by Bob Drury
Congressional Medal of Honor Society, 301
Cooper, Merian C., 234–35, 297
Coral Sea, 75, 93, 94, 167, 232, 240
Coral Sea, Battle of the, 95–97, 99, 100, 102, 103, 116, 152
Corregidor, 59, 60, 67, 190
Cossacks, 235
Crowe, Jonathan, 105n
Culver, Henry Harrison, 17
Culver Military Academy, 15–16, 17–19, 211
Culver Rifles Honor Guard, 17–18, 24
Curtin, John, 78, 93
Darwin, Australia, 78, 128
Davenport, Walter, 50
Daytona Raceway, 26
Denver, University of, 215
Diamond Head, 57
Dillman, Forrest, 215, 217–18, 231, 256, 258, 261, 265, 275, 281, 282, 283, 290, 301, 303
Dinah, 264, 267
Distinguished Service Cross, 301
Divine, Colonel, 64, 108–10
Dobodura, 172, 197, 280–86, 289, 291
Doolittle, Jimmy, 87, 94, 98, 113, 115, 167, 227, 297
Dower, John, 42n
Draft Bill (1940), 242
Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel), 105–5
Duignan, Terence, 82n
Durand airstrip, 232
Dutch East Indies, 53, 232
Dwight Divine, 53
Dyminski, Hank, 189, 230, 242, 243
dysentery, 118, 204, 235
Eager Beavers, 203–4, 205, 207–9, 212–15, 217, 218, 221–23, 230–31, 307
aircraft of, see Old 666
Bougainville Island reconnaissance and, 241–47, 248, 250–54, 264–65, 285–86, 291–92
Buka Island reconnaissance and, 252–53, 254, 255–62, 263–64, 285–86
early reconnaissance flights of, 225, 248–50
as most highly decorated combat crew, 301
outlaw reputation of, 221, 224, 225–26
in raid on Kavieng, 231
Earhart, Amelia, 68n
Education Department, Puerto Rico, 10
8th Air Force, 296, 134, 135, 140
8th Reconnaissance Squadron (“Eight Ballers”), 153, 154, 188, 191, 210, 240, 251, 296
11th Bomb Group, 175n
Eliot, T. S., 183
Empress Augusta Bay, 2, 239–40, 252, 261, 292
England, 79, 131, 168
Europe, 79–80, 134, 225
U.S. primary focus on war in, 179
European Theater, 79, 117, 135, 146
5th Air Force, 134–36, 137, 139–40, 153, 163n, 243, 296
Bomber Command of, 242
dismal bombing record of, 141, 142–44
5th Bomber Group, Operations Command, 251
Fiji, 70, 98, 100, 142, 153
Finschhafen, 180, 182, 189
Finschhafen, Battle of, 301
First French Republic, 186
Fletcher, Frank Jack, 91–92, 94, 95, 240
Florida, 302
Flying Fortress (film), 193
Flying Tigers squadron, 235
Fort Dix, 23
Fortress Rabaul (Gamble), 67n
43rd Bomb Group, 28, 32, 36–37, 46–47, 48, 61, 110–11, 120, 122, 123–27, 130, 139, 146, 154, 176–77, 178, 180, 191, 193, 194, 200, 205, 223, 229–30, 231, 232, 241–42, 243, 248–49, 253
on Argentina, 61–63
flight crews relieved from, 221
403rd Squadron of, 61–62, 181
headquarters of, 237
loss of planes and crew for, 176, 178
90th Bomb Group’s rivalry with, 232–33
official Combat Diary of, 173, 197–98, 233–34
Official History of, 296
Operations Hut of, 224, 230, 241
in raids on Rabaul, 173–74, 204, 205–7
63rd Squadron of, 142–44, 148, 149, 161, 164, 179, 219, 233
