Index

–A–

A-20’s: 132-33, 162, 235, 267, 340, 351-52

Abar No. 2: 192, 198

Abcede, Lt. Col. Salvador: 586, 604-05, 607-08

Abe, Capt. Saburo: 241, 245

Abra River and Valley: 542-43, 546-47

Abucayan River: 174

Acop’s Place: 488-89

Adaoay: 567-68

Advance Commander Support Aircraft: 37

Aga: 226-27

Agno River and Valley: 31-32, 73, 77, 79, 86-87, 98-101, 114-15, 117, 128-30, 148-53, 157-58, 160-61, 164-67, 232-33, 454-56, 458, 460-61, 471, 477, 480-82, 488-93, 542-43, 559, 556-68, 571-74

Agoi River: 86

Agoo: 468-69, 472

Aguilar: 79, 115-17

Agusan Valley: 637, 640-44

Air Force, Japanese. See Japanese Army Air Force.

Air operations

air-ground coordination: 235-36

aircraft losses: 48, 50-51

carrier-based attacks

Bataan: 312

Central Plains: 139-40

Clark Field: 59, 168

Formosa: 36, 58, 63-65

Lingayen Gulf: 58-67, 69, 75, 100, 104-05, 128, 131

Manila: 59, 240, 293-94

Mindanao: 628-29

Mindoro: 47

Okinawa: 64

Pescadores: 36, 58

Ryukyus: 36, 58

South China Sea: 591

Southern Philippines: 591-93

command structure: 37-38

firing on friendly troops: 183, 198, 234-36

land-based attacks

Baguio: 477-78, 484-85

Bataan: 315-16, 328-29, 332-33

Bicol Peninsula: 439-41

Central Plains: 200

China theater: 36, 591

Clark Field: 58, 168, 171, 177, 182-83, 206

Corregidor: 335-40, 342-43, 348, 656

Formosa: 560

Japan: 4, 9, 14-17, 36

Lingayen Gulf: 57, 100, 129-30

Luzon: 45, 53, 57, 63, 91

Manila: 238-40, 264, 293-94

Manila Bay area: 340, 352-53, 356-57

Mindanao: 599, 628-29

Mindoro: 47, 50-51

northern Luzon: 545, 576

Okinawa: 560

South China Sea: 583-84

southern Luzon: 408, 418, 428, 430-31

Villa Verde Trail: 502

Visayan Islands: 612-13

Visayan Passages: 436

napalm, use of: 200, 293, 330, 346, 352-53, 413-14, 418, 656

plans: 18, 21-25, 34-38, 45, 57-60, 63-65, 310-11, 655-56

reconnaissance

Bataan: 326, 334

Central Plains: 189

Clark Field: 203

Corregidor: 337

Lingayen Gulf: 35-36, 67-68, 85, 109

Manila: 235, 264

Manila Bay area: 352

Mindanao: 640, 643

Mindoro: 49-50

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 226

northern Luzon: 464, 528-29

reinforcements: 49-50, 52, 59, 63

strategic support: 16-17, 35-36, 141-42

strength: 45-46, 52, 312

supply by

Corregidor: 338-39

Mindanao: 638, 643, 645

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 234

northern Luzon: 465-66, 530, 532-33, 571

southern Luzon: 412

Southern Philippines: 599

Visayan Islands: 601-02

tactical support, carrier-based

Lingayen Gulf: 35, 67, 83-84, 108, 131

Manila: 236

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 221-22

tactical support, land-based

Baguio: 476, 481

Bataan: 330, 332

Bicol Peninsula: 443-44

Central Plains: 151-53, 162, 192-95, 200

Clark Field: 202-04

Corregidor: 339

Lingayen Gulf: 35

Manila: 235-36, 249-50, 268, 273-74, 656

Manila Bay area: 351-52

Mindanao: 591, 599, 621, 627, 633-35, 637, 644

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 226-27, 235

northern Luzon: 467, 514, 546-47, 549

southern Luzon: 373, 375, 380-81, 386, 389n, 392, 403, 412-15, 418, 428, 431-32, 656

Villa Verde Trail: 497

Visayan Islands: 607, 613-15

Air operations, Japanese. See also Japanese Army Air Force.

aircraft losses: 47-49, 51, 57-62, 64-66

attacks: 28, 46-47, 49, 51, 59-67, 240

plans: 58-59, 62-63, 66-67

reinforcements: 28, 49, 58, 62, 90

strength: 28, 37, 48-49, 58, 62-63

Airborne operations

Corregidor: 335-39, 341-46

Nasugbu: 225-29, 235

northern Luzon: 569-71

southern Luzon: 427-28

Southern Philippines: 592

training: 227-28

Visayan Islands: 604-07

Airborne Division, 11th: 29, 187, 202-03, 217, 221-36, 240-41, 265-70, 273-74, 307, 309, 351, 361-62, 364-66, 425-35, 439, 444-45, 569, 570-72, 579n

Airborne Engineer Battalion, 161st: 341

Airborne Medical Company, 221st: 570n

Airborne Ordnance Company, 711th: 570

Airborne Signal Company, 511th: 570n

Aircraft. See by type or name.

Airfields, development of. See also by name.

China theater: 3, 9, 14

Formosa: 4, 9, 14-15

Leyte: 23-25, 584, 586, 591-92

Lingayen Gulf: 41, 118, 131-33

Luzon: 19, 21-22, 141-42, 181, 186, 312-14, 329-30, 363, 454, 560, 562, 586

Marianas 14-15

Mindanao: 584, 620

Mindoro: 21-22, 25, 48-53, 583-84, 586, 591-92

Morotai: 586

Philippines: 4, 7, 14-15, 651

Samar: 436-37, 586, 591-92

Southern Philippines: 583-84, 589-93, 597, 599-600

Visayan Islands: 602-05, 608, 614

Aitape: 54-56

AK’s: 124, 127

AKA’s: 124, 126-27

Akutsu, Maj. Noriaki (PA): 400n

Alacan: 81-82, 85-87, 98-100, 102-03, 133

Alaminos 76, 115-17

ALAMO Scout Team: 569-70

Albay Gulf: 439-40, 442-43

Allied Air Forces, SWPA. See also Army Air Forces.

Baguio drive: 468-69, 477-78

Bataan: 310-12

Bicol Peninsula: 439-42

Central Plains: 141-42, 168, 192, 232, 236

Clark Field: 168, 171-72, 181, 186

Corregidor: 340

Lingayen Gulf: 34-38, 41-42, 57, 59, 63-64, 129-30, 132

Luzon: 25-26, 53-54, 63

Manila: 249-50, 268, 293-94

Manila Bay area: 340, 353-54

Mindoro: 44-52

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 221, 232

northern Luzon: 560, 578-79

southern Luzon: 427, 429-30

Southern Philippines: 583-85, 588-91

Allied Naval Forces, SWPA. See also Navy, U.S.

Bicol Peninsula: 439-41, 445

Iwo Jima and Okinawa: 585

Lingayen Gulf: 32-42, 55, 58, 65-66, 115-18

Luzon: 22-23, 25-26, 53

Manila Bay area: 352-56

Mindoro: 44-45, 47-51

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 221, 228-29, 236

southern Luzon: 427, 429-30

Southern Philippines: 584-85, 591-93, 597, 646

Ambayabang River and Valley: 144-45, 455-56, 458, 460-61, 472, 477, 480-82, 486, 488-95, 500-501

Ambuclao: 559-60, 565, 567, 574

Amburayan River and Valley: 542

Ambushes, Japanese: 108, 324-25, 563

Americal Division. See Infantry Divisions, Americal.

Amlang: 108-09, 152

Ammunition, shortages of: 40, 402, 656-57

Ammunition, shortages of, Japanese: 545-46, 554, 576-77, 588-89, 605, 622-23

Amoy: 11-13, 17, 53

Amphibian Tractor Battalion, 672nd: 259

Amphibian Truck Company, 466th: 123

Amphibious operations. See also Assault shipping.

Bataan: 312-14, 331-34

beach clearing: 127-28

beachmasters: 119-21, 123, 126-27

Bicol Peninsula: 423, 439-43

carrier support: 15-17

command structure: 32, 34, 45, 47

Corregidor: 335-39, 341-43, 347

Leyte: 22-23

Lingayen Gulf: 31-34, 44-69, 73-87, 118-28

Manila Bay area: 335-57

Mindanao: 620-21, 623-28, 641, 646-47

Nasugbu: 221-25, 234

northern Luzon: 453-54, 457-58

shore parties: 41, 48, 77, 118-31, 133-34

Southern Philippines: 585, 589, 592-93, 597-98

Visayan Islands: 601, 605-06, 610-13, 616-18

Visayan Passages: 423, 436-39

Amphibious operations, Japanese (1942): 641-42

Ampid River and Valley: 374-76

Amtrac’s: 427-28

Anao: 117, 167-68

Anderson, Lt. Col. Bernard L.: 418-20, 562n

Angaki: 547

Angat Gorge: 407

Angat River: 212-17, 233-34, 367, 405-15

Angeles, Luzon: 175, 180, 182

Animals, use of: 655

Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion, 478th: 614

Antiaircraft defenses: 61, 654-55

Antiaircraft defenses, Japanese: 48-49, 265-66, 605, 610

Antiaircraft Gun Battalion, 496th: 646-47

Antipolo (near Kiangan): 567-68

Antipolo (near Manila): 367-73, 376-79, 381-82, 389-90

Antipolo-New Bosoboso-Wawa Dam road: 376

Antitank operations

Baguio: 483-84

Clark Field: 204-06

Manila: 263-64, 273-75, 282-84, 287-88, 292, 294-97, 303-06

northern Luzon: 522-23, 525, 563

southern Luzon: 427-28, 430, 432

Antitank operations, Japanese: 195, 483, 562-63, 610

Aoshima, Col. Ryoichiro: 90n

APs: 56n, 124, 127

APR’s: 124, 127

Apangat River: 105-06

Aparri: 18-19, 21-22, 450-54, 457-58, 466-67, 543, 545, 569-70

APR’s: 224-25, 332-33

Aquino, Maj. Pedro: 645n

Araki, Maj. Gen. Shoji: 545-47

Arboredo River and Valley: 158-59, 460-61, 477, 480-82, 491-93, 500

Aringay: 98-99, 106n, 471-72

Aringay River: 471

Aritao: 98, 454-56, 464-65, 477-78, 487-90, 560-64

Aritao-Baguio supply road: 558-60, 562-63, 564-67, 569, 571-72

Aritomi, Lt. Col. Shigekatsu: 605n

Armies

Third: 652

Sixth:

casualties: 87, 652

Leyte: 18

Luzon: 18-540

Mindoro: 44-45, 47-48, 51-52

Eighth:

casualties: 652

Luzon: 29, 187, 221-36, 265-69, 312-14

Mindanao: 620-48

Samar: 423

Southern Philippines: 30, 363-64, 440, 583-650

Visayan Islands: 601-19

Visayan Passages: 436-39, 443, 445

Tenth: 652

Armor as fixed defenses, Japanese: 156-58, 192-93

Armor-infantry coordination: 112-14, 162

Armor-infantry coordination, Japanese: 197-98

Armored Group, 13th: 29, 31-32, 87, 579n

Army Air Forces. See also Allied Air Forces, SWPA.

Fifth: 35-36, 45-46, 48-49, 132-33, 162, 183-84, 186, 198, 200, 204, 225-27, 235-36, 293, 312, 329-30, 332-34, 340-41, 351-53, 412-13, 440-41, 443-44, 545-47, 549, 570-71, 576, 586

Seventh: 35-36, 45, 53-54

Thirteenth: 35, 340, 586, 591-92, 599, 621

Fourteenth: 3, 14, 16-17, 34-38

Twentieth: 36

XX Bomber Command: 36

XXI Bomber Command: 36

308th Bombardment Wing: 132-33, 235

310th Bombardment Wing: 45-46, 223, 235

18th Fighter Group: 132

317th Troop Carrier Group: 227-28, 338, 340-41, 343-44

82nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 132

547th Night Fighter Squadron: 132

Army Base Area, Luzon: 133

Army Beachhead Line. See Lingayan Gulf, Army Beachhead Line.

Army Service Command (ASCOM): 38, 41, 130, 132-35

Arnold, Gen. Henry H.: 6, 17n

Arnold, Lt. Col. Robert H.: 544

Arnold, Maj. Gen. William H.: 608, 614-16, 617n

Arodogat River and Valley: 147, 454, 458-60, 468, 471-72

Artillery operations

artillery-infantry coordination: 292-93

artillerymen used as infantry: 646-47, 654-55

Baguio: 471, 481, 483-85

Bataan: 315-16, 322-25, 328-30

Bicol Peninsula: 443-44

Central Plains: 139-40, 151-53, 159, 162, 193-96, 200

Clark Field: 176-78, 182-85, 202-03, 206

Corregidor: 347-48

Lingayen Gulf: 77, 83-84, 106-08, 112

Manila: 249-50, 254-64, 266-68, 273-75, 277-84, 286-87, 291-306, 656

Manila Bay area: 351-53

Mindanao: 633-34, 638, 641, 644

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 226-27, 230

northern Luzon: 466, 514, 519-26, 533-34, 551, 553-54, 561-63

Philippines: 655-57

restrictions on: 263-64, 286, 294, 322

southern Luzon: 373, 375, 380-81, 386, 389n, 392-94, 396-97, 402-03, 410-11, 413-14, 418, 427-31

Southern Philippines: 596, 598-99

strength: 29, 215, 223, 296

Villa Verde Trail: 494, 497, 502

Visayan Islands: 607, 613-15

Visayan Passages: 436-37

Artillery operations, Japanese

artillerymen used as infantry: 628n, 641, 646-47

Bataan: 315-16, 318-21, 323-24, 329, 332-33

Bicol Peninsula: 440, 442

Central Plains: 148-53, 161-62, 193-96

Clark Field: 171-72, 175-80, 183, 185, 203-04

Corregidor: 340

Lingayen Gulf: 81-85, 105-12, 122-23, 125

Manila: 215-16, 248, 256, 259-63, 266-68, 293-94, 585

Mindanao: 630-32, 633, 641-42

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 226-27, 231

northern Luzon: 513-14, 519-20, 545-46, 551, 560-63

Philippines: 653-54

shortages: 622-23

southern Luzon: 372-73, 377, 380-81, 383-84, 386-87, 394, 402, 405, 429

Southern Philippines: 592-93

strength: 104-05, 158, 173-74

Villa Verde Trail: 597, 599, 601

Visayan Islands: 610

Asano, Col. Kenichiro: 94n, 243n

Asin: 470-72, 479-81, 485-87

Asin River and Valley: 566-68, 576, 573-74, 576-79

Asingan: 157

Assault shipping. See also Amphibious operations.

AK’s: 124, 127

AKA’s: 124, 126-27

APs: 124, 127

AKA’s: 124, 127

APD’s: 224-25, 332-33

DUKW’s: 118, 124, 129-31, 234, 655

LCI’s: 77, 440-41

LCI(G)’s: 57, 73-74, 438-39

LCI(M)s: 75

LCMs: 77, 118, 120-29, 341-43, 348, 352-56, 418, 436-37, 443-45, 601, 626, 644, 646-47, 655

LCM(3)’s: 125-26

LCM(6)’s: 125-26

LCPR’s: 224-25, 332-36

LCTs: 47-48, 77, 118, 124-26

LCVPs: 77, 118, 120-21, 124-27, 332-33, 356, 440-41

LSMs: 56-57, 124-26, 332-33, 356, 440-41

LSTs: 56-57, 69, 76-77, 118-21, 123-27, 234, 440-41

LVTs: 33, 69, 76, 78, 118, 128-31, 234, 259, 292, 610-12, 625, 655

LVT(A)’s: 33, 69, 76-78, 118

Atimonan: 434, 439, 444-45

Atkins, Pfc. Thomas E.: 498n

Augustin, Col. Marcus V.: 392. See also Marking’s guerrillas.

Australia, as staging area: 54-55

Australia, HMAS: 65

Australian Air Force: 35, 45, 48-49, 599

Australian Army: 30

Australian Navy: 32-33, 61, 65-66

–B–

B-24’s: 57, 340, 599

B-25’s: 49-50, 198, 340, 352-53, 599

B-29’s: 4, 9, 14-17, 36-38, 41, 45

Bacnar: 79, 115, 117

Bacolod: 605-06

Bacon: 443

Bactad: 160-61, 164

Bagabag: 453-55, 464-67, 533, 541-42, 558-64, 566-67, 571

Bagac: 332, 334

Bago River: 605-06

Baguio: 94, 97-100, 104, 144-48, 153, 155, 158, 165, 272, 450-67, 468-90, 491-93, 500-501, 532, 538-39, 541-42, 544, 548, 553, 556-58, 561-62, 566, 574

Balabac Island: 589-91

Balara Water Filters: 252-53, 256, 272

Balasig: 569

Balayan: 428-29

Balayan Bay: 222n, 363, 365, 423-25, 428-29, 438, 440-41

Baler Bay: 99, 101-02, 190, 199, 201, 457, 562

Balete Pass: 97-102, 453-56, 491, 500, 516-40, 558-59, 566

Balete Ridge: 517-22, 524, 527-31, 533, 536, 539-40

Balinguay: 473-74, 488

Balingueo: 129n

Baliuag: 216-17, 233

Baloc: 188

Balsic: 325-27

Balungao: 164

Bamban: 142-45, 169-77, 179-80

Bamban airfield: 171

Bamban River: 169-75, 177, 182-85, 202, 205-06

Bambang: 97-102, 450-58, 461-65, 467, 474, 480, 488, 490, 520, 524, 532-33, 535-42, 553, 556-64, 576-77. See also Route 5; Villa Verde Trail.

Banaue: 559, 566-68, 574-76

Bangag: 569

Bangao Island: 597-98

Bangued: 545-47

Banzai Ridge: 531

Barabac Point: 550-51

Barbed wire, use of, by Japanese: 285

Barbey, Rear Adm. Daniel E.: 119n, 127-28

Barnett, Col. George M.: 544

Base development. See Logistics, base development and port development.

Base K, Leyte: 135

Base M, Luzon: 133-35

Bases, logistical. See Logistics, base development.

