89. Michio Takeyama quoted in Takeyama and Minear, eds., The Scars of War, p. 68.
90. Goldstein and Dillon, eds., The Pacific War Papers, p. 67.
91. Hitoshi Inoue letter to Asahi Shinbun, in Gibney, ed., Senso, p. 80.
92. Uichiro Kawachi, oral history, in Cook and Cook, eds., Japan at War, p. 214.
93. Kazuo Ikezaki letter to Asahi Shinbun, in Gibney, ed., Senso, p. 301.
94. Fusako Kawamura letter to Asahi Shinbun, in Gibney, ed., Senso, p. 279.
95. Yukio Hashimoto letter to Asahi Shinbun, in Gibney, ed., Senso, p. 181.
96. Murrie and Petersen, “Last Train Home,” American History, February 2018. Adapted with permission from Railroad History, Spring–Summer 2015.
97. Steere, The Graves Registration Service in World War II, p. 405.
98. Ibid., p. 426.
99. Most of those who perished at sea to causes other than combat, including accidents and illnesses, were also buried at sea. Globally, the navy reported 25,664 noncombat deaths during WWII. Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) website, accessed August 4, 2019, https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/u/us-navy-personnel-in-world-war-ii-service-and-casualty-statistics.html.
100. For example, the soldier and future novelist Norman Mailer wrote: “A good part of me approves anything which will shorten the war, and get me home sooner, and this is often antagonistic to older more basic principles. For instance I hope the peacetime draft is passed because if it’s not, there may be an agonizingly slow demobilization.” Letter to Beatrice Mailer, August 8, 1945, “In the Ring: Life and Letters,” New Yorker, October 6, 2008, pp. 51–52.
101. Lee, To the War, p. 163.
102. Hynes, Flights of Passage, p. 257.
103. Radford, From Pearl Harbor to Vietnam, p. 70.
104. James Forrestal diary, October 16, 1945, Millis, ed., The Forrestal Diaries, p. 102.
105. Morison, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. 15, Supplement and General Index, p. 17.
106. John C. Munn, oral history, p. 91.
107. McCandless, A Flash of Green, p. 219.
108. Morison, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. 15, Supplement and General Index, p. 13.
109. “Plan of the Day,” Sunday, September 2, 1945, USS Missouri, p. 2, “Notes,” accessed May 21, 2019, http://www.bb63vets.com/docs/DOC_6.pdf.
110. Hynes, Flights of Passage, p. 266.
111. “The World War II Memoirs of John Vollinger,” http://www.janesoceania.com/ww2_johann_memoirs/index.htm.
112. Murrie and Petersen, “Last Train Home,” American History, February 2018. Adapted with permission from Railroad History, Spring–Summer 2015.
113. Beaver, Sailor from Oklahoma, p. 226.
114. “The World War II Memoirs of John Vollinger,” http://www.janesoceania.com/ww2_johann_memoirs/index.htm.
115. Clark and Reynolds, Carrier Admiral, p. 245.
116. Sledge, With the Old Breed, p. 266.
117. Mace and Allen, Battleground Pacific, p. 327.
118. George Niland, oral history, in Lacey, Stay Off the Skyline, p. 189.
119. William Pierce, oral history, in Lacey, Stay Off the Skyline, p. 193.
120. Yoder, There’s No Front Like Home, pp. 108, 112.
121. Shirley Hackett, oral history, in Harris, Mitchell, and Schechter, eds., The Homefront, p. 231.
122. Frankie Cooper, oral history, in Harris, Mitchell, and Schechter, eds., The Homefront, p. 249.
123. Dellie Hahne, oral history, in Harris, Mitchell, and Schechter, eds., The Homefront, p. 228.
124. Frankie Cooper, oral history, in Harris, Mitchell, and Schechter, eds., The Homefront, p. 249.
125. Randal S. Olson, “ 144 Years of Marriage and Divorce in One Chart,” June 15, 2015, accessed June 2, 2019, www.randalolson.com. Data from Centers for Disease Control (CDC)/National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
126. James Covert, oral history, in Harris, Mitchell, and Schechter, eds., The Homefront, p. 223.
127. Marshall Ralph Doak, My Years in the Navy, http://www.historycentral.com/Navy/Doak.
128. Marjorie Cartwright, oral history, in Harris, Mitchell, and Schechter, eds., The Homefront, p. 226.
129. Ibid., p. 228.
130. Caro, Master of the Senate, p. 196.
131. Sybil Lewis, oral history, in Harris, Mitchell, and Schechter, eds., The Homefront, p. 251.
132. Ibid., p. 252.
133. Lee, To the War, p. 164.
134. Hynes, Flights of Passage, p. 255.
135. Robert E. Hogaboom, oral history, Marine Corps Project, No. 813, Vol. 1, p. 235.
136. Norman Mailer to Beatrice Mailer, August 8, 1945, “In the Ring: Life and Letters,” in New Yorker, October 6, 2008, pp. 51–52.
137. Leach, Now Hear This, p. 175.
138. Ben Bradlee, “A Return,” New Yorker, October 2, 2006.
139. Michener, The World Is My Home, p. 265.
140. Edward J. Huxtable, commanding officer, Composite Squadron Ten, 1943–1945, “Some Recollections,” pp. 27–28, Huxtable Papers, Hoover Institution Archives.
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