Index
Abau: 150, 178-80
Abau Trail: 178-80
Abbott, Lt. Col. Ward T.: 112, 135-37, 248
Abel, Cecil: 180
Abel’s Landing: 180-81, 192
Adak Island: 284, 290, 294-95, 332
Adelaide: 113-14, 119, 124, 141
Administrative Planning Committee, Australian: 113, 120-22
Administrative procedures
Australia: 113, 121, 242
CBI: 453
Hawaii: 41, 52, 341-42, 353-54, 356-58, 363-64, 370-73, 376, 486-89
India: 401
Philippines, 1941-42: 61
SWPA: 556-57
Admiralty Islands: 521-27, 529, 541-43, 544, 570
Advance Sections, SOS CBI: 395, 396, 415, 418, 439, 452
Advisory Commission to Council of National Defense: 24-25
Aeronautical charts, compilation and distribution: 458
Agana: 506
Agno River: 75-77, 588-91, 595-97, 60I06, 611-12
Agra: 392, 395-96, 399-400, 404
Agriculture and Forestry Board, Hawaii: 346
Aguadulce Airfield: 30, 32
Aguinaldo Building, Manila: 667
Ahioma: 257
Air attacks
Biak: 538
Borneo: 636
Carolines: 514, 516
Japan: 456, 467-68, 518, 668
Kwajalein: 479, 482
Luzon: 596, 599, 604, 612, 639
New Guinea: 179, 527
Okinawa: 647, 658
Philippines, 1944-45: 572, 626, 633-34
Rabaul: 272
Saipan: 496
SOPAC: 542
SWPA: 542
Wakde: 536
Air attacks, Japanese Alaska: 276, 283-89
Assam: 400-401
Borneo: 636
Central Pacific: 386
Corregidor: 101-02, 105
Hollandia: 530
Air attacks, Japanese-Continued
Lae: 251
Leyte: 577, 580, 584
Luzon: 592-93
Milne Bay: 178
New Britain: 273-74
New Guinea: 143, 146, 157, 251, 253
Okinawa: 647
Port Moresby: 142-43, 145-46
Saipan: 497, 499, 501, 518
SOPAC: 559
SWPA: 559, 565
Wakde: 536
Air bases: See Airfield construction and repair; B-29’s.
Air bases, Japanese: 143
Air commandos: 427-28, 430, 445, 447, 455
Air defense construction. See also Aircraft warning stations, construction of; Civilian defense, Hawaii.
Alaska: 36
Canal Zone: 50
Corregidor: 66
Hawaii: 40-41, 43-44, 344, 361-62, 365
India: 398, 400
Air defense measures: 66, 125, 249, 344-49, 366-67. See also Civilian defense, Hawaii.
Air ferry routes. See also islands and areas by name. airfield construction and repair: 45-48, 52-53,
161-64, 168-69, 232-33
to Alaska: 287-88
alternate routes: 161, 168-69, 171
become operational: 163-64, 220-22
climate, effect of: 168
communications facilities: 161
defenses, status of: 168
to Philippines, 1941: 45
priority rating: 161
reconnaissance, engineer: 168-69
shipping shortages: 161
storage facilities, construction and operation: 164
to USSR: 288
Air Forces
Caribbean: 29
Far East: 71-72, 392, 658, 668, 672
Hawaiian: 38-39, 342, 346, 348, 354
Strategic: 649-50, 658, 667-68
Fifth: 157, 183-88, 230, 242, 248, 583
Seventh: 361-62, 365, 373, 376, 478, 507
Tenth: 39--92, 398-400, 41:6, 428-29, 458, 463, 466, 468, 472
Eleventh: 282-83
Thirteenth: 243
Fourteenth: 417-18, 427-29, 438, 452-53, 458, 468-70, 668. See also American Volunteer Group.
Air Forces Service Commands V: 260-62
X: 429
XIII: 243
Air offensive against Japan: 7-8, 107, 150, 153-54, 387-89, 391-92, 408-09, 417-18, 421, 425, 428, 4.30-32, 437-38, 463, 467, 561, 563, 566, 573, 581, 586, 587, 598, 674. See also B-29’s; China.
Air Service Area Command, 5308th: 439, 451
Air Service Command, CBI: 429, 439
Air strength, Japanese: 522, 591, 594
Air strength, SWPA: 234-35
Air strips, construction and repair. See Airfield construction and repair.
Air superiority, Allied: 662
Air Transport Command: 324, 431, 452, 454, 472, 666
Air Unit, 5318th: 428
Air units, arrival in China: 431-32
Airborne Division, lith: 581, 609, 614, 631, 639
Airborne engineer troops. See Engineer airborne aviation battalions.
Airborne operations
Arnold and: 428
Burma: 444-46, 454
Corregidor: 619-20
New Guinea: 248-49, 252
Philippines, 1944-45: 619-20
Aircraft, supplied to China: 389, 391-92
Aircraft repair shops, construction: 370, 373-74, 50’7,
577
Aircraft warning service, Hawaii: 347, 362, 365
Aircraft warning stations, construction of
Alaska: 18, 36-37, 53, 278, 283, 287-88
Bataan: 64, 66
Canal Zone: 20-21, 30-3t
Hawaii: 15, 18, 40-42, 51, 53, 346
Ledo Road: 435
Panama: 20-21, 30-32
Philippines, 1941-42: 59, 64, 66
Airfield construction and repair
Admiralties: 521-27, 541-42
air ferry routes: 45-48, 52-53, 232-33
Alaska: 12, 19, 21-23, 28, 33-35, 37, 50-53, 276-78, 281, 284-89, 291, 296-98, 328-29, 331-34
Alaska Highway: 313
Allied Air Forces and: 182
Arnold and: 430
by ASCOM: 583-8.1, 591-92, 598-600
Assam: 392, 396-97, 400-401, 416-18, 420, 425, 431, 438-39.452-53
Attu: 331
Australia: 45-46, 111, 113-20, 123-26, 133-37, 141-45, 147-52. 154-55, 158, 218-20, 223, 239, 260, 549-50
Airfield construction and repair-Continued Bataan: 61, 64-65, 71, 78-79, 89, 95
Biak: 537-42, 544
Burrna: 428, 444-47, 454-55, 459, 463-64, 467-88, 472
Canada: 288, 299
Canal Zone: 29-32
Canol: 321, 324-27
Canton Island: 45-47, 161, 163-64, 385
Carolines: 512-17
CBI: 392, 430, 437
Central Pacific: 381-86, 476, 518
China: 387-89, 392, 397, 402-04, 415-16, 419-20, 425, 429-32, 437, 439-42, 451-53, 456, 468-69, 662-63
Christmas Island: 45-47, 161, 164, 385
coral, uses in: 385-86
Corregidor: 61, 103, 105
Fiji: 45, 48, 161, 163, 171, 232-33, 256
Guadalcanal: 171-72, 206-07, 256
Guam: 493, 506, 517
Hawaii: 28, 38-42, 51, 161, 340-43, 346-49, 361-62, 365, 370, 373-74, 488-87, 507-08
Hollanclia: 527-28, 531-34, 543-44
India: 392-94, 396-97, 399-404, 406-08, 416-18, 420, 425, 429-32, 438-42, 455-56, 457-68, 666
Iwo Jima: 659-60
Japan, for assault on: 672-74, 677-78
JCS directives on: 527
Kwajalein: 476-79, 483-85
Lae: 230-31, 234, 244
Leyte: 573, 575, 579-81, 583-84, 586, 590
Luzon: 58-61, 64-65, 79, 590-92, 597, 606, 610, 615, 631-33, 638-39, 655
Manila: 615
Marianas: 592-93, 518
Marquesas: 168
Marshalls: 485-86
Milne Bay: 151-54, 157-58, 174-75, 186, 221, 235- 36
Mindanao: 59, 61, 65, 570, 578, 636, 655
Navy’s role in: 12
New Britain: 273
New Caledonia: 45, 161, 163-67, Pp, 206-07, 221-- 22, 233, 256
New Guinea: 143-48, 150-59, 174, 180-87, 194,
198-99, 202, 218-20, 230-31, 235-38, 244-49,
251-52, 254, 257-60, 274-’75, 533, 549-50, 561
New Hebrides: 170-71, 232
New Zealand: 48
Okinawa: 625, 643, 645, 657-58
Panama: 21, 23, 31-32, 50
Philippine Commonwealth: 59
Philippines, 1941-42: 45, 55, 58-59. 63-66, 71
Philippines, 1944-45: 625-26, 633-34, 655
POA: 380, 640
Port Moresby: 143, 145-48, 151-57, 174-75, 184- 86, 166, 220, 236, 259
zqxqz 161-64, 168-69,
Airfield construction and repair-Continued QMC’s role in: 12-14, 19
Saipan: 493, 498-501, 503, 511, 518
Solomons: 245, 249-50, 254-55
SOPAC: 232-33, 243, 255-56, 266, 549-50
by SOS CBI: 437-39
SWPA: 218-20, 230-31, 234, 256-57, 266, 549-50, 566-68, 561-66
Wakde: 645-46, 651, 654-55
Airfield construction and repair, Japanese: 477, 550
Airfield defense measures, Hawaii: 348-49, 374
Airfields, Japanese seizure of: 468-69, 662
Airlift operations. See also Supply, by airlift. Admiralties: 525
Burma: 427-28, 468
New Guinea: 180-81, 192, 205
Aitape: 527, 532-34, 541-44
Aitutaki169, 171, 233
Alacan: 639.
Alaska: 3, 4, 7-8, 11, 12-14, 16-19, 21-23, 27, 28, 33-37, 48-53, 276-98, 305-06, 328-34. See also Alaska Highway; North Pacific Area; islands by name.
Alaska-Canada Highway. See Alaska Highway. Alaska, Gulf of: 281
Alaska Defense Command: 33, 332-34. See also Buckner, Lt. Gen. Simon B., Jr.
Alaska Defense Force: 17-18, 33. See also Buckner, Lt. Gen. Simon B., Jr.
Alaska Highway: 276, 299-318, 334, 337, 339
Alaska Railroad: 18-19, 22-23, 34, 287, 289, 295
Alaskan Department: 333. See also Alaska Defense
Command; Alaska Defense Force; Buckner, Lt.
Gen. Simon B., Jr.
Alaskan International Highway Commission: 299
Alaskan Siberian Ferry Route (ALSIB): 288
Albany Race Track, Calif.: 362
Albrook Field: 7-8, 14
Alcan: 312
Alcan Highway. See Alaska Highway.
Aleutian Islands: 284-85, 290-98, 364. See also islands by name.
Alexandra Falls: 327
Aliamanu Crater: 15, 39-42, 51, 370
Alice Springs: 114, 123, 148, 239, 241
Allahabad: 397
Allied Air Forces, SWPA: 128, 182-83. See also Brett, Maj. Gen. George H.; Kenney, Maj. Gen. George C.
Allied Land Forces, SWPA: 128. See also Blarney, General Sir Thomas.
Allied Naval Forces, SWPA: 128
Allied Supply Council: 141
Allied Works Council, Australia:
construction machinery and equipment, procurement by: 155, 2 15-16
and construction program and progress: 141-45, 223-24
Allied Works Council, Australia-Continued cooperation with SWPA: 120-22, 134-35, 137-38, 140-41, 151-52
and costs of construction: 152, 223-24, 239-41, 260
and hospital construction: 239-40
labor force, mobilizing: 241-42
labor force, strength: 211
road construction and repair: 239
specialist training by: 271-72
Alligators (LVTs): 273, 382, 496, 506
Almirante: 30
Aloha Tower, Honolulu: 346
Altman, Col. Ellis F.: 424
Amberley Airfield: 114-15, 127, 260
Amchitka Island: 288-89
American-Australian Lend-lease agreement: 141
American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDA): 118, 392
American Military Mission to China: 389
American Procurement Commission, USAFIA: 126
American Red Cross, construction for: 546
American Volunteer Group: 389, 391-92, 415. See also Chennault, Maj. Gen. Claire I..; China, China Air Task Force
Ammunition storage facilities, construction of. See
Storage facilities, construction and operation. Ammunition storage plan, Hawaii: 367-69
Amphibious Force, VII: 576-78
Amphibious operations. See also Engineer special brigades; Landing craft.
Admiralties: 522-23
Borneo: 636
Central Pacific: 476
control of: 227
coral, effect on: 385
Iwo Jima: 640-41
Japan, for assault on: 673-74, 677
lessons gained from: 273, 577-78
Leyte: 575-78
Luzon recovery: 594, 608, 610, 639
Navy’s role in: 273, 577-78
New Britain: 272-74
New Guinea: 179, 181, 192, 246-48, 251-54, 272- 75, 535
Okinawa: 643-44
Philippines, 1944-45: 619-21, 625-26, 632-35
SWPA planning for: 520-21, 527-28, 534
training program: 271, 330-31, 478, 490-91, 671
Amphibious truck. See Dukws.
Amsterdam Island: 563-65
Anchorage: 16-19, 22, 26, 33, 34-35, 37, 282, 284, 289, 290, 295-96, 324-25
Andrews, Maj. Gen. Frank M.: 29-32
Angat River: 613
Angaur Island: 514-16
Angeles, Luzon: 77-78, 603
Ango: 195, 205
Annette Island: 12, 19, 21-22, 35-37, 278, 283, 296
Anshun: 663
Antitank defenses, Japanese: 383, 583, 634
Apamama Island: 381
Aparri: 66, 72-74, 625, 638-39
Appropriations. See Congress, defense appropriations by.
Arawe: 272-74
Arayat River: 77
ARCADIA Conference: 107, 164, 390
Archerfield (airfield): 114-15, 127
Argenlieu, Rear Adm. Thierry d’: 163-64
Ariake Bay: 675
Arias, Dr. Arnulfo: 21, 32
Arizona: 350-51
Armand Considere: 670
Armies
Third: 471n
Fourth: 11, 276
Sixth: 230, 238-39, 242, 244, 256-57, 520-21, 523, 527-28, 537-38, 541-42, 547, 551-52, 557, 559-60, 563-64, 570-72, 574-75, 584, 586, 588-92, 594-95, 600-601, 606-09, 613, 625-26, 632, 639, 671-72, 674-76, 678
Eighth: 586-87, 608-10, 625-27, 632-33, 639, 666, 669-72, 678
Tenth: 642-43, 657, 668, 678
Armies, British
Eighth: 408
Fourteenth: 446-47
Armies, Chinese
First: 468
Sixth: 468
XI Group: 466
Armored Group, 13th: 587, 594, 597
Army, Australian First: 196
Army Air Forces (AAF). See also Air Forces; Air Forces Service Commands.
and Alaska Highway: 313
and China supply: 464
construction, pressure for: 135-36, 174, 184-86, 354, 365, 397, 401-02, 416-17, 437-38, 486, 549, 583
construction transferred to: 437-39
and engineer units, control of: 547
in India-Burma sector: 428-29
and Ledo Road: 464
and map compilation and distribution: 668
Army Forces, Middle Pacific (AFMIDPAC): 675, 678
Army Forces, Pacific (AFPAC): 649, 668, 674-75
Army Forces, Western Pacific (AFWESPAC): 654, 675, 678. See also United States Army Services of Supply.
Army Map Service: 188, 290, 458, 607, 668
Army and Navy Munitions Board (ANMB): 48-49
Army Service Command (ASCOM): 571
airfield construction and repair: 583-84, 591-92, 598-600
base construction and operation: 584-85, 591
Base K: 579, 591, 650-5I
Army Service Command (ASCOM)-Continued Base M: 591, 600-601, 604-06, 650-51
beach defense construction: 585
bridge construction and repair: 585
cargo unloading and distribution: 600-60t civilians, employment of: 585, 599
construction, problems of: 584-85
Construction Command: 579, 619
dredging operations: 585
engineer organization: 571-72
engineer units, arrival: 598-99
engineer units, control of: 591, 594
engineer units, shortages of: 586
engineer units, strength: 575
Hollandia, transfer to: 572
hospital construction: 586
in Japan assault: 676
land acquisition: 584
Leyte Campaign: 575, 579, 582-86, 591-92
Luzon Base Command, redesignation to: 601
Luzon Base Section, redesignation to: 651
Luzon Campaign: 591-92, 598-601
pipeline construction and operation: 585, 600
port facilities, construction and repair: 585, 600601
railroad construction and repair: 600, 604
road construction and repair: 585-86, 600
Sixth Army, assignment to: 572, 601
spare parts shortage: 585
storage facilities, construction and operation: 585- 86, 600
USASOS, assignment to: 60i
Army service commands. See Service commands. Army Service Forces: 429-30, 436-37, 442, 448, 563
See also Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B.
Arnold, General Henry H.: 391-92, 418, 428, 430
Arrowsmith, Brig. Gen. John C.: 398-401, 406-12, 415-17, 423-24, 432
Arthur, Col. Joseph D., Jr.: 166
Artillery fire support: 482, 536, 621, 647
Artillery fire support, Japanese: 104-05
Arundel Island: 250
Asensio, Col. Manuel J.: 463, 468, 472
Aslito Airfield: 496-98
Assam: 392, 393-97, 399-401, 404, 405, 409, 413, 416- 18, 419, 420, 424, 425, 426-27, 431, 435, 438-39, 4m Oil Company: 4052-5a3n’4: 49
574466-67’ 471, 464-66
Assa Athabaska, Lake: 324
Athabaska River: 320-22
Atherton Tablelands: 241
Atimonan: 82
Atka Island: 284-87
Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Company: 60
Atomic bombs, use of: 678
Atsugi Airfield: 679
AttuIslad2:37 462, 2384, 290, 322, 329-31, 364
Auckland:
Australia: 107, 160, 164, 170, 364. See also Australian
Army; Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). AAF, pressure for construction: 135-36
Administrative Planning Committee, 113, 120-22
administrative procedures: 113, 121, 242
airfield construction and repair: 45-46, 111, 113-20, 123-26, 133-37, 141-45, 147-52, 154-55, 158, 218-- 20, 223, 239, 260, 549-50
Allied Works Council. See Allied Works Council, Australia.
base construction and operation: 112-13, lig, 239
camouflage measures: 219-20, 559-60
civilians, employment of: 112, 1SO, 142-44, 154-55, 158, 215, 239, 557, 680
construction, control of: 133-39, 651
construction, problems of: 116-17, 119-22, 135, 144, 148-49, 155, 241-42
construction design standards: 120, 139
construction machinery and equipment, procurement: 117, 123-24, 127, 140-41, 144-45, 148-49, 152-53, 155, 241, 554
construction materials, improvised: 125-26, 149, 261-62
construction materials, procurement: 117-18, 120, 124-27, 134-35, 140-41, 155, 213-16, 260-62, 266-67, 554-56
construction programs and progress: 113-22, 133- 34, 138-44, 152-53, 214-15, 217, 220, 223, 239, 260
cooperation from: 111-14, 131, 144, 158, 215-16
costs of construction: 152, 223-24, 240-41
demolition operations: 138-39, 216
duplication of effort: 134-35
Economic Cabinet: 215
engineer mission: 111-14
engineer units, arrival and departure: 118, 122-26, 131, 144-49, 152, 190, 228, 247
engineer units, requirements: 133
engineer units, strength: 144
engineers as infantry: 149-50
financial aid from: 112
hospital construction: 114-15, 223, 240
housing arrangements: 114, 217
housing construction: 114-15, 119, 124, 139-40, 223, 260
labor force, mobilizing: 121, 142, 241-42
land clearing operations: 148
and lend-lease: 140-41, 216, 560
maintenance and repair, general: 126, 148-49
map compilation and distribution: 189-91, 551-52
planking, pierced, first use: 125
port congestion: 126-27, 242
port facilities, construction and repair: 110, 113
zqzq 15, 240, 260
priority rating: 121-22, 134-35, 137-38, 215-16, 241-42, 260
purchasing, centralized: 126-27
RAAF in construction program: 136-38, 154, 158, 560
railroad construction and repair: 241
reconnaissance, engineer: 119-20, 123, 135, 144
resources: 108-09, 140-41, 216
road construction and repair: 122-23, 128, 138, 239-40
shipping: 140, 155, 554
shop construction and operation: 229
Soils Mechanics School: 272, 561.
spare parts shortage: 149
specialists, training: 271-72, 560-61
storage facilities, construction and operation: 113-15, 119, 141, 223, 239, 260
supply situation: 126-27, 140-41, 149, 152-53, 155, 556
terrain model construction: 552-53
topographic supplies, procurement: 553
training programs: 122, 124-25, 136, 271
Australian Army. See also Royal Australian Engineers.
in Borneo assault: 636
construction policy: 139
Hiring Service: 113
map compilation and distribution: 188-89
in New Guinea: 155, 174-78, 182, 193, 200-02, 204-05, 235, 238, 244, 247-48, 251-54
specialists, training: 271-72
storage facilities, construction and operation. 217-18
Australian Army units
Infantry Brigade, 26th: 636
Infantry Divisions
7th:174, 178, 193, 252
gth: 251, 636
Australian Chiefs of Staff: 109, 113, 118, 129, 216
Australian Imperial Forces: 108, 118
Australian Military Forces: -09, 133
Australian-New Guinea AdministrativeUnit
(ANGAU): 269
Australian Survey Corps: 189-90, 200
Ayala Bridge, Manila: 656-57
B-17s: 55-59, 63-65, 143, 152, 164, 341, 347, 361-62, 439-40
B-18s: 286
B-24s: 484, 495
B-25s 181, 554
B-29s: 387, 428, 430, 437-42, 449-53, 456, 467-68, 492, 493, 499-501, 503, 506, 510-11, 517, 518, 640, 643, 658, 660, 666
Babelthuap Island: 514
Baccus Marsh: 123
Bagabag: 637-39
Bagac: 86, 89-91
Bagac River: 97
Baguio: 625, 627-32, 636-38
Bailey, Sir Donald Coleman: 448
Bailey bridges: 448, 465, 470
Baker, Capt. C. D.: 47, 163, 165, 488
Baker Island: 380
Bakery construction: 546
Balara Filters, Luzon: 614
Baldwin, Lt. Col. Herbert: 363-64
Baler Bay: 627
Balete Pass: 627-28, 636-37
Balikpapan Island: 636-37, 639
Balivag: 613
Bamban: 76-77, 595, 604-05, 6to
Bamban River: 77, 603
Barnbang: 627-29, 632, 636-38
Banga Cave: 81
Bangalore, India: 399
Bangkok: 456
Banzai charges: 500, 592, 594, 647, 649
Barbed wire obstacles: See Wire obstacles; Wire obstacles, Japanese.
Barber’s Point: 351
Barbey, Rear Adm. Daniel E.: 578
Barge lines. See Waterways, development and use. Barking Sands, Kauai: 39, 349, 361
Barnes, Brig. Gen. Earl W.: 565
Barnes, Brig. Gen. Julian F.: log, 128, 157. See also United States Army Forces in Australia. (USAFIA).
Barracks construction. See Housing construction. Base B: 672
Base K: 579, 591, 650-51
Base M: 591, 600, 604, 606, 650, 656
Base R: 650, 656
Base S: 650
Base X: 650
Base construction and operation
Admiralties: 524-25, 527, 534, 541-42
Alaska: 282-83, 289-91, 331-34
by ASCOM: 584-85, 591
Assam: 395-96
Attu: 331
Australia: 112-13
Biak: 537-38, 541-42, 544
Burma: 413, 465
CBI: 395-96
Central Pacific: 381, 476, 507, 518
China: 395-96, 415, 418-21
Espiritu Santo: 569
Guam: 492
Hawaii: 366, 369-70, 380
Hollandia: 527-29, 533-34, 544, 557
India: 395-96, 404
Japan, for assault on: 674-75, 677
JCS directives on: 527
Kwajalein: 484
Lae: 244-45, 258-59, 546-47
Ledo: 405-06, 409-10, 412, 419, 467n
Leyte: 570-72, 575, 584-85
Base construction and operation-Continued
Luzon: 93, 591, 606, 625, 632, 650-51
Manila: 93, 656, 670
Manila Bay area: 591
Marianas: 492
Marshalls: 478;9, 484-86, 570
Milne Bay: 236, 245, 257, 556-58
Mindanao: 572, 636
New Caledonia: 661
New Guinea: 236, 238-39, 244, 256-58, 275, 544, 546-47, 557
Okinawa: 643, 658
Port Moresby: 174-75, 236, 245, 258
Saipan: 493-94, 499-503
Solomons: 245, 250, 527, 544-47
SOPAC: 255-56, 542-43, 546-47, 649
by SOS CBI: 395-96, 409, 415, 418
SWPA: 182-83, 209-10, 256-57, 543-44, 546
USASOS: 236, 245, 256-59, 262-63, 528
Wakde: 535, 542
Base construction and operation, Japanese: 512-14
Base General Depot No. 2, SOS CBI: 456
Base Sections, SOS, CBI:
1: 395-96, 398, 402
2: 395
3: 409, 423,-24, 431-32, 436, 438, 442
Basilan Island: 633
Bataan Peninsula: 55, 57-58, 61, 64-65, 66, 71, 72- 101, 608
Batangas: 84, 632, 650, 655
Batangas Bay: 632
Batchelor Field: 10
Bathing facilities, installation: 266
Bathurst, Col. Charles R.: 556, 567
Battery Arizona: 661
Battery C/osson: 349
Battery Hatch: 349
Battery Pennsy/vania: 661
Battery Williston: 349
Bauang: 76, 630
Bauang River: 630
Bauer Airfield, New Hebrides: 232
Bayambang: 76, 595, 602, 604, 611
Bayombong: 638
Bayug Airfield: 573, 576, 580, 583
Beach defense construction: 351-52, 365, 374, 585
Beach defense construction, Japanese: 501
Beach party operations. See also Shore party operations.
Biak: 538
Carolines: 514
Kwajalein: 479-82
Leyte: 576-77
Luzon: 592-94, 597, 608-09
Marianas: 506
Marshalls: 483
New Guinea: 535
Okinawa: 644
Beach party operations-Continued
Saipan: 501, 496-97
Wakde: 536
Beadle, Col. Frank L.: 172, 214, 232, 243, 520, 569
Beard, Lt. Col. Cornelius: 222, 233
Beaver Creek: 314
Bechtel, McCone & Parsons: 28
Bedford, Earle: 84
Bellows Field: 39, 45, 51-54, 340, 347-48, 361
Bena Bena Airfield: 244
Bengal-Assam Railway: 449-50, 456
Bengal, Bay of: 405
Bengal Province: 450, 666
Benguet Consolidated Mining Company: 60
Bering Sea: 283, 285, 288, 325
Bermel, Maj. Peter E.: 11
Bethel, Alaska: 295
Betts, Col. Austin W.: 469
Bhamo: 389-91, 405, 430, 460-65, 468, 472-73, 663
Biak Island: 534, 537-42, 544, 557
Bicol Peninsula: 64, 80, 632, 639, 657
Big Delta: 295, 299, 302, 307, 309-10, 312, 315, 334
Big Delta Airfield: 288
Bin loc River: 596
Birdum: no, 148
Bismarck Archipelago. See islands by name.
Bismarck Sea: 272, 522
Bissell, Brig. Gen. Clayton L.: 391, 400, 416, 429
BLACKLIST: 678, 679
Blarney, General Sir Thomas. See also New Guinea Force.
and Allied Land Forces: 128, 139-40, 182-83, 190
and demolitions operations: 216
and New Guinea Force: 179
in Rabaul offensive: 244-45
Blasting operations
Alaska Highway: 312-14, 317
Luzon: 604, 638
Marshalls: 485
Mindanao: 635-36
Saipan: 498-99, 511
Bloch, Rear Adm. Claude C.: 42, 45
Blueberry River, Canada: 308
Bluemel, Brig. Gen. Clifford: 91, 97
Boat Building Command, USASOS: 653-54
Boatner, Brig. Gen. Haydon L.: 455
Bohol Island: 626, 634
Bolo Airfield: 658
Bomana Airfield: 146, 186
Bomb disposal, training in: 271, 560-71. See also Demolition operations.
