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by Sally Mott Freeman


  birth of, 14, 47

  Bob Granston and, 501–506

  on Brazil Maru, 474, 502, 503

  at British Purchasing Exchange, 111–113

  brothers, early relations with, 14–15, 47–50, 65–66, 94, 98, 110, 113–114

  at Cabanatuan prison camp, 67–73, 115–122, 364–365, 373, 387, 481–483, 501

  Charles Armour and, 8, 17–18, 69, 120, 507–508

  childhood and adolescence of, 93–96

  at Christ School, 16, 95–96, 117, 511–512

  at Citadel Military College, 13, 96–98, 99, 101, 446

  claustrophobia of, 68

  at Davao Penal Colony, 166, 193–200, 208–212, 214, 216, 226, 249–251, 272–274, 327–328

  death of, 472–473, 476–478, 480, 508–510

  education of, 13, 14, 16, 17, 48, 93, 95–107, 101, 109–110, 218, 446

  on Enoura Maru, 474, 495, 497, 499, 501

  father, relations with, 93–95, 97

  fellow-prisoner testimonials to, 479–483, 524–525

  final resting place of, 515–517

  health of, 195

  interrogation of, 12

  leaves Davao Penal Colony, 327–332

  mail delivery and, 210–211, 251, 327, 364

  marches under guard, 3–4, 22, 160, 162, 166

  mother, relations with, 22, 41–42, 195, 275, 277, 337, 342, 469

  music and, 100, 108, 118, 198–199

  at Olongapo, 485, 486, 488

  on Oryoko Maru, 396, 398, 400, 404, 405, 426, 441–443, 446, 474, 483

  personality of, 93, 95–98, 118, 365, 390, 479–480, 491–492

  physical appearance of, 49, 108, 121

  promotion of, 477

  Purple Heart awarded to, 477, 478, 526

  religion and, 95, 200

  reported missing in action, 51, 61, 65–66, 80, 86

  Shinyo sinking and, 362–363

  sports and, 49, 95–96, 121–122

  Supply Corps commission of, 114

  taken prisoner, 4, 12–13, 16–22, 134

  trip to Mindanao, 160–164

  at US Naval Academy, 13, 14, 17, 98–107, 218, 446

  on USS Otus as paymaster, 5–7

  visit with Benny in Hawaii, 24–26

  will to live of, 70, 73

  wounded, 4, 7–11, 15, 124, 134, 136, 195, 365

  Cross, Cornelius, 423

  Cross, Helen Estelle Chamberlain Mott, 13–15, 22, 40–48, 50, 65, 66, 79, 93–96, 98, 100–101, 103–110, 112–114, 121, 123, 124, 126–127, 129–131, 137, 169, 170, 195, 203–204, 217, 219, 223–224, 244–248, 269–277, 287, 327, 333–338, 341–342, 362, 363, 378–379, 387, 408, 444, 461, 467–482, 487, 501, 502, 504, 506, 510–512, 516–517, 521, 524

  Cross, Jeanne Marie (Mara), 27, 28, 86, 170, 182, 287, 388, 514–515

  Cross, Jeannette, 27, 28, 86, 169, 170, 182, 336, 388

  Cross, Rosemary, 22, 48, 94, 113, 247, 248, 269–271, 273, 277, 342, 442–445, 525–526

  Cross-Tierney, Barton, 525–526

  Cruz, Benigno de la, 233

  Cuban Missile Crisis, 519–520

  Cummings, Father, 500, 503

  Dale, Captain Gene, 383

  Daniels, “Ship,” 162

  Darnell, Linda, 58

  Dau, Sergeant, 398

  Davao City, 326, 345, 347

  Davao Gulf, 165, 278

  Davao Penal Colony, Mindanao, 160, 165–167, 193–200, 208–214, 216, 227, 232, 238, 242, 249–251, 255, 256, 258–261, 271–274, 278–280, 292–302, 325–328, 343–346, 362, 366, 386, 387, 397–399, 413, 426, 481

