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Abraham, Theodore A., Jr., 63, 71–72, 179
Adamson, Joseph, 63
Adamson, Louis, 63
Ady, Howard, 125–127, 130
Alamo, the, 2, 98, 100, 111, 114, 116, 194, 195
Allen, James, 22, 28, 51, 57, 59, 75, 136, 211, 232
American Civil War, 4, 7
American Red Cross, 195
Another Locust Came (Richardson), 32
Argonne Forest, 75
Arthur, Robert O., 58
Asamu Maru (ship), 235
Astad, Arne E., 75
B-17 bombers, 25, 27, 29, 58
B-29 bombers, 241, 243
Bailey, Vincent W., 208
Balhorn, Marvin C., 207
Barkley, Alben W., 5
Barnes, Edward, 163
Barnett, Ed, 47
Barninger, Clarence A., 43–45, 52, 55, 67, 72, 83, 86–88, 91, 95, 100, 164–165, 176, 186, 189
Bataan Peninsula, 2
Battery A, 67, 87–89, 95, 108, 165, 186
Battery B, 45, 90, 185
Battery D, 43, 50, 51, 54, 56, 75, 77, 99, 105, 106, 126, 134–135
Battery E, 43, 71, 73, 75, 136, 161, 168, 180
Battery F, 140
Battery L, 86, 89, 90, 95, 141
Bayler, Walter L.J., 61, 106, 127, 129–130, 249, 250
Bedell, Henry A., 90, 145–147, 152
Belleau Wood, Battle of, 194
Bendix, William, 116, 196
Bergen, Edgar, 215
Bertels, Alton J., 45, 226
Bird Island, 189
Bloch, Claude C., 37, 123
Borne, Joseph E., 63
Borneo, 41
Bowsher, Walter A., 52, 68, 75, 176, 217
Box, Robert S., Jr., 32
Bremerton Navy Yard, 96
Brown, Robert M., 32, 86, 94, 103, 141, 176, 189, 190, 202, 212, 230, 243
Bryan, Robert L., 159, 160, 169, 173, 174, 182
Buckie, William B., Jr., 220, 264
Buehler, William F., 105, 147, 184
Bunker Hill, Battle of, 87
Burma, 16, 34
Burnett, W.R., 116
Burroughs, John R., 83, 88, 123, 124, 136
Butler, Frank, 116
Camp 1, 51, 52, 56, 57, 73, 101, 104, 139, 157, 159, 161, 162, 166, 167, 176, 182, 183
Camp 2, 56, 63, 68, 71, 190
Caroline Islands, 18
Casey, Robert J., 78, 97
Catalina Island, 96
Center for Internee Rights, Inc., 268
Chamorro workers, 58, 64
Chapman, Henry H., 153
China Clippers, 18
Churchill, Winston, 2, 96, 192–193
Clelan, Johnny, 83, 88
Comers, Joseph, 226
Comstock, Benjamin, Jr., 14, 56, 86
Comstock, Benjamin, Sr., 14, 56, 86
Conderman, Robert J., 42–43, 59, 60, 64, 98
Connally, Thomas B., 5
Contractors Pacific Naval Air Bases (CPNAB), 12, 21, 23
Cooke, John B., 51
Cormier, Louis M., 28
Coulson, Raymond L., 148
Coxon, Mrs. E.C., 229
Cressman, Robert, 128
Crockett, Davy, 98, 116
Crorkin, Patrick Andrew, 195
Cruz, Mark, 271
Cuba, 35
Culver, Esther, 229
Cunningham, Louise, 129–130, 252
Cunningham, Winfield S., 40–42, 44–46, 48–54, 57, 62, 64–66, 69–71, 76, 82, 83, 94, 95, 98, 99, 104, 107, 109, 111, 112, 120, 121, 123, 125, 126, 128, 130, 132, 159, 175–178, 180, 185, 190, 197, 198, 202, 203, 206, 207, 223, 233, 240, 244, 246–247, 252, 256–258, 262
Curtis, Pop, 76
Custer, George Armstrong, 166, 175
Dana, Max J., 111, 145, 187, 218