Bombardment, aerial. See Air attacks; Air attacks, Japanese.
Bombardment Group, 9th: 21
Bombay: 396, 411
Bomber Commands
XX: 458
XXI: 518
Bond, Maj. Gen. Richard L. (British): 391-92
Bonegilla: 271
Bongabon: 6ro
Bonham, Maj. Roscoe: 69-70, 75-76, 87, 92-93, 100
Booby traps, Japanese
Leyte: 583
Luzon: 597, 631
Manila: 619
Okinawa: 645, 648
Saipan: 499
Bootless Inlet: 183
Borneo: 118, 633, 636
Borokoe Airfield: 537, 540, 544
Bosnek: 537, 539-40
Bostock, Air Vice Marshal William D, (RAAF): 136-37
Bougainville Island: 234, 254-55, 520, 526, 544-47, 569
Bourake Airfield: 167
Brady, Col. Francis M.: 71
Brahmaputra River and Valley: 427, 431, 450, 467n, 663
Brandt, Col. Carl A.: 261
Breene, Maj. Gen. Robert G.: 214, 232, 256
Brereton, Maj. Gen. Lewis H.: 71, no, 115, 117, 392-96, 397, 399-400
Bres, Col. E. S.: 136
Bretschneider, Pvt. Karl F.: 149
Brett, Maj. Gen, George H.: 109-13, 115-16, 118-24, 126-28, 135-37, 147-48, 150, 153-54, 392
Brewer, Maj. John E.: 547
Bridge construction and repair. See also Ponton
bridges; type by name or model designation.
Alaska Highway: 307, 312-13, 315-18, 334
By ASCOM, 585
Burma: 444, 458-59
Burma Road: 413, 435
Canol: 328, 337
Fiji: 256
Guadalcanal: 207-08
Ledo Road: 413, 433, 447-49, 457, 465, 470-72, 663-64
Leyte: 574-75, 581-83, 585
Luzon: 76-77, 80-81, 590-91, 595-97, 602-06, 609, 611-13, 616, 626, 628-32, 638-39
Manila: 619, 657
Mindanao: 635-36
New Guinea: 247, 257, 274, 533, 535, 543, 546, 551
Okinawa: 645, 649
Philippines, 1941-42: 64
Philippines, 1944-45: 633-34
Solomons: 249, 255, 526
SOPAC: 542
SWPA: 542, 551, 565
Brisbane: 109-10, 112-13, 114, 115, 119, 122, 138-39, 141, 153, 156, 240, 242, 272, 288, 520, 528, 552-54, 558, 571
Brisbane River: 114
Bristol Bay: 288
British Army
in Burma: 391, 407-08, 409, 463
in China: 389, 464, 662
in India: 392-93, 396, 416-17, 420
Ledo Road, attitude toward: 407-08, 464
British Chiefs of Staff. See Combined Chiefs of Staff. British Columbia-Yukon-Alaska Highway Commission, Canada: 299
British Infantry Division, 36th: 468
British Royal Air Force: 391
British Royal Engineers
Assam: 400-4131, 416-17, 425, 431, 452
India: 392-93, 396-97, 400-402, 406, 416-17, 420, 425, 440
Ledo Road: 409-10, 412-13, 423-24, 450
British Royal Navy: 405-06
Brizay, Mr.: 217-19
Broken Hill Proprietary Company: 140
Brown, Lt. Col. Desloge: 378, 486
Brown, Lt. Col. Herbert E., Jr.: 484, 517
Brown, Col. Rothwell H.: 444
Bruce, Lt. Col. Burton B.: 144
Brunei Bay: 636
Buckner, Lt. Gen. Simon B., Jr. See also Alaska;
Alaska Defense Command; Alaska Defense
Force; Alaskan Department; Armies, Tenth.
and airfield construction and repair: 34-35, 658
commands Alaska Defense Command and Force: 17, 33, 333
and construction, control of: 282
demands staff engineer: 37
and radar installations: 283
Buckner (Nakagusuku) Bay: 641, 659
Budge-Budge: 450
Bued River: 596, 611
Buffaloes (LVTs): 273, 382, 497, 506, 530, 538, 562
Bulldog Village: 231, 260
Bulldozers, tactical use of
Admiralties: 523-24
Carolines: 515
Corregidor: 621
Guam: 506
Luzon: 628-29
Okinawa: 648
SOPAC: 542
SWPA: 542
Buna: 1.53-55, 156-57, 173-74, 179-80, 188-89, 192- 205
Buna Force: 156
Buna Mission: 193, 196, 198-203
Bunker defenses, Japanese, assaults on. See Demolition operations.
Burauen: 573
Bureau of Aeronautics, Philippine Commonwealth: 66
Bureau of Public Works, Philippine Common-wealth: 62-64, 66, 73-74, 76-’77, 80-81
Burgin, Maj. Gen. Harry T.: 350, 368
Buri Airfield: 573, 576, 580, 583
Burma: 391-92, 404, 406-08, 413, 415-18, 420-21, 425, 429, 431, 443, 450, 456, 469, 473-75. See also China; China–Burma–India Theater; India; India-Burma Theater; Stilwell, Gen. Joseph. W. AAF, construction transferred to: 437-38
airfield construction and repair: 428, 444-47, 454-55, 459, 463-64, 467-68, 472
base construction and operation: 465
bridge construction and repair: 444, 458-59
China-India road, proposed: 405
civilians, employment of: 465, 680
climate, effect of: 393
command and staff structure: 397-98
construction, control of: 394-95
construction machinery and equipment, procure-ment: 430, 472
construction materials, procurement: 430, 466
construction programs and progress: 393-94, 464, 661-62
demolition operations: 445
Distinguished Unit Citation awarded: 455
engineer missions: 387-89
engineer organization: 438-39
engineer units, arrival: 445, 454-55. 466, 468, 472
engineer units, diversity in: 427
engineers as infantry: 444, 453-55, 463
isolation of: 387-89
labor force, mobilizing: 465, 467, 47 1
and Ledo Road. See Ledo Road.
malaria: 462
map compilation and distribution: 457-58
pipeline construction and operation: 390, 426-27, 430, 434-35, 442, 454, 457, 463-67, 471, 666
port facilities, construction and repair: 467, 471
railroad construction and repair: 389
railroad system: 393, 435
rainfall, effect of: 436, 446, 454-55. 462
reconnaissance: 445, 454-55
river crossings: 444, 454-55, 459, 468, 472
Burma Railway: 445-47, 468
Burma Road: 389-91, 404. 405, 406, 408, 413-15, 418-19, 421-22. 426-27, 435-36, 442, 455, 458-60, 464, 465-66, 468, 472, 473-75, 662-63, 666
Burma Road Engineer Detachment: 459
Burma Road Engineer Divisions
2nd: 465-66
3rd: 466
Burmah Oil Company: 467, 471
Burns, Col. Brendan A.: 479-80, 493, 498, 511
Burns Airport: 39, 349
Burt, Maj. R. P., Jr.: 167
Bush flyers: 306, 309
Butaritari Island: 382
Butjo Luos Island: 524
Byroade, Maj. Henry A.: 395-97, 400, 417, 419, 431, 439-40, 451, 469
C-47’s: 247-48, 445, 550, 615
C. W. Cunningham Company: 327
Caballo Island: 57, 104, 621-23
Cabanatuan: 66, 75, 77, 596, 610-13
Cabcaben: 79, 93, 95
Cableway construction and operation: 466
Cadwallader-Gibson Lumber Company: 70
Cagayan River and Valley: 73-74, 625, 627-28, 637-38
Cairns Airfield: 143, 235, 240-42, 260
Calasiao: 614
Calcutta: 392, 396-97, 411-12, 416, 424, 427-30, 439-40, 449, 456-57, 467, 471, 475, 666
California Packing Company: 348
Callahan Construction Company: 25, 327
Calmay River: 593, 595, 602
Calumpan Peninsula: 632
Calumpit: 80, 82, 610-12
Camalig: 639
Camouflage
air ferry routes: 168
Alaska: 37, 51, 290-91
Assam: 400
Australia: 219-20, 559-60
Bataan: 91
Canal Zone: 32
Hawaii: 44-45, 346, 350-52, 361-62, 365
India: 398-99
SOPAC: 559-60
SWPA: 219, 559-60
training in: 271-72
USASOS: 559-60
Camouflage, Japanese
Carolines: 515
Corregidor: 620
Luzon: 598, 610, 629, 639
Manila: 614
Okinawa: 647
Philippines, 1944-45: 633-34
Camp Claiborne: 430
Camp Columbia: 115
Camp construction. See Housing construction.
Camp Prairie: 321
Camp Seymour: 124-25
Canada: 276, 288, 299, 302-03, 305, 339. See also Alaska Highway; Canol.
Canada-Alaska Highway. See Alaska Highway.
Canal Zone: 3, 4, 6-15, 20-21, 27-28, 29-33, 48-49, 50, 52, 53. See also Panama, Republic of.
Canals. See Waterways systems.
Candaba River: 77
“Canes” : 367
Canol: 276, 313-17, 318-28, 335-39
Canton, China: 452
Canton Island: 45-47, le’ 162, 163-65, 385
Capas: 605
Cape Endaiadere: 193-96, 200
Cape Esperance: 209
Cape Gloucester: 272, 274
Cape Muari: 399
Cape Prince of Wales: 22
Cape Spencer: 281
Cape York Peninsula: 109, 134, 143-44, 150-55, 230, 245
Carabao Island: 57, 104, 624
Carcross: 302-03, 310
Card, Lt. Francis C.: 402
Carew, Col. John J.: 194-98, 203
Cargo unloading and distribution
Admiralties: 523-24
Alaska: 297-98
ASCOM: 600-01
Assam: 400
Biak: 537-39
Guam: 504
Hollandia: 529-30
Leyte: 577-79
Luzon: 592-94, 597, 600, 609
New Guinea: 533, 535
Okinawa: 644, 646
Saipan: 496-97
Solomons: 546
SOPAC: 214
SWPA: 212, 562, 567
Caribbean Defense Command: 28
Carigara Bay: 573, 576
Carmen, Luzon: 76-77, 596, 603
Carnegie, Capt. Orris A.: igo
Carney Airfield: 256
Caroline Islands: 489-90, 491-92, 507, 510, 512-17
Carter, Brig. Gen. A. H.: 319, 322
CARTWHEEL: 225, 229, 234, 244, 245, 255, 272, 275
Casablanca Conference: 225, 328, 418
Casey, Maj. Gen. Hugh J.
and AAF pressure for construction: 185-87
arrival in Australia: 99, 127
and base construction and operation: 238-39, 543
Bataan defense: 86-90, 94, 97-99
civilians, employment of: 72
commands of: 57, 63-64, 130, 230, 571, 650
and construction, control of: 133-40, 220, 651
on construction design standards: 549
and construction machinery and equipment, procurement: sio, 236, 547, 556-57
Corregidor defense: los
and elimination of nonessential construction: 154, 217
and engineer units, control of: 147, 187, 230, 548, 591
zqxqz 41, 320, 325,
229-30,
Casey, Maj. Gen. Hugh J.-Continued
and engineer units, shortages of: 153-54, 186-88, 234-35, 650
and forestry units: 262
and Japan, assault on: 673-75, 677
Krueger, relationship to: 572
Leyte Campaign: 557, 579-81, 583
Luzon, 1941-42: 68, 74-75, 80-82, 84
Luzon, 1944-45: 588, 591, 598-600
and Manila: 618
and map compilation and distribution: Igo, 269
mission: 230
and New Guinea offensive: 237-38, 521
and oil field development plans: 563
and port facilities, construction and repair: 254
professional background: 63-64
reconnaissances by: 178-79, 183, 236-37
and SansaporMar operation: 564
and spare parts procurement: 558
and specialists training: 561, 671
and stock control: 557-58
and supply policy: 141, 263-64, 559
Casey, Capt. Patrick J.: 445
Casualties, Allied
Burma: 444-45, 455, 463
Milne Bay: 177
Casualties, evacuation of: 208-09
Casualties, Japanese: 177, 330, 462, 504
Casualties, U.S.
Attu: 330
Guam: 504
Lae: 251
Luzon, 1944-45: 597, 630
Okinawa: 646, 648
Philippines, 1944-45: 622, 624
Saipan: 500
Solomons: 250
Wakde: 536
Cataisan Peninsula: 573, 576-77, 579, 584
Caucasus: 326
Causeway construction and repair
Carolines: 516
Kwajalein: 482
Leyte: 577
Luzon: 593
Marshalls: 485
New Guinea: 183-84, 187
Cavalry Brigades
1st 522-23
2nd: 522, 524
Cavalry Division, 1st: 271, 5’26, 576, 587, 610-18, 627, 632, 638-39
Cavalry Regiments
12th: 524
112th: 581
Cave defenses, Japanese
Biak: 540-41
Carolines: 515
Corregidor: 620-21
Guam: 506
Luzon: 598, 609, 627, 629
Manila: 617
Mindanao: 636
Okinawa: 646-48
Philippines, 1944-45: 624, 633
Saipan: 499-900
Wakde: 536
Caves, The, Australia: 260
Cavite Province: 84, 94, 104
Cawnpore: 397
Cebu: 634, 650, 656
Cebu Island: 93, 105, 626, 634, 657
Cement plants, rehabilitation of: 657
Central Pacific Area (CPA): 161, 170, 340, 377-86, 476-79, 489-90, 491, 492, 506-10, 511-12, 518-19, 568-69, 669, 670, 671. See also Halsey, Admiral William F.
Central Pacific Base Command: 491, 508
Central Plain, Luzon: 73-75, 587-90, 594, 597-96, 600-03, 607, 610, 612
Central Public Works Department, India: 387, 396
Chabua: 400, 458
Chaffin, Capt. Andrew D., Jr.; 123
Chagres River: 32
Chakulia: 416, 450
Chamberlain, Maj. Gen. Stephen J.: 269
Chame Airfield: 30-32, 50
Champagne, Yukon Territory: 317
Chanco, Capt. Antonio P.: 85
Changsha: 428, 430, 468
Chanyi 415
Chapin, Lt. Col. W. S.: 663
Chaplains’ facilities, construction of: 546
Charlie Lake: 310
Charon Kanoa: 493, 496, 499
Charters Towers Airfield: rio, 115, 122, 128, 157’ 141, 260
Chemical Warfare Service: 32
Chen Cheng, General (Chinese): 413
Chen Chin-Chieh, Lt. Gen. (Chinese): 414
Chengkung: 402-03, 415-16
Chengtu: 430-31, 440, 452, 456, 467
Chengtu Valley: 440
Chennault, Maj. Gen. Claire L.
and air offensive in China: 408, 417-18, 452-53
and air units, deployment of: 469
and airfield construction and repair: 437
and AVG: 389, 391-92, 415, 425
and China Air Task Force, 402
and demolition operations: 469
and construction, control of: 451-52
148,
421, 432’
Chennault, Maj. Gen. Claire L.-Continued
and Fourteenth Air Force: 417-18
freedom of action by: 429
Chenoweth, Capt. William C.: 80-81, 87-89, 93, 98- ‘coo
Chernofski Bay: 280
Chiang KaIshek, Generalissimo. See also China; China–Burma–India Theater; Chinese Army. and air offensive in China: 428-29
anckairfield construction and repair: 415
and Burma offensive: 404-06, 418, 421
and Burma Road: 421
and Chinese troops in India: 403
Combined Chiefs, exclusion from: 390
and Ledo Road: 411, 460-62
and lend-lease: 402
and road construction and repair: 391
Stilwell, relationship to: 397-98, 470
Chichagof Valley: 329-30
Chief of Engineers. See also Reybold, Lt. Gen. Eugene; Schley, Maj. Gen. Julian L.
and Alaska Highway: 300, 314
and bridge types: 448-49
and Canol: 319-20, 323
and construction, control of: 282, 360
and construction design standards: 315-16
and construction materials, procurement: 63
and cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contracts: 24-25, 487-88
and Hawaii defenses: 360
and Ledo Road: 448
and map compilation and distribution: 489-go, 668
mission: 6-7
and pipeline construction and operation: 427, 434, 467
and storage facilities, construction and operation: 442
Chief of Staff, U.S. Army. See Craig, General Malin;
Marshall, General of the Army George C. Chiefs of Staff Committee, Australia: 113, 121
Chihchiang: 663
Chilkoot Barracks: 8
China: 398-99, 449--50, 473, 625, 682. Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo; China–Burma–India Theater; Chinese Army; Stilwell, General Joseph W.
AAF, construction transferred to: 438-39
AAF pressure for construction: 437-38
airfield construction and repair: 387-89, 392, 397, 402-04, 415-18, 419-20, 425, 429-32, 437, 439-42, 451-53, 456, 468-69, 662-63
base for air offensive: 387-89, 409, 417-18, 421, 425, 428, 430-31, 437-38
base construction and operation: 395-96, 415, 418- 21
China Air Task Force (CATF): 402
China-India road. See Ledo Road.
civilians, employment of: 403, 415, 431, 440
China-Continued
construction, control of: 403, 416, 437-41
construction, problems of: 452
construction design standards: 451
construction machinery and equipment, procurement: 403, 452, 472
construction materials, procurement: 430, 452
construction programs and progress: 419, 425, 431, 440-41, 452, 661-62
costs of construction: 422, 441, 452
demolition operations: 469
engineer missions: 387-89, 402-03, 416
engineer organization: 395-96, 416, 439-40, 451-52, 470
engineer units, arrival: 438, 475, 663, 666
engineer units, requirements: 408
hospital construction: 419
housing construction: 402-03, 419
labor force, mobilizing: 403, 451, 472
and Ledo Road. See Ledo Road.
lines of communication: 387-88, 391, 394, 397, 405-06, 418-19, 425-26, 429-30, 641
map compilation and distribution: 416, 457-58
Military Engineering Commission: 403, 440, 451
mines, installation of: 462-63
Mitu Road Authority: 436
National Military Council: 390
officials, inaction of: 413-14, 415, 421, 436, 472
photography, aerial: 458
pipeline construction and operation: 390, 418, 426-27, 430, 466, 471, 475, 662, 666
POL supply to: 427, 467-68
RAF in supply role: 391
railroad construction and repair: 389
rainfall, effect of: 425
reconnaissance, engineer: 440
river crossings: 663, 666
road construction and repair: 413, 430, 472, 662
road system, enemy control of: 393
and shipping shortage: 408
storage facilities, construction and operation: 402
supply, by airlift: 387, 391-92, 396-97, 400-01, 415, 418, 420, 425, 426, 431-32, 452-54, 464, 467, 472, 666
supply, measurement tons to: 391, 418, 420, 426, 431, 464, 666
supply, overland: 387-88, 391, 404-06, 408-09, 415, 424-25, 432, 464, 470, 474-75
supply system: 425-26, 429-30
technology, lack of: 413
telephone and telegraph, installation of: 419
tunnel construction and repair: 462
U.S. Task Force in: 390
War Ministry: 408, 422
Yunnan-Burma Highway Engineering Administration: 408, 413-15, 421-22, 465, 663
Yunnan-Burma Railroad Authority: 389, 403, 415
China–Burma–India Theater: 387, 389, 390, 392, 393- 99, 426, 427-29, 430, 431, 436-39, 442, 453, 456- 58, 463-64, 466, 470, 475, 649, 651, 680. See also Assam; Burma; Chiang Kaishek, Generalissimo; China; India; Stilwell, General Joseph W.; Wheeler, Maj. Gen. Raymond A,
China-India road, proposed: 405
Chindits: 427-28, 445-47, 454-55
Chindwin River: 462
Chinese Army. See also Chiang Kaishek, Generalissimo; China.
and Burma offensive: 408-09, 420-21, 442, 453-56, 458-63
and Burma Road: 408, 458-59
German influence on: 403-04
India, troops in: 403, 416
Kunming Training Center: 455
on Ledo Road: 410-12
supply system: 413-15, 421
training program: 403-05, 420-21, 426, 455-56, 463, 662
X-Force: 405
Y-Force: 405, 408, 413-15, 421, 442, 454-56, 45-g-62, 470, 662
in Yunnan Province: 462-63
Chinese Engineer units: 411, 431, 465, 470
Chittagong: 46’7, 471
Chittagong-Tinsukia railway: 467, 471
Chorrera Airfield: 3z, 50
Christmas Island: 45-47, 161, 162, 164-65, 385
Chungking: 389, 391, 397, 413, 453, 458, 469-70
Churchill, Winston S.
and Alaska defenses: 328
at ARC.AD1A Conference: 107
at Casablanca Conference: 225, 328
and China as theater: 390
and Germany-first policy: z07
and guerrilla operations: 427
and Rabaul, isolation of: 255
and SEAC: 428
and U.S. role in Pacific: 128
Cituinan Hills: 639
Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA): 12, 19, 28, 33-34, 37, 39-41, 46, 51, 59, 66, 278, 281, 283, 287, 292, 296
Civil Constructional Corps, Australia: 142-43, 154, 236
Civil disturbances: 398, 400, 404, 431
Civil engineering missions: 5-6, 20
Civilian Conservation Corps: 19, 22, 35, 653
Civilian defense, Hawaii: 342, 344-46
Civilian Defense Director, Hawaii: 342, 345
Civilians, employment of: 679-80. See also Labor forces, difficulties with; Labor forces, mobilizing; Labor forces, shortages in; Labor forces, strength.
Alaska Highway: soo-301, 305-07, 310-18, 334
ASCOM: 585, 599
Civilians, employment of-Continued
Assam: 400
Australia: 112, 120, 142-44, 154-55, 158, 215, 239, 557, 680
Burma: 465, 680
Burma Road: 414-15, 422
Canol: 320-25, 327, 335
Central Pacific: 509
China: 403, 415, 431, 440
Fiji: 268-69
Guadalcanal: 20-09
Hawaii: 23-25, 341, 353-55, 369, 486
Hollandia: 531
India: 392-93. 396, 399, 40l, 416-17, 440, 680
Ledo Road: 406, 409-11, 424-25
Leyte: 579, 585
Luzon: 596, 599, 601, 606, 638-39
Manila: 65
t-52
New Guinea: 181, 198, 202, 231, 235-37, 248, 254, 268
in Philippines, 1941-42: 73, 75, 77, 79-82, toI02
Philippines, 1944-45: 635, 653
POA: 507
Solomons: 235, 268-69
SWPA: 554, 556
USASOS: 268-69, 653-54
Civilians, evacuation of: 163, 165, 285, 658
Civilians, Japanese, in combat: 646
Clagett, Brig. Gen. Henry B.: 115
Clark, Barney: 64
Clark Field: 59-60, 63-66, 72-73, 598, 655, 672
Clatterbos, Maj. Louis J.: 355
Clay, Maj. Gen. Lucius D.: 549
Climate, effect of. See also Ice formation problem; Permafrost; Rainfall, effect of; Snowfall, effect of; Temperature, effect of; Weather, effect of; Winds, effect of.
on air ferry routes: /68
Alaska: 291-92
Akan Highway: 307
Burma: 393
Guadalcanal: 208-og
India: 393
New Guinea: 151, 157-58, 186, 191, 220, 235
Clipperton Island: 8
Cloncurry: /37, 141
Clowes, Maj. Gen. Cyril A. (Australian): 175, 177
Coal 111111CS, operation of: 289
Coast Artillery Brigade, Hawaiian Separate: 23
Coast Artillery Corps: 348-51
Coast defenses construction: 7
Alaska: 287, 291
Canal Zone: 50
Hawaii: 42, 52-53, 348, 349-52, 365-66, 661
naval guns: 349-52, 374, 661
Panama mounts: 58
Philippines, 1941-42: 57
Cochran, Col. Philip G.: 428, 445
Cocos Island: 8
Coen Airfield: 143-44
Cold Bay: 37, 278, 280-81, 283, 287, 329
Cold storage, installation of. See Refrigeration plants, installation and operation.
Cold Weather, effect of. See Climate, effect of; Weather, effect of.
Cole, Lt. Col. Heston R.: 124
Colombia: 31-32
Columbus Engineer Spare Parts Depot: 375
Combined Chiefs of Staff. See also Joint Chiefs of Staff.
and Burma offensive: 409, 418, 426
CBI, plans for: 426, 430, 463
Chiang excluded from: 390
India-Burma Theater, directive to: 470
and Leyte: 572
and map compilation and distribution: 458
and Pacific offensives: 463
and pipeline construction and operation: 426-27
and Rabaul, isolation of: 225
and SWPA offensive: 225
Combined Intelligence Center, SOPAC: 270
Combined Operations Service Command (SOCS): 182
Command and staff structures
Burma: 397-98
CBI: 397-98, 428-29, 437, 470
Central Pacific: 506-07
China: 390-91, 397-98, 428-29
Hawaii: 491
India: 397-98
POA: 377-79
SEAC: 437
SOPAC: 232
SWPA: 128
Commerce, Department of: 278
Committee on Aeronautical Affairs, China: 402-03
Committee on Military Affairs, House: 7
Communications facilities
on air ferry routes: 16,
Alaska Highway: 303-05, 313
Australia: 155
Canol: 337
China: 419
Luzon: 60,
Communications zones: 438, 662
Concrete. See Construction materials, improvised; Construction materials, procurement.
Concrete mixers. See Construction machinery and equipment, procurement.