Basilan Island: 592-93, 597, 599

Basilan Strait: 592-93

Bataan Peninsula: 99, 142, 180-82, 187, 221-23, 309-34, 348, 351, 458

Batangas: 427-31, 444-45, 570-71

Batangas Bay: 363, 365, 423-25, 427-29, 438

Batangas Mountains: 424-25, 433-34

Batchelor: 460-61

Bato Bridge: 559-60, 562-63

Bauang: 99-100, 453-54, 469, 474-77, 481-82, 488-89

Bauang River: 475-76

Bayambang: 79, 117, 129-30, 167, 233

Bayombong: 562-63

Bazooka operations: 275, 284-85, 287-88, 298, 300, 305-06

Beach defense, Japanese: 31, 67-69, 440

Beach operations: 118-28

Beach party operations: 77, 118-24

Beaches. See Amphibious operations.

Beachmaster operations: 119-21, 123, 126-27

Beightler, Maj. Gen. Robert S.: 182, 184-85, 212-14, 217n, 218n, 233, 258-60, 279, 288n, 293-94, 302, 486, 568n

Benchmark Hill: 150-51, 154-55

Benchmark 7 Hill: 381-82, 385-86

Benchmark 8 Hill: 378-80, 386-87

Benchmark 9 Hill: 377-79

Benchmark 11 Hill: 377

Benchmark 21 Hill: 388

Benchmark 23 Hill: 379, 385-86

Benchmark 27 Hill: 386n

Berkey, Rear Adm. Russell S.: 332, 340, 610

Besao: 574

Bessang Pass: 542-44, 552-57, 566

Bicol Peninsula: 97, 363, 423-24, 436-37, 439-45

Bigaa River: 233

Bigti: 405-11, 413, 415

Binalonan: 32, 100, 102-03, 111-12, 140, 144-46, 155-60, 164

Binday: 81

Binloc River: 128-29

Binondo District: 255

Biri Island: 436-37

Bitalag: 548

Blow, Maj. Rex: 621n

Blue Ridge, USS: 56-57

Bobonawan River: 643

Bohol Island: 586-87, 608-09, 617-18

Boise, USS: 56-57

Bokod: 559, 567-68, 574

Bolinao peninsula: 74-76, 115-17, 310

Bolong: 595-97

Bombardment, aerial. See Air operations.

Bombardment, naval. See Navy, U.S., gunfire support.

Bondoc Isthmus: 423-25, 434, 439

Bonga River and Valley: 515

Bongabon: 101-02, 201

Bongo Island: 624

Bonilla, Maj. Marcelo: 591-92

Bontoc: 97, 450-54, 456-57, 465, 490, 540-49, 554-59, 561-62, 566, 568, 571, 573-74

Borneo: 18, 584, 591, 599-600

Bosoboso River and Valley: 369-71, 374-76, 479-80, 382, 384, 386-89, 391-94, 398-402, 420

Bottomside, Corregidor: 336, 339-46, 348

Bougainville: 54-56

Bowen, Brig. Gen. Frank S.: 230n

Bowler, Col. Robert V.: 646-47

Bradley, Col. William J.: 373n

Brady, Col. Charles E.: 373n

Breakwater Point: 341, 345-47

Bridging operations

construction and repair: 41, 117-18, 128-31, 218, 232-34, 444-45, 656

demolition: 171, 232, 334, 449-50, 517, 623, 637-38

equipment: 40, 129-30, 232-35

ponton: 118-20, 124-25, 127

shortages: 40, 129-30

Bridging operations, Japanese

construction and repair: 128-29, 171, 232

demolition: 169, 232-34, 240-41, 252-53, 255, 257-58, 306, 627-28, 638

Brush, Maj. Gen. Rapp: 39n, 56n, 79, 203

Bued River and Gorge: 80, 84, 104-05, 110, 112-13, 145, 232-33, 450, 468-69, 487, 517

Buguias: 567-68, 574

Bulan: 443-44

Bulate: 325-26

Bulldozers: 118-20, 129

Bunawan: 633

Bunker defenses, Japanese: 607, 610

Burgos: 475-76, 478-79

Burias Island: 437

Burnham Green: 280, 293-94

Busuanga Island: 589-91

Busay: 441-42

Busay Ridge: 441

Bush, Col. George E.: 139-40

Butac: 549-53

Butuan Bay: 637, 643

Butuanoan River and Valley: 610, 614-16

Byers, Maj. Gen. Clovis E.: 230n

–C–

C-46’s: 570-71

C-47’s: 132, 227-28, 338, 340-45, 465-66, 570-71, 592

Caanawan: 192, 198

Caba: 469-74

Cabalisiaan River: 460-61, 493-94

Cabalitan Bay: 115-17, 133

Caballo Island: 332, 348, 352-54

Cabanatuan: 142, 169-70, 181, 188-90, 198, 201, 212-16, 232-33

Cabaruan: 161

Cabaruan Hills: 98-100, 102-03, 114-15, 140, 144, 161-66, 194-95

Cabusilan Mountains: 310

Cadsu Ridges: 549-54

Cagayan River and Valley: 18-19, 94-100, 139, 144, 361, 450-54, 457, 464-66, 469, 517, 535-38, 541-44, 558-72

Calaban: 567

Calarian Drome: 599

Calasiao: 78-80, 129n

Calauag: 444-45

Calauan: 433

Caldera Bay: 593, 596

Calinan: 630, 640, 644

Calmay River: 76-79, 128-29

Calot: 478-79, 481

Calumpan Peninsula: 428-29, 438

Calumpit: 211-14, 216, 232-33

Camalaniugan airstrip: 570-71

Camalig: 442, 444

Camiling: 117, 167-68

Camotes Sea: 587

Camouflage, Japanese: 60, 148, 193, 203-04, 265-66, 315, 372, 610

Camp 2: 468, 472, 477

Camp 3: 454, 460, 475, 486

Camp 4: 474-75, 477, 486

Camp O’Donnell: 169, 207

Camranh Bay: 49-50

Candaba Swamp: 211-12

Capas: 169-70

Cape Bojeador: 543

Capul Island: 436

Caraballo Mountains: 98, 158, 196, 450, 454-55, 460-63, 491-94, 498-99, 512-13, 517-18

Carabao Island: 352, 356-57

Carmen: 160-61, 164, 167

Carney, Vice Adm. Robert B.: 10

Carranglan: 455-56, 460, 491-92, 512-20, 538, 565

Carrier-based air attacks. See Air operations, carrier-based attacks.

Casey, Maj. Gen. Hugh J.: 135

Casualties. See also Casualties, by unit.

Baguio: 483-85

Bataan: 313, 318-19, 321-22, 324-25, 330-34

Bicol Peninsula: 443-45

Central Plains: 149-53, 155, 159-60, 188, 195-96, 198-200, 207-08

Clark Field: 177-79, 183, 185, 204-06

civilian: 307

Corregidor: 338-39, 342-44, 347-49

evacuation of: 41-42, 183, 186, 199-200, 206, 289-90, 324, 347-49, 384, 387-88, 412, 414, 421, 654-55

infantry casualty ratio: 652

Lingayen Gulf: 41-42, 78, 82-83, 87, 106-07, 109, 111-15, 117

Manila: 254-57, 260-64, 266, 268, 272-75, 279-80, 282-83, 286-90, 300, 303-07

Manila Bay area: 356

Mindanao: 621n, 633n, 635, 638, 641-42, 645, 647-48

Mindoro: 51-53

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 229, 231

northern Luzon: 459-60, 514, 522-24, 528, 534-35, 539, 563, 573, 577

Philippines: 652, 654-55

southern Luzon: 373, 375, 384, 387-89, 391-92, 397-98, 401-03, 410-11, 412, 414-16, 418, 421, 429, 433

Southern Philippines: 589-91, 597-99

Villa Verde Trail: 499, 501, 503, 506-07, 509-10, 539

Visayan Islands: 602, 606-07, 610, 614, 618-19

Visayan Passages: 436-39, 445

Casualties, Japanese

Baguio, 477, 483-85, 488

Bataan: 319, 330, 333-34

Bicol Peninsula: 443-45

Central Philippines: 149, 152-53, 155, 157, 160, 163, 164-65, 188, 196, 200-201, 207-08

Clark Field: 167-68, 177, 179, 186, 204-06

Corregidor: 345-49

Leyte: 652

Lingayen Gulf: 78-79, 83, 87, 112-14

Manila: 218-19, 256-57, 266, 268-69, 272-74, 279-80, 283-85, 287-89, 297-98, 300, 306-07

Manila Bay area: 351-52, 356

Mindanao: 621n, 635, 638, 641-42, 645, 647

Mindoro: 51-53

northern Luzon: 459-60, 514, 522-23, 528, 535, 538, 547, 556-57, 563, 565, 569, 573, 577

Philippines: 651-52

southern Luzon: 373, 375, 383-86, 388, 391-92, 397-98, 400-403, 411-12, 415-16, 418, 421-22, 433, 434n, 435

Southern Philippines: 589-91, 597-99

Villa Verde Trail: 495, 502, 505-06, 510, 538

Visayan Islands: 607-08, 617-19

Visayan Passages: 636-38, 445

Casualties, by unit

Armies

Sixth: 87, 652

Eighth: 652

Corps

I: 117

X: 648

XI: 207-08, 334, 388-89, 421, 429

XIV: 117, 206, 289-90, 305-07, 384, 388-89

Divisions

Americal: 436-37, 610, 614, 617-19

1st Cavalry: 256-58, 273, 279-80, 288-90, 304-07, 373, 384, 418, 433, 445

6th Infantry: 83, 115, 150-52, 155, 162-64, 195, 198-200, 208n, 334, 375, 384, 387-89, 397-98, 577

11th Airborne: 202-03, 231, 266, 273-74, 307

24th Infantry: 49, 53, 321-22, 324-25, 330, 342, 346, 349, 437-38, 635, 648

25th Infantry: 157, 188, 196, 200-201, 514, 524, 528, 531-32, 534, 539

31st Infantry: 638, 641-42, 645, 648

32nd Infantry: 499, 501, 503, 506-07, 509-10, 532, 539, 577n

33rd Infantry: 459-60, 485

38th Infantry: 207, 313, 318-19, 321-22, 324-25, 330, 332-34, 348, 356, 397-98, 401-03

40th Infantry: 78, 177, 179, 183, 185-86, 204-07, 438-39, 602, 606-08, 618-19, 642, 648

41st Infantry: 589-91, 595-99, 648

43rd Infantry: 87, 106-07, 109, 111-14, 149-51, 153, 155, 157, 159-60, 207, 384, 387-89, 391-92, 415-18

Regimental Combat Teams

112th Cavalry: 384, 392

158th Infantry: 108-10, 144, 429, 443-45

503rd Parachute Infantry: 343-44, 348-49, 608

Cataguintingan: 105, 152-54

Cataludonan River and Valley: 502, 505

Catigan: 629-30

Cauayan: 563, 566, 569

Cauringari River: 150-51, 154-55

Causeways, ponton: 118-20, 124-25, 127

Cavalry Brigades

1st: 214-15, 269-70, 274, 279, 292, 301-02, 366, 377-79, 430, 433-35

2nd: 214-15, 269, 273, 365-66, 367-68, 371-73, 375, 377, 379, 418-21, 430-33, 435

Cavalry Division, 1st: 29-30, 140, 181, 187, 212-21, 234-35, 251-307, 367-90, 418, 428-35, 440, 444-45

Cavalry Point: 348

Cavalry Regiments

5th: 214-20, 252-57, 264-65, 268-70, 271, 277-79, 287-90, 303-06, 433-34, 444-45

7th: 214-15, 256, 273, 368, 372-73, 417-18, 430

8th: 214-21, 251-53, 255-57, 264-65, 268-70, 273, 368, 372-73, 417-18, 431-35

12th: 214-16, 269-70, 272-74, 277-79, 286-87, 433

26th (Philippine Scouts): 171

112th RCT: 29, 140, 181, 269, 272-73, 365-66, 368, 376, 378, 384, 392, 394-96, 404, 418-21

Cavalry Squadrons

1st, 5th Cavalry: 288, 302

2nd, 5th Cavalry: 215-16, 218-19, 252-54, 277, 287-90, 301-02

1st, 8th: 215-16

2nd, 8th: 216-17, 251-54

1st, 12th: 279-80, 301-02

2nd, 12th: 269-70, 277, 279

Cave defenses, Japanese. See Defenses, Japanese, cave and tunnel.

Cavite Peninsula: 217, 241-42, 244-45, 267-69, 309-10, 351, 424

Caycayan River: 541

Cebu City: 588, 608-10, 613-14, 616-18

Cebu Island: 441, 586-87, 605, 608-18

Central Pacific Area: 4n, 34-35, 440

Central Plains: 139-208, 450, 454-55, 493-94, 517, 543. See also Clark Field.

Cervantes: 542-58, 561-62, 569, 571

Chamberlin, Maj. Gen. Stephen J.: 21-24

Chan, Charlie: 279

Chase, Maj. Gen. William C.: 215, 218-21, 233-35, 251-54, 328-34, 352, 399n, 401, 403

Chemical Mortar Battalions

82nd: 272, 295-96

98th: 158-59

Chemical mortar operations: 75

Cheney Ravine: 336, 339-40, 346

Chico River: 450, 541-42

China coast-Formosa-Luzon triangle: 4-17

China theater: 3-4, 7, 9, 13-17, 36, 591

Christie, Col. Albert F.: 602

Cicchetti, Pfc. Joseph J.: 260n

Cituinan Hills: 442, 444

Civil affairs administration: 40-41

Civilians

casualties: 307

employment of: 656-58

in Japanese combat forces: 249

repatriation of: 233, 251-54, 299-300

Clark Field: 27, 47, 58-59, 62-63, 96, 118, 132, 167-86, 187, 202-06, 211-12

Clarkson, Maj. Gen. Percy W.: 472-77

Cleland, Col. Joseph P.: 414

Climate. See Weather.

Close air support. See Air operations, tactical support.

Coast defenses, Japanese: 363, 440

Coleman, Lt. Col. George T.: 254-55

Colorado, USS: 65, 67n

Columbia, USS: 65

Combat effectiveness

Bataan: 319, 324-25, 327-38

northern Luzon: 531-32, 547, 549, 553-57

Philippines: 652-54

southern Luzon: 387-88, 394, 396, 398, 425-26, 430

Villa Verde Trail: 498-99, 503-05, 507, 510, 531-32

Visayan Islands: 608

Combat effectiveness, Japanese

Baguio: 477-78, 480, 489-90

Bataan: 315-16

Bicol Peninsula: 441, 444-45

Clark Field: 172, 175, 182-83, 206

Lingayen Gulf: 110-11

Luzon: 90, 93-94

Manila: 249, 257-58, 301-02

Mindanao: 621-23, 636, 642-43

northern Luzon: 450, 514, 535, 539-40, 545-46, 554, 566, 572-73, 576-79

Philippines: 651, 653-54

southern Luzon: 380-81, 389-90, 414-15, 418-19, 421-22, 426, 434

Southern Philippines: 587-88, 596

Villa Verde, Trail: 505

Visayan Islands: 605, 608-09

Visayan Passages: 438-39, 445

Command and control

air operations: 34-36, 235-36, 312

airborne operations: 221-22, 225-29, 335-41, 344-45, 569-71

amphibious: 46, 47, 57, 119-24, 126, 223, 312, 332, 440-41

Bataan: 310-32

Bohol: 617

CBI: 13-14

Cebu: 608, 610-13, 614

eastern Mindanao: 620-21, 627, 638-39, 646-47

Joint and Combined Chiefs of Staff: 3, 6, 7, 15

logistical, general: 38-39, 54-56, 119-24, 126-28, 133-35

Luzon, general: 363-66, 457-59, 463-67, 538-40, 553, 561, 572-73

Manila: 212-15, 217, 221-23, 226-29, 249-51, 254, 258, 265, 267-68, 288, 291-94

Mindoro: 44-46, 51

naval: 32-34

Negros: 604-05, 618

Pacific theaters, general: 4, 9, 10

Palawan: 589

Panay-Guimaras: 601-02

Southern Philippines, general: 585-86

Southwest Pacific Area: 4, 10, 15, 19, 21-23, 26, 29-36, 363-66

Zamboanga: 591-92, 595-96

Command and control, Japanese

Bohol: 617

Cebu: 608-10

eastern Mindanao: 621-23, 628-32, 636-37, 643, 645-46

Luzon: 90-103, 143-46, 173-75, 190-93, 202-03, 207, 223-24

Manila-Manila Bay area: 240-48, 271-75, 339-40

Negros: 605, 618

northern Luzon: 453-57, 480, 494-95, 514-15, 520, 545-46, 558-61, 563-68, 577-79

Palawan: 589

Panay-Guimaras: 602

Philippines, general: 88-89

Shimbu area: 368-71, 407-08, 411-12, 415

southern Luzon-Visayan Passages: 426-27, 441

Southern Philippines, general: 586-89

Sulu Archipelago: 597-98

Zamboanga: 594, 596-97

Commander Support Aircraft Luzon: 37

Communications, ship-to-shore: 123

Communications deficiencies

Bataan: 326-27

Lingayen Gulf: 107

Visayan Passages: 438

Communications deficiencies, Japanese: 587-88

Baguio: 480

Central Philippines: 145

Corregidor: 339-40

Luzon: 26-27

Manila: 271-73

Mindanao: 622-23

northern Luzon: 456-57, 533, 535, 546

southern Luzon: 380-81, 386, 388-90, 426-27

Communications facilities

Corregidor: 343-44

Manila: 267-68

Concordia College: 260, 263-64

Connolly, Maj. Robert V.: 561-62

Construction operations. See Airfiields, development of; Bridging operations; Engineer support; Logistics, base development and port development; Road construction and repair.

Convoys. See Logistics.

