

Combined Fleet, 18, 178

First Mobile Fleet, 16

First Naval District, 484

Fourth Fleet, 454

Okinawa Naval Base Force, 46, 54, 56n, 220, 242, 290, 321, 507n

Sea Raiding Squadrons

26th, 207

27th, 207

28th, 207

29th, 207

4th Surface Escort Unit, 46

Special Attack Unit, 100, 106, 177, 227. See also Kamikazes; Kikusui.

Special Naval Landing Party, 489n. Fleet, 4, 11, 16, 22, 63, 654, 673

Miscellaneous Units

antitank group, 41, 44–45, 107

Boeitai, 47, 53–54, 120, 132, 141, 175, 220, 350, 357n, 363

coast defense, 47

Giretsu (Act of Heroism) Airborne Raiding Force, 227

Imperial Reservists Association, 47

Iwao Force, 251n

labor forces, 53, 122, 191, 530, 770

local defense units, 47, 80, 120, 174

midget submarine unit, 46

Nakagusuku Wan Fortress Artillery Unit, 39, 45

Okinawan conscripts, 43, 53, 80, 142, 171

shipping engineers, 46, 107n, 122, 209–210, 351

suicide sea-raiding squadrons, 46, 53, 66, 81, 103, 106, 209, 220, 351, 380n

suicide swimmers, 81

Tekketsu (Blood and Iron for the Emperor Duty Units), 47

Udo Force, 142, 148n, 174

volunteer youth groups, 47

Java, 3n, 739–740, 786

Jehol Province, 595, 602

Jessfield Road Jail, 754

Jewell, LtCol Duncan H., 507n

Jichaku, 199, 203, 212

Johnson, Col Byron F., 25; BGen, 552, 576, 600

Johnson, Maj John G., 296

Johnston Island, 465

Joint Assault Signal Companies, 182. See also Army units; Marine units.

Joint Board, 664

Joint Chiefs of Staff, 3n, 4–7, 9, 13, 31, 57, 63, 76, 82, 84n, 197, 399–401, 401n, 402–403, 429–430, 432–433, 437, 498, 529, 531, 533, 561, 572, 596–597, 659

Joint Expeditionary Force, 58, 93, 242, 390, 661. See also Task Organizations.

Joint Logistics Committee, 12

Joint Mobilization plans, 467

Joint operations, 481, 485

Joint planning, 62–63

Joint staff planners, 7, 62

Joint Staff Study LONGTOM, 399

Joint U.S. Military Advisory Group, 573, 633, 641

Joint War Plans Committee, 6–7, 9

Jones, Maj James L., 104, 162, 164, 167, 381, 388n

Jones, BGen Louis R., 548, 553, 567, 599, 606

Jungchen, 578

Jungle. See Vegetation.

Jushin, 15–16

–K–

Kadena, 36, 43, 50, 68, 164, 184–185

Kadena airfield, 46, 50, 54–55, 117, 120, 158, 158n, 159, 176–177, 184, 190, 228, 274

Kadena Pete, 185, 186n

Kagamisui, 302, 306

Kagoshima, 406, 408, 427, 493n, 499–500, 507, 507n, 514

Kagoshima Prefecture, 500, 507

Kagoshima Wan, 406, 408, 507

Kahoolawee Island, 673

Kailin Mining Administration, 541, 545, 547, 552, 563, 585, 590, 599–600, 604, 609, 617, 621, 649

Kaimon-Dake, 408

Kakazu, 188, 194

Kakazu Ridge, 190, 193–194

Kakibana, 303

Kaluf, Col John, 557n

Kamikazes, Kamikaze attacks. See also Kikusui; Special Attack Forces. 26, 100, 107, 157, 177, 178n, 179–181, 185–186, 189–190, 196, 207–208, 211, 223–224, 227, 229–230, 240–241, 274, 278n, 348, 369n, 370–371, 372n, 374, 383, 406, 415, 419, 421, 427, 508n, 665, 671, 673, 675

Kaminokawa beach, 408

Kamiyama Shima, 106n

Kamizato, 300, 303

Kanchanburi, 767

Kaniku, 188, 194

Kanoya, 226, 496, 507, 508n

Kantner, Maj George B., 249

Kanto Plain, 5, 408

Karadera, 290, 292, 298, 300

Kase, Toshikazu, 16

Katchin Peninsula, 125, 127–128, 130, 132, 162, 172, 176

Katsuren Wan (Bay), 125

Kawabe, LtGen Torashiro, 178n

Kawada, 140–141, 173–175

Kawatana, 501, 505

K-Day, 303

Keisan Sho, 106n

Keise Shima, 63–64, 67–68, 100, 103, 106, 106n, 107n, 111, 388n

Kelley, lstLt Alfred E. W., 439

Kelley, Capt John W., 439

Kellum, Maj William C., 181

Kenney, Gen George C., 407, 430

Kerama Retto, 22, 34, 46, 56, 64–67, 73, 91, 96100, 103–104, 106–107, 122, 164, 166, 177, 180n, 370, 380, 380n, 407

Kerby, Col Kenneth D., 181

Kerman, Maj John R., 316n

Kiangsi Province, 526

Kiangwang, 738, 757

Kiaochow Bay, 540, 561, 636

Kijak, SupSgt Henry, 733

Kikai Shima, 196, 347, 378

Kikusui attacks, 179n, 180, 189, 223, 369n. See also Kamikazes.

Kikusui No. 1, 179, 180, 185, 190

Kikusui No. 2, 186

Kikusui No. 5, 208

Kikusui No. 7, 227, 274

Kikusui No. 8, 370

Kikusui No. 9, 370

Kikusui No. 10, 370

Kiland, RAdm IngoIf N., 62, 92, 104, 550

Kimmu Wan, 130. See also Chimu Wan.

King, RAdm Ernest J., 664; Adm, 5–8, 9n, 11n, 12, 12n, 13, 56, 653, 660, 660n, 712; FAdm, 3, 394, 402, 403n, 411–414, 424, 432–433, 446

Kinkaid, Adm Thomas C., 534–535, 555–556, 558, 559n, 561, 563, 569, 574

Kinney, lstLt John R., 758–759

Kinsman, Cdr Otto, 416

Kitamura, MajGen, 462n

Kiyamu, 289–290, 292, 304, 316, 337, 350, 360, 384

Kiyamu-Gusuku Ridge, 360–361, 368

Kiyamu Peninsula 288, 292, 303, 350

Kiyan Point, 55

Klingman, lstLt Robert R., 225

Knob Hill, 263n, 276

Kobakura, 36

Kobe, 94, 98, 419, 760

Kochi, 206, 211

Koiso, Gen Kuniaki, 17

Kokuba, 36, 274, 276, 283–284, 296–297, 299–300, 309, 312, 325

Kokuba Channel, 302

Kokuba estuary, 280, 283, 305, 320

Kokuba hills, 283

Kokuba Gawa, 252, 298–299, 314, 325, 329

Kokumba River, 290

Kokumbona, 709

Kokura, 433,-514

Komesu, 340, 356, 360, 362

Komesu Ridge, 362, 368

Korea, 31, 103, 437, 463, 499–500, 505, 530, 534, 551, 553, 672, 760, 769, 778, 783

Korean

occupation, 476, 533

Occupation Force, 476n

civilians and laborers, 104, 455–456, 499, 499n, 500, 502, 505, 596, 763

Koror, 453

Koshiki Redo, 407, 507

Koshiwabaru, 408

Kouri Shima, 173

Kowloon, 522, 561

K-rations, 295, 295n, 326, 328

Krueger, Gen Walter, 404, 408, 492, 496

Krulak, LtCol Victor H., 283, 700; LtGen, 658n

Kuba Saki, 68, 128

Kubiri, 481

Kubo, 126

Kuefu Shima, 106n

Kumamoto, 493n, 506–507, 514

Kumamoto Prefecture, 500, 506

Kumi Shima, 34, 348, 378n

Kunishi, 290, 338, 340–343, 345

Kunishi Ridge, 290, 333, 337, 338n, 340–345, 347, 351, 351n, 354, 356, 358, 362, 388n

Kunming, 583

Kuomintang, 525–527, 531, 543, 620. See also Chinese Nationalists; Chinese Central Government.

Kurawa, 126

Kure, 94, 419, 509n

Kuribayashi, LtGen Tadamichi, 460, 725

Kurile Islands, 17

Kuro Shima, 67, 106, 388n

Kurume, 502

Kusaie, 455, 462

Kushikino, 408

Kutaka Shima, 164, 388n

Kuwan, 198, 203, 207, 209–210

Kuwanga-Makabe road, 346

Kuwanga Ridge, 345–346, 360

Kuyeh, 585, 599, 600, 617

Kwajalein, 70n, 242n, 412, 444, 450, 459, 463- 464, 464n, 667, 674, 715n, 745, 721

Kwantung, 19, 522

Kwantung Peninsula, 522, 531

Kyoto, 512, 514, 517

Kyushu, 6, 9, 11, 18, 22, 31n, 32, 34, 36, 43, 57, 98, 100, 178, 226–227, 371–372, 399–400, 402–404, 406–409, 418–419, 421–422, 428–431, 476, 490, 492–493, 493n, 496, 499–501, 502n, 505–507, 507n, 508, 508n, 510–511, 514, 517–518, 783, 778, 785

Kyushu occupation, 492, 517

Kyushu operation, 402–404

–L–

Laboehan, 740

Lake Geneva, 747

Lakehurst, N.J., 705

Lamotrek, 462

Lamson-Scribner, Col Frank H., 631

Landing Craft. See also Ships.

American, 91, 94, 111, 114, 122, 157–158, 164, 211, 293, 392, 417, 483, 485, 550, 551, 553, 555–556, 628, 640, 657, 666–668, 724, 786

LCIs (Landing Craft, Infantry), 104, 104n, 357, 361, 553, 668

LCMs (Landing Craft, Mechanized), 111, 114–115, 305, 555

LCSs (Landing Craft, Support), 208

LCTs (Landing Craft, Tank), 114, 152, 305, 311, 550, 553

LCVPs (Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel), 667, 781

rubber boats, 162, 164, 299, 307, 644, 709, 744

self-propelled barges, 158, 158n

Japanese, 207, 209, 739

Landing forces. See also Army units; Marine units. 60, 80–81, 467, 560, 656, 658, 661, 663–664, 667, 669, 781

Landing signal officer, 546

Langfang, 567, 599

Lantienchang, 599

Lantienchang Field, 539, 566

Lantz, LtCol William T., 479n

Larkin, MajGen Claude A., 552, 560, 566

Larsen, MajGen Henry L., 450, 454

Larson, LtCol August C., 253n, 356

Laureta, Capt Claro, 771

L-Day, 57, 64, 66–67, 98, 104, 107, 347, 391

Leaflets, leaflet drops, 436, 595

League of Nations, 526

Leahy, FAdm William D., 400, 403n, 433, 687

Legation Quarter, 540, 547

Legion d'Honneur, 747n

Lei-chuang, 599–600

Lejeune, MajGen John A., 654

Lend-Lease supplies, 528

Levy, 457

Lexington, 479n, 716

Leyte, Leyte operation, 5, 8–9, 11–12, 18, 41, 70, 72, 81, 84, 84n, 85, 92–93, 96, 178, 223, 240, 240n, 390, 415, 422, 427, 431

Leyte Gulf, 8, 18, 91, 93

Liaotung Peninsula, 569

Liberation, 773, 787, 789. See also Recovered Allied Military Personnel.

Lidice, 747n

Li Huang airstrip, 759

Lines of communication,

American, 169, 548, 584, 594, 603, 607, 608, 631, 649

Japanese, 31, 58, 125, 351

Lingayen Gulf, 12, 26, 64, 777

Lin-Shou-Ying, 609

Linsi, 586, 599, 601, 617

Lisbon, Portugal, 746

Little, MajGen Louis McC., 655n

Little Sugar Loaf, 310–311

Little White House, 708

Litzenberg, LtCol Homer L. Jr., 699n

Litzenberg Board, 699

Liversedge, LtCol Harry S., 710

Loading activities. See also Supplies and Equipment. 27, 95–96, 478, 551, 662

Logan Victory, 80n

Logistics, 38, 51, 62, 64, 71–75, 167, 120, 129–130, 239–240, 293, 295, 302, 304, 343, 378–379, 390–392, 448, 466, 548, 550, 555, 598, 662, 664–667, 674

London, 434–435, 658n

London, 645

Longaog, 771

Long Island, 418

Long March, 526

LONGTOM Operation, 398

Loomis, Col Francis B., Jr., 66, 71n, 302

Loomis Harbor, 302

Loudspeakers, 121, 296

Louisville, 559

Lourenco Marques, 734n

Louther, LtCol Karl K., 253n

Love Hill, 266, 269–270

LST 628, 114

LST 884, 109

Luanhsien, 586, 590

Luan River, 590, 599

Lubeck, 749

Luckey, Col Robert B., 116

Ludwig, Capt Verle E., 172n, 332n

Lunga Point, 710

Lunge River, 709–710

Lutai, 599, 617

Luzon, Luzon operation, 3, 5–7, 9, 11, 11n, 12- 13, 18, 21, 26, 41, 72, 85, 85n, 97, 399, 416, 475, 742, 763n, 769, 776–777

Luzon-Formosa controversy, 9n

–M–

Mabuni, 292, 352, 356–357, 364, 368

MacArthur, General Douglas. See also Commander in Chief, Army Forces in the Pacific; Commander in Chief, Southwest Pacific Area; Supreme Commander, Allied Powers. 3, 3n, 4–6, 8–9, 11, 11n, 12–13, 25, 41, 57, 64, 84, 84n, 177, 372n; General of the Army, 393, 401–403, 403n, 430, 436, 438–439, 463, 470, 475, 476n, 481, 483, 484n, 485, 487, 497–498, 508, 617, 671, 707n, 744, 778, 783

MacGillivray, George C., 696n, 702n

Machisi, 273, 275

Machinato, 188, 232, 302

Airfield, 49, 198, 203, 209, 283

MacNulty, LtCol William K., 734

Madaira, 173

Maeda, 198, 205–206, 220

Maeda Escarpment, 197

Mae Shima, 67, 106, 388n

Maeta Saki, 118

Magee, LtCol James C., Jr., 117, 281, 335

Magic Carpet, 463

Magruder, Commo John H., Jr., 460

Magruder, LtCol Marion M., 225, 225n

Majiya, 146, 154

Majuro, 26, 441, 450, 452

Makabe, 290, 340, 352–354, 358, 362–365

Makin, 70n, 242n, 710–711, 744–745

Malakal, 453

Malaria, 740, 757, 767

Malaya, 11, 750, 768

Malnutrition, 452–453, 455, 459, 740–741, 754, 757, 766, 768–769

Maloelap, 455, 462

Manchester, 647

Manchu Dynasty, 521–522, 524, 540

Manchuria, 20, 41, 43–45, 525–526, 530–531, 533, 537, 541, 561, 569–572, 574, 579, 584–585, 590, 594–596, 602, 604, 608, 628, 631–633, 636, 639, 649, 750, 769, 783

Manila, 403, 436, 438, 489n, 497, 533, 743–744, 768–769, 773, 775n, 776–778, 783, 786

Manila Bay, 741, 775

Manila Bay, 715n

Manna, 139–142, 152, 154

Manus, 25, 70n, 95

Mao Tse-tung, 526–527, 532, 609, 632–634, 636, 639, 643–644, 708

Maps and Charts

American, 61, 78–79, 96, 103, 120n, 332n, 625, 719

Japanese, 79, 154, 191, 199, 686

Maquis, 746, 746n, 747. See also French guerrilla activities.