Congress
Alaska Highway, hearings on: 307-08
Canol, hearings on: 319, 335-36
cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contracts, hearings on: 23
defense appropriations by: 7-14, 19, 38, 40-41, 55-59
and Selective Service Act: 14
Truman Committee hearings: 335, 362
Connell, Brig. Gen. Carl W.: 260
Constantine Harbor: 289
Construction. See Costs of Construction and by type. Construction, control of: 681
Alaska, 278, 281-82
Alaska Highway: 301-03, 313-14
Assam: 394-95, 413
Australia: 133-39, 651
Burma: 394-95
CBI: 394-98, 651
China: 403, 4 16, 437-41
Hawaii: 341-42, 353, 491
India: 392-94, 398, 438
Ledo Road: 409, 433-34
Marianas: 492
New Britain: 274
New Guinea: 236, 650-51
Okinawa: 657
Philippines, 1944-45: 601, 651-52
POA: 379
Saipan: 501
SOPAC: 242
SWPA: 229-30, 521, 548, 651-54
USASOS: 229-30, 257-58, 651-54
War Department policy: 360
Construction Command, ASCOM: 579, 619
Construction Corps of the Philippines (CONCOR): 653
Construction design standards: 502
Alaska: 296-98
Alaska Highway: 305, 315-18
Assam: 452, 471
Australia: 120, 139
Burma Road: 413
China: 451
Hawaii: 366
India: 401-02, 471
Ledo Road: 409, 433
Marshalls: 478
SOPAC: 266-67
SWPA: 216-20, 266, 521, 548-51
Construction machinery and equipment, diversified: 264-65, 558
Construction machinery and equipment, improvised: 247, 261-62, 329-31
Construction machinery and equipment, maintenance and repair of: See Maintenance and repair, general; Spare parts procurement zq Construction machinery and equipment, procurement: 49-50
Alaska: 278-80, 297-98
Alaska Highway: 302-05, 310-1
Australia: 117, 123-24, 127, 140-41, 144-45, 148-49, 152-33, 155, 215-16, 241, 554
Burma: 430, 472
Burma Road: 414
Canol: 321-23
CBI: 436, 442
Construction machinery and equipment, procurement-Continued
Central Pacific: 476, 510
China: 430, 452, 472
Guadalcanal: 209
Hawaii: 43-44, 343, 355-56, 375-76, 488
India: 398, 402, 420, 450
Kwajalein: 482, 484-86
Ledo Road: 4036, 409-13, 433, 449, 453-54, 456-57, 465, 470
Marshalls: 478
New Britain: 273
New Caledonia: 212
New Guinea: 151, 155, 202
New Zealand: 47-48
Philippines, 1941-42: 62-63, 69-70
Saipan: 496-98
SWPA: 210-12, 236, 264
War Department policy: 547, 549
Construction materials, improvised
Australia: 125-26, 149, 261-62
Bataan: 93.-94
Ledo Road: 663-64
New Caledonia: 165
Construction materials, measurement tons, for Canol: 323
Construction materials, procurement: 49-50, 381-82, 508-og
Alaska: 278-81, 289, 295-98, 333-34
Alaska Highway: sot, 316-18, 334
Assam: 400-401, 424, 441-42, 471
Australia: 261-62, 266-67, 554-56
Bataan: 92-94, 99-100
Burma: 430, 466
Burma Road: 458
Canol: 323-27
CBI: 436
China: 430, 452
Corps of Engineers and: 682
Corregidor: 103-04
Hawaii: 342-43, 353-57, 362-63, 366-67, 375-76
Hollandia: 531-32
India: 397, 399-400, 402-03, 424, 471
Kwajalein: 484-86
Ledo Road: 406, 409, 424, 447, 449-50, 456, 465-66, 471, 664
Leyte: 574-75, 586
Luzon: 602, 612
Marshalls: 478
Milne Bay: 239
New Caledonia: 214
New Guinea: 155, 238, 258, 262-63, 266-67
New Zealand: 213-14, 261-62, 266-67
Okinawa: 657
Philippines, 1941-42: 69-70
Saipan: 496-97
SOPAC: 260-64
Construction materials, procurement-Continued SWPA: 260-63, 548, 554, 682
by USAFIA: 117-18
Construction missions
Corps of Engineers: 5-6
Quartermaster Corps: 6, so Construction problems: 20-21, 679-80
Alaska: 11, 21-22, 35, 280-83, 291-96
Alaska Highway: 308-09, 312
ASCOM: 584-85
Assam: 416-17
Australia: 116-17, 119-22, 135, 144, 241-42
Burma Road: 414-15
Canal Zone: It, 14-15, 20-21, 30-31
CBI: 393-94
Central Pacific: 384
China: 452
Hawaii: it, 19, 39, 52, 365-66
India: 393-94, 401-02, 417
Ledo Road: 466
Leyte: 585
Luzon: 632
New Guinea: 151, 157-58, 181-82, 257
Philippines, 1941-42: 59-61, 64-65
SOPAC: 542
SWPA: 542
Construction programs and progress Admiralties: 543
Alaska: 33-37, 50-52, 276-78, 280-81, 283-84, 286- 88, 291, 298, 333-34
Alaska Highway: 305-15
Allied Works Council: 141-45, 223-24
Assam: 393-94, 396-97, 399-400, 404
Australia: 13-22„ 133-34, 138-44, 152-53, 214-15, 217, 220, 223, 239, 260
Bataan: 58, 95-96
Biak: 537-38
Burma: 393-94, 464, 661-62
Burma Road: 406, 413-15, 418-19, 421-22, 425-26, 435-36, 442, 458-59, 465-66, 473-75, 662-63, 666
Canal Zone: 29-33, 50
Canol: 321, 325-27, 336-38
Canton Island: 47
Carolines: 515-17
CBI: 431, 649
Central Pacific: 381-82, 476, 506, 511-12
China: 419, 425, 431, 440-41, 452, 661-62
Christmas Island: 47
Corregidor: 58, 65-66, 71, 102-04
Fiji: 242-43
Guadalcanal: 172-73, 208-09, 232, 569, 661
Guam: 517
Hawaii: 38-45, 51-53, 361, 363, 365, 372-74, 486-87, 506-10, 649
Hollandia: 541-42, 544
India: 392-94, 396-97, 399-400, 404, 407-08, 416-17, 438-39, 362-63, 366, 369, 372, 148-49, 155,
Construction programs and progress-Continued Japan, for assault on: 675
Lae: 258
Ledo Road: 03-13, 418-19, 422-25, 426, 431-34, 442-49, 453-54, 456-57, 465, 472, 474-75, 662-64
Manila: 650
Manila Bay area: 58
Marianas: 506
Milne Bay: 181-82, 220-22, 238-39
naval construction: 287
New Britain: 273
New Caledonia: 206-07, 569, 661
New Guinea: 133-34, 170-75, 181-85, 220-22, 231-32, 238, 244, 248-47, 258, 541-42, 548
New Hebrides: 569
New Zealand: 222, 233, 661
Okinawa: 649
Philippines, 1941-42: 59-66, 71-72, 86-87
Philippines, 1944 -45: 649
POA: 378-79
Port Moresby: 133-34, 181-82, 185, 220-22, 235
Saipan: 497, 499-503, 511
Solomons: 526, 544-46, 568-69, 66
t
SOPAC: 220-24, 231-32, 242-43, 542-43, 648-49
SW PA: 220-4, 235, 542-43
Wakde: 543-44
Construction Service, CPA: 507-03, 5
to
Construction Service, SOS CBI: 438, 475, 681
Contact Creek: 314
Contract negotiation. See Administrative procedures; Cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contracts.
Cook, Les: 309
Cooktown Airfield: 143-44
Coral: 385-86
Coral Sea, Battle of, 150, 157, 168
Cordillera Central Mountains: 627-28
Cordova, Alaska: 279, 283
Corlett, Maj. Gen. Charles H.: 331, 477, 482
CORONET: 677, 678
Corozal, Post of: to, 14
Corps, Philippine Army
I: 87-91, 96-97, 99-100
II: 87-91, 97, 99-too
Corps. See also Marine Amphibious Corps.
I: 196, 528-29, 587, 592-95, 601, 610, 625, 627, 632, 675-76
IX: 675-76
X: 574-77, 582, 635
XI: 567, 608-og, 619-20, 625, 632, 638, 675-76
XIV: 255, 526, 574, 587, 592-96, 599, 601, 610-12, 625, 627, 630-32
XXIV: 574-76, 582, 643-45, 649. 657
Corps of Engineers, Philippine Army: 66, 68-69
Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. See Engineers, Corps of.
Corpus Christi, Tex.: 326
Corregidor Island: 55, 57, 58, 61, 65-66, 71, 72-80, 93-95, 101-06, 619-21, 625
Cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contracts
Congress and: 23
Hawaii: 353, 363, 371-72, 487-89, 507
Philippines, 1941-42: fit
War Department policy: 24
Costa Rica: 31-32
Costs of construction
Alaska: 278
Allied Works Council and: 152, 223-24, 239-41, 260
Australia: 152, 223-24, 240-41
Burma Road: 414, 421, 435-36
Canal Zone: 50
Canol; 338
China: 422, 441, 452
Hawaii: 52, 342. 353, 355-58, 363, 371-72, 488
Ledo Road: 421
Philippines, 1941-42: 61, 66, 70
Counterattacks, Japanese: 330, 514, 526, 539-40. See also Suicide attacks, Japanese.
Couplings, victaulic: 427
Covell, Brig. Gen. William E. R.: 664
Craig, General Malin: 7-8
Crow River: 309
Curtin, John: 118, 120-21, 140, 215
Cutcut River: 603, 606
CYCLONE: 561
Cyclops Airfield: 531-32
Cyclops Mountains: 527
Dagupan: 600
Dagupan air strip: 599-600
Dagupan River: 593, 596, &xi
Dale, Wing Comdr. William A. C. (RAAF): 533, 561
Dallas huts: 266
Dam construction and repair: 285-86
Damage control, Corregidor: 102-04, 146
Damortis: 76, 627
Daraga: 638-39
Darwin: 45, 109, 110-11, 112-13, 114, 115-19, 122, 123-24, 134, 147-48, 158, 231, 240-41
Darwin Civil Field: 110
Darwin RAAF Field: uo
Davao: 635
Davao Gulf: 635
Davidson, Brig. Gen. Howard C.: 429
Dawson, Lt. Col. Louis Y., Jr.: 408, 413-15, 420-22, 435-36, 458-59, 461-62, 465
Dawson, Col. Miles M.: 559
Dawson Creek: 299, 301, 305, 312, 315, 327, 334
DC-3’s: 181
Dean, Col. Reginald L.: 598-99, 613
Decker, Brig. Gen. George H.: 608
Defence Department, Australia: 124, 131
Defense appropriations. See Congress, defense appropriations by.
Defense Battalions, Army
3rd: 478, 485, zqq
437-40, 456, 466,
Defense Battalions, Army-Continued
4th: 478
Defense battalions, CPA: 381
Defenses, buildup of
Alaska: 7-8, 12-14, 16-19, 28, 35-36, 276-78, 298
Australia: 109-11
Burma: 391
Canal Zone: 6-15, 20-21, 27-28, 32-33
Canton Island: 162, 164-65
China: 387-90
Christmas Island: 162, 164-65
Corregidor: 57, 619-20
Fiji: 162, 164, 232-33
Hawaii: 6-16, 19-20, 27-28, 341-42, 362
New Caledonia: 160, 162, 164-66
New Hebrides: 169-70
Panama: 12, 15
Philippines, 1941-42: 55
SOPAC: 169-71
Del Carmen Airfield: 63-66, 73, 79, 655
Del Gallego: 81
De Longe, Maj. Merrill E.: 270
Del Monte: 61, 65, 71
Demolition operations
Admiralties: 523-24
Australia: 138-39, 216
Bataan: ioo-oi Biak: 540-41
Burma: 445
Burma Road: 455
Carolines: 515-16
Central Pacific: 382-83
china: 469
Corregidor: 620-21
Guam: 506
Hawaii: 352-53, 361
Kwajalein: 479-81
Leyte: 578
Luzon: 74-84, 597, 609-12, 627, 632
Manila: 84, 617
Marshalls: 483-85
Mindanao: 106
New Guinea: 146
Okinawa: 646-48
Philippines, 1941-42: 66-68, 74, 596
Philippines, 1944-45: 621-24, 633
Saipan: 496-98, 500
SOPAC: 542
SWPA: 542
Wakde: 536
Demolition operations, Japanese
Leyte: 582
Luzon: 590, 595, 602-04,618, 626, 629, 638
Manila: 613-14, 619, 656
Mindanao: 635
Dengue fever; 186, 517
Denver, Rio Grande and Western Railroad: 389
Department of Interior, Australia: 121
Department of the Interior: 13, 19, 288. See also Ickes, Harold L.
Department of Public Works, New Caledonia: 163, 223
Depot construction and operation. See Base construction and operation; Base construction and operation, Japanese; Storage facilities, construction and operation.
Depot Field: 506
Derby, Maj. George T.: 112-14, 117, 120
Derra: 115
DeWitt, Lt. Gen. John L.: 276
and air buildup: 276
and airfield construction and repair: 18-19, 22-23, 28, 34-36, 284
and Alaska defenses: 11, 33, 331
and constniction, control of: 20, 25-26, 28, 34, 282
and construction programs and progress: 34-37, 276-78
and engineer units, strength: 276-78
and port fadlities, construction and repair: 281
and storage facilities, construction and repair: 37, 281
and threat to Alaska: 284
Diamond Head: 351
Dibrugarh: 400, 427, 467n
Digb01: 434, 457, 463, 467n
Dimapur: 446
Dimond, Anthony J.: 299
Dinalupihan: 79, 609
Dingalan Bay: 594
Dinjan: 391, 400
Diseases, effect of: 393, 423-24, 433, 462, 466, 541
Distinguished Unit Citation awards: 455, 536
Districts. SOS CBI: 438-40, 452
Divisions, SOS CBI
1st: 438
2nd: 439
Dobodura: 156, 193-96, 198-99, 202-03, 205, 235-38, 245, 257-58
Dock construction and repair. See Port facilities, construction and repair.
Dogs, training with: 490-91
Dorn, Col. Frank: 421
Douglas Fir: 670
Drawings, standard. See Construction design standards.
Dredging operations: 501, 516, 585, 656. See also
Port facilities, construction and repair; Port
facilities, construction and repair, by Japanese. Driniumor River: 541
Drury, Maj. Harold F.: 608
Duke River: 31
Dukws: 273-74, 476, 497, 506, 530, 562, 578, 644
Dulag: 573-78
Dulag Airfield: 573-’74, 576, 579-80, 584-86
Dulag-Burauen road: 581-82, 584
Dunbar, Col. Ernest A.: 607
Dunn, Col. Beverly C.: 18, 22, 28, 33-34, 37, 49, 278, 280-82, 287
Dunne, Col. David M.: 626
Dutch Harbor: 12, 16-18, 28, 35-36, 276, 278, 284, 287, 288, 290, 308, 322
E. W. Elliott Company: 302, 311
Eagle Farm Air Base: 115, 127, 141, 260
Earth Moving Manufacturers Group: 140, 213
East-West Road, Australia: 114
Eastern Command, British: 440
Economic Cabinet, Australia: 215
Eddleman, Brig. Gen. Clyde D.: 613
Edmondton: 288, 299-301, 311, 313, 321, 324, 327
Efate Island: 169-70, 212, 214, 222, 662
Eichelberger, Lt. Gen. Robert L. See also Armies, Eighth; Corps, I.
and Biak: 541
in Buna campaign: 199, 201-03
commands of, 196, 586
and Hollandia: 528-29
El Fraile Island: 57, 104, 622-24
Electric power plants, installation of. See Power plants, installation and operation.
Electrical fixtures: 261
ELKTON plan: 225, 231, 234, 235
Ellice Islands: 380
Elliott, Col. John C. B.: 584
Ellison, Lt. Col. Marvin C.: 522
Ellison, Maj. William J., Jr.: 258
Elmendorf Field: to, 12, 14, 16-19, 28, 34-37, 278, 283, 287, 296
Ely, Col. William J.: 239, 246, 584
Eman Point: 89
Embessa: 181
Embogo: 195
Embogo River: 202
Emmons, Lt. Gen. Delos C. See also Hawaiian Islands.
and air defense measures: 344, 347-48
and air ferry routes: 168-69
and airfield construction and repair: 361
and ammunition storage plan: 368
and coast defenses: 350-51
command of: 161, 344
and construction, control of: 354, 360-61
and construction machinery and equipment, procurement: 355, 375
and construction programs and progress: 361, 365, 367
and food production: 343-44
and mines, requisition for: 352
and naval guns, emplacement of: 374
and priority ratings: 346
and road construction and repair: 369
and storage facilities, construction and operation: 366-67
Empress Augusta Bay: 255
Ende, Capt. Carl F.: 48
Engebi Island: 484-85
Engineer Airborne Aviation Battalions
871st: 248-49, 252, 254
872nd: 248, 254, 533 873rd: 633
875th: 533
879th: 450, 454-55
Engineer Airborne Aviation Company, Booth: 445
Engineer Airborne Combat Battalion, 127th: 609-10, 630-31
Engineer Aviation Battalions
802nd: 36, 278, 286, 290
803rd: 63, 69, 73, 79, 93, 95-98, 100, 103, 105
804th: 41, 47-53, 162, 340-41, 348, 380-86, 498-500, 518
805th: 50, 500
807th: 281, 284, 297, 331
808th: 122-24, 127, 148, 153, 157-58, 181-182, 187, 235, 258, 267, 275, 581
810th: 167, 171, 206, 223, 256
811th: 167, 223, 233, 640
813th: 283, 289
821st: 71, 232-33, 256, 581
822nd: 207, 232, 256
823rd: 398, 400, 406, 409-12, 424
828th: 212, 232, 256, 599
836th: 258, 526, 536, 564-65, 599
839th: 264
841st: 274, 603-05, 612
842nd: 235, 265
848th: 452
849th: 433
853rd: 450
854th: 478, 484, 517 857th: 235, 258
858th: 663
860th: 275, 540
863rd: 275, 539-41, 602
864th: 264, 274, 538-41, 599 865th: 634
930th: 468, 662
1874th: 562
1875th: 450, 472
1876th: 600, 603-04, 613
1877th: 450, 468
1878th: 503
1879th: 599, 605, 611
1880th: 663
1881st: 564-65, 579
1880: 433, 444, 447
1884th: 515
1887th: 515-16
1888th: 450, 468
1897th: 564-66, 632
1905th: 434, 447
1913th: 274, 603-04
Engineer Aviation Companies
804th: 38, 4s
805th: 29, 50
807th: 36, 280-81
809th: 63
Engineer Aviation Regiments
28th: 19, 22, 36n
931st: 525, 532
Engineer Aviation Topographical Companies
955th: 223, 270
958th: 458
960th: 270
Engineer Base Equipment Company, 617th: 525, 564
Engineer Base Shop Battalion, 411th: 229
Engineer Base Topographical Battalion, 30th: 667
Engineer Boat and Shore Regiments
532nd: 246, 251, 253, 530, 632
533rd: 593, 635
534th: 567, 594
542nd: 530, 535-36, 538
543rd: 562, 565, 593, 633
544th: 567, 592-93
592nd: 608, 620, 623, 631
593rd: 533, 535-36, 562
594th: 593, 595
Engineer Brigade, 1st Provisional: 511-12
Engineer Camouflage Companies
639th: 282-83, 291
641st: 559-60
642nd: 559-60
Engineer Combat Battalions: 144-45, 547
3rd: 43-44, 369, 531, 586, 620, 635-36
6th: 564, 596, 627, 638-39
13th: 328-31, 478-79, 582, 645
14th: 69, 73, 80, 90-91, 94, 98, 100
27th: 533, 535-36, 561-62
34th: 495 50th: 478, 482
52nd: 514, 516-17, 634
57th: 167, 170, 207-og, 526, 634
65th: 43, 209, 249-50, 342, 352, 369, 597, 628
79th: 530-31
102nd: 381-83, 478, 482-83, 485, 495-96, 499-500 104th: 482-83, 485
106th: 567, 635
108th: 629 112th: 535 113th: 609, 619-24, 638-39
114th: 181, 192, “94-95, 198-203, 205, 271, 274, 628-29
15th: 595
116th: 171, 182, 237, 246-47, 261-62, 271, 530, 533,
535, 538-40, 632-33
117th: 171, 249--50, 255-56, 526, 595, 598, 602, 604,
610-11,6/5,638
118th: 233, 245, 249-50. 596, 598, 603 131st: 212,223
132nd: 503--04
152nd: 381-83, 386, 495
154th: 514 155th: 515-17
186th: 597
209th: 433-34, 448, 454-55, 465, 472, 664
233rd: 504
236th: 454-55, 465, 473
242nd: 504
302nd: 503-06, 644, 646
306th: 514-16
32’st: 582
moth: 603 1279th: 611, 639
1341st: 495, 506
Engineer Combat Companies
32nd Separate: 17, 33, 36, 278
59th Separate: 246, 251, 273
223rd: 332-33 404th: 246 521st: 332-33
Engineer Combat Groups
1112th: 537, 564-65, 580
1129th: 632
a138th: 514-15
1165th: 495-96
Engineer Combat Regiments
3rd: to, 16, 23, 38, 42-43, 342, 352
lith: 10--11, “4, 21, 29
14th: 6”, 68
18th: 295, 300, 302-03, 310-17, 331
34th: 41-42, 53, 342, 354, 369, 375, 381, 478, 482, 495
35th: 300-301, 305, 310-16, 326, 335
50th: 328-33 131st: 526, 544
151st: 36, 278-79, 281. 284, 289
Engineer Combat Squadron, 8th: 271, 522-24, 613, 615, 627, 632
Engineer Construction Battalions: 547-48
43rd: 564-65, 599, 613, 618
46th: 579
47th: 501-02, 511
239th: 634 240th: 579-80 339th: 577, 638
382nd: 434, 440, 450, 456
1304th: 465, 470, 664
1398th: 502 1399th: 509
Engineer Construction Brigades: 548
5201st: 548, 571
5202nd:548, 588, 591, 594, 601, 603-06, 652
Engineer Construction Command (ENCOM): 651-54, 656, 669, 681
Engineer Construction Groups
1112th: 565-66, 632
1136th: 632
Engineer Construction Groups-Continued
-176th: 495, 498, 500-0-, 511-12
1181st: 657
Engineer Depot Companies
soist: 153
439th: 618
452nd: 375, 510
456th: 411, 418
Engineer Dump Truck Companies
195th: 398, 403
198th: 239
576th: 187-88
Engineer General Service Battalion, 47th: 495, 501
Engineer General Service Regiments: 210, 307, 436 42nd: 279, 283, 286-87
43rd: 124, 127, 147-48, 158, 175-78, 182, 188, 198-99, 203, 235-38, 261-62
45th: 398-400, 406-07, 409-12, 424, 432-33, 447, 453
46th: 124-28, 144-45, 149-51, 155-56, 158, 175-76, 187, 235, 238-39, 246
47th: 70, 369, 381, 478, 482, 485, 495
gist: 272
93rd: 302-03, 310, 317
95th: 305, 3143-11, 317
96th: 272, 564-65
97th: 303, 310, 312, 314-15, 317
176th: 292
177th: 287, 289
330th: 411--2, 420, 424, 431-35, 444, 447-48, 465, 470
331st: 287
339th: 239
340th: 303, 310-11, 314-17
341st: 305, 309-11, 316-17
349th: 331
Engineer Heavy Ponton Battalions
89th: 321-22
90th: 321, 326-27
556th: 575, 582-83, 603-02, 611-14, 619
Engineer Heavy Shop Company, 445th: 239
Engineer Hill: 329-30
Engineer Intelligence Section, USASOS, 269
Engineer Light Ponton Companies
71st: 444, 472-74, 663
73rd: 302, 312, 317
74th: 301, 312, 317
75th: 470-71
76th: 444, 448
77th: 444
191st: 663
504th: 455
506th: 575, 596, 601
5roth: 575, G01
530th: 575, 595-96, 60i, 611-12, 615-16
Engineer Maintenance Companies
468th: 290
472nd: 213
479th: 411, 433
Engineer Maintenance Companies-Continued
963rd: 613, 618
Engineer Map Depot Detachments
1603rd: 553
1604th: 553
1608th: 553-54
Engineer missions
Admiralties: 523-25
Alaska: 278, 291, 339
Alaska Highway: 300
Australia: 111-114
Burma: 387-89
Canada: 276, 339
Carolines: 514-16
CBI: 389, 431
Central Pacific: 381-83, 518-19
China: 387-89, 402-03, 416
Guam: 504-06
Hawaii: 340-45, 353, 358, 369-70, 372-73, 507-08
Hollandia: 527-28
India: 396, 404
Japan, in assault on: 674-75, 677-78
Kwajalein: 477-78
Leyte: 574-75
Luzon: 72-85, 587-92, 601-03, 605-06, 610-11, 626-27, 637
Marianas: 493
Marshalls: 477-78
New Guinea: 133-34, 1643, 174, 521, 541-42
Okinawa: 642-47
Philippines, 1944-45: 570-71
POA: 507-08
Rabaul: 244
Saipan: 496-97
Solomons: 172-73, 244-45, 249
SOPAC: 275, 542, 568-69
SWPA: 130-38, 275, 520-21, 542
USASOS: 521
Engineer Office, CPA: 377-78. See also Honolulu Engineer District.
Engineer organization
Admiralties: 522
AFPAC: 650
Alaska: 281-83, 333
Alaska Highway: 3132-435, 313-14, 316-17
ASCOM: 571-72
Assam: 438-39
Australia: 120-21
Bataan: 86-87, 99
Burma: 438-39
Burma Road: 422
CBI: 395-96, 398-99, 429, 431, 437-39, 453
China: 395-96, 416, 439-40, 451-52, 470
Hawaii: 340-42, 353-54, 358, 360-61, 486, 491-92
Hollandia: 527-28
India: 395-96, 398-99, 403-04, 415-16, 429, 438-39
India-Burma Theater: 470, 475
Japan, for assault on: 676-78
Engineer organization-Continued
Ledo Road: 409-10
Leyte: 579, 651
Luzon: 601, 650-51
Marianas: 493-95
New Guinea: 147, 174, 521
Okinawa: 657
Philippines, 1941-42: 66, 69
in POA: 507
Saipan: 511-12
SOPAC: 232, 243, 520-21, 543, 568-69
SOS CBI: 398-99, 438-39
SWPA: 130-31, 230, 235, 243-44, 520-21, 548, 551-52, 556, 571-72, 650-51, 654
USAFIA: 119
USASOS: 243-44, 257, 520-21, 528-29, 571-72, 650- 54
Engineer Parachute Combat Battalion, 161st: 586, 620
Engineer Petroleum Distribution Companies
138th: 467
699th: 449
706th: 449, 457
709th: 450, 466, 471, 664
775th: 449, 457, 471
776th: 450, 466
777th: 450, 467
778th: 457, 466
779th: 457, 471
780th: 457, 471
1381st: 471
1382nd: 471, 664
Engineer Port Construction and Repair Group, 1052nd: 264
Engineer Railroad Battalion, 714th: 287
Engineer Section, SOS CBI: 398
Engineer Separate Battalions
91st: 144-45, 149-50, 155, 178, 182, 235
96th: 144-52, 155, 181, 183, 235, 238
388th: 321, 326
Engineer Special Brigades: 226-30, 246, 578, 644, 646
1st: 643-46
2nd: 228, 235, 246, 253, 273-74, 524, 530, 538, 562, 576, 578, 634, 639, 670, 676
3rd: 521, 532-33, 562, 592, 635, 676
4th: 252, 567, 592, 601, 676
Engineer survey. See Reconnaissance, engineer.
Engineer Survey Liaison Detachment, 1679th: 608
Engineer Topographical Battalions
29th: 23, 33, 278, 290, 302, 306, 490, 667
64th: 489-90, 510
648th: 190-91, 269-70, 301, 306, 552-53, 607. 666
650th: 552, 607
651st: 490
653rd: 440, 458
Engineer Topographical Companies
64th: 376-77, 381-82, 490
69th: 190, 200,270
Engineer Treadway Bridge Company, tooth: 601-02,612-13
Engineer Unit Training Center: 430
Engineer units, arrivals and departures
Admiralties: 525
Alaska: 16-18, 279-83, 285-91, 295, 297-98, 331
Alaska Highway: 300-305, 307, 316, 334
ASCOM: 598-99
Assam: 400, 442
Australia: 118, 122-26, 131, 144-49, 152, Igo, 228, 247
Biak: 538-40
Burma: 445, 454-55, 466, 468, 472
Burma Road: 459
Canol: 321, 326, 335
Carolines: 514-16
CBI: 430, 436-37
China: 438, 475, 663, 666
Fiji: 171, 263
Guadalcanal: 206-07, 209, 255-56
Guam: 503-04, 517
Hawaii: 369, 375-’76, 490, 666-67
Hollandia: 530
India: 398, 411,430, 440, 450, 458, 475
India-Burma Theater: 475
Kwajalein: 484
Lae: 258
Ledo: 406-09, 457
Ledo Road: 406-12, 432-34, 449-50, 454-55, 457, 471
Leyte: 579-81
Luzon: 599-600, 602, 607, 610-11
Marianas: 506
Marshalls: 485
Milne Bay: 2313-39, 521, 558
New Britain: 274
New Caledonia: 164-67, 206, 213, 223
New Guinea: 144-49, 151, 154-55. 157-58, 187-88, 235, 239, 258, 274-75, 533, 551-52, 558
Okinawa: 657
Philippines, 1941-42: 63
Philippines, 1944-45: 666-67
POA: 640
Saipan: 496, 498-501
Solomons: 249, 526, 544
SOPAC: 161, 164-68, 171-72, 226-27, 266, 270,541
SWPA: 227, 263, 266, 270, 559-60, 564
Wakde: 536
Engineer units, control of: 681
by AAF: 547
Admiralties: 525-26
AFPAC: 649-50
by ASCOM: 591, 594
India: 400
Luzon: 591, 612-13, 626
New Guinea: 174, 182, 187, 202
Okinawa: 657
POA: 649-50
SOPAC: 243, 543
SWPA: 229-30, 543, 547-48, 649-50
USASOS: 187
Engineer units, imbalance in: 680-8t
Engineer units, National Guard: 5
Engineer units, organization: 681
Engineer units, requirements
Assam: 417
Australia: 133
Biak: 538
CBI: 395, 426, 436, 463-64
Central Pacific: 489-90
China: 408
Guam: 503
Hawaii: 16, 342-43, 489-90
Japan, for assault on: 672, 674-75, 677-78
Ledo Road: 406, 409, 423-25, 429, 456-57, 464
Luzon: 590-g
New Guinea: 152-54, 187-88, 244-45
Okinawa: 643
Philippines, 1944-45: 626-27
Rabaul: 234
Saipan: 494-95
SOPAC: 232, 234
SWPA: 231-32, 234-35
Engineer units, shortages of
Alaska: 278-79
ASCOM: 586
CBI: 680
Leyte: 586
New Guinea: 238
Philippines, 1941--42: 59-60
SOPAC: 210-11, 267-68, 680
SWPA: 210, 267-60, 547-48, 680
USASOS: 238
Engineer units, specialized. See Specialists, shortage of; Specialists, training.