Cooke, Rear Adm. Charles M.: 16n

Cooley, Staff Sgt. Raymond H.: 514n

Corbin, Lt. Col. Francis J.: 382-83

Cordillera Central: 450, 468, 541-43, 547, 558-62, 566-67, 569, 572, 574

Coron Island: 589-91

Corps

I: 29, 41, 54-57, 74, 76, 78-87, 104-15, 117-18, 122-29, 133, 139-70, 179-82, 187-202, 211-13, 217, 233, 236, 361-62, 366, 441-541, 543-44, 553-79

X: 18, 30, 45, 585-600, 620-48

XI: 29, 142-43, 180-82, 187, 206-08, 217, 221-36, 309-50, 352-57, 361, 366, 384-422, 429, 432-35, 449

XIV: 29, 31, 41, 54-57, 74-79, 82-87, 99, 104-06, 115-27, 131, 133, 139-44, 155, 160, 163, 167-72, 175-90, 198, 201n, 206-08, 211-21, 240-41, 245-47, 249-315, 325, 327, 351-52, 361-62, 366-90, 415-35, 441-45, 449, 572-79

XXIV: 18, 45

Corps Artillery

I: 108

XI: 323, 326, 413

XIV: 267-68, 294-97

Corregidor: 332-50, 656

Corsairs: 592

Cotabato: 620-21, 623

Counterattacks: 501

Counterattacks, Japanese: 109, 112-14, 118, 151, 154, 156-57, 159-60, 183-84, 204, 261, 271-73, 306-07, 318-19, 329, 333-34, 347-48, 373, 377-81, 398-401, 403, 411, 428, 459, 483-84, 515, 524, 530, 533-34, 539-40, 551-54, 566n. 633-34

Crump Hill: 525-26, 531

Culayo: 179-80, 183

Culi-Culi: 269

Cunningham, Brig. Gen. Julian W.: 394-96

Cupang River: 152

Cushing, Lt. Col. James M.: 586, 608, 610-12, 614, 617

Cuyapo: 160-62, 164-65, 168-69

–D–

Dagupan: 78-79, 87, 129-30, 132-34

Dagupan River: 76, 78, 80, 133

Dalton, Col. James L., II: 156-59

Damortis: 32, 104-09, 114, 139-40, 143-44, 147-48, 150-54, 193, 453, 457-59, 468

Daraga: 442-44

Darigayos Cove: 466

Dashiell, USS: 46

Dasol Bay: 115-17

Dau: 179-80

Davao: 47, 620-23, 627-34, 636, 640, 642, 646-47

Davao Gulf: 623, 627-33, 636, 638, 646-47

Davao River: 630-35

Death March: 169

Defenses, Japanese. See also Camouflage, Japanese.

armor as fixed: 156-58, 192-93

Baguio: 483, 486

Bataan: 315-16, 324-25

beach: 31, 67-69, 440

bunker: 607, 610

cave and tunnel: 84, 104, 108, 110-12, 148, 175-78, 288-89, 292, 298, 300, 315, 324-25, 346-49, 353-54, 372-74, 377, 380-81, 386, 405, 483, 497-98, 536, 607, 610, 614

Central Plains: 148, 156

Clark Field: 171-78, 202-04

coast: 363, 440

Corregidor: 346-49

Lingayen Gulf: 83-84, 104, 108, 110-12

Manila: 240-41, 246-47, 256, 261, 263-66, 275-82, 285-86, 288-89, 291-92, 298, 300, 303

Manila Bay area: 353-54

Mindanao: 623, 629-30, 634, 637, 646

northern Luzon: 512, 514, 536, 558-59, 568

southern Luzon: 369, 372-74, 377, 380-81, 386, 389-90, 405, 418

Southern Philippines: 596

Villa Verde Trail: 495, 497

Visayan Islands: 605, 609-10, 614-15

Demolitions operations. See also Underwater demolitions.

Corregidor: 346-48

Lingayen: 128

Luzon: 53-54

Manila: 240, 266, 275, 278-79, 284-85, 290, 305-06

Manila Bay area: 354-56

Mindanao: 623

southern Luzon: 373

Southern Philippines: 592

Demolition operations, Japanese

Corregidor: 347-49

Lingayen Gulf: 128-30

Manila: 213-14, 218-20, 245-46, 255-58, 263, 288

Manila Bay area: 211-12, 241-42

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 225, 230-31

northern Luzon: 576

southern Luzon: 414

Visayan Islands: 614

Diamond, Pfc. James H.: 631n

Digdig: 455-56, 460-63, 491, 510, 512-16

Digdig River and Gorge: 512, 515-22, 525, 531, 534

Digos: 627-29

Dinalupihan: 310, 314, 319-20, 325-31

Dingalen Bay: 99, 101-02, 190, 199, 201, 562n

Dipolog: 591-92, 597

Division Artillery

Americal: 436-37

1st Cavalry: 215

37th: 295

43rd: 413

Doe, Maj. Gen. Jens A.: 589

Doi, Rear Adm. Naoji: 622, 632-35

Dolores: 184-85

DUKW’s: 118, 124, 129-30, 132, 234, 655

Dumaran Island: 589-91

Dumpay: 79

Dunckel, Brig. Gen. William C.: 46

Dupax: 456, 495

–E–

Easley, Brig. Gen. Roy W.: 329

East Force, Bataan: 331-34

Echague: 96, 454, 563

Eguchi, Lt. Col. Seizuke: 173-74

Ehrlich, Lt. Col. Milton: 562n

Eichelberger, Lt. Gen. Robert L.

and Manila: 267-68

and Mindanao: 629-30, 640, 647

and Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 221-30

and Southern Philippines: 585

and Visayan Islands: 604-05, 615, 617-18

and Visayan Passages: 439

El Deposito: 257

El Fraile Island: 352, 355-56

Elbow Hill: 527, 529-30

Elizondo, Capt. Serafin V.: 548

Elmore, Brig. Gen. John A.: 317n, 329n

Engineer Aviation Battalions

873rd: 593

1874th: 48-49

Engineer Boat Maintenance Company, 1462nd: 123

Engineer Boat and Shore Regiments

532nd: 223

533rd: 623-26

542nd: 436, 601

543rd: 122, 562n

592nd: 341, 352-54, 418, 443

Engineer Combat Battalions

6th: 129

65th: 522, 526-27

108th: 638-39

113th: 353-56

117th: 129, 233, 259, 297

Engineer Construction Battalion, 339th: 562n

Engineer Construction Brigade, 5202nd: 129, 133-35

Engineer equipment shortage: 122

Engineer Heavy Ponton Battalion, 556th: 232-33

Engineer Light Ponton Companies

510th: 562n

530th: 232-33

Engineer Point: 347

Engineer Special Brigades

as shore parties: 127-28

2nd: 48, 223, 436, 585

3rd: 122, 585, 623-25

4th: 133-34

Engineer support. See also Airfields, development of; Bridging operations; Logistics, port development; Road construction and repair.

Baguio: 474-75

Bicol Peninsula: 444-45

Corregidor: 346-48

Lingayen Gulf: 109-10, 117, 128-33

Manila: 218, 232-34, 259, 288-89

Manila Bay area: 353-56

Mindanao: 625-26, 638

Mindoro: 45-46, 48-49

northern Luzon: 519-20, 522, 526-27, 549, 561-62

southern Luzon: 402-03, 405-06, 412, 418

Southern Philippines: 589-93, 596, 599-600

Visayan Islands: 602-04, 610-12, 614

Ermita District: 245

Estero, defined: 259

Estero de Binondo: 297

Estero de Concordia: 259-60

Estero de Paco: 259-60, 264-65, 269, 275-77, 286

Estero de Tonque: 260-63

Estero Provisor: 261, 263, 280

European Theater of Operations, redeployment from: 12-13, 604, 608

–F–

Falk, Stanley L.: 169n

Familiar Peak: 320

Far Eastern University: 252-54

Fechteler, Rear Adm. William M.: 223, 589

Ferrying operations: 128-31

Fertig, Col. Wendell W.: 586, 591-96, 601-02, 621-23, 639, 643n, 645n

Field Artillery Battalions. See also Parachute Field Artillery Battalions.

6th: 296

53rd: 200

61st: 256-57

80th: 200

82nd: 280, 296

89th: 525-26

103rd: 106-07

122nd: 553-55

135th: 296

136th: 260, 296, 303, 563

140th: 260, 286-87, 296

147th: 108, 443-44

149th: 635

192nd: 107

246th: 436

465th: 295-96

544th: 295-96

674th: 230

694th: 562n

756th: 295-96

947th: 256-57

Filipinos. See also Civilians.

contribution of: 12, 656-58

demonstrations by: 68-69, 216, 230

employment of: 77, 109-10, 120-21, 125-26, 129-32

Flame throwers

Central Plains: 163-64

Corregidor: 346

Manila: 266, 275, 278-79, 284-85, 287-89, 298, 305-06

southern Luzon: 373, 402-03

Visayan Islands: 607

Flying columns: 215-21, 233-35. See also Cavalry Division, 1st.

Food shortages: 234-35

Food shortages, Japanese:

Baguio: 477-78

Luzon: 91

Mindanao: 644

northern Luzon: 546-47, 568, 576-77

southern Luzon: 418-20

Southern Philippines: 588-89

Visayan Islands: 605

Foreign troops, use of, by Japanese: 175, 251-52, 300-02, 441, 443-45, 545-46, 622-23

Fork Ridge: 410, 412

Formosa: 4-8, 9, 11-17, 21, 36, 53-54, 58, 63-65, 310, 560, 658

Formosa-Luzon-China coast triangle: 4-17

Formosa-Luzon debate: 3-17, 658

Fort Abad: 277-79

Fort Drum: 352, 355-56

Fort McKinley: 243-45, 248, 265-66, 268-69, 271-72, 274

Fort Pikit: 625-26, 637-39, 646-47

Fort Santiago: 238-39, 297-300

Fort Stotsenburg: 171-77, 180-85, 202

Fortifications, Japanese. See Defenses, Japanese.

Four-Corner Hill: 410-11

Friendly troops, fire on

by aircraft: 183, 198, 234-36

by antiaircraft weapons: 60, 65

by artillery: 84, 183, 198

Fujishige, Col. Masatoshi: 223-24, 426-28, 434-35

Fujitomi, 1st Lt. Komei: 617n

Fukudome, Vice Adm. Shigeru: 88n

Fukue, Lt. Gen. Shimpei: 609

Furuse, Capt. Takusue, IJN: 245

–G–

Gabu: 545

Galiano: 469-81, 485-86

Gambang: 574

Gapan: 216, 232

Garcia, Maj. Patrocenio B.: 592n

Garma, Col. Hipolito: 591-92

Gas Supply Company, 198th: 123

Gasoline supply and storage. See POL products.

Gayaman: 546-47

General Headquarters, SWPA: 22, 132, 135, 221, 225, 249-50, 267-68, 273-74, 285n, 309-13, 334-37, 363-65, 404, 466-67, 477, 479, 557, 583-84, 601-02, 608, 657. See also MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas.

Geneva Convention, Japanese violation of: 286

Gerona: 168

Gilbert Islands: 4

Gill, Maj. Gen. William H.: 505, 507-08

Glider Infantry Battalions

1st, 187th: 226-27, 266, 268

2nd, 187th: 225-27, 268

1st, 188th: 225

Glider Infantry Regiments. See also Airborne Division, 11th.

188th: 223-29, 266-69, 351-53, 425, 427-35, 439

187th: 223, 225, 268-69, 425, 428, 430-35

Gliders, use of: 570-71

Go Chan Hill: 613-14

Gonzales: 188

Gonzales, Pfc. David M.: 506n

Grabiarz, Pfc. William J.: 302n

Grace Park: 220-21, 238, 254, 272

Grande Island: 313-14

Graves Registration Company, 601st: 562n

Grenades, use of: 275, 284-85, 298, 300, 346

Grenades, use of, Japanese: 247, 282

Grinstead, Lt. Col. James R.: 637n, 643n, 646n

Griswold, Lt. Gen. Oscar W.

and Bicol Peninsula: 445

and Central Plains: 143, 202

and Clark Field: 167-70, 175-76, 179-82, 184-85, 203

and Lingayen Gulf: 117

and Manila: 212, 217, 220, 250, 254, 258, 268, 293-94, 302, 306

and southern Luzon: 366-68, 375-77, 384, 430, 432-34

Guerrilla operations

Baguio: 468-69, 474-77, 479-80, 486-87

Bataan: 313-15, 325-26, 334

Bicol Peninsula: 439, 443-45

Central Plains: 164, 189, 201

Clark Field: 168, 171, 180

Lingayen Gulf: 79, 85, 100, 117, 128

Luzon: 26-27, 53-54, 91, 310

Manila: 212, 218, 220-21, 232, 249, 252, 263-64, 273-74, 279

Manila Bay area: 351-52

Mindanao: 586, 621, 623-25, 628-29, 632, 633-35, 637-41, 643-47

Mindoro: 51, 53

northern Luzon: 453-55, 459, 463-67, 541-57, 561-63, 566, 569-76

Philippines: 654, 657

southern Luzon: 407-22, 427-28, 430, 432-35

Southern Philippines: 30, 586, 588-93, 595-99

Villa Verde Trail: 505-06, 508-09, 563

Visayan Islands: 601-05, 607-09, 614-15, 617-18

Visayan Passages: 437-39

Guerrilla operations, Japanese: 207

Guerrilla units

Anderson Battalion: 418-20, 562n

Buena Vista Regiment: 505-06, 508-09, 563, 572-73, 577n, 578-79

Bugo-Del Monte Area Command: 648

East Central Luzon Guerrilla Area: 420

2nd Provisional Regiment: 420, 562n

1st Tarlac Regiment: 566n

Marking Regiment: 407-15

6th Military District: 586

10th Military District: 586, 621

Maranao Militia Force: 586, 621n

Divisions

105th: 591-92, 595-97

106th: 637, 645n

107th: 628-29, 633, 644

108th: 621

109th: 637, 643, 645n

110th: 643

Infantry Regiments

105th: 621n

107th: 591-92

110th: 641n

111th: 641n

113th: 643

116th: 646-47

118th: 646-47

120th: 641n

121st: 596-97

130th: 633n

Battalions

Expeditionary: 621n, 628, 647

111th Provisional: 633n

United States Army Forces in the Philippines (Northern Luzon)

Infantry Regiments

11th: 466, 477-80, 484-85, 561-62, 566, 569-71, 573-76

14th: 466, 544, 549, 553-54, 566, 576n

15th: 466, 544-49, 551-57, 573-74

66th: 466, 477-80, 486-87, 544, 548-49, 553-56, 573-74

121st: 466, 476, 544-57, 573-74

Battalions

Engineer: 562n, 571n

Military Police: 549, 553-54

Provisional: 522-28

Replacement and Casualty: 548

1st Field Artillery: 550-51, 553-56

Guimaras Island: 601-05

Guimaras Strait: 605-06

Guimba: 143, 160, 164-65, 168-69, 187-88

–H–

Hagonoy Isthmus: 221, 241, 244-45, 267, 424

Hall, Lt. Gen. Charles P.: 310-11, 313-14, 319-24, 326-31, 334, 340-41, 348, 384-85, 387-88, 391, 394-95, 403-04, 416, 420

Halsema, James J.: 211n

Halsey, Adm. William F.: 10, 24-25, 63n

Hanada, Maj. Yasura: 587n, 593n

Hand grenades. See Grenades.

Haney, Brig. Gen. Harold: 589

Hapao: 568

Harada, Lt. Gen. Jiro: 587n, 622-23, 627n, 628-35, 644-45

Harada, Rear Adm. Kaku: 609

Harada, Col. Kazuo: 102n

Haraden, USS: 46

Harr, Cpl. Harry R.: 643n

Haruna Ridge: 531, 533-34, 536

Hashimoto, Col. Hiroshi: 240n

Hattori, Col. Mueichi: 622n, 627n, 631n

Hattori, Col. Takushiro: 88n

Haugen, Col. Orin D.: 229, 268

Hayashi, Lt. Col. Toshio: 251-52

Hedges, Lt. Col. Charles W.: 621n

Helicopters: 421

Highley Ridge: 525-26, 531

Hill Drome: 48-49

Hill E: 176-77, 179

Hill G: 176-79

Hill 1, Caballo Island: 353

Hill 2, Caballo Island: 353

Hill 5: 179, 185

Hill 7: 205

Hill 30, Cebu: 613-14

Hill 200: 82-83, 98-99, 111-12, 144, 147n

Hill 247: 81-82, 107

Hill 318: 84, 110-11

Hill 350: 177

Hill 351: 84

Hill 355: 83-84, 110-11, 144, 147-49

Hill 363: 107-08

Hill 385: 81-82, 84

Hill 470: 81, 84

Hill 500: 175-76

Hill 502: 495-99, 501-02

Hill 503: 495-96, 501

Hill 504: 495-99, 501-03

Hill 505: 495-96, 498-99, 501-03

Hill 506: 503

Hill 506 A and B: 495-97, 502-03, 505-06

Hill 507: 503-06

Hill 507 A to D: 495-99, 503, 505-06

Hill 508: 495-96, 498, 505-08

Hill 509: 506-07

Hill 511: 502-03, 505-08

Hill 512: 502-03, 505-07

Hill 513: 506-07

Hill 514: 506-07

Hill 515: 495-97, 506-08

Hill 516: 495-96, 506-08

Hill 518: 501-02

Hill 519: 501-03

Hill 520: 377-78

Hill 525: 495, 506-08

Hill 526: 495-97, 507-08

Hill 527: 507-09

Hill 528: 508-09

Hill 535: 408-10

Hill 565: 106-07

Hill 580: 84, 105-07

Hill 600: 147-54, 178-79, 459-60, 468, 471-72

Hill 606: 154

Hill 620: 183

Hill 636: 176-79, 182-83

Hill 665: 106-07

Hill 700: 150-51

Hill 740: 377-78

Hill 800: 150-51

Hill 803: 411-14

Hill 804: 413

Hill 805: 410-11

Hill 810 ( Kembu area): 205

Hill 810 ( Shimbu area): 410

Hill 815: 410-12

Hill 860: 411-14

Hill 900: 153-54

Hill 1000 ( Kembu area): 205

Hill 1000 ( Shimbu area): 408-10

Hill 1200: 391-92

Hill 1500 (Clark Field): 205

Hill 1500 (Rosario area): 147-48, 150-51, 154-55, 459-60, 468, 471-72

Hill 4250: 522, 525

Hill 4625: 531

Hoffman, Brig. Gen. Hugh T.: 373

Hojo, Lt. Gen. Tokichi: 598-97

Hollandia: 54-55

Holliday, Col. Ralph C.: 107-08

Horseshoe Curve: 317-30

Hospitalization: 41-42, 363

Hostages, held by Japanese: 251-52, 286-87, 293, 299-300

Hot Corner: 405-07

House-to-house fighting. See Street fighting.

