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Sherrod, Robert, 162
Sherwood, Robert, 323–324
Shigemitsu, Mamoru, 349–350
Sho-Go plan (Japanese), 290–291
Shoumatoff, Elizabeth, 326
Sibert, Franklin, 296, 297
Simonds, George, 38, 40, 48–49, 50
Singapore, 68, 139, 143
Skerry, Harry, 115
Smith, Herbert C. “Stutterin’,” 215, 218
Smith, Holland “Howlin’ Mad,” 313
Solomon Islands, 193–194, 201–202, 205–206, 224–225, 232, 257. See also Guadalcanal; specific cities, etc.
Somervell, Brehon, 330–331
South Luzon Force, 67, 97, 99–100, 108–109
Sprague, Clifton, 293–294
Spruance, Raymond, 103, 189, 231, 268, 342
and Iwo Jima and Okinawa war plan, 281, 286, 306, 313
Stalin, Joseph, 96, 317–318
Stark, Harold, 92–93, 102, 104, 107
Stillwell, Joseph “Vinegar Joe,” 344–345
Stimson, Henry, 92, 144, 146, 163, 173, 175, 326, 329–330, 331, 348
and Bataan, promise of relief in, 119–120, 124–125
and Operation Sledgehammer, 189–190
and Philippine independence and neutrality, 126–127
and Philippines, abandonment of, 124–125
as secretary of war, 65, 66
Suckley, Daisy, 326
Sutherland, Richard, 63, 168, 222, 233, 244, 282, 358
and Australia, evacuation to, 148, 149–150
and Battle of Bataan, 129–130
and Casablanca Conference, 1943, 231, 232
and Clarke, Elaine, 283–284, 307
and Harding, Edwin, assessment of, 217–218
and Japan, surrender of, 346
and Kenney, George, 192–193
and Krueger, Walter, 284
and MacArthur, 160, 283–284, 307, 339–340
and Marshall, George, 339–340
and Operation Cartwheel, 242
and overall commander in the Pacific debate, 256
and Pearl Harbor attack, 71–73
and Philippines, U.S. airfield attack in, responsibility for, 81, 83, 85
and Quezón, and monetary compensation, 118
Suzuki, Sosaku, 299
Swift, Innis Palmer, 300
Swing, Joseph, 299, 315, 319, 320
Tacloban, Leyte, 305, 308
Taft, William Howard, 20
Tarakan, 340–341
Tarawa, 88, 246
Thailand, 88
Thomas, George, 235
Thomas, Norman, 12
Toem, 263, 264
Tojo, Hideki, 68, 176, 276
Toyoda, Soemu, 290–292, 294
Truman, Harry, 82, 340, 346, 353, 354
Tugwell, Rexford, 280
Tulagi, 194
Turner, Richmond Kelly, 204
Twining, Nathan, 231
Umezu, Yoshijiro, 350
U.S. Air Force, 31
U.S. Army, 37
U.S. Army Air Corps, 27–28, 31–32
U.S. Army Air Force, 32
U.S. army budget, 2, 7, 8, 9–10, 12–13, 13–16, 16–19, 36–37, 40–41
and army officer corps, 4, 5, 6, 9–10, 11, 13, 26, 42
and Public Works Administration, 18–19
U.S. Army Forces Far East (USAFFE), 65–66, 67, 74, 76–77
U.S. army officer corps, 4, 5, 6, 9–10, 11, 13, 26, 42
U.S. officers, 136, 226–227. See also specific officers
U.S. soldiers
and disease, 135, 139, 217–218, 223, 225, 236, 239
and food supply, 135, 139, 147, 203
USAFFE. See U.S. Army Forces Far East
Vandegrift, Alexander Archer, 202–204, 217, 224
Vandenberg, Arthur, 233, 267
Vargas, Jorge, 95, 110
Vasey, George Alan, 213, 214, 241
Vigan, 86–87, 88
Visayan-Mindanao Force, 67
Von Rundstedt, Gerd, 138
Wachi, Takeji, 148
Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew “Skinny,” 67, 87, 90, 93, 95, 96, 108–109, 162, 358
and Bataan, retreat into, 112–118
and Bataan, surrender of, 169–171
and Bataan, surrender of, responsibility for, 174–176
and Battle of Bataan, 119, 122–123, 129–131, 133–134, 139
as commander of forces in Philippines, 149–151
and Corregidor, surrender of, 171–172
and Homma, Masaharu, 97–100
and Japan, surrender of, 348–349, 350, 351
and Japanese military, strength of, 139
Marshall’s recommendation for award to, 175
and Pierce, Clinton, promotion of, 133–134
as POW, 279
and Truman, Harry, 340
Wairopi, 199–200
Wakde, 263, 264–265
Wake Islands, 88
Wallace, Henry, 18
White, Horton, 312–313
Whitehead, Ennis “Whitey,” 195, 239, 252, 267, 286, 358
Whitney, Courtney, 168, 307, 334–335, 358–359
Wilkinson, Theodore, 286, 300
Willkie, Wendell, 145
Willoughby, Charles, 164, 168, 197, 211–212, 228, 253, 262, 359
Wilson, Sir Charles, 185–186
Winant, John, 339
Woodring, Harry, 48, 49
Wooten, George, 240
World War I, 84, 161
World War II
and American warfare, principles of, 277
casualties, 76, 85, 118, 214–215, 225, 229, 236, 246, 247, 264–265, 275, 281, 297, 298, 299, 308, 309, 322–323
and France, second front in, 182, 183–186, 189–191
and Germany-first war strategy, 95, 100, 141, 182–183
and Pacific, second front in, 190–191
Pacific areas, 158 (map)
and two-front war strategy, debate over, 178–183
and U.S. war effort, 330–331
and war strategy, 164–166
See also specific battle sites; battles; officers, etc.
Yalta Conference, 316–318
Yamamoto, Isoroku, 85–86, 138, 187, 189, 224, 238
Yamashita, Tomoyuki, 138, 277–278, 287, 294–295, 299, 359
and Lingayen Gulf, 309, 311
and Luzon, 300, 301, 305–306, 312–313, 314–315
and Manila, 318–319
Yokoyama, Shizuo, 319–320
Zhukov, Georgy, 275