Marcus Island, 452–453, 464

Marcus Island Command, 452

Marianas, 4–5, 8, 14, 16–17, 21–22, 26, 39, 56, 74, 85, 93–95, 98, 159, 162, 166, 240, 411, 429–430, 448–450, 450n, 463, 493n, 624, 639, 666, 672, 690, 722, 724, 783

operation, 5–6, 72, 391, 668, 671, 674, 683, 704

Surrender Acceptance and Occupation Command, 450

Marine Deputy Chief of Staff, Tenth Army, 62, 83n, 85, 192

Marine units

Air

Aircraft, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, 469

Aircraft, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, 25- 26, 74, 228, 372n, 376, 412–413, 441, 448, 469–470, 488, 509, 552, 600, 605–606

Aircraft, Fleet Marine Force, Western

Pacific, 623, 629–631, 636, 642–643

Marine Aircraft Wings, Pacific, 412–413

Marine Air Training Command, East

Coast, 424

Marine Fleet Air, West Coast, 26, 414, 422, 442, 606

1st Marine Aircraft Wing, 25, 372n, 441, 469–470, 535–536, 550–552, 552n, 560, 563–564, 566, 588, 599, 600, 606, 615–616, 623–624, 629, 716–717

2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 25, 61, 75, 95, 365, 373, 373n, 431, 441, 469–470, 566, 716, 786

3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, 25–26, 441, 470 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, 25–26, 225n,

230n, 424, 424n, 441, 457, 476

9th Marine Aircraft Wing, 26, 422–423, 442

Marine Carrier Groups, Aircraft, FMFPac, 414–415, 424

Marine Aircraft Group 11, 716

Marine Aircraft Group 12, 566, 588, 595, 599

Marine Aircraft Group 14, 371

Marine Aircraft Group 15, 470

Marine Aircraft Group 21, 509n, 545, 716

Marine Aircraft Group 22, 230, 230n, 370–371, 495, 509

Marine Aircraft Group 24, 470, 566, 588, 595, 599, 606, 613, 615, 621, 624, 642

Marine Aircraft Group 25, 25, 535, 558, 566, 576, 583, 595, 605

Marine Aircraft Group 31, 95, 95n, 136, 177, 181, 229, 469–470, 488, 490, 495, 509

Marine Aircraft Group 32, 560–561, 564, 566, 576, 577, 605

Marine Aircraft Group 33, 93, 95, 136, 177, 373, 374n

Marine Aircraft Group 43, 95

Marine Aircraft Group 62, 423

Marine Aircraft Service Group 48, 415

Marine Aircraft Service Group 51, 414–415

Marine Base Defense Aircraft Group 48, 414

Marine Carrier Aircraft Group 1, 424, 426–427

Marine Carrier Aircraft Group 2, 427

Marine Carrier Aircraft Group 3, 426, 428

Marine Carrier Aircraft Group 4, 424, 427–428

Marine Carrier Aircraft Group 5, 429

Marine Carrier Aircraft Group 6, 429

Marine Ground Control Intercept Squadron 7, 642

Marine Glider Group 71, 713

AWSs, 61, 182, 226, 381, 413, 448

AWS-1, 348

AWS-7, 95

AWS-8, 95

AWS-11, 381

HqSqn-1, 551, 558

HqSqn-2, 95

HqSqn-3, 25

HqSqn-12, 599

HqSqn-22, 230n

HqSqn-24, 588

HqSqn-71, 713

SMS-1, 560

SMS-22, 230n

SMS-71, 713

VMB-612, 373, 373n

VMB-621, 423

VMB-622, 423

VMB-623, 423

VMB-624, 423

VMD-254, 577–578

VMF-112, 180, 414, 421

VMF-113, 230n, 495

VMF-115, 566, 608, 621

Marine Units-Continued Air-Continued

VMF-123, 180, 416, 421

VMF-124, 415–416, 418, 716

VMF-211, 566, 623–624, 630, 635, 642, 737–738, 787

VMF-213, 415, 417–418

VMF-214, 371, 419, 421, 745

VMF-216, 416, 418

VMF-217, 416, 418

VMF-218, 371, 566, 624, 630

VMF-221, 180, 416

VMF-222, 371

VMF-224, 95

VMF-311, 95, 177

VMF-312, 95, 152, 154, 225

VMF-314, 320n, 364n

VMF-322, 95, 152, 154

VMF-323, 95, 152, 224n, 364n, 374

VMF-351, 428

VMF-422, 230n

VMF-441, 95, 186, 264n, 488

VMF-451, 180, 416, 421

VMF-452, 419, 421

VMF-511, 414

VMF-512, 414

VMF-513, 414

VMF-514, 414

VMF(CVS)-112, 414

VMF (CVS)-321, 429

VMF (CVS)-351, 428

VMF(CVS)-511, 427

VMF (CVS)-512, 427

VMF (CVS)-513, 428

VMF(N)-533, 225, 225n, 230n, 374, 566, 621

VMF(N)-541, 566, 588, 599

VMF (N)-542, 181, 374

VMF(N)-543, 96, 181, 374

VML-71, 713

VMO-2, 376, 376n, 377n

VMO-3, 335, 376, 376n, 564, 585, 613, 627

VMO-6, 376, 376n, 564, 577–578, 606, 616, 618, 621

VMO-7, 89, 335, 377

VMO-351, 414, 414n

VMR-152, 566, 576, 605

VMR-153, 566, 576, 605–606, 673–624, 629–630, 636, 632

VMR-353, 509n

VMR-952, 509n

VMSB-231, 716

VMSB-244, 560, 577

VMSB-343, 577–578

VMTB-131, 230n, 331, 331n, 373–374

VMTB-132, 414

VMTB-134, 560, 577, 599, 715, 715n

VMTB-143, 414

VMTB-232, 185, 226, 293, 304, 328, 331, 373–374

VMTB-233, 414

VMTB-234, 414

VMTB-454, 414

VMTB(CVS)-132, 428

VMTB(CVS)-143, 327

VMTB(CVS)-144, 429

VMTB(CVS)-233, 427

VMTB(CVS)-234, 428

VMTB(CVS)-454, 429

CASD-1, 427

CASD-2, 427

CASD-3, 428

CASD-4, 428

CASD-5, 429

CASD-6, 429

Ground

Fleet Marine Force, 12n, 23–24, 27, 410, 441–443, 447–448, 450, 464–468, 483, 550, 592, 598, 605, 635, 655–656, 665–667, 677, 679–680, 682–683, 687, 698, 700, 705, 707, 712, 729

Amphibious Corps, Atlantic Fleet, 656

Department of the Pacific, 453–454, 565, 618

Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, 448, 469

Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, 23–25, 74, 83, 95, 348, 397, 397n, 398–399, 413, 439, 441, 443–444, 444n, 461, 465–466, 468- 469, 475–476, 489–490, 506, 571, 579, 598, 605, 620, 637, 647–649, 692, 714

Fleet Marine Force, San Diego Area, 699

Fleet Marine Force, Western Pacific, 624, 628–631, 635, 637–639, 642–644, 650

Marine Garrison Forces, 14th Naval Dis-

trict, 465

Marine Garrison Forces, Pacific, 464n, 465–466, 466n, 618

Marine Forces, China, 534, 597, 604, 606, 616–617, 621

Marine Forces, Tsingtao, 606, 616

Marine Group, Peiping, 567, 599, 612, 617

Marine Supply Service, FMFPac, 391

Marine Training and Replacement Command, 441–442

Service Command, FMFPac, 598, 636, 692

South Pacific Echelon, FMFPac, 391

Troop Training Command, Amphibious

Forces, Atlantic Fleet, 581

I Marine Amphibious Corps, 660, 690, 707, 709, 714

III Amphibious Corps, 24–25, 27, 60, 6568, 72, 79, 80–81, 83n, 86, 88, 90–91, 93, 95, 103, 103n, 112, 114–118, 126, 129–130, 132, 134–135, 155, 158–160, 160n, 167, 169, 174–175, 183–184, 188, 195–197, 201n, 214, 216, 220, 235–236, 241, 252, 266, 271, 273, 277–278, 281, 299–300, 302, 302n, 303–305, 330, 345, 350, 358, 362–363, 363n, 364–365, 374–376, 382–383, 387, 388n, 391, 397, 397n, 398, 408, 441, 449, 476n, 533–534, 534n, 535–536, 542–548, 550–552, 553n, 555n, 561, 563, 566–567, 569, 571–573, 575–576, 579, 579n, 581–583, 583n, 585–586, 591n, 592–593, 596–598, 600–601, 604–605, 615, 648–649, 694, 725

V Amphibious Corps, 24–25, 27, 104, 162n, 398–399, 404, 408–409, 417, 441, 449, 492–493, 493n, 496, 499–500, 500n, 501–502, 505, 505n, 506–508, 508n, 509, 511–512, 518, 544, 704–705, 707, 721

III Corps Artillery, 68, 88–89, 90n, 117, 123, 136n, 169, 181, 188–189, 199n, 216n, 217–218, 249, 377, 382, 397, 535

III Corps Evacuation Hospital No. 2, 95n

II Corps Evacuation Hospital No. 3, 208

III Corps Service Group, 160

III Corps Shore Brigade, 550, 553, 555, 567

1st Marine Division, 24, 49, 60, 63, 66, 68, 74, 79–80, 83n, 84n, 86, 86n, 87, 91, 93, 112, 114–116, 116n, 120–122, 125–126, 128, 128n, 130, 132, 141, 158, 172, 174, 183, 194–195, 197–199, 201n, 202, 206–207, 210–214, 216, 216n, 218, 218n, 221–222, 230–232, 234–235, 238–239, 244, 247, 256, 262–263, 266, 271–273, 277, 281–284, 286, 293, 295, 297, 299, 304, 314, 325, 328, 328n, 330, 332, 344, 346–347, 351, 353, 354n, 356, 358, 361, 363, 376–377, 380, 383–384, 385n, 386, 389, 391, 397, 441, 468, 517n, 535, 547, 550–553, 557, 557n, 560, 564, 567–568, 574–575, 575n, 583–585, 588–589, 596, 599–600, 605–606, 613–617, 621–625, 627, 631, 635, 642–643, 650, 656, 659–660, 662–663, 680–682, 686, 686n, 691, 693, 695–696, 701, 703, 706, 708–709, 716, 718, 720, 723, 725, 727

2nd Marine Division, 23–24, 62, 65, 67, 72, 74, 84, 88–90, 95, 107, 109, 195–196, 347- 348, 378n, 397, 408–409, 441, 492–493, 496, 500–501, 505n, 506–507, 509, 511–512, 514, 517, 517n, 616, 680, 682

3rd Marine Division, 23–24, 398, 408–409, 441, 456, 460, 468, 492, 493n, 535, 670,

698, 705–706, 711, 719

4th Marine Division, 24, 398, 441, 468, 535, 699, 705, 721, 729

5th Marine Division, 24, 397n, 398, 408–409, 4,41, 492–493, 495–497, 499–502, 505, 505n, 506, 509, 511, 512n, 705, 707

6th Marine Division, 24, 27, 60, 66, 68, 74, 79, 79n, 83n, 88, 93, 101, 114–115, 117–118, 120, 126, 128–130, 132, 134, 134n, 135–136, 138, 138n, 141–142, 149, 151, 154–155, 158, 160, 166, 1'71–173, 173n, 174, 176n, 183, 197, 214, 216, 218, 222, 223n, 230–231, 233–235, 244, 247, 249–252, 254, 256, 271, 275–276, 280, 284, 296–297, 299–300, 302, 302n, 303–304, 307–308, 310–311, 318, 320, 323–325, 330, 344–346, 356, 357n, 360, 361n, 363, 368, 376, 380, 384, 385n, 387, 389, 391, 397, 438, 441, 476, 487, 487n, 488–490, 514, 535, 545, 547, 552, 558–561, 563–565, 567–568, 575, 578, 580–581, 584, 592, 596, 598–600, 616, 685, 695, 712, 725

1st Provisional Marine Brigade, 88, 468–469, 469n, 487n, 624, 631, 638–639, 642, 712

3rd Marine Brigade, 599, 605–606, 616, 710 1st Field Service Command, 74

2nd Field Service Command, 74

Fleet Landing Force, 438–439, 476, 481, 485, 487–488

1st Marines, 68, 91, 116, 130, 195, 199, 201–204, 209, 212, 214, 216–218, 218n, 220, 220n, 221, 231, 234–235, 239, 257, 262, 264, 266, 269, 277, 282, 287, 325–326, 329, 331–332, 340–343, 368, 388n, 550, 556, 558, 567–568, 583, 599, 608, 612, 617, 621–622, 624, 635, 637, 643, 683

2nd Marines, 496, 506–507, 512–514, 517

3rd Marines, 635, 637, 640, 642–645, 647, 711

4th Marines, 68, 88, 112, 115, 117–118, 120, 120n, 126, 129–130, 132, 134–135, 138, 141–142, 144, 146, 148–152, 154, 174, 235, 252–254, 254n, 256n, 271, 273, 275- 276, 280, 283, 302, 305, 307–308, 310–312, 314–316, 318, 320–321, 356, 358, 360, 360n, 361, 363, 438, 441, 476, 478, 478n, 479, 483, 485, 487–488, 489n, 490, 543, 565, 593, 598, 606, 608, 616, 618, 711–712, 731, 733–734, 740–741, 744, 765, 768, 770, 778

5th Marines, 68, 112, 116–117, 125, 128, 130, 173, 199, 202–203, 211–212, 214, 216, 218, 218n, 219–220, 220n, 221, 234, 239, 253, 257, 259–260, 262, 264, 266, 277, 282, 284, 286–287, 296–297, 300, 303–304, 326, 326n, 344, 354, 354n, 358, 388n, 550, 558, 567, 599, 617, 622, 624, 627, 709

6th Marines, 272, 496, 505n, 506, 512

7th Marines, 68, 112, 115–117, 120n, 125–127, 130, 134, 171, 173–174, 176, 203, 210, 212, 214n, 218, 218n, 220, 220n, 221, 231–233, 235–236, 239, 259n, 261, 265n, 299, 304, 308, 311, 325–326, 329–333, 337, 339–344, 347, 351n, 353, 362–363, 388n, 548, 553, 556, 556n, 575–576, 586, 588, 590–591, 600, 610, 617, 621, 647, 696

8th Marines, 90, 347–348, 353, 353n, 354, 354n, 358, 360–363, 388n, 397, 506–507, 512, 514, 517

9th Marines, 639–642, 644, 711

10th Marines, 506, 512, 514

11th Marines, 87, 89, 90n, 116–118, 123, 125, 189, 189n, 194–195, 195n, 199, 199n, 216, 330, 333, 376n, 383, 385n, 550, 556–557, 599, 613, 617, 621

12th Marines, 89

13th Marines, 495, 505, 511–512

15th Marines, 88–89, 90n, 117, 136, 149–150, 216, 308, 563

21st Marines, 456–457, 460, 468

22nd Marines, 68, 88, 112, 115, 117–118, 126, 129, 129n, 132, 134, 138, 172, 173n, 174, 218–219, 222, 230–231, 234–235, 237, 245, 247–249, 252–253, 253n, 254, 276, 283–284, 296, 299, 304, 311, 314–315, 318, 320–321, 323, 344–346, 353, 356, 360, 363n, 388n, 563, 565, 598

24th Marines, 699

26th Marines, 454, 495, 505, 505n, 506 27th Marines, 495, 512, 683

28th Marines, 495, 501, 505–506, 512

29th Marines, 68, 91, 115, 117, 129–130, 134–135, 138, 138n, 139–142, 144, 146, 149, 151, 154, 174, 235, 237–238, 247, 249, 251–252, 280, 283–284, 296, 302, 307, 309–310, 312, 314, 318, 320–321, 323, 323n, 361, 363, 559–560, 563, 565, 580

1st Marine Parachute Regiment, 706

1st Marine Raider Regiment, 710–711

2nd Marine Raider Regiment (Provisional), 711, 714

7th Service Regiment, 550–551, 567, 598, 606, 616, 624–625, 627–628, 630–631

4th Base Depot, 74, 391 7th Field Depot, 95n

5th Field Service Depot, 478

1st Provisional Antiaircraft Artillery Group, 83–84, 274, 456

2nd Provisional Antiaircraft Artillery Group, 456

2nd Provisional Combat Service Group (Light), 640, 642–643

2nd Provisional Field Artillery Group, 89, 136, 136n, 216, 216n

Amphibian Tractor Battalions

4th, 302n, 478

9th, 302n

Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion (FMF), 67, 104, 106n, 162, 164, 167, 173, 303, 378n, 381, 388

