by Bruce Gamble
Chapter 20: Feeding Frenzy
“lots of Zekes”: VMF-215 aircraft action report, January 14, 1944; “The Zeke went down”: VMF-321 war diary, January 9, 1944; “The process was wide open”: Tillman, correspondence with author, May 30, 2013; “Hanson would land”: George Brewer, Hanson’s Last Flight, unpublished narrative, 1994, pp. 6–7; “He ordered me to stick with Hanson”: ibid.; “Just do what you always do”: Hanson, quoted by Weber, p. 9; “Marines just do not go off”: ibid., p. 13; “an abiding hatred”: ibid., pp. 241–242; comments by Warrant Officer Komachi: quoted by Henry Sakaida in “Rising Sun’s Fighter Foes,” Flight Journal, Winter 2003, p. 57; “I rushed out of the car”: Masatake Okumiya, Rabaul Naval Air Group, Asahi Sonorama, 1976, p. 5; “I looked up”: ibid.; “commit an honorable suicide” and “The laws of the battlefield”: Matsuda manuscript; “We repeated ambush after ambush”: Okumiya, pp. 136–137; ineffectiveness of mining: postwar interrogation of IJN Cmdr. Yasumi Doi, USSBS; “all attack, land-based attack”: Monograph 142, p. 511; departure of Boyington and other prisoners from Rabaul: author, Black Sheep One, p. 403.
Chapter 21: Fortress Rubble
Evidence of reduction in shipping at Rabaul: XIII Strike Command war diary, February 27, 1944; “Mental attitude”: McMurria, Trial and Triumph, p. 32; “All the troops”: Imamura, postwar interrogation, quoted in USSBS, pp. 3–4, AFHRA; “This time it was the real thing”: Holguin manuscript, p. 42; Fitzgerald’s joke: quoted by Joe Nason, Nason, You Next Die, draft manuscript, undated, p. 43; Nason’s handcuff dilemma, and “Joe’s explanation”: McMurria, p. 97; polygraph of Shinichi Kawamoto: Criminal Investigation Lab, Far East Command, “Report of Polygraph Examination Given to Suspect in Possible War Crimes and Atrocity at Rabaul,” December 6, 1945, AWM; “cleaning out the fringes”: SOPAC Force summary, p. 140; “after a few days”: ibid., pp. 138–142.
Chapter 22: Island of Despair
“bomb the airfields”: policy quoted in SOPAC Force summary, p. 4; Ordnance experimentation on Vunapope: ibid.; “the most significant innovation”: Sherrod, pp. 3–4, via James Merriman; “Our crew and squadron”: Merriman, correspondence with author, April 18, 2013; “broken the back of the Jap” and “a great fighting team”: quoted in captions, unnamed photographer, May 25, 1944; Lindbergh’s flight over Rabaul: Charles Lindbergh, “Thoughts of a Combat Pilot,” Saturday Evening Post, October 2, 1954, p. 47; “It was very exciting”: McMurria, p. 69; “Skin and bones”: Holguin manuscript, p. 98; “The problem with sanitation”: McMurria, author interview, April 11, 2002; “The potato runs”: Strike Command war diary, March 1944 summary; “Their retribution”: McMurria, Trial and Triumph, p. 87; “At the end of 1944”: Nason manuscript, p. 98; “Of all the prisoners”: Holguin, p. 63.
Chapter 23: Glory
“The flying, gunnery, and bombing”: Shaw and Kane, p. 80; “The rice supply”: Okawara, author interview; “a very famous man” and “Don’t worry”: Holguin, pp. 85–86; “I tried to rouse them”: Kepchia, author interview; “The Americans are destroying the cities”: Holguin, p. 90; “We did not cheer”: Nason manuscript, p. 129; “Uncontrollable emotion”: ibid., p. 92; “It was as if an unseen hand”: Harding, “Surrender of the Japanese Southeastern Army” press release, September 6, 1945; “short and stubby” and details of surrender ceremony: ibid.; “Get these men”: McMurria, author interview; “Lucky Strike green had gone to war”: McMurria, Trial and Triumph, p. 135; “was only the beginning”: ibid.
Epilogue
“Their interpreter said”: Vahry, author interview, September 24, 2011; “There was a bit of innuendo”: ibid.