Howerth, USS: 47

Hucab: 567, 572

Hull, Maj. Gen. John E.: 21n

Huon Gulf: 56

Hurdis, Maj. Gen. Charles E.: 188n, 195n, 382-83, 392-97

Hydrographic survey: 67, 118-19

–I–

Ibulao River: 567

Ibus Island: 623-24

Ida, Col. Kumpei: 102n

Iguig: 569

Iimura, Lt. Gen. Jo: 88n, 89

Illana Bay: 620-21, 623-25, 627, 629-30, 636

Ilocos (Malaya) Range: 450, 454-55

Iloilo: 601-06

Impalutao: 641

Imperial General Headquarters: 89-90, 92-93

Imugan: 460-62, 495-96, 498-99, 502, 505-11, 517-18, 536-38

Imugan River and Valley: 502, 509, 560

Imus: 230-31

Inada, Maj. Gen. Masazumi: 92-93

Inampulugan Island: 602-04

Indochina: 591

Infanta: 418-21

Infantry Battalions

1st, 1st Infantry: 386-87

3rd, 1st Infantry: 386-87

1st, 19th Infantry: 437-38

1st, 20th Infantry: 161-62, 194-95

2nd, 20th Infantry: 161-63, 195

3rd, 20th Infantry: 123, 161-62, 194-95

1st, 21st Infantry: 437-38, 647

2nd, 21st Infantry: 438

3rd, 21st Infantry: 45, 49

1st, 27th Infantry: 523-24, 528, 530, 534-36

2nd, 27th Infantry: 523, 528-30

3rd, 27th Infantry: 530, 534-36

1st, 34th Infantry: 320-21, 323-24, 347-48

2nd, 34th Infantry: 320-21, 323-24

3rd, 34th Infantry: 320-21, 323-25, 340-42, 344, 347-48

1st, 35th Infantry: 196, 536

3rd, 35th Infantry: 197

1st, 63rd Infantry: 154-55

2nd, 63rd Infantry: 154-55

3rd, 63rd Infantry: 150-51, 154-55, 572

1st, 103rd Infantry: 83

2nd, 103rd Infantry: 83, 151

3rd, 103rd Infantry: 83, 149-50

2nd, 108th Infantry: 77, 438-39

1st, 123rd Infantry: 553

1st, 126th Infantry: 506-07, 536-37

2nd, 126th Infantry: 506, 536-37

3rd, 126th Infantry: 536-37

1st, 127th Infantry: 498-99

2nd, 127th Infantry: 498-99, 505-06

3rd, 127th Infantry: 498-500, 506

1st, 128th Infantry: 507-08

2nd, 128th Infantry: 498-500, 507-09

3rd, 128th Infantry: 507-08

1st, 129th Infantry: 186, 263, 282-83

2nd, 129th Infantry: 261-63, 282

3rd, 129th Infantry: 184, 297-98, 300

1st, 132nd Infantry: 467

1st, 136th Infantry: 562n

1st, 145th Infantry: 258-59, 282-85, 298-300

2nd, 145th Infantry: 298-99

3rd, 145th Infantry: 284-85

1st, 148th Infantry: 287, 303-04, 306, 483-85

2nd, 148th Infantry: 218, 253-54, 286-87, 289-90, 483-85

3rd, 148th Infantry: 259-60, 286-87, 483-85, 533

1st, 149th Infantry: 314

1st, 151st Infantry: 327-29, 349n, 356-57

2nd, 151st Infantry: 313-14, 349, 352-56

3rd, 151st Infantry: 333-34

1st, 152nd Infantry: 318-21, 324-25, 328

2nd, 152nd Infantry: 318-20, 324-25, 328

3rd, 152nd Infantry: 318-20, 328-29

1st, 158th Infantry: 441, 444

2nd, 158th Infantry: 441, 443-44

3rd, 158th Infantry: 441, 444

1st, 160th Infantry: 206

2nd, 160th Infantry: 206, 601-02

1st, 161st Infantry: 156-59, 531, 536

2nd, 161st Infantry: 158-59, 200, 525-26, 531, 562n

3rd, 161st Infantry: 156-59, 206, 525-26, 533-34, 536

2nd, 162nd Infantry: 644

1st, 163rd Infantry: 598-99

2nd, 163rd Infantry: 597-98

3rd, 163rd Infantry: 598-99, 635, 644, 648

3rd, 164th Infantry: 642, 648

2nd, 169th Infantry: 148-49, 151

1st, 172nd Infantry: 80, 85, 386

2nd, 172nd Infantry: 81-82, 153, 386

3rd, 172nd Infantry: 80

1st, 182nd Infantry: 436-37, 614

1st, 185th Infantry: 77-79, 601-02

2nd, 185th Infantry: 77, 605-06

3rd, 185th Infantry: 601-02

2nd, 186th Infantry: 589-91, 596-97

Infantry Divisions. See also Airborne Division, 11th; Calvary Division, 1st.

Americal Division: 30, 435-37, 585, 608-19, 642, 648 See also Infantry Regiments, 132nd, 164th, and 182nd.

6th: 15, 54-57, 78, 80-86, 99, 105, 107, 114-15, 122-23, 127-29, 139-40, 143, 147-48, 150-52, 155-57, 160-66, 181, 187-89, 193-202, 207-08, 208n, 331-34, 366-98, 423-77, 561-79. See also Infantry Regiments, 1st, 20th, and 63rd.

24th: 29-30, 44-45, 49, 53, 223, 225, 310, 313, 318-25, 327-30, 335-36, 342-50, 361-62, 364, 366, 425-26, 435-38, 585, 592, 620-36, 639, 644-48. See also Infantry Regiments, 19th, 21st, 34th.

25th: 29, 31, 54-57, 86, 114-15, 126, 140, 143, 149-50, 155-60, 164-66, 181, 188-90, 193, 195-202, 366, 457-58, 461-65, 467, 491-95, 500, 508-40, 558, 560-62, 562n, 564-65, 569, 572-73, 579n. See also Infantry Regiments, 27th, 35th, 161st.

31st: 30, 585, 620-21, 627, 629-30, 636-45, 648. See also Infantry Regiments, 124th, 155th, 167th.

32nd: 29, 140, 181, 193, 366, 457-67, 473, 474, 477, 491-512, 516, 531-32, 535-39, 561-64, 572-74, 577n, 578-79, 653-54. See also Infantry Regiments, 126th, 127th, and 128th.

33rd: 29-30, 54-57, 76, 78-85, 87, 115-17, 128-30, 143, 150n, 160, 167-88, 202, 212-21, 233-35, 245, 252-90, 300, 303-04, 306-07, 364-66, 394-403, 457-60, 463-65, 467-90, 500-501, 517, 532-33, 535, 538-39, 544, 549, 553, 556n, 561-65, 567-73, 577n, 579n. See also Infantry Regiments, 123rd, 130th, and 136th.

37th: 76, 78-79, 83, 117, 167-70, 179-80, 181-86, 202-03, 212-14, 218, 233, 238-55, 258-60, 261, 263-64, 275, 279-90, 293-95, 297-300, 302-04, 306, 396-403, 477, 479-83, 485-86, 532-33, 535, 539, 561-63, 569, 571. See also Infantry Regiments, 129th; 145th, 148th.

38th: 29-30, 207-08, 310-34, 336-40, 348-49, 351, 356, 366, 392, 397-403, 411, 420-22, 610-12. See also Infantry Regiments, 149th, 151st, 152nd.

40th: 29, 30, 39, 54-57, 76-79, 115-17, 120, 128-29, 143, 167-68, 175-87, 202-08, 327, 364-66, 376-77, 438-39, 467, 585, 601-08, 618-19, 639-43, 648. See also Infantry Regiments, 108th, 160th, and 185th.

41st: 29-30, 222, 364, 585, 589-99, 601, 623, 629-30, 635, 638, 643-44, 648. See also Infantry Regiments, 162nd, 163rd, and 186th.

43rd: 29, 54-57, 80-85, 87, 105-07, 109-15, 122, 127-29, 139-40, 143-44, 147-60, 165-66, 181, 193, 207, 364-66, 376-77, 379, 381, 383-92, 394-96, 399, 401-21, 430, 457-60, 467, 544, 556n, 579n, 656. See also Infantry Regiments, 103rd, 169th, and 182nd.

77th: 22n, 29-30, 45n

93rd: 30, 389-91, 397, 599

Infantry Point: 347

Infantry Regiments. See also Glider Infantry Regiments; Parachute Infantry Regiments.

1st: 236n, 331-34, 366, 374-75, 378-80, 382-88, 392-98, 574-76

1st Filipino: 437

19th: 29-30, 44, 47-48, 51, 223, 225, 364, 435, 437-38, 625-26, 628-29, 632, 633-35, 644

20th: 80, 82-83, 86, 140, 161-65, 188, 193-97, 199-201, 368, 373-75, 378-80, 382-85, 387-88, 392-97, 563, 576-77

21st: 45, 49, 51, 53, 223, 435-37, 592, 625-27, 629-32, 633-35, 644, 646

27th: 156-60, 188-89, 193, 195-97, 512-17, 520-39

34th: 29-30, 310, 313, 318-25, 327-28, 330n, 335, 342-49, 364, 366, 626-32, 633-35, 644

35th: 143, 157, 181, 188-89, 195-97, 200, 512-39

63rd: 80, 83, 86, 105-10, 114-15, 129, 139-40, 147-55, 160-165, 197-98, 200-201, 368, 373-75, 378, 384, 389, 392-94, 566-67, 569, 572, 576-77

103rd: 80-83, 109-14, 140, 145, 148-51, 156, 376-77, 379, 381-82, 385-88, 391-418

108th: 79, 169, 176-77, 179, 182-83, 185-86, 202-06, 601, 618-19, 639-43, 648

123rd: 477, 479-80, 486-87, 561-62

124th: 636-43

126th: 492-93, 499-510, 532n, 536-39, 561, 563-64, 574

127th: 492-95, 498-510, 532n, 539, 561, 574

128th: 492, 499-510, 539

129th: 78-79, 83, 117, 167-70, 181-86, 202-03, 258-59, 261, 264, 275, 280-84, 286-87, 295, 298-99, 477, 479-81, 485-86, 562-63, 569, 571

130th: 459-60, 477, 479-81, 485-90, 566

132nd: 437, 610-17

136th: 459-60, 477, 479-80, 487, 489-90, 562n

145th: 79, 168-69, 179-80, 182-83, 185, 213-14, 254-55, 258-59, 283-86, 295, 297-300, 396-403, 561, 563

148th: 78-79, 168-69, 179-80, 182, 212-14, 218, 253-55, 258-60, 263-64, 279-82, 285-90, 295, 302-04, 306, 479-83, 485, 532-33, 535, 539, 563, 569

149th: 313, 319, 325-28, 334, 402-03, 421-22

151st: 313-14, 319, 324, 327-34, 351, 353-57, 398-99, 402-03, 420-22

152nd: 314-22, 325-30, 398-403

155th: 638-41, 643-44

158th RCT: 29, 31-32, 53-57, 104-10, 112-14, 126, 139-40, 143-44, 147-48, 152-55, 193, 364-66, 428-35, 438-45, 458-59, 579n

160th: 77-79, 117, 167-71, 175-79, 182-86, 202-06, 604-07

161st: 156-60, 197, 200-01, 512-17, 520-39

162nd: 593-99, 629-30, 638, 643-44, 648

163rd: 593-99

164th: 604-05, 608, 615, 617-18

167th: 638, 644-45

169th: 80-85, 105, 109-14, 140, 148-51, 207, 394-96, 404, 407, 410-15, 420-21

172nd: 80-86, 105-13, 129, 139-40, 148, 152-55, 379, 382, 386-88, 391-415

182nd: 436-37, 610-17

185th: 77-79, 115-17, 182, 203-06, 601-07

186th: 589-93, 596-97

306th: 45n

368th: 589-91, 597, 599

Ingeniero, Maj. Ismael P.: 586, 617

Intelligence estimates

Baguio: 486-87

Bataan: 310-12, 314-15, 321-22, 332

Bicol Peninsula: 440-41

Central Plains: 141, 189-90

Clark Field: 169-70, 172, 176, 179-81

Corregidor: 335, 337-39

Lingayen Gulf: 59, 64, 68, 174, 85, 105-06

Luzon: 26-29, 62-63, 93-94, 141

Manila: 211-12, 249, 265

Mindanao: 621-22

Mindoro: 44

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 223-24

northern Luzon: 467, 525, 569-70, 572-73, 579

southern Luzon: 365-68, 376, 384, 398, 407-08, 416, 418, 421-22, 425-26

Southern Philippines: 586

Villa Verde Trail: 510

Visayan Islands: 608-09

Intelligence estimates, Japanese

Baguio: 472, 480

Manila: 245-46, 271

Mindanao: 623

Route 5: 520

southern Luzon: 370-71, 398-99, 411

Intramuros: 239-40, 244-46, 249, 271-307

Ipo Dam: 367-71, 380, 384, 399, 401-15, 421, 423

Ipo River: 410-12, 415

Iraga: 444

Irisan Gorge: 481-87

Irisan River: 481-86

Ishikawa, Lt. Col. Kikuo: 90n

Ishikawa, Capt. Sadoyoshi: 601n

Itagaki, Capt, Akira, IJN: 339-40, 345

Italy: 30

Itogon: 488

Ives, Col. Washington M., Jr.: 162, 174, 399n

Iwabuchi, Rear Adm. Sanji: 92, 96-97, 241-49, 258, 270-77, 279, 286, 339

Iwanaka, Lt. Gen. Yoshiharu: 96, 495, 502-03, 505, 507-09

Iwo Jima: 10-11, 16-17, 24, 26, 36, 141-42, 585

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Jadjad River: 322n

James Ravine: 336, 339-40

Japan

B-29 attacks on: 4, 9, 14-15, 17, 36

lines of communication to: 3-4, 8, 141-42, 651

plans for invasion of: 651-54

Japanese Army Air Force: 49, 58, 172, 545-46, 589, 598, 621-22, 630-36, 652

personnel used as ground troops: 172-74, 426, 441-42, 545-46, 587-89, 598, 602, 605, 618, 621-22, 630-33, 636-37, 641n

Japanese Army Air Force units

4th Air Army: 92-97, 426, 441-42, 454, 605

2nd Air Division: 605, 618

4th Air Division: 560-61, 574

86th Airfield Battalion: 426, 430-31

103rd Airfield Battalion: 641n

10th Air Sector Unit: 173n

Hosono Unit: 622, 630-35

Japanese Army units

Area Army, 14th: 73, 88-94, 100, 112, 114, 143-46, 192-93, 241, 272, 456-57, 477-78, 480, 494, 505, 515, 535, 537-38, 540, 567, 578, 586-89, 596, 620, 622-23

Armies

Southern: 89-93

35th: 89, 586-89, 609-10, 622, 644-45

Divisions

1st: 587, 609, 616-17

2nd Tank: 94-96, 99-102, 142-45, 156, 172-74, 188-93, 199-201, 213, 456-57, 494-97, 502, 504-05, 508-10, 516, 535-40, 560-64, 560-68, 571-72, 576-77

8th: 44, 96-97, 102, 223-24, 241, 272, 369-71, 426

10th: 93-96, 99-102, 144-45, 189-92, 199, 312, 454-57, 463, 494-95, 509, 515-16, 518, 523-25, 532-40, 560-66, 653-54

19th: 93-96, 99-100, 144, 147-48, 453, 465-67, 476-81, 540, 545, 548, 550-57, 568, 571, 573-74

23rd: 93-96, 98-103, 104, 110-12, 114, 117, 144, 146-48, 151, 161, 165-66, 453-56, 459-60,

468-72, 475, 477-80, 487-89, 492-93, 566-68, 571-72, 574

26th: 99

30th: 587, 622-23, 627, 636-43, 646

32nd: 117

100th: 587-88, 622-36, 642, 644-46

102nd: 587-89, 602, 605, 608-10, 616-18

103rd: 94-96, 98-99, 192, 453-54, 545-46, 559-66, 574

105th: 44, 96-97, 102, 144-45, 190-93, 199, 272, 369, 372n, 380, 385, 407-08, 454-57, 494, 559-61, 566-68, 572, 576

Brigades

3rd Tank: 100n

54th Independent Mixed: 587-88, 593, 596-98

55th Independent Mixed: 587-88, 598

58th Independent Mixed: 94-96, 98-100, 102-08, 112-13, 144, 146-47, 152-53, 155, 165-66, 453-54, 459-60, 471-72, 475-81, 487-89, 566, 568, 574, 653-54

61st Independent Mixed: 94-96

77th Infantry: 605

78th Infantry: 609

79th Infantry: 545

81st Infantry: 368n

82nd Infantry: 408n

Group, 1st Airborne Raiding: 96, 173

Regiments

2nd Glider Infantry: 173-74

2nd Mobile Artillery: 102, 158, 192

2nd Mobile Infantry: 94-96, 99-102, 156, 158, 173-74, 188

5th Infantry: 96-97

6th Tank: 102n, 145, 192

7th Tank: 100n, 156, 158, 192

8th Reconnaissance: 370-71

10th Field Artillery: 519

10th Infantry: 145, 518, 533

10th Reconnaissance: 144-45, 494-95

10th Tank: 102, 192

11th Independent Infantry: 99n, 514-15, 518, 520

17th Infantry: 223-24, 426-27, 605

23rd Reconnaissance: 117

26th Independent Mixed: 192, 370-71, 441

30th Field Artillery: 628n, 641

30th Reconnaissance: 641n

31st Infantry: 223-24, 272, 370-71, 380, 399

36th Infantry: 145

39th Infantry: 145, 312, 315n, 332

63rd Infantry: 518

64th Infantry: 110-13, 147, 149, 156, 471, 486

71st Infantry: 112-13, 147-48, 161, 459-60, 471

72nd Infantry: 112-13, 117, 147, 149

73rd Infantry: 550-52, 554

74th Infantry: 626, 637-38, 641n

75th Infantry: 476n, 479, 485, 487

76th Infantry: 551, 553-54

Surface Raiding Forces

1st: 368n, 369-70

2nd: 223-24, 426-29

3rd: 245

Maritime Transport Command, 3rd: 92-93, 245

Battalions

10th Surface Raiding Base: 415n

26th Machine Gun: 545n

111th Surface Raiding Base: 351, 426

163rd Independent Infantry: 628n

166th Independent Infantry: 623-26, 636-38

170th Independent Infantry: 602

171st Independent Infantry: 602

172nd Independent Infantry: 605n

173rd Independent Infantry: 608-09

174th Independent Infantry: 617-18

176th Independent Infantry: 545n

177th Independent Infantry: 566

178th Independent Infantry: 545n

179th Independent Infantry: 563

182nd Independent Infantry: 605n

183rd Independent Infantry: 605n

184th Independent Infantry: 605n

186th Independent Infantry: 368n

354th Independent Infantry: 601-02, 605n

355th Independent Infantry: 605n

356th Independent Infantry: 606-07

357th Independent Infantry: 545, 547-48, 550-51

358th Independent Infantry: 369, 407-08

359th Independent Infantry: 192n

379th Independent Infantry: 485

544th Independent Infantry: 476n

Japanese Army units, provisional

Groups

Kembu: 96, 99-102, 143-45, 172-75, 177-78, 180-86, 187, 202-08, 241-42, 280-81, 310-12, 315, 361-62, 364-66, 376-77, 423, 573n, 654-55