“David Crockett’s Spirit” (Scarritt), 116
Davidson, Carl R., 61, 135
Defenders of Wake Island, 260
Defense of Wake, The (Heinl), 24, 39, 89, 144, 151, 162, 172
de Neira, Alvaro de Mendaña, 15, 16
Detroit Evening Times, 97
Detroit Free Press, 113, 114
Devereux, Ashton, 35
Devereux, James P.S., 20, 35–40, 42, 44–46, 48–55, 63, 65, 66, 68, 70–73, 75, 76, 82–87, 90–95, 98, 99, 104, 105, 110–112, 114, 118, 120, 123, 126, 127, 130, 136, 139–141, 156, 159, 161, 164, 166, 175–186, 190, 193–198, 201, 202, 211, 216–217, 219, 220, 230–231, 240, 242–244, 247, 251–252, 256–258, 261, 262, 267, 269
Devereux, Mary, 194, 230
Devereux, Paddy, 127, 194, 230–231, 251
Donlevy, Brian, 116, 196
Dutch East Indies, 4, 17, 37
Elrod, Elizabeth, 129
Elrod, Henry T., 42–43, 61, 64, 85, 91–92, 99, 117, 118, 124, 129, 136, 163, 171, 182, 190, 262
Ethnic stereotyping, 65
Executive Order 6935, 18
F4F-3 Wildcat fighters, 41, 42, 59–61, 70, 83, 85, 91–93, 106, 107, 125, 134–135
Family Circle, 195
Ferris, George, 128
First Marine Defense Battalion, 9, 25, 30, 193, 216 (see also Wake Island)
Fish, Cyrus D., 166, 167
Fitch, Aubrey, 133
Fletcher, Jack, 118, 132–133
Flying Tigers, 57
Ford, Henry, 18
Fort Apache, 20
Fortuna, Stephen, 218
France, Anatole, 175
Franklin, Theodore, 208
Freuler, Herbert C., 58, 62, 85, 91, 92, 106, 135
Frietas, Henry, 133
Gatewood, Grace, 264
Gatewood, Martin A., 50, 55, 56, 87, 102, 110, 111, 122, 126, 129, 134, 141, 179, 212, 222, 223, 242, 248, 253–254, 259, 261, 262, 264, 265, 267
Gay, Paul J., Jr., 159, 160, 169, 173, 174, 182
Geneva Convention, 213
Gibbons, Fred S., 75, 106, 171, 262
Gibbons, George, 75, 106, 171, 262
Gish, Lillian, 18
Godbold, Bryghte D., 43, 99, 108, 161, 176, 262
Godwin, Gun Captain, 55–56
Goicoechea, Joe, 10–13, 15, 17, 20–21, 23, 26, 28, 30, 31, 34, 38, 43, 48, 52, 54–55, 68, 69, 75–78, 82, 99, 105, 108, 113, 120–122, 126, 134, 180, 181, 187, 188, 197, 201–203, 205, 208, 210, 212, 213, 215–219, 221–223, 226, 232, 238, 239, 243, 251, 254–255, 260, 261, 264–270
Gonzales, Roy H., 207–208
Gordon, Ellis, 223
Gragg, Raymond, 105
Grant, Ulysses S., 196
Graves, George, 59, 61, 98
Great Depression, 9–11, 17, 79
Greey, Elmer B., 40, 52, 127–128
Grew, Joseph, 17
Gross, Franklin, 9–10, 14, 24, 29, 30, 36, 38, 43, 54, 58, 72, 83, 108, 165, 187, 188, 215, 264, 268, 269
Guadalcanal, 232, 233
Guam, 1, 4, 6, 18, 64, 80, 99, 138
Hakodate Prison Camp No. 3, 245
Hall, James W., 102
Halsey, William F., 41, 133, 193
Halstead, William C., 152, 153
Hamas, John A. “Big John,” 31, 32, 38, 54, 94, 176–178, 180, 187, 189–190, 245
Hamilton, John H., 54, 64–65, 113
Hamilton, Lieutenant, 86, 126
Hamilton, William J., 61, 70, 91
Hanna, Erlyne, 73, 127, 228–229, 252
Hanna,
