by Bruce Gamble
Kavieng, 10, 25, 38, 39, 228, 229, 235, 248, 261, 264, 308, 310
Kawai, Chiyoko, 322
Kawai, Heihatchi, 123
Keel, Henry A., 225, 226, 230
Kendrick, Roy B., 270, 274
Kennedy, Donald G. “Danny,” 261
Kenney, George Churchill, 202–209, 213–215, 221–223, 233–236, 239–242, 245, 246, 248–250, 252, 266, 267, 269, 271–274, 277–280, 283–286, 288, 290, 291, 293, 296, 298, 300–303, 313, 314, 326, 328, 345, 349
Keravat River, 65
Keravia Bay, 64
Kikuchi, Keiji, 125–127
Kila Kila airdrome, 54, 154, 262
Kimmel, Husband, 105
Kimura, Yutaka, 125, 126, 303, 307
King, Arthur C., 183, 185, 227, 231
King, Earnest J., 69, 70, 74, 94, 289
King, James T., 293–295
Kingsland, Richard, 97. See Cohen, Julius A.
Kingwell, Deryck, 113
Kiriwina Island, 136, 157, 158, 346
Kitamura, Gen, 339
Kobayashi, Kuniharu, 163, 165–167
Kodama, Yoshio, 37
Kogiku, Ryosuke, 87, 88, 91
Kokoda Trail, 235, 236, 243, 262, 277, 310
Kokopo, 7, 8, 49, 52, 65, 187, 230, 231, 260, 283, 297, 334
Koon, Ralph E. “Zipper,” 270
Korea, 155, 247, 334
Kotani, Takashi, 334, 339
Kuhl, Philip J., 281
Kurakane, Yoshio, 219
Kuroshima, Kameto, 329
Kurtz, Frank A. Jr., 206, 213
Kusaka, Jinichi, 260, 264, 301, 302, 316, 317, 321, 322, 327
Kuwada, Masao, 49, 51, 52, 147
Kyle, Alan F. “Bill,” 228, 229
Lae, 11, 61, 95, 112, 113, 118–121, 124–126, 131, 132, 149–152, 155, 156, 168, 181, 191, 194, 226, 235, 262–264, 277, 283, 284, 288–290, 292, 301–305, 312, 314, 315, 327, 346
Lakunai airdrome, 10, 18, 23, 25, 27–29, 32 33, 58, 60, 62, 64, 70, 99, 136, 139, 142, 144, 155, 178, 214, 215, 217, 218, 230, 244, 248, 249, 274, 276, 280, 323, 333
Laloki River, 193
Langley Field, 134
Lanphier, Charles C., 324
Lanphier, Thomas P. Jr., 324, 335, 337, 340, 341
Larner, Edward L., 300, 301, 303, 306, 307
Larson, Paul R., 269
Leary, Herbert F., 69, 73, 74, 105, 108, 110
Legg, Richard A., 208
Lempriere, Geoffrey R., 34, 61
Lepping, George W., 229–231, 247
Lerew, John M., 14, 16–18, 24, 25, 33–35, 39–41, 43, 61, 62, 106
Lewis machine gun, 30, 37, 59, 106
Lewis, William Jr., 98, 99, 110, 216
Lincoln, Rush B., 209
Lindbergh, Allan, 281
Lindbergh, Charles, 267, 324
Little, Ronald C. G., 29
Louisiade Archipelago, 161–163
Lovelace, Donald A., 81, 82, 86, 87, 89
Lowe, John C., 28
Lunga Point, 212, 256, 320
Lunga Ridge, 238
Lunga River, 211
Lutz, Theron K., 145–147, 181–183, 188, 232
Luzon, 104, 107, 187
MacArthur, Arthur, IV, 109
MacArthur, Douglas, 104, 105, 107–112, 196–206, 208, 209, 212, 213, 215, 216, 223, 233, 234, 236, 242, 245, 249, 252, 284–286, 290, 313, 314, 346, 349
MacArthur, Jean, 110
Madang, 119, 277, 289, 290, 346
Maeda, Koji, 87–89, 91, 94
Maeda, Takeshi, 31
Mak, Timothy, 230
Maki, Masanao, 309
Malaguna Road, 14, 39, 52, 138, 177, 179, 185–187, 224, 247
Malay Barrier, 13
Malay Hole, 178
Malay Peninsula, 141, 166
Malaya, 20, 95
Manila, 104, 299