  Davenport, Walter, 413

  Davidson, Diane Mott, 526

  Deacon, Ensign Edward, 36

  Delbridge, Commander Edward, 353, 361–362

  Dempsey, Staff Sergeant David, 419

  Dibut Bay, 371

  Dickinson, Lieutenant Clarence, 36

  Distinguished Service Awards, 232

  Donovan, William “Wild Bill,” 190

  Doolittle, Colonel Jimmy, 79, 90–91, 138, 141, 142, 182

  Draper, Teddy, 420–421

  Duffy, Father, 402

  Dunkirk, 112

  Dutch East Indies, 77, 142, 356

  Dyess, Major William, 231–234, 242–245, 264–267, 270, 339, 384

  Dyess, Richard T., 267–268

  Early, Steve, 57, 457

  Eastern Solomons battle, 168, 169, 171, 178, 179, 183, 228

  Edison, Thomas, 82

  Edwards, Webley, 38

  Eichelberger, General Robert, 466

  Einstein, Albert, 82

  Eisenhower, General Dwight, 241, 450, 519

  Elsey, Lieutenant George, 64, 218, 444, 458

  Engelhart, Carl, 496

  Eniwetok, 283, 309

  Enoura Maru (Japanese transport ship), 474, 495–502

  Enright, Lieutenant Maran, 444

  Erie Maru (Japanese transport ship), 163–165, 328–329, 347–348

  Europe First policy, 75, 221, 266

  Eve (Barton’s girlfriend), 19, 25, 210, 505

  Ewa Air Station, Hawaii, 36

  F4F Wildcat fighter, 23

  F6F Hellcat bomber, 78, 402

  Ferguson, Ensign Earl, 373, 394, 400, 404

  Ferguson, Ensign Jack, 119, 490, 491, 499, 503

  Fertig, Wendell, 233–236, 279, 292, 296–302, 316, 382–383

  Fields, Alonzo, 221, 457

  Fischer, Major Harry, 381

  Ford Island, Hawaii, 33, 36, 229

  Formosa (Taiwan), 356, 359, 378, 474, 478, 480, 498, 519

  Forrestal, James, 416–420, 433–434, 464, 513

  Fort San Pedro, Philippines, 330

  Foster, Bud, 413

  Freon, Hamilton, 413

  G-2 (Military Intelligence), 253, 261, 280, 291, 292, 453

  G-1 (Personnel), 261

  Gallagher, Ensign Earl, 36

  Geneva Convention of 1929, 21, 77, 213, 394, 470, 517–518

  Gilbert Islands, 83, 84, 86, 140, 151, 284, 340, 415, 445

  Gillette, Captain, 310

  Ginder, Captain Samuel, 228

  Glatt, Ensign Bob, 394, 404

  Gonzales, Ensign Manuel, 35

  Goodman, Ensign Shields, 391, 394, 395, 398, 405, 485

  Graef, Calvin, 377, 386, 387

  Graham, Frank Porter, 109, 458

  Granston, Ensign Robert, 366, 373, 394, 400, 404, 501–508, 524–525

  Granston, Jeff, 525

  Granston, Norma, 525

  Granston, Sharon, 525

  Grant, Ulysses S., 106

  Gray, Major Ellis, 383

  Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944, 335–336

  Great Depression, 112

  Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, 20

  Gripsholm (goodwill vessel), 208, 209, 265–267

  Guadalcanal, 172–176, 182, 183, 186–187, 206–208, 230, 241, 242, 305, 318, 338, 341, 413, 416, 417, 436

  Guam, 77, 138, 303, 309, 318, 323, 351, 353, 358, 414, 421, 429, 440, 455, 456, 462, 463

  Guerrilla movement, in Philippines, 134–135, 187–189, 211, 216–217, 226, 232–238, 252–256, 260, 278–280, 291, 293, 296, 297, 300, 325, 326, 347, 348, 350, 357, 370, 371, 373, 381–383, 409

  Gulf of Tonkin, 520

  Hackmeister, Louise “Hacky,” 65, 457

  Hague Convention of 1907, 9

  Hall, Admiral, 466

  Halsey, Admiral William “Bull,” 23, 24, 29–32, 39, 81–86, 89, 90, 106, 139, 141, 143, 144, 146, 151, 176, 184–187, 192, 228–229, 359, 360, 367, 439, 465, 486, 498