2nd, 95n, 183, 690

5th, 183, 690

8th, 183–184, 690

9th, 95n, 183, 690

16th, 183

Armored Amphibian Battalions

1st, 136, 149, 397

3rd, 210

Barrage Balloon Squadrons

1st, 712

2nd, 712

3rd, 712

5th, 712

6th, 712

Corps Artillery Battalions

1st 155-mm Howitzer, 188, 216

3rd 155-mm Howitzer, 89, 188, 216, 216n

6th 155-mm Howitzer, 89, 188, 216

7th 155-mm Gun, 136n, 149, 216

8th 155-mm Gun, 89, 188, 216

9th 155-mm Gun, 188, 216

Defense Battalions

1st, 737

3rd, 688

6th, 690

51st, 688–689

52nd, 688

Divisional Artillery Battalions

1/11, 123, 189, 189n, 218n, 385n, 599, 612–613

1/15, 172, 478n

2/11, 189, 194, 216n, 218n, 599, 612, 638, 642

2/15, 144, 576

3/10, 506

3/11, 189, 194, 318n, 600, 621

3/12, 616

4/11, 189, 621

4/15, 173, 254n, 598

Engineer Battalions

1st Separate, 95n, 598, 606

6th, 120, 128, 135, 139, 172, 219, 222–223, 223n, 230, 273, 275, 283, 478n

Headquarters Battalions

F MF Pac, 628

FMFWesPac, 643

HQMC, 678

IIIAC, 605–606

Infantry Battalions

1st Separate, 708, 741

1/1, 117, 125, 128, 198, 201–203, 203n, 209–211, 214n, 219–220, 220n, 222, 222n, 238–239, 262, 265, 287, 295, 325–326, 328, 331, 333, 335, 342, 621, 624, 628

1/2, 507

1/3, 460–461, 468, 643–644, 647, 718

1/4, 120, 126, 132, 134, 144–146, 148–152, 154, 174, 254, 271, 273, 275–276, 280, 283, 305–306, 309, 311, 314, 316, 318, 320, 323, 361, 363, 483, 485, 487, 489, 598, 711

1/5, 112, 116, 128, 204, 217, 220–221, 257, 264–265, 282, 284, 286–287, 297, 299, 303–304, 353–354, 358, 361–363, 599, 617, 619, 625, 627–628, 708

1/6, 514

1/7, 120n, 127, 130, 171, 203, 220n, 221, 232–234, 236, 238, 239n, 259–262, 332–333, 337, 339–340, 343–344, 381, 548, 552, 556, 556n, 570, 600, 610, 621, 647, 648, 709

1/8, 348, 353, 507

1/9, 644

1/22, 115, 129, 140, 146, 149–152, 154, 173, 173n, 174–175, 218–219, 222, 222n, 223, 231, 233, 235, 245, 247–249, 251, 283–284, 296, 308, 315, 318, 330, 345–347

1/26, 512n

1/27, 495, 502, 505

1/29, 88, 115, 117–118, 126, 129, 129n, 138–140, 142, 146, 151, 238, 247–250, 275–276, 280n, 283–284, 296, 323, 323n, 360–361, 363, 575–576, 588, 599

2nd Separate, 709

2/1, 117, 125, 128, 174, 203–204, 210, 216–217, 219, 231, 234–235, 239, 257, 263, 263n, 264–265, 281–282, 295, 328, 330–333, 335, 341–342, 599, 624, 629, 631, 635

2/2, 507

2/4, 68, 115, 132, 134–135, 144–145, 148–152, 154, 174, 247, 252–253, 256, 271, 273, 275–276, 280, 283, 302, 305–307, 312, 315, 318, 320, 323, 360–361, 363, 483–484, 489, 598, 711

2/5, 128, 128n, 199, 202, 204, 216–217, 221, 232, 257, 259–262, 264, 297, 303–304, 326–327, 342, 344–345, 358, 361–364, 567, 599, 708–709

2/6, 512, 516

2/7, 116, 120n, 127, 130, 171, 203, 210, 214, 214n, 221, 232, 234, 236, 238, 239n, 262, 299, 329–330, 332n, 337, 339–345, 548, 553, 555, 590–591, 600, 610

2/8, 348, 353, 358

2/21, 456–457, 460, 468

2/22, 115, 129, 141, 234–235, 237–238, 245, 247, 276, 280, 280n, 283–284, 296, 314–316, 318, 356, 363, 579, 598

2/26, 454, 506, 707

2/27, 502–503, 512

2/28, 495

2/29, 138–140, 146, 152, 154, 245, 247, 249–252, 252n, 283, 307, 309–310, 312, 320, 323, 578, 598

3/1, 125, 130, 173n, 174, 198, 201–202, 204, 212, 216–217, 219, 222, 231, 234–235, 239, 257, 262–263, 265–266, 281- 282, 286–287, 293, 325–328, 331, 342, 723

3/2, 109, 496, 507

3/3, 686

3/4, 112, 118, 120, 126, 134–135, 141–142, 144–146, 149–152, 154, 174–175, 252–254, 254n, 256, 271, 273, 275, 280, 283, 307–309, 311–312, 314–315, 318, 320–321, 323, 356, 360–361, 363, 464, 483, 485, 487–489, 598, 616, 618, 624, 629, 635, 711, 775

3/5, 116, 128, 164, 172, 199, 202, 204, 218, 220, 220n, 221, 232, 252, 257, 273, 275, 284, 299, 303–305, 342, 342n, 345, 358, 361–362, 364, 567

3/6, 514

3/7, 116, 127, 127n, 128, 130, 171, 173, 203, 212, 220, 220n, 221, 232, 236, 260–262, 299, 327n, 328–332, 339, 344–347, 358, 548, 553, 555, 555n, 590, 708

3/8, 348, 353, 358

3/22, 129, 140, 142, 144, 146, 154, 174–175, 218–219, 222, 233–234, 237, 245, 247–249, 275, 280, 284, 296, 311, 314–316, 318, 320, 345–346, 598

3/24, 698

3/26, 495, 512n

3/28, 502

3/29, 138–142, 144–146, 148–150, 152, 154, 234–235, 238, 245, 247–250, 283- 284, 307, 309–310, 312, 323, 323n

7th Separate, 441

Medical Battalions, 623–624, 728

3rd, 616

6th, 478n, 563

Military Police Battalions

1st, 550

1st Provisional, 95n

5th Provisional, 464

8th Provisional, 464

Motor Transport Battalions

6th, 283n, 478n

11th, 550, 598

Parachute Battalions

1st, 698, 705, 708

2nd, 700, 705–706

3rd, 706

4th, 706

Pioneer Battalions

1st, 548, 552, 567, 624, 628, 665

5th, 500 6th, 478n

Raider Battalions

1st, 698, 700, 707n, 708–710

2nd, 698, 707, 709–711, 744

3rd, 710–711 4th, 710

2nd Replacement Battalion, 682

Replacement Drafts

55th, 345n

57th, 281

59th, 281

62nd, 345n

63rd, 281

12th Service Battalion, 598, 606, 616, 628, 635, 640

Tank Battalions

1st, 114, 195, 198, 201, 201n, 259–260, 339, 621, 693, 703, 703n, 722

5th, 495, 503, 506

6th, 114, 126, 222n, 248, 253, 306, 478n

6th Assault Signal Company, 478n

3rd DUKW Company, 551

Joint Assault Signal Companies, 25, 375, 375n, 383, 383n, 657

Medical companies, 467, 598–599, 692, 729

11th Military Police Company (Provisional), 453

Reconnaissance Companies

1st, 125, 127, 210, 304, 329, 624, 694

6th, 118, 132, 134, 136n, 140, 173, 247, 272, 275–276, 278, 299, 305, 307, 323, 360, 388n, 563

3rd Island Base Headquarters, 453

Landing Force Air Support Control Units

LFASCU-1, 95n, 96, 181, 375, 378

LFASCU-2, 96, 193, 375

LFASCU-3, 96, 181, 375

Marine Air Base, Iwakuni, 509n

Marine Air Base, Omura, 509, 517n

Marine Barracks

Guam, 465, 466n

Kwajalein, 464n, 466n

Marcus, 453

New River, N. C., 680

Olongapo, 741

Peiping, 547n

Peleliu, 466n

Saipan, 464, 466

Sangley Point, Philippine Islands, 464

Sumay, Guam, 734

Naval Air Facility, Honolulu, T. H., 466n

Naval Air Stations

Barber's Point, Oahu, 466n

Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, 466n

Johnston Island, 466n

Kahului, Maui, 466n

Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, 466n

Naval Ammunition Depot, Oahu, 466n

Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, 465, 466n

Naval Operating Bases

Midway Island, 466n

Okinawa, 466n

Subic Bay, P. I., 466n

Marine Camp, Ainoura, 506

Marine Corps Air Facility, St. Thomas, V.I., 448

Marine Corps Air Stations, 448, 465, 651

Cherry Point, N.C., 26, 442, 469–470, 642, 681

Eagle Mountain Lake, Texas, 713

El Centro, Calif., 26, 421, 429n, 681

El Toro, Calif., 429n, 681

Miramar, Calif., 442

Mojave, Calif., 26, 424, 429n, 681

Santa Barbara, Calif., 415, 424, 681

Marine Corps Base Depot, Norfolk, Va., 441

Marine Detachments

Commander, Naval Forces, Philippines, 464, 466n

Fita-Fita Guard, Samoa, 466n

Fleet Activities, Yokosuka, 444n, 466n

Truk, 466n

USS Houston, 739–740, 767–768

USS Missouri, 439

Marine Detachments (Provisional)

Commander, Philippine Sea Frontier, 444n, 464

Eniwetok, 444n, 459, 464n

Peleliu, 454, 464

Samar, 44n, 464

Truk, 457

Marcus Island, 466n

Wake, 459, 464n

Marine's Hymn, 557, 759

Marine Legation Guard, Tientsin, 731

Marine Corp Recruit Depots

Parris Island, S. C., 442, 448, 682

San Diego, Calif., 442, 445, 680, 682

Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Va., 441, 447, 467, 655, 689, 699–700, 724

Marine ships detachments, 23, 439, 447–448, 467, 489, 496, 647, 739

Marshall, Maj. David E., 417

Marshall, Gen George C., 11n, 402, 432, 508; General of the Army, 573–574, 585, 593–594, 596–598, 600–606, 608, 614, 616, 618–620, 622, 712; Secretary of State, 627n, 632

Marshalls, 4, 26, 95, 240, 450, 452, 654, 673, 690, 704n, 724, 745

Marshalls-Gilberts Area, 449–450, 463

Marshalls Operations, 4n

Mason, Col Arthur T., 217, 217n, 219, 221, 262–263, 282, 282n, 295, 327, 327n, 328

Massachusetts, 479n

Matanikau River, 709

Matsuzaki, 408

Maui, 24, 398, 441, 468, 493, 535

McAlister, LtCol Francis M., 160n

McAlister, lstLt John A., 758–759

McBrayer, lstLt James D., 758–759

McBridge, BGen Robert B., Jr., 506

McCain, VAdm John S., 96–97

McCaulley, Maj Edwin F., 733, 734n

McGovern, Commo John B., 62

McLish, LtCol Ernest E., 771

McMillin, Capt George J., 734

McMorris, VAdm Charles H., 373n

McQueen, Col John C., 323

Medal of Honor, 371, 707, 712, 716, 729–730, 745. See also Awards and Decorations. Medeera, 290, 352, 356–357, 362–363, 368

Medical Activities

American, 23–25, 40, 73, 77, 85, 123, 141, 149n, 150, 160n, 175, 208, 231, 256, 261, 271, 273, 297, 304, 309n, 325, 332, 335, 345, 353, 369, 377, 511, 535, 550, 556, 580, 663, 689, 691, 726–729, 737, 769

Japanese, 49, 290, 292, 363, 556n, 760

Medina, 771

Megee, Col Vernon E., 62, 181, 375, 375n, 376, 415, 417; Gen, 193n

Meka, 298

Meteorological data, 64

Metzger, BGen Louis, 476n, 481n, 484n, 485n

Mezado, 339, 344, 345n, 346

Mezado Ridge, 289, 338, 341–343, 345, 351, 353, 356, 388n

Micronesia, 654

Midway, 26, 470, 690, 709, 716, 763

Military government, 58, 76–77, 92, 121–122, 348, 378–380, 456, 497–498, 507n. See also Civil affairs.

Military Police, 77, 220n, 464, 500, 565, 663, 692. See also Army units; Marine Units. Mille Atoll, 450, 452, 455

Miller, LtCol John C., Jr., 116, 172

Miller, Maj Lyle H., 654

Millington, LtCol William A., 415–417; BGen, 416n

Milne Bay, 70n

Minamata, 406

Minami, 188

Minami Daito, 97

Minami-Uebaru foothills, 206

Minatoga, 51n, 66, 109, 205

Minatoga beaches, 51, 54–55, 98, 100, 107, 109, 112

Mindanao, 4, 6, 9, 11n, 441, 535–536, 769, 771–772

Mindoro, 773

Ming Dynasty, 32

Minna Shima, 388n

Missouri, 438–439, 452, 479, 479n, 483–484, 488, 781

Mitchell, MajGen Ralph J., 25, 372n, 412

Mitscher, VAdm Marc A., 16, 60, 97–98, 415–419

Mitsushima, 765

Miura Peninsula, 438–439, 481

Miyagusuku, 198, 201–203

Miyake, Maj Tadao, 41

Miyako Jima, 45, 197, 378, 398

Miyakonojo, 507

Miyazaki, 408, 493n, 501, 507n, 514

Miyazaki Prefecture, 500, 507, 517

Mizell, LtCol Maxwell H., 602

Moen, 455

Moji, 499, 502, 778

Mongolia, 537

Monterey, 479n

Montford Point, N. C., 689

Montgomery, Col Edward A., 371

Moore, Sgt Balthazar, 757

Moore, RAdm Charles J., 662

Moore, MajGen James T., 25, 228, 376, 534, 552n

Moosburg, 749

Moreau, LtCol Jean W., 115, 126, 129, 139, 146, 248

Moran, LtCol Sherwood F., 544n

Mori, VAdm Kunizo, 461

Morotai, 4, 40, 452

Mortlake, 455

Moscow, 431n

Motobu Peninsula, 34, 46, 50, 55, 69, 132, 135–136, 138–140, 142, 144, 152, 154–155, 166, 169, 171–173, 173n, 174–175, 184, 379–380, 384, 397, 551, 725

Motor transport

American, 25, 77, 84n, 123, 159–460, 392, 467, 500, 576, 599, 623–624, 643, 664, 667, 692–693, 695. See also Army units; Marine units; Vehicles.