Manson, James S., 177, 178
Manuel, Gordon R., 310
Mareeba, 208, 209, 213–216, 245, 250
Mariana Islands, 19, 21, 70, 79
Marquat, William F., 198, 199
Marsh, Thomas, 226, 230
Marshall Islands, 19, 58, 68, 69
Marshall, George C., 110, 200–202, 233, 289
Marshall, Richard J., 198, 199
Mason, Cecil John Trevelyan, 227, 229, 231
Massie, Harold L., 183–185, 227
Masters, Pete, 150
Matsumaga, Keisuke, 226
Matsunaga, Hisamatsu, 318, 319
Matupi Harbor, 64, 333
May, John L., 34, 42, 53, 179, 186, 187
McAulay, Lex, 17
McCoy, Frank T. Jr., 254, 255
McCullar, Kenneth D., 240, 241, 244, 252, 275, 276, 296
McDonnell, Patrick R., 126
McKean, William, 212
McMurria, James A., 284
Meehan, Arthur W., 267, 268
Meierhofer, John, 184
Meiji, Emperor, 19, 80
Melanesia, 6, 10, 210, 211
Melbourne, 1, 24, 35, 36, 104, 107, 108, 110, 112, 156, 182, 197, 204, 206, 255
Metzler, Paul M., 36–38
Midway, 119, 175, 189–191, 193, 210, 212, 261, 276, 318
Mikawa, Gunichi, 159, 192, 258
Military Operations Section (Japan), 190, 191
Miller, C. Daniel, 5
Milne Bay, 205, 214, 215, 217, 235, 263, 305, 325, 326, 330
Milne, Malcolm G., 29
Mindanao, 107–110, 197
Misima Island, 159, 163
Mitani, Akira, 89, 92
Mitchell, John W., 335–337, 340
Mitchell, William L. “Billy,” 197, 200
Mitscher, Marc A., 330, 337
Miyake, Toshio, 92
Mizusaki, Shojiro, 178, 179, 187, 226, 231, 247
Mobley, Hubert S., 235
Moore, Woodrow W., 309–312, 314
Mori, Bin, 88, 90, 91, 94
Moritama, Yoshiyotsu, 70, 257, 258
Morris, Basil M., 121
Morse, Raymond S., 268, 269
Moye, Albert J., 135–137
Mundo Point, 261, 324
Munro, Donald W., 153
Murphy, James T., 243, 244, 275, 276
Murphy, John F., 15, 16, 19, 293
Murphy, Louis E., 225, 226
Mussett, Eugene P., 267
Nagatomo, Katsuaki, 106, 107
Nago Island, 229
Nagoya, 191, 192
Nagumo, Chuichi, 26, 32, 38, 58, 70, 96, 113, 263, 264
Nakagawa, Masayoshi, 80, 83–86, 90, 92
Nakamura, Tomo-o, 326
Nakayama, Shiro, 231
Namanula Hill, 8, 33, 40, 42, 322
Nandi airfield, 73
Nauru Island, 172, 174, 175
New Britain, 1, 2, 4–8, 13, 14, 22, 26, 41, 43, 47, 54, 56, 61–63, 66, 68, 74, 91, 113, 132, 133, 135, 143, 145, 149, 157, 178, 184, 185, 215, 218, 219, 227, 232, 235, 257, 260, 274, 282, 284, 288, 289, 296, 302–304, 334, 346, 350
New Caledonia, 113, 191, 210, 242, 276, 330
New Georgia Island, 261, 277, 320, 324
New Guinea, 1, 7–10, 11, 13, 20, 38, 54, 55, 61, 67, 92, 95, 99, 106, 111–114, 116, 118–121, 123, 127, 129–132, 135, 139, 147, 149, 152, 153, 158, 171, 191–193, 196, 198, 205, 207, 209, 212, 215–217, 225, 226, 233–236, 238, 242, 243, 250, 260, 262, 263, 265, 268, 269, 271, 274, 276, 277, 281, 289–292, 302, 312, 316, 320, 322, 323, 325, 326, 328, 331, 332, 349
New Hanover, 38
New Hebrides, 13, 156, 210, 320
New Ireland, 10, 24, 36, 38, 39, 66, 73, 80, 92, 227–229, 261
New South Wales, 107, 123, 157, 209
Nimitz, Chester W., 110, 156, 189, 212, 213, 242, 329
