War at the End of the World
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Japanese invasion of Philippines and, 56–60, 71
Japanese surrender and, 384
Kenney and, 144–46, 168
King and, 73–74, 82, 269, 345, 346
Kinkaid and, 269
Kokoda operation and, 130, 131
Krueger and, 210–12, 338
Lae operation and, 119, 120, 197, 205, 215, 217, 221, 224, 226–28, 230
leadership style of, 206, 297, 311, 383
“loop of envelopment” strategy of, 256, 306
maps and, 72
Marshall and, 59, 60, 62, 70–71, 82, 168, 274, 275, 345–47
medals awarded to, 56, 70–71
in Mexico, 55
Milne Bay operation and, 118, 119, 154, 155, 158, 161, 164, 168
Morotai operation and, 375–77, 379–80
on need for amphibious landings, 72, 186–88, 277–78
on need for experienced officers, 72, 81
Noemfoor operation and, 362–66, 372, 373
Operation Cartwheel and, 215, 216, 218–20
ordered to leave Philippines, 36, 62, 65
parachute troops and, 228, 230, 236–40
peacetime service of, 56
personality of, 69, 74
physical appearance of, 64, 68, 348
popularity of, 54, 83
Port Moresby’s defense and, 91–92, 118, 150, 153
press and, 67–69
Quadrant Conference and, 266
Rabaul and, 215–17, 261, 265, 267, 281
return to Philippines, 381, 383–84
Rickenbacker and, 177–78
Roosevelt and, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64–65, 69, 83, 275, 346–52, 383
Salamaua operation and, 119, 120, 191, 215, 216, 220, 224, 226, 227
Stimson and, 178
on title of Supreme Commander, 75–76
on value of air power, 71–72
Vogelkop operation and, 361, 373–75
Wakde operation and, 310–13
on Wewak bombing raids, 226
on Wootten, 157
MacArthur, Jean, 58, 62, 64, 66, 67, 240
MacArthur, Lieutenant General Arthur, Jr., 54
“MacArthur’s Navy,” 82, 169, 269
MacKechnie, Archibald, 221
Madang, New Guinea, 26, 189, 195, 217, 224, 228, 241, 245–47, 256–60, 295–97
Maffin Airfield, New Guinea, 312
Maffin Bay, 312, 313, 319, 320, 322, 327, 377
Malaya, 4, 37, 134, 142
Maluku Islands, 375
Mambare River, 117, 135
Manchester, William, 59, 61, 72
Manchukuo, 3
Manchuria, 3, 5, 297
Manila Bay (1898), 35
Manokwari, New Guinea, 334, 361, 362, 364, 372, 373, 375
Manus Island, 53, 282, 291, 294
Mar, New Guinea, 373–75
Marco Polo Bridge Incident, China, 4, 142
Mariana Islands, 245, 337–38
Maricopa Indians, 318
Marilinan Airfield, New Guinea, 226, 240
Markham River, 224, 227, 228, 240
Markham Valley, 228, 243, 247, 248
Marshall, George, 82, 143, 144, 178, 186, 210, 223, 260, 269, 381
Eisenhower and, 59
Krueger and, 211
MacArthur and, 59, 60, 62, 70–71, 82, 168, 274, 275
Pacific policy and, 82
Philippines and, 79
Roosevelt and, 274–75
on unified Pacific command, 74
Marshall, Richard, 66
Martin, Clarence A., 257
Marumo, Kuninori, 93, 102
Maruoka, Yasuhei, 193, 194
Masi-Masi, New Guinea, 318
Matsuda, Iwao, 272–73
Matsuyama, Mitsuharu, 159
Matsuyama, Soemon, 318, 322–24
Maya (cruiser), 265
McClean, Douglas, 132
McGowen, John R. C., 283–84, 354
McKenny, Laurence A., 171
McMains, D. M., 220
McMorris, Charles, 346
Medal of Honor, 55, 56, 70–71, 252
Meigs (transport), 60
Melbourne, Australia, 64, 66–69, 78
Melbourne Herald, 69, 275
Middleburg Island, 374, 375
Midway, Battle of, 87, 89, 109, 113–17, 120, 156, 269, 331
Mikawa, Gunichi, 140–41, 156, 165, 200
Miller, Kelsie E., 171