Japanese, 44

Moulmein, 766

Mou Ting Fang, Gen, 568

Mt. McKinley, 493

Mugikura, LtGen Shunsaburo, 454

Mukden, 439, 530, 572, 584, 636, 783

Mukue Gawa, 331–332, 332n, 333

Mulcahy, MajGen Francis P., 25, 60–61, 69, 75, 95, 176, 180–181, 185, 372, 372n

Muncie, LtCol John D., 117n

Munda, 718

Munich, 749

Munn, Col John C., 95, 181, 488

Murray, VAdm George D., 450, 454

Murray, LtCol James C., Jr., 117, 220n

Myers, Maj Thomas J., 115, 129, 150, 245, 245n, 699

–N–

Nagahama, 118

Naganna Shima, 106n

Nagano, MajGen Eiji, 542, 565, 581n, 607, 608n

Nagaru Maru, 744

Nagasaki, 428, 433, 436, 492–493, 493n, 495- 496, 500–501, 503, 506–507, 514, 786

Nagasaki Prefecture, 500, 505–506

Nagato, 483, 485

Nago, 37, 50, 135, 138–139, 160, 173

Nago Wan, 136, 142, 172, 184, 241

Nagoya, 18, 98, 418

Nagusuku, 360n

Naha, 34, 36–39, 46, 50, 75, 96, 106n, 176n, 205, 207, 232–236, 248, 251, 271, 271n, 2'74, 276, 278, 280, 284, 292, 296, 299, 305, 307, 309, 381

Naha Canal, 302, 388n

Naha City Command, 283n

Naha Estuary, 262, 323

Naha Harbor, 299, 300, 307, 312, 323

Naha-Yonabaru highway, 270, 300, 368

Naha-Yonabaru valley, 54, 205, 270, 274, 293n, 298

Naiki, Lt Hisakichi, 745

Nakadomori, 126, 129n, 134, 136

Nakagusuku Wan, 51, 75, 81, 128, 162, 166, 241, 270

Nakama, 132, 188, 218n, 220n

Nakama Valley, 351

Nakanishi, 198, 202

Nakaoshi, 136, 138, 172–173

Nakasoni, 139

Namoluk, 455

Namur, 95

Nanashino, 43

Nanking, 526–527, 533, 541, 609, 623n, 629–632, 640, 642, 644–645, 758–759

Nansei Shoto, 18, 31, 34, 37, 39, 39n, 56, 58

Nan Yuan Field, 539, 547, 566, 588, 599

Naoetsu, 785

Napalm, 26, 148, 154, 167, 201, 218, 260, 263, 364n, 374, 417, 703–704, 704n

Napunja, 127, 130

Narashido, 138

Nasipit, 772

Nationalist China, 528, 531–532, 648–649. See also Chinese Central Government.

National Security Act of 1947, 466

Natives, 121, 173, 348, 361, 378n. See also Chamorros; Okinawans.

Nauru, 462, 455

Naval

Air Base, Marcus, 453

Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J., 705

blockades, 20, 32, 81, 400–402, 433, 763n

Forces, Ryukyus, 62

gunfire, 32, 39, 55, 57, 60, 63, 65–67, 87, 9091, 98–100, 102–103, 103n, 104, 106, 109, 111–112, 135–136, 140, 144–147, 152, 152n, 155, 164, 167, 176, 190, 192–193, 202, 211, 213, 216, 218, 220, 222, 231–232, 238, 242, 245, 247, 259–260, 265, 274, 277–278, 296, 305, 311, 326, 341, 343–345, 348, 352, 369, 374, 375n, 377, 382–384, 390, 417, 461, 478n, 483, 561, 635, 645, 666, 669–670, 672–674, 717, 721, 774

Occupation Force, 535

Operating Base, Ryukyus, 378

Navy Cross, 707, 729–730, 747n. See also Awards and Decorations.

Navy Department, 605

Annex, 678

Navy Units. See also Task Organizations. Civil Engineer Corps, 691

Transportation Service, 448

Asiatic Fleet, 540

Atlantic Fleet, 664

Pacific Fleet, 448

Third Fleet, 229n, 280, 404, 404n, 406–407, 409, 415–416, 422, 431, 438, 475–476, 478–479, 483–484, 488, 781, 786

Fifth Fleet, 16, 57, 60, 64, 114n, 280, 354n, 404, 404n, 406–407, 416, 419, 421, 428, 490, 492, 786

Seventh Fleet, 533–534, 544, 561, 565, 569, 574, 580, 582, 604, 606–607, 614n, 616, 623n, 628, 673

Support Aircraft, Pacific Fleet, 671

Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet, 708

Amphibious Force, South Pacific, 660

Amphibious Support Force, 99

Fleet Naval Landing Force, 483

Naval Forces, Western Pacific, 628, 634, 648

Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet, 20, 97

Battleship Division 7, 476

Carrier Division 27, 441

Fleet Air Wing 1, 373, 373n, 639, 643

Transport Divisions, 93, 478, 550–551, 558, 560

Transport Division 60, 478

Amphibious Group 2, 704

Amphibious Group 7, 550

Fleet Flagship Group, 438

Group Pacific 13, 550, 556, 567, 628

Mine Group One, 98

Acorn 52, 456

Destroyer Squadron 52, 98

Naval Construction Battalions (Seabees), 32n, 72, 158, 166, 176, 454, 535, 556, 692, 692n, 694

29th, 456

32nd, 599

58th, 128

96th, 599, 606

Transport Squadrons, 90, 93, 493, 495, 563

15, 95

17, 551–552, 555, 561

24, 560–561

VC-7, 715n

Underwater Demolition Flotilla, 99

Underwater demolition teams, 99, 102, 102n, 104, 106, 164, 167, 657

Group Able, 99–100

Group Baker, 99–100

Nazis, 218, 589, 749

Negro Marines, 688

Nelson, Capt Albin F., 603

Nemoto, LtGen Hiroshi, 542

Neuffer, Maj Robert P., 248, 283n

Neuse River, N.C., 680

New Britain, 4, 87, 665, 686, 696, 716, 720

operation, 86

New Caledonia, 65, 717

New Delhi, 757

New Georgia, 70n, 88, 410, 489n, 706, 711, 719

Occupation Force, 711

operation, 700, 710, 718

New Guinea, 4, 659n, 763

New Hebrides, 25, 86, 95

New Ireland, 4, 659n

Newman, 560–561

New Navy Building, 678

New Orleans, 277

New Orleans, La., 667

New River, N. C., 680–682, 702, 705, 713

New York, 188, 277

New York, N.Y., 76, 94, 421

New Zealand, 86n, 87, 662–663, 706, 719

Nicaragua, 645, 697–698, 708

Night illumination, 136, 184, 209, 237, 254, 338, 590

Niigata, 433

Niland, Calif., 680

Nimitz, Adm Chester W., 3n, 4, 6, 8–9, 9n, 11, 11n, 12–13, 31, 56–58, 62, 64–65, 76, 82, 195–196, 354n, 369, 372n, 373n, 399, 401–402; FAdm, 97, 97n, 403, 403n, 411–414, 430, 436–437, 446, 475–476, 484, 484n, 487, 533–534, 544, 660n, 707n. See also Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet; Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas.

Nimmer, BGen David I., 89, 102, 123, 216, 382

Nishibaru, 194

Nishikoku, 300, 303–304

Nishi Omote-Jima, 39n

Nitta Maru, 738

Nobeoka, 406

Noble, Maj Alfred H., 655; BGen, 618, 624

No Man's Valley, 340

Nomoi, 455

Norfolk, Va., 441, 517, 616

Normandy, 15, 60n, 653

North Borneo, 402

North Carolina, 479n

North China, 468, 490, 500, 521–522, 524, 527, 532–537, 539–546, 550–552, 567–567, 571–572, 574–576, 578–579, 582–583, 588–589, 592–593, 595, 597–598, 601–602, 604–605, 607–608, 615, 618, 621, 623, 627, 632, 637–640, 643, 648–649, 708, 732, 758, 783

Northeast China Command, 584–585, 588

Northern Attack Force, 60, 93–95, 108, 166.

–O–

Oahu, 25, 70, 83, 93, 95, 441, 621

Obara, Capt Yoshio, 745

Oberbayern, 749

Oboe Hill, 266, 268–269

Observers, 102, 159, 250, 704

Occupation forces, 463, 490, 510, 529n, 561, 582

Truk & Central Caroline Islands, 457

Ocean, 455, 462

Oceanside, Calif., 680

OCTAGON Conference 9, 400–401

Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 731, 746–747, 769

Ofuna, 745

Ogasawara Gunto, 460

O'Halloran, LtCol James S., 183–184

Ohka, 186n

Oita, 493n, 500, 503, 507n, 514

Occupation Force, 506

Prefecture, 502, 506, 514, 517

Okamura, Gen Yasuji, 529

O'Keefe, lstLt Jerry J., 374n

Okinawa, 9, 11–13, 18–19, 21–22, 25, 27, 31–32, 32n, 34, 36–39, 41, 43–46, 48, 56–58, 60–63, 63n, 64–65, 65n, 66–67, 70, 72–73, 75–78, 78n, 80–82, 85, 85n, 87–100, 102–104, 106–107, 109, 117, 123n, 177, 179, 240, 390, 393, 407, 410, 416, 418, 421, 427–430, 438, 441, 463, 470, 475–476, 484, 487n, 488, 495–496, 509, 535, 545, 551–552, 558, 560–561, 566, 576–577, 581, 591, 598, 621, 624, 648, 653, 664–666, 670–675, 683, 685, 691, 694–695, 703, 703n, 705, 712, 714–715, 722–725, 783, 786, 789

agriculture, 36–38

beaches, 72, 80, 85

cities, 36–38, 87

coast, 56, 66, 80, 125

government, 32, 34, 38

history, 32, 37–38

population, 36–37, 43, 53, 77, 87, 121–122, 141, 164, 172, 175, 251, 312, 508

tombs, 233, 262, 267, 273, 296

villages, 36–37, 87

Okinawa Gunto, 34, 46, 79, 185

Oklahoma City, 479n

Oldendorf, VAdm Jesse B., 60n

Olongapo, 776

OLYMPIC Operation, 399, 402–404, 404n, 406–407, 408n, 409, 429, 429n, 430–432, 476, 502n, 508n, 685

Omori, 781

Omura, 495, 500, 506, 509, 517, 517n

Omura airfield, 373, 428

Onaga, 206, 211

110 Meter Hill, 263, 263n, 264–265, 268–269, 281–282

Onna, 132, 134, 169

Onna Take, 380

Ono Yama, 302–303, 305, 307–308, 310

Onslow Beach, N.C., 656

Open Door Policy, 522

Operation Plan 712, 654

Operation Spring-Em, 781

Ora, 135, 138, 141, 174

Oradour-sur-Vayres, 747

Order of the British Empire, 747n. See also Awards and Decorations.

Order of Battle

American, 23, 71, 207, 478, 594, 608, 639, 779, 695–696, 717

Japanese, 18, 20, 44–47, 50–51, 53–54, 56, 68–69, 78–81, 90, 97, 107, 121, 125, 130–131, 142, 148, 152, 191, 205, 213, 221, 230, 250, 251n, 252, 266, 268, 274, 312, 530, 542–543, 675, 685

Ordnance. See Supplies and equipment. Oroku

airfield, 55, 66, 307–308

landing, 302n, 303, 305, 314

Mura, 309, 309n, 310, 312, 314, 320–321, 323

Peninsula, 34, 36, 46, 54–55, 66, 290, 292, 299–300, 302–304, 307–308, 310, 312, 314, 320, 323–325, 330, 344, 350–351, 360, 388n

Orote Peninsula, 734

Ortiz, Maj Peter J., 746, 746n, 747, 747n, 749

Oryoku Maru, 775–776

Osaka, 8, 98, 512, 734, 736, 738n, 760, 765, 779, 785–786

Osumi, 34, 507

Ota, RAdm Minoru, 46, 54–55, 205, 207, 390, 292, 297, 310, 312, 314, 316, 321, 330

Ouki, 188, 190

Outer Mongolia, 531

OVERLORD Operation, 60n

Owsley, Maj Roy, 439

Oyama, 206–207, 209

Ozark, 478

Ozato, 50, 332–333, 345n

Ozato Hills, 270, 272, 251

–P–

Pace, Maj Nat M., 144, 172; LtCol, 144n

Pacific Islands. 444, 530, 576, 582, 698

Pacific Ocean, 3n, 7, 11, 13, 15–16, 23–25, 34, 60, 67, 70–71, 78, 93, 98–99, 188, 441, 443, 475, 653–654, 657, 662, 665–667, 669, 672, 674–676, 679–680, 686, 691, 698, 702, 707, 713, 716, 788

Pacific Ocean Areas, 3n, 6, 60, 84n, 399, 441, 452, 465

Pacific War, 3, 5, 11, 14, 449, 530, 653, 658, 666–667, 670, 674, 676–677, 684, 690, 694, 717, 723, 725, 730, 744

Pagan, 428, 455

Pakanbaru, 768

Palaus, 6, 8, 16, 26, 87, 94, 96, 98, 159, 240, 240n, 449–450, 452n, 453–455, 505, 505n, 654, 690, 724

Palau Occupation Unit, 450

Palawan, 772–774

Palmyra Island, 465

Pan American Airways, 459

Panamint, 91

Parachute troops. See also Marine units.

American, 692–694, 698, 705–707, 709, 711

Japanese, 126

Parmelee, Col Perry 0., 61

Parris Island, S.C., 680–681, 702, 712–713. See also Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island.

Pasadena, 479n

Patrols

American, 99, 117, 122, 125–126, 129–130, 132, 134, 136, 141–142, 146, 149, 151, 154, 171, 174–175, 175n, 192, 198, 201, 204n, 219, 222, 233, 271, 273–274, 276, 278, 293, 298–299, 303, 315, 325, 332, 339–340, 362, 380–381, 500, 563, 567, 610, 612, 624, 686

Japanese, 128

Pavuvu, 24, 70, 74, 86–88, 93, 389, 397

Paymaster Department, HQMC, 678

Peale Island, 459

Pearl Harbor, 6, 61n, 63, 66, 80, 92, 94, 96, 97n, 370, 372n, 398, 412, 418, 422, 427–428, 449, 528, 577, 600, 605, 647, 658, 673–675, 679, 682, 691, 703n, 710, 716, 718, 744, 749

Conference, 8, 12

Peck, Maj DeWitt, 655; MajGen, 397n, 551, 555n, 556, 558n, 567n, 568, 568n, 575n, 583n, 584, 584n, 586, 586n, 600, 606, 655n, 659, 660n

Peiping (Peking), 524–527, 532, 536, 539–540, 542–547, 547n, 548, 550, 556, 558, 558n, 566–568, 572, 575, 575n, 576, 579, 583, 483n, 585, 588, 591, 594–594, 599–600, 602–604, 606–609, 612–613, 615, 617, 622, 624, 627, 637, 639, 641, 649, 731–732, 760, 783

Peiping-Mukden Railroad, 541–542, 547–548, 567–568, 570, 574–575, 584–585, 588, 591, 609

Peiping-Tientsin road, 558, 610, 613

Peiping Union Medical College, 595

Peitaiho, 556, 556n, 570, 576, 590, 599–600, 607, 610, 617, 621, 628

Peleliu, 4, 40, 48, 87, 158–159, 242n, 450, 453, 464, 505, 512n, 675, 683, 701, 704, 714, 722–723, 727

Island Command, 452n, 453

operation, 4n, 5, 8, 63, 72, 86, 89, 232, 232n

Penglai, 577–578

Pentagon, 687

Penzoll, LtCol August F., Jr., 183

People's Liberation Army, 609

Pepper, LtCol Robert H., 688

Percival, LtGen Arthur E., 439

Perry, Commo Matthew C., 32, 461

Perth, 739–740

Pescadores, 11, 416, 522

Pfeiffer, BGen Omar T., 628, 631; MajGen, 660n, 667n

Philadelphia, Pa., 503

Philippine Islands, 4–5, 9, 9n, 11n, 12, 17–19, 25, 41, 45–46, 70, 83–84, 91, 98, 129, 177–178, 178n, 223, 389, 392, 401–402, 407, 422, 429–430, 437, 463, 476, 493, 496, 670, 674, 676, 712, 718, 733, 741, 744, 750, 763n, 765, 768–769, 771–773, 775, 778, 788

Philippines operation, 57, 94, 476, 671

Photographs, 78–80, 97, 138. See also Air activities; Maps and charts.

Picardi, Maj Robert J., 456

Pickett, BGen Harry K., 465

Pingtu, 577–578

Pioneers, 467, 551, 692, 692n, 694. See also Marine Units.

Pistol Pete, 186

Pittsburgh, 421

Planning

American, 3–9, 11–14, 21, 24, 31–32, 57, 61n, 63–65, 65n, 66, 68–71, 78, 81, 95–96, 100, 102, 106–107, 114, 131, 158n, 164, 166, 177, 196–197, 244, 298, 338, 347, 399, 460, 464, 492, 530, 534, 545, 654, 657, 662, 728

Japanese, 21, 39, 50, 100, 103, 178, 206–107, 188, 191, 197

Point Cruz, 709

Point discharge system, 442, 591–592. See also Demobilization.