Nishizawa, Hiroyoshi, 59, 148
Noda, Tadaichi, 50–52
Noonan, Fred, 11
Norden bombsight, 162, 218
Norman, Allan L., 158, 159, 177, 225, 232
Northeast Area, 156
Northeast Area Headquarters, 106
Northern Terri
tory, 10, 108
Northwest Area, 199
Nuguria Islands, 92
Ocean Island, 172, 174, 175
O’Hare, Edgar “Eddie,” 93
O’Hare, Edward H. “Butch,” 75–94, 369
O’Hea, Geoffrey A., 60
Ohmae, Toshikazu, 317
Oki, Atsuo, 344, 345
Ono, Kosuke, 89, 91, 92
Open Bay, 184, 227
Oro Bay, 325
Ota, Toshio, 151, 152
Owen Stanley Mountains, 55, 56, 59, 99, 100, 113, 114, 118, 124, 152, 193, 235, 236, 240, 243, 276, 291, 295, 296, 303, 325
Ozaki, Noriko, 334
Ozawa, Jisaburo, 320–322, 325, 329, 333
Pacific Ocean Area (POA), 110
Page, Cornelius L. “Con,” 22, 24, 27, 227–229
Page, Harold, 2, 25, 43
Palmer, Edward C., 42
Panama Canal Zone, 240
Papuan Peninsula, 7, 43, 55, 56, 59, 127, 214, 289
Parker, William H., 177, 179
Parkyns, Kenneth G., 37
Pearl Harbor, 2, 15, 16, 26, 31, 68–70, 103, 105, 163, 176, 189, 190, 195, 212, 258, 270, 323, 329, 340, 345
Pease, Harl, Jr., 109, 110, 210–225, 229–231, 247, 349
Pedrina, William A., 62
Perrett, John, 37
Peterson, Dale W., 83–85
Pettit, John H. S., 125, 127
Philippines, the, 20, 70, 73, 95, 104, 105, 107–109, 111, 131, 141, 152, 197–199, 206, 216, 230, 248, 290
Phillips, Carthon P., 236
Pigibut plantation, 227
Piper, John W. W., 124, 125
Port Moresby, 33, 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42, 43, 54, 55, 57, 59–62, 74, 96, 97, 99, 100, 106, 107, 113–117, 118, 119, 121–123, 125, 127–129, 131, 132, 134, 135, 137, 139, 145, 148, 149, 152–158, 160–164, 166, 170, 172–175, 178–180, 182, 192, 193, 196, 198, 205, 207, 208, 213–216, 226, 228, 233, 235–237, 241–245, 262, 268, 272–274, 276, 278, 280, 281, 283, 284, 288, 290–292, 295, 296, 302, 303, 305, 310, 313, 325–327
Powell River, 221
Prados, John, 322
Praed Point, 28, 32, 33, 40
Price, Thomas McBride, 55, 57, 135, 137
Put Put plantation, 43
Rabaul Cemetery, 34
Ramey, Howard K., 291, 292, 297
Ramey, Roger M., 297
Rapopo airdrome, 261
Reed, Durwood R., 226, 230
Reed, Sanger E., 145–147, 181–183, 188, 232
Reid River, 156
Rekata Bay, 262
Reynolds, Quentin, 310
Robertson, Norman V., 97, 100
Robertson, Sandy E. J., 42, 49, 50, 52
Robertson, William S., 144, 145, 207
Rogers airdrome, 263
Rogers, Floyd W. “Buck,” 131, 263, 292
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 103, 107, 114, 223, 289, 290
Rose, George M., 284
Rossel Island, 163
Royce, Ralph G., 205–209
Ruegg, Robert G., 131, 132
Russell Islands, 319–321, 323, 340
Saipan, 21, 248
Sakai, Noboru, 74, 77
Sakai, Saburo, 142, 143, 148, 151, 194, 195, 256
Sakigawa, Toshiharu, 57
Salamaua, 59, 61, 95, 112, 113, 118, 126, 132, 156, 181, 225, 290, 346
Samarai, 43, 214
Samoa, 191, 276
Santa Cruz Islands, 212, 263
Santa Isabel Island, 262