64th Squadron of, 162, 251
65th Squadron of, 200, 201, 203, 204, 205, 211, 249
skip-bombing tactic of, 139–40, 142, 143–44, 146, 147–48, 150–51, 161, 179, 220, 229, 233, 243, 249
Zeamer’s crew from, see Eager Beavers
Four Feathers, The (film), 235
Fourth Hague Peace Conference of 1907, 226
4th Marine Raider Battalion, 292
France, 115, 186, 187–88
Gamble, Bruce, 67n, 116, 296
Garbutt Field, 76, 78, 79, 87, 99, 103, 105, 108–9, 110n
Gasmata, 74, 82
Gavutu, 165
Gazelle Peninsula, 73
Geisel, Theodore (Dr. Seuss), 104–5
General Motors Tank Proving Grounds, 290
George Washington Parke Custis, USS, 187
Georgia National Guard, 234
German submarines, 62
Germany, Nazi, 20, 23, 33, 40, 41, 46, 66, 68–69, 77, 93, 116, 120, 135, 142, 168
Gilbert Islands, 166
Glenview, Ill., 24, 39
Goebbels, Joseph, 66n
Grant, USS, 56–57
Great Britain, 23, 40, 135
Great Depression, 14, 30, 45
Guadalcanal, 3, 92, 101, 102, 107, 121, 139, 141, 150, 166, 167, 168, 172, 173, 240, 241, 261, 267n
battle for, 238
Japanese invasion and occupation of, 97–98, 152, 188
Japanese retreat from, 165, 167–68, 195
U.S. counterinvasion of, 97–98, 159
Guam, 53
Gunn, Paul Irvin “Pappy,” 137–38, 197
Halsey, William, 94, 166–67, 168, 169, 172–73, 200, 227, 236, 237, 238, 239–40, 261, 267n, 291, 292, 293
Hawaii, 42, 48, 53, 56–59, 60, 83, 94, 98, 99, 109, 153
anti-submarine patrols off islands of, 243
reconnaissance of Japanese submarines in, 57–58, 61
Hawthorne, Harry, 224, 241
Henderson Field, 102, 165, 188, 227
Hershey bars, 217
Hickam Airfield, 48, 57, 58, 64
high-altitude bombing, 161
Hirohito, Japanese Emperor, 40, 199
Hiroshima, Japan, atomic bombing of, 105n
Hiryu, 100
Historical Study No. 9, 128
Hitler, Adolf, 20, 33, 34, 40, 46, 66n, 168, 188
Honolulu, Hawaii, 48, 58, 306
Hornet, USS, 87
Horton Hears a Who! (Dr. Seuss), 105n
hot-air balloons, 186–87
Howland Island, 68n
Hughes, Howard, 84
Hughes Aircraft, 300
Huon Gulf, 68, 152
Huon Peninsula, 180
Hustad, Carl, 173
Huxley, Aldous, 22
Imperial Army, Japanese, 73, 85, 101, 152, 190, 196
Imperial General Command, Japanese, 52n, 68, 70, 74, 92, 168–69, 195
Imperial General Headquarters, Japanese, 41, 95, 100, 131, 153, 165, 238
Imperial General Staff, 95
Imperial Marines, Japanese, 190–91
Imperial Naval Command, Japanese, 199
Imperial Navy, Japanese, 41, 74, 85, 86, 92–93, 97, 109, 160, 163n, 195, 196, 231, 233, 261
Air Service of, 48
Combined Fleet of, 49, 72, 98, 100, 102, 189
Imperial Navy General Staff, Japanese, 98
Imperial South Seas Force, Japanese, 42, 56, 61, 69, 70, 72
India, 135, 235
Indianapolis 500, 26
Indian Ocean, 61, 63
Indonesia, 168
Inoue, Shigeyoshi, 94, 95
International Correspondence School, 27
internment camps, 105n
intertropical front, 83
Ipswich, 306
Iran, 140
Islands of Destiny (Prados), 293