Index
Able, Johnnie J., Jr., 75, 81
Adachi, Hatazo, 93
Admiralty Islands, 25, 48, 131, 321, 336
Airmen’s Memorial School, 362
Alcorn, John, 86
Aldrich, Donald A., 300, 304
American Volunteer Group (AVG), 269–270
Anacker, Lyle E. “Rip,” 155–158
Anderson, Hugh W., 112
Arbuckle, John M., 255, 295
Arnold, Henry H. “Hap,” 13–17, 82, 83, 92, 115, 130
Ashmun, George M., 292–294
Aso, Tetsuo, 138
Atkiss, Donald D., 339, 354
Atwell, Tom G., 206, 209
Bagdanovich, Michael E., 223–224
Bailey, John P., 256
Bailey, Marion “Dan,” 274, 283
Baird, Julian B., 152, 154, 159
Ballale airdrome, 40
Ballentine, John J., 220
Barber, Rex T., 125
Barnett, Paul T., 203, 206, 210–213
Barrett, Francis A. “Frank,” 240
Barron, John M., 182
Bartholf, John L., 312
Bartl, Harry R., 286
Bearrs, Edwin C., 247
Bedkober, Douglas N., 318
Bek, Philip L., 67, 255–256
Bena Bena, 84, 90–91, 93
Benn, William G., 10, 31, 85–86
Berry, Alexander R., 52, 122–123
Bescos, Julius “Julie,” 212
Best, Ezra “Easy,” 100
Bismarck Archipelago, 2, 20, 25, 234, 350–351
Bismarck Sea, 9, 11, 13–14
Blackburn, John T., 222, 228–229
Blackburn, Tom, 300, 302
Blamey, Thomas, 357
Bliss, Arthur D., 240
The Bob Hope Show, 337
Bong, Richard I., 39, 165–166, 172, 218, 299
Bonis airdrome, 197
Bonner, Hughie “Slim,” 150
Boram airfield, 41, 94, 99, 102, 107
Bougainville, 20, 25–27, 40, 73, 75, 77, 122, 132, 175, 229–230, 264–269, 291, 297
Boulton, William T. M., 136, 141
Bowman, Richard V., 301
Boyington, Gregory, 268–272, 273–274, 276–289, 292–295, 297, 299–300, 313
Bragdon, Robert M., 278
Bratton, Kenneth, 211–212
Brett, George H., 9
Brewer, George W., 303–306
Brindos, Roger H., 302
Britton, John T., 80, 81
Brockenbrough, Austin, 267
Brubaker, James E., 280
Buin airbase, 73
Buka airdrome, 197
Buka Island, 73–76
Bullis, Harry J., 167–169
Bulova, Arde, 15
Buna, 10, 20, 24, 32, 34
Burke, Arleigh A., 316
Burnette, Leslie H., 3–5, 7, 49, 254
Burnside, Ernest W., 64, 256
Burrus, Harlan J., 223, 255–256
But airdrome, 41, 94, 102, 104, 107
Byrne, Phyllis, 163
Caldwell, Howard H., 196, 202–206, 206, 210–212
Campbell, Jack L., 65
Cape Gloucester, 26, 92, 115, 132
Cape Wom, 41
Carby, Henry C., 225–226
Carl, Marion E., 274, 279–281, 285, 287–288, 299
Carlson, John W., 169
Carlson, T. W. “Bert,” 240–241
Carmichael, Dick, 221
Carnagey, Pierre M., 279–280, 284
Carney, Robert B., 131, 201
Casale, Joseph M., 99
Cascio, Paul J., Jr., 74, 255
Case, Virgil J., 221, 225, 231–233, 244, 246
Cassady, John H., 197, 201–202
Cassidy, Ronald C., 254
Cecil, Frank M., 184–185
Chatham, Rufus M. “Mack,” 293
Cheli, Ralph, 105–106, 108–113, 251, 324, 326
Chennault, Claire, 270
Chicago Tribune, 142
Chovanec, Jindrich L. “Henry,” 84
Christie, Ralph W., 237
Churchill, Winston, 14, 24, 142
Claire, Albert George “Bert,” 141
Cleage, Ralph T., 140
Clifton, Joseph C., 196, 199, 203–206, 208–209
Colliers, 299
Coltharp, Chester A., 179
Cooper,
Merian C., 72, 82
Coral Sea, 20
Cornelius, Hugh L., 312, 344
Cosmopolitan, 299
Cox, Williston M., Jr., 112, 251, 254
Cragg, Edward “Porky,” 177
Crawford, Earl B., 210
Crews, Edsal J., 140
Crockett, Stanley K., 205, 211–212