  Halsey, Flyer D. W., 32

  Hamilton, Alexander, 82

  Hannenkrant, Medic, 497–498

  Harris, David Page, 95

  Hart, Admiral Thomas C., 5, 133, 190, 304

  Harvard Supply Corps training program, 114

  Harvard University, 141

  Hashimoto, Lieutenant, 381

  Hawkes, Albert, 479

  Hayes, Surgeon Thomas, 332

  Hearst, William Randolph, 3
22

  Hellcat fighter plane, 368, 429

  Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 176, 186–187

  Henie, Sonja, 270

  Hickham Field, Pearl Habor, 352

  Hill, Rear Admiral Harry, 285, 439

  Hilton, James, 141

  Hino, Ashihei, 21

  Hirohito, Emperor, 83, 464, 519

  Hiroshima, Japan, 460, 462

  Hiryu (Japanese aircraft carrier), 148, 149

  Hitaka (Japanese aircraft carrier), 319

  Hofuku Maru (Japanese transport ship), 372, 426

  Hong Kong, 77, 240

  Honshu, 440, 452

  Hoover, Herbert, 217, 461–462

  Hopkins, Harry, 63, 64, 205

  Horne, Admiral Frederick, 61

  “I Shall Return” pledge (MacArthur), 236, 374

  Improved Order of Red Men, 43–44

  Ind, Colonel Allison, 232

  International Red Cross, 125, 126, 128, 132, 135, 208–210, 265, 266, 274, 336, 363, 472, 509, 517

  Iwo Jima, 359, 361, 407–413, 415–422, 429, 439, 451, 455, 460

  Jacobs, Lieutenant Commander Randall, 205–207, 384, 444

  Japanese Americans, internment of, 78

  Jarman, General Sanderford, 321–322

  Java, 267

  Jersey brothers, the (see Cross, Barton (Arthur Barton Jr.); Mott, Benny (Elias Bertram II); Mott, Bill (William Chamberlain))

  JN-25 (Japanese naval code), 138–140, 154–158

  Johnston, Stanley, 154–158

  Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), 174, 175, 264, 267, 271, 272, 304, 342, 354, 359, 408, 410, 440–441, 449–452, 459

  Jones, Lieutenant Commander Truman, 206, 207

  Jumarong, Victorio, 233

  Junker, Chaplain Valentine, 435

  Kaga (Japanese aircraft carrier), 148

  Kamchatka Peninsula, 85

  Kamikaze attacks, 392, 419–420, 428–433, 435, 437, 438, 454–455

  Kauai, Hawaii, 145

  Kempeitai (Imperial military police), 13, 135, 188

  Kennedy, John F., 519

  King, Admiral Ernest, 63, 126, 139, 142–143, 150, 156, 158, 173–175, 221, 240–242, 244, 305–306, 319, 356, 440, 452, 459

  Koenig, Ken, 9, 11, 12

  Kublai Khan, 392

  Kurile Islands, 32

  Kwajalein Island, 282–284, 286, 304, 352

  Kyushu, 428, 440, 451, 453, 454, 459, 463

  Lapham, Major Robert, 370, 371, 409

  Lardner, John, 413

  Lauretta, Major Claro, 237, 254–256, 278–279, 296, 348

  Lawrence, Captain James, 99

  Lawton, Manny, 487, 494, 496

  Leahy, Admiral William, 448–451, 453, 457–458

  Leavelle, Charles, 266, 268

  LeCouvre, Don, 348–349

  Leyte Gulf, 373, 392, 401, 422, 427, 429

  Leyte Island, 300, 357, 359, 374–375, 376, 390, 392, 407, 410, 422, 451, 455, 463

  Lilac Hedges, New Jersey, 46, 47, 49, 94, 107, 120–121, 203–204, 244, 269, 333–336, 467–469, 504