Robert M., 7–10, 15, 17, 20, 23, 30, 32, 44, 47, 52–53, 58, 59, 72–74, 82, 90, 99, 102, 104–105, 109–110, 113, 120, 121, 127, 130, 139, 141, 157, 159–164, 168–175, 178, 181–182, 186, 190, 191, 201–203, 208, 210, 214, 218, 224, 228–229, 244, 245, 251, 252, 260, 261, 262, 264, 265, 268, 269–271
Hanna, Vera Edith Bryant, 8–10, 32, 47, 74, 110, 113, 127, 228, 229, 252, 264, 270
Hannum, Earl R., 208
Hardy, Robert G., 75
Harris, George, 75
Harwell, Ernie, 250
Hassig, Edwin F., 143, 186
Hayate (destroyer), 89–90
Heinl, R.D., Jr., 24, 39, 89, 144, 151, 162, 172
Hemingway, Ernest, 33
Henshaw, George H., 45, 111, 207
Hepburn, Arthur J., 19
Hernandez, Jack, 240
Hesson, Aviation Machinist’s Mate First Class, 126
Hevenor, Herman P., 47, 65, 130, 190, 199
Himelrick, John R., 119, 125
Hiroshima, 244, 247–249
Hiryu (aircraft carrier), 138
Hitler, Adolf, 33
HMS Prince of Wales, 2, 96
HMS Repulse, 2, 96
Hodgkins, Raymond K., Jr., 226–227
Hoffmeister, “Babe,” 235, 263
Hohn, Lewis A., 25, 29, 34, 35, 38
Holcomb, Thomas, 97, 115, 117
Holden, Frank J., 59
Holewinski, Ralph, 9, 10, 15, 23, 30, 36, 46, 55, 60, 87, 113, 121, 139, 141, 159, 160, 168–170, 172–175, 181–182, 187, 198, 218, 219, 236, 261, 262, 266–269
Hollywood, 7, 196, 257, 261
Holmes, Charles A., 135, 271
Hong Kong, 2, 4, 6, 138
Honolulu Advertiser, 97
Hoover, Herbert, 17
Hopkins, Harry, 3, 46, 79
Horie, Kiroku, 158, 164
Houde, Severe R., 150
Hull, Cordell, 37
Ibushi, Kayoshi, 142, 161, 191
Idaho Daily Statesman, 97, 113
Ikeda, Private, 237
Indochina, 16, 33, 34, 37
International Red Cross, 224–225, 230
Ishihara, Isamu, 214–215, 218, 230, 263
Isolationism, U.S., 17–19, 53
Itaya, Yakichi, 136, 138
Iwai, Seaman Second Class, 62
Iwo Jima, 254, 271
James, Jimmy, 225
Jeffries, Harry, 266
Johnson, John S., 23, 30, 55, 56, 73, 74, 81, 87, 101, 103, 109, 120–122, 127, 130–131, 134, 139, 140–142, 148–152, 154, 155, 183–185, 198, 199, 202, 206, 216, 219, 223–224, 226, 233, 259, 264, 269
Johnston Island, 19, 40, 66
Jones, John Paul, 97, 196
Kahn, G. Mason, 32, 52, 63, 69–72, 104, 180, 187, 188, 190, 198, 206, 224, 226, 233–234
Kaiser, Sonny, 108
Kajioka, Sadamichi, 80, 81, 83–93, 95, 134–136, 138–143, 154, 157, 166, 188, 189, 197
Kanai, Noboru, 135
Katchak, John, 67
Katsumi, Seishi, 81, 234, 235, 263
Kawasaki, 268
Kay, Logan, 235
Keene, Commander, 206
Kephart, Rodney, 186, 248, 258
Kermode, D.E., 231
Kessler, Woodrow M., 24, 31, 32, 43, 45, 50, 66, 75, 90, 110, 132, 136, 141, 160, 185–186, 212, 223, 231–232, 242, 244, 262, 264
Ketner, Bernard, 178
Kiangwan Camp, 209, 215, 220, 221, 238
Kidd, Murray, 10–13, 20, 23, 26, 28, 31, 34, 63, 69, 77, 101, 108, 201, 202, 217, 218, 234–236, 239, 242–243, 248, 255, 261, 264, 270
Kimmel, Husband E., 34, 35, 41, 66, 94, 117–118, 132