Shimbu: 96-97, 102, 144, 188, 190-92, 199, 213-14, 216-17, 223-24, 240-44, 271-74, 306-07, 309-11, 357, 361-435, 441-42, 449, 454-55, 458, 561-62, 573n, 653-55

Shimbu Reserve: 370-71, 380-81, 385, 394, 398-403, 415

Shobu: 94, 97-102, 112, 139, 144-45, 157, 165-66, 188, 190, 198-99, 201-02, 281-82, 311, 361-64, 366, 449-90, 541-43, 545-46, 557, 558-79, 651, 654-55

Forces

Araki: 453, 545-49, 560, 568

Fuji: 223-24, 415-16, 426-35, 573n

Kawashima: 369-71, 373-74, 380-81, 384, 394, 399, 401-15, 420

Kobayashi: 245, 272-73, 369-71, 373-80, 383-85, 388-89, 391-403, 408, 411, 415, 420

Manila Defense: 241, 245, 272, 351

Noguchi: 368n, 369-86, 388-91, 398-99, 401-03, 415-16, 420

Takachiho: 520, 524

Yuguchi: 565, 569

Detachments

Eguchi: 173-75, 182-86, 202, 204-05

Hanabusa: 407-08, 411-12

Hayashi: 453-54, 476-77

Ida: 102, 145, 192, 200

Kogure: 368n, 373, 385, 415-18, 420-21

Kubota: 117, 143-44

Nagayoshi: 312

Noguchi: 241-42, 244-45, 369n

Okita: 368n

Omori: 161, 164-66

Shigemi: 100-102, 112-14, 144-46, 156-61, 164-66

Takaya: 173-75, 182-86, 202-04

Takayama: 173-79, 182-83, 202, 204

Tomono: 408, 413

Tsuda: 99, 101-02, 145, 199

Yanagimoto: 173-75, 180, 182-86, 202, 204-05

Battalions

Abe: 242, 245, 268-69, 273-74

Inoue Provisional Infantry: 192n

Kasama: 408-12

Muroya: 408, 410

Narukami: 408, 411-12

2nd Provisional Infantry: 244-45, 274

3rd Provisional Infantry: 244-45, 274

Units

Central Sector, Luzon: 394, 397-98

Central Sector, Mindanao: 636

Digos District: 628, 631-33

Eastern Sector, Mindanao: 637, 643-44

Left Front Line, Mindanao: 632-33, 635

Left Sector, Luzon: 376, 385, 388, 394, 397-98

Left Sector, Mindanao: 630

Left District Unit, Mindanao: 632-35

Marauding Unit, Mindoro: 44

Northern Sector, Mindanao: 636-37, 641

Puncan Sector Defense, Luzon: 513-16

Right Front Line, Mindanao: 632-33, 635

Right Sector, Luzon: 394, 397-98

Right Sector, Mindanao: 630

Sarangani District: 646

Southern Sector, Mindanao: 636, 638

Takachiho: 454

West Sector, Luzon: 224, 226-27

Western Sector, Mindanao: 636

Japanese Naval Air Service: 49, 58, 265-66, 454, 589

26th Air Flotilla: 96 174

Japanese naval units

Fleets

Southwest Area: 49, 92-93, 241

3rd Southern Expeditionary: 92

Manila Naval Defense Force: 241-48, 265, 268-73, 279-80, 290, 306-07, 361-62, 369n

Headquarters Battalion: 245, 279

Headquarters Sector Unit: 245, 274, 279

Central Force: 245, 259, 274, 290, 302-03

Manila Bay Entrance Force: 339

Northern Force: 244-45, 252, 257-58, 271, 274, 369n

Southern Force: 245-46, 265-66, 273-74

Naval Special Base Forces

31st: 92, 96-97, 241-42, 249

32nd: 622

33rd: 441, 608-09

Naval Battalions

1st: 245, 258, 260-61, 265-66, 274

1st Independent: 244-45, 256-58

2nd: 245, 274, 277, 279

3rd: 245, 265-66, 268-69, 274

4th: 245, 266, 274, 628n

5th: 245, 274, 290, 351

Combat Sectors

13th: 202, 206-07

14th: 202, 205-07

15th: 202, 205-06

16th: 202, 206-07

17th: 202, 206-07

Hayakawa Naval Unit: 576-77

Naval Guard Units

35th: 441-42

36th: 608-09

37th: 174

Japanese Navy

eliminated: 652

forces used as ground troops

Bataan: 312

Bicol Peninsula: 441

Clark Field: 172, 174-75, 202-03, 205-06

Corregidor: 339, 342-43

Luzon: 92, 96-97

Manila: 241-42, 244-45, 249, 271-72

Manila Bay: 351, 355

Mindanao: 621-22, 632-33, 646

northern Luzon: 576-77

southern Luzon: 369-70, 426

Southern Philippines: 587-89, 598

Visayan Islands: 605, 608-09, 618

gunfire support: 49-50

Jenna, Col. William W.: 320-24, 328

Jerome, Col. Clayton C., USMC: 133n

Joint Assault Signal Company, 293rd: 123

Joint Chiefs of Staff: 3-11, 15-17, 17n, 22, 24, 140-41

Joint Logistics Committee: 12-13

Jolo Island: 587, 598-99

Jolo: 598

Jones Bridge: 255, 283

Jones, Col. George M.: 237-38, 240-47, 347, 349

Jones, Maj. Gen. Henry L. C.: 314, 318n, 319-30

–K–

Kabacan: 621, 623-30, 636-42

Kamikaze attacks

Lingayen Gulf: 59-68

Luzon: 60-67, 363

Mindoro: 46-51

Okinawa: 66-67

Kanami Ridge: 536

Kaneko, Maj. Chuji: 609n

Kapatalin Sawmill: 417-18

Kapintalan: 516-26, 529-31, 534

Kapintalan Ridge: 518, 529-33

Kasama, Maj. Tetsuyuki: 411-12

Kataoka, Lt. Gen. Tadasu: 609

Kawai, Col. Shigeo: 90n, 99n, 201n

Kawashima, Maj. Gen. Osamu: 408, 411-12, 414

Kayashima, Lt. Comdr. Koichi: 241n

Kenbu Ridge: 531-34

Kenney, Lt. Gen. George C.: 10, 23-25, 35-36, 236

Kerstetter, Pfc. Dexter J.: 481n

Khodr, Maj. Khalil: 643n

Kiangan pocket: 567, 569, 571-72, 574, 576-77

Kiangkiang: 567-68, 576-77

Kibangay: 644-45

Kibawe: 627, 636-41, 645

Kibawe-Talomo trail: 629-30, 639-40, 644-45

Kilometer Post 21: 488-89, 559, 566, 574

Kilometer Post 90: 542-44, 554-59, 567-68, 571, 573-74

Kindley Field: 337

King, Adm. Ernest J.: 4-6, 9-10, 13, 15-17, 21-22

Kinkaid, Vice Adm. Thomas C.: 10, 21-25, 33-34, 37, 40, 56-57, 340

Kira, Maj. Gen. Goichi: 90n

Kitano, 2nd Lt. Saburo: 315n

Kobayashi, Col. Shujiro: 90n, 241n, 368n

Kobayashi, Maj. Gen. Takashi: 241, 245, 379n

Kogure, Lt. Col. Nobutaka: 368n

Koma, Capt. Masayoshi, IJN: 241n, 339n

Kono, Lt. Gen. Takeshi: 605-08

Konuma, Maj. Gen. Haruo: 97n, 454n, 456-67, 494-95, 505, 515, 520

Krotiak, Pfc. Anthony L.: 533n

Krueger, Gen. Walter

and Baguio: 477, 479

and Bataan: 331

and Bicol Peninsula: 429-30, 440

and Central Plains: 139-44, 163, 166, 187-90, 195n, 198-99, 201-02

and Clark Field: 167-69, 180-82, 184, 202-03

and convoy schedules: 40

and Corregidor: 335-37

heads Sixth Army: 18

and Lingayen Gulf: 33-34, 56-57, 86-87, 105-06, 115, 117, 128-30

and Luzon: 211, 361-65

and Manila: 212-13, 217, 232, 236, 249-50, 258, 269, 293-94, 306

and Manila Bay area: 309-10, 335-36

and northern Luzon: 449-50, 457-60, 463-67, 531-32, 540, 541, 544, 548-49, 553, 556, 561, 568-70, 579

and southern Luzon: 361-68, 376-77, 403-04, 416, 423, 429-30, 432-34

and Villa Verde Trail: 491, 503

Kubota, Lt. Col. Shohei: 117

Kuluman River: 645

Kuriya, Lt. Col. Tsugunori: 224n

Kusumi, Comdr. Tadao: 441n

–L–

L-5’s: 621, 654-55

La Paz: 168-69

La Salle University: 277-79

Lafe Hill: 175-79

Laguna de Bay: 222, 241, 244-45, 273-74, 367-72, 415-16, 420, 423-28, 430-35

Laguna Province: 250-51

Lahug Airfield: 613-14

Lake Buluan: 646-47

Lake Taal: 424-30, 434

Lake Taal Upland: 424

Lamagan Ridge: 549-54

Lamogan: 635

Lamon Bay: 369-71, 416-21, 423-24, 434, 439

Land-based air attacks. See Air operations, land-based attacks.

Landing craft. See Assault shipping.

Langiatan Hill: 550-54

Laoag: 453, 543-47

Las Piñas: 230-31

Las Piñas River: 230-31

Laureta, Col. Claro: 633n, 644n

Lawican: 491-93

Laws, Staff Sgt. Robert E.: 110n

LCI’s: 77, 440-41

LCI(G)’s: 57, 73-74, 438-39

LCI(M)’s: 75

LCMs: 77, 118, 120-29, 341-43, 348, 352-56, 418, 436-37, 443-45, 601, 626, 644, 646-47, 655

LCM(3)’s: 125-26

LCM(6)’s: 125-26

LCPR’s: 224-25, 332-36

LCTs: 47-48, 77, 118, 124-26

LCVPs: 77, 118, 120-21, 124-27, 332-33, 356, 440-41

Leaf, Col. William N.: 134-35

Leahy, Adm. William D.: 8n, 10, 13-15

LeCouvre, Capt. Donald J.: 596

Legaspi: 21, 439-44

Legaspi, Miguel Lopez de: 238

Legaspi Port: 439-40, 442-43

Lemasters, Maj. Paul R.: 355-56

Lenatin River and Valley: 367, 419

Lepanto Copper Mine: 542-43, 554, 558-59, 568, 571, 573-74

Letran University: 297-99

Leyte: 3, 7, 10-11, 12-13, 88-90, 135, 586-87, 652

airfield development in: 23-25, 584, 586, 591-92

as staging area: 46, 54-57, 312, 362-63, 438-39, 585, 592, 601, 608

Libby Airdrome: 630

Libtong: 453-54, 457-58, 466-67, 477, 541-45, 547-50

Licab: 181, 187-90

Liloan: 610, 616

Limay: 333-34

Lindeman, Col. Philip F.: 528-29

Lines of communication

Bicol Peninsula: 439-40, 444

Clark Field: 169, 182

to Formosa: 4-6, 13

to Japan: 3-4, 8, 141-42

Luzon: 13

Manila: 186, 215-16, 252, 258-59, 273

Mindanao: 625-26, 629-31, 638-39, 642-43

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 225

northern Luzon: 524, 526-27, 530, 533, 551, 553-54, 563, 568

southern Luzon: 368, 385-86, 425-26, 429

Southern Philippines: 595-96

Villa Verde Trail: 499, 508

Lines of communication, Japanese

Aritao-Baguio: 485, 558-60, 562, 564-66, 567, 569, 571-72

Central Plains: 101-101, 149, 188-89, 199

Clark Field: 202-03

from Japan: 651

Luzon: 52, 98

Manila: 265, 268-69, 271-73

northern Luzon: 544-46, 558-59, 564

South China Sea: 583-84

southern Luzon: 371

Southern Philippines: 583-84, 586, 591

Villa Verde Trail: 506-07

Lingayen Attack Force: 32-33

Lingayen Gulf: 3-135, 228-33, 309

Army Beachhead Line: 73, 76, 79, 81, 85-87, 109-10, 114-15, 117, 140, 147, 160-61

assault plans: 29-35

landing phase: 69-87

logistical plans and operations: 38-42, 118-35

Lipa: 425, 427, 429-32

Lipa corridor: 425-34

Logistics. See also Amphibious operations.

base development

Central Plains: 147-66, 211

Lingayen Gulf: 41, 309, 363, 457-58

Luzon: 362-63

Manila Bay area: 133, 309, 311n, 313-14, 363, 387, 440-41

Mindanao: 18, 626-27, 629

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 309

Philippines: 651-52

Samar: 437

southern Luzon: 423, 428-29

Southern Philippines: 18, 597

Subic Bay: 133, 313-14, 441

command and control: 57, 133-35

convoy plans: 21-23, 25, 46-48, 56-57

port development

Bicol Peninsula: 439-40

Lingayen Gulf: 133

Luzon: 562

Manila: 118, 130-31, 133

Manila Bay area: 357

Visayan Islands: 608

shipping losses: 46-51, 59-61, 64-66, 131

shipping requirements: 38-40, 585

shipping routes: 21-23, 25, 52, 362-63

shortages

ammunition: 40, 402, 656-57

bridging equipment: 40, 129-30

engineer equipment: 122

food: 234-35

manpower: 121-23

POL: 234

transportation: 231

trucks: 121-22, 126-27, 130-31

vehicles, general: 125

water: 107-08

staging areas

Aitape: 54-56

Australia: 54-55

Biak: 585n

Cebu: 608

development of: 4

Hollandia: 54-55

Huon Gulf: 56

Leyte: 46, 54-57, 312, 362-63, 438-39, 585, 592, 601, 608

Lingayen Gulf: 601

Luzon: 363, 440, 570-71, 581, 601

Manus Island: 56

Mindoro: 52, 228-29, 335-36, 340, 348, 435-37, 585, 589, 592, 601, 605, 607, 620

Morotai: 54-55, 585, 620

New Britain: 54-56

New Caledonia: 54-55

New Guinea: 55, 585

Noemfoor: 54-55

Panay: 604

Philippines: 651-52

Samar: 435-36, 585

Sansapor: 54-56, 585, 620

Visayan Islands: 605, 608

supply operations

Bicol Peninsula: 443-45

Central Plains: 142-43, 167, 207, 309

Clark Field: 168-69, 181, 186, 206

Corregidor: 347

Lingayen Gulf: 38-42, 55, 82-83, 109-11, 118-35, 309

Luzon: 21, 26-27, 361, 440, 585

Manila: 233-35

Mindanao: 625-26, 629, 638, 641-42, 645

Mindoro: 45-46

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 234

northern Luzon: 461, 465-66, 513, 516-17, 524, 529-33, 547, 549, 568, 573-76

Philippines, general: 655-57

southern Luzon: 382-83, 387, 402, 412, 414

Southern Philippines: 586, 595-96

Villa Verde Trail: 498-99, 505

Visayan Islands: 601-02, 608

Logistics, Japanese

shipping losses

Formosa: 65

general: 89

Lingayen Gulf: 57-60, 64

Mindoro: 48, 50-51

shortages

ammunition: 545-46, 554, 576-77, 588-89, 605, 622-23

artillery: 622-23

food: 91, 418-20, 477-78, 546-47, 568, 576-77, 588-89, 605, 644

general: 91

medical: 315-16, 420, 478, 545-46, 568, 588-89

POL: 91

transportation: 90-92, 588-89, 622-23, 637

supply operations

Baguio: 476-78, 481, 489

Bataan: 315-16

Central Plains: 144, 190, 192-93, 199

Clark Field: 202-03

Lingayen Gulf: 38, 129

Luzon: 90-92, 97-98, 578

Manila: 240-41

Mindanao: 622-23

northern Luzon: 450, 464-67, 535, 546, 554, 558-60, 568, 577

southern Luzon: 371, 376, 378-79, 386, 417, 420

Southern Philippines: 588-89

Villa Verde Trail: 502

Lone Tree Hill: 518, 522, 529-31, 533-34

Loo Valley: 542, 567-68

Los Baños: 427-28, 432-33

Louisville, USS: 60

LSMs: 56-57, 124-26, 332-33, 356, 440-41

LSTs: 56-57, 69, 76-77, 118-21, 123-27, 234, 440-41

Lubang Islands: 428-.29, 437-38

Lubricants. See POL products.

Lucena: 433-34

Lumboy: 512-14

Lunec: 161-62

Luneta Park: 293-94

Lupao: 101-02, 144-45, 181, 187-93, 195-200, 512-13

Luzon Attack Force: 32-34, 37, 56-57, 59-67, 104-05

Luzon Base Section: 134. See also Army Service Command.