  Lincayan Airfield, Philippines, 345–347

  Lincoln, Abraham, 207

  Lincoln, General George, 450

  “Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” (Wordsworth), 117–118

  Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, 9, 422, 423, 492–495, 498

  Lockwood, Vice Admiral Charles, 358

  Lohr, Mary, 136–137

  Long, Ensign Andrew Jr., 366, 373, 394, 482–483

  Lost Horizon (Hilton), 141

  Lowery, Lou, 413

  Luftwaffe, 112, 113

  Luzon, 10, 232, 253, 278, 300, 315, 357, 369–371, 373, 392, 393, 409, 410, 422, 455, 492, 498

  Luzon Guerrilla Armed Forces (LGAF) (Lapham’s Raiders), 370

  MacArthur, General Douglas, 5, 9–10, 21, 26, 65, 75–77, 125, 142, 173–175, 189–190, 216, 231, 232, 235–238, 245, 252, 254, 257, 258, 260, 262, 274, 284–285, 291, 293, 294, 297, 299, 300, 303–304, 322, 337, 347, 354–357, 359, 360, 370, 373–375, 379, 388, 392, 410–411, 414, 424, 440, 441, 450, 452, 453, 459–460, 463, 464, 498, 518

  Maeda, Major Kazuo, 166–167, 194, 199, 211, 212, 249–250

  Magic, 60, 63

  Makin Island, 284

  Malaya, 142, 267

  Malaysia, 356

  Manila, Philippines, 8, 9, 18–19, 162–163, 300, 331, 369, 372, 390, 391, 393–397, 423–424, 440

  Manila Bay, 372, 376, 387, 391–392, 397, 423, 426, 427, 441

  Marcus Island, 340

  Mariana Islands, 174, 304, 318, 323, 352, 362, 413, 415

  Marquand, John, 413

  Marshall, General George C., 63, 174, 175, 240, 242–244, 266, 304, 306, 355, 386, 421, 450–451, 460, 464

  Marshall, General Richard, 281

  Marshall Islands, 83, 84, 86, 140, 151, 174, 282, 284, 304, 309, 340, 415

  Mary Anne (pleasure cruiser), 8

  Maugham, W. Somerset, 323, 352, 353, 456

  McCabe, Roger, 178, 179

  McCarthy, Ensign Bud, 36

  McClure, Lieutenant Jim, 346, 348

  McClusky, Lieutenant Wade, 148

  McCollum, Captain Arthur “Mac,” 189, 190, 257, 259–261, 409, 426

  McCollum, Shivers, 260, 261, 375, 409, 426

  McCormick, Colonel Robert, 156–158, 266, 268

  McCoy, Commander Melvin, 164–165, 231–234, 250, 346

  McCracken, Alan, 209

  McCrea, Captain Joel, 54–55, 61, 64, 135, 158, 205, 206, 217

  McGee, Lieutenant Colonel John, 330, 345, 346, 350, 382–383

  McIntyre, Admiral Ross, 125, 205, 457

  McLish, Captain Ernest, 236

  Mellnick, Steve, 231–234, 236–238, 251–258, 278–280, 292, 295, 297–298, 346

  Midway Island, 140–142, 145–150, 154–156, 176, 177, 183, 317, 338, 341

  Miller, Edgar “Rip,” 58, 190, 192

  Miller, Ensign Roger, 33, 36, 38

  Mindanao, 160, 161, 165, 175, 252–254, 256, 258, 359 (see also Davao Penal Colony)

  Mindoro Island, 392, 498

  MIS-X, 253, 256–257, 261, 279, 295, 384

  Mitchell, William, 158

  Mitscher, Admiral Marc, 318, 320, 429, 437, 439

  Moji, Japan, 510, 515

  Montgomery, Lieutenant Robert, 54, 63

  Moore, Dewitt, 435, 436

  Mori, Lieutenant Commander Masao “Blood,” 70–71, 160, 365, 366

  Moro Bay, 348

  Moro tribes, 194, 253

  Morrett, John, 349, 380–381, 383–387

  Mott, Adam Sutherland, 110, 123, 222, 230, 271, 456, 520

  Mott, Benny (Elias Bertram II), 13–15, 19, 22, 51, 61–62, 102, 105–107, 158, 191, 224, 248, 269, 310, 327, 430, 514