Engineer units, strength
Alaska: 33, 35-36, 53, 278, 283
Alaska Highway: 307, 680
ASCOM: 575
Australia: 144
Bataan: 88
Burma Road: 466, 473
Canal Zone: 10, 53
Canol: 338
Central Pacific: 519
Fiji: 163
Hawaii: 10, 38, 42, 342, 380, 680
Hollandia: 529
India: 404, 450
Kwajalein: 478, 482
Ledo Road: 432, 442, 454, 456, 465, 664
Leyte: 575
Luzon: 587, 592, 594, 601
Milne Bay: 175, 239
New Caledonia: 256
Engineer units, strength-Continued
New Guinea: 182, 569
Okinawa: 645
Philippines, 1941-42: 61, 68-69
POA: 507, 519
prewar and postwar: 5, 679
Saipan: 512
SOPAC: 210, 243, 275, 520, 569, 661
SWPA: 210, 243, 275, 520, 567, 569, 666
USASOS: 654
Engineer units work potential formula. See Work Potential formula.
Engineer Water Supply Company, 1504th: 613, 618
Engineering and Terrain Intelligence Team: 668-69
Engineers, Chief of. See Chief of Engineers.
Engineers, Corps of
civil engineering missions: 5-6, 20
civilians, employment of: 679-80
construction, problems of: 20-21, 679-80
construction materials, procurement and use: 682
construction missions: 5-6
construction transferred to: 20, 25-26
defense appropriations, share of: 9, 14
engineer units, imbalance in: 680-81
engineer units, strength prewar and postwar: 5, 679
liaison, interservice and Allied: 680
logistical tasks: 5
military engineering missions: 4-5
mobilization plans: 5
spare parts procurement: 682
stock control: 682
supply system, deficiencies in: 682
training, deficiencies in: 682
training missions: 227
and war plans: 4-7
Engineers as artillerymen: 162
Engineers as infantrymen
Attu: 330
Australia: 149-50
Bataan: 87-100
Burma: 444, 453-55, 463
Carolines: 514-15
Guadalcanal: 207
Guam: 503-04
Kwajalein: 480-82
Luzon: 597-98, 609
Manila: 617
Marshalls: 483
New Guinea: 175-78, 205, 252-53, 535, 543
Okinawa: 646
Saipan: 496, 498-500
Solomons: 249-51, 526-27
Wakde: 535-6
Engineers, Office of Chief of. See Chief of Engineers. Eniwetok Island: 477, 483-85
Entrance Creek: 193, 200, 202-03
Equipment, construction. See Construction machinery and equipment.
Equipment Maintenance School: 672
Escolta, Manila: 614
Espiritu Santo Island: 171, 206, 214, 221-22, 547, 569
European Theater of Operations: 117, 227
Ewa Marine Air Station: 53-54
Excursion Inlet: 287
–F–
F-4’s: 270
Faie Island: 516
Fairbanks: 19, 22, M, 283, 288, 292, 293, 295-96, 313, 315, 325-27, 335-38
Falalop Island: 515-16
Far Eastern University: 651
Farrar, Capt. Willard: 112-14
Farrell, Brig. Gen. Thomas F.: 430, 437-38, 448-51, 456, 462, 467, 475, 663-64
Fasari Airfield: 180-81, 192
Federal Bureau of Investigation: 487
Federal Works Agency (FWA): 317
Ferry operations. See River crossings.
Fertig, Col. Wendell W.: 61-62, 65, 71-72, 79, 87, 92, 95, roo, r06, 634
Fiji: 45, 46, 48, 118, 161, 162, 163, 164, 171, 214, 220-22, 232-33, 242-43, 256, 263, 268-69
Finschhafen: 234, 244, 252-54, 258, 272-73, 528-29, 546, 554. 557-56, 561
Fire-fighting: 518, 530
Fischer, Maj. Harry O.: 62, too
Flame throwers, tactical use: 245, 249, 383, 462, 480, 483. 496-97, 500, 515, 536, 541, 562, 621. 647
Flanders, Maj. Edward A.: 380
Fleets
Pacific: 232, 675
Third: 576
Fifth: 492, 496
Seventh: 265, 576, 578
Fleming, Maj. Robert J., Jr.: r68
Floating depot concept: 558, 670
Floridablanca: 655
Food production, Hawaii: 343-44, 358
FORAGER: 492, 496
Forestry units, requirements: 262
Formosa: 463, 467
Fort Belvoir: 653
Fort Drum. See Carabao Island. Fort Fitzgerald: 320-22, 324
Fort Frank. See Carabao Island. Fort Hertz: 427, 430, 434
Fort Hughes. See Caballo Island. Fort Kamehameha: 340
Fort Kobbe: 14
Fort McKinley: 61, 64;66, 84, 615, 656
Fort McMurray: 329121
Fort Mears: 280
Fort Mills. See Corregidor Island.
Fort Nelson: 299, 301, 305-09, 311, 315-17, 334
Fort Nelson River: 309
Fort Ord: 328
Fort Pikit: 635
Fort Raymond: 33
Fort Richardson: 14, 33-34, 36, 282
Fort St. John: 299, 30r, 304-ro, 312, 315
Fort Shafter: 10, 14, 16
Fort Simpson: 315, 326
Fort Smith: 321-22, 327
Fort Stotsenburg: 45, 598
Fortifications, construction of
Admiralties: 523
Bataan: 87--90, 97
Hawaii: 346, 365, 373
Solomons: 526
Fortifications, construction of, Japanese
Biak: 537, 542
Carolines: 5 15
Central Pacific: 383
Corregidor: 620
Leyte: 582
Luzon: 598, 609-10, 627
Manila: 614-15, 617
Mindanao: 636
New Britain: 274
Okinawa: 642, 644-45, 646-48
Philippines, 1944-45: 633-34
Saipan: 496-98
SOPAC: 542
SWPA: 542, 562
Wakde: 536, 542
Fowler, Brig. Gen. Raymond F.: 362, 558
France: 13, 163
France Field: 8
Frank, Maj. Gen, Walter H.: 488
Fraser, Peter: 48, 213
Freight unloading and distribution. See Cargo unloading and distribution.
Fremantle: 240
French canal, Panama: 32
Frink, Maj, Gen. James L.: 534, 556, 650-51. See also United States Array Services of Supply.
Fritsche, Capt. Frederick L.: 32
Frostbite: 292
Fuel storage construction. See Storage facilities, construction and operation.
Fuller, Maj. Gen. Horace H.: 236-N, 539-40
Fuller, Kent: 325
Futema Airfield: 658
Fyzabad: 397
–G–
Galapagos Islands: 8
Galena Airfield: 288, 295
Ganges River: 467
Garapan: 493, 498
Garapan-Charan Kanoa road: 502
Garbutt Field: ro, 115, 141,
Garrison forces
Central Pacific Area: 381, 386
Kwajalein: 478, 484
Marshalls: 478, 484-85
Okinawa: 643-44, 657-58
Saipan: 495
Gasoline. See POL (petroleum, oil, and lubricants). Gasoline storage facilities. See Storage facilities, construction and operation.
Gaya: 397
Geelvink Bay: 537, 561
Gehr, Capt. Harvey W.: 422
General Engineer District (GENED): 652-53
General Headquarters, India: 392-93, 396, 417, 420
General Headquarters, SWPA: 128, 649. See also
MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas;
Southwest Pacific Area.
General Headquarters, U.S. Army: 5
General Purchasing Board, USAFIA: 126
General Staff Geological Survey, India: 457
Geological surveys
Central Pacific: 669
Iwo Jima: 667-68
Japan: 673
Okinawa: 667-68
SWPA: 554, 669
Germany: 13-14, 27, 35, 107, 210, 326, 403-04
Gertrude Cove: 331-32
Gewald, Capt. Harold T.: 92, 105
Ghormley, Vice Adm. Robert L.: 170-72, 206
Gibson, Col. Herbert D.: 164-65
Gila Peninsula: 567
Gilbert Islands: 164, 377-83, 386, 463, 476
Gili Gili: 238-39, 257
Giru Airfield: 145, 149
Girua River: 194, 205
Gliders: 247, 445, 447, 454
Godfrey, Brig. Gen. Stuart C.: 249, 261, 430, 437, 468, 569
Goerz, Col. Peter P.: 282, 569
Goldie River: 182
Gona: 193, 200
Goodenough Island: 192, 236, 238, 244, 257, 520, 529
Gormsen, Lt. Col. Harold F.: 495
Grace Park, Manila: 614, 618
Grafe, Paul: 41, 327
Graham, Col. James H.: 318-19
Grande Island: 57
Grant, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S.: 471n
Gray, Cpl. Charles H.: 204
Great Slave Lake: 322, 324
Green, Clinton: 501, 518
Green, Lt. Col. Edwin B.: 403
Green, Lt. Col. James E.: 328
Green, Lt. Col. William J.: 433-34, 449
Greenlee, Lt. Col. Harold E.: 454
Grenades, improvised: 352
Griggs, Lt. Col. E. L., Jr.: 539
Griswold, Maj. Gen. Oscar W.: 613, 618-19
Gruening, Ernest: 22, 279. See also Alaska.
Grunert, Lt. Gen. George: 55, 58, 488
Guadalcanal Island: 159, 205, 233, 326, 546-47
airfield construction and repair: 171-72, 206-07, 256
base construction and operation: 569
bridge construction and repair: 207-08
civilians, employment of: 208-09
climate, effect of: 208-09
construction machinery and equipment, procurement: 209
construction materials, procurement: 214
construction program and progress: 172-73, 20809, 232, 569, 661
engineer units, arrival: 206-07, 209, 255-56
engineers as infantry: 207
map compilation and distribution: 188-91
mines, Japanese: 208
road construction and repair: 208-09, 256
topography: 207
Guam: 4, 45, 52, 492, 493, 503-06, 517, 577
Guardia, Ricardo Adolfo de la: 33, 53
Guerrilla operations
Burma: 427-28, 454-55
Churchill and: 427
Leyte: 582
Mindanao: 634
Philippines: 106
Guimba: 596, 610, 612
Gulf Oil Company: 318
Gulkana: 310-11
Gunderson, Maj. Frank N.: 457-58
Gunther & Shirley Company: 25, 41
Gurkha troops: 455
Gurney Airdrome: 257
Gusap Airfield: 254
Guskhara: 399
Guy F. Atkinson Company: 287
–H–
H. C. Price Company: 320, 325, 327
H-20 bridge: 447-49, 470
Hagushi: 641, 643-44
Haines: 317
Haleakala: 46
Halsey, Admiral William F. See also Central Pacific Area (CPA); South Pacific Area (SOPAC).
and Admiralties: 522
command of: 206, 232
and Leyte: 572
MacArthur, conferences with: 234
offensive plans: 225
and Philippines, 1944-45: 572
and Solomons: 244, 250
Hammond Iron Works: 51
Hangar construction: 217-19. See also Airfield construction and repair.
Hankow: 453
Hanna, J. L.: 322
Hannum, Col. Warren T.: 24, 344, 362
Hansa Bay: 527-28, 533
Hansell, Brig. Gen. Haywood S., Jr.: 518
Harbor construction and repair. See Port facilities, construction and repair; Waterways, development and use.
Harding, Maj. Gen. Edwin F.: 192-95
Harmon, Maj. Gen. Millard F.: 172, 251
Harris, 1st Lieut. Henry: 98
Harrison, Maj. Gen. Desmond (British): 437, 439-40
Harrison, Lt. Col. Raymond L.: 213, 236
Harvey, Lt. Col. Raymond J.: 540
Hauwei Island: 524
Hawaii Air Depot: 361, 667
Hawaii Island: 348-49
Hawaii National Park: 23
Hawaiian Coast Artillery Command: 350
Hawaiian Constructors: 25, 41-42, 46-47, 5t-52, 162, 341-43, 345-49, 353-56, 359-64, 371-72, 487-89
Hawaiian Contracting Company: 353
Hawaiian Department Reproduction Plant: 376
Hawaiian Islands: 3, 4, 6-9, 13-14, 20, 27, 54
administrative procedures: 41, 52, 341-42, 353-54, 356-58, 363-64, 370-73, 376, 486-89
air defense construction: 40-41, 43-44, 344, 34849, 361-62, 365, 374
aircraft repair shops, construction of: 370, 373- 74, 507
aircraft warning stations, construction of: 15, 18, 40-42, 51, 53, 346
airfield construction and repair: 28, 38-42, 51, 161, 340-43, 346-49, 3 61-62, 365, 370, 373-74, 486-87, 507-08
airfield defense measures: 348-49, 374
ammunition storage plan: 367-69
base construction and operation: 366, 369-70, 380
beach defenses, construction of: 351-52, 365, 374
blackout control: 341, 343
camouflage measures: 44-45, 346, 350-52, 361-62, 365
civilian defense: 342, 344-46
civilians, employment of: 23-25, 341, 353-55, 369, 486
coast defense construction: 42, 52-53, 346, 349-52, 365-66, 661
construction, control of: 341-42, 353, 491
construction, nonessential, efforts to eliminate: 370-71,373
construction, problems of: 11, 19, 39, 52, 365-66
construction design standards: 366
construction machinery and equipment, procurement: 43-44, 343, 355-56, 362-63, 366, 369, 372, 375-76, 488
construction materials, procurement: 342-43, 353-57, 362-63, 366-67, 375-76
construction programs and progress: 38-45, 51-53, 361, 363, 365, 372-74, 486-87, 506-10, 649
cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contracts: 353, 363, 371-72, 487-89,507
costs of construction: 52, 342, 353, 355-58, 363, 371-72, 488
demolition measures: 352-53, 361
engineer missions: 340-45, 353, 358, 369-70, 372-73, 507-08
engineer organizations: 340-42, 353-54, 358, 36061, 486, 491-92
engineer units, arrival: 369, 375-76, 490, 666-67
engineer units, requirements: 16, 342-43, 489-90 engineer units, strength: 10, 38, 42, 342, 380, 680
financial problems: 356-57, 363-64
fortifications, construction of: 346, 365, 373
hospital construction: 365-66, 374, 486, 507-08, 661
housing: 366
housing construction: 38-39, 346, 361, 366-67, 373-74, 486-87, 507-08
labor force, mobilizing: 23, 342-43, 359-60, 369, 371-73
labor force, strength: 357, 369
land acquisition: 40-41, 51-52, 341-42, 346, 355- 59, 374
map compilation and distribution: 376-77, 489-go, 666-69
mines, improvised: 352-53
mines, installation and removal: 348-49, 365-66, 377
mines, number required: 352, 362, 365
naval guns, emplacement of: 349-52, 374, 661
Navy, cooperation from: 370, 374, 376, 661
pipeline construction and operation: 42
POL rationing: 343, 356, 358
port congestion: 367
port facilities, construction and repair: 12, 40, 367, 373-74, 486
POW camp construction: 507
power plant installation: 373
priority ratings: 48-50, 346, 351, 353-56, 369, 373
prisoners, employment of: 345
radar station, construction of: 347
railroad construction and repair: 23
rainfall, effect of: 371
reconnaissance, engineer: 16, 51-52, 350, 368, 486
refrigeration plant installation: 486
road construction and repair: 23, 43, 346, 350, 369, 374
roadblocks, construction of: 352
seaplane base construction: 365. 374
sewerage installation: 366, 373
shipping, allocation of: 356
shipping shortage: 343-44, 355, 362-63
and SOPAC supply: 171-72
spare parts procurement: 354-56, 375-76
specialists, shortage of: 354-55, 375
as staging area: 366
storage facilities, construction and operation: 39-42, 51-53, 350, 365-70, 373-75, 486, 507
telephone exchange installation: 370
temperatures, effect of: 370
transportation facilities: 354, 365-66
trench obstacles, construction of: 344-45
tunnel construction and repair: 350, 368-70, 374
utilities, installation and maintenance: 365
water supply and distribution: 373
waterways, development and use: 342
Hawaiian Pineapple Company: 348
Hay River: 327
Hearn, Lt. Col. I. K.: 565
Heating plants, installation: 297, 316
Heavey, Brig. Gen. William F.: 228-29, 247, 252, 266, 576, 578
Heiberg, Lt. Col. Elvin R.: 112, 121, 126, 130, 137
Heiman, Col. David W.: 537, 540, 564-66, 580, 583- 84, 587
Henderson Field: 206, 256
Hengyang: 469
Hermosa: 79
Herne Bay: 223
Herron, Maj. Gen. Charles D.: lo, 15-16, 20, 26-27
Hickam Field: 8, 38-39, 44, 52, 53, 340, 341, 348, 365, 507,661
Hicks, Lt. Col. William E.: 435
Highway 1, Leyte: 577
Highway 3, Luzon: 74, 82, 588-90, 595-96, 603, 610- 13, 628, 632, 638
Highway 4, Luzon: 639
Highway 5, Luzon: 74, 610, 613, 627-28, 632, 638-39
Highway 7, Luzon: 609
Highway 9, Luzon: 628, 636
Highway 11, Luzon (Kennon Road): 627, 629, 632, 636
Highway 13, Luzon: 595
Highway construction and repair. See Road construction and repair.
Highway systems. See Road systems.
Hill Field: 586
Hilo: 39, 348-49, 361
Himalaya Mountains: 387, 393, 404, 426, 432, 439, 454, 462
Hiring Service, Australian Army: 113
Hiroshima: 678
Hirshfield, Maj. Robert A.: 399, 407, 410, 417, 465
Hodges, Col. John N.: 10
Hoge, Brig. Gen. William M.: 300-305, 307, 313
Hokkaido Island: 678
Holcombe, Col. William H.: 390-94, 397, 416-17
Holland Park, Brisbane: 223, 240
Hollandia
airfield construction and repair: 527-28, 531-34, 543-44
ASCOM move to: 572
base construction and operation: 527-29, 533-34, 544, 557
cargo unloading and distribution: 529-30
civilians, employment of: 531
construction materials, search for: 531-32
construction program and progress: 541-42, 544
engineer missions: 527-28
engineer organization: 527-28
engineer units, arrival: 530
engineer units, strength: 529
fire-fighting: 530
housing construction: 527, 544
map compilation and distribution: 553-54
naval construction battalions at: 529
photography, aerial: 530
pipeline construction and operation: 544
port facilities, construction and repair: 527, 544
rainfall, effect of: 531
road construction and repair: 527, 530-31, 544
shore party operations: 530-31
stock control: 557-58
storage facilities, construction and operation: 527, 544
supplies, measurement tons: 557
topography: 527
USASOS move to: 569, 650
work potential formula: 529
Hollandia Airfield: 531-32
Holtz Bay: 329
Homestead, Hawaii: 361
Honolulu: 12, 23, 40, 344-45, 367, 369, 374, 509
Honolulu Engineer District: 10-12, 20, 23, 38-44, 47, 169, 340, 353, 356-64, 367, 369, 372, 377-78, 487-89, 493-94. See also Kramer, Brig. Gen. Hans; Wyman, Col. Theodore, Jr.
Honshu Island: 518, 669, 673-74, 677-78
Horn Island Airfield: 143-44, 152, 155, 230
Horowitz, Col. Louis G.: 430
Hospital construction
Alaska: 291
by Allied Works Council: 239-40
by ASCOM: 586
for assault on Japan: 677-78
Australia: 114-15, 223, 240
Biak: 544
China: 419
Fiji: 232, 256
Hawaii: 365-66, 374, 486, 507-08, 661
Kwajalein: 485
Leyte: 575, 586
Luzon: 638
Manila: 655
Marianas: 493
Milne Bay: 257
New Britain: 273
New Caledonia: 220
New Guinea: 235, 257, 259, 546
New Zealand: 232, 243
Okinawa: 643, 660
Philippines, 1944-45: 653, 655-56
Port Moresby: 259
Saipan: 502
Solomons: 250-51
SOPAC: 267
SWPA: 267, 550, 568
Wakde: 544
War Department and: 486
House Committee on Appropriations: 8-9
Housing: 114, 217, 366, 410
Housing construction
Admiralties: 543
Alaska: 33, 37, 278, 282-83, 286-87, 291, 296-97
Alaska Highway: 313, 315-16
for assault on Japan: 678
Australia: 114-15, 119, 124, 139-40, 223, 240-41, 260
Biak: 544
Canol: 321
Carolines: 516
Central Pacific: 476
China: 402-03, 419
Fiji: 232-33
Guadalcanal: 208, 256
Hawaii: 38-39, 346, 361, 388-87, 373-’74, 488-87, 507-08
Hollandia: 527, 544
India: 396-99, 401-03, 456
Kwajalein: 486
Leyte: 575
Luzon: 632
Marianas: 493
Marshalls: 478-’79, 485
Navy’s role in: 267
New Caledonia: 167, 223
New Guinea: 184-85, 254, 257-58, 546
New Hebrides: 256
New Zealand: 243
Okinawa: 643, 660
Philippines, 1944-45: 653
Port Moresby: 185
Saipan: 503
Solomons: 544
SOPAC: 256, 266-67
SWPA: 217, 266-67, 568
Howell, Lt. Col. Harold K.: 478
Hoy, C. A.: 121
Hsinching: 440
Hukawng Valley: 442, 444, 446, 465
Humboldt Bay: 527, 530-31, 534
Hump, the. See Himalaya Mountains.
Hump airfields: 393, 396-97, 400-401
Hunter, Col. Robert C.: 65R
HURRICANE: 537, 538, 541
Hutchings, Brig. Gen. Henry: 252, 507, 592
Hyane Harbour: 522-23
Hyland, Maj. James F.: 416
–I–
Iba: 71
I-beam bridge, on Ledo Road: 448
Ice formation problem: 316, 328
Ickes, Harold L.: 279, 299, 322. See also Department of the Interior.
Icy Strait: 287
Ie Shima: 643, 646, 658. See also Okinawa.
Igloo warehouse: 217-19, 502
Iloilo: 634
Imperial General Headquarters: 179, 682
Imperial Oil Company: 318-25, 335-38
Imphal: 446, 462
Import Procurement Department, Australia: 126
Imus River: 84
India, 389-91, 405, 427-28, 438, 453, 458, 680.
AAF, pressure for construction, 397, 401-02, 416-17
administrative procedures: 401
aeronautical charts, compiling: 458
air defense construction: 398, 400
airfield construction and repair: 392-94, 396-97, 399-404, 406-08, 416-18, 420, 425, 429-32, 438- 42, 455-56, 467-68, 666
base construction and operation: 395-96, 402, 404, 406
camouflage measures: 398-99
Central Public Works Department: 387, 396
civilians, employment of: 392-93, 396, 399, 401, 416-17, 440, 680
climate, effect of: 393
command and staff structure: 397-98
construction, control of: 392-93, 398, 404, 438
construction, problems of: 393-94, 401-02, 417
construction design standards: 401-02, 471
construction machinery and equipment, procurement: 398, 402, 420, 430
construction materials, procurement: 397, 399- 400, 402-03, 424, 471.
construction programs and progress: 392-94, 396-97, 399-400, 404, 407-08, 416-17, 438-39
customs, effect of: 450
diseases: 393
engineer mission: 396, 404
engineer organization: 395-96, 398-99, 403-04, 415-16, 429, 438-39
engineer units, arrival: 398, 411, 430, 440, 450, 458, 475
engineer units, control of: 400
engineer units, strength: 404, 450
housing construction: 396-99, 401-03, 456
India-China road. See Ledo Road.
labor force, mobilizing: 393, 400, 471
and Ledo Road. See Ledo Road.
map compilation and distribution: 457-58
pipeline construction and operation: 387, 419, 426-27, 439, 442, 450, 457, 466-67, 471, 666
POL supply: 427
port congestion: 396
port facilities, construction and repair: 394, 396, 399
power plants, installation of: 399
priority rating: 401
Public Works Department: 416-17
rainfall, effect of: 392-93, 397, 399
reconnaissance, engineer: 440
refrigeration plants, installation and operation: 399
road construction and repair: 393, 398-99, 403
road system: 393
Royal Engineers in: 392-93, 396-97, 400-402, 406, 416-17, 420, 425, 440
shipping shortage: 471
storage facilities, construction and operation: 394-96, 400, 467, 666
supply, by airlift: 472
supply system: 394-95, 425, 429
training facilities, construction of: 403
transportation facilities: 399-400, 402-03
utilities, installation and operation: 403
wire obstacles, erection of: 399
India-Burma Theater: 470, 475, 662
Indian Navy: 471
Indochina: 452
Infantry Divisions
Americal: 206-07, 209, 634
Philippine: 61, 69
6th: 564, 587,592-96, 603, 627, 639
7th: 328, 332, 477, 575-76, 579, 582, 643, 645
24th: 23, 43, 529-32, 575-12, 609, 635
25th: 43, 206, 209, 250, 587, 592, 594, 597, 628-29, 637-38
27th: 381, 478, 482-83, 492, 494-97, 506, 643, 647
31st: 567, 635
32nd: 118, 124, 156, 178, 192-96, 274, 567, 581, 627-29, 637-38
33rd: 628-30, 636-38
37th: 171, 249, 255, 587, 593-95, 602, 610, 612-15, 630, 636-39
38th: 582, 609, 621-23, 638
40th: 587, 592-95, 602, 610, 634
41st: 118, 124, 156, 205, 237, 247, 529-31, 534, 537, 539, 632-33
43rd: 233, 245, 587, 592, 594, 596, 638-39
77th: 492, 503, 581, 643-44, 646-47
81st: 5 12-14
96th: 575-76, 579, 582, 643, 647
Infantry Regiments
34th: 608, 619-20
105th: 496, 500
106th: 482-83
126th: 567
148th: 615
151st: 624
158th: 561, 588, 594, 597, 631-32, 638-39, 657
162nd: 538
163rd: 529, 534, 537
164th: 206
165th: 381,496
186th: 539, 632-33
305th: 503
321st: 514
322nd: 514
323rd: 515
Infantry-tank teams: 647
Ingalls, Col, Robert D.: 300-301, 305, 309, 314
Inland Passage: 280-81
Insoemanai Island: 535
Insoemoar Island: 535
Inspector General, War Department: 377
Intelligence Center, POA: 376
Intelligence estimates and reports
Hollandia: 527, 530
Luzon: 587-88, 601, 611
Manila: 613
Marianas: 493
by Navy: 284
New Guinea: 156, 158
Saipan: 499
SOPAC: 269-71, 551-52
SWPA: 269-71
International Harvester: 140
Intramuros, Manila: 614, 617
Ioribaiwa: 179
Ipo Dam and Reservoir: 618, 627, 638, 656
Iran, U.S. Military Mission to: 394
Irisan River: 637
Iron Range Airfield: 260
Irrawaddy Plain: 394
Irrawaddy River: 391, 406, 454-55, 465, 468, 470, 472, 663-64
Irwin, Maj. Francis I.: 147
Isa: 647
Isely, Commander Robert H.: 498n
Island Command, Okinawa: 643-44, 657-58
Isley Airfield: 498-99, 5131-133, 511, 518
Isurava: 173
Itoman: 641
Iwo Jima: 625, 640-41, 660-61, 666
–J–
Jacky Jacky Point Airfield: 155, 230-31
Jake’s Corner: 307, 310, 315
James River, Virginia: 471n
Japan: 3-4, 27, 50, 52, 53-54, 71-72, 153, 179. 325, 326, 364, 456, 467-68, 510, 518, 625, 636, 640-41, 649, 650, 654-55, 667-69, 672-79, 682-83
Japanese Combined Fleet: 153
Jaque: 30
Jarman, Maj. Gen. Sanderford: 495, 499, 511
Jarrett, Lt. Col. Donald L.: 449
Jaure: 178, 192
Java: 118, 392
John Rodgers Airport: 40, 367, 374, 507, 661
Johns, Brig. Gen. Dwight F.: 112, 119-21, 125-27,
136, 140-41, 152, 182-83, 185, 190
Johnson, Col. Alexander L. P.: 114-15
Johnson, Col. Frank M. S.: 302
Johnson, Maj. John P.: 395-96, 399
Johnson, Lt. Col. W. H.: 373
Johnson’s Crossing: 327
Joint Army and Navy Board: 10, 14, 17, 35, 39, 51
Joint Chiefs of Staff. See also Combined Chiefs of Staff.
and AFPAC: 649
and airfield construction and repair: 527
and Alaska defenses: 284, 288, 328, 331
and base construction directives: 527
and Canol: 336
and Central Pacific offensives: 377-80, 492
and Japan, assault on: 674
and Japan, occupation of: 678
and Kavieng, seizure of: 527
and Klamono oil fields: 563
and Leyte: 572
and Marianas: 492
and Marshalls: 477-78
and Mindanao: 570
and Okinawa: 641
and Pacific areas, division of: 128
and Philippines, 1944-45: 570
and Rabaul: 153, 172, 234
resources, allocation of: 225, 234
SOPAC, directives to: 234
and SOPAC offensive: 170, 172
SWPA, directives to: 234
Joint Expeditionary Force, Kwajalein: 482
Joint Logistical Board, POA: 378
Joint Planning Committee, Australia-U.S.: 113
Joint Purchasing Board, SOPAC: 171-72, 2 /4
Joint Staff, POA: 378-79
Joint Supply Council, New Zealand: 214
Jolo Island: 633
Jones, Brig. Gen. Albert M.: 82
Jones, Air Marshal George (RAAF): 241
Jones Bridge, Manila: 619
Jorhat: 447
Juneau: 279, 281, 283, 287, 289
Jungle warfare, Saipan: 500
Jungle warfare training: 156, 490-91
–K–
K. B. Mission: 238-39
Kabacan: 635
Kadena Airfield: 645, 658-59
Kagman Point: 500
Kagoshima: 673-75
Kahuku: 348, 361
Kalihi Valley: 345
Kamiri air strip: 562
Kanchow: 419-20, 452, 469
Kanchow Construction Company: 419
Kaneohe Seaplane Base: 53
Kansas City Engineer District: 321, 323
Kapa Kapa Trail: 178-79
Kapalama Basin: 40, 42, 367, 374, 486
Karachi: 392, 393, 394-96, 398, 399--400, 402, 404, 406, 417
Karrick, Col. Samuel W.: 653
Katherine, Australia: 123, 149
Kauai Island: 348-50
Kavieng: 522
Kayangel Island: 516
Keehi Lagoon: 40, 365, 367, 374
Kelso Airfield: 145
Kenerson, Lt. Col. Waldo I.: 440, 451-52
Kenney, Maj. Gen. George C. See also Allied Air Forces, SWPA.
and Admiralties: 522-23
and airfield construction: 174, 184-85, 188, 220, 230, 581, 584
and airlift operations: 180
commands of: 157
construction, pressure for: 184-87
and engineer units, control of: 187, 229
and Hollandia base: 534
in Leyte campaign: 581, 584
and Luzon: 599
Kennon Road, Luzon. See Highway 11, Luzon.