Jackson Field, 102, 128–29, 162, 201–2, 205, 210, 212, 219, 224, 249, 250, 289
Japan, Japanese, 40–43, 46, 66, 78, 79, 86, 91, 120–21, 147, 168, 305
aircraft of, 84–85; see also Zeros
Australian POWs of, 73–74, 129
codes used by, 93, 99, 196
in defense of Bougainville, 238–39, 241,
251, 252
defensive attacks of, from Rabaul, 82–83, 84, 85–86, 155–56, 162
Guadalcanal invaded and occupied by, 97–98, 152, 188
as ill-equipped for night combat, 83, 161
invasion of Australia by, 131, 133
losses of, 100, 102, 152, 159–60, 165, 167–68, 198–99
Midway assault planned by, 98–100
New Guinea holdings of, 151, 180, 234
Pearl Harbor attack of, 48–49, 50, 57, 59, 60, 66, 91, 92, 93, 95, 100, 159, 167, 188, 190, 192, 226, 228, 235
Philippines invaded by, 59–61, 190
Port Moresby air raids by, 128, 129–30, 132, 164, 176
Port Moresby assaults planned by, 92–95, 100–102
prisoners of war from, 268
Rabaul occupied by, 68–74, 129, 139, 159, 205–7
reconnaissance flights of, 236
in retreat from New Guinea, 122, 173
Southern Strategy of, 153, 169, 200
submarines of, 52–53, 57–58, 61
territory held by, 125, 141, 294–95
territory surrendered by, 165, 167–68
trade embargo on, 49
U.S. stereotypes of, 86–87, 104–5
Java, 190
Java Sea, 222
Jeffers, Robinson, 256
JN-25, 93
Joerg, Norton, 14
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 109n–10n
Johnson, Van, 297
Johnston, Ruby, 243–45, 246, 249, 250, 252, 256, 258, 259, 262, 266, 267, 270, 271, 273, 274, 275, 279, 282, 283–84, 287, 289, 291, 301, 302, 304
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 36, 93, 168, 239
jungle rot, 118
Justinian I, Byzantine Emperor, 72
Kaga, 100
Kansas City Star, 105
Kavieng, New Ireland, 154, 225, 231
Kelley, Harvey, 11
Kelly, Colin, 174, 175n
Kendrick, George “Cowboy,” 1, 4, 191, 192, 208, 210, 214, 215, 225, 231, 246, 250–51, 252, 254, 261, 262, 264, 265, 271, 275, 276, 282, 283, 290, 301, 302–3
Keneally, Thomas, 43
Kenney, George Churchill, 114–21, 127, 130, 134–38, 139–42, 143–44, 145–46, 147, 149–50, 152, 153, 160–61, 162–63, 164, 169, 173, 175, 176–77, 178–79, 188, 196, 199, 200, 201, 220, 231–33, 234–35, 237, 240, 243, 288, 296, 297–98
Kila Kila fighter strip, 92, 117, 127, 130, 149
King, Ernest J., 66, 93, 99, 135, 168, 169, 172
King Kong (film), 123, 235, 297
Kiriwina Island, 82n
“Knights of the Sky,” 26
Knox, Frank, 168, 227
Kokoda Track, 101, 102, 119, 120, 131, 152
kokutai, 41
Kondo, Nobutake, 160
Koolaus mountains, 48, 50
Korean War, 302, 303
Kosciuszko’s Squadron, 235, 297
Krakatoa, 72
Krell, Walt, 38–39, 225
Lae, 68, 69, 82, 103, 108, 109, 129, 160, 167, 178, 195, 196–97, 198, 199, 211, 235, 292, 301
Lakunai airdrome, 73
Lamour, Dorothy, 123
Langley, Va., 114
Langley Field, 28, 33, 35, 37, 39, 40, 47, 48, 49, 50, 63, 111, 180, 192, 194
Lardner, John, 78, 131
Lardner, Ring, 78