Luzon Bus Company road: 372-73, 378

Luzon-Formosa-China coast triangle: 4-17

Luzon-Formosa debate: 3-17, 658

LVTs: 33, 69, 76, 78, 118, 128-30, 132, 234, 259, 292, 610-12, 624, 655

LVT(A)s: 33, 69, 76-78, 118

–M–

Mabalacat: 171, 179-80

Mabalacat East Airfield: 179-80

Mabato Point: 245, 273-74

Mabilao: 80-82, 105

Macajalar Bay: 621, 623, 636-37, 639-42

MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas: 280. See also General Headquarters, SWPA.

and Bataan: 310-11

and Central Plains: 139-43, 187

and Clark Field: 168-69, 180, 184

and Corregidor: 335-36, 340, 350

and Leyte: 10-11

and Lingayen: 33-34, 56-57, 86-87

and Luzon: 11, 13, 18-26, 310, 362-65

and Luzon-Formosa debate: 6-9, 11, 13-16

and Manila: 212, 249-50, 260n, 267, 293-94, 306

and Manila Bay: 309-10, 335-36

and Mindanao: 10-11, 646-47

narrow escape: 334

and Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 221-23, 225-26, 229-30

and northern Luzon operations: 449, 458, 539, 572

and Philippines: 6-11, 18, 656

and Route 5: 539

and southern Luzon: 361-66, 404

and Southern Philippines: 583-85

tactics of, 1941: 94

and Visayan Passages: 439, 445

MacNider, Brig. Gen. Hanford: 443-45

Mactan Island: 614, 616

Magalang: 179-80

Magat River and Valley: 450, 453, 543, 558-63, 567, 578

Magima River and Canyon: 641-42

Magsaysay, Capt. Ramon: 313

Magun Hill: 550-54

Maison, Lt. Col. Harold G.: 107-08, 111

Makati: 245, 251, 265

Malabang: 620-27, 647

Malacañan Palace: 238-39, 252, 259-60

Malasiqui: 79, 114-17, 129n, 160-61

Malasiqui-Manaoag line: 160-61

Malatorre: 460

Mayala Range. See Ilocos Range.

Malaybalay: 636-37, 640-44

Malinta Hill: 336-42, 347-48

Malisay: 593-95

Malolos: 212-13, 217

Malolos-Plaridel line: 213, 217

Maluko: 636-37

Mananga River and Valley: 610, 615-16

Manaoag: 83, 111-15, 144, 156-57, 160-61

Mandog: 633-35

Mangaldan: 80, 82, 132-34, 235, 476

Mangarin Bay: 44

Mango River: 373-74, 384, 392

Manila: 31, 59, 73, 92-93, 105-06, 142-43, 180-81, 186, 187, 189-90, 198, 202, 206-07, 211-307, 309, 428, 656

Manila Bay area: 31, 73, 241, 244, 246, 301-57, 424; 426, 449, 491. See also Bataan Peninsula; Corregidor; Manila.

Manila Railroad: 128-30, 167-68, 171-72, 174-75, 179-81, 186, 188, 194, 211-14, 259, 439, 469n

Manila Suburban Electric Line: 269

Manila-Tanauan road. See Route 1, Luzon.

Manjome, Maj. Gen. Takeo: 609-16

Mankayan: 542-43, 545-46, 554-55, 558-59, 566, 571, 573-74

Manus Island staging area: 56

Maps, deficiencies in: 251, 317, 326, 524, 538-39, 639

Maramag: 640-41, 643

Marcus Island, USS: 47

Mariana Islands: 4, 7, 14-15

Marikina: 373, 399

Marikina River and Valley: 238, 240-41, 244, 250, 256-58, 272-73, 367-69, 371-73, 378, 380, 391-92, 400, 402-04

Marilao: 213-14, 218

Marinduque: 53, 435-36

Marine Corps Aviation

Baguio: 476

Luzon: 35-36, 132-33, 151

Manila: 235-36, 268, 273-74, 293-94

Mindanao: 621, 627, 644

Philippines: 655

Southern Philippines: 586, 591-92, 596, 598-99

Visayan Passages: 436

Mariveles: 331-34, 340, 351

Mariveles Bay: 332-33, 341

Marking’s guerrillas: 407-15

Marshall, General of the Army George C.: 6, 9-11, 13

Marshall, Lt. Col. Paul H.: 641

Marshall, Maj. Gen. Richard J.: 15-16

Marshall Islands: 4

Martin, Maj. Gen. Clarence A.: 636

Masbate Island: 438-39

Mauban: 434

Mayfield, Cpl. Melvin: 577n

Mayruso River: 78

McCarter, Pvt. Lloyd G.: 346n

McGaha, Master Sgt. Charles L.: 200n

McGee, Lt. Col. Frank D.: 637n, 644n

McGee, Capt. Homer F., USN: 440-41

McGuire, Maj. Thomas B.: 57n

McIntosh, Lt. Col. Jesse E.: 319

McKinney, Sgt. John R.: 562n

McNarney, Lt. Gen. Joseph T.: 6

McSevney Point: 203-06

Medal of Honor winners

Atkins, Pfc. Thomas E.: 498n

Cicchetti, Pfc. Joseph J.: 260n

Cooley, Staff Sgt. Raymond H.: 514n

Diamond, Pfc. James H.: 632n

Gonzales, Pfc. David M.: 506n

Grabiarz, Pfc. William J.: 302n

Harr, Cpl. Harry R.: 643n

Kerstetter, Pfc. Dexter J: 481n

Krotiak, Pfc. Anthony L.: 533n

Laws, Staff Sgt. Robert E.: 110n

Mayfield, Cpl. Melvin: 577n

McCarter, Pvt. Lloyd G.: 346n

McGaha, Master Sgt. Charles L.: 200n

McGuire, Maj. Thomas B.: 57n

McKinney, Sgt. John R.: 562n

Parrish, T/4 Laverne: 158n

Perez, Pfc. Manuel, Jr.: 274n

Reese, Pfc. John N., Jr.: 260n

Rodriguez, Tech. Sgt. Cleto: 260n

Rudolph, Tech. Sgt. Donald E.: 199n

Shockley, Pfc. William R.: 501n

Shomo, Maj. William A.: 57n

Sjogren, Staff Sgt. John C.: 607n

Thomas, Pfc. William H.: 207n

Viale, 2nd Lt. Robert M.: 255n

Villegas, Staff Sgt. Ysmael R.: 498n

Woodford, Staff Sgt. Howard E.: 566n

Medical Battalion, 263rd: 123

Medical Clearing Company, 637th: 562n

Medical supply shortages, Japanese: 315-16, 420, 478, 545-46, 568, 588-89

Medical support. See Casualties, evacuation of.

Merrill, Lt. Col. Gyles: 314-15

Meycauyan: 233

Middleside, Corregidor: 336-37, 339, 344, 345-47

Military police: 300

Military Police Company, 36th: 123

Miliwit River and Valley: 501-02

Milton, Hugh M., II: 55n

Mindanao: 10-11, 18, 47, 584-87, 591, 599, 620-48

Mindanao River: 620-21, 625-26

Mindanao Sea: 46, 59, 362-63, 618

Mindoro: 21-26, 44-53, 89, 223, 227, 235, 267, 332, 337, 583-84, 586, 591-92

Mindoro Attack Group. See Naval units, Task Groups, 78.3

Mindoro Close Covering Group: 45

Mindoro Heavy Covering and Carrier Group: 45-48

Mining operations

marine

Bataan: 332-33

Bicol Peninsula: 440

Corregidor: 340

Lingayen: 60-62, 67-69

Luzon: 66-69

Southern Philippines: 592-93

land

Clark Field: 183

Corregidor: 342

Manila: 246-47, 252-53, 256-57, 264-65, 268

Manila Bay: 241-42

Visayan Islands: 607, 610-13

Mining operations, Japanese: 440

Mintal: 630-34

Minuli: 456, 516, 518-24, 526

Miyazaki, Lt. Gen. Shuichi: 88n, 89

Moale, USS: 47

Moncada: 117, 167-69

Monkey Point: 348

Montalban: 368-69, 371-74, 378, 399, 402, 404-05, 408

Montalban River: 391

Morale status, Japanese: 175, 206

Moret Field: 599

Morison, Samuel Eliot: 46n, 47n, 49n, 50n

Morong River and Valley: 369, 379, 381-82, 385-86

Morotai: 4, 54-55, 585, 586, 620

Morozumi, Lt. Gen. Gyosaku: 587n, 622-26, 636-44

Mortar ammunition shortage: 402

Mortar operations

Bataan: 322, 324-25

Central Plains: 158-59, 161-62, 194, 196

Clark Field: 177, 184

Lingayen Gulf: 83, 106-07, 112

Manila: 257-58, 261-64, 266, 268, 274-75, 284, 286-87, 294, 296-97, 300, 303

Manila Bay: 352-53

northern Luzon: 514, 522, 525-26, 533-34, 553

southern Luzon: 386, 397-98, 421, 432

Villa Verde Trail: 497-97

Visayan Islands: 614

Mortar operations, Japanese

Bataan: 315-16, 318-21, 323-24, 329

Central Plains: 148-49, 151-53, 196

Clark Field: 169-72, 176-77, 179, 183-85, 203-04

Lingayen Gulf: 81-85, 106-09, 123, 125

Manila: 247-48, 259-63, 265-68, 277-78, 286

Manila Bay: 353

Mindanao: 630-31, 633

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 224-27

Route 5: 513-14, 519-20, 527-28

southern Luzon: 372-73, 377, 387, 394, 399-400, 402, 429

Southern Philippines: 593, 597-98

Villa Verde Trail: 497, 499, 506

Visayan Islands: 610, 613-14

Visayan Passages: 436

Morton, Louis: 3, 311n

Mossman, Maj. Billy C.: 548n

Mount Aiming: 226-27

Mount Alava: 84, 110-11, 144, 147, 189-90

Mount Apni: 478-79

Mount Apo: 628

Mount Arayat: 171

Mount Balidbiran: 386, 388

Mount Banahao: 424-25, 433-35

Mount Banahao District: 424

Mount Bariway: 441-43

Mount Batulao: 226

Mount Baytangan: 373-76, 382, 378-80, 382-88, 391-92, 402-03

Mount Bijiang: 428

Mount Binicayan: 400-402

Mount Bolokbok: 462-63

Mount Calugong: 486

Mount Capisan: 593-96

Mount Cariliao: 226

Mount Caymayuman: 382, 385, 386, 388-89

Mount Daho: 598-99

Mount Hapanong-Banoy: 402-03

Mount Haruna: 536

Mount Imugan: 502-03, 505, 508, 517-18

Mount Isarog: 445

Mount Kabuto: 517-18, 522, 524

Mount Kabuyao: 407-10

Mount Kanami: 518, 522n, 524

Mount Katitinga: 407-12, 414

Mount Macolod: 427, 429-33

Mount Malepunyo: 424-28, 432-35

Mount Maquiling: 424-28, 430-33

Mount Maranat: 414

Mount Mataasna-Bondoc: 435

Mount Mataba: 373-75, 378-82, 391-97, 399

Mount Minami: 517-18, 522n, 524

Mount Mirador: 485-86

Mount Myoko: 518, 522-24, 527-33, 539-40

Mount Namogoian: 547

Mount Natib: 334

Mount Oro: 369, 391, 394-96, 402

Mount Pacawagan: 369, 373-75, 378-80, 384, 391, 396-97, 399-400

Mount Pamitinan: 400, 402-03

Mount Pulungbata: 593-97

Mount Purro: 391-94, 398-99, 402-03

Mount Santo Tomas: 486

Mount Tanauan: 382, 385-86

Mount Tumatangus: 598-99

Mount Yabang: 382, 384-86, 388-89

Mudge, Maj. Gen. Verne D.: 214-15, 252-53, 269, 373

Mulita River: 638-39

Mullins, Maj. Gen. Charles L., Jr.: 157-58, 160, 195-97, 513-17, 519-22, 524-26, 528-30, 532-37

Muñoz: 101, 145, 181, 188-201

Muraoka, Lt. Gen. Yutaka: 562n

Murphree River: 525

Muto, Lt. Gen. Akira: 88n, 89-92, 103

Myoko Ridge: 518, 522-30

–N–

Naga: 445

Nagayoshi, Col. Sanenobu: 311n, 312-16, 330, 332, 334

Naguilian: 99-100, 474-76, 569

Nampicuan: 117

Nanca River and Valley: 373, 376-78, 383, 385

Napalm. See Air operations, napalm, use of.

Nashville, USS: 46

Nasugbu: 424-25, 428-29

Nasugbu Bay: 222-25

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 221-31, 234-36, 309, 427

Naval Service Command: 41, 133

Naval units

Fleets

Third: 22-25, 33-37, 45-48, 54, 58-67, 168

Seventh: 23, 32-34, 438-39

Amphibious Forces

III: 32-33, 55-57, 76-77, 119-20, 124, 127

VII: 32-33, 56-57, 64, 119-20, 123-24, 127-28

Task Forces

74: 610, 612-13

77: See Luzon Attack Force.

78: 33

79: 32-33

Task Groups

74.2: 589

77.2: 57, 59-60

77.3: 45, 47-48, 57, 332, 340

77.4: 57, 59

77.6: 57, 60

77.9: 126

77.12: 45-48

78.1: 592-93

78.2: 223-25, 589, 608, 621

78.3: 45-48, 312, 332-33, 601

78.4: 440-43

Task Units

77.1.1: 56-57

77.1.2: 56-57

77.3.1: 223

Navy, U.S.

Advance Commander Support Aircraft: 37

base development: 41, 133

Commander Support Aircraft Luzon: 37

construction battalions: 126

gunfire support

Bataan: 312-13, 332-33

Bicol Peninsula: 440-41

Central Plains: 139-40

Corregidor: 337-40, 342-43, 347

Iwo Jima: 585

Lingayen Gulf: 60, 62, 67-69, 75, 83-84, 100, 104-05, 108, 128

Luzon: 67-69

Manila Bay: 340, 352-53, 356-57

Mindanao: 621, 624

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 221-25

Southern Philippines: 585, 589, 592-93

Visayan Islands: 601-02, 610-13

Visayan Passages: 438-40

losses: 332-33, 340

reconnaissance: 355

support plans

Lingayen Gulf: 32-34

Luzon: 21-22, 24-26, 32-34

Mindoro: 23-24, 45-46

Okinawa: 585

Negros Island: 46, 586-87, 604-10, 616-19

Neilson Field: 245, 266, 269-70

Netherlands East Indies: 584-85, 591, 600

in strategic plans: 18, 651

Netherlands Navy: 32-33

New Bosoboso: 371, 376, 388, 418, 420-21

New Britain: 54-56

New Caledonia: 54-55

New Guinea: 4, 55, 585

Newman, Col. Oliver P.: 589

Nichols Field: 265-69, 274

Night operations

Baguio: 483-84

Bicol Peninsula: 442-14

Clark Field: 169, 183

Corregidor: 346-48

Lingayen Gulf: 113-14

southern Luzon: 373, 381, 387, 399, 407-12, 414

Villa Verde Trail: 501-03, 506

Visayan Islands: 607

Visayan Passages: 438

Nimitz, Adm. Chester W.: 4-14, 16-17, 22, 24-25

Nishimura, Maj. Gen. Toshio: 88n

Nishiyama, Lt. Gen. Fukutaro: 147-48, 476n

Noble, Rear Adm. Albert G.: 621

Noemfoor: 54-55

Noguchi, Col. Katsuzo: 241, 244-45, 252, 257-58, 271-72

Noguchi, Maj. Susumu: 368n, 372n

North Africa: 30

North Port Area: 255, 293-94, 307

Northern Apex: 541-58

Northern Luzon: 449-79, 558-79

Northwest (Banzai) Ridge: 531

Norton Ridge: 520-23, 525-26

Norton’s Knob: 522-23, 525-26

Norzagaray; 216-18, 405-07

Novaliches: 219-20, 233-35, 244, 250, 252, 272-73, 405

Novaliches Dam: 250, 256, 272-73, 367, 404, 414

–O–

Object Hill: 205-06

O’Connor, Col. George G.: 108n, 195n

Oil, fuel, and lubricating. See POL products.

Oil supply and storage. See POL products.

Okabayashi, Col. Junkichi: 609n

Okada, Col. Yasuji: 90n, 173n

Okamoto, Lt. Gen. Yasuyuki: 145

Okinawa: 10, 13, 15, 16-17, 24-26, 36, 64, 66-67, 67n, 141-42, 560, 585, 653-54, 656

Okita, Lt. Col. Kazuo: 368n

Okochi, Vice Adm. Denshichi: 92, 241-43

Old Bilibid Prison: 252-54

Old Spanish Trail: 455-56, 463, 491-92, 514-24, 527-28, 533, 536, 538-40, 560, 564, 566

Oldendorf, Rear Adm. Jesse B.: 61-63

Olongapo: 310, 312-17, 325, 327, 332

Orani: 382, 334

Ordnance Ammunition Company, 622nd: 123

Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad, 108th: 123

Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Company, 3608th: 123

Ordnance Light Maintenance Companies

163rd: 123

706th: 123

737th: 130

Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company, 48th: 123

Orion: 334

Oriung Pass: 559-65

Osboy Ridge: 410-11, 413

Okada, Maj. Hiroshi: 622n

Ozaki, Lt. Gen. Yoshiharu: 99n, 100

–P–

P-38’s: 49-50, 132, 235, 293, 334, 599

P-40’s: 49-50, 132, 235

P-47’s: 48-50, 235, 329-30

P-51’s: 132, 352-53

P-61’s: 48-50, 132

Pacdan: 567

Paco District: 240, 259-60, 274, 293-94, 307

Paco Railroad Station: 529-60, 263-65

Paco School: 260, 263-64

Page, Maj. Herbert: 646n

Pagsanjan: 416, 434

Paidu–Pulangi: 626

Palacpalac: 111, 113-14, 140, 144, 148-49

Palau Islands: 4, 54

Palawan: 583-91

Palico River: 224-26

Pampanga River: 181-82, 211-16, 233, 462-63, 543

Panay Force (1942): 602

Panay Island: 586-87, 601-07

Pandanan District: 240, 259-60, 274, 293-94, 307

Pandanan Island: 589-91

Panililio, Yay; 407n

Paniqui: 117-20

Pantal River: 78, 129

Parachute Field Artillery Battalions

162nd: 341

457th: 570

462nd: 341, 344

Parachute Infantry Battalions

1st, 503rd: 345, 347

2nd, 503rd: 344, 347

3rd, 503rd: 341-44, 347

1st, 511th: 230-31, 571

2nd, 511th: 230-31, 570

3rd, 511th: 430, 432-33

Parachute Infantry Regiments

503rd RCT: 29-30, 44-45, 47-48, 51, 335-49, 364, 366, 585, 604-08, 618-19, 656

511th: 222-31, 235, 266-69, 351, 425, 427-30, 434-35, 570-71

Parañaque: 230-31, 245, 265-66

Parañaque River: 231, 234, 265-67

Parang: 620-21, 623-26, 638

Paret River: 569, 571

Parrish, T/4 Laverne: 158n

Pasay: 275-77

Pasig District: 255

Pasig River: 217, 238-41, 244-45, 246, 251-60, 264-70, 273-77, 282, 284, 291-300, 307

Patalan River: 80, 86

Patrick, Maj. Gen. Edwin D.: 161-64, 194-200, 368, 374-75, 378-79, 382-83

Pearl Harbor conference: 7-8

Pemienta: 188

Peñaranda River: 216

Pepke, Lt. Col. Don R.: 107n

Peralta, Col. Marcario L.: 586, 601-02

Perez, Pfc. Manual, Jr.: 274n

Pescadores Islands: 36, 58

Philippine Army, organization of: 651

Philippine Base Section: 134. See also Army Service Command.