Milne Bay, 118–19, 122, 146, 153–68, 170, 171, 173, 186, 202, 213, 219, 229, 231
Mindanao, 62, 63, 169, 317, 350, 375
Mitscher, Marc A., 300
Moji, Chikanori, 161
Mokmer Airfield, Biak Island, 329, 331–41, 343
Molotov, Vyacheslav, 82
Momote Airfield, Los Negros, 283–91, 293, 294
Montevideo Maru (cargo ship), 39
Moore, Woodrow W., 203
Morehouse, Major, 64
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 109, 153, 169, 186, 297, 308
Morobe, New Guinea, 222
Morotai Island, 327, 375–80, 382
Morris, Basil, 130, 131, 139
Morrison, E. J., 132
Morshed, Sir Leslie, 209
Moten, Murray, 190
Mount Vineuo, 160
Mount Vulcan, 31, 131
Mountbatten, Lord, 341, 346
Munda, New Georgia, 219, 358
Musashi (battleship), 337, 338
Myoko Maru (transport), 192
Nadzab, New Guinea, 228–31, 237–40, 242, 243, 256, 262, 267, 332, 333
Nagasaki, 384
Nagumo, Chuichi, 21, 22, 24, 90
Naha (cruiser), 35
Nakano, Hidemitsu, 199, 218, 241
Namber Airfield, Noemfoor Island, 362, 363, 365, 372
Nankai Maru (transport), 159
Napoleon, 2
Nassau Bay, 220–24, 249
Navy Cross, 50
Neosho (fleet oiler), 99–101
New Britain (see specific towns and villages)
New Caledonia, 40, 47, 75, 78, 84, 87, 112, 117, 347
New Georgia, 95, 219, 221
New Guinea (see specific towns and villages)
New Hebrides, 40, 84
New Ireland, 11, 15, 18, 19, 25, 26, 35, 75, 85, 121, 189, 224, 282, 294
New York Times, 35, 65, 67
New Yorker, 174
New Zealand, 75, 84
Newman, Oliver P., 335, 339–40
Newsweek magazine, 287
Nichiryu Maru (transport), 192
Nimitz, Chester W., 40, 76, 78, 97, 110, 114–16, 214–16, 278, 296, 298–99, 301, 328, 345, 346, 348–51
Noemfoor Island, 327, 362–73
Normanby Island, 161
Normandy invasion, 274, 383
North Africa, 5, 14, 37, 61, 62, 65, 66, 80, 82, 155, 157, 178
North American Aviation, 15
North Pacific Area, 76
Northcott, John, 177
Numata, Takazo, 334, 337
Oda, Kensaku, 181
Ogawa, Yukio, 132, 134–36
O’Hare, Edward H. “Butch,” 42
Oivi, New Guinea, 132–34, 136, 137
Okabe, Toru, 189, 193
Oldendorf, Jesse, 383
Omoi, New Britain, 273
Operation A-Go, 331
Operation Cartwheel, 215, 216, 218–20
Operation FS, 117
Operation Globetrotter, 374–75
Operation Gymnast, 82
Operation I-GO, 212–13
Operation Michaelmas, 256
O
peration MO, 52, 90–93, 97, 101, 103, 104
Operation Persecution, 298, 299, 302–4, 306–9
Operation R, 16
Operation Reckless, 298–306, 309–10
Operation Sledgehammer, 82
Operation SR, 44
Oro Bay, 172, 213, 263, 285, 286
Orokaivas tribe, 152
Owen, Evelyn, 137
Owen, William T., 31, 131–36
Owen Gun “digger’s darling,” 137
Owen Stanley Range, 49, 109, 112, 119, 123, 168, 213, 228, 237
Kokoda Track, 122, 124–40, 142, 146–53, 156, 167, 170, 172, 176, 190, 203
Owi Island, 329, 338–39
Pacific Fleet Intelligence Center, Hawaii, 112
Pacific Ocean Area (POA), 75, 76
Pacific Squadron (Spain), 35
Padaido Islands, 329
Page, Cornelius “Con,” 16–17, 22
Page, Harold, 18, 19, 21
Palau Islands, 278, 312
Palmalmal, New Britain, 39
Papki, New Guinea, 125
Papuan Gulf, 149, 150
Papuan Infantry Battalion (PIB), 126, 129–31, 133, 139, 221
Parachute troops, 228–31, 236–40
Parai Defile, Biak Island, 336, 337
Parsiola, Carl H., 325
Patrick, Edwin D. “Green Hornet,” 318–22, 365, 367–71, 373
Paull, Raymond, 137
Peagam, R. B., 95
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 113, 114, 347–51