Kerama Retto: 643-44. See also Okinawa.
Kewalo Basin: 340-41
Kharagpur: 440, 456
Khasi Hills: 393
Kiangan: 639
Kiangsi Province: 419, 431, 452
Kila Drome: 143. 152
Kimmel, Admiral Husband E.: 347
Kindley Field: 61, 103, 105, 620
King, Maj. Gen. Edward P., Jr.: 62, 99, 101
King, Admiral Ernest J.: 169, 378. See also United States Navy.
King, William L. Mackenzie: 300. See also Canada.
KING operations: 570, 572, 592
Kingman, Brig. Gen. John J.: 6, 60, 390
King’s Wharf, Makin: 382
Kingsbury, Lt. Col. Leonard L.: 478
Kinjaki Barige:
Kinkaid, Rear Adm. Thomas C.: 328
Kinsolving, Col. William C.: 439, 449-50, 457, 446-67, 471
Kipapa: 361
Kipapa Gulch: 368, 370, 374
Kiriwina Island: 231, 234, 239, 244, 246, 251
Kirkpatrick, Capt. Harry F.: 415
Kiska Harbor: 331-32
Kiska Island: 33, 276, 284, 286, 290, 322, 328-29, 331.- 34, 364
Kiunglai: 293
Klamono oil fields: 563
Klenso Field: 565
Klinke, Maj. Emil F.: 130
Kluane Lake: 302-03, 310-11, 316-17
Knox, Frank: 18, 27, 299. See also United States Navy.
Kodiak Island: 12, 17, 18, 22, 35, 278, 284, 287, 295-96
Kohloss, Col. Fabius H.: 395, 401, 408, 413-15, 421-22
Kokee: 16, 51
Kokoda Trail: 156-57, 173, 178-80, 192
Kokoda Village: 157-58
Kolombangara Island: 250
Koontz, Capt. Clyde L.: 398
Korea: 678
Kornasoren Airfield: 563
Koromokina River: 255
Koumac Airfield: 171
Kramer, Brig. Gen. Hans: 369-74, 377-78, 381, 478, 486-87, 489, 491, 493
Kromer, Col. Philip F.: 438
Krueger, General Walter. See also Armies, Sixth.
and Admiralties: 522
and Biak: 539
and General Casey: 572
heads Sixth Army: 225
and Hollandia: 532
and Leyte: 584-85
and Luzon: 591, 594-95, 599, 610, 612
and Morotai: 567
and New Guinea: 238-39, 244
and Sansapor-Mar: 563-64
Kuba: 646
Kuluk Bay: 286
Kumon Mountains: 446
Kumpe, Maj. Emil F.: 190
Kung, C. C.: 415, 421-22, 472. See also Yunnan-Burma Highway Engineering Administration.
Kunming: 389-91, 395-96, 402-03, 408, 413-15, 419-21, 425, 427, 430, 439. 451, 454, 464, 469-71, 474-75, 662-63, 666
Kunming Training Center: 455
Kushikino: 673, 675, 677
Kusiokwim River: 288, 295
Kwajalein Atoll: 476-82, 483-86, 496
Kwanghan: 440
Kweilin: 418-19, 431, 452, 468-69
Kweiyang: 663
Kyushu Island: 456, 467-68, 668-69, 672-78
–L–
La Joya Airfield: 31, 50
Labaun Island: 636
Labor forces, difficulties with Alaska: 21-22, 35
China: 451
Hawaii: 23, 371-73
Labor forces, difficulties with-Continued
Ledo Road: 457
Labor forces, mobilizing
by Allied Works Council: 241-42
by ASCOM: 585
Assam: 401, 471
Australia: 121, 142, 241-42
Burma: 465, 471
Burma Road: 466
Canal Zone: 29, 32-33, 50
China: 403, 451, 472
Hawaii: 342-43, 359-60, 369, 373
India: 393, 400, 471
Ledo Road: 424-25, 450
Leyte: 585
New Guinea: 180-81
Philippines 1941-42: 69
Labor forces, shortages in: 278-79
Labor forces, strength
Alaska Highway: 334
under Allied Works Council: 211
Burma: 467
Burma Road: 473
Canal Zone: 32
Canol: 335, 338
Fiji: 163
Hawaii: 357, 369
New Caledonia: 163
Ladd Field: 9, 12, 19, 28, 34-37, 278, 287, 288, 291, 293, 296
Lae: 143, 174, 230-31, 234, 244-45, 248, 251-52, 258- 59, 546-47
Laguna Province: 84
Lahore: 410
Laiana: 245, 249
Laloki Airfield: 146, 186
Laloma Cemetery, Manila: 614
Lanai Island: 348
Land acquisition and return
by ASCOM: 584
Hawaii: 40-41, 51-52, 341-42, 346, 355-56, 358-59, 374
Leyte: 584
New Caledonia: 661-62
Panama: 29-33, 50, 53
Philippine Commonwealth: 60
Philippines, 1941-42: 60, 65
by USAFFE: 60
Land clearing operations: 148, 157-58, 307-12, 314
Landhi: 396
Landing craft. See also LCIs; LCMs; LCTs; LCVPs; LSMs; LSTs; LVTs.
Admiralties: 523-24
Biak: 537-38, 540, 544
by Boat Building Command: 653-54
Borneo: 636
Carolines: 516
Central Pacific: 382, 476
concept formulated: 227
Corregidor: 620
Dukw: 476, 497, 506, 530, 562, 578, 644
Hollandia: 529
Kwajalein: 479-80, 485
Leyte: 576-79
Luzon: 588, 590-93, 595-96, 609
Marianas: 506
Navy-operated: 578
New Britain: 273
New Guinea: 533
Okinawa: 644
Philippines, 1944-45: 621-24, 632-33, 638
Saipan: 496-98, 511
Solomons: 546
spare parts for: 265, 558-59
SWPA: 551, 562, 564, 567
Tinian: 506
training with: 671
Wakde: 536
Lane, Col. Albert L.: 305, 560, 569, 652
Lane, Col. Thomas A.: 258-59, 265
Langemak Bay: 258
Larrimah: 123, 239, 241
Unison, Lt. Col. G. K.: 345
Lashio: 389, 391, 413, 662
Lauterbach, Col. Herbert G.: 537, 540, Got
Layac Junction: 85
LCIs (landing craft, infantry): 251
LCMs (landing craft, mechanized): 228-29, 235, 247, 251, 253, 273, 476, 496, 530, 562, 576, 578, 593, 620-24
LCTs (landing craft, tank): 253, 516, 540, 551, 620, 638
LCVPs (landing craft, vehicle-personnel): 229, 235, 247, 251, 253, 273, 497, 530, 536, 576, 578, 593
Leahy, Flight Lt. Michael J. (RAAF): 180, 231
Leary, Vice Adm. Herbert F.: 128
Leavey, Brig. Gen. Edmond H.: 378-80
Ledo: 391, 405-10, 412, 419, 434, 448-49, 454, 457, 467n, 473, 663
Ledo Road: 387-89, 391, 404-13, 418-19, 421, 422-25, 426, 427, 429, 430, 431-35, 439, 442-50, 453-55, 456-58, 460--62, 463-67, 468, 470-73, 472-75, 572, 662-66. See also Pick, Brig. Gen, Lewis A.
Lee, Col. John C. H.: 11, 18, 33
Lee Wen-ping, Dr.: 414, 422
Legaspi: 6, 72, 81, 639
Lehr, Maj. William: 141
Lend-lease
Act, passage of: 27
Australia: 140-41, 216, 560
China: 389, 398-99, 402-03
India: 392-93, 395, 398-99, 401-02
New Zealand: 2 3-14, 222
Lenox, Maj. George H.: 167
Lentaigne, Maj. Gen. W. D. A.: 446-47
Leron River: 244
Le Sueur, R. V.: 322
Leyte: 570-88, 590, 59
t-92, 599, 611, 650, 651, 670
Leyte Engineer District: 651-54
Leyte Gulf: 572, 576, 578-79
Leyte Gulf, Battle of: 580-81
Leyte River and Valley: 573, 582
Liard River: 309, 311, 315
Liberty ship berths. See Port facilities, construction and repair.
Libmanan Cave: 81
Likhapani: 410-11, 457, 466
Liles, Lt. Col. Sherwood E., Jr.: 535, 537, 544, 613, 617-19, 656
Lim, Brig. Gen. Vicente: 98-99
Limay: 71, 85, 95, 97
Lines of communication
Alaska: 287-88, 295-96
Assam: 394, 435
Australia: 118, 141, 160, 170, 364
Bataan: 87, 90
Burma: 387, 391, 416, 435-36, 474-75
Canol: 322
China: 387-88, 391, 394, 397, 405-06, 418-19, 425-26, 429-30, 641
Hawaii: 352, 380
India: 391, 394, 397, 405, 426, 429-3i, 475
Japan: 625, 636, 640-41, 677
Luzon: 588
New Caledonia: 166
SOPAC: 160, 168
SWPA: 231, 380
Lines of communication, Japanese: 446, 462,
640-41
625, 636,
Lingayen: 595, 602
Lingayen Drome: 598-600
Lingayen, Gulf: 73-76, 79, 587-95, 600-6432, 604-07, Lingling: 469
,6142-13, 650, 657
Ling
Lipa: 632
Liuchow: 663
“Loew’s Bougainville”: 546
Logistical missions, Corps of Engineers: 5
Logistical systems
for assault on Japan: 672-75
POA: 507
SWPA: 209-10
USASOS: 570-71
Logai: 449
Loper, Brig. Gen. Herbert B.: 489-91, 507, 510, 668
Loper-Hotine Agreement: 190
Loran station, construction of: 517
Lorengau: 522, 524-25
Los Angeles Port of Embarkation: 362,456
Los Balms: 93
Los Negros Island: 522-25
Lovett, 1st Lt. Max D.: 136
Loving, Harry W.: 487-88
LSMs (landing ship, medium): 590, 593
LSTs (landing ship, tank): 253, 382, 476, 485, 496, 498, 511, 523-24, 533, 544, 551, 564, 567, 576-79, 588,593,609,636
Lubang Island: 64, 66
Lubricants. See POL.
Lumber. See Construction materials improvised; Construction materials, procurement; Sawmill construction and operation.
Lung Yun, Governor; 403, 422, 466, 472, 474
Lungling: 456, 459, 461
Luzon: 55-57, 62-63, 66-71, 92, 570, 598, 614, 617-18, 636. See also Bataan Peninsula; Manila, Manila Bay area.
airfield construction and repair: 58-61, 64-65, 79,
590-92, 597, 606, 610, 615, 631-33, 638-39, 655
base construction and operation: 93, 591, 606, 625,
632, 650-51
Base M: 591, 900, 64, 606, 650, 656
Base R: 650, 656
beach party operations: 592-94, 597, 608-09
blasting operations: 604, 638
bridge construction and repair: 76-77, 80-81, 5943- 91, 595-97, 6432-436, 609, 611-13, 616, 626, 628-- 32, 638-39
bulldozers, tactical use: 628-29
cargo unloading and distribution: 592-94, 597, 600, 6439
causeway construction and repair: 593
civilians, employment of: 596, 599, 601, 606, 638-39
communications facilities: 601
construction, control of: 601
construction, problems of: 632
construction materials, procurement: 602, 612
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operations: 74-84, 597, 609-12, 627, 632
engineer district in: 651
engineer missions: 72-85, 587-92, 6431-433, 605-06, 610-11,626-27,637
engineer organization: 60i, 650-51
engineer units, arrival: 599-600, 602, 607, 610-11
engineer units, control of: 591, 612-13, 626
engineer units, requirements: 590-91
engineer units, strength: 587, 592, 594, 601
engineers as infantry: 597-98, 609
hospital construction: 638
housing construction: 632
map compilation and distribution: 607-08, 668-69
mines, shortage of: 75
photography, aerial: 588, 596, 607-08
pipeline construction and operation: 600
POL, evacuation and destruction of: 84
ponton cubes, employment of: 590, 593, 602
port facilities, construction and repair, 592, 600, 632
priority ratings: 604, 612
railroad construction and repair: 596-97, 600, 602- 06, 612, 639
rainfall, effect of: 588, 637-38
Luzon-Continued
reconnaissance, engineer: 588, 593, 599, 6coi, 615, 626, 638
refrigeration plant, construction and operation: 632
river crossings: 5943-91, 595-96, 6432, 610-13, 615-16, 630, 638
road construction and repair: 594, 596-97, 600, 609, 626-32, 637-39
roadblock construction: 74, 77
salvage operations: 603-04, 629
sawmill construction and operation: 632
storage facilities, construction and operation: 594, 600, 6439
supply system: 606
wire obstacles, erection of: 82
Luzon Base Command: 6131
Luzon Base Section: 651, 669
Luzon Engineer District (LUZED): 651-52, 654
Luzon Force: 99
LVTs (landing vehicle, tracked): 273, 382, 480, 496, 497, 506, 530, 538, 562, 596, 644
Lyman, Brig. Gen. Albert K. B.: 15-16, 23, 38-39, 41-44, 341-44, 348, 350-54, 358-64, 367, 369, 371, 376
Lyons, Lt. Col. F. Russel: 302, 314
Mabatang: 87
Mabatang-Mauban line: 97
Macajalar Bay: 635
MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas. See also General Headquarters, SWPA; Southwest Pacific Area; United States Army Forces in the Far East: United States Forces in the Philippines. and Admiralties: 521-23
air buildup by: 150
and air ferry routes construction: 47
and airfield construction and repair: 59, 229-30, 525,563,566,568
and airlift operations: 1fio
arrival in Australia: 127
and base construction and operation: 258
and Biak: 537-38
commands of: 57, 99, 128, 49, 650
and construction machinery and equipment, procurement: 547
and demolition operations: 216
and engineer construction brigades: 548, 675
and engineer districts: 652
and engineer special brigades: 227-28
and engineer units, control of: 649
Halsey, conferences with: 234
and Hollandia: 527, 534
and Japan, assault on: 675, 678
and Klamono oil fields: 563
and land acquisition: 60
and Leyte: 571-72
and Luzon: 591, 599, 608
and Manila: 618
MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas-Continued
and map compilation and distribution: 608, 667- 68
and Marianas: 492
and Mindanao: 570
and Mindoro: 586
and Morotai: 566, 568
and New Guinea: 153, 156-57
and Noemfoor: 561
offensive plans: 129-30, 216, 225, 272-75
ordered to Australia: 99
and Philippines, 1941-44: 57, 80, 82, 87, 89, 92, 98
and Philippines, 1944-45: 570, 572
and Philippines buildup: 55
and priority ratings: 70, 215-16, 260
and Rabaul: 255
and SansaporMar: 563-64
and Solomons: 153
and Southern Philippines: 625, 634
and strategy of isolation: 520, 527, 542-43, 563
and Waigeo: 563
and Wakde: 534
McBride, Brig. Gen. Allan C.: 99
McCandlish, W. L.: 77-78, 81-83
McCarthy, Maj. James A.: 314
MacCasland, Capt. Stanford: 46-48, 163
MacDonald, Thomas H.: 300, 305, 310-1
i. See also Public Roads Administration.
McGrath, Alaska: 288
MacIsaac, Col. Kenneth: 434-35, 449, 457, 463, 466
Mackenzie Mountains: 327
Mackenzie River: 276, 318-21, 324, 327
McNutt, Col. Charles H.: 167, 555
Madang: 234, 244
Madsen, Lt. Col. Kenneth E.: 438-39, 450
Maeda, Lt. Gen. Masami: 79n
Maffin Drome: 535, 541
Magat River: 638
Magicienne Bay: 498
Magnusson, Warren G.: 299
Maintenance and repair, general. See also Spare parts procurement; Specialists, shortages of: Specialists, training.
Alaska: 279-80, ago
Alaska Highway: 313, 317-18
Australia: 126, 148-49
Burma: 442
Burma Road: 422
Guam: 517
Ledo Road: 412-13, 433-34
Manila: 670-71
New Guinea: 186, 265-66
Philippines, 1941-42: 62-63
Philippines, 1944-45: 669-70
SOPAC: 264-66
SWPA: 271-72
Majuro Island: 477-78, 482-83, 485
Makin Garrison Force: 386
Makin Island: 381-86, 478
Malabang: 61, 65, 7 1, 655
Malacafian Palace, Manila: 615
Malaria, incidence of: 151, 238
Malaya: 390
Malicbuy: 81
Malinta Hill and Tunnel: 66, 101-02, 105
Malir: 396, 398-99
Manchuria: 467, 678, 682
Mandalay: 391, 394, 468
Mandaluyong: 656
Mangaldan Drome: boo Got
Manila: 76, 80-85, 92, 93, 587, 591, 604-05, 607-19, 625, 650, 651-53, 655, 656-57, 666-67, 670-71
Manila Bay area: 55, 57-58, 74, 98, 104, 587, 591, 612-13, 656. See also islands and forts by name.
Manila Railroad: 74, 77, 81-82, 84, 604-06, 657
Manipur Plain: 446-47, 454, 462, 468
Manipur Province: 450
Manus Island: 522, 524-25
Manzano, Lt. Col. Narciso L.: 75, 77, 82-84, 106, 613
Map compilation and distribution
by AAF: 668
Alaska: 23, 33, 290
Alaska Highway: 305-06
Attu: 290
Australia: ifig-gt, 55
I52
by Australian Army: 188-89
Bataan: 94-95
Burma: 457-58
Canal Zone: 15
Carolines: 489-90, 510, 516
CBI: 457-58
Central Pacific: 381-82, 489-90, 5to China: 416, 457-58
Combined Chiefs directive on: 458
Corregidor: 94-95
Guadalcanal: 188-91
Hawaii: 376-77, 489-90, 666-69
Hollandia: 553-54
India: 457-58
Japan, for assault on: 518, 650, 667-69
Ledo Road: 410, 457-58
Luzon: 607-08, 668-69
Manila: 666-67
Marianas: 489-go
New Caledonia: 269-70
New Guinea: 188-91, 269-70, 553-54, 668-69
Philippines, 1941-42: 94
Philippines, 1944-45: 626, 668-69
POA: 650, 668
Port Moresby: 199-200
Solomons: 188-89
SOPAC: 188-89, 269-71, 551-52, 666-67
SWPA: 188-91, 269-70, 650, 666-69
USAFIA: 189-90
Maps, Japanese, used by U.S.: 490
Mar: 653
Mar Drome: 565
Mareeba: 144
Mariana Islands: 467, 503, 510-11, 518. See also Guam; Saipan.
beach party operations: 506
construction: 492-93, 506, 518
engineer mission: 493
engineer organization: 493-95
engineer units, arrival and departure: 506
intelligence estimates and reports: 493
JCS directive on: 492
map compilation and distribution: 489-go
mines, Japanese: 506
photography, aerial: 490, 493
planning phase: 492-95
road construction and repair: 506
shipping routes to: 493-94
shore party operations: 506
supply, measurement tons: 493-94, 496
training for: 495
Marilinan Airfield: 248
Marine Amphibious Corps
I: 255
III: 492, 495, 643-45, 657
V: 492, 675
Marine Brigade, 1st Provisional: 492, 495, 503-04
Marine Corps photographic squadrons: 668
Marine Corps troops. 153, 173, 205-08, 211, 232, 242, 244-45, 380, 503, 506, 514, 526, 640, 646, See also
Marine Amphibious Corps; Marine Divisions. Marine Divisions
1st: 274,642,647
2nd: 209, 492, 495-96, 498, 503, 643
3rd: 255, 492, 495, 504-05
4th: 477, 492, 495, 498, 503
6th: 643, 647
Marine Operators Association: 327
Marine raider battalions: 245
Marine Supply Section, USASOS: 558-59
Mariquina River: 619
Mariveles; 71, 92-93, 95, 108, 619-20, 655-56
Mariveles–Bagac road: 95
Mariveles Harbor: 620
Mariveles Mountains: 86, 90, 105
Markham River and Valley: 230, 244, 247-48, 251- 52, 260, 543, 546, 548
Marquesas Islands: 168
Marshall, General of the Army George C.: See also War Department.
and air support for CBI: 392
and Alaska defenses: 18, 35
and Alaska Highway: 318
and Australia buildup: 107, 111, 118
becomes Chief of Staff: 16
and Burma offensive: 404, 418
and Canol: 319
and central purchasing board: 126
Marshall, General of the Army George C.Continued
and China air offensive: 409, 418
and China theater status: 397
and guerrilla operations: 427-28
and India airfields: 420
and Ledo Road: 408-09, 464
and Leyte: 572
and Philippines defenses: 57-58
and priority ratings: 70
and Rabaul: 255
and SOPAC defenses: 170
and Stilwell: 390, 398
Marshall, Brig. Gen. Richard J.: 157, 174, 182, 187. See also United States Army Services of Supply.
Marshall Islands: 476-86, 495-96, 570
Marsman and Company: 60
Marston mat: 125, 219
Martin, Maj. Gen. Frederick L.: Maryborough: 260
Mason, Capt. George J.: 403
Massacre Bay: 329, 331
Massacre Valley: 329
Matanikau River: 207-09
Materials, construction. See Construction materials, improvised; Construction materials, measurement tons, for Canol; Construction materials, procurement.
Mathison, Jack: 144
MArrERnoks: 430, 438, 441, 449, 450, 453, 456, 467
Matthews, Col. Albert G.: 124-28, 137, 144-45, 147,
174-75, 181-83, 185, 212, 218
Mauban: 87
Maui airport: 39
Maui Island: 6
446-47
Maynard, Maj. Clarence F.: 94
Mayo Landing: 319
Meadows, Lt. Col. Benjamin E.: 540
Mechanics. See Maintenance and repair, general; Specialists, shortages of: Specialists, training. Medal of Honor award: 253-54
Meeandah: 223, 240
Mekong River: 4 1 4-15, 435
Melbourne: 109, 149
base operation: 112, 153
construction: Ho, 112, 114, 119, 122, 138, 141, 153
housing arrangements: 114
map compilation and distribution: 551-52, 607, 666
specialists, training: 271-72, 560-61
Merauke Airfield: 152, 158, 230
Merrill, Brig. Gen. Frank D.: 405-06, 424, 426, 444
Merrill’s Marauders: 444, 446, 454-55
Metlakatla Indians: 19, 22
Mexico, Philippines: 78
Middleburg Island: 563-65
Midway Island: 153, 157, 284, 287, 364, 365, 683
on air ferry routes: 45, 161
39
Midway Island-Continued
port facilities, construction and repair: 12
Mielenz, Col. Lloyd E.: 58, 65, 87, 93, 101-04
MIKE: 587, 591, 592, 601, 603
Military aid to China, costs: 389
Military Engineering Commission, China: 403, 440, 451
Military engineering missions, Corps of Engineers: 4-5
Miller, Col. Ernest B.: 78
Millingimbi Airfield: 231
Milne Bay: 179
airfield construction and repair: 151-54, 157-58, 174-75, 186, 221, 235-36
base construction and operation: 236, 245, 257, 556-58
battle of: 175-78
construction materials, procurement: 239
construction program and progress: 181-82, 220- 22, 238r-39
engineer units, arrival: 238-39, 521, 558
engineer units, strength: 175, 239
hospital construction: 257
ponton cube assembly plant: 546
port facilities, construction and repair: 151, 158, 175, 183, 221, 257, 546
rainfall, effect of: 239
reconnaissance, engineer: 238
road construction and repair: 221, 235
spare parts procurement: 265, 557-58
storage facilities, construction and operation: 257, 265
Minaker River: 308
Mindanao: 72, 105, 608, 626, 633
airfield construction and repair: 59, 61, 65, 570, 578, 636, 655
base construction and operation: 572, 636
blasting operations: 635-36
bridge construction and repair: 635-36
demolition operations: 106
guerrilla operations: 634
photography, aerial: 570
road construction and repair: 635
topography: 634-35
weather, effect of: 570-71
Mindanao River: 635
Mindanao Sea: 576
Mindoro: 64, 586-87, 655
Mine laying, marine, China: 462-63
Mine sweeping, marine, Leyte: 576
Mines, Japanese
Admiralties: 524-25
Biak: 538-39
Burma: 459
Corregidor: 620
Guadalcanal: 208
Leyte: 582-83
Luzon: 597-98, 609, 614, 617, 626-30, 639
Mines, Japanese-Continued Manila: 614-15, 617, 619
Marianas: 506
Okinawa: 645-46, 648, 658
Philippines, 1944-45: 633-34
Saipan: 497-99
SOPAC: 542
mines
SWPA: 542, 562
improvised: 352-53
installation in Hawaii: 348-49, 365-66, 377
required for Hawaii: 352, 362, 365
shortage of, Luzon: 75
Mines, marine, Japanese: 183
Ministry of Communications, China: 403, 414
Missouri: 679
Mitu: 413, 415
Mitu Road: 421-22, 435-36
Miyazaki: 675, 677
Mobile Construction Force: 422
Mobilization plans: 5, 43-44, 341
Mogaung: 443-44, 446, 468, 470, 472
Mohanbari: 400
Mokerang Peninsula: 522, 524-25, 543
Mokmer Airfield: 537-41
Mokuleia: 348, 361, 507
Molokai Island: 39, 361
Molucca Island: 566-68
Momote Airfield: 522-25, 543
Mong Yu: 464-65, 473
Monsoons. Sew Rainfall, effect of.