Political Consultative Conference, 573, 601

Ponape, 455, 462

Pontoon bridge, 310. See also Bridges.

Port Arthur, 522

Portland, 454

Ports, 70, 72, 75, 406, 499, 540, 545, 553, 569, 597

Portugese nationals, 503

Poshan, 582

Post, BGen Elwyn D., 353

Pots and Pans, 678–679, 700. See also Division of Plans and Policies, HQMC.

Potsdam, 432

Potsdam Conference, 403, 433–434

Potsdam Declaration, 434, 436, 462

Powell, lstLt Robert J., 125, 127

President Harrison, 731

Pressley, Col Orin K., 602

Preston, 140

Price, MajGen Charles F. B., 707

Princeton University, 92

Prisoner of War Information Bureau, HQMC, 750

Prisoners of War

Allied, 77–78, 122, 131, 310, 450, 452, 453n, 461, 492, 502, 518, 533, 566, 686, 731, 733–734, 736, 736n, 737–738, 738n, 739, 739n, 740–745, 749–755, 756n, 757–758, 760–761, 761n, 762, 764–781, 783, 785–789

Australian, 428, 763

British, 484, 749, 763–764

Chinese, 499

Commonwealth, 783

Corregidor, 742, 744, 769

Dutch, 763

Filipinos, 770

Guam Marines, 736, 750, 760–762, 765, 779

Indians, 453

Indonesians, 760

Javanese, 453

North China Marines, 731–733, 750–752, 760

Wake prisoners, 737–738, 738n, 750, 785

Prisoner of War Camps

American, 454

German, 756–757

Marlag-Milag Nord, 747

Westertimke (Tarmstadt Oest), 747

Japanese, 175, 439, 484, 492, 503, 547, 734, 737–739, 743–746, 748, 750, 753–754, 756, 760, 763–767, 769–770, 773–774, 778–781, 783, 785, 787–788

Bicycle Camp, 740, 763–764

Bilibid Prison, 743–744, 769, 775, 778

Cabanatuan #1, 744, 769

Cabanatuan #2, 744

Cabanatuan #3, 744, 722

Davao, 769–770, 775

Formosa, 499

Hirohata, 761–762, 774

Hokkaido, 760, 785

Karenko, 768

Kiangwan, 753–758, 760

Mukden, 769

Omori Camp 8, 745, 784

Osaka Camp 1, 760–762, 779

Puerto Princesa, 772

Santo Tomas, 778

Tarlac, 744

Woosung, 751

5 Kilometer, 760

25 Kilometer, 766

26 Kilometer, 766

30 Kilometer, 767

40 Kilometer, 766

100 Kilometer, 768

Prisoner of War

escapes, escapees, 731, 749, 752n, 755–756, 758–759, 766, 770–771, 774, 779

evacuation, 490, 786

rescue, 427, 484n, 767, 779, 781

guards, 579, 648–649, 740, 757–759, 762, 765- 767, 769, 773, 775–776, 779, 787

Japanese, 104, 121, 132, 296, 398, 323–324, 357, 357n, 360n, 361, 361n, 368–369, 676, 788

Propaganda, 107, 121, 256, 338, 357n, 543

Prospective CG, Occupation Forces Truk & Central Carolines, 455

Prospective Island Commander, Truk, 455

Provisional Government of the French Republic, 439

Provost Marshal General of the Army, 750

Psychological warfare, 338, 357, 361

Puerto Princesa, 741, 772–774

Puget Sound, 429

Puluwat, 455

Pusan, 760

Putnam, Maj Paul A., 738; BGen, 737n

Pyle, Ernie, 169n

–Q–

Quantico, Va., 441, 446, 606, 655, 680–681, 689–690, 699, 705, 712, 716, 723. See also Marine Corps Schools.

Quartermaster Department, HQMC, 678

Quebec Conference, 9, 400

Quincy, 479n

Qui Nhon, 20

Quonset huts, 591, 591n

–R–

Rabaul, 659n, 665, 676, 715–716, 718, 745, 781

Radar, 61, 89, 99, 118, 140, 141n, 182–184, 186, 208, 223, 226, 228, 232, 274, 345, 381, 424, 657, 668

Radio Tokyo, 157, 434

Radio towers, 284, 296

Raider battalions, 660, 694, 698–699, 705, 707- 710, 710n, 711. See also Marine units.

Railroads, 203, 231–232, 249, 259, 296, 300, 522, 539, 541–542, 547–548, 551, 565–566, 574, 577, 585–586, 588, 590–591, 599–600, 602, 617, 649, 766, 768

Railway guards, 567–568, 575–576, 580, 582- 584, 586, 588–591, 591n, 609, 614–618, 635

RAMPS (Recovered Allied Military Personnel), 484, 488, 490, 492, 496, 779, 781, 786, 789. See also Prisoners of War.

Randolph, 479n

Rangoon, 766

Rations. See Supplies and Equipment.

Rawlings, VAdm Sir H. Bernard, 60, 100, 479

Reconnaissance activities, 80, 85, 100, 102, 104, 106, 118, 126, 130, 132, 135, 164, 201, 219, 234, 273, 280, 298, 329, 710. See also Patrols.

Reconnaissance units

American, 91, 126, 127n, 135, 140, 276, 299, 302, 467, 505, 558, 628, 694. See also Army units; Marine units.

Japanese, 44

Red Cross, 583, 583n, 753, 757, 772. See also International Red Cross.

Reef formations, 67, 234, 241. See also Coral Formations.

Rehearsals, 89, 90–91, 93, 389, 719. See also Training.

Reifsnider, RAdm Lawrence F., 60, 91, 166, 348; VAdm, 152n

Reinforcements

American, 231, 271, 339, 364, 481

Japanese, 20

Rendova, 642–643

Repatriation activities, 450, 452, 456, 461, 463, 499–500, 502, 505, 512, 514, 517–518, 533, 561, 565, 568, 571–572, 574, 576–577, 579–582, 584–585, 593, 595–597, 600, 607–608, 648, 732–733, 734n, 775, 786

Replacements

American, 24, 27, 85–86, 88, 90, 149n, 160, 219, 237, 281–282, 345, 369, 389–390, 398, 409, 450, 468, 511, 517n, 615, 635, 680, 682–684

Japanese, 20, 220

Repose, 645

Republic of China, 434, 436, 439, 525–526, 594. See also Chinese Central Government.

Reusser, Capt Kenneth L., 225

Revolutionary Army, 525–526

Rhone Valley, 746

Richardson, LtGen Robert C., Jr., 354n

Rineer, Capt Francis D., 220n

Risler, Sgt Jack R., 746–747

Rivers, 68, 219, 222, 235, 271, 273, 275n, 284, 299, 323, 329, 332, 539, 551, 599, 709

Rixey, Col Presley M., 450, 460–462; BGen, 461n

Roads, 36, 72, 86n, 87, 122–123, 126, 129, 134–135, 139, 142, 144, 149n, 155, 158, 160, 169, 171, 203, 221–222, 242n, 268–271, 274, 278, 282, 288–289, 304, 308, 310, 316, 325- 326, 331, 333, 338, 346, 379, 536–537, 577, 599

Robb, LtCol William 0., .139

Roberts, Maj Edwin S., Jr., 416

Roberts, Col Harold C., 253, 253n, 316, 353, 356

Robertson, Walter S., 594

Robinson, BGen Ray A., 501–502

Rockaway, N.Y. 712

Rockey, MajGen Keller E., 24, 55, 397n, 534–536, 544–546, 550–553, 557–559, 561, 563, 563n, 565, 569–571, 573–574, 576, 578–579, 582–583, 586, 589, 589n, 600, 601n, 604–606, 608, 613, 616, 618, 622, 649; LtGen 57n, 529n, 534n, 535n, 547n, 552n, 553n, 559n, 569n, 583n, 597n, 616n, 622n

Rogers, Col Ford 0., 25; BGen, 450, 453, 452n; MajGen, 61n, 427n, 452n, 453n

Rogers, BGen William W., 508n; MajGen, 493n, 500n, 506n

Roi-Namur, 95, 95n, 242n, 713, 721–722

Roosevelt, President Franklin D., 3, 8–9, 12, 141, 400–402, 403n, 431, 431n, 528–529, 531, 698, 707–708, 713, 779

Roosevelt, Maj James, 709–710 931

Ross, LtCol Richard F., Jr., 220n, 265, 295, 326–327

Rota, 428, 454–455

Roth, Maj Martin C., 116; LtCol, 202n

Rowell, MajGen Ross E., 412

Royal Marines, 439, 479, 487, 749. See also British forces.

Rubber pontoons, 307

Rupertus, MajGen William H., 720, 723, 723n

Russell Islands, 24, 74, 391, 412, 710

Russia. See Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Russian Concession, 556

Russo-Japanese War, 41, 531

Ryukyu Islands, 7, 9, 11n, 12–13, 17, 21–22, 31–32, 34, 37–40, 57–58, 64, 76, 93, 96–99, 177–178, 225n, 280, 347, 371–372, 378, 393, 402, 418, 430, 452, 462, 499

Ryukyus Area Command, 369, 373

TAF, Ryukyus Command, 372–373

–S–

Sabol, LtCol Stephen V., 117, 173n, 263, 265n

Sabotage, 172, 176, 559, 764–766

Saddle & Parker Island groups, 428

Saga, 493n, 500, 502, 512, 514

Saga Prefecture, 502, 505, 512

Sagami Wan, 438, 483, 488

Saidor, 4

Saigon, 416, 767–768

Saipan, 4, 7, 7n, 16–18, 23–24, 48, 67, 70, 70n, 71–72, 84, 86, 90, 94–95, 95n, 96, 122, 195, 240, 242n, 347–348, 376n, 393, 397, 411–412, 428, 441, 461, 464, 493, 496, 560, 674–675, 683, 714, 721–723, 734, 745

operation, 88, 729

Sakaibara, RAdm Shigematsu, 457, 459, 738

Sackett, Maj Paul F., 120

Sakhalin, 531

Sakishima Gunto, 34, 97, 100, 197, 371, 398, 416, 427

Salerno Bay, 429

Salerno, Italy, 669

Salzman, Col Elmer H., 550

Samar, 5

Samoa, 708, 712

Samurai, 338n, 356, 367, 370, 581, 788

Sanderson, BGen Lawson H. M., 457, 606, 615

San Diego, 483–484, 487

San Diego, Calif., 26, 414, 427–428, 442, 512, 512n, 628, 648, 680–682, 706, 709, 714

Sandino, Augusto, 697 310–224 0 - 69 - 60

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San Fernando, La Unio, 777

San Fernando, Pampanga, 777

San Francisco, 6, 12, 518n

Sangamon, 208

San Jacinto, 479n

San Juan, 484

San Pedro, Calif., 647

San Pedro, Bay, Calif., 8

Santa Barbara, Calif., 415, 429n

Santa Cruz Islands, 659n

Santa Fe, 94, 98

Santee, Calif., 680

Santiago, 653

Santo Domingo, 654

Sasebo, Japan, 493, 493n, 495–496, 499–500, 500n, 501–503, 505, 505n, 506–507, 508n, 509, 512, 514, 517

Naval Air Station, 503n

Sashiki, 293

Satsudo, 32

Savo Island, 708

Savory, Frederick Arthur, 461

Savory, Nathaniel, 461

SCAJAP (Shipping Control Administration, Japan), 596, 607

Scaling operations, 85

SCAP General Order, No. 1, 436–437

Scheme of maneuver, 67–68, 314, 330

Schick, BGen Lawrence E., 63, 365

Schilt, BGen Christian F., 453

Schmidt, MajGen Harry, 24, 398–399, 408, 493, 496, 512, 699

Schneider, SSgt Loren 0., 733

Schneider, Col Merlin F., 112, 115, 175, 249, 253n

Schofield Barracks, 66

Scouts, 118, 140, 162, 164, 167, 173, 272, 275–276, 283, 299, 692. See also Patrols; Reconnaissance activities.

Scout-snipers, 694

Seabees. See Navy units.

Seattle, Washington, 390

Seawalls, 112, 222, 302, 307–308, 315, 332

Sechibara, 501

Secretary of State, 620

Secretary of the Navy, 3, 394, 410, 442, 447, 615, 622, 653, 688, 725

Segi Point, 711

Seitetsu Steel Mills, 736

Senaga Shima, 311, 323

Sendai, 404, 406, 408

Senior Officer Present Afloat, 99n, 241

Senzaki, 499, 502, 514

Seoul, 437, 534

Serang, 739–740, 763

Service and supply activities. See also Army units; Logistics; Marine units; Supply and Equipment.

American, 11, 24, 74, 84, 160, 210, 242n, 467, 550, 598–599, 616, 621, 624, 636, 657, 692, 692n, 693, 695

Japanese, 46, 53, 116, 120–121, 220, 251, 542

Sesoko Island, 173, 388n

Settle, Radm Thomas G. W., 558–559

SEXTANT, 3–4, 7, 9, 400

Shana Wan, 140

Shanghai, 32, 399, 428, 526, 530, 533–534, 539–541, 543, 545, 552, 561, 566, 572, 574, 576, 582–583, 585, 595, 597, 609, 618, 621–622, 624, 629–630, 640–642, 644–645, 647, 675, 698, 731, 733–734, 738, 740, 750, 752n, 754–755, 757–758, 778

Shanhaikuan, 570–571, 584

Shansi, 542

Shantung, 537, 541–542, 544–545, 547, 560–561, 564, 574–575, 577–578, 582, 584–585, 593, 596, 598, 60, 608, 631–632, 636, 639, 647, 759

Peninsula, 522, 530, 540–541, 546, 564, 577, 630

Province, 522, 759

University, 563

Shapley, LtCol Alan, 711; Col, 112, 115, 118, 129, 134–135, 144–145, 174–176, 254, 275, 280, 283, 302, 306, 309, 311, 314, 356, 360

Shawnee, Okla., 713

Sheetz, BGen Josef R., 189, 189n, 194

Shelburne, LtCol Charles W., 112, 286

Shensi City, 632

Shepherd, MajGen Lemuel C., Jr., 24, 60, 88, 115, 117, 120, 126, 129, 135, 138, 140, 142, 142n, 144, 154–155, 169, 173, 173n, 214, 218, 234–236, 247, 252, 256, 273, 275, 283, 297, 299–300, 302, 314, 320, 323–324, 330, 344, 350, 356, 361, 363, 386, 391, 397, 476, 559–561, 561n, 563–565, 575–577, 579, 581, 581n, 584, 607; Gen, 24n, 68, 115, 136n, 152n, 223n, 245n

Sherman, RAdm Forrest P., 8, 12, 196, 412, 534

Shibushi, 408

Shichina, 274, 284, 297, 299

Shigemitsu, Foreign Minister Mamouri, 439

Shikoku, 31n, 95, 407, 418, 431, 492, 734, 783

Shimajiri, 50

Shimizu, 503

Shimonoseki, 5, 493, 499, 502

Shimonoseki-Moji Occupation Group, 502

Shinagawa, 781

Shindawaku, 325–326, 328, 331, 342

Shinzato, 281, 293

Shipping losses

American, 100, 179, 208

Japanese, 15–17

Ships. See also Landing Craft.

