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by Michael Sturma


  Hardy, Gale Winstone

  Hawaii, See also Pearl Harbor

  Hawk, Earl C.

  Hepfler, George

  Herring (U.S. submarine)

  Hodgkin, Mary

  Holmes, W. J.

  Horton, Max

  Hosogaya, Vice Admiral

  Houston (U.S. cruiser)

  Howell, Arthur Gibson

  Hudson, Edgar Walker

  Hughes, Clement T.

  I-123 (Japanese submarine)

  I-124 (Japanese submarine)

  I-157 (Japanese submarine)

  I-173 (Japanese submarine)

  Ikazuchi (Japanese destroyer)

  Ind, Allison

  Indianapolis (U.S. cruiser)

  Ingram, Shirley

  Irex (U.S. submarine)

  Iritono, Atsuo

  Irvin, William Davis

  Jack (U.S. submarine)

  Jacobson, Alvin E., Jr., family of, Flier loss and, at Fremantle, guerrillas and, post-Flier career, returns to United States, survival of, survivors and

  JANAC (Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee)

  Japan

  Japanese, Aleutians and, attack on Pearl Harbor, attacks on Flier, Flier survivors and, Midway and, mines and, Palawan Island and, in Philippines, prisoners, shipping, submarines, See also individual ship names

  Jensen, Mark

  Jinkins, William

  Johnson, Ralph B.

  Johnston Island

  Kaga (Japanese carrier)

  Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

  Katoomba (Australian corvette)

  Kerson, Vens T.

  Kete (U.S. submarine)

  Kimmel, Husband E.

  Kimmel, Manning M.

  Kimmel, Thomas

  King, Ernest J.

  King, Robert Donovan

  Kingfish (U.S. submarine)

  Kinkaid, Thomas Cassin

  Kiska

  Kleinschmidt still

  Knapp, Paul

  Komsomolets (Soviet submarine)

  Kraken (U.S. submarine)

  Kurita, Admiral

  Kursk (Soviet submarine)

  Lagarto (U.S. submarine)

  Lapon (U.S. submarine)

  Leightley, Albert

  Leyte Gulf battle

  Lia, Joseph A.

  Liddell, James, Flier loss and, survival of

  lifeguard duty

  Ling (U.S. submarine)

  Loach, Ralph

  Lockwood, Charles, in Australia, Christie and, Daubin and, mines and

  Longstaff, John Bailey

  Loughlin, Charles E.

  Luzon

  MacArthur, Douglas

  Macaw (U.S. submarine rescue vessel)

  Madeo, Gerald Francesco

  Majuro

  Malampaya Sound

  Manila

  Manitowoc, Wisconsin

  Mantangule Island

  Mare Island

  Marifu Maru (Japanese tanker)

  Marquez, George V.

  Maryborough (Australian corvette)

  Maryland (U.S. battleship)

  Massacre Bay

  Mayer, Philip Stanley

  Mayor, Narizidad B.

  Maynard, Harry Clark

  McCann, Allan R.

  McCann rescue chamber

  McClintock, David Hayward

  McCollum, Arthur H.

  McGee, Eugene

  McLean, Heber H.

  McVay, Charles B.

  Medal of Honor

  Midway Battle of, submarine base

  Mikuma (Japanese cruiser)

  Miller, Wesley Bruce

  Mindanao

  Mindoro

  mines, Flier and

  Minneapolis (U.S. cruiser)

  Mirror (newspaper)

  Missouri (U.S. battleship)

  Mogami (Japanese cruiser)

  Moon, Calvin

  Momsen, Charles

  Momsen lung

  Morison, Samuel Eliot

  Morrison, Daniel

  Morton, Dudley

  Muskallunge (U.S. submarine)

  Muyco, Pablo

  Nagumo, Osami

  Naquin, Oliver

  Narwhal (U.S. submarine)

  Nautilus (U.S. submarine)

  Naval Academy

  Navy Cross

  Negros Island

  Nenohi (Japanese destroyer)

  New London, Connecticut

  Newport, Rhode Island

  Nichols, Philip G.

  Nimitz, Chester

  Nisshin Maru (Japanese tanker)

  O-15 (U.S. submarine)

  O-19 (Dutch submarine)

  Ogle, Brian

  O’Kane, Richard

  Operation Forager

  Operation Politician

  O’Reagan, William Vincent

  Paine, Tom

  Palawan Island, guerrillas on, Japanese occupation of, maps of, See also Puerto Princesa

  Panama

  Pan American Airlines

  Panay Island

  Parks, Lewis

  Patoka (U.S. tanker)

  PC-602 (U.S. submarine chaser)

  Pearl Harbor, attack on, submarine base at

  Pelias (U.S. submarine tender)

  Perth, women in

  Philippines, evacuations from, map of, Moro and, propaganda and, See also guerrillas; specific islands

  Philippine Sea, Battle of the

  Pierce, Anna Smith

  Placido, Carlos S.

  Pollack (U.S. submarine)

  Pompano (U.S. submarine)

  Pope, Charles DeWitt

  prisoners of war

  Puerto Princesa

  Puffer (U.S. submarine)

  Python commandos

  Queenfish (U.S. submarine)

  R-12 (U.S. submarine)

  radar

  Ramage, Lawson

  Ramos Island

  Rasher (U.S. submarine)

  Razorback (U.S. submarine)

  Redfin (U.S. submarine)

  Reliance (U.S. cutter)

  Requin (U.S. submarine)

  Reynolds, William

  Robalo (U.S. submarine)

  Roberts, C. G.