Latvia, 235
Lawson, Ted, 297
League of Nations, 70
Lee, Robert E., 187n
Levin, Meyer, 174–75
Lexington, USS, 94, 95
Lien, Harris, 244
Life, 199
Lincoln, Abraham, 186, 226
Lindsey, Paul, 222
Logan Airport, 19
“Lost Plane Procedure,” 64
Lowry Field, Colo., 32
Lucy, see Old 666
Lufbery, Raoul, 26, 27, 286
Luke, Frank, 26, 297
Lunga Point, 267n
Luzon, 60, 61
M2 Browning, 213–14
MacArthur, Arthur, Jr., 66
MacArthur, Arthur, IV, 67n
MacArthur, Douglas, 59–60, 65–68, 69, 74n, 76, 93, 105, 109, 110n, 111–12, 113–14, 115–16, 118, 119, 121, 131, 134, 135–37, 139–40, 145, 152, 160n, 163, 168, 169–70, 172, 173, 177, 188, 190, 196, 199–200, 231–32, 236, 237, 238, 292, 293
McCook, Neb., 215
McCullar, Ken, 144, 147–51, 156, 158, 179, 233n, 262
death of, 218, 219–20, 221
in off-the-book raids on Rabaul, 178
reputation of, 149–50
Zeamer and, 177–78
Macfadden, Bernarr, 22
MacVane, John, 35
Madang, 159, 178, 196, 230, 236
Mainz, Siege of (1795), 186
malaria, 118, 242
Malaya, 77
Malaysia, 53
Manchester, William, 60, 66n, 145n
Manila, 59, 137, 138, 190
Manila Bay, 41, 59
Manus Island, 301
Mareeba Airbase, 182
Marines, U.S., 3, 102, 107, 152, 167, 168, 172, 237, 238, 239, 240, 292
Marne, First Battle of the, 187
Marne, Second Battle of the, 11
Marshall, George, 36, 59, 66, 67n, 93, 111, 113, 172
Marshall Islands, 166
Martin, Glenn, 38
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), 19–20, 23, 47, 114, 290, 300
Maxwell Field, 24–25, 39
Mechanicsburg, PA, 303
Melbourne, Australia, 65, 68, 69n, 133
Merchant Marines, 13, 63
Merchants Association of Orange, 299
Mexican Railway, 10
Mexico, 10, 52, 234
Michigan, 290
Midland, Tex., 304
Midway, 3, 98–100
Midway, Battle of, 99–100, 102, 109n, 159, 188–89, 199, 293
Milne Bay, 102, 103, 172, 190, 197, 244, 245, 302
Mindanao, 60, 67n, 74n
Mitchell, John, 227
Mitchell, William “Billy,” 36, 89
Mitsubishi, 84
Mitsubishi G4M bombers, 73
Mojave Desert, 53
Montgolfier, Jacques-Étienne, 186
Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 186
Moore, Woody, 197–98
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 227
mosquitoes, 126
Moye, Albert, 80, 82
Muroc Dry Lake, 58
Murrow, Edward R., 35, 40
Mussolini, Benito, 66n
Myrtle Beach, S.C., 192, 302
Nakajima, Chikuhei, 41, 42
Nakamura, Mitsugi, 105n
Napoleon I, Emperor of France, 112
Nassau Bay, 292
National Cemetery, Visalia, Calif., 303
National Memorial Cemetery, Honolulu, 305
Naumann, Ernie, 251
Naval Intelligence, 152, 251
Naval Operations, U.S., 66, 135
Navy, U.S., 3, 19, 23, 27, 47, 52n, 66, 98, 137, 172, 196
Navy Flight School, 21
Nazis, see Germany, Nazi
Nebraska, 303
Neosho, USS, 94n
Netherlands, 168
Newark, N.J., 11
Newark News, 299
New Britain, 69, 72, 74, 74n, 82, 107, 130, 154, 162, 168, 169, 172–73, 177, 196, 225, 248, 251