American, 13, 21, 46, 57, 64, 70–74, 76–77, 81, 83, 93–95, 97, 99–100, 104, 109, 135–136, 162, 162n, 177–178, 180, 186, 210, 224, 240, 240n, 382, 450, 462–463, 479, 532–534, 560–561, 569–570, 575, 596–597, 600, 607, 657, 662, 664–665, 667, 669, 716

ammunition ships, 250

amphibious command ships, 164, 166, 447- 448, 561, 648, 657, 669–670

battleships, 16, 94, 104, 111, 192–193, 209, 211, 305, 384, 467, 476, 479, 479n, 674

cargo vessels, 72, 95, 123, 158, 162, 180n, 478, 551, 582, 640

carriers, 16, 26–27, 91, 94, 97–98, 100, 128, 178, 406, 410–419, 421–422, 424, 426–427, 467, 476, 479, 479n, 674

cruisers, 16, 94, 98, 104, 111, 192–193, 209, 305, 384, 467, 479, 479n, 483, 496, 534, 647–648

destroyer escorts, 225, 427, 454, 479n, 552, 560

destroyer minesweepers, 99

destroyers, 99, 104, 111, 192–193, 208–209, 224, 228–229, 305, 384, 483, 495–496, 534, 672

destroyer transports, 99, 106, 162, 164, 167, 228, 488, 493, 495, 640, 781

escort carriers, 26, 95, 177, 411, 414–415, 422–428, 428n, 441, 448, 468, 642, 657, 672

hospital ships, 73, 73n, 243, 668, 729, 781, 786

Liberty ships, 493, 596

LSDs (landing ships, dock), 111, 478

LSMs (Landing ships, medium), 72, 93, 104n, 114, 208, 228, 493, 551–553, 555, 628, 647

LSTs (Landing Ships, Tank), 72–73, 9394, 96, 104, 111, 114, 114n, 158–159, 162, 166, 169, 180n, 239–241, 272, 390, 450, 463, 478, 493, 500, 507, 552, 558, 560, 578, 580, 583–584, 596–597, 603, 607, 657, 668, 729

LST (H)s (Hospital Landing Ships), 73, 158, 729

LSVs (Landing Ships, Vehicle), 478

minelayers, 208

minesweepers, 60, 98, 102n, 104, 162, 208, 406, 428, 483, 492, 534, 656

patrol craft, 60, 179, 211, 233–234, 553

radar pickets, 99, 177, 179, 181, 186, 208n, 224, 348, 484

repair ships, 668

submarines, 21, 41, 43, 58, 80, 97, 180, 709–710, 744, 765, 771, 774, 778

tenders, 643

transports, 21, 60, 70–72, 93–96, 103, 109, 123, 157, 162, 179–180, 196, 239, 243, 347, 390–391, 438, 444, 447–448, 467, 478–479, 479n, 484, 488, 493, 495–496, 506, 512, 517, 535, 545, 551–553, 556, 558, 560, 563, 579, 585, 640, 647, 656–657, 662, 666, 684, 728

tugs, 545

Japanese, 20–21, 53, 58, 64, 94, 97, 107, 180, 400, 450, 484, 580, 596, 739, 741

battleships, 180

cargo vessels, 97, 776

carriers, 16, 22

cruisers, 776

destroyers, 22, 776

merchant ships, 20, 463, 580, 584, 596

minesweepers, 483, 508

motor torpedo boats, 56, 100

submarines, 56, 63–64, 76, 81, 107, 745

suicide boats, 53, 102

tankers, 463

transports, 97, 463, 739–740, 768–769

Ship-to-shore movement, 159, 728

Shisler, LtCol Clair W., 275, 296, 316

Shoals, 106n

Shofner, Capt Austin C., 770–772; LtCol, 220n, 326, 327n, 328, 333

Sho-Go operations, 18

Shore fire control parties, 375n, 670, 673. See also Air activities; Naval gunfire.

Shore party activities. See also Beach party activities. 27, 112n, 157–160, 160n, 184, 240–241, 389, 478n, 548, 637, 663–664, 670, 683, 728

Shore-to-shore operations, 12, 69, 304–305

Short, Commo Edwin T., 560–561, 563

Shuri, 36, 38, 40, 49–51, 54–55, 169, 188–190, 194–196, 205, 211–212, 216n, 220, 231–234, 238, 240–241, 244, 247, 250, 252–254, 256–257, 263–270, 272, 274, 276–278, 280–282, 286–289, 292–293, 293n, 297–298, 300, 325, 327, 331, 350, 388, 393

Castle, 206, 264, 284, 286–287, 293, 295, 427

defense systems, 54, 192, 198, 205, 214, 219, 230, 232, 236–237, 244, 261, 268, 288–290, 293, 384–393. See also Defenses.

Shutts, Sgt Kenneth A., 128n

Siberia, 530, 541, 608

Silver Star, 729. See also Awards and decorations.

Silverthorn, Col Merwin H., 66, 66n; BGen, 83n, 397n; LtGen, 354n, 363n

Simpson, Commo Rodger W., 781

Singapore, 439, 764, 767–765, 786

Sino-Japanese War, 34, 522, 708

Siskin, Chaplain Edgar E., 727

Sitkoh Bay, 95

Smith, Maj Bernard L., 712

Smith, LtCol Harry 0., Jr., 183

Smith, MajGen Holland M., 656, 664; LtGen 23, 197n, 397n, 412n; Gen, 24n, 411, 657, 661, 674, 721

Smith, lstSgt Nathan A., 733

Smith, BGen Oliver P., 62, 155, 155n, 175n, 365, 468; Gen, 62, 66–67, 84n, 85, 90, 175n, 259n, 271n, 353, 680n

Smoke screens

American, 111–112, 179, 182, 201–203, 221–222, 236–238, 248, 259, 314, 332, 339, 341, 354, 358, 362

Japanese, 341, 374

Snedeker, Col Edward W., 112, 116, 127, 127n, 130, 220, 236, 238, 259, 262, 299, 337, 337n, 338; BGen, 120n, 127n, 130n, 132n, 329n, 332n, 340n; LtGen, 36n, 339n, 351n

Sobe, 116, 125, 208

Soerabaja, 763n

Soida, 508n

Solomon Islands, 4, 67, 74, 84n, 93, 129, 410- 411, 659n, 665, 667, 690, 711, 716, 718, 763

South China, 11, 84, 97, 522, 524, 526–527, 534–535, 544, 603, 644

South China Sea, 18, 416

South Dakota, 479n

Southeast Asia, 3n, 31, 779

Southeast Asia Command, 354

Southern Attack Force, 60, 93, 108

Southern Landing Force, 85, 96

Southern Marianas, 6, 8

Southern Tractor Flotilla, 96

South Field, 599, 624

South Korea, 530, 534

South Pacific, 4, 71, 84–85, 87, 180n, 331, 412, 659, 665–666, 710, 729

South Pacific Combat Air Transport Command, 25. See also MAG-25, Marine Air Units.

South Seas Government, 455

South Siak River, 768

Southwest Pacific, 5, 20, 60, 71, 429

Southwest Pacific Area, 3n, 9, 12, 401, 430, 659, 703, 720

Soviet Far East General Army, 530

Soviet occupation, 569, 571, 584, 604

Soviet Union, 431, 434, 436, 525, 531, 569, 584, 603, 632–633. See also Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Spaatz, Gen Carl A., 430, 433, 436

Spaniards, 455

Spanish-American War, 503, 653

Special Operations Executive, 746n

Special Weapons Battalion, 692–693, 702. See also Marine units.

Special Weapons Group, 689. See also Marine units.

Speckman, LtCol Peter J., 183n

Springfield, 479n

Spruance, Adm Raymond A., 6, 11, 16, 24, 5758, 97, 100, 226, 242, 280, 404, 406, 416, 419, 421, 492, 493n, 509, 658, 661, 674

Spurlock, Maj Lyman D., 699; LtCol 456

Staging areas, 24, 67, 92–93, 662, 707

Stalin, Marshal Josef, 399, 431, 431n, 432, 434, 530–531

Star Spangled Banner, 759

State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee, 433

St. Cezaire, 748

Steman, Col Louis H., 426n

Stent, Col Howard N., 454

Stewart, PFC Charles, Jr., 754–755

Stilwell, LtGen Joseph W., 368–369, 373n, 393, 430, 528–529, 529n, 533; Gen, 354, 786

Stimson, Secretary of War Henry L., 432

St. Louis, 521

St. Nicholas Point, 739, 763n

Stockades, 118, 121–122, 172, 333, 361, 380. See also Prisoner of War Camps. Stockholm, 434, 436

Stolley, MSgt Fred, 765

Story, Cpl Jerold, 752n, 754–755

St. Paul, 647

Straits of Malacca, 768

Straits of Shimonoseki, 501

Strategy

American, 5–9, 11, 17, 70, 399

Japanese, 13–14, 17, 206

Stratemeyer, Gen George C., 535, 555–556, 559, 569

Stretcher bearers, 150, 287, 329, 365n. See also Medical activities.

Strike Command, Commander Air Solomons, 410

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 448

Stuart, LtCol Arthur J., 114, 703n

Stuart, Ambassador John Leighton, 639–641

Subic Bay, 740, 776

Sugar Loaf Hill, 237–238, 244–245, 247–252, 254, 266, 269–270, 725

Sugawara, LtGen Michio, 178n

Sulu Sea, 773

Sumatra, 3n, 786

Sumay, Guam, 734

Sunabe, 50

Sunda Straits, 740

Sun Yat-sen, 524–526

Supplies and equipment. See also Ammunition; Logistics; Shore Party Activities.

American, 65, 65n, 70–76, 90, 103, 118, 122–123, 128, 130–132, 134–135, 141, 149n, 150, 152, 157, 159, 160n, 166, 171, 172n, 180n, 231, 234–235, 237, 240–242, 256, 261, 270–275, 277, 282, 293, 295, 297, 302–304, 309, 342, 382, 391–392, 481, 512, 528, 551, 553, 555, 560, 565, 567, 602, 640, 654, 657, 663–664, 678, 723, 762

ammunition, 150, 192, 240, 242, 250, 267, 293, 295, 297, 579n, 625

aviation, 74–75, 705

barge cranes, 157–158, 241

belts, 697

bridging material, 219

cargo, 73, 95, 104, 122, 158–459, 162n, 240, 240n, 390, 550–551, 555, 558, 560, 576

cargo parachutes, 329, 374, 783, 785

cargo slings, 489

clothing, 75, 551–552, 576, 601

communications, 595, 705

construction, 157, 166, 318

dumps and storage, 74, 144, 149n, 157- 158, 160, 172, 175, 180n, 184, 192, 208, 240–241, 256, 271–272, 325, 331, 379, 541, 551, 567, 576, 618, 625, 627, 664

early-warning equipment, 208

electronic, 226

equipment, 72–76, 111, 136, 557, 479, 551, 583, 657, 678

explosives, 102, 218, 296, 701, 720, 724

food and rations, 74, 86n, 128, 130, 196, 234, 262, 275, 293, 295, 295n, 304, 326, 330–331, 339, 342, 344, 551, 553, 555, 591, 601, 742, 761–762, 769, 775

fuel and lubricants, 74–75, 103, 158n, 228, 241, 379, 419, 426, 541, 551, 555, 565, 606, 703, 716

gas masks, 697

heavy equipment, 551

helmets, 697

maintenance, 65n

medical, 234, 275, 293, 331n, 339, 769, 777

ordnance, 705

sound-ranging equipment, 185n

spare parts, 716

stretchers, 150

T-6 flotation equipment, 111n, 114

water, 74, 128, 149n, 150–151, 172, 175, 234, 293, 295, 297, 331n, 742

Japanese

ammunition, 152, 288–289, 557, 581, 632

clothing, 152

dumps, 139, 152, 174, 193, 231, 251, 503, 710, 744

equipment, 139, 152, 312, 557, 581, 596

food and rations, 152, 709, 743, 763

fuel and lubricants, 51, 65

medical, 289

ordnance, 151

signal, 511

supplies, 53, 65, 98, 139, 289, 312, 557, 596

Support Air Direction net, 383, 671

Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP), 393, 436, 439, 488, 490, 492–493, 497–498, 500, 506, 508, 786. See also Gen MacArthur.

Surf, 91, 109, 164

Suzuki, MajGen Shigeji, 43, 289

Swatow, 416

Swedish Government, 436

Swedish Legation, 781

Swedish Minister, 434

Swiss Consulate, 753

Swiss diplomatic channels, 732, 755

Swiss government, 436, 732–733, 739n

Swiss Legation, 781

Swiss nationals, 503

Swordfish, 80

Szechwan Province, 528

–T–

Tables of Allowance (T/A), 478

Tables of Equipment, Marine Corps, 692, 696, 701–702

Tables of Organization, Marine Corps, 470, 478, 635, 663–664, 689, 691–692, 693n, 694–696, 698, 711

D-Series, 693, 695, 702, 717

E-Series, 693, 695–696, 698, 704

F-Series, 467, 693–696, 698, 702, 704

G-Series, 353n, 384, 467–468, 598, 693–696, 702, 714

Air, 606, 717

Ground, 444, 635, 688–689, 691, 695–696, 700

Tachibana, LtGen Yosio, 460–462

Tactics

American

airborne operation, 484

amphibious raid, 65, 97, 706, 709–710, 744, 772

armor, engineer, and infantry teamwork, 264

armor, infantry, and artillery cooperation, 86, 131, 335, 721

assault demolition teams, 218, 222, 256n, 265, 315, 364, 721, 723–724

assault of a fortified position, 724

base of fire, 697, 701

bayonet assault, 312

chemical warfare, 663

"contact imminent," 719

converging attack, 234

coordinated attack, 298–299

"corkscrew and blowtorch," 218, 364, 384, 724

counterbattery fire, 68, 214, 216, 308, 343

counterguerrilla operations, 175, 697

diversion, 51n, 97

double envelopment, 196, 253, 287, 310

engineer-infantry teams, 386

feint landing, 64, 67, 90, 107, 109, 259, 347

fire and manuever, 142, 199, 329

flanking maneuver, 236

frontal attack, 146

harassing and interdiction fire, 68, 189n, 216, 218n, 277–278

infiltration, 332

jungle warfare, 697–698, 700, 718–720

mopping up, 85, 155, 199n, 210, 231, 247, 344, 362

night attacks, 86, 190, 267, 269, 271, 337, 337n, 338, 341, 387–388, 388n

penetration, 199, 201, 219, 256, 268, 290, 358

search-and-kill missions, 718

skirmish line, 171, 323

sniping, 320

supporting arms coordination, 68, 86n, 144, 151, 182, 238, 249, 259, 261, 265, 267, 286, 330, 335, 344, 351–352, 384, 386, 669, 673, 719, 721–722, 724–726

tank-infantry assault, 132, 141, 217, 235–236, 239, 247, 249, 251, 261, 264–265, 268, 270, 288, 299, 306, 312, 320, 333, 337, 345, 354, 362, 364, 386–388, 718, 721–723, 725–726

Japanese

airborne attack, 81, 87, 126, 274

ambush, 125, 138n, 142, 145, 171, 174

banzai attack, 118, 151, 245, 393

bayonet charge, 250

cave warfare, 393, 695

counterattack, 80–81, 98, 150, 197, 204, 206–207, 210, 212–213, 220–221, 230, 234, 238–239, 244–245, 247–248, 250, 252, 252n, 254, 254n, 265, 270, 272, 274, 276–277, 300, 309, 320, 335, 339, 343, 345–347, 352, 356, 393

counterbattery fire, 142

counterlanding, 207, 209, 234

delaying, 18, 54–55, 146, 207

envelopment, 207, 210

guerrillas, 47, 86, 121, 148, 169, 171–175

hit-and-run attack, 100, 172

infiltration, 117, 125–126, 130, 146, 148n, 171, 174, 197–198, 202, 207, 210, 221,

infiltration-Continued 232, 236, 239n, 252, 277, 282, 303, 308, 321, 335, 341, 347, 356, 360

jungle warfare, 675, 719

mopping up, 23

night attack, 121, 139, 235

penetration, 238, 254

raid, 100, 419

sniping, 115, 121, 125, 172, 220, 231, 234, 236–237, 260, 263, 276, 296–297, 308, 328–329, 340–341, 344, 346, 356, 358, 362

suicide attack, 21–22, 100, 179, 194, 222, 380

supporting arms, 44

withdrawal, 121, 152, 290

Tahara, Mr., 774–775

Taian, 577

Taira, 173–174, 176

Taiwan, 197

Takabanare Shima, 164, 388n

Takagi, RAdm Sokichi, 15

Takamotoji, 248

Takanyuta, 329

Takao, 777

Takasu, 507

Takeo, 501

Taku, 533–534

Taku Bar, 539, 545, 552, 621

Talienwan, 522

Tanabaru, 206

Tanambogo, 708

Tanega Shima, 407

Tangku, 535, 539, 541–542, 548, 550–551, 553, 555, 558, 560, 566–568, 575, 584–585, 590, 592, 597–599, 617–619, 622, 625, 628, 641, 670

Tangshan, 547–548, 556, 568, 575, 585–586, 590–591, 599, 602

Tarawa, 27, 55, 242n, 410–411, 450, 460, 500n, 658, 661, 666–667, 669, 670, 672–674, 720–722

Tarawa, 621

Target information centers, 102, 103n, 382–383, 670

Tartar City, 540

Tasimboko, 686, 709

Task Organizations. See also Army units; Marine units; Navy units.