Cromie, Robert, 142, 145
Culver, William W., 222–223
Cunningham, John, 188
Curry, Robert A., 63, 255
Czarnecki, Edward J., 165, 190, 243, 248
Dagua airfield, 41, 94, 99, 103–104, 107–109, 111
Davies, John H. “Big Jim,” 17, 41
Dawes, Alan, 105
Deptula, Anthony T., 185
Dieffenderfer, James C., 30
Dillman, Forrest E., 78, 81
Dobodura, 35, 39, 41–43, 62, 73–74, 90
Donegan, John M., 109–110
Dosé, Robert G., 204
Downs, James A., 165–166
Doyle, Thomas F., 4–7, 45–46, 254, 326, 341
Duke of York Islands, 316
Dunmore, George P. “Ace,” 143
Dunn, Richard L., 192–193, 287
Durand airdrome, 105
Dustin, J. Cameron, 268, 286
East Magnificent Love Line brothel, 57, 124
Echols, Oliver, 14
Ellis, Richard H., 187
Emerton, James G., 141–142
Emirau Island, 336–337
Emminger, Robert S., 101
Emmons, Delos C., 29
Emrick, Paul E., 223
Engle, Fred S., 6–7, 254
Eniwetok Atoll, 313
Erskine, Walter R., 6–7
Espiritu Santo, 129–130
Evers, Willis F., 178
Farmer, Thomas, 101, 105
Farnell, Raymond J., Jr., 7, 254, 326
Faulkner, Cecil L., 1–2
Faulkner, Lawrence M., 279
Feldt, Eric A., 234–236
Fellows, Jack, 78
Fenwick, John, 318
Figgis, Peter E., 235–249, 299
Finschhafen, 25–26, 89, 115, 128–129
Fitch, Aubrey W., 267
Fitzgerald, John J., 318, 325
Fogarty, John E., 139
Foley, Robert J., 248
Foote, Robert E., 286
Foss, Joe, 299, 337
Fox, Jack, 93
Fox, Roger K., 185
Fox, Thomas H., 74
Freas, Charles R., 99
Freeman, Trevor O., 275–277
Fridge, Benjamin W., 177, 179
Fuller, Robert H., 99
Furlong, Thomas E., Jr., 254
Galatian, Andrew B., Jr., 335–336
Gallagher, James P., 161
Gasmata airdrome, 66, 92, 115, 241, 246
Gasteb, Kenneth G., 161
Gavan, John D. “Mickey,” 196, 202
Gay, William N., 101–105, 109
Geddes, Joseph W., 63
Geneva Convention, 56, 257
George, Robert E., 64, 256
Gerstner, Andrew, 49
Ghormley, Robert L, 21, 23, 25
Giertsen, Owen, 190, 243, 248
Gilbert Islands, 19, 131, 219
Glyer, John C., 99
Goff, Edward R., 65
Golpak, 238–240, 242–243
Goodenough Island, 37–38
Government Aid for Reconstruction of Occupied Areas (GAROA), 361
Grandolpho, Patsy F., 5–7
Green, Charles H., Jr., 74
Green Islands, 312–313, 329, 336–337
Griffin, Joel W., 68, 254
Guadalcanal, 20, 23–25, 34, 40, 73
Gunn, Paul I. “Pappy,” 11, 93
Gunville, Ralph L., 222
Hall, Donald P., 102–103, 136–137
Halsey, William F., III, 195, 201
Halsey, William F. “Bull,” 13, 25, 26, 71–72, 75, 90, 126, 129, 131–132, 193–194, 196, 200–202, 217–219, 229–230, 263, 267, 270–272, 312, 336–337
Hamano, Kisaku, 65, 67
Hampson, Fred, 285, 289
Hansa Bay, 89
Hanson, Robert M., 300–306
Hara, Tameichi, 121–122, 174–175, 182–183, 192, 203–204, 213, 215
Harding, B. A., 357
Hardy, George M., Jr., 157
Hargesheimer, Frederic G. “Hargy,” 74, 242–243, 248, 361–362
Harmon, Millard F. “Miff”, 130
Harper, Edwin A., 285
Harper, Marvin B., 196, 202, 206, 218, 220
Harrington, Robert F., 204, 206
Harris, William C., 182
Hassemer, David W., 35
Hata, Ikuhiko, 113
Hathorn, Vincent W., 208
Hawkins, Philip H., 103, 105
Haynes, William O., Jr., 226
Hearn, Walter J., 187–188
Hecox, Thane C., Jr., 155
Heichel, Byron L. “Dutch,” 61, 255