Japanese attack on, 4, 9, 21–23, 57, 73, 87, 89, 105, 275, 383
Person, John C., 376, 380
Petter, John, 160
Philippine Islands, 37, 75, 207, 311, 312
Bataan Peninsula, 36, 57, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 76, 79
Corregidor, 57, 58, 60, 62–67, 111, 169
Honolulu conference and, 346–52
“I shall return” pledge of MacArthur to, 2, 63–64, 384
Japanese invasion of, 4, 56–60, 71, 78–80
MacArthur ordered to leave, 36, 62, 65
MacArthur’s goal of liberation of, 74, 169, 209, 266, 294, 310, 379, 380
MacArthur’s return to, 381, 383–84
Pilelo Island, 271
Pima Indians, 318
Pino Hill, New Guinea, 256
Pongani, New Guinea, 171
Popa, Stephen, 251–52
Port Moresby, New Guinea, 17, 22, 25, 27, 37, 39, 40, 43, 46, 47, 49, 52–53, 85–87, 89–92, 95–98, 101, 108, 109, 112, 117–18, 123–27, 147, 149, 172, 176, 178, 188, 190, 193, 196, 200, 213, 227, 231, 239
Powers, John James “Jo-Jo,” 105, 107
Praed Point, 30, 33
Prange, Gordon W., 24
Pulie River, 273
Purple Heart, 56
Pyke, Harold, 154
Quadrant Conference, 266
Queensland, Australia, 84
Quezon, Manuel, 56–58
Rabaul, New Britain, 11, 13–23, 25–44, 46, 47, 51–53, 85, 86, 90, 91, 93, 94, 99, 104, 106, 118, 120, 121, 123, 125, 126, 131, 132, 137, 140, 154, 156, 159, 176, 188–92, 198, 212, 215, 216, 218, 224, 227, 233, 241, 245, 261–67, 272, 278, 281, 294, 297, 382
Rabi, New Guinea, 158, 159, 162
Radar and sonar, 41, 42, 229, 233, 240, 249, 374
Radio-traffic analysis, 94
Raluana Beach, Rabaul, 31
Ramu River, 224, 228
Ramu Valley, 241, 243, 247, 248, 256
Rangoon, Burma, 67
Red Army, 82
Rhoden, Philip E., 147
Richardson, Robert C., 144, 348, 349
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 177–78
Robinson, Bernard L., 123
Robinson, H., 382
Rommel, Erwin, 61
Romulo, Carlos, 63–64
Rooke Island, 246, 267, 270
Roosevelt, Archibald “Archie,” 223
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 38, 50–51, 54, 59, 79, 214, 223, 275
Australia and, 61–62, 70
death of, 223, 349
“Europe first” polcy and, 65, 70, 71, 166
Honolulu conference and, 346–52
MacArthur and, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64–65, 69, 83, 275, 346–52, 383
Marshall and, 274–75
Pacific command and, 75
Pacific policy and, 82, 83
at Quadrant Conference, 266
at Second Cairo Conference, 274
Roosevelt, Theodore, 54, 223
Rosen, Per R., 338
Rosenman, Samuel I., 348–49
Rossel Island, 98, 99
Royal Papuan Constabulary, 129–30
Rubber, 85
Rupertus, William H., 274, 276, 277
Saidor, New Guinea, 256–57, 259, 260, 288, 305
St. George’s Channel, 11, 21, 159
Saipan, 2, 328, 343
Sakai, Noboru, 40–41
Sakai, Yasushi, 272, 273, 276, 278
Sakuma, Ryozo, 383
Salamaua, New Guinea, 26, 42–47, 49–53, 85, 112, 117–21, 126, 137, 188, 189, 191, 193, 195, 207, 208, 215–18, 220–24, 226, 227–29, 240–46
Samarai Island, 156
Samoa, 87, 117
Sanananda Point, New Guinea, 172
Sanananda Village, New Guinea, 181
Sanopa, Lance Corporal, 133, 138, 139
Sansapor, New Guinea, 373–75, 377
Sansapor Island, 327, 355
Sansapor Point, 374
Santa Cruz Islands, 84, 121
Sarmi, New Guinea, 305, 307, 308, 312, 313, 314, 317–20, 322, 327, 367
Saruwaged Range, 244
Sattelberg, New Guinea, 250, 252, 254–56
Savige, Stanley, 217, 221
Savo Island, First Battle of, 141