King, James O., 57, 65, 87, 90, 94, 102, 104, 134, 188, 224, 245, 258, 268
Kinney, John F., 45–48, 61–62, 66, 70–72, 75, 85, 86, 91, 101, 106, 107, 111, 126, 127, 195, 198–199, 204, 206–207, 210, 211, 213, 221, 225, 232, 240, 257
Kisaragi (destroyer), 91–92
Kliewer, David D., 92–93, 117, 124, 163, 165, 182, 207
Knox, W. Franklin, 4, 5, 40, 47, 97, 192
Konoye, Prince Fumimaro, 37
Korean War, 262
Krank, Ray, 195
Kuku Point, 44, 45, 56, 86, 155
Kumesaka, Nemeto, 190
Kurokawa, Hideyuki, 92
Kurusu, Saburo, 38–39, 41
Kwajalein, 95
Kyser, Kay, 111
Lambert, John W., 207–208
Langley, Edgar N., 231
Laporte, Ewing E., 10, 14, 23–25, 29, 30, 43, 57, 72, 93, 102, 127, 159, 179, 202, 209, 215, 217, 218, 243, 246, 254, 261–263
Lauff, Bernard J., 111
Lawback, George, 75
Lee, Clark, 193
Lehtola, Eric, 169, 174
Lewis, William W., 43, 45, 52, 55, 71, 75, 161, 169, 180
Lexington, Battle of, 116
Lincoln, Abraham, 4
Lindbergh, Charles, 18
Little Big Horn, Battle of, 166
Lochrisge, Harold E., 75
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 18
Look magazine, 195
MacArthur, Douglas, 2
Malaya, 1, 2, 4, 6, 16, 34
Malay Peninsula, 37
Malleck, Donald R., 55, 57, 93–94, 179, 180
Marine squadron VMF-211, 41–42, 47, 49, 59–61, 70, 83, 106, 125–127, 135–136, 161, 191, 193
Markham, Shorty, 27
Marlow, Clovis R., 156
Marshall, Gordon L. “Gunny,” 152, 153
Marshall Islands, 18, 20, 56, 66, 80, 81, 91, 92, 95, 131, 136, 233
Marvin, Kenneth, 30, 32, 46, 47, 50, 56, 68, 77, 100, 102, 103, 112, 121, 129, 132, 135, 161, 181, 205, 209, 215, 218, 229, 241, 244, 246, 253, 258–259, 261, 264–266
Masek, William, 250
McAlister, John A. “Johnny Mac,” 31, 32, 44, 45, 73, 86, 87, 89–90, 95, 141, 143–145, 147–149, 152, 153, 156, 240, 257
McAmis, Terrence T., 31–32
McAnally, Winford J., 164, 165, 176
McCalla, Marvin P., 149, 150
McDonald, Joseph, 256
McDonald, Joseph Thomas, 256
McKinstry, Clarence B. “Big Mac,” 31, 32, 78, 139–140, 142–145, 148, 149, 152–154, 185, 216, 262
McLaglen, Victor, 28
Mellor, Charles, 68
Meyers, Leroy, 217
Midway Island, 4, 7, 19, 65, 127, 192, 199, 232, 233, 234, 269
Mitsubishi, 268
Mitsubishi Attack Bombers (Nells), 56
Mitsui, 268
Mitsumasa, Watanabe, 237–238
Mobile Reserve, 72, 161
Moon, Lee Bong, 235–237
Morrison-Knudsen, 12, 13, 20–23, 27, 33, 47, 76, 107, 109, 191, 195, 254, 266
Mullen, James M., Jr., 166–167
Murphy, J.J., 125–127, 130
Murphy, Robert B., 229
Murrow, Edward R., 6
Nagasaki, 244, 247–249
Newsweek, 97, 196
New York Times, 97, 113–114, 125, 193, 194
Nicaragua, 31, 35, 41, 121, 134
Nimitz, Chester W., 132, 134
Nippon Steel, 268
Nippon Times, 233
Nitta Maru (ship), 201–208, 226, 263, 268
Nonn, Leo, 73, 109, 140–141, 151
Normandy, 1
North Borneo, 4
Nowlin, Jesse, 109
Oahu, 1
O’Neal, John H., 98, 107
Otera, Satoshi, 215