  Rochefort, Joseph J.

  Rockingham

  Roosevelt, Franklin

  Roosevelt, Theodore

  Roughton Island

  Royle, Norma Black

  Ruhe, William

  Runner (U.S. submarine)

  Russillo, Michael

  Russo, James D.

  S-1 (U.S. submarine)

  S-4 (U.S. submarine)

  S-26 (U.S. submarine)

  S-27 (U.S. submarine)

  S-28 (U.S. submarine)

  S-36 (U.S. submarine)

  S-38 (U.S. submarine)

  S-39 (U.S. submarine)

  S-51 (U.S. submarine)

  Sailfish (U.S. submarine)

  Saipan

  San Diego

  San Francisco

  Sarmiento, Pedro Saury (U.S. submarine)

  S-boats

  Schneider, Earle C.

  Schratz

  Paul Scorpion (U.S. submarine)

  Seawolf (U.S. submarine)

  Seventh Fleet

  Shackle (U.S. salvage ship)

  sharks

  Sharp, George

  Shelby, Edward L.

  Singapore

  Sisler, Vincent A.

  Skipjack (U.S. submarine)

  Smith, Ellison DuRant

  Snapper (U.S. submarine)

  Spearfish (U.S. submarine)

  special missions

  Squalus (U.S. submarine)

  Stahl, Bob

  Sterling, Forest J., Stingray (U.S. submarine)

  Stovall, William

  submarines: armory, in Atlantic, atmosphere in, batteries construction of, evacuees and, groundings of, impact on war, life belts and, Tench class, training for, See also fleet boats; S-boats; U-boats

  submariners, families and fatalism of, stress and, superstition and, as veteran
s

  Submarine School

  Suddath, Lieutenant

  Surabaya

  Sutherland, A. M.

  Sutherland, Alistair

  Sutherland, Heather

  Swan Dive

  Swordfish (U.S. submarine)

  Tagalinog Island

  Tambor (U.S. submarine)

  Tang (U.S. submarine)

  Tarakan

  Tawi Tawi

  Thomas, Willis Manning

  Thompson, Alice

  Thomson, Elizabeth

  Tichenor, Murray J.

  Ticonderoga (U.S. carrier)

  torpedo data computer

  torpedoes: defects of

  Tremaine, Donald P.

  Trigger (U.S. submarine)

  Triton (U.S. submarine)

  Trout (U.S. submarine)

  Truman, Harry S.

  Tsugaru (Japanese minelayer)

  Tucker, Samuel L.

  U-boats

  ultra

  Umpire (British submarine)

  U.S. Army Forces Far East

  U.S. Naval Academy. See Naval Academy

  Vallejo, California

  Vancouver Island

  Veth, K. L.

  Villamor, Jesus A.

  Wahoo (U.S. submarine)

  Walker, Frank

  Ward, Norvell Gardiner

  Watkins, Charles O.

  Watkins, Frank Thomas

  Weld Club

  Weld, Frederick Aloysius

  Wells, George R.

  Western Australia women of

  Whitaker, Reuben

  Whitney, Courtney A.

  Wigfield, William E.

  Wilkes, John

  Willoughby, Charles A.

  Wylie, William Naylor

  Yamamoto, Isoruku

  Yorktown (U.S. carrier)

  YT-188 (U.S. tug)

  Launch of the USS Flier at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut. (U.S. Navy, Submarine Force Museum)

  Sponsor Mrs. Anna Smith Pierce with veteran skipper Glynn “Donc” Donaho at the USS Flier’s launch. (U.S. Navy, Submarine Force Museum)

  John Crowley, skipper of the USS Flier, inspects his new boat. (U.S. Navy, Submarine Force Museum)

  The USS Flier at the Mare Island Navy Yard, April 1944. (Official U.S. Navy photo, courtesy of USS Bowfin Submarine Museum)

  Victor John Anderson, torpedoman's mate from Keego Harbor, Michigan. (Carl Anderson)

  Thomas Leroy Bohn, electrician's mate from Easton, Pennsylvania. (Charles R. Hinman, On Eternal Patrol Web site)

  Evan Anthony Borlick, motor machinist's mate from Chicago. (Charles R. Hinman, On Eternal Patrol Web site)

  Above and opposite pages: Some of the Flier’s fallen crewmen.

  Charles Leon Courtright, seaman from Franklin, New Jersey. (Charles R. Hinman, On Eternal Patrol Web site)

  James LeRoy, motor machinist's mate from Ely, Minnesota. (Charles R. Hinman, On Eternal Patrol Web site)

  Christian John “Jack” Christensen Jr. in Australia before the Flier’s last patrol. (U.S. Navy, Submarine Force Museum)

  Betty Thomson, winner of a “lucky legs” contest, was one of the young women in Perth who welcomed American submariners. (E. Thomson)

  U.S. submarines with the tender Pelias at Fremantle, Western Australia. (Official U.S. Navy photo, courtesy of USS Bowfin Submarine Museum)

  Survivors of the Flier on the deck of the USS Redfin. Standing left to right: J. W. Liddell, J. D. Crowley, A. E. Jacobson. Front row: J. D. Russo, W. B. Miller, E. R. Baumgart, A. G. Howell. Not present: D. P. Tremaine. (U.S. Navy, Submarine Force Museum)

  Reunion of the Flier survivors fifty years later, 1994. From left to right: A. E. Jacobson, J. W. Liddell, J. D. Crowley, W. B. Miller, J. D. Russo. (A. E. Jacobson)

 

 

 


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