New Caledonia, 70, 98, 100, 153, 234
New Cumberland, Pa., 303
New Georgia, 159, 239, 241, 249, 267n, 292
New Guinea, 3, 68–69, 70, 74, 75, 82n, 92, 96, 98, 100–102, 107, 109, 117, 119–21, 122–23, 131, 135, 139, 151, 153, 163n, 159, 167, 168–69, 172, 178, 180, 185, 194, 195–96, 198–99, 217, 223, 231, 234, 236, 237, 241, 244, 254, 277–78, 293, 296, 306
Japanese retreat from, 122, 173
northern coast of, 177, 188, 201, 232, 292
see also Papua New Guinea
New Guinea Volunteer Rifles, 101
New Ireland, 82, 154, 225, 231
New Jersey, 50
New York, N
.Y., 11, 61, 62
New York Times, The, 199, 283
New York Yankees, 157n
New Zealand, 65, 168, 236
Nimitz, Chester, 66–67, 92, 94, 97–98, 99, 101–2, 166, 169, 172, 200, 226–27, 236, 239, 293
19th Bomb Group, 60
90th Bombardment Group, 162, 197, 205, 232
combat record of, 233
43rd’s rivalry with, 232–33
Norden, Carl, 47
Norden bombsights, 47–48, 140, 143, 147
Normandie, 62, 181
North Africa, 77, 79–80, 168, 200, 243
Oahu, Hawaii, 48, 50, 57, 98
Ohio, 36–37, 38, 111
Old 666, 217–18
A6M3 fighter attack on, 265–73
bombing runs of, 230–31
Bougainville reconnaissance and, 241–47, 248, 250–54, 264–65, 285–86, 291–92
Buka Island reconnaissance and, 252–53, 254, 255–62, 263–64, 285–86
cannon shell damage to, 269–71
crew of, see Eager Beavers
cursed reputation of, 211
in final landing at Dobodura, 285–88, 289, 291–92
first bombing mission of, 229
flight test of, 224, 241
in flight to Dobodura, 280–86
gun mounted on nose of, 218
Japanese After Action report on, 277
longest continuous dogfight held by, 287
machine guns installed in, 213–15
as most heavily armed bomber, 218
reassignment of, 296
as reconnaissance plane, 210, 211, 225, 230
restoration of, 212, 221–22
in return to New Guinea, 277–78
as salvaged from scrap heap, 210–13
Zero attacks on, 273–76
Old Man, The, 230
Ooki, Yoshio, 263–64, 265, 267, 277
Open Culture (Crowe), 105n
Operation Cartwheel, 168, 169, 170, 173, 199, 239, 292, 301
Operation Cherry Blossom, 170, 239
Operation Typhoon, 40
Operation Vengeance, 227
Operation Watchtower, 102
Orange, N.J., 9, 11, 12, 290, 299
Oregon Trail, 10
Oro Bay, 285
Overland Whippet, 18–19
Owen, Mickey, 157n
Owen Stanley Range, 80, 83, 101, 107, 122, 127, 131, 149, 161, 177, 195, 217, 230, 234, 249, 255–62, 280, 289
P-38 Lightning, 153
Pacific Ocean, currents in, 278
Pacific Theater, 3, 43, 53, 54–55, 66, 78, 109n–10n, 111, 136, 168, 176, 225, 232
Allied war resources distributed in, 135
Central, 169
number of U.S. planes in, 116–17
reconnaissance work in, 185–86, 188
South, 166, 227
Southwest, 71, 72–73, 75, 80, 120, 134, 149, 160, 163, 169, 178, 188
see also specific areas and battles
Panama Canal Zone, 111
Pan American Airways, 235
Papua, Gulf of, 68, 249
Papua Bay, 224
Papua New Guinea, see New Guinea
Papuan peninsula, 80