Montalban Dam and Reservoir: 618, 627, 638, 656
Montgomery, Col. Harry A.: 430
Moore, Maj. Gen. Richard C.: 25
Morale
Australia: 149
Corps of Engineers: 683
Ledo Road: 423
New Guinea: 146
SWPA: 654
USASOS: 654
Morobe: 246, 251
Moron: 86-87
Morotai: 566-68
Morris, Col. D. A.: 660
Morse, Col. Birney K.: 466, 471, 664
Morse Field: 39, 348
Motobu Peninsula: 645
Mount Austen: 207-09
Mount Barigada: 505
Mount Bataan: 85
Mount Hagen : 231
Mount Haleakala: 16, 23, 41, 51, 347
Mount Isa: 114, 239, 241
Mount Kaala: 16, 23, 51, 347
Mount Kokee: 347
Mount Macolod: 631
Mount Malepunyo: 631
Mount Natib: 85, 87, 89
Mount Pacawagan: 638
Mount Popomanisu: 207
Mount Santa Rosa: 505
Mount Silanganan: 87, 89 Mount Suribachi: 640
Mount Tapotchau: 493, 498-99
Mountain Engineer Division: 282
Mountbatten, Admiral Lord Louis: 428, 439, 446-47, 455, 466. See also Southeast Asia Command. Mukden: 467
Mullins Harbor: 150
Muncho Lake: 309
Munda: 245, 249, 256
Municipal Water Department, Manila: 619
Murray River: 122
Murrow, Col. Lacey V.: 243, 267, 520, 569
Musa River: 180-81, 192
Musita Island: 193, 200-201, 203-04
Muskeg problem: 35, 293-94, 305, 308
Muskwa River: 309, 313
Myitkyina: 391, 405, 435, 443, 446-47, 454-55, 457, 460-66, 468, 470-73, 663-66
Nabesna Highway, Alaska: 304
Nabesna River: 295
Nadzab: 230, 244, 252, 254, 258, 543, 546
Nafutan Point: 498
Nagasaki: 678
Naha: 641-43
Nakagusuku (Buckner) Bay: 641, 659
Naknek River: 295
Namber Field: 563
Namhkam: 473, 663
Namur Island: 477
Nandi Airfield: 46, 48, 163-64. 222, 233
Nanomea Island: 380
Narewa: 222
Nassau Bay: 246, 273
Nasugbu landing: 608-09, 636
National Guard: 5, 14
National Military Council, China: 390
National Park Service: 41, 51
Nausori Highlands: 256
Naval base construction
Admiralties: 521-22, 543-44
Alaska: 16-18, 33, 35, 37, 287
Carolines: 515-16
Kodiak: 17
Leyte: 575
Marianas: 492
Marshalls: 483-85
Samar: 575
Naval construction battalions Admiralties: 521-25, 543-44
Alaska: 287
Carolines: 516
Central Pacific: 380-81
Naval construction battalions-Continued
Guam: 506, 517
Hollandia: 529
Marianas: 493, 506
Marshalls: 485
Mindanao: 635
New Guinea: 258
POA: 640
Saipan: 498, 511-12
Solomons: 171-72, 233, 243, 255
SOPAC: 211, 232-33, 244-46, 569 7th: 157
40th: 523, 525
57th: 516
tooth: 525-26
Naval Construction Regiment, 17th: 525
Naval districts: 36, 42
Naval gunfire support
Biak: 538
Borneo: 636
Carolines: 514, 516
Guam: 503-04
Hollandia: 530
Kwajalein: 479, 482
New Guinea: 532, 535
Philippines, 1944-45: 621, 626, 633-34
Saipan: 496
SOPAC: 542
SWPA: 542
Wakde: 536
Naval guns, emplacement in Hawaii: 349-52, 374, 661
Nawadih: 399
Nawngyang River: 433
Negro troops: 144n
Negros Island: 626, 634
Neilson, Col. Alexander M.: 651, 654
Nenana: 295
Netherlands East Indies: 107, 148, 230, 625, 636, 641
New Britain: 234-35, 272-74, 521
New Caledonia: 118, 234, 652
airfield construction and repair: 45, 161, 163-67, 171, 206-07, 221-22, 233, 256
base construction and operation: 661
construction machinery and equipment, procurement: 212
construction materials, improvised: 165
construction materials, procurement: 214
construction programs and progress: 206-07, 569, 661
defenses, buildup of: 160, 162, 164-66
engineer units, arrival: 164-67, 206, 213, 223
engineer units, strength: 256
hospital construction: 220
housing construction: 167, 223
labor force, strength: 163
land acquisition and return: 661-62
lines of communication: 166
New Caledonia-Continued
map compilation and distribution: 269-70
port facilities, construction and repair: 167, 223
power plant, installation and operation: 167
quarry operation: 223
railroad construction and repair: 167
reconnaissance, engineer: 46, 48
road construction and repair: 166, 167, 223
spare parts procurement: 264-65
New Delhi: 395, 397-99, 439, 448, 453, 458
New Georgia Islands: 234, 245, 249-51, 256
New Guinea: 172, 234, 520, 557, 586. See also towns by name.
AAF pressure for construction: 184-86
airfield construction and repair: 143-48, 150-59, 174, 180-87, 194, 198-99, 202, 218-20, 230-31, 235-38, 244-49, 251-52, 254, 257-60, 274-75, 533, 549-50, 561
airfield construction and repair, by Japanese: 550
base construction and operation: 236, 238-39, 244, 256-58, 275, 544, 546-47, 557
beach party operations: 535
bridge construction and repair: 247, 257, 274, 533, 535, 543, 546, 551
cargo unloading and distribution: 533, 535
causeway construction and repair: 183-84, 187
civilians, employment of: ifit, 198, 202, 231, 235-37, 248, 254, 268
climate, effect of: 151, 157-58, 186, 191, 220, 235
construction, control of: 236, 650-51
construction, problems of: 151, 157-58, 181-82, 257
construction machinery and equipment, procurement: 151, 155, 202
construction materials, procurement: 155, 238, 258, 262-63, 266-67
construction programs and progress: 133-34, 174- 75, 181-85, 220-22, 231-32, 238, 244, 246-47, 258, 541-42, 548
demolition operations: 146
engineer missions: 133-34, 160, 174, 521, 541-42
engineer organization: 147, 174, 521
engineer units, arrival: 144-49, 151, 154-55, 15758, 187-88, 235, 239, 258, 274-75, 533, 551-52, 558
engineer units, control of: 174, 182, 187, 202
engineer units, requirements: 152-54, 187-88, 244- 45
engineer units, shortage of: 238
engineer units, strength of: 182, 569
engineers as infantry: 175-78, 205, 252-53, 535, 543
hospital construction: 235, 257, 259, 546
housing construction: 184-85, 254, 257-58, 546
labor force, mobilizing: 180-81
land clearing: 157-58
maintenance and repair, general: 186, 265-66
malaria, incidence of: 151, 238
map compilation and distribution: 188-91, 269-70, 553-54, 668-69
New Guinea-Continued
mines, marine: 183
morale: 146
naval construction battalions at: 258
photography, aerial: 189, 191, 258, 553
pipeline construction and operation: 244, 258
port facilities, construction and repair: 158, 183, 194, 202, 235, 238, 244, 246, 257-58, 544, 546, 554
quarry operation: 152, 188
rainfall, effect of: 151, 156, 186, 247, 252, 258, 274, 533, 549-50
reconnaissance, aerial: 150, 563
reconnaissance, engineer: 150-51, 156, 178-81, 230, 236,238-39,258,521
road construction and repair: 158, 182, 194, 202, 205, 230, 237-38, 244, 246, 251, 257-59, 274, 533, 535, 546
roadblock construction: 205
shore party operations: 533, 535
Soils Mechanics School: 272
spare parts shortage: 186, 265-66
specialists, training: 271-72, 672
storage facilities, construction and operation: 238, 244, 251, 257-58, 265, 546
topography: 178-79, 542
trail clearance: 178-80, 231
weather, effect of: 248
New Guinea Force: 174, 179, 182, 202
New Hebrides: 48, 169-71, 232, 256, 546-47, 569
New Ireland: 522
New Malir: 396
New Zealand: 112, 160, 211
construction machinery and equipment, procurement: 47-48
construction materials, procurement: 213-14, 26 162, 266-67
construction program and progress: 222, 233, 661
hospital construction: 232, 243
housing construction: 243
POL survey: 222, 233, 243
reconnaissance, engineer: 48
storage facilities, construction and operation: 233
New Zealand Chiefs of Staff: 170
Newcomer, Brig. Gen. Francis K.: 416, 453, Got, 605
Newmann, Col. David L.: 305
Newnam, Lt. Col. Frank H.: 471
Ngulu Island: 516
Nichols Field: 58-63, 66, 73, 84, 615, 655
Nielson Field: 66, 84, 92, 655
Night operations: 177, 491
Nimitz, Admiral Chester W. See also Pacific Ocean Areas; South Pacific Area.
and Alaska defenses: 288, 331
and B-29
bases: 658
and Central Pacific offiensives: 492
and engineer units, control of: 649-50
and Gilberts: 380
and Hawaii defenses: 350
Nimitz, Admiral Chester W.-Continued
and Iwo Jima: 640
and Leyte: 572
and Marianas: 492
and Marshalls: 477-78
and Philippines, 1944-45: 572
heads POA: 128, 170, 347, 37879
Richardson, relationship to: 507
and Solomons: 153
Nisutlin Bay: 315
Nob Pier, Kwajalein: 485
Noble Drilling Corporation: 325, 335, 337
Noce, Brig. Gen. Daniel: 265
Noemfoor Island: 561
Nold, Brig. Gen. George J.: 19, 21-22, 35, 37, 278-79, 282, 289-90, 333, 642
Nolting, Maj. John P.: 417
Nome: 33, 278, 288, 325
Norman Wells: 318-27, 335-38
North, Col. Earl: 10-11, 14-15, 21, 29
North Africa campaign: 409
North Burke Airfield: 219
North Drome, New Guinea: 251
North Field, Guam: 517
North Field, Iwo Jima: 640
North Harbor, Corregidor: 620
North Harbor, Manila: 656
North Island, New Zealand: 222
North Luzon Force (NLF): 73-80
North Pacific Area: 170, 276, 328, 333, 339
North Pacific Division: it, 18, 33, 36
North-South Highway, Mindanao. See Sayre (North-South) Highway, Mindanao.
North-South Road, Australia: 114, 239
Northway Airfield: 288, 292, 295
Northwest Division, NSC: 316-17
Northwest Service Command (NSC): 313-14, 316-17
Northwest Staging Route: 288, 299, 313, 318, 338
Norton Sound: 18, 288
Noumea: 165-66, 212-14, 223, 233, 661
Novaliches Reservoir: 614, 618
Nukufetau Island: 380
Nurse, Lt. Col. Howard B.: 357-59, 372
Oahu Island. See Hawaiian Islands; Honolulu. Oahu Railway Fe Land Company: 342
Oakes Construction Company: 315
Oakland, Calif.: 362
Obstacles, ground, construction of: 80, 88, 97, 634. See also Roadblock construction; Roadblock construction, Japanese; Wire obstacles; Wire obstacles, Japanese.
O’Connor, Brig. Gen. James A.: 304, 307, 309, 313, 325, 453, 458, 481, 465.475
OCTAGON (Quebec) Conference: 572
O’Donnell Field: 61-64, 71, 73
Offensive plans. See MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas; also areas by name.
Office of Chief of Engineers (OCE). See Chief of Engineers.
Officer candidate schools, SWPA: 272
Ogden, Brig. Gen. David A. D.: 521, 532
Ogelbang Airfield: 231
Ohmer, Maj. John F., Jr.: 37
Oil. See POL (petroleum, oil, and lubricants). Okinawa: 625, 641, 642-49, 657-58, 659-60, 667-68
OLYMPIC: 674-78
On Chong’s Wharf, Makin: 382
Ondal: 399
Operations Division, WDGS: 464, 663
Operators, engineer equipment. See Specialists, shortage of; Specialists, training.
ORANGE plans: 3-5, to, 55. 58, 66, 76/77, 89, 92-94
Orani: 79
Orion: 85, 89, 91-93
Ormoc: 576, 581-82, 586
Ormoc Plain: 573
Oro Bay: 194, 202, 221, 236-37, 257-58, 546, 557-58, 561
Orote peninsula: 503-04, 506
Ostrand, Capt. James A., Jr.: 44
Oua Tom Airfield: 233, 256
Owen Stanley Range: 158, 178-80, 192, 198
Owi Island Airfield: 539-41
P-38’s: 541
P-40’s: 541
Pacific Commercial Company: 70
Pacific Division: It
Pacific hut: 297
Pacific Ocean Areas (POA): 128, 153, 170, 376, 377- 79, 380, 383, 507-08, 518-19, 640, 649-50, 668, 680. See also Nimitz, Admiral Chester W.; islands or areas by name.
Pacific theater: 27, 49-50, 128, 463, 649-50, 667-69. See also Central Pacific Area; Pacific Ocean Areas; South Pacific Area; Southwest Pacific Area.
Paez, Jose: 81
Pagbilao: 81
Pago Bay: 504
Paint, photoresistant: 44
Palau Islands: 510, 512-14, 518, 527
Palawan Island: 626, 632-33
Pallets, use in unloading: 496-97
Pallikulo Airfield: 206-07
Palmerston North: 222
Palo: 579
Palo River: 576
Palolo Valley: 345-46
Pampanga River: 74, 76-80, 82-84, 590-91, 596, 6
zqto-13
Pan American Airways: 47, 163
Pan American Highway: 14-15
Panama, Republic of: 12, 15, 20-21, 23, 29-33, 50, 53
Panama Canal. See Canal Zone.
Panama Canal Department. See Stone, Maj. Gen. David L.; Van Voorhis, Lt. Gen. Daniel.
Panama mounts: 58, 287
Panaon Island: 576, 577
Panay Island: 105, 626, 634, 657
Pandacan District, Manila: 84
Pandasveswar: 399
Pangsau Pass: 411, 433, 466
Paoshan: 414
Papua: 156. See also New Guinea.
“Papuan Aviation Battalion”: 181
Parachute Infantry Regiment, 503rd: 252, 619-20
Parang: 635
Park, Col. Richard: 33-35, 279, 282
Parker, Maj. David B.: 196, 203
Parker, Brig. Gen. George M., Jr.: 73, 80, 87, 89, ioo Parry Island: 483
Pasig River: 69, 614-17, 619, 656-57
Passage Canal: 18
Patch, Brig. Gen. Alexander M.: 164, 167, 170, 206, 2013-09
Patkai Mountains: 405, 411-12, 423
Patnode, Pvt. Jerald F.: 149
Pattee, Lt. Col. Karl M.: 452
Patterson, Robert P.: 24-25, 41, 61
Paules, Lt. Col. Earl G.: 300, 302, 311, 314
Paxton, Maj. John W.: 498
Peace River: 301, 312, 315, 326-27, 334
Pearl City: 374
Pearl Harbor: 53-54
Pearl Harbor Board: 488
Peiping-Hankow railway: 452
Pekoa Airfield: 206-07
Peleliu Island: 514
Pelly River: 337
Pengshan: 440
Pennsylvania: 350-51
Penrhyn Island: 169, 171, 233
Permafrost: 292-93, s09-12
Permanant Joint Board of Defense, Canada-U.S.: 300
PERSECURTON: 532
Perth: 119
Pest control: 3438, 501, 550
Peter Kiewit Company: 327
Petroleum, oil, and lubricants (POL). See Pipeline construction and operation; POL; Storage facilities, construction and operation.
Philippe, 1st Lt. Hersel E.: 105
Philippine Army
in CONCOR: 653
Corps of Engineers of: 66, 68-69. See also Philip-pine Army Units by name.
mobilization: 55, 57, 68-69, 72-73
training program: 97-98
Philippine Army Engineer Combat Battalions
1st: 87
zqsd: 87
zqdr 73, 76, 87
Philippine Army Engineer Combat Battalions- Continued
21st: 73, 76, 87
31st: 73, 76, 87
41st: 80, 87-88, 90
51st: 80, 82, 87, 91, 100
61st: 105
71st: 73, 76, 87, 95-96
81st: 105
91st: 73, 76-77, 87
101st: 105
201st: 88, too
202nd: 88, too
Philippine Army Engineer Combat Regiment, 301st: 88, 90
Philippine Army Infantry Divisions
11th: 89
31st: 91
41st: 98
Philippine Base Section: 651, 669
Philippine Department. See Philippine Army; Philippines, Commonwealth of; Philippines, 1941-42; Philippines, 1944-45.
Philippine Engineer Depot: 69
Philippine engineer districts: 650-53
Philippine Racing Club: 616
Philippine Scouts: 653
Philippine Sea, Battle of: 503
Philippines, Commonwealth of
airfields, 1940-41: 513-59
Bureau of Aeronautics: 66
Bureau of Public Works: 62-64, 66, 73-77, 80-81
independence of: 57n
and land acquisition: 60
Philippines, 1941-42: 4, 52-53, 76, 89, 92-93. See also Grunert, Lt. Gen. George; MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas; islands and areas by name. aircraft warning stations, construction of: 59, 64, 66
airfield construction and repair: 45, 55, 58-59, 63- 66, 71
bridge construction and repair: 64
civilians, employment of: 73, 75, 77, 79-82, 88, loI02
coast defense construction: 57
construction, problems of: 59-61, 64-65
construction machinery and equipment, procurement: 62-63, 69-70
construction materials, procurement: 69-70
construction programs and progress: 59-66, 71-72, 86-87
demolition operations: 66-68, 74, 596
engineer organization: 66, 69
engineer units, arrival: 63
engineer units, shortage of: 59-60
engineer units, strength: 61, 68-69
guerrilla operations: 106
labor force, mobilizing: 69
Philippines, 941-42-Continued
land acquisition: 60, 65
maintenance and repair, general: 62-63
map compilation and distribution: 94
port facilities, construction and repair: 61, 66, 71
prisoners, employment of: 65-66
railroad construction and repair: 78
reinforcements for: 55-57, 72, 109
road construction and repair: 60-61, 64
spare parts procurement: 62-63
storage facilities, construction and operation: 66
troop units, defense organization: 55, 66-69
tunnel construction and repair: 6t, 64, 66, 71
weather, effect of: 61-62
Philippines, 1944-45: 463, 468, 561, 563, 566, 569-70, 572, 586, 619-20, 632, 635, 638. See also MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas; islands or areas by name.
airfield construction and repair: 625-26, 633-34, 655
base construction and operation: 625-27, 650-51
bridge construction and repair: 633-34
cement plants, rehabilitation: 657
construction, control of: 651-52
construction program and progress: 649
demolition operations: 621-24, 633
engineer districts in: 650-53
engineer missions: 570-71
engineer organization: 650-54
engineer units, arrival: 666-67
enginer units, requirements: 626-27
flame throwers, tactical use: 621
floating depot concept: 670
fortifications, construction by Japanese: 633-34
hospital construction: 653, 655-56
housing construction: 653
maintenance and repair, general: 669-70
map compilation and distribution: 626, 668-69
pipeline construction and operation: 655
POL, tactical uses: 621-24
ponton cubes, employment of: 621
port facilities, construction and repair: 655-56
railroad construction and repair: 657
reconnaissance, engineer: 626
road construction and repair: 633-34, 653
sawmill construction and operation: 657
snipers, Japanese: 622
spare parts procurement: 669-71
specialists, training: 671-72
storage facilities, construction and operation: 653, 655-56
topography: 626
training, deficiencies in: 671
weather, effect of: 570-71
Photo interpretation: 554
Photo Squadrons
1st: 33
8th: 189-91
Photography, aerial
Admiralties: 522
Alaska: 290
Alaska Highway: 308-09
Biak: 538
Burma: 445
Carolines: 516
Central Pacific: 490, 510
China: 458
Guam: 517
Hollandia: 530
Japan: 510, 518, 668-69, 673
Lae: 252
Leyte: 570, 573
Luzon: 588, 596, 607-08
Marianas: 490, 493
Marshalls: 483
Mindanao: 570
by Navy: 668
New Guinea: 189, 191, 258, 553
Okinawa: 641
POA: 382
Saipan: 490, 495, 503
Solomons: 250
SOPAC: 270-71
SWPA: 271, 552-54, 567
Wakde: 534-35
Photography, trimetrogon: 189-91
Photomaps, compilation and distribution: 376-77, 607. See also Map compilation and distribution;
Photography, aerial.
Pick, Brig. Gen. Lewis A.: 433. See also Ledo Road. and bridge construction and repair: 444, 448, 663-64
and Chinese, supplies to: 472-73
commands of: 432, 438, 439, 443
completes Ledo Road: 664
and construction machinery and equipment, procurement: 456, 465, 472
and construction program and progress: 434, 453-54, 465-66, 470
and engineer units, diversity of: 466
and engineer units, strength: 465, 664
and engineers as infantry: 444
leads first convoy to Kunming: 473-74
and Myitkyina base: 463, 466, 473
and Myitkyina-Tengchung road: 473
and pipeline construction and operation: 434, 462, 466, 664
and reconnaissance, engineer: 462, 465
and reinforcements: 457, 463
and road construction and repair: 433, 444, 447, 663-64
and route selection: 460, 462, 465
and spare parts procurement: 442, 456
Pilar: 79, 85-86, 89, 93
Pilar-Bagac road: go, 93
Pilar-Orion road: 95
Pilar River: 97
Pillboxes. See Demolition operations; Demolition operations, Japanese; Fortifications, construction by Japanese.
Pim: 530
Pinamopoan: 582
Pine Creek Airfield: 149
Pineapple Growers Association: 343
Pipe, invasion weight: 426-27, 434, 449-50
Pipeline construction and operation
Admiralties: 544
Alaska: 288
by ASCOM: 585, 600
Assam: 426-27, 439, 442, 457, 466-67, 471, 664-66
Burma: 390, 426-27, 430, 434-35, 442, 454, 457, 463-67, 471, 666
Canol: 320, 323-28, 335-38
CBI: 436, 466
Central Pacific: 386
China: 390, 418, 426-27, 430, 466, 471, 475, 662, 666
Combined Chiefs directive on: 426-27
Fiji: 222
Hawaii: 42
Hollandia: 544
India: 387, 426-27, 439, 442, 450, 457, 466-67, 471, 666
India-Burma Theater: 662
Lae: 244
Ledo Road: 427, 434-35, 439, 449-50, 454, 457, 462, 466-67,471,475,664-66
Leyte: 585
Luzon: 900
Manila: 619
New Guinea: 244, 258
Okinawa: 659-60
Philippines, 1944-45: 655
SWPA: 563
Pitoe Airfield: 568
Plaines des Gaiacs Airfield: 48, 161, 163-67, 222-23, 233, 256
Planking, pierced, first use of: 125, 219
Plaridel: 83, 6io
Pleasanton Hotel, Honolulu: 358-59
Pock, 1st Lt. Hugh A.: 473
Poindexter, Joseph P.: 344-45
POL (petroleum, oil, and lubricants)
deposits, exploration for: 337
evacuation and destruction of: 84
rationing: 343, 356, 358
requirements: 339, 426-27
shortages: 95, 100
supply of in CBI: 427, 466-68
surveys for: 222, 233, 243
tactical use: 621-24
as weapon against Japan: 325
Pongani Airfield: 181, 192
Ponton bridges: 444, 470,471
n, 472-74. See also Bridge construction and repair; River crossings.
Ponton cubes, employment of
Central Pacific: 476, 511
Leyte: 577
Luzon: 590, 593, 602
Manila: 618, 656
Okinawa: 659
Philippines, 1944-45: 621
Saipan: 511
SWPA: 550
Ponton cube assembly plant: 546
Popa, Cpl. Stephen: 253
Porac: 655
Port congestion
Australia: 126-27, 242, 554
Hawaii: 367
India: 396
Pacific Coast: 343
San Francisco: 355, 362
SWPA: 264, 554, 557
Port facilities, construction and repair
Admiralties: 544
Alaska: 36, 280-81, 283, 286-89, 291, 297-98, 331, 333-34
ASCOM: 585, 600-601
Attu: 331
Australia: 110, 113-15, 240, 260
Bataan: 61, 66, 95
Biak: 539, 544
Burma: 467, 471
Carolines: 515-17
Central Pacific: 476, 511
Fiji: 222
Hawaii: 12, 40, 367, 373-74, 486
Hollandia: 527, 544
India: 394, 196, 399
Japan, for assault on: 673-74, 677-78
Kwajalein: 485
Lae: 244-45, 258
Leyte: 575, 585
Luzon: 592, 600, 632
Manila: 619, 656
Marshalls: 485
Milne Bay: 151, 158, 175, 183, 221, 257, 546
New Britain: 273
New Caledonia: 167, 223
New Guinea: 158, 183-84, 194, 202, 235, 238, 244,
246, 257-58, 544, 546, 554
Okinawa: 643, 659
Philippines, 1941-42: 61, 66, 71
Philippines, 1944-45: 655-56
Port Moresby: 145, 174, 182-83, 259
Saipan: 499, 501-02, 511
Solomons: 245, 249-50, 546
SWPA: 550-51, 567
Wakde: 544
War Department directive on: 287
Port facilities construction and repair, by Japanese: 476-77
Port Heiden: 28, 37, 51, 278, 281, 283, 285, 287
Port Moresby: 118, 142, 150, 173, 546
airfield construction and repair: 143, 145-48, 151-57, 174-75, 184-86, 188, 220, 236, 259
base construction and operation: 174-75, 236, 245, 258
construction programs and progress: 133-34, 181- 82, 185, 220-22, 235
hospital construction: 259
housing construction: 185
map compilation and distribution: 199-ano
port facilities, construction and repair: 145, 174, 182-83, 259
road construction and repair: 259
Soils Mechanics School: 272, 561
specialists, training: 271-72
Porter, Col. Horace L.: 495
Portland, Ore.: 290
Portland Roads Airfield: 152, 155
Power plants, installation and operation: 167, 373, 399, 502, 619, 657
Prefabricated housing. See Housing construction. Press correspondents: 473
Preventive maintenance. See Maintenance and repair, general; Spare parts procurement.