Philippine Civil Affairs Units: 40-41

Philippine General Hospital: 285-90

Philippine Government, restoration of: 19, 40, 651-52

Philippine operations. See also by geographical name.

planning for: 3-69, 383-86, 658

results of: 651-58

Photography, aerial: 62-63, 118-19. See also Air operations, reconnaissance.

Pilar: 332, 334

Pililla: 369-70

Pimple, The: 505-06

Pinamola: 644-45

Pingkian: 560, 562-64, 467, 571-72

Pitican: 488-90

Plaridel: 212-13, 216-17, 233-34

POL products: 41, 133, 234, 288-89, 298, 305-06, 353-56

POL shortages, Japanese: 91

Polis Pass: 559, 574

Polloc Harbor: 620-21, 625

Port Companies

244th: 123

276th: 562n

294th: 123

Port Sual: 32, 76-79, 115-17, 133-34

Portable Surgical Hospital, 24th: 261-62

Ports. See Logistics, port development.

Potpot: 112-14

Poulton Hill: 531

Pozorrubio: 32, 111-12, 140, 143, 147-51, 155-57, 459-60, 468

President Polk, USS: 56n

Prince of Wales, HMS: 37

Prisoners of war, Japanese

Bataan: 330

Bicol Peninsula: 443-45

Central Plains: 189, 207-08

Clark Field: 168, 186

Corregidor: 346

Luzon: 579

Manila: 300-302, 306

Mindanao: 635, 642, 647

northern Luzon: 569, 579

Philippines: 651-52

southern Luzon: 421-22

Southern Philippines: 597, 599

Visayan Islands: 602, 607-08, 617-19

Visayan Passages: 445

Provisor Island: 250-51, 258-65, 274-75, 280, 282, 284

Provost Marshal General, USAFFE: 300

Proximity fuze: 61

PT boats: 45-46, 133, 340, 348, 352-53, 355, 427, 436, 587, 646

Public utilities, securing of: 250-51, 258-65, 404

Puerto Princesa: 589-91

Pugo: 468-74

Pugo Valley: 154

Pulangi River: 626, 637-40, 643, 645

Pulupandan: 606n

Puncan: 456, 463, 512-16, 520

Pura: 168

Putlan: 515-22

Putlan River and Valley: 515, 522, 524, 539-40

–Q–

Quartermaster Company, 6th: 123

Question Mark Hills: 150-51

Quibuyen, Capt. Domingo D.: 566n

Quingua River: 213-14

–R–

Rabon: 86

Radio communications: 107

Radio intercepts: 464

Ragay Gulf: 444-45

Railhead Company, 558th: 123

Railroad construction and repair: 130-31

Railway systems

Bicol Peninsula: 439

Luzon: 91

southern Luzon: 424

Ramsay Ravine: 336, 339-41, 344

Ramsey, Maj. Edwin P.: 420

Ranger Battalion, 6th: 29, 54-57, 87, 561-62

Rayambugan Farm School: 559

Real: 428

Recoilless rifle tests: 421

Reconnaissance, aerial. See Air operations, reconnaissance.

Reconnaissance, ground. See also Air operations, reconnaissance.

Baguio: 468, 472-77, 479-81, 485-90

Bataan: 320, 327, 330n, 333-34

Bicol Peninsula: 442-45

Central Plains: 150-53, 156, 160-61, 167, 188-89, 197, 201-02, 207-08

Clark Field: 168-70, 181-82, 185, 203

Lingayen Gulf: 78-85, 105, 108-09, 114-15, 117

Manila: 213-14, 216, 218, 255-56, 263-65, 268-69, 274, 280, 300

Manila Bay: 352, 354, 356

Mindanao: 625, 628, 640, 643, 646

Mindoro: 51

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 226, 229

northern Luzon: 458-63, 513, 518, 528-29, 533-37, 566-67, 571-73, 576-77

southern Luzon: 368, 371-73, 375n, 377, 386-88, 391-94, 396, 397, 402-03, 405-07, 410, 412-16, 418-21, 428, 432-35, 478-79

Southern Philippines: 589-91, 597

Villa Verde Trail: 491-92, 497-98, 505-06, 509

Visayan Islands: 602-04, 613, 617-18

Visayan Passages. 437-38

Reconnaissance, ground, Japanese

Central Plains: 145, 148-49, 188-90

Lingayen Gulf: 81-83, 104, 107, 110-11

Mindanao: 623

northern Luzon: 459-61, 514-15, 518, 526, 529, 540, 540n, 548

southern Luzon: 369, 373-74, 389-90, 405-06

Southern Philippines: 593

Villa Verde Trail: 494, 497, 518

Visayan Islands: 607, 614

Reconnaissance Squadron, Provisional: 215-16

Reconnaissance Troops

6th: 114-15, 164-65, 188, 201, 392-94

21st: 618

24th: 313, 332-33, 625, 627-28, 646

25th: 188-89

33rd: 479-80

37th: 79, 168, 182, 211-12, 258-59

40th: 77, 115-17, 169, 182, 602, 618

302nd: 215-16

Redeployment of troops from ETO: 12-13, 604, 608

Rees, Col. James E.: 382-83

Reese, Pfc. John N., Jr.: 260n

Rehabilitation: 652-53

Repulse, HMS: 37

Richardson, Lt. Gen. Robert C.: 10

Ridges A to H: 481-85

Ridings, Brig. Gen. Eugene W.: 608n, 612

Riggs, Rear Adm. Ralph S.: 589

Rio Chico de la Pampanga: 171

Ritchie, Col. William L.: 10n

River-crossing operations, Pasig: 258-60, 264-65, 269, 292-300

Rizah 181, 190, 192, 196-99, 201-02, 462-63, 491-92, 512-13

Road construction and repair

Bicol Peninsula: 444-45

Lingayen Gulf: 41, 109-10, 129

Route 5: 516-17, 519-20, 522, 526-27

southern Luzon: 402-03, 405-06, 412

Southern Philippines: 596

Road construction and repair, Japanese

Luzon: 98, 558-60, 562-63, 564-66, 567, 569, 571-72

Mindanao: 645n

Road systems

Baguio: 468-72, 481-82

Bicol Peninsula: 439, 441-42

Central Plains: 155-57

Clark Field: 180

Lingayen Gulf: 104, 107-08

Luzon: 91, 541

Mindanao: 620-23, 627, 639-40, 645

northern Luzon: 450, 455-56, 460-61, 464-65, 512-13, 517, 541-44

southern Luzon: 372-73, 405, 424, 427-28, 434

Southern Philippines: 596

Villa Verde Trail: 493, 497, 517

Roadblocks

Central Plains: 152-53, 197, 200, 207-08

Lingayen Gulf: 81-82

Mindanao: 623, 637, 639

northern Luzon: 547-48, 554

southern Luzon: 391-92

Southern Philippines: 595-96

Villa Verde Trail: 494, 503, 506-07

Visayan Islands: 602

Roadblocks, Japanese

Manila: 252-53

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 230

Route 5: 519-20

Rockets, use of: 352-53

Rockets, use of, Japanese: 248, 372-73, 633, 653-54

Rodriguez, Tech. Sgt. Cleto: 260n

Romblon Island: 438

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: 7-8

Rosaldo: 462-63, 512-13

Rosales: 160-61, 164, 188

Rosario: 32, 104-05, 108-09, 139-40, 144, 148, 152-54, 453-54, 459, 568-71, 517. See also Damortis.

Ross, Lt. Col. Tom H.: 216

Route 1, Luzon: 23, 31, 245, 265-67, 427-28, 434, 439, 442-45

Route 1, Mindanao: 620-21, 623-29, 633, 636

Route 1-D, Mindanao: 630-35, 639, 644

Route 2: 543-44

Route 3, Luzon: 82-83, 98-100, 102-03, 108-17, 140-44, 147-49, 152-56, 160-61, 164, 167-82, 186-87, 203, 206, 211-14, 218, 233-34, 272, 310, 453-54, 459-60, 463, 468-77, 481, 543-48, 556, 561-62

Route 3, Mindanao. See Sayre Highway.

Route 3-11 junction: 104-05, 109-11, 114, 139-40, 143, 146, 147-50, 154-55, 165-66, 211

Route 4: 97, 453-54, 464-67, 477, 541-54, 558-76

Route 5: 97-102, 144-45, 169, 180-81, 187-94, 197-202, 212-16, 233-34, 368, 450-56, 460-65, 477-78, 491-95, 500-501, 508-44, 558-66, 568-70

Route 6: 543-47

Route 7: 115, 181-82, 212, 310-32

Route 8: 97-102, 153, 164, 181, 188-97, 462-63, 512-13

Route 9: 99-100, 453-54, 469-88

Route 11: 97-98, 155, 165, 450-54, 459-60, 464-89, 517, 538-39, 541-44, 558-59, 551-62, 566-67, 569, 572-74

Route 13: 77-78, 115, 117, 167-68

Route 17: 222, 224-31, 234, 424-25

Route 19: 427, 430

Route 21: 372, 381-82, 415-16, 428, 432, 434

Route 23: 434

Route 25: 230-31, 424

Route 52: 218-20, 405-08, 412-15

Route 57: 268n, 269

Route 59: 245

Route 60-A:. 372-73, 377, 381-82, 385-86

Route 64: 218-19, 405

Route 65: 216-17

Route 65-B: 405

Route 96: 97-98

Route 99: 192-95, 197

Route 100: 456, 460, 462-63, 491-92, 512-16

Route 164: 441-44

Route 277: 460-61

Route 389: 565, 574-76

Route 390: 567, 574-76

Route 393: 542-43, 547-48, 555, 573-71

Route 417: 427, 429

Route 455: 416-18

Royal, Rear Adm. Forrest B.: 592-93

Royal Australian Air Force: 35, 45, 48-49, 599

Royal Australian Army: 30

Royal Australian Navy: 32-33, 61, 65-66

Royal Netherlands Navy: 32-33

Rudolph, Tech. Sgt. Donald E.: 199n

Ryukyu Islands: 36, 58, 440

–S–

Sabang: 216-18, 233

Sabangan: 453, 541-42, 544-46, 548, 554, 559, 569, 571, 573-74

Sablan: 476-79, 481, 485-86

Sabotage: 439

Sackton, Col. Frank J.: 477n

Sacobia Ridge: 205-06

Sacobia River. See Bamban River.

Saji, Comdr. Shinji, IJN: 622n

Salacsac Pass: 494-98, 559

Salacsac Pass No. 1: 497, 502, 504-09, 515, 517-18, 532, 536, 538

Salacsac Pass No. 2: 497-503, 515

Salat: 479

Salomague Harbor: 545-46

Samal Island: 632

Samar: 363, 423, 435-37, 485, 486, 591-92

San Agustin: 444-45

San Antonio, Zambales: 310-13, 330-31

San Bernardino Strait: 362-63, 435-43

San Carlos: 129n, 130

San Fabian Attack Force: 33

San Fabian: 67-69, 74, 80, 82, 87, 104, 110, 130, 133-34

San Felipe–Bactad line: 157

San Felipe-Cuyapo line: 180-81

San Fernando, La Union: 57, 67-69, 98-100, 363, 541, 543-45, 548-49, 556

San Fernando, Pampanga: 181-82, 212, 259, 453, 457-60, 466-67, 474-77, 488-89

San Fernando River: 212

San Isidro: 192, 197, 200-201

San Jacinto: 82, 111

San Jose, Corregidor: 336

San Jose, Luzon: 97-104, 144-46, 157, 165-66, 168, 180-81, 188-202, 211-13, 331, 450, 454-58, 461-63, 472, 491, 510, 512-14, 534-35, 538-39, 543-44

San Jose, Mindoro: 44, 48-49

San Jose Point: 341

San Juan del Monte Subdivision: 243, 245, 256-58

San Juan Reservoir: 250, 256

San Juan River: 256

San Leon: 99-100

San Manuel: 100-103, 112, 144-46, 155-60, 165-66, 460-61

San Marcelino airstrip: 310-14, 329-30

San Mateo, Luzon: 373-74, 378

San Mateo, Zamboanga: 593

San Miguel: 168

San Nicolas: 144-45, 157

San Nicolas District: 255

San Pablo: 433-34

San Pablo Church: 280-81, 283

San Quintin: 460-61

San Roque, Luzon: 195-96

San Roque, Zamboanga: 593-95

Sanga Sanga Island: 597-600

Sanitation facilities. See Public utilities, securing of.

Sansapor: 54-56, 585, 620

Santa Ana District: 240, 264-65

Santa Barbara: 129n

Santa Cruz Bridge: 255

Santa Cruz District: 255

Santa Escolastica College: 277

Santa Fe: 454-56, 460-61, 464-65, 491-96, 500-501, 503, 505, 512, 514-18, 525, 532-33, 535-38, 543-44, 558, 560-63

Santa Fe River: 535-36

Santa Iñez: 391-92, 420-21

Santa Maria, Bulacan: 217-18

Santa Maria, Pangasinan: 460-61, 491, 493-94

Santa Maria River: 216-19

Santa Maria Valley: 416-21, 435

Santa Rita: 326-37

Santa Rita River: 326, 329

Santa River: 322, 325

Santa Rosa: 489-90

Santa Teresita College: 280, 282-83

Santiago Island: 67-68

Santiago: 563

Santo Tomas: 427-28, 430-32

Santo Tomas University: 221n, 233, 251-54

Sapit: 460, 468, 470-72, 491

Sarangani Bay: 646-48

Saruwatari, Col. Atsutaka: 573n

Sato, Maj. Gen. Bunzo: 99n, 479, 481.-82, 486

Sawmill River and Valley: 535-36

Sayre Highway: 621, 623-27, 629-30, 636-43, 646

SBD’s: 132-33, 235, 268, 273-74. 293-94, 436-37, 476

Scar, The: 527

Scattered Trees Ridge: 205-06

Seaplane base development: 115-17, 133

Searchlight employment: 421

Service Company, 4188th: 123

Sherman, Rear Adm. Forrest P.: 16n

Services of Supply, SWPA: 38-42, 55, 134-35

Shigaki, Capt. Kenkiche, IJN: 609n

Shigemi, Maj. Gen. Isao: 100n, 156-58

Shimbu Group: 361-445

Ship-to-shore operations. See Amphibious operations.

Shipping. See Logistics; Logistics, Japanese.

Shizuru, Lt. Col. Rinzo: 627n

Shockley, Pfc. William R.: 501n

Shomo, Maj. William A.: 57n

Shore parties. See Amphibious operations, shore parties.

Shortages. See Logistics, shortages; Logistics, Japanese, shortages.

Shropshire, HMAS: 61

Sibert, Lt. Gen. Franklin C.: 620-21, 627, 629-30, 638-40, 644-45

Sibuko Bay: 597

Sibuyan Island: 438

Sibuyan Sea: 362-63, 438

Sicily: 30

Sierra Madre: 189, 367-68, 371-72, 377, 388, 391-92, 415, 418-20, 424-25, 434, 450, 455-56, 566, 569, 571-73

Signal Battalion, 58th: 562n

Silae: 642-44

Simara Island: 438

Siniloan: 416-17

Siocon Bay: 597

Sison: 102-03, 110-12, 148-49

Sjogren, Staff Sgt. John C.: 607n

Skelton, Col. Winfred G.: 325-27

Skerry, Col. Harry A.: 232n

Smoke, tactical use of: 292, 295-96, 303-04, 570-71

Snake Hill North: 204-05

Snake Hill West: 205-06

Snipers, Japanese: 247

Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B.: 6, 10

Sorsogon: 443

Sorsogon Peninsula: 439-45

South China Sea: 36-37, 313, 362-63, 450, 453, 543, 583-84, 591

South Force, Bataan: 331-34

South Pacific Area: 10

South Port Area, Manila: 280, 290-94, 297-98, 301-02, 307

Southeast Asia: 584

Southeast Asia Command: 584

Southern Luzon: 367-445. See also Bicol Peninsula; Visayan Passages.

Southern Philippines: 18, 30, 52, 583-648

Southwest Pacific Area: 651-54. See also General Headquarters, SWPA.

Special Security Force, 37th Division: 259

Spence, Brig. Gen. William: 331-32

Staging areas. See Logistics, staging areas.

Stanley, USS: 46

Stark, Brig. Gen. Alexander N.: 407

Steele, Tech. Sgt. Robert C.: 230-31

Stillwell, Col. Robert L.: 319

Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W.: 13-14

Storm King Mountain: 202-04

Strategic air support. See Air operations, strategic support.

Strategic plans

China: 3-4, 16-17

Formosa: 4-8, 11-17, 21, 658

Japan, invasion of: 3-4, 651-54

Netherlands East Indies: 18, 651

Okinawa: 10, 13, 15, 440, 656

Pacific theater: 3-4, 7

Philippines: 3-69, 361-66, 658

Southern Philippines: 18, 364, 583-84

Strategic plans, Japanese: 88-89

Street fighting: 230, 252, 255-56, 258, 266, 271-307

Strength, troop units. See Troop unit strength.