Ozeki, Shigeyoshi, 80–83, 88, 91, 95, 142, 157–159, 168–170, 172–173, 191
Page, Robert E., 60–61
Palmyra Atoll, 19
Palmyra Island, 24, 66
Pan American Airways, 18, 33, 47, 51, 64, 72, 106
Pan Am Hotel, 55, 57
Panay (gunboat), 19
Paramount Pictures, 116
Paskiewicz, Andrew J., 62–63
Peacock Point, 43, 55, 67, 71, 73, 75, 83, 86–88, 108, 122, 157–159, 164, 168, 176, 186
Peale, Titian, 16
; Peale Island, 16, 23, 43, 47, 50–52, 54–56, 59, 64, 66, 72, 82, 87, 90, 93, 99, 102, 105, 108, 121, 126, 135, 139, 141, 160, 161, 176, 185–186
Pearl Harbor, 2, 19, 20, 42, 44, 123
Japanese attack on, 1, 3–7, 49–51, 69, 99, 112, 116–117, 135–138, 192, 193, 203–204, 233
Pearsall, John Edward “Ed,” 188, 195
Perkins, Frances, 4–5
Peterel (gunboat), 211
Pfeiffer, Omar T., 35
Philippine Clipper (airplane), 51, 54, 58, 59, 64–65, 113, 130, 180, 197
Philippine Islands, 2, 4, 6, 7, 15, 16, 18, 29, 37, 41, 47, 80
Pickett, Harry, 35
Plate, William O., 59–60, 166–167
Platt, Wesley M., 25, 30, 32, 44, 82, 89–90, 108, 111, 139, 141, 142–143, 147–152, 154–156, 178, 183–186, 190, 198, 199, 204, 207, 262
Poindexter, Arthur A., 44–46, 56, 72, 87, 101, 108, 136, 161–168, 176, 182–183, 186, 262
Poindexter, Joseph B., 4
Polousky, Anthony, 83, 88
Potter, George H., Jr., 20, 37, 176, 177, 179, 207, 223
Presidential Unit Citation, 193, 257
Preston, Robert, 116, 196
Prisoner of War Medal, 260
Prisoners of war
in Chinese camps, 208–233, 237–238, 240
in Japanese camps, 235, 238–248
on Nitta Maru, 201–208, 226
on Wake Island, 180–191, 195–200, 233–237
Putnam, Paul A., 41–43, 45, 50, 53, 58, 61–62, 66, 70, 75, 76, 83, 85, 91–94, 106–107, 108–109, 121, 126–128, 136, 161, 163–164, 169, 171–173, 175, 182, 187, 188, 191, 193, 195, 197, 207, 257, 262
Putnam, Virginia, 128
Pye, William S., 18, 133, 134, 159, 193
Quantico, Virginia, 9
Quantico Sentry, 114
Radar, lack of, 44–45, 52, 65, 72
Ramquist, August, 64–65
Ray, Sanford K., 145, 149
Rayburn, Sam, 5
Read, Forrest, 13, 55, 67, 78, 103, 143, 145, 152–154, 185, 209, 222, 238, 241, 247, 248, 255–256
Revolt of the Angels (France), 175
Revolutionary War, 7, 87, 98
Richardson, Bernard E., 32, 73, 145–146, 152–156, 185
RO-66 (submarine), 92–93, 124
Rogers, Ernest G., 37, 49–50
Rogge, John, 27, 28, 55, 75, 103, 105, 190, 198–200, 229, 260, 265–266, 269
Rogge, Virginia, 265–266
Roi, Marshall Islands, 56
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 6, 78
Roosevelt, Elliott, 5
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 46, 78, 79, 113, 199
death of, 233
declares war on Japan, 6–7
economy and, 17
embargo against Japan and, 34, 37
isolationism and, 18
Panay incident and, 19
Pearl Harbor and, 3–6
Wake Island and, 18, 97, 125, 192, 193, 257
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