Sawar Airfield, New Guinea, 312
Sayre, Francis B., 57
Sazanami (destroyer), 103
SC-699 (submarine chaser), 272
Scanlan, John, 13–14, 19, 25–26, 28, 31, 35, 38–39
Schouten Islands, 328
Second Cairo Conference, 274
Seeadler Harbor, Los Negros, 282, 284, 286, 291, 293, 294
Selby, David, 17, 23, 24, 27–28, 31, 34–35, 39
Sellmer, George, 199
Sellstrom, Edward R., 41
Senda, Sadatoshi, 334, 337
Sentani Plain, 301, 304, 305, 310
Shanghai, battle for, 4
Shanghai Incident, 10
Shaplen, Robert, 287–88
Sharp, John, 25
Shedden, Frederick, 75, 182, 209
Sherman, Forrest, 299, 346
Sherman, Frederick, 265
Sherman tanks, 316, 332, 336
Sherwood, Robert, 61–62
Shima, Kiyohide, 13, 27, 92, 94
Shimizu, Suesada, 364–65, 371, 372
Shingo, Ishikawa, 86–87
Shintani, Shigetoshi, 244
Shirayuki (flagship), 199
Shoge, Ryoichi, 224
Shoho (aircraft carrier), 52, 90, 92, 98, 101–3, 109
Shokaku (aircraft carrier), 26, 90, 92, 98–100, 105–8, 115
Short, W. C., 96
Shortland Islands, 217
Sibert, Franklin C., 321–22, 325, 374
Silver Star, 101, 252, 343
Simpson Harbor, New Britain, 11, 13, 91, 265
Sims (destroyer), 99–101
Singapore, 4, 37, 60, 78, 134, 282, 304
Sio, New Guinea, 256–58, 260
Skip bombing, 197–98, 203
Slim, Sir William, 166
Smith, Joseph G., 106
Smith, Walto
n W., 49
Snaky River, 320
Soepiori Island, 329
Solomon Islands, 11, 75, 84, 86, 87, 90, 94–95, 120, 121, 140, 207, 212, 217, 219, 245, 262, 263, 266
Solomon Sea, 40, 43, 47, 84, 102, 103, 117, 159, 195, 246, 270
Soputa, New Guinea, 129
Sorido Airfield, Biak Island, 329, 331–34, 337, 338, 340, 341, 343
Sorong, New Guinea, 361, 364, 372, 373, 375
Soryu (aircraft carrier), 115
South Manchurian Railway, 3
South Pacific Area, 76, 78
South West Pacific Area (SWPA), 75, 81, 114, 120, 121, 143–46, 168, 169, 208, 211, 269, 282, 333, 351
Soviet Union, 5, 82, 145, 208
Spice Islands, 375
Spruance, Raymond, 337, 345
Stalin, Joseph, 82, 145
Stanley, Onia B., Jr., 41
Stilwell, Joseph “Vinegar Joe,” 321
Stimson, Henry L., 3, 58–60, 73, 177–78, 345
Stirling Mountain Range, 153
Sturdee, V. A. H., 382
Submarines, 92, 93, 158, 204, 208, 218, 241, 257–58, 355, 356
Sugiyama, Hajime, 86, 116
Sumatra, 75
Sutherland, Richard K., 112, 124, 177, 179, 296
Swift, Innis, 286, 294
Symington, Noel, 138, 139
Tabar Island, 16, 22
Tadji Plantation, Aitape, 298–300, 304
Tagami, Hachiro, 313, 317, 318, 327
Takagi, Takeo, 92, 94, 97–99, 105–8
Takahashi, Kakuichi, 100
Talasea, New Britain, 123, 124
Tanahmerah Bay, 298, 300, 301, 303
Tanaka, Shinichi, 87, 116
Tangier (seaplane tender), 94, 114
Tanikaze (destroyer), 159
Tanks, 173, 180, 277, 303, 320, 323, 325, 335–37, 364
LCTs and, 187, 231, 232, 285
LSTs and, 187, 207, 231, 232, 235, 248, 257, 285, 291, 316, 333, 334
Matilda tanks, 254, 256
Sherman tanks, 316, 332, 336
Type 95 Ha-Go tanks, 330
Tarawa, 2, 266, 270
Tasman Sea, 84
Tatsuta (cruiser), 159
Taupota, New Guinea, 158, 159
Tawi-Tawi Island, 333
Taylor, Joe, 96
Templeton, Samuel V., 130–32, 136
Tenryu (cruiser), 159
Terauchi, Hisaichi, 305, 355
Terrain, 1, 2, 10, 49, 128, 131, 153, 160, 207, 217, 244, 254
Teshima, Fusataro, 382
Tetsuo, Toyofuku, 27
Thach, John S., 41, 42, 51
Thailand, 4
Thompson machine guns, 137
Thorsell, Karl, 24
Time magazine, 260, 354
Timor, 63
Toem, New Guinea, 314, 317–19