Henderson, Robert T., 157–158, 242, 244, 245
Henebry, John P. “Jock,” 108, 136–137, 174, 177, 183–184, 186–187
Henrich, Richard C., 108, 110
Herring, George Albert, 141
Herry, Robert L., 112
Hewitt, Joseph, 255, 265
Hickam Field, Hawaii, 13
Hicko, Edward J., 157–158
Hill, James J., 292
Hirano, Enosuke, 353–354
Hirohito, Emperor, 40, 264, 355
Hoffacker, Victor A., 105
Holguin, Jose L. “Joe,” 69–70, 112–113, 122–126, 134, 146, 148, 173, 180, 323–326, 339, 341–343, 347, 352–355, 361
Honda, Chikaki “Edward,” 277, 295, 313, 340
Hope, Bob, 337
Hopper, Raymond E., 271–272
Howe, Charles W., 187
Hungerpiller, James A., 185
Hustad, Carl A., 30–31
Hutcheson, Mike, 361
Hyland, Norman D., 166
Ichikawa, Michitaro, 68
Ichikawa, Yasuto, 118–120
Ijuin, Matsuji, 121–122, 176, 182
Imamura, Hitoshi, 51, 93, 95, 117, 313–314, 321, 330–331, 350, 355, 357–358
Irifune, Naosaburo, 261
Ishi-i, Shizuo, 167
Ishler, Weldon, 157
Iwamoto, Tetsuo, 306–307, 309, 314
Iwano, Hiroshi, 78, 316–317
Izawa, Yasuho, 113
Jackson Field, Port Moresby, 30, 35, 37
James, Myles C., 207
Japan Times, 133
Jensen, Alvin J., 125
Johnson, Alfred L., 292
Johnson, Gerald R., 149, 165, 190
Johnson, Keith, 240
Johnson, Stanley, 218
Johnston, Ruby E., 76–77, 79
Johokyoku (Information Bureau), 39, 41, 229, 263–264
Jones, Charles D., 278–279
Kairiru Island, 41, 46–49
Kamiyama, Masao, 224
Kane, Yoshihara, 113
Kato, Rimpei, 51, 266
Kavieng, 25, 115, 131
Kawamoto, Shinichi, 328
Kawato, Masajiro, 276–277
Kearby, Neel E., 128, 133–134
Keatts, Robert N., 61
Keefe, Francis G., 351–352
Keith, Samuel M., 335
Keller, Robert P., 333, 337–338
Kelly, Cephas L., 52, 124, 254
Kemper, Guy H., 279
Kendrick, George E., 76, 81–86
Kenney, George Churchill, 9–11, 13–17, 27, 29, 31–33, 35–43, 64–67, 72–74, 83–87, 89–93, 95, 110–111, 115–116, 127, 131–133, 146–147, 150–151, 159, 191–192, 219, 263, 267, 291, 350
Kepchia, John B., 339, 342, 352–353
Keravat airdrome, 334
Keyes, Woody H., 189–190
Kicera, Michael H., 182
Kieta airdrome, 253–254
Kikuchi, Satoru, 50–51, 56, 123, 266, 323–324, 327, 358
Kimihira,
Masatake, 321, 323, 328–329
King, Ernest J., 13, 19, 21, 23–24, 147, 336
Kirby, Marion F., 163, 181–183, 218
Kiriwina Island, 26–27, 72, 73, 90, 132
Kiyama, Tatsuo, 255, 261
Kiyomiya, Hagane, 213–214
Klages, Kay W. “Joe,” 134
Kobayashi, Gintaro, 264
Koga, Miniechi, 41, 174–175, 193, 203–204, 229–230, 263, 308, 314
Komachi, Sadamu, 307, 309
Koon, Ralph E. “Zipper,” 86
Koscelnak, Robert J., 112
Kozono, Yasuna, 59–60, 64, 70
Krantz, William F. “Red,” 220–221, 223–226, 231–233, 244–246, 249
Krasnickas, Alfred R., 180
Kudo, Shigetoshi, 60, 62–64, 67–70
Kurano, Teruo, 138
Kurita, Takeo, 193, 199, 203–204
Kusaka, Jinichi, 34, 56, 116–117, 121, 128, 129–131, 150–151, 171, 174–175, 203–204, 213–214, 227, 229, 264, 308–312, 314, 333, 357–358, 360
Kwajalein Atoll, 313
Lackness, Berdines, 101, 104–105
Lae, 9, 19, 23, 25–26, 37–38, 55, 89, 93, 115, 127–129
Lakunai airdrome, 30, 37, 56, 60–62, 64–65, 68, 127, 136, 143, 152, 163, 167–170, 221, 298, 301, 311, 314, 334
Laloki airdrome, 38
Lamarre, Joseph, 254, 256
Langford, Frances, 337