Struble, Rear Adm. Arthur D.: 46, 312-13, 332, 601

Sturgis, Lt. Gen. Samuel: 135n

Suarez, Col. Alejandro: 598-99

Subic Bay: 133, 310, 313-14, 331, 441

Submarines, Japanese: 60

Sugarloaf Hill: 379, 385-87, 388

Sugimoto, Rear Adm. Ushie: 96, 174-75

Sugita, Col. Kazutsugu: 88n

Suguwara, Maj. Hisaishi: 415n

Suicide attacks: 224, 242, 347-48. See also Kamikaze attacks.

Sulipan Canal: 232-33

Sulu Archipelago: 584, 586-87, 589, 597-600

Sulu Sea: 362-63

Sulvec: 543, 545-47

Supply operations. See Air operations, supply by; Logistics, supply operations; Logistics, Japanese, supply operations.

Surigao Strait: 46, 57, 362-63

Sutherland, Lt. Gen. Richard K.: 22-25, 230n

Sutton, Lt. (jg) James P., USNR: 219-20

Suyo: 548

Suzuki, Lt. Col. Kiyoshi: 605n

Suzuki, Lt. Gen. Sosaku: 89, 586-88, 609, 622

Swick, Capt. Herbert: 553

Swift, Lt. Gen. Innis P.

and Baguio: 471-77, 486, 489

and Central Plains: 140, 146, 163-64, 193

and Clark Field: 169

and Lingayen Gulf: 86, 105, 111, 114-15

and northern apex: 553

and northern Luzon: 568n, 569

and Route 5: 515-16, 531-32, 534-36

and Villa Verde Trail: 492, 500

Swing, Maj. Gen. Joseph M.: 221, 229, 268, 352n, 430

–T–

Tabang: 233-34

Tabio: 566n

Tablas Island: 438

Taconda: 183-84

Tactical air support. See Air operations, tactical support, carrier-based, and land-based.

Tactical plans

Baguio: 469, 472-77, 479-80, 490, 541

Bataan: 309-14, 320, 322, 325-28, 331-32

Bicol Peninsula: 363, 423, 429-30, 434, 439-41

Central Plains: 139-43, 148, 158-59, 161, 187-93, 196-200

Clark Field: 141-44, 159-61, 168-69, 175; 177-78, 180-85, 203

Corregidor: 309-10, 335-41, 345-46, 347

Lingayen Gulf: 29-35, 73

Luzon: 26-38, 309-10, 361-66

Manila: 140-43, 170, 187, 211-13, 217, 249-51, 258-59, 265-66, 268-69, 272, 275-77, 282-83, 291-97, 303, 361-66

Manila Bay: 309-13, 330-31, 334, 353-56, 362

Mindanao: 18, 584-85, 620-23, 627, 629, 632, 636-37, 638-40, 646

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 221-23, 229

northern Luzon: 449-53, 512-13, 515-22, 525, 528-33, 535-36, 538-39, 541, 546-49, 552-53, 556, 561-62, 568-69, 573

Samar: 363, 423

southern Luzon: 361-68, 373-77, 379, 382, 384-85, 391-94, 402-08, 412-13, 416, 421, 423-26, 429-30, 432-34

Southern Philippines: 583-86

Villa Verde Trail: 491-92, 497-500, 507-08, 532

Visayan Islands: 604-05, 608, 614-16

Tactical plans, Japanese

Baguio: 483

Bataan: 311-12, 332

Bicol Peninsula: 369-70, 441-42

Central Plains: 94-96, 99, 143-46, 190-93

Clark Field: 96, 118, 132, 142-43, 172, 174-75, 202-03

Corregidor: 335, 337-40, 346-47

Leyte: 88-90

Lingayen Gulf: 94

Luzon: 89-90, 92, 94-103, 142, 311, 577-79

Manila: 96-97, 240-49, 271-75

Mindanao: 587, 622-23, 628-30, 634, 637, 640-41, 642-43

northern Luzon: 453-57, 539, 558, 563-68, 577-78

Philippines: 654

southern Luzon: 368-71, 373, 379-80, 384-85, 398-90, 408, 426-28, 434

Southern Philippines: 586-88

Villa Verde Trail: 494-95, 502, 505, 508

Visayan Islands: 602, 605, 609-10, 612-13

Tagaytay Ridge: 266, 424, 426-28

Tagig: 267, 367-68, 372

Tagumising River: 156-57

Takahashi, Col. Masaichi: 99n

Takaya, Maj. Saburo: 173-74

Takatsu, Maj. Gen. Teshimitsu: 476n

Takayama, Lt. Col. Koshin: 173-74

Talavera: 187-89

Talavera River: 197-98, 512

Talipapa: 218-20

Talisay: 610-13

Talomo: 627, 630, 635, 639, 644

Talomo River: 630-32, 633-34

Tamogan River: 639-40, 644

Tanaka, Maj. Misusuke: 558n

Tanauan: 427-28, 430-32

Tanauan-Manila road. See Route 1, Luzon.

Tank Battalions

44th: 162, 215-16, 251, 256-57

716th: 112, 148, 157-60, 614

754th: 183, 205, 258-59, 282-83, 296

775th: 87, 562-63

Tank Company, 603rd: 342

Tank Destroyer Battalions

637th: 184, 258-59, 295-96

640th: 205

Tank destroyer operations. See Antitank operations.

Tank operations

losses: 114, 159-60, 162-64, 184, 256-57, 342, 483, 562-63

support by

Baguio: 481, 483

Central Plains: 148-49, 157-59, 161, 190, 195

Clark Field: 178, 183-85, 202-06

Lingayen Gulf: 112

Manila: 220-21, 251-52, 256-59, 263-64, 275, 279-80, 282-83, 287-88, 292, 294-97, 300, 303-06

Manila Bay area: 351-52

northern Luzon: 522-23, 525-28, 563, 569

southern Luzon: 402-03, 430, 432

Southern Philippines: 596, 614

Tank operations, Japanese

losses: 113-14, 156-57, 159-60, 164, 184, 188, 199-201, 483, 569

strength: 158, 173-74

support: 112-14, 156-57, 159-61, 169, 180, 184, 193-95, 200, 560-61

Tarlac: 143, 167-69

Task Forces, Army. See also Flying columns.

Baldy Force: 394-96, 404-05

Connolly: 562, 565, 570-71

Gypsy: 570-71

Palawan Force. See Infantry Divisions, 41st.

Rock Force: 340-49

Sarangani Bay: 647

Western Visayan: 44-45, 48, 51-53, 59-60, 435-36

Task forces, naval. See Naval units, Task Forces.

Tawitawi Island: 597-99

Tayabas Bay: 221, 423-25, 427, 432-34, 439, 444-45

Tayabas Plains: 433-34

Taytay: 372, 376

Tayug: 100-102, 144-45, 460-61

Tebbo: 489-90

Templeman, Harold: 350n

Tenmyo, Maj. Tokichi: 597n

Terau, Col. Setomu: 545n

Terauchi, Field Marshal Count Hisaichi: 89

Ternate: 309-10, 351-52, 356-57, 426-27, 429-30

Terrain

Baguio: 468-71, 481-82, 487, 517

Bataan: 310, 315, 317, 319, 329

Bicol Peninsula: 439-40

Central Plains: 31, 145, 148, 155-56, 158, 161, 193, 517

Clark Field: 171-78, 182-83

Corregidor: 336-38, 345

Lingayen Gulf: 31, 74, 78, 80-81, 83, 104-05, 656

Luzon: 18-19, 94, 362

Manila and approaches to: 211-12, 259

Mindanao: 630

Mindoro: 44

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 226

northern Luzon: 450-53, 460-61, 463, 517-18, 541-44, 550, 566n, 577

Route 5: 512-13, 516-18, 526-27, 538

southern Luzon: 369, 371-74, 376, 392, 405-06. 423-25

Southern Philippines: 596

Villa Verde Trail: 492-98, 502, 510, 517-18, 538, 543-44

Thomas, Pfc. William H.: 207n

Thrall Hill: 185

Tiaong: 433-34

Ticao Island: 437

Toccucan: 567-68, 573-74

Tominaga, Lt. Gen. Kyoji: 92-93, 96

Tomochika, Maj. Gen. Yoshiharu: 88n, 587, 609n, 622, 644-45

Tondo District: 238-40, 254-55, 258

Top of the World: 185-86, 202-04

Topside, Corregidor: 336-48

Totsuka, Lt. Col. Ryoichi: 602

Transportation operations. See also Trucks.

divisional: 91

expedients in: 655

Lingayen Gulf: 130-31

northern apex: 549

Philippines: 656-57

shortages: 231

traffic management: 233-34

Transportation shortages, Japanese

Luzon: 90-92

Mindanao: 622-23, 637

Southern Philippines: 588-89

Trinidad: 482-86, 488

Troop unit strength

Bataan: 312, 320-21

Bicol Peninsula: 443

Central Plains: 141, 147-48

Corregidor: 337

Lingayen Gulf: 104-05

Luzon: 29, 364, 601

Manila: 264, 275-77, 289-90

Mindoro: 45-46

northern Luzon: 449, 465-67, 532, 549, 553-57, 570-73

Philippines: 651, 653, 658

southern Luzon: 376, 387-89, 394, 396-97, 426-27, 428

Southern Philippines: 586, 589

Villa Verde Trail: 499, 501-04, 507, 532n

Visayan Islands: 601-02, 604-05, 608, 616

Visayan Passages: 365

Troop unit strength, Japanese

Baguio: 479, 485, 488

Bataan: 311-12, 314-15, 332

Bicol Peninsula: 440-41, 444

Central Plains: 141, 147-48, 158, 161, 192, 196, 207-08

Clark Field: 172-74, 176, 202-03, 206

Corregidor: 335, 337, 339, 347

Formosa: 12

Lingayen Gulf: 27-28, 104-06, 110-11

Luzon: 27-28, 92-97, 141, 579, 651

Manila: 92-93, 241-42, 244-45, 259, 261, 274, 300, 302-03

Manila Bay: 351, 353, 355

Mindanao: 621-23, 628, 636-37, 646

Mindoro: 44

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 223

northern Luzon: 518, 525, 533, 538, 545, 554-55, 560-61, 563, 566-67, 571-73, 576-77, 579

Philippines: 630

southern Luzon: 365, 368-71, 385, 398, 403, 407-08, 415-16, 418-19, 421-22, 425-26, 429

Southern Philippines: 587-89, 591, 598

Villa Verde Trail: 494-95, 505, 538

Visayan Islands: 602, 605, 608-10, 616-19

Truck Company, Provisional, 6th Division: 123

Trucks. See also Transportation operations.

shortages: 121-22, 126-27, 130-31

waterproofing: 118-19

Tsuchiya, Maj. Gen. Sakae: 454n

Tsuda, Col. Tsukada: 99

Tsuda, Lt. Gen. Yoshitake: 441n

Tsukada, Maj. Gen. Rikichi: 96, 172-75, 177, 184, 186, 202-04, 206-07, 312

Tsutsumi, Lt. Col. Norio: 224n

Tuba Trail: 469-75, 477-81, 486-88

Tubliao: 567-68, 571-72, 576-77

Tugbok: 633-34

Tuguegarao: 454, 464-67, 566, 569

Tuliahan River: 219-20, 233

Tumaga River and Valley: 593-95

Tunnel defenses, Japanese. See Defenses, Japanese, cave and tunnel.

Twin Peaks: 471-75

–U–

Ula: 634-35

Umezu, General Yoshiharu: 88n

Umingan: 145, 188-97, 462-63

Underwater demolitions: 67, 592-93

Unified command. See Command and control.

Unit of fire, defined: 39n

United States Army Forces in the Philippines (Northern Luzon): 67n, 449-90, 541-82. See also Guerrilla units; Volckmann, Col. Russell W.

University of the Philippines: 285-90, 307

Unryu (IJN): 49n

Urbiztondo: 79, 117, 167

Urdaneta: 100, 110-12, 114-15, 140, 156-57, 160-61, 164-65, 460-61

Utsunomiya, Maj. Gen. Naokata: 476n, 480-82, 486

–V–

Valdez: 460-61, 463, 498-99, 505-06, 508-09, 517

Vanderpool, Maj. John D.: 273-74

Verde Island: 362-63, 437

Verde Island Passage: 424, 437-38

Viale, 2nd Lt. Robert M.: 255n

Victoria: 143, 160, 164-65, 167-69, 187-88

Vigan: 57, 309-10, 312-13, 453, 457-58, 543-48, 561-62

Villa Verde Trail: 100-02, 144-46, 157, 454-56, 460-65, 491-512, 515-18, 532, 535-39, 543-44, 559-61

Villasis: 114-15, 117, 160-62, 164-65, 233

Villegas, Staff Sgt. Ysmael R.: 499n

Visayan Islands: 601-19

Visayan Passages: 21-23, 25, 66, 362, 365, 423-45

Volkmann, Col. Russell W.: 67n, 90n, 465, 466, 476n, 478n, 540-57, 571n

–W–

Wainwright, Lt. Gen. Jonathan M.: 26-27

Wada, Col. Satoshi: 609n, 616

Wallace Field: 280

Walled City. See Intramuros.

Waloe: 643-44

Walter, Lt. Col. Cecil E.: 643n

Walton, Capt. Don H.: 216

Wangan: 634-35

Wart, The: 527-29

Wasatch, USS: 56-57

Water shortage: 107-08

Water supply facilities

Manila: 250-51, 256-58, 361, 367, 404

Visayan Islands: 608, 614

Waterproofing: 118-19

Wawa: 117, 129

Wawa Dam: 367-71, 374-75, 378-84, 388-89, 391-404, 420-21, 423

Weapons. See by type.

Weapons evaluation: 653-54

Weather, effect of

Baguio: 480-81, 487, 490

Central Philippines: 151

Corregidor: 338-39, 343-44

Lingayen Gulf: 25, 58, 60, 64-65, 73-74, 107-08, 124, 127-28

Mindanao: 643, 645

Mindoro: 44, 47-48, 50

northern Luzon: 530, 532-33, 544, 551, 566, 571, 573-74, 576-77

southern Luzon: 405

Southern Philippines: 584

Villa Verde Trail: 497, 502-04

Visayan Islands: 607

West, Capt. George: 261

Western islands, securing: 437-39

Western Visayan Task Force: 44-45, 48, 51-53, 59-60, 435-36

Wheeler Point: 347

White, Col. Horton V.: 141-42

White phosphorus, use of

Corregidor: 346

Manila: 287, 295-96, 298

Manila Bay area: 354

Route 5: 522

southern Luzon: 407

Wilkinson, Rear Adm. Theodore S.: 34

Willoughby, Maj. Gen. Charles A.: 26-28, 63, 93-94, 141-42

Wilson, Lt. Col. David J.: 317n, 318n

Wilson, Lt. Comdr. Sam J., USN: 592n

Wing, Maj. Gen. Leonard F.: 84, 105-11, 139-40, 147-50, 152-53, 379, 382, 406-07, 410, 413-14

Withdrawals, tactical

Bataan: 318, 323-25, 328-39

Bicol Peninsula: 442-43

Central Plains: 149-51, 196

Clark Field: 180n, 183

Lingayen: 108

Manila: 252-53, 282-83, 285, 287, 300, 303-04

Mindanao: 630-32

northern apex: 548, 551

southern Luzon: 378, 387

Southern Philippines: 595-96, 599

Villa Verde Trail: 499-501, 509

Visayan Islands: 602, 613-14

Withdrawals, tactical, Japanese

Baguio: 472, 475-79, 484-87, 532, 540, 548

Bicol Peninsula: 371, 416

Central Plains: 139-40, 153, 159-60, 165, 196, 199-201, 207

Clark Field: 168-69, 182, 184-85, 204

Leyte: 89, 586-87

Lingayen Gulf: 85, 112-14

Manila: 240-46, 257-58, 260, 271-74, 279-80, 306-07

Manila Bay: 351-52, 356-57

Mindanao: 621-30, 634-35, 637, 640-46

Nasugbu–Tagaytay Ridge: 226-27

northern Luzon: 449-50, 459-60, 463, 465, 514-15, 522-23, 527-28, 535-38, 546-48, 551-52, 554-61, 563-76

southern Luzon: 368, 379-82, 385-86, 388-89, 391-92, 401-03, 411-12, 414-19, 428-31, 434-35

Southern Philippines: 593, 596-99

Villa Verde Trail: 494, 509, 560

Visayan Islands: 602-05, 607-08, 612-13, 615-18

Wolfe Field: 593

Wolfhound Ridge: 522, 534-36

Woodford, Staff Sgt. Howard E.: 566n

Woodpecker Ridge: 392, 396, 399-403

Woodruff, Maj. Gen. Roscoe B.: 437n, 626, 634-35

Woody Hill: 527-28

Wurtsmith, Brig. Gen. Paul B.: 586

–Y–

Yagyagan: 481-82, 485

Yamashita, Gen. Tomoyuki

and Baguio: 478-80

and Bataan: 311-12

and Central Plains: 139, 143-46, 165-66, 190-93, 199

and Leyte: 586-87

and Lingayen: 112

and Luzon: 88-103, 311, 335, 577-79

and Manila: 240-42, 272

and Manila Bay: 311

and Mindanao: 622

and northern apex: 541, 546, 555-57

and northern Luzon: 449-50, 453-54, 456-57, 464-67, 558-61, 573-69, 572, 577-78

and Philippines: 654

and Route 5: 533, 535-36, 538, 540

and Southern Philippines: 586-87

Yamamoto, Comdr. Shigeichi: 241n

Yamazu, Col. Hyobunosuke, 622n

Yanagimoto, Capt.: 173-74

Yay, Colonel. See Panililio, Yay

Yokoyama, Lt. Gen. Shizuo: 96-97; 240n, 241-45, 271-73, 368, 370-71, 376, 379-81, 383-85, 388-90, 398-403, 408, 411-12, 418-22, 426-27

Yon, Col. Everett M.: 195n

Yubo Ridge: 550-53

–Z–

Zambales Mountains: 96, 171, 181-82, 187, 202-03, 207, 310

Zambales Province: 310-11, 314-15

Zamboanga: 584-97, 599-600, 621, 623, 627, 629

Zamboanga City: 592-97

Zamboanga Peninsula: 620

Zapote: 230-31

Zapote River: 230-31

ZigZag Pass: 315-32