Price, Maj. Charles F. B.: 396, 402, 418-19
Prince George, B.C.: 299
Prince Rupert: 280, 289, 302, 323, 327
Prince William Sound: 18, 287
Priority ratings
air ferry routes: 161
Alaska: 48-50, 279, 282, 289-90
Assam: 416-17
Australia: 121-22, 134-35, 137-38, 215-16, 241-42, 260
Burma: 409
Canal Zone: 48-49
CBI: 436, 456
Central Pacific: 377, 381
Hawaii: 48-50, 346, 351, 353-56, 369, 373
India: 40i
Kwajalein: 486
Luzon: 604, 612
PliiiippilICS, 1944-45: 70
POA: 379
USAFFE: 242, 260
Prisoners, employment of: 65-66, 345
Prisoners of war: 403, 507
Propaganda broadcast, by Japanese: 146
Prophet River: 308
Public relations, in Hawaii: 358-60, 363
Public Roads Administration (PRA): 21, 278, 300- 302, 305-07, 3to-17, 334
Public Works Department, India: 416-17
Public Works Department, New Zealand: 233
Puerto Princesa: 633, 655-56
Puerto Rican Department: 6-7, 28
Pulo Anna Island: 516
Punahou Academy: 341-42, 346, 355, 358-59
Pyron, Brig. Gen. Walter B.: 318-19
QUADRANT (Quebec) Conference: 255, 388-89, 425-28, 431, 444, 448, 466-67, 664
Quarry Heights: 14
Quarry operation: 152, 188, 223, 500, 511
Quartermaster Corps: 6, 9, 12-14, 19, 20
Quebec Conferences: 255, 388-89, 425, 426-28, 431, 448, 466-67, 572, 664
Queensland Agricultural College: 114
Queensland Island Defense Road: 239
Queensland Main Roads Commission: 144, 152, 158
Quezon, Manuel L.: 60
Quezon City: 615
Quinauan Point: 96, 103
Quoin Hill Airfield: 232
Quonset hut: 267, 297
R. G. Le Tourneau, Inc.: 140, 272, 560
Rabaul
air attacks on: 272
as air base, Japanese: 143
air support requirements: 153-54
Combined Chiefs directive on: 225
engineer mission: 244
engineer units, requirements: 234
fall of: 118
JCS directives on: 153, 172, 234
offensive, Allied: 150, 153-54, 160, 172, 225, 244, 255,272,275
task force concentration, by Japanese: 149
Radar stations, construction of: 250, 283, 347
Radio station, construction of: 315
Ragay: 80
Railroad construction and repair
Alaska: 18-19, 22, 34, 36, 52, 53, 278, 283, 287-89
by ASCOM: 600, 604
Australia: 241
Burma: 389
Carolines: 516
China: 389
Fiji: 222
Hawaii: 23
Japan, for assault on: 677
Ledo Road: 410
Luzon: 596-97, 600, 602-06, 612, 639
Manila: 604-05
New Caledonia: 167
Philippines, 1941-42: 78
Philippines, 1944-45: 657
Saipan: 502-03
Railroad systems Assam: 393, 471
Australia: 108, 123
Burma: 393, 435
Canada: 302-03, 305
India: 393, 471
Japan: 673-74
Luzon: 74
New Caledonia: 166
Railroads, Japanese control of: 393
Rails, source of: 389
RAINBOW plans: 10, 14, 19
Rainfall, effect of. See also Weather, effect of.
Alaska Highway: 305, 317, 334
Assam: 393, 400, 416
Burma: 436, 446, 454-55, 462
Burma Road: 414
Carolines: 516
China: 425
Hawaii: 371
Hollandia: 531
India: 392-93, 397, 399
Lae: 252
Ledo Road: 411, 423-25, 432, 453-54, 456-57, 465
Leyte: 580-84, 586
Luzon: 588, 637-38
Milne Bay: 239
New Britain: 274
New Guinea: 151, 156, 186, 247, 252, 258, 549-50
Okinawa: 641, 649. 658-59
Saipan: 500-503
Solomons: 249
SOPAC: 256, 543
SWPA: 542, 565, 568
Ralph Woolley and Company: 41, Ramey, Maj. Roger M.: 46, 48
Ramgarh: 403-05, 416
Ranger Battalion, 6th: 587, 594
Rangoon: 390-91, 430-3
Rangoon-Lashio railway: 390-91
Rations, shortage of: 96
Raymond: 585
RECKLESS: 529
Reconnaissance, aerial
Alaska: 283
Alaska Highway: 306, 308-09
Burma: 445
Canol: 323
Luzon: 626
New Guinea: 150, 563
Okinawa: 646
Solomons: 231
SOPAC: 231
Reconnaissance, aerial, Japanese: 401, 592
Reconnaissance, combat: 250, 454-55, 482, 522-23
Reconnaissance, engineer
air ferry routes: 168-69
Alaska: 12-14, 33-34, 36-37, 283-85, 288-89, 305- 06, 331
Alaska Highway: 300-301, 305-06, 308-12, 314-16
Australia: 119-20, 123, 135, 144
Biak: 537, 539-40
Burma Road: 413-15, 466
Canol: 325, 327
Canton Island: 46-47
Carolines: 516-17
Central Pacific: 384, 510
China: 440
Reconnaissance, engineer-Continued
Christmas Island: 46
Fiji: 46
Guam: 517
Hawaii: 16, 51-52, 350, 368, 486
India: 440
Kwajalein: 482, 484
Ledo Road: 406-07, 409-to, 423-24, 461-62, 465
Leyte: 577, 580-81, 584-85
Luzon: 588, 593, 599, Got, 615, 626, 638
Milne Bay: 238
New Britain: 521
New Caledonia: 46, 48
New Guinea: 150-51, 156, 178-81, 230, 236, 238- 39, 258, 521
New Hebrides: 48
New Zealand: 48
Okinawa: 658
Philippines, 1944-45: 626
POA: 380
Saipan: 496, 499-500, 503
Solomons: 48
SOPAC: 271
SWPA: 230, 549, 554, 563-65, 568
Wakde: 535
Recreation facilities, construction of: 546
Red I Point. See Jacky Jacky Point Airfield.
Refinery construction and operation: 326-28, 335-39
Refrigeration plants, installation and operation: 399, 478,486,632
Reid River: 125
Reinforcements
Philippines: 55-57, 72, 92, 109
SOPAC: 164
Reinforcements, Japanese: 205-06, 581, 586
Rendova Island: 245
Repair of machinery. See Maintenance and repair, general; Spare parts procurement; Specialists, shortages of; Specialists, training.
Replacements, requirements for: 547
Requisitions. See Administrative procedures.
Reserve Corps: 5
Reserve Force, USAFFE: 73
Reybold, Lt. Gen. Eugene: 42-43. See also Chief of Engineers.
and Alaska Highway: po, 305, 317, 324
becomes Chief of Engineers: 45
and Canol: 319-20, 323-24
and construction, control of: 354
and construction programs and progress: 278
and engineer districts: 652
and engineer units, shortages of: 342-43
and maintenance and repair, general: 266
and specialists: 263-64
supply policy: 140, 261
Rhine River: 471n
Richardson, Lt. Gen. Robert C., Jr. See also Hawaiian Islands; United States Army Forces in the Pacific Ocean Areas.
274, 533,
359
Richardson, Lt. Gen. Robert C., Jr.-Continued commands of: 377, 491, 507
and defense battalions: 381
and engineer missions: 507, 661
and Hawaiian Constructors: 487
Nimitz, relationship to: 507
Richardson Highway: 33, 278, 290. 303-04
Richmond, Australia: 560
Riddell-Webster, General Sir Thomas: 426
Rinehart, Col. O. N.: 650
Rio Hato Airfield: 8-9, 11-12, 14, 21, 50
River crossings. See also Bridge construction and repair; Ponton bridges
Alaska Highway: 310, 3 1 2
Burma: 444, 454-55, 459, 468, 472
China: 663, 666
Ledo Road: 470, 472-73
Leyte: 574-75
Luzon: 590-91, 595-96, 602, 610-13, 615-16, 630, 638
New Guinea: 192
SOPAC: 542
SWPA: 542
Rivers, development and use. See Waterways, development and use.
Rizal, Luzon: 6 10
Rizal Province: 84
Road construction and repair: 16. See also Burma Road; Land clearing operations; Trail clearing operations.
Admjralties: 524
Alaska: 36, 50, 278, 283, 288, 291, 295-96, 329-33
by Allied Works Council: 239
by ASCOM: 585-86, 600
Attu: 329-31
Australia: 122-23, 128, 138, 239-40
Bataan: 61, 90-91, 95-97
Biak: 538, 544
Burma: 391, 413, 430, 443, 464
Canal Zone: 20-21
Canol: 321, 325-28, 335-37
Carolines: 514, 516
Central Pacific: 386
China: 413, 430, 472, 662
Fiji: 220-22, 232-33, 256
Guadalcanal: 208-09, 256
Guam: 504-06
Hawaii: 23, 43, 346, 350, 369, 374
Hollandia: 527, 530-31, 544
India: 393, 398-99, 403
Iwo Jima: 660
Japan, for assault on: 673, 677
Kwajalein: 480, 482, 485
Lae: 244, 258
Ledo: 412, 663
Leyte: 577-86
Luzon: 594, 596-97, 600, 609, 626-32, 637-39
Manila: 619, 657
Marianas: 506
Road construction and repair-Continued
Marshalls: 485
Milne Bay: 221, 235
Mindanao: 635
New Britain: 273
New Caledonia: 167, 223
New Guinea: 158, 182, 194, 202, 205, 230, 237-38, 244, 246, 251, 257-59, 274, 533, 535.546
New Hebrides: 170, 256
Okinawa: 643, 645, 648-49, 659
Panama Republic: 50
Philippines, 1941-42: 60-61, 64
Philippines, 1944-45: 633-34, 653
POA: 380
Port Moresby: 259
Saipan: 498-502
Solomons: 249-50, 255, 526
SOPAC: 256
SWPA: 565, 567-68
Road systems
Australia: 108, 110, 114
Bataan: 85-86
Burma: 393
India: 393
Japan: 674
Leyte: 573
Luzon: 74, 588-90, 627-29
New Caledonia: 166
Roadblock construction. See also Obstacles, ground, construction of.
Bataan: too Hawaii: 352
Luzon: 74, 77
New Guinea: 205
Roadblock construction, Japanese
Luzon: 598, bog-10, 627, 639
Manila: 617
Okinawa: 645, 648
Philippines, 1944-45: 634
Robb, Col. Holland L.: 369
Robert Louis Stevenson: 670
Robins, Maj. Gen. Thomas M.: 319
Robinson, Col. Bernard L.: 39
and airfield construction and repair: 219
and base construction and operation: 528
and civilians, employment of: 231
and coast defense construction: 351
commands of: 528, 548, 557
and construction machinery and equipment, procurement: 153
and costs of construction: 353
and engineer units, control of: 147
and engineer units; shortage of: 153
and Hawaiian Constructors: 356, 363, 488
and priority ratings: 215
reconnaissance, engineer, by: 47-48, 156
on SWPA staff: 130, 571
Rocket fire support: 273-74, 530, 562
Rockhampton: 45
Rocky Mountain Trench: 299
Rocky Mountains: 308
Rohl, Hans Wilhelm: 489
Rohl-Connolly Company: 25, 489
Roi Island: 476-77
Roome, Maj. Gen. Horace L.: 417
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
activates USAFFE: 57
and Alaska defenses: 328
and Alaska Highway: 299-300
approves RAfismow: 14
and Australia buildup: ir8
authorizes transfer of construction to Engineers: 20
and B-29
bases: 441
and Burma Road: 404
and Canal: 319, 322-23
at Casablanca Conference: 225, 328
and China air offensive: 417-18, 428
and China lend-lease: 389
and China as theater: 390
defense planning by: 13-14
and Germany-first policy: roi, 210
and hemisphere defense: 7
and Ledo Road: 409
orders MacArthur to Australia: 99
and SEAC: 428-29
and Stilwell: 398, 470
and U.S. role in Pacific: 128
Rorona Airfield: 147, 186
Rosario, Luzon: 627
Ross, Brig. Gen. Lewis T.: 520, 549, 651, 670
Roto Airfield: 219
Rowell, Maj. Gen. Sydney F.: 174, 178, 182
Royal Australian Air Force: 136-38, 154, 158, 211, 544, 561-63, 56,7-68, 586
Engineer Construction Squadron, 5th: 562-63
Engineer Mobile Works Squadrons
5th: 533
6th: 533
7th: 533
Royal Australian Engineers: 133, 146-47, 152, 155-56, 158, 211, 231, 271, 636. See also Australian Army.
Royal Australian Navy (RAN): 108
Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Honolulu: 358-59
Royal Melbourne Hospital: 114
Royal Netherlands Indies Army: 636
Rumaggi, Col. Louis J.: 650
Russell, Maj. Gen. Henry D.: 488
Russell Islands: 233
Rutledge, Col. Paul W.: 164
Ryukyu Islands. See Ie Shima; Kerama Retto; Okinawa.
S. G. Hindes: 367
Sabotage, by Japanese: 536, 614
Sadon: 466
Sagami Bay: 673-74, 677
Saidor: 272-73, 275
Sailor’s Home, Melbourne: 114
Saint, Capt. Frederick G.: 73
Saint-Gaudens, Col. Homer: 32
St. Paul Island: 284, 286-87
Saipan: 492-503, 511-12, 518
Sakhalin Island: 6,78
Salacsac Pass: 628-29, 636-37
Salamaua: 143, 174, 234, 244, 247-48, 251-52
Salt Lake City: 282
Salvage operations: 93, 603-04, 629
Salween Gorge: 397
Salween River: 405, 408, 413, 421, 435, 454-55, 458- 62, 466
Samar: 580, 586
Samarai Island: 173
Samboga River: 195
San Agustin, Luzon: 639
San Clemente, Luzon: 595
San Diego, Calif.: 328
San Fabian, Luzon: 588, 603
San Fernando, La Union: 74-75, 588, 603, 655-56
San Fernando, Pampanga: 76-77, 82, 85
San Francisco, Calif.: 52-53, 171-72, 261, 344, 355, 362,379,494
San Jose, Luzon: 610, 627-28
San Jose, Mindoro: 586-87
San Juan Reservoirs, Luzon: 614, 617-18
San Juan del Monte: 61
San Manuel, Luzon: 597
San Pablo Airfield: 573, 576, 579-80, 583
Sanananda: 193, 204-05
Sand Island: 36,7
Sandau Island: 636
Sandvall, Lt, Col. Leslie E.: 454
Sansapor: 564-66
Santa Fe, Luzon: 629, 637-38
Santa Maria, Luzon: 597, 628
Sarana Pass: 329
Sarana Valley: 329
Sarangani Bay: 570-72, 575
Saratoga: 350
Sarmi: 534, 537
Sauer, Maj. Richard P.: 48, 163, 165, 167, 170, 511
Sawmill construction and operation: 433, 544, 551, 632, 657
Sayre (North-South) Highway, Mindanao: 635
Schley, Maj. Gen. Julian L.: 6, 22, 29, 33-34, 36, 42, 45, 63, 70, 389. See also Chief of Engineers.
Schofield Barracks: 10, 14, 23, 53, 350, 5lo
Schouten Islands: 537, 539, 561-63
Schull, Col. Herman W., Jr.: 429
Seabees: See Naval construction battalions.
Seacoast defenses. See Coast defenses construction. Seamen’s Mission, Melbourne: 114
Seaplane base construction: 365, 374, 515
Seattle: 302, 319, 323
Seattle Engineer District: 1, 19, 28, 34, 36-37, 49, 278-82, 288-91, 296, 333
Secretary of the Navy. See Knox, Frank.
Secretary of War. See Stimson, Henry L.; Woodring, Harry H.
Seeadler Harbour: 522, 526
Seedlock, Lt. Col. Robert F.: 453, 465-86, 473
Seeman, Col. Lyle E.: 429, 437
Selective Service Act: 14
Semichi Islands: 328
Sentani, Lake: 527
Sentani Airfield: 531-32
Service commands: 214, 676
Services of Supply, CBI
activated: 394
advance sections activated: 395-96, 415, 418
and airfield construction and repair: 437, 439
base sections activated: 395-96, 409
China: 470
Construction Service: 438, 475, 681
divisions and districts activated: 438-39
engineer organizations: 398-99; 438-39
Engineer Section: 398
Services of Supply, SOPAC: 172, 214, 568
Services of Supply, USAFISPA: 172, 214, 568
Seven-Mile Drome: 143, 146, 152, 186-87, 220
Seward: 17, 287, 289-90
Seward peninsula: 283, 288
Sewerage installation: 366, 373, 502, 657
Shaffer, Maj. C. N.: 479
Shaoyang: 469
Sheepsfoot rollers. See Construction machinery and
equipment, procurement. Sheldon Lake: 325, 327
Shell Oil Company: 233, 390, 426
Shemya Island: 328, 331, 333
Shepard, O. F.: 358-59
Shibushi: 673, 675, 677
Shield, Maj. John E.: 47, 162, 164-65
Shikoku Island: 678
Shingbwiyang: 405, 411, 424, 433-35, 443, 447, 449
Shipping, allocations: 264, 356, 379
Shipping congestion. See Port congestion.
Shipping losses, Japanese: 425, 432, 452, 468
Shipping priorities: 478-79
Shipping routes: 379, 493-94
Shipping shortages
on air ferry routes: 161
Alaska: 280-81, 289
Australia: 140, 155
Burma: 471
Canol: 325
CBI: 436
China: 408
Congressional hearings on: 362
Hawaii: 343-44, 355, 362-63
India: 47 1
SOPAC: 543
SWPA: 175, 186, 210-12,543,554
USASOS: 186-88
Shop construction: 229
Shore party operations: See also Beach party operations; Cargo unloading and distribution. Carolines: 514-15
Guam: 503-04
Hollandia: 530-51
Kwajalein: 479-82
Leyte: 477-79
Marianas: 506
Marshalls: 482-83
New Guinea: 533, 535
Okinawa: 644-45
Saipan: 494-97
Wakde: 536
Short, Lt. Gen. Walter C. See also Hawaiian Islands. and air ferry routes: 45-46, 161-63
and airfield construction and repair: 361
heads Hawaiian Department: 27, 38, 344
and construction machinery and equipment, shortages: 42-43
and construction programs and progress: 341-43
and Hawaii defenses: 27-28, 40
as military governor: 341, 343
and priority rating: 49
Shweli River: 473-74, 663-64
Siberia: 326
Sibul Springs: 76
Sierra Madre Mountains, Luzon: 625, 627, 638
Signal Corps: 347, 362
Silhavy, 2nd Lt. Robert C.: 80
Silver Star awards: 444
Simemi: 193, 196, 199
Simemi Creek: 193, 196, 200
Sincheng: 419-20, 452
Sincheng Construction Company: 419
Singapore: 118, 390
Sitka: 12, 18, 22, 36, 278, 287
Skagway: 302-03, 319, 323-24, 326, 335, 339
Skerry, Lt. Col. Harry A.: 68, 73-78, 83, 87-88, 96,98-99,611
Slana: 304, 312
Slave River: 320, 322
Slim’s River: 313
Stoat, Lt. Col. James W.: 407, 409
Smith, Lt. Gen. Holland M., USMC: 492, 496-97, 502
Smith, Col. W. D.: 601
Smoke, tactical use: 523, 638
Smoke screen, use considered: 32
Snipers, Japanese: 484, 614, 617, 622, 657
Snowfall, effect of: 294-95, 309
Society Islands: 168
Sogod Bay: 576
Soil cement: 219
Soils Mechanics School: 272, 561
Soldier’s Summit: 315
Solomon Islands
airfield construction and repair: 245, 249-50, 254-55
91,
Solomon Islands-Continued
bakery construction: 546
base construction and operation: 245, 250, 527, 544-47
bridge construction and repair: 249, 255, 526
civilians, employment of: 235, 268-69
construction machinery and equipment, improvised: 247
construction programs and progress: 526, 544-46, 568-69, 661
engineer mission: 172-73, 244-45, 249
engineer units, arrival: 249, 526, 544
engineers as infantry: 249-51, 526-27
flame throwers, tactical use: 245, 249
hospital construction: 250-51
housing construction: 544
map compilation and distribution: 188-89
naval construction battalions at: 171-72, 233, 243, 255
offensive, Allied: 153, 172, 233-34, 245-46, 249-51, 254-55, 574
photography, aerial: 250
port facilities, construction and repair: 245, 249- 50, 546
rainfall, effect of: 249
reconnaissance, aerial: 231
reconnaissance, combat: 250
reconnaissance, engineer: 48
road construction and repair: 249-50, 255, 526
sawmill construction and operation: 544
seizure by Japanese: 165
storage facilities, construction and operation: 526, 544
water supply and distribution: 249-51
Sommerfeld mat: 380
Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B.: 29. See also Army Service Forces.
activates India Committee: 429
and Alaska Highway: 313, 318, 324
and Canol: 318-19, 322-26, 339
and CBI supply: 436, 442
and China pipeline: 419
and China supply system: 426, 429-30
and construction machinery and equipment, procurement: 236
and Hawaii base development: 375-76
and Ledo Road: 429-30, 464, 663
and pipeline construction and operation: 436-37
and POA staff: 378-79
and POL survey: 222
and port construction and repair: 281
and road construction and repair: 288
and shipping shortages: 436-37
and TOE: 438
Sookerating: 400
Soong, T. V.: 474
Sorido Airfield: 537, 541
Sorong: 563
South China Sea: 88, 97
South Harbor, Manila: 656
South Island, N.Z.: 222, 233
South Luzon Force (SLF): 73, 79-82
South Pacific Area (SOPAC): 160, 162, 169-70, 173, 214 244-46, 379, 507. See also Ghormley, Vice Adm. Robert L.; Nimitz, Admiral Chester W. activation: 170
airfield construction and repair: 232-33. 243, 255- 56, 266, 549-50
base construction and operation: 255-56, 542-43, 546-47, 649
bridge construction and repair: 542
bulldozers, tactical use: 542
camouflage: 559-60
construction, control of: 242
construction, problems of: 542
construction design standards: 266-67
construction machinery and equipment, diversified: 264-65
construction materials, procurement: 260-64
construction programs and progress: 220-24, 231-32, 242-43, 542-43, 648-49
demolition operations: 542
engineer missions: 275, 542, 568-69
engineer organization: 232, 243, 520-21, 543, 56869
engineer units, arrival and departure: 161, 164-68, 171-72, 226-27, 266, 270, 541
engineer units, control of: 243, 543
engineer units, requirements: 232, 234
engineer units, shortages of: 210-11, 267-68, 680
engineer units, strength: 210, 243, 275, 520, 569, 661
hospital construction: 267
housing construction: 256, 266-67
maintenance and repair, general: 264-66
map compilation and distribution: 188-89, 269-71, 551-52,666-67
photography, aerial: 270-71
rainfall, effect of: 256, 543
reconnaissance, aerial: 231
reconnaissance, engineer: 271
reinforcements for: 164
river crossings: 542
road construction and repair: 256
spare parts procurement: 264-66
specialists, shortage of: 263-65
storage facilities, construction and operation: 256, 267
theater missions: 225, 568-69
topography of islands: 542
training program: 271-72
troop units, strength: 210, 243, 569
South Pacific Base Command, SOPAC: 507, 568, 661
South Pacific Engineer Division: 24
South Pacific Force: 244
Southeast Asia Command: 428, 437, 470, 473-75. See also Mountbatten, Admiral Lord Louis.
Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA): 107, 128, 153, 156, 174, 175, 186, 225, 380, 522, 527-28, 534, 670. See also MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas; United States Army Services of Supply.
activated: 128
airfield construction and repair: 218-20, 230-31, 234, 256-57, 266, 549-50, 561-66
Allied Works Council and: 120-22, 134-35, 137-38, 140-41, 151-52
bases, construction and operation: 182-83, zog-10, 256-57, 543-44, 546
bridge construction and repair: 542, 551, 565
bulldozers, tactical use: 542
camouflage: 219, 559-60
civilians, employment of: 554, 556
combat battalion organization: 547
construction, control of: 229-30, 521, 548, 651-54
construction, problems of: 542
construction battalion organization: 547-48
construction brigade organization: 548
construction design standards: 216-20, 266, 521, 548-51
construction machinery and equipment, diversified: 265, 558
construction machinery and equipment, improvised: 261-62
construction machinery and equipment, procurement: 210-12, 236
construction machinery and equipment, shortages: 264
construction materials, procurement: 260-63, 548, 554
construction materials, shortages: 260-62, 554, 682
construction programs and progress: 220-24, 235, 542-43
construction units, deficiencies in: 560
demolition operations: 542
engineer missions: 130-38, 275, 520-21, 542
engineer organization: 130-31, 230, 235, 243-44, 520-21, 548, 551-52, 556, 571-72, 650-51, 654
engineer units, arrival: 227, 263, 266, 270, 559-60, 564
engineer units, control of: 229-30, 543, 547-48
engineer units, requirements: 231-32. 234-35
engineer units, shortages: 210, 267-69, 547-48, 680
engineer units, strength: 275, 520, 567, 569, 666
flame throwers, tactical use: 562
forestry units, demand for: 262
general service regiment organization: 210, 548
General Headquarters in: 128, 649
geological survey: 554. 669
hangar construction: 217-19
hospital construction: 267, 550, 568
housing construction: 217, 266-67, 568
Southwest Pacific Area-Continued
maintenance and repair, general: 271-272
map compilation and distribution: 188-91, 269, 650, 666-69
photography, aerial: 271, 552-54, 567
pipeline construction and operation: 563
ponton cubes, employment of: 550
port facilities, construction and repair: 550-51, 567
RAAF in construction program: 561-63, 567-68
rainfall, effect of: 542, 565, 568
reconnaissance, engineer: 230, 549, 554, 563-65, 568
replacements, need of: 547
river crossings: 542
road construction and repair: 565, 567-68
sawmill construction and operation: 551
Soils Mechanics School: 272, 561
spare parts procurement: 212, 264-66, 509-10, 557- 59, 568
specialists, shortage of: 263-64, 547, 558, 590
specialists, training: 271-72, 560-61, 671-72
storage facilities, construction and operation: 217-19, 220, 267, 550, 562-63, 568
task force organization: 521
terrain model construction: 552-53
topographic supplies, procurement: 553
topography of islands: 542
training program: 271-73, 560-61, 671-72
troop units, strength: 210, 243, 567, 569
winds, effect of: 550
Spaatz, Brig. Gen. Carl: 71
Spare parts procurement
Alaska: 279-80, 29o
by ASCOM: 585
Australia: 149
Bataan: ioo
Burma: 442
Central Pacific: 509-10, 671
and Corps of Enginers: 682
Hawaii: 354-56, 375-76
for landing craft: 265, 558-59
Ledo Road: 412-13, 434, 456
Leyte: 585
Manila: 671
Milne Bay: 265, 557-58
Navy’s role in: 558
New Caledonia: 264-65
Ncw Guinea: 186, 265-66
Philippines, 1941-42: 62-63
Philippines, 1944-45: 669-71
SOPAC: 264-66
SWPA: 212, 264-66, 509-10, 557-59, 568
Specialists, shortages of: 263-65, 354-55, 375, 456-57, 509, 547, 558, 560
Specialists, training. See by geographic name. Specifications, standard. See Construction design standards.
Spruance, Admiral Raymond A.: 496
Staging areas: 256, 257. 366, 495-96, 529, 544, 546, 657
Standard Oil Company of California: 320
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey: 318-20, 322, 338
Stark, Admiral Harold R.: 35
State Department: 15
Steel. See Construction materials, improvised; Construction materials, procurement.
Steel units, prefabricated: 656
Steele, Maj. Gen. Clive S. (Australian): 131-33, 136- 37, 119, 143
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur: 318-19
Stickney, Col. Henry H.: 57, 59-64, 68, 70, 73-74, 79, 82, 86, 93-94, 96, 99-too, 103, 105
Stilwell, General Joseph W. See also China–Burma–India Theater.
activates CBI Air Service Command: 429
and airfield construction and repair: 430-31
arrival in Burma: 392
arrival in China: 391
arrival in India: 391
and B-29
bases: 441
Brereton, relationship to: 397
and Burma offensive: 404-06, 417-18, 421, 434-35, 436, 442-44, 447, 461-62
Chiang, relationship to: 397-98
and China defensive: 469
and Chinese Army training: 418, 420-21, 426
and Chinese troops in India: 403
commands of: 390, 391, 470
and construction, control of: 394-95, 397, 438, 451-- 52
construction, transfers to AAF: 438
and construction program and progress: 394
and costs of construction: 441
and demolition operations: 469
and Ledo Road: 407, 4tI12, 421, 423-24, 433-34, 447, 454. 457, 460-61, 465
and lines of communication: 394
Marshall, relationship to: 398
mission in CBI: 391, 397-98
Mountbatten, relationship to: 428
Newcomer, relationship to: 416, 453
offensive plans: 391
and pipeline construction and operation: 434
plans North Africa invasion: s9;
recalled: 470
as Roosevelt’s representative: 398
and shipping shortage: 408
and SOS CBI: 438
supply plans: 391
and theater status: 397
and troop units, requirements: 395, 40£3-09, 463-64
Wavell, relationship to: 397
Wheeler, relationship to: 394, 402
Stimson, Henry L. See also War Department.
and Alaska defenses: 35
anl Alaska Highway: 299
and Australia defenses: 107
and Canol: szo, 322, 335-36
and China supply: 467-68
and Hawaii defenses: 27
and Hawaiian Constructors: 489
selects Stilwell for CBI: 390
Stirling Range: 176
Stock CCM trol: 508-10, 555-58, 669-71, 682
Stone, Maj. Gen. David L.: 8, 12. See also Papama, Republic of.