Sasai, Jun-ichi, 146, 152
Sasaki, Takafumi, 256, 257
Sato, Masao, 308
Savo Island, 258, 259
Scanlan, John J., 39, 41, 46–48, 50, 52, 53, 188
Scanlon, Martin F. “Mike,” 207
Scharmach, Isidoro Leone, 42, 285, 286
Schwimmer airdrome, 326
Schwimmer, Charles, 262
Scott, Edward W. Jr., 274, 275, 293, 297, 304, 310–312
Selby, David M., 23, 27, 29–32, 40
Sellstrom, Edward R. “Doc,” 76, 77, 84, 89
Seto, Yogoro, 80, 92
Seven Mile airdrome, 54, 60, 106, 116, 117, 120, 122, 123, 126, 127, 132, 134, 140, 148–150, 152, 154, 161, 180, 193, 207, 215, 216, 237, 262
Seventeen Mile airdrome, 193, 262, 263
Seymour, Robert M., 101
Sharp, Jack, 39, 40
Sharp, William F., 109
Sheppard, Donald R., 29
Sherman, Frederick C. “Ted,” 73, 74, 81, 83–85, 89, 113, 114
Shiga, Yoshio, 45
Short, Walter, 105
Shortland Island, 162, 218, 255, 323, 329, 334, 342
Silverman, Herbert N., 47
Simpson Harbor, 6–10, 11, 13, 14, 30, 56, 57, 59–61, 64, 65, 70, 74, 81, 91, 94, 98, 100, 102, 112, 115, 117, 134–136, 138–140, 142, 144, 155, 157, 160, 173, 214, 235, 243, 246–248, 251, 252, 275, 276, 281, 297, 322, 349
Simpson, Cortland, 6
Sinclair, David R., 248
Smyth, Dacre H. D., 166–168
Snyder, Vincent, 216, 220
Sogaard, Folmer J., 244
Solomon Islands, 3, 20, 36, 67, 73, 95, 155, 159, 192, 206, 210, 212, 215, 234, 243, 245, 250, 254, 257, 260, 271, 290, 302, 316, 320, 322, 329, 330, 332, 333, 345, 347, 349
Solomon Sea, 55, 56, 135, 145, 159, 245, 302
South Pacific Area (SOPAC), 213, 236
Southeast Area, 20, 68, 142, 192, 217, 248, 260, 263, 315–317, 319, 327, 348
Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA), 110, 202, 222, 233, 250
Spieth, Harry W., 98
Stanley, Onia B. “Burt,” 75, 78
Steinbinder, John J., 96–98, 115–117, 120, 123, 132–134, 137, 161, 235
St. George’s Channel, 7, 135, 136, 140, 147, 157, 160, 261
Stimson, Henry L., 201
Stokie, Leslie John, 184, 185, 227
Stone, M. D., 164
Stratemeyer, George E., 286
Sugihara, Tatsuya, 31, 32
Sulphur Creek, 7, 10, 13, 60, 249
Sum Sum plantation, 43
Sumatra, 20, 303
Surumi, 61; see also Gasmata
Sutherland, Richard K., 104, 198–200, 205, 242, 346
Suzuki, Masaichi, 326
Swan, Jack B., 183
Swett, James E., 324
Sydney, 3, 104, 130, 131, 157, 182
Tabar Islands, 22, 227, 228
Tagaya, Osamu, 71
Taiwan, 141
Takagaki, Haruo, 282
Takagi, Takeo, 155, 156, 169, 173
Takahashi, Kakuichi, 163, 164
Takamura, Jiro, 187
Talili Bay, 65
Talmage, John S., 228, 229
Tanaka, Shinichi, 189
Teats, Edward C., 164, 165
Tennyson, Lord, 39
Thach, John S. “Jimmy,” 75–77, 81, 83–85, 87, 88, 93, 94
Thirty Mile strip, 262, 263
Thomas, Gordon, 239
Thompson, Robert H., 36–39, 232
Thompson, William M. Jr. “Bill,” 293, 308
Thomson, Gordon, 60
Thomson, J. P., 12, 13
Three Mile airdrome, 262
Timor, 13
Tindal, Archibald R., 23
Tinian, 211, 217, 222
Toboi Wharf, 101, 185, 249
Tocumwal, 209
Tojo, Hideki, 3, 220, 344