  Barton, early relations with, 14–15, 47–50

  birth of, 43

  Bull Halsey and, 82–83

  calls to Bill in hospital, 353–354, 362–363

  education of, 27, 48, 55

  on Enterprise, 23, 24, 28–29, 31–39, 41, 77–86, 89–92, 144–149, 151–153, 168–172, 177–183, 185, 223, 226, 227, 229, 286–287, 338–340, 354, 414, 512–513

  first marriage of, 27, 28, 86, 169–171, 182, 287, 336, 388

  letters of, 24–27, 87–88, 110, 152–153, 389

  mother, relations with, 44–46, 50

  munitions factory speech by, 338–341

  nickname of, 82

  at Pentagon, 336

  physical appearance of, 28, 49

  reunion in Pacific with Bill, 286–287

  second marriage of, 512

  Shinyo sinking and, 362–363, 384–386

  Mott, Bert, 44

  Mott, Bill (William Chamberlain), 13, 19, 22, 25, 39, 40, 87, 101, 102, 105, 107, 142, 156–158, 185, 186, 245, 269, 327, 430, 466, 467, 468

  army-navy football game and, 186, 190–192

  Barton, early relations with, 14–15, 47–50

  birth of, 43

  birth of children of, 110, 221

  Churchill and, 220–221


  Cuban Missile Crisis and, 519–520

  education of, 47, 48, 55, 57

  on Eldorado, 413–414, 419–421, 427, 428, 431, 433–440, 442

  eyesight of, 55–56, 218

  first marriage of, 59

  Geneva Convention reform and, 517–518

  health of, 259, 262–263, 270, 309–310, 323–324, 336, 351–354, 361–362, 456

  at Iwo Jima, 419–421

  later years of, 519–522

  leaves White House, 229–230

  letters of, 110, 125–126, 128–129, 160, 408–410, 427, 443, 445

  mission to White House, 455–459, 463

  mother, relations with, 44–47, 50, 113, 130–131, 230, 275, 363

  at Naval War College, 225, 259

  nickname of, 82

  at Office of Naval Intelligence, 51–52, 54–55, 60–61, 283

  at Okinawa, 428, 431, 433–440, 442

  with Patent Office, 57–58

  at Pearl Harbor ceremony for Enterprise, 226–229

  physical appearance of, 49, 74

  poem by, 311–313

  press coverage and, 413–414

  promotion of, 65, 74

  reunion in Pacific with Benny, 286–287

  on Rocky Mount, 282–287, 305–313, 319, 321, 322, 414

  Roosevelt, relations with, 61–62, 218–219, 230, 246, 247, 435, 461

  at Saipan, 305–307, 310, 313, 319, 354

  search for Barton, 65–66, 123–137, 259–263, 407–411, 422–427, 440–445, 456, 510, 511, 515–517

  second marriage of, 522

  Shinyo sinking and, 362–363

  Sullivan brothers’ death and, 205–207

  tells parents of Japanese atrocities, 270–275

  Truman, relations with, 518–519

  Turner, relations with, 282–283, 306–309, 323–324, 351–352, 440

  as White House Map Room overseer, 61–65, 74–75, 77–80, 139, 143, 149–150, 187, 204, 205, 215–220, 229–230, 458

  Mott, Edith Grace, 522

  Mott, Elias Briant, 43–44, 47

  Mott, Helen Lacey, 512

  Mott, Jeannette Baker (Janie), 221–223, 271, 456

  Mott, Lauretta, 47, 352

  Mott, Mathilda, 47

  Mott, Raymond, 43–45, 47, 88

  Mott, Rosemary “Romie” Baker, 59, 101, 123, 215, 221–223, 456, 522

  Mount Suribachi, 412, 417, 421

  Murray, Captain George, 29–30, 32, 85, 145

  Murrow, Edward R., 113

  Nagasaki, Japan, 463

  Nagumo, Admiral Chuichi, 305, 323

  Namyung, Canton, 378

  Nash, Lieutenant David, 391, 394, 402, 405–406, 495, 499, 500

  Navajo Indians, 308, 314, 360, 419–421

  Naval War College, Newport, 219, 225

  New Britain, 175

  New Caledonia, 176, 182, 184–187

  New Deal, 112, 113

  New Guinea, 174, 175, 303

 

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