Central Pacific Task Forces, 4, 6, 57, 109

TF 31, 229n, 370, 372, 438, 476, 479, 481, 483–485, 487–488

TF 35, 438

TF 37, 431, 438

TF 38, 94, 96–97, 280, 416, 421, 431, 438–439

TF 40, 407

TF 50, 57–58, 63

TF 51, 58, 60, 80, 192, 229n, 242–243

TF 52, 56, 60, 69, 99, 99n, 102, 102n, 103, 192

TF 53, 60, 91, 93–94

TF 54, 60, 99n, 102

TF 55, 60

TF 56, 60, 354, 354n

TF 57, 60, 100

TF 58, 60, 97–100, 178–181, 185, 192, 280, 411, 415–418, 421

TF 59, 98

TF 71, 534

TF 72, 534, 561, 566

TF 78, 534

TF 79, 535

TF 95, 373

TF 96, 449, 450n

TF Able, 476, 478, 488

TG 30.2, 438

TG 30.6, 781

TG 31.2, 428

TG 31.3, 438

TG 35.9, 438

TG 51.1, 62

TG 51.2, 62, 90

TG 51.3, 62

TG 52.1, 69

TG 94.3, 450

TG 99.2, 373

TG Able, 534

TU 32.1.3, 427

TU 58.1, 97

TU 58.2, 97

TU 58.3, 97

Tateyama Naval Air Station, 488

Taxis, Col Samuel G., 507n, BGen, 507n

Taylor, 2dLt Walter W., 746–749

Teeters, Nathan Dan, 755

Tengan, 128

Tennessee, 152

Tenryu River, 765

Tentative Landing Operations Manual, 655, 663

Tentative Manual for Landing Operations, 655, 663n

Tent Camp #1, New River, N.C., 680

Tera, 300, 303, 325, 326n, 333, 335, 337, 339

Terabaru, 126

Terauchi, Field Marshall Count Hisaichi, 177n

Terrain

boulders, 112, 360

caves, 49, 116, 128, 148, 203, 247, 252n, 265, 288–290, 295–296, 307, 310, 312, 314–316, 321, 324, 346, 357, 361–362, 364, 367, 377

cliffs, 34, 36–37, 139, 158, 169, 201, 233, 288- 289, 360–361, 704, 726

coastal plains, 233, 267

creek, 326

defiles, 134, 203

depressions, 244, 254

description, 32n, 34, 36, 49, 51, 69, 78–79, 86–87, 106, 112, 115–116, 118, 120n, 123, 126, 129–132, 134–135, 142, 145, 148, 149n, 151, 155, 167, 169, 171, 175, 197, 203–204, 238, 265, 270, 311, 337, 358, 386, 460, 697, 705, 720, 722–723, 725

draws, 118, 150, 205, 217, 221, 257, 259, 262, 264–265, 321, 726

escarpments, 204, 335, 337, 351, 351n

flatlands, 34, 323

gorges, 171, 259

hills, 34, 36–37, 49–50, 111, 116, 121, 128n, 131, 145, 148, 151, 172, 174, 197–198, 202, 204, 216–217, 231, 233, 250–253, 263, 265–266, 269, 271–272, 281, 284, 287–290, 297–299, 303, 306, 309–310, 312, 321, 324–325, 330, 333, 380, 537

isthmus, 34

jungles, 87–88, 697, 719–720, 767

marshes, 323, 537

mountains, 34, 130, 134–135, 138, 146, 162, 171, 174, 406, 537, 541, 546, 564, 603

mud flats, 537

peninsulas, 126, 135, 138, 154–155, 299–300, 302, 306, 311, 316

plateaus, 36, 166, 260–261, 306, 346

ridges, 50, 87, 126, 131, 144–146, 162, 171, 188, 194, 198–199, 202, 205, 216, 222, 232–233, 236, 248–249, 260–263, 265, 267–269, 273, 276, 286, 289–300, 304, 306, 310–312, 315–316, 318, 326, 328, 330, 332–333, 338–341, 343–345, 358, 360, 393, 709, 725

river flats, 323

rivers, 201, 212, 276, 537

slopes, 114, 144, 146, 150, 204, 217, 232, 236- 237, 248, 251, 253, 261–262, 266, 269, 271, 277, 282, 312, 337, 346, 356, 363, 393

soil, 34, 85, 106n, 158

streams, 34, 36, 116, 219, 257, 273, 330, 333, 537

swamps, 307, 719–720, 770–771

valleys and ravines, 36, 50, 118, 130, 136, 139, 145, 151, 201–203, 247–248, 250–251, 271–272, 274, 296, 310, 325–326, 335, 337–339, 345, 537, 577, 726

Teton, 92

Thailand, 750, 767–768

Thanbyuzayat, 766–767

The North China Marine, 583

The Pinnacle, 343–344

The Stars and Stripes, 583

Thomas, Col Gerald C., 690; BGen, 196, 412, 631, 635, 637–639, 643; Gen, 414n, 638n, 688n, 690n, 701n

Ticonderoga, 479n

Tides, 112, 114, 157, 551

Tientsin, 531, 533–536, 539, 541–544, 546–547, 550–552, 555n, 556–558, 563–564, 566, 568, 575n, 576–577, 583–585, 588, 590, 598–599, 602, 607–608, 610, 612–613, 615, 617–618, 622, 627–631, 637, 639, 641, 731, 733, 759

Tientsin-Peiping road, 567

Tientsin Race Club, 553n

Tinian, 4, 71, 95n, 242n, 412, 674, 704, 704n, 722

Tobaru, 125

Toguchi, 139–141, 144, 146, 151–152

Tojo, Gen Hideki, 15–17, 20

Tokara, 34

Tokashiki Shima, 106, 452

Tokuyama Naval Base, 180

Tokyo, 5, 14n, 16, 18, 21–22, 40, 97–98, 207, 321, 368, 400, 409, 416–418, 428n, 431, 434, 436, 439, 452, 475, 483, 485, 488, 490, 496, 498, 500n, 596, 673, 745, '760, 774, 781n, 783, 785–786

Tokyo Bay, 438, 470, 479n, 481, 508, 781

Tokyo Plain, 7, 9, 403. See also Kanto Plain. Toma, 308–309

Tomb of the Unknowns, 730

Tolman, 56

Tomigusuki, 47, 300, 318, 320–321

Tominaga, LtGen Kyoji, 732

Tomui, 298

Tomusu, 290, 328

Tonachi Shima, 99

Tongking, 522

Topeka, 479n

Tori Shima, 348, 381

Torrey, Col Daniel W., Jr., 230n, 495

Toshino, 776, 776n, 777

Totsuka, VAdm, 484, 487n

Tower, VAdm John H., 7–8, 412

Townley, Capt Edward F., Jr., 407n

Towns, 38, 120n, 139, 199

Townshend, Sir Charles, 655

Toyama, 303

Toya Maru, 43

Toyoda, Adm Soemu, 178–179

Trails, 126, 134–135, 171, 175, 325. See also roads.

Training

American, 23, 26–27, 83, 83n, 84–89, 92, 94, 195, 276, 281, 389, 398, 411, 423–425, 466–467, 579, 590, 592, 615, 623, 630, 635, 650, 654, 656, 663, 672, 679–684, 686–687, 689–690, 700, 705–707, 712, 718–721, 726

Japanese, 46, 53, 120, 251

Transfer lines, 91, 114, 116–117, 157

Transport areas, 99, 104, 108, 111–112, 116, 158, 179, 184, 241, 665

Transport quartermasters, 95–96, 391, 447, 467, 662, 664. See also Loading operations; Logistics Activities.

Treasury Islands, 668

Treaties, 521–522, 531, 569

Trilling, Sgt Paul, 128n

Truce agreement, 594–596, 601, 604, 608, 620

Truce teams, 595, 601, 603–604, 610

Truk, 4, 39, 444, 449–450, 454–457, 464, 468–745

Truk Occupation Force, 450, 456, 460

Truman, President Harry S., 400, 402–403, 431–434, 436, 498, 532, 572–574, 619–620, 632, 633n

Tsangkou, 541, 566, 579–580, 623, 629, 636

Tsangkou Field, 560, 563–564, 575–577, 600, 608, 616, 618, 623, 627, 638, 643

Tsinan, 541–542, 565, 577, 579–580, 623, 639

Tsingtao, 490, 522, 533–534, 536–537, 540–541, 544, 547, 559–561, 563–566, 568, 575–583, 592–593, 597–598, 600, 602, 604–608, 615–616, 622–623, 627–632, 635–640, 642–644, 647, 650

Tsugen Shima, 162, 164, 166, 193, 388n

Tsukasan, 40, 55, 290, 297–298, 303–304

Tsuno, 404, 406, 408

Tsuwa, 188, 207

Tuberculosis, 754, 757

Tulagi, 658, 659n, 706, 707n, 708

Tu Li Ming, LtGen, 584, 586

Turner, RAdm Richmond K., 659; VAdm, 6, 11, 58, 60, 62–64, 65n, 71, 73, 78n, 92, 103, 109, 118, 140, 158–160, 162, 166, 177, 180, 196, 209n, 225, 229n, 242, 348, 407, 660–661, 667n, 674

Tutuila, 707n, 708

Twining, Gen Merrill B., 430n

Twining, LtGen Nathan F., 430, 430n

–U–

Uchida, LtGen Ginnosuke, 542, 557

Uchima, 199, 203, 219

Uchitomari, 203

Udo, Col Takesiko, 49, 55, 141, 148, 171, 362

Uebaru, 188

Uibaru, 314, 316, 320

Ulithi Atoll, 4, 21–22, 60n, 65n, 70n, 71, 93–95, 97–98, 415–419, 421, 427, 450

Umezu, Gen Yoshijiro, 439

Unconditional surrender, 432

UNION, 746

UNION II, 747, 747n

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. See also Soviet Union. 193, 399, 431, 434, 436, 439, 476, 522, 525–526, 528, 530, 533, 573, 769, 781

United Kingdom, 434, 436, 439

United Kingdom of the Netherlands, 439

United Nations, 600, 633

Charter, 572

Relief & Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), 600–601, 612, 623

United States, 19–20, 26, 39, 70–71, 78, 78n, 87–88, 434, 436, 439, 441, 443, 447–448, 468, 470, 490, 509, 512, 514, 517, 521–522, 524–528, 531–532, 537, 566, 572, 598, 600, 616, 633, 648, 653–654, 656, 658, 662, 665, 668, 675, 679–681, 706, 710, 714, 716, 729, 732–733, 739n, 746, 749, 755, 757, 759, 762–786

aid programs, 528, 574

Congress, 503, 523n, 592, 623n, 633, 657, 687

Consulates, 636„ 639

Department of State, 573, 618, 622, 628, 631, 638, 645, 650, 733, 750, 755•

Personnel, 546–547, 597, 636, 639

Economic missions, 528

Embassies, 544, 639–640

Foreign Policy, 532–533, 561, 573–574, 590, 648

Government, 573–574, 755

U.S. Army, 3n, 74–76, 400–401, 407, 484, 497, 505, 509, 514, 517, 583, 591, 601, 607, 655, 667, 703, 712–713, 786. See also Army units.

U.S. Army Forces, China, 604

U.S. Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas, 354n, 438, 783

U.S. Coast Guard, 664

U.S. Forces, China Theater, 533, 536, 545, 555, 557, 559, 568–569, 574, 596–597, 600, 603, 606. See also China Theater.

U.S. Marine Corps, 12n, 23, 74, 365, 387, 411, 413, 442–444, 446–449, 466–468, 518, 544, 592, 598, 605, 635, 649, 653–654, 656–658, 662, 666, 670, 675–677, 679–681, 687–688, 691, 695, 697, 699, 701–702, 705, 707, 711–715, 726, 741, 746, 789. See also Marine units.

Equipment Board, 606

Programs

barrage balloon, 712

defense battalion, 688

demobilization, 442–443, 445, 450, 469- 470, 499, 556, 571, 590–592, 615

escort carrier, 649

FMFPac base roll-up, 445

glider, 713

mobilization, 689

parachute, 707, 713

personnel procurement, 442, 445–446

postwar garrisons, 463

Women's Reserve, 23, 678

U.S. Naval Station, Olongapo, 740

U.S. Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Md., 443

U.S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill., 443

U.S. Navy, 3n, 8, 63, 75, 78, 209, 382, 400–401, 411, 439, 460, 467, 484n, 490, 553, 591n, 622, 642, 647, 656–658, 660, 667, 707, 712. See also Navy units.

Basic Post-War Plan No. 2, 446

personnel, 24, 479, 507n, 552, 546, 600, 664, 670, 691, 726, 755

V-12 College Program, 445–446

U.S. Strategic Air Force in the Pacific, 430, 433

U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, 684

U.S. War Department, 13, 76, 351n, 354n, 655, 687

Units of fire, 74, 579

Unjo, 125

Unloading activities, 63, 93, 111, 118, 122–123, 125, 135, 155, 157–160, 166, 241, 272, 556

Unten-ko, 46, 56, 139, 142

Uraga, 481, 489

Uragashira, 499

Uraga Strait, 483

Urasoe-Mura escarpment, 194, 205, 211

Ushijima, LtGen Mitsuru, 40–41, 43, 46–48, 50–51, 53–55, 97, 103, 107, 120, 177, 194, 205, 210–211, 213, 217n, 219–220, 247, 251, 257, 264, 270, 274, 278, 280–281, 284, 287–290, 292, 298, 321, 338, 338n, 340, 350–352, 356–357, 364, 367, 370, 386, 392–393, 675

Vandegrift, MajGen Alexander A., 657–660; LtGen, 12n, 84n, 196, 412, 412n, 413–414, 414n, 422, 448; Gen, 570n, 589n, 592n, 605n, 606n, 615n, 621n, 622n, 624n,' 656, 663, 664, 676, 686, 686n, 690, 691, 709

Vegetation, 34–35, 38, 86, 135, 145, 166, 171, 307, 310, 360, 537, 719. See also Terrain features.

bamboo, 171

banana trees, 769

cereal grains, 537

citrus trees, 770

coconut groves, 86

kaoliang, 527, 539, 610

kunai grass, 88

palmetto, 307

papaya, 770

rice paddies, 38, 139, 204n, 323, 337, 346, 492, 502n, 527, 537

rubber trees, 764

sweet potatoes, 38, 455, 492

sugar cane, 38, 210, 323, 704

V-E Day, 218, 767

Vehicles

American, 74, 111–112, 123, 135, 174, 241, 270, 293, 325, 333, 551, 555, 560, 612, 625, 667, 693, 703, 705

ambulance jeeps, 335, 729

amphibian tractors, 90, 93, 104, 111–112, 114, 116–117, 123, 141, 157–158, 176, 241, 272, 275n, 302, 302n, 304–306, 309- 310, 315, 330, 551, 667–669, 704, 723

amphibian trucks, 112, 114, 116, 157–158, 303, 305, 667–668

armored amphibian tractors, 86, 104, 111–112, 114, 140, 193, 209–210, 218n, 222, 235, 269, 302, 305, 324, 332, 360n, 384–385, 385n, 704

automobiles, 612, 742

bulldozers, 134, 325, 392, 551, 723

cargo carriers (Weasels), 123, 705

jeeps, 123, 259n, 353, 558, 586, 612–613, 625, 694, 727

prime movers, 123, 392

tractors, 112, 160, 325, 478, 742

trailers, 123, 169, 705

trucks, 123, 235, 372, 325, 346, 528, 612, 625, 664, 714, 742

Japanese, 139, 277–278

trucks, 132, 230, 289, 545, 563

Vella Lavella, 706

Vella Gulf, 426, 428

Veterans Administration, 503

V-J Day, 441, 445–446, 448–450, 682, 785

Vladivostok, 522

Vogel, MajGen Clayton B., 699, 707

Volcano Islands, 14, 461

–W–

Wachtler, Col Walter A., 66, 197

Wada, MajGen Kosuke, 45, 289

Wade, LtCol Sidney S., 66

Wainwright, LtGen Jonathan M., 439, 744, 768

Wakayama, 492, 786

Wake Island, 450, 452, 455, 457, 459, 464, 464n, 690, 733, 737, 737n, 738, 755–756, 758, 786