Storage facilities, construction and operation Admiralties: 544
on air ferry routes: 164
Alaska: 37, 276-78, 281, 213s, 287-89, 291,133
by ASCOM: 585-86, 600
Australia: 113-15, 119, 141, 223, 239, 260
Australian Army: 217-18
Bataan: 95
Biak: 544
Burma: 457, 463
Canol: 323
Carolines: 516
Central Pacific: 386
China: 402
Hawaii: 39-42, 51-53, 350, 365-70, 373-75, 486, 507
Hollandia: 527, 544
India: 394-96, 400, 402, 467, 666
Iwo Jima: 660
for Japan, assault on: 673, 677-78
Kwajalein: 485
Lae: 244
Ledo Road: 4to
Leyte: 575, 585
Luzon: 594, 600, 609
Manila: 656
Marianas: 493
Marshalls: 477-78, 485
Milne Bay: 257, 265
New Caledonia: 167, 233-34
New Guinea: 238, 244, 251, 257-58, 265, 546
New Hebrides: 256
New Zealand- 233
Okinawa: 643, 659-60
Philippines, 1941-42: 66
Philippines, 1944-45: 653, 655-56
Saipan: 498-503
Solomons: 526, 544
SOPAC: 256, 267
SWPA: 217-20, 267, 550, 562-63, 568
Wakde: 544
Stout-type houses: 297
Straight, Col. Clio E.: 487
Strategic planning, Japanese: 179
“Strategic triangle”: 3, 27
Stratemeyer, Maj. Gen. George E.: 428-31, 437, 463, 472
Street fighting, Manila: 617
Strong, Col. Frederick S.: 417, 420, 436-37
Strong, Brig. Gen. George V.: 7
Sturdevant, Brig. Gen. Clarence L.: 300, 305, 310, 313, 322-23, 325
Sturgis, Brig. Gen. Samuel D., Jr.
and airfield construction and repair: 525, 573-74, 580. 583, 597
and base construction and repair: 238-39, 584-85
and bridge construction and repair: 575, 590-9 1, 605-436, 612
and communications, signal: Goi
and construction programs and progress: 548-49> 60i
and engineer units, control of: 591, 612-13, 626
and Japan, assault on: 675
and logistical facilities: 542
and Manila, 1944-45: 613-14
and Philippines, 1944-45: 570, 580, 588, 592, 599, 626
and road construction and repair: 577, 584
as Sixth Army engineer: 225, 235, 520
and specialists, shoratge of: 590
and supply system: 263, 557, 559
and task force engineers: 521
and Wakde: 535
work potential formula: 529
Styer, Lt. Gen. Wilhelm D.: 423, 429, 436, 654
Subic Bay: 656
Subic Bay landing: 57, 608-09
Submarine threat to Alaska: 280
Sugar Plantations Association: 343
Suichuan: 469
Suicide attacks, Japanese: 500, 592, 594, 647, 649
Sulipan Canal: 611
Sultan, Maj. Gen. Daniel I.: 466, 468, 470, 473, 662, 664-66
Sulu Archipelago: 626, 633
Sumatra: 118, 467
Sung Shan Mountain: 459, 462
Superior Oil Company: 222
Supplies, construction. See Construction materials, improvised; Construction materials, procure. ment.
Supply, by airdrop: 157, 180-81, 582
Supply, by airlift
Assam: 471
Burma: 466, 472
China: 387, 391-92, 396-97, 400-401, 415, 418, 420, 425-26,435-32,426-54,467,472,666
Hollandia: 532
India: 472
Ledo Road: 456, 471
SWPA: 558
Supply, daily requirements: 554
Supply, hand-carried: 582
Supply, measurement tons
Alaska: 289
Biak: 557
China: 391, 418, 420, 426, 431, 464, 666
Hollandia: 557
Japan, for assault on: 677-78
Marianas: 493-94, 496
Saipan: 496
SWPA: 212, 556-58
Wakde: 557
Supply, overland: 198, 387-88, 391, 404-06, 408-09, 415, 424-25, 432, 464, 470, 474-75
Supply, by water, SWPA: 558
Supply dumps. See Storage facilities, construction and operation.
Supply duty, attitude toward: 559, 682
Supply Mission, New Zealand: 213
Supply systems
Attu: 329-30
Australia: 155, 556
Burma: 466, 394-95, 432, 436, 443, 446
Burma Road: 473
Central Pacific: 508-ro, 568-69, 669
China: 425-26, 429-30
Chinese Army: 413-15
deficiencies in: 682
India: 394-95, 425, 429
Leyte: 611
Luzon: 606
Marshalls: 485
Navy’s role in: 265
Philippines, 1944-45: 669-70
POA: 378
Port Moresby: 263
SOPAC: 171-72, 214, 233-34, 262-63
SWPA.: 211-14, 262-63, 558, 568-69, 669
War Department directives on: 171-72, 211, 261, 264,508-09,554,669-70
Supply systems, Japanese: 443
Surrender, by Japan: 678-79
Survival training: 491
Sutherland, Col. Edwin M.: 396
Sutherland, Lt. Gen. Richard K.: 179, 187, 234, 608
Suva: 162
Sverdrup, Maj. Gen. Leif J.
and airfield construction and repair: 46-48, 154, 231, 236, 525
becomes SWPA acting chief engineer: 571
and bridge construction and repair: 602
commands of: 130-31, 174, 651-52, 653-54
and construction, obstacles to: 186
and construction deadlines: 543-44
and construction reorganization: 174
and engineer units, control of: 202
forms Construction Corps of Philippines: 653
and Hawaii contractors: 488
Sverdrup, Maj. Gen. Leif J.-Continued
and labor force, mobilizing: 181
and Musita Island action: 204
and reconnaissance, engineer: 48, 168-69, 178-80, 230
and specialists, training: 671-72
and supply discipline: 553
Sverdrup and Parcel, engineering firm: 41, 47-48, 112, 120, 163, 320
Sweeper Creek: 286
Sydney: 109, 114, 126, 134, 136, 138, 141-42, 240, 242, 271-72, 556-57, 560
Sydney Technical College: 560
Szechwan Province: 431, 451
Taal, Lake: 71, 631
Tacloban: 573, 576, 579, 581, 585, 599, 670
Tacloban Airdrome: 576, 579, 583-85
Tactical methods: 77, 82, 91-92, 542
Tadji Drome: 533
Tagish Lake: 312
Tagoloan River: 65
Tagudin: 74
Taipha Ga: 443-44
Talaud Islands: 572, 575
Talley, Col. Benjamin B.: 22-23, 28, 14, 36, 278, 280, 282-84, 288, 292-93, 295, 331, 333, 643-44
Tambu Bay: 247
Tami Airfield: 532
Tanacross Airfield: 288, 307, 310, 315
Tanaga Island: 284
Tanahmerah Bay: 527-28, 531-32, 534
Tanai River: 442-43, 447, 453
Tanana: 288, 325
Tanana River: 295, 304, 310, 312
Tanapag Harbor: 500-501, 511
Tanauan: 584-85, 587
Tanchuk: 469
Tank action, Burma: 444
Tank fire support Corregidor: 621
Kwajalein: 480-81
Luzon: 598
Manila: 617
New Guinea: 205, 533
Okinawa: 647
Tank-Infantry teams, Okinawa: 647
Tanks, control by USAFFE: 78
Taping River: 663-64
Tarakan Island: 636
Tarawa Island: 381
Tarlac: 75, 78, 93, 605
Tarlac River: 75, 77, 595
Tarung River: 435, 443, 447-48
Task forces
2600: 32, 324, 335
Brewer: 522, 524
Task forces-Continued
Connolly: 638-39
CYCLONE: 561
Efate: 171
HURRICANE: 537, 538, 541
New Guinea, organization in: 251
PERSECUTION: 532
RECKLESS: 529
Southwest Pacific Area, organization in: 521
TORNADO: 535
TRADEWIND: 567
TYPHOON: 564
Task forces, Japanese: 149
Tasmania: 137, 216
Tatana Island: 183, 187
Tate, Maj. Ferdinand J.: 398, 400, 410-12
Tawang River: 448
Tawitawi Island: 633
Teale, Col. Willis E.: 151, 153, 158, 213, 215-16, 266, 520
Technology: 413, 682-83
Tehran Conference: 463
Telegraph and telephone installation: 337, 370, 419
Temperature Zone Hospital: 241
Temperature, effect of: 310, 370, 501. See also Climate, effect of; Weather, effect of.
Tengchung: 456, 460-62, 465, 472-73
Tengchung-Myitkyina road: 472-74
Tennant Creek: 114, 240-41
Tenney, Col. Clesen H.: 381
Terminals, port. See Port facilities, construction and
repair.
Terowie: 123
Terrain model construction: 552-53
Territorial Airport Contractors: 41, 348
Teslin Lake: 303, 310-12
Teslin River: 303, 312
Thailand: 390
The Caves, Australia: 260
Theodore, Edward G.: 121, 127, 137-38, 141-43, 215, 241-42
Thomas, Lt. Col. H. E.: 607
Three-Mile Drome: 186
Tignuan River: 81
Tiis River: 97
Tingkawk Sakan: 467
Tinian Island: 490, 492-93, 503, 5436, 511
Tinker, Maj. Gen. Clarence L.: 348, 361
Tinsukia: 449-50, 457, 466-67, 471, 664-66
Tocumwal Repair and Assembly Depot: 122, 141
Toem: 534, 537, 541
Tojo, General Hideki: 50
Tokyo: 518, 673-74, 677
Tokyo Bay: 679
Tonga Islands: 168-69
Tongatabu Island: 169-70, 661
Tontouta Airfield: 46-48, 161, 163-67, 223, 233, 256
Toobally Lakes: 309, 315
Tools, construction. See Construction machinery and equipment, diversified; Construction machinery and equipment, improvised; Construction machinery and equipment, procurement.
Topographical supplies, procurement: 533
TORNADO: 535
Torrens Creek: 125
Townsville: 150, 158
airfield construction and repair: 45, 10, 115, 119, 125, 127-28, 143, 164
base construction and operation: 112-13, 153
port congestion: 243
port facilities, construction and repair: 10, 115, 128,240
reconnaisance, engineer: 46
road construction and repair: 138
storage facilities, construction and operation: 260
TRADEWIND: 567
Traffic control and congestion: 316-18, 343, 577, 580, 599, 611, 634
Trail clearing operations; 178-80, 231, 443-44, 447, 470
Training, deficiencies in: 97-98, 330-31, 606, 682
Training centers, in Australia: 271
Training facilities, construction in India: 403
Training missions, Corps of Engineers: 227
Training programs
amphibious operations: 271, 330-31, 478, 490-91, 671
Australia: 122, 124-25, 136
bomb disposal: 271, 560-71
camouflage measures: 271-72
Central Pacific: 478
Chinese Army: 403-05, 420-21, 426, 455-56, 463, 662
Hawaii: 377, 490-91
India: 403-04
jungle operations: 156, 490-91
with landing craft: 671
Marianas: 495
Marshalls: 478
night operations: 491
on-the-job: 271-72
Philippine Army: 97-98
Philippines, 1944-45: 671
Saipan: 496
SOPAC: 271-’72
specialists: 271-72, 560-61, 671-72
in survival: 491
SWPA: 271-’73, 560-61, 671-72
USASOS: 671-72
Transporation Corps: 325
Transportation facilities: 320-21, 323-25, 327, 338, 365-66, 399-400, 402-03, 476
Transports, naval, in CPA: 476
Trans-Siberian railroad: 293
Trench obstacles, construction in Hawaii: 344-45
Triangle, The, New Guinea: 196, 200-01
TRIDENT (Washington) Conference: 164, 377, 390, 418-20, 426
Trik, Capt. Carl H.: 355-56
Trinidad Base Command: 28
Tripler General Hospital: 374, 486, 507, 661
Troop assignment methods, USAFIA: 124
Troop units
Japanese strength: 248, 682
organization for Philippines defense: 55, 66-69
shortages of: 509, 670
strength; 68, 210, 243, 496, 518-19, 567, 569
Trucks, assembling: 400
Trudeau, Col. Arthur G,: 227-28
Truk Island: 492
Truman Committee hearings: 335, 362. See also Congress.
Tseng Yang-fu. Dr.: 421
Tsili Tsili Airfield: 244, 248, 252
Tuguegarao: 66
Tulagi Island: 168, 172
Tulavera River and Valley: 627
Tully, Lt. Col. James K.: 51
TULSA plan: 153
Tuna Packers cannery, Honolulu: 340
Tundra: 293-94, 329, 331
Tunnel construction and rcpair Alaska: 283
Bataan: 61, 71, 95
China: 462
Corregidor: 66, ioI04
Hawaii: 350, 368-70, 374
Ledo Road: 410
Philippines, 1941-42: 61, 64, 66, 71
Tunnel defenses, Japanese: 383, 598, 633. See also Cave defenses, Japanese.
Tuol River: 97
Turnbull, J. Gordon: 320
Turnbull Airdrome: 257
Turner, Rear Adm. Richmond K.: 482, 492
Twitty, Brig. Gen. Joseph J.: 378, 490, 5io “Two-Ocean Navy Act”: 14
Tydings-McDuffie Act: 57n
Tyler, Brig. Gen. Max C.: 6
TYPHOON: 564
Ulithi Atoll: 514-16
Ulupau Head: 351
Umingan: 597
Umnak Island: 28, 37, 51, 278, 280-81, 284, 285, 296- 98
Unalaska Island: 37, 281, 285, 296-97
Under Secretary of War. See Patterson, Robert P. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR): 27, 35, 288, 293, 326, 333, 463, 678, 682
United States Advanced Base, Port Moresby: 174
United States Army, expansion of: 14
United States Army Forces in Australia (USAFIA): 109, us, 117-18, 119, 124, 126, 156, 171, 189-go. See also Barnes, Brig. Gen. Julian F.; Brett, Maj. Gen. George H.
United States Army Forces in the Central Pacific Area (USAFICPA): 377
United States Army Forces in the Chinese Theater of Operations, Burma, and India: 390
United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE): 57, 60, 78, 230, 242, 260. See also MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas.
United States Army Forces in the Pacific Ocean Areas (USAFPOA): 507, 568. See also Richardson, Lt. Gen. Robert C., Jr.
United States Army Forces in the South Pacific Area (USAFISPA): 172, 214, 507, 568
United States Army Services of Supply. See also Army Forces, Western Pacific; Frink, Maj. Gen. James L.; Marshall, Brig. Gen. Richard J.; Southwest Pacific Area; Styer, Lt. Gen. Wilhelm D.
AFWESPAC, redesignation to: 654
Army Service Command (ASCOM) activated: 571
ASCOM, assignment to: 601
Australia, transfer from: 557
base construction and operation: 236, 245, 256-59, 262-63, 528
Boat Building Command: 653-54
camouflage: 559-60
civilians, employment of: 268-69, 653-54
construction, control of: 229-30, 257-58, 651-54
Construction Corps of the Philippines: 653
Engineer Construction Command (ENCOM): 651-53, 681
engineer districts of: 650-53
Engineer Intelligence Section: 269
engineer mission: 521
engineer organization: 243-44, 257, 520-21, 528-29, 571-72, 650-54
and engineer units, control of: 187
engineer units, shortage of: 238
engineer units, strength: 654
General Engineer District (GENED): 652
Hollandia, move to: 569, 650
Japan, assault on: 673, 675
Leyte, move to: 650
logistical system: 570-71
Manila, move to: 650
Marine Supply Section: 558-59
mission: 183, 262-63
morale: 654
New Guinea, move to: 557
and shipping shortage: 186-88
specialists, training: 671-72
supply divisions activated: 556, 558-59
stock control: 555-56
training program: 671-72
USAFIA, redesignated from: 156
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey: 94, 376, - 573, 577
United States Forces in the Philippines (USFIP): zqgg.
See also MacArthur, General of the Army
Douglas; Wainwright, Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. United States Geological Survey: 668-69
United States Navy. See also Naval construction battalions; Naval gunfire support.
airfield construction and repair: 12
amphibious operations, role in: 577-78
in construction program: 278, 287, 501, 511-12, 541-44, 657
fleet expansion: to-ii
Hawaii, cooperation in: 370, 374, 376, 66,
housing construction: 267
intelligence estimates and reports: 284
at Iwo Jima: 640
landing craft operation: 578
in Luzon, 1944-45: 591-92, 594
in Manila rehabilitation: 656
photography, aerial: 668
and pilots for AVG: 389
POA, liaison in: 680
SOPAC, role in: 160
spare parts procurement: 558
in supply system: 265
war plan: 4
United States Task Force in China: 390
Upolo Field: 348
Urbana Force: 199-201, 205
Urbiztondo: 77
Urdaneta: 596
Utiladors: 292
Utilities, installation and maintenance: 365, 403
Valdez, Alaska: 303
Van Noy, Pvt. Junior N.: 253-54
Van Voorhis, Lt. Gen. Daniel: 15, 20-21, 28-32. See also Canal Zone.
Vasey, Maj. Gen. George A.: 193
Vella Lavella Island: 250
Viardo, Capt. Emilio: 68
VICTOR plans: 625
Vigan: 72, 74
Vila: 170
Vila Airfield: 250
Villa Verde Trail: 627-29, 637
Visayan Islands: 72, 608, 625, 634, 655
Visayan-Mindanao Force: [05-06
Viti Levu: 46, 222
Vitiaz Strait: 272
Vogelkop peninsula: 563
Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC): 109
W. A. Bechtel Company: 320, 325, 327
W. E. Callahan Construction Company: 25, 41, 320, 325, 327
Wacol: 115
Waga Waga: 176-77, 238
Wahiawa: 23
Wahiawa Gulch: 368
Waianae Amphibious Training Center: 491
Waiele Gulch: 362
Waigani Drome: 157, 186
Waigeo Island: 563
Waikakalaua Gulch: 40-42, 368, 370
Wainwright, Lt. Gen. Jonathan M.: 73, 75-77, 79, 83, 87, 89, 96, 99, toy, 128
Wakde Island: 534-36, 541, 542, 543-44
Wake Island: 45, 161
Walawbum: 444
Walker, Maj. James A.: 4 10
Walker, Lt. Col. Nelson M.: 51
Walkway construction: 502
Wallace, Maj. Gen. Fred C.: 657
Walsh, Col. Orville E.: 239, 246, 548, 588, Got, 613
Wama Drome: 568
Wanamaker, Col. William W.: 522, 525
Wanigela Mission: 180-81, 192
Wanting: 474, 663
War Cabinet, Australia: 216
War Department. See also Chief of Engineers; Marshall, General of the Army George C.; Stimson, Henry L.; War Department General Staff; War Plans Division, WDGS.
activates SOS, CBI: 394
and aircraft for China: 391-92
and Alaska defenses: 276--78, 299, 333
and Alaska Highway: 299-300
and American Military Mission to China: 389
appropriations, prewar: 9
and Burma offensive: 404, 409
and Canol: 318-21, 335-36, 339
and China, supply of: 423
and China defenses: 389, 408
and China theater status: 390, 397
and Communications Zone organization: 438
and construction, control of: 360
construction directives: 25, 281-82, 402, 508
and construction machinery and equipment, procurement: 547, 549
and construction units: 547-48, 675
and cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contracts: 24
and Engineer Construction Command: 654
and Hawaii defenses: 16, 342-43, 360-61
and hospital construction: 486
and India airfields: 420
and Ledo Road: 463-64, 663-64
and pilots for AVG: 389
and POL surveys: 222, 233
and port facilities, construction and repair: 287
and radar installations: 283
and specialists: 265, 270, 456, 463-64
supply system and directives on: 171-72, 211, 261, 264, 508-09, 554-, 669-70
War Department General Staff. See also Marshall, General of the Army George C.; Operations Division, WDGS; War Department; War Plans Division, WDGS.
Alaska inspection by: 51
and Alaska Highway: 299
hemisphere defense plans: 7
ORANGE plans, changes in: 3-5
RAINBOW plans, changes in: to, 14, 19
War Ministry, China: 408, 422
War Office, British: 420
War plans, U.S.: 4-7
War Plans Division, WDGS
and Alaska defenses: 16, 18, 23, 34
and Alaska Highway: 299
and Canol: 318-19
Warazup: 454
Ward’s Drome: 186
Warehouse construction and operation. See Storage facilities, construction and operation.
Warren Force: 199-200
“Washing Machine Charley”: 274
Washington Conference: 107, 164, 377, 390, 418-so Water purification. See Water supply and distribution.
Water seepage problem: 292-93, 316
Water supply and distribution
Australia: 155
Biak: 539-40
Central Pacific: 476
Corregidor: 103
Hawaii: 373
Kwajalein: 483
Manila: 614, 618-19, 656-57
Marshalls: 478, 483, 485
Okinawa: 645
Saipan: 501-02
Solomons: 249-51
Waterways, Alberta: 319-27
Waterways, development and use: 288-89, 295, 319, 321-25, 327-28, 342
Waterways systems: 73-74, 312-13, 590, 602, 612-13, 641
Watson Lake: 299, 301-04, 309, 311, 325-26, 328, 335
Watut River: 252
Wau: 231, 260
Wavell, Field Marshal Sir Archibald: 118, 391, 397, 404-05. See also General Headquarters, India; India.
Wawa: 77, 84, 595-96, 602, 612
Weather, effect of. See also Climate, effect of; Permafrost; Rainfall, effect of; Snowfall, effect of; Winds, effect of.
Alaska: 281, 283-89, 291-96, 333-34
Alaska Highway: 315-18
Attu: 329
Canol: 324-25, 327-28, 337
Weather, effect of-Continued
Ledo Road: 433
Leyte: 576, 578, 580-81
Mindanao: 570-71
New Guinea: 248
Philippines, 1941-42: 61-62
Philippines, 1944-45; 570-71
Wedemeyer, Lt. Gen. Albert C. See also China.
and Burma offensive: 662
Chiang, relationship to: 470
heads China Theater: 470
and pipeline construction and operation: 664-66
and road construction and repair: 662-63
at SEAC: 437
training program: 662
Wehuria Creek: 176-77
Welling, Col. Alvin C.: 301, 475, 663
Wells, drilling in Alaska: 293, 325-27, 335-37
West Construction Company: 34, 36, 278, 287
Western Defense Command: 276
Wewak: 284, 527, 533, 563
Wheeler, Maj. Gen. Raymond A.: 112, 436. See also China–Burma–India Theater: Services of Supply, CBI.
and airfield construction and repair: 418, 420, 431
base establishment by: 409, 418
and Burma Road: 405
and construction, control of: 394-95, 397-98, 437- 38
and construction program and progress: 397
and engineer units, arrival: 436
heads SOS, CBI: 394-95, 437
and Ledo Road: 406, 409-12, 423-24
lines of communication, operation by: 394
and pipeline construction and operation: 434
at SEAC: 437
Stilwell, relationship to: 394, 402
and supply of Chinese forces: 406, 408
Wheeler, Col. W. J.: 313
Wheeler Field: 8, 28, 39, 44, 51, 53, 340, 347, 361
Whipple, Col. Stephen C.: 303
White, Capt. George E., Jr.: 348
White Pass & Yukon Railroad: 302, 326
White River, Canada: 314-15, 317, 328
Whitehead, Brig. Gen. Ennis C.: 184-85, 229, 584
Whitehorse: 288, 299, 302-04, 307, 309-11, 314-15, 319-20, 322-28, 335-38
Whitlock, Brig. Gen. Lester J.: 178, 672-74
Whittier, Alaska: 287, 289
Wilcox, Maj. H. Case: 395
Wilkinson, Rear Adm. Theodore S.: 225
Williams, Mr.: 104
Willingdon Airdrome: 392, 399
Williwaws: 294-95
Wilson, Brig. Gen. Walter K., Jr.: 437, 440, 664n
Wiener, Col. Benjamin R., 378, 486-88, 507-10
Winds, effect of: 294-95, 550
Wingate, Brig. Gen. Orde C.: 427-28, 430, 444-46
Wire obstacles: 82, 351, 399, 525
Wire obstacles, Japanese: 481, 562, 610, 617, 633
Womeldorff, Lt. Col. Virgil M.: 330-31
Woodbury, Lt. Col. Harry G.: 249
Woodlark Island: 231, 234, 239, 244, 246, 251
Woodring, Harry H.: 7, 18, 20
Woodstock Airfield: 125, 145, 149
Work potential formula: 529, 549
Works Progress Administration (WPA): 38-39
World War I ponton bridge: 471n
Worsham, Brig. Gen. Ludson D.: 317, 327, 334, 655
Wright, Col. Albert: 127, 140
Wyman, Col. Theodore, Jr.: 16
and AAF pressure for construction: 354
and aircraft repair shops: 361
and airfield construction and repair: 39-40, 45-46, 48, 161-65, 168, 348
as Canol director: 316, 320-21, 323, 327
and civilian defense construction: 344-45
and civilians, evacuation of: 345-46
and coast defenses: 349-51
and construction machinery and equipment, procurement: 49, 343
and construction materials, procurement: 49, 343
and cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contracts: 41, 52, 320
and costs of construction: 52, 353
and engineer units, requirements: 38
and food production: 344
and Hawaii defense construction: 38-40, 42, 52, 341, 353
and Hawaiian Constructors: 52, 356, 488-89
heads Northwest Division: 316-17
and land acquisition: 356
and pipeline construction and operation: 42, 325
and POL delivery: 324-25, 343
and priority ratings: 161, 343
and public relations: 359-60
and reconnaissance, engineer: 168-69
and road construction and repair: 325
and staff organization: 340-41
and storage facilities, construction and operation: 41
and supply, by airlift: 324
supply difficulties: 324, 327, 355-56
X-Force, Chinese: 405
Y-Force, Chinese: 405, 408, 413-15, 421, 442, 454-56, 458-62, 470, 662
Y-Force Operations Staff: 421
Yakutat: 12, 22, 35-37, 278, 283, 295-96
Yakutat hut: 297
Yangkai: 403, 415
Yangtze River and Valley: 425, 432, 452, 662
Yap Island: 514, 572, 574
Yawata: 456
Yoder, Lt. Col. Leverett G.: 144, 147, 150-51, 181
Yokohama: 673-74, 677
Yontan Airfield: 645, 65/3-59
York, Col. Robert E.: 432
Young, Col. Gordon R.: lo, 29, 31-33
Young Hotel, Honolulu: 340
Yount, Brig. Gen. Paul F.: 395, 664n
Yukon River: 288, 295, 309, 325
Yukon Territory: 305, 312
Yunnan-Burma Highway Engineering Administration: 408, 413-15, 421-22, 465, 663. See also Kung, C. C.
Yunnan-Burma railroad: 413, 436
Yunnan-Burma Railroad Authority: 389, 403, 415
Yunnan Province: 392, 397, 403-05. 409, 416, 429,
Yunn45an5z4:594z1456, 24’2661. 647
Yupbang Ga: 435, 442
Zablan Airfield: 656
lambales Mountains: 6io
Zamboanga: 633, 655-56
Zamboanga peninsula: 626, 633-34
Zamboanga Province: 65-66
Zero aircraft: 518
Zigzag Pass: 609