Tokyo, 20, 21, 67, 80, 171, 190, 191, 202, 290, 319, 320, 344, 348
Tol plantation, 42, 43, 48–50, 52, 221
Tomavatur Mission, 66, 219
Torokina village, 336
Torrens Creek, 240, 250
Torres Straits, 106
Townsville, 14, 17, 33, 36, 39, 40, 73, 74, 96–98, 100, 104, 106, 110, 114, 116, 117, 122, 123, 131, 150, 156, 157, 161, 164, 181, 182, 206, 208, 209, 227, 228, 250
Toyoda, Minoru, 80
Travers, Richard E., 47
Trigg, William B., 305
Trobriand Islands, 136, 157, 284
Troccia, Edward L., 2
21
Truk Atoll, 1, 19–22, 25, 26, 58, 60, 74, 112, 155, 156, 171, 172, 211, 234, 238, 248, 249, 258, 260, 263, 265, 275, 276,0 303, 321, 322
Tsukahara, Nishizo, 211, 217, 239, 248, 260, 317
Tsunoda, Kazuo, 318, 319
Tulagi, 119, 136, 148, 155, 156, 158–160, 174, 175, 210–213, 215, 217, 222, 254, 259, 290, 320, 323, 324
Tunnel Hill, 144
Turnbull, Peter St. George Bruce, 122, 124, 125, 127
Twelve Mile airdrome, 193, 262
Twining, Merrill B., 212
Type 1 radar, 66
Type 88 antiaircraft gun, 65
Type 91 aerial torpedo, 71, 167
Type 96 antiaircraft gun, 65
Type 99 antiaircraft gun, 64, 65
Tyrrell, John “Jack,” 28, 29
Ugaki, Matome, 68, 170, 173, 175, 237–239, 249, 258, 259, 261, 275, 276, 317, 318, 322, 325, 327, 329–334, 336, 338–340
Vargas, Roger E., 240, 309
Vial, Leigh G. “Golden Voice,” 121, 150
Victoria Barracks, 1, 2
Vitiaz Strait, 302
Vunakanau airdrome, 10, 15, 16, 18, 24, 25, 27–30, 33, 39–41, 64, 70, 78, 79, 91, 134, 138, 139, 142, 155, 160, 162, 168, 183, 213, 214, 217, 218, 220–222, 230, 244, 256, 257, 280, 297, 323, 325, 333
Vunapope, 7, 8, 42, 53, 147, 160, 187, 247, 285
Wackett, Lawrence J., 125
Wackett, Wilbur L., 123, 125–127
Wagner, Boyd D. “Buzz,” 152, 153
Waitavalo plantation, 51
Wake Island, 95
Walker, Kenneth Jr., 234, 236, 237, 241, 242, 245, 249, 250, 269, 271–287, 288, 291, 292, 349
Wallace, Eugene D., 183, 184
Walsh, Richard, 28, 33, 34
Warangoi River, 42, 43, 53
Ward, Kenneth H., 262
Ward’s airdrome, 262, 326
Washington, D.C., 2, 69, 103, 110, 205, 233, 235, 250, 271, 273, 313, 345
Watanabe, Chuzo, 80
Watom Island, 41
Wellington, 213
Wesche, Frederick III, 280, 282
West Point, 73, 242, 267
Wewak, 277, 289, 290, 301
Whitacre, William L., 282
White, Osmar, 119, 124
Whitehead, Ennis C., 206–208, 233, 234, 242, 273, 291, 292, 296, 302, 304, 313, 326
Wide Bay, 42–44, 48–50, 52, 183, 184, 227, 284, 296
Williams, Francis M., 254, 255
Willoughby, Charles A., 198, 199
Wilson, John W. “Jack,” 85
Woodcroft, Stanley E., 29
Woodlark Island, 137, 346
Woodroffe, Roy, 227, 229, 231
Woods, John A., 125, 126
Wright Cyclone engine, 219
Wurtsmith, Paul B. “Squeeze,” 234
Yamada, Sadayoshi, 141, 142, 160, 162, 163, 211, 214, 215, 217, 218, 222, 248, 255–258
Yamagata, Seigo, 248
Yamaguchi, Chihiro, 226
Yamamoto, Isoroku, 12, 68, 115, 119, 155, 170–176, 189–191, 237, 238, 263, 265, 276, 303, 316–318, 320–323, 325, 327–346, 348