Waldorf, LtCol Harry A., 353

Walker, Maj Anthony, 118, 135, 173, 275–276, 280n, 283, 299; LtCol, 136n

Wallace, Col Clarence R., 347, 350, 353n, BGen, 500n

Wallace, MajGen Fred C., 62, 160, 378–380

Wallace, LtCol Richard W., 123

Wallace, BGen William J., 61, 95, 176–177, 181, 183, 226, 241

Walsh, Capt Kenneth A., 371

Walt, Col Lewis W., 723

Wana, 203, 231, 234, 236, 238, 256–257, 262, 264, 266

Wana Draw, 234, 236, 257, 258–263, 265–266, 281–282, 287, 293, 296–297

Wana Ridge, 232, 238–239, 257, 259–266, 287, 726

War Area Service Corps (WASC), 583

War Crimes Commission, 464

War crimes trials, 462, 745, 752, 775n, 787

War crimes tribunals, 457

War criminals, 456, 463–464, 498, 499, 752

War Criminal Stockade, Guam, 464

War Dogs, 25, 171, 360n, 695, 713–714

Ward Road Gaol, 755

Warm Springs, Ga., 708

Warner, LtCol Jack F., 602

War Plans Section, Div P&P, HQMC, 688

Washburn, Maj Richard T., 364

Washington, D. C., 5, 9, 13, 56, 431, 437, 448–449, 508, 532, 546, 555, 569, 571–572, 547, 604, 621, 623, 627n, 628, 633n, 641–642, 677–678, 706

Wasp, 26, 98, 416, 418–419, 479n

Watanabe, LtGen Masao, 34–40

Watson, MajGen Thomas E., 24, 62, 65–67, 90, 95, 195, 347

Wavell, General Sir Archibald V., 3n

Weapons

American, 74, 85, 479, 579, 590, 664, 695, 703–704, 720, 724. See also Ammunition; Army units; Marine units; Vehicles.

antiaircraft guns, 784n

assault guns, 217

automatic rifles, 697–698, 701

automatic weapons, 697

bangalore torpedoes, '724

bayonets, 267, 697, 721

bazookas, 286, 701–702, 723

BARs, 692n, 696–700, 724

carbines, 184, 696, 700

crew-served weapons, 235, 269, 282, 314, 364

8-inch howitzers, 186n, 189, 193, 211, 249, 385, 385n, 386

81-mm mortars, 74n, 127, 140, 142, 204, 235, 259–260, 333, 341, 343, 387, 692n 695 11.75-inch rockets (Tiny Tims), 421, 715

.50 caliber machine guns, 74n, 177n, 184, 690

5-inch guns, 104, 689

5-inch rockets, 340, 348, 364n, 715

57-mm recoilless rifles, 351, 387

flamethrowers, 231, 250, 253, 262–263, 258, 312, 361n, 386n, 667, 701–704, 704n, 720–721, 723–724

flamethrowing tanks, 201, 201n, 221, 260–261, 267, 320, 343, 351, 362–364, 384, 386n, '703, 705, 718, 722–723, 725

flat trajectory cannon, 201, 222

4.2-inch mortars, 112, 238, 259, 364, 387, 703

4.5-inch rocket, 714

14-inch rifles, 188

40-mm guns, 672, 690

.45 caliber pistols, 184

grenades, 149–150, 217, 237, 244, 247, 251, 267, 296, 612, 725

grenade launchers, 191, 696, 696n, 697, 700

guns, 192, 274, 667

half-tracks, 236, 384, 384n, 695, 702

howitzers, 116, 192, 384, 387, 667

light tanks, 703–704, 722

Long Toms, 106

machine guns, 150, 184, 209, 228, 263, 267, 277, 590, 613, 619, 689, 692n, 695–696, 700, 720–721, 723

medium tanks, 111n, 201n, 235, 259, 262, 264–265, 267–268, 309, 312, 333, 339- 340, 354, 358, 503n, 703, 705, 722, 725

mines, 627

mortars, 146, 201, 209, 216–217, 220, 248, 260, 263, 265, 277, 314, 339, 345, 384–385, 387, 586, 589–590, 613, 619

naval guns, 382

90-mm guns, 183, 184n, 689–690, 692, 712

155-mm guns, 24, 106, 186n, 189, 211, 385, 385n, 386, 689

155-mm guns (self-propelled), 385

155-mm howitzers, 74n, 167, 211, 320, 385, 385n, 386

105-mm guns, 725

105-mm howitzers, 74n, 114, 144, 167, 189, 194, 216n, 262, 267, 320, 355n, 613, 625, 629, 635, 668n, 692–694

105-mm howitzers, self-propelled (M-7s), 218n, 257, 263–264, 305–306, 309, 311, 314, 318, 362, 384, 384n, 385, 385n, 695, 725

pole charges, 724, 724n

recoilless rifles, 351n, 387

rifles, 74n, 184, 696, 696n, 697–698, 700, 702, 724–725

rocket launchers, 25, 104n, 154–155, 192, 217, 238, 264, 296, 305, 316, 343, 363, 413, 419, 426, 695, 714–715

7-inch guns, 689

75-mm guns, 201n, 385n, 692n, 695, 703, 723

75-mm howitzers, 86, 114, 189n, 193, 216n,

218, 218n, 267, 385, 385n, 689, 692, 694, 725

75-mm recoilless rifles, 351n, 387

200-mm guns, 690, 692n, 702

240-mm howitzers, 385

2.36-inch bazookas, 387

16-inch guns, 249

60-mm mortars, 74n, 320n, 589–590, 692n, 695–696, 711

submachine guns, 696–698

tank dozers, 134, 306, 318, 340, 345, 360, 362, 723

tanks, 86n, 93, 111–112, 114–115, 120, 126, 131–132, 135, 158n, 190, 194, 199–201, 201n, 203, 204n, 214, 217, 218n, 221–222, 222n, 231–232, 235–238, 247–249, 251, 253, 256–257, 259–265, 267, 269, 271–272, 298, 302, 305–306, 308–310, 314–315, 316n, 318, 320, 324–325, 335, 337, 339–346, 353–354, 357–358, 360, 362–363, 384–385, 385n, 386, 386n, 409, 503, 551, 558, 579, 675, 703n, 704, 718, 721–725

37-mm guns, 236, 264, 305, 308, 311–312, 318, 384n, 692n, 695, 696n, 703, 723 3-inch guns, 689

12-inch rifles, 175

20-mm cannon, 177n

Japanese, 19, 45, 152, 289, 312, 557, 581, 720, 724

antiaircraft guns, 144, 374

antipersonnel land mines, 172

antitank guns, 194, 201, 236, 239, 248, 251, 260, 265, 337, 341, 354, 386

automatic weapons, 45, 232, 237, 248, 251, 308, 310, 312, 330

"Baka" bomb, 186

bamboo spears, 130

bayonets, 130, 221

booby traps, 134

cannon, 350

depth charges, 511

dual-purpose guns, 484

8-inch guns, 152, 324

8-inch rockets, 308

81-mm mortars, 44, 45, 49, 54

field guns, 308

15-cm guns, 50, 106, 186n

57-mm guns, 45

flat-trajectory cannon, 282

14-cm guns, 47

47-mm antitank guns, 44–45, 49, 199, 231,

259, 296, 344

grenades, 128, 130, 146, 150, 172, 202, 207, 227–228, 232, 236–237, 248, 250, 260, 339, 341, 343

grenade launchers, 49, 120, 150n, 237, 251n, 262, 309

guns, 207, 407, 484

harbor mines, 506n

howitzers, 207

knee mortars, 150, 150n, 172

light tanks, 45

machine cannon, 45, 47, 304

machine guns, 44–46, 49, 54, 115, 117–118, 120, 126, 128–129, 131, 138–139, 142, 144–145, 148, 150, 162, 173, 188, 191, 193–194, 201–202, 204, 212, 221–222, 231, 234–236, 238, 239n, 244, 248–249, 251, 251n, 253, 260, 262–263, 265, 267, 273, 281, 284, 309, 335, 350, 393, 511, 723, 773

medium tanks, 45

mines, 64, 99–100, 102, 114, 125, 131, 134, 139, 154, 194, 203, 204n, 222n, 236, 265, 275n, 310–311, 318, 324, 344, 346, 511, 726

mortars, 44–45, 111, 114, 117–118, 126–128, 131, 139–140, 144–146, 148, 150–151, 162, 164, 173, 188, 193–194, 198, 201, 204, 207, 212, 221, 230–234, 236–238, 244–245, 248–252, 254, 256, 259- 260, 263, 265, 267, 271, 275–276, 281, 284, 286, 309, 311, 341, 350–351, 383, 485

mountain guns, 148, 150

90-mm mortars, 191

150-mm guns, 451, 350

105-mm howitzers, 45, 142, 247, 350

120-mm guns, 47, 308

rifles, 120, 130, 138, 145–146, 150, 248 251n, 262, 273, 773

rockets, 186

75-mm guns, 44–45, 49, 142, 191, 316, 718

70-mm howitzers, 44, 49

6-inch guns, 142, 142n, 308

smoke grenades, 254, 262, 276

tanks, 82, 206, 212, 278

torpedoes, 511

13-mm antiaircraft guns, 47, 54

37-mm guns, 44

320-mm spigot mortars, 45, 308

12-cm guns, 47

20-mm cannon, 45, 120, 127, 137, 142, 146, 151, 310–311, 692n

25-mm antiaircraft guns, 54

Weapons companies, platoons, 135, 171, 305, 692, 692n, 695–696, 702, 711. See also Army units; Marine units.

Weart, MajGen Douglas L., 545

Weather, 36, 64, 66, 78, 90–91, 109, 118, 129, 132, 182, 201, 219, 223, 229, 266, 275, 292–293, 297

climate, 86, 537

clouds, 79, 109, 223

dust storms, 537

fog, 118, 222

gales, 64

humidity, 129

monsoons, 64

rain, 36, 132, 160, 190, 201–202, 218, 229, 241n, 265–266, 271, 275, 293, 325

storms, 293

temperature, 109, 537

typhoons, 38, 201, 241n, 483, 503, 560–561, 566, 603

winds, 64, 109, 560

winter, 551, 734

Wedemeyer, MajGen Albert C., 529; LtGen, 437, 533, 535, 544–545, 555, 571–574, 579, 585–586, 596–597, 603–604, 632–633; Gen, 529n

Weihaiwei, 522, 544, 564, 578

Weihsien, 547, 566, 577, 579

Weiland, Maj Charles P., 419

Weir, Col Kenneth H., 181, 378

Wellington, N.Z., 663, 663n, 710

Wensinger, Col Walter W., 493, 495

Weser River, 747

Western Carolines, 449

Western Islands Attack Group, 92, 104, 178

Western Manchuria, 532

Western Pacific, 3n, 18, 94, 97, 430, 462, 470

Westertimke, 749

West Field, 599

Westphalia, 541

Whaling, Col William J., 146, 146n, 148n, 151, 283, 307, 360, 694

Whampoa, 525–526

Whangpoo River, 642, 644–645, 733

White House, 402

White Plains, 96

White, Maj Robert 0., 186

Wichita, 496

Wieseman, LtCol Frederick L., 628, 631

Wilkes Barre, 479n

Wilkes Islands, 459

Wilkinson, VAdm Theodore S., 408

Window, 185, 185n, 201n, 208

Winslow, SgtMaj Robert R., 785

Wisconsin, 479n

Woleai Atoll, 450, 455, 462, 463n

Woodhouse, LtCol Horatio, C., Jr., 115, 129, 141, 237, 245, 247, 280, 296

Woodruff, MajGen Roscoe B., 514, 517

Woods, MajGen Louis E., 26, 373–373, 376, 430, 566, 576, 578, 608; LtGen, 225n, 372n, 373n, 376n, 552n, 566n, 583n, 586n, 591n, 686n, 704n, 786n, 789

Woosung, 734, 734n, 752

Woosung Prison Camp, 733, 738, 750, 752–757, 760, 781

World War I, 525, 653, 662, 691, 712

World War II, 39, 573, 653–654, 656, 658, 663, 667–668, 670, 672, 677–678, 682, 685, 689, 693n, 702, 705, 712, 715, 717, 727, 730–731, 787–788

Worton, BGen William A., 397n, 465, 534, 544–548, 552, 553, 558, 573, 606, 618; MajGen, 465n, 534n, 553n, 554n, 555n

Wotje, 455, 462

Wright, LtCol Erma A., 139, 189

Wright, RAdm Jerauld, 62

Wyckoff, Maj Don P., 239n

–X–

X-Day, 404, 407–408

–Y–

Yabuchi Shima, 132

Yae Take, 142, 142n, 144, 146, 148, 148n, 150- 151, 154, 169, 172

Yaeju Dake, 351,352

Yaeju Dake-Yuza Dake Escarpment, 289

Yagachi Shims, 139, 173, 388n

Yagihara, 501

Yahara, Col Hiromichi, 41, 41n, 51n, 190–191, 206–207, 213, 338n, 357, 389

Yaka, 129, 134

Yakabi Shima, 104

Yakada, 129, 134

Yakamaru, Maj, 51n

Yalta Conference, 399, 432, 530–531

Yamadadobaru, 138

Yamaguchi Prefecture, 493, 500–502, 506, 514

Yamashita, Gen Tomoyuki, 775n

Yamato, 180

Yamazaki, 408

Yangtze River, 372, 522, 528, 533, 594, 640, 642–645, 758

Yangtze Valley, 637–638

Yap, 9, 84n, 449–450, 453, 462

Yeaton, LtCol Samuel S., 283n

Yeh-Chien-Ying, Gen, 594

Yehhsien, 577

Yellow List, 783

Yellow Sea, 534, 561

Yenan, 526–527, 532, 548, 564, 588, 609–610, 632

Yingkow, 569

Yofuke, 142, 144

Yokohama, 484, 488, 492, 509, 738, 745, 760, 781, 783

Yokosuka, 45, 438n 439, 441, 464, 470, 481, 483- 485, 487–490, 495, 509, 509n

Air Station, 479, 481, 485, 488

Naval Base, 438, 475, 481, 483–484, 489n

Occupation Force, 438, 464, 476, 484

Yonabaru, 36, 50, 66, 233, 236, 266–270, 272, 290, 293, 296

Yonabaru-Naha road, 272

Yonai, Adm Mitsumasa, 15

Yonawa, 272, 274

Yontan airfield, 46, 50, 54–55, 68, 115, 117, 120, 120n, 123, 126, 128, 129n, 130, 158, 158n, 159, 176–177, 181, 183–184, 227–228, 228n, 230n, 274, 379

Yontan Hill, 126

Yorktown, 419, 479n

Yoron Shima, 34

Yost, LtCol Donald K., 428, 428n; BGen, 424n, 428n

Young, Sir Mark, 752

Yunagusuku, 290

Yuan Shih-K'ai, 525

Yuza, 331, 333, 335

Yuza Dake, 335, 337, 351–352

Yuza Dake-Yaeju Dake Escarpment, 333, 351–352

Yuza Hill, 333, 335, 342

–Z–

Zamboanga, 535, 552

Zampa Misaki, 118, 126

Zawa, 330–331, 333

Zentsuji Prison Camp, 734, 736n, 760

Zillig, Edward, 503

Zushi area, 481