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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