by Bruce Gamble
AWM 113 (MH 1/121, Part 1): Official inquiry into the Japanese landings at Rabaul, with attached summary by R. W. Robson, editor of Pacific Islands Monthly.
MP729/6 (16/401/493): Cable 152, Chief of Naval Staff, Prime Minister’s Department to Australian Minister (Naval Attache), Washington, D.C., December 12, 1941.
War Cabinet minutes, Melbourne, October 15, 1941.
Department of External Affairs, Memorandum 13973, July 20, 1950, Extract of letter from Maj. L. F. Darling concerning the execution of Lt. David S. Hunter, USAAF.
Military Documents (Translated)—Japanese
AWM 3DRL/4005: Diary of Akiyoshi Hisaeda, March 10, 1941, to November 16, 1942.
AWM 54 (208/2/4): ATIS translations of miscellaneous captured documents.
AWM 54 (423/4/158): ATIS Enemy Publications, Detailed Battle Report No. 2 (Rabaul Occupation Operations), June 2, 1943.
AWM 54 (423/4/1162): “Military Intelligence Section, Full Translation of a Report on the Japanese Invasion of Rabaul,” May 9, 1946.
AWM 54 (608/5/4): “Japanese South East Area Operations Record (South Seas Detachment Operations) Monograph No. 143 (Army),” circa 1946.
AWM 55 (12/140): ATIS Information Request Report No. 103, Japanese statements and diary excerpts relating to prisoners of war, May 4, 1944.
Monograph No. 120 (Navy): Outline of Southeast Area Naval Air Operations, Part I. Second Demobilization Bureau, 1949.
Monograph No. 121 (Navy): Outline of Southeast Area Naval Air Operations, Part II, August 1942-October 1942. Second Demobilization Bureau, 1949.
Monograph No. 122 (Navy): Outline of Southeast Area Naval Air Operations, Part III, November 1942-June 1943. Second Demobilization Bureau, 1949.
Military Documents—United States
“Extracts From Diaries,” War Department, Military Intelligence Division, Intelligence Bulletin Vol. I, No. 6, Section II, February 1943.
“A General Review of Japanese Weapons,” War Department, Military Intelligence Division, Intelligence Bulletin Vol. III, No. 2, Section II, October 1944.
Headquarters, 19th Bombardment Group (H), 19th Bombardment Group History, Question-Answer Document, Pyote, TX, 1943.
“The Imperial Rescript,” War Department, Military Intelligence Division, Intelligence Bulletin Vol. III, No. 5, January 1945.
“Japanese A/A Guns,” War Department, Military Intelligence Division, Intelligence Bulletin Vol. I, No. 8, Section II, April 1943.
“Japanese Explanation of ‘Duty’ and ‘Spirit,’” War Department, Military Intelligence Division, Intelligence Bulletin Vol. II, No. 9, Section IX, May 1944.
U.S. Air Force Historical Study No. 113, “The Fifth Air Force in the Huon Peninsula Campaign, January to October 1943,” AAF Historical Officer. Headquarters, Army Air Forces, 1946.
Unpublished Material
Dunn, Richard L. “Japanese Observations of the Timing and Other Evens in the 5 Jan 43 Attack: A Compendium,” electronically forwarded to the author on June 24, 2009.
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Fisher, Peter W. “New Britain, December 1941 to April 1942,” via Warwick Fisher.
Hutchinson-Smith, David, “Guests of the Emperor,” AWM Private Collections No. MSS 1534, Australian War Memorial.
Jacobson, Julius. “Julius, His Story,” typewritten memoir, 2003.
King, James. “Some First Hand Observations on Combat Flying Stress in a Heavy Bombardment Group,” New Guinea, 1943.
May, John L.. “Kokopo 1942,” Undated, Kingston, Tasmania.
———. “Morituri Vos Salutamus,” Undated, Kingston, Tasmania.
———. “Rabaul Story,” Undated, Kingston, Tasmania.
Teats, Edward. “Coral Sea B-17s” (as told to John McCullough), December 1942.
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Index
Adachi, Hatazo, 265, 302, 308, 332
Adelaide, 55, 104
Adler Bay, 43, 49, 52
Admiralty Islands, 290
Advance Echelon (ADVON), 233
Agaiambo Swamp, 99
Agawa, Hiroyuki, 343
Allen, Edward H., 90
Anderson, Bruce H., 24, 27, 33, 122, 125–127
Anderson, Charles L., 251
Anderson, Francis O., 126
Andrews, Frank M., 201, 202
Anir Island, 229
Archerfield Municipal Airport, 131, 133
Arnold, Henry H. “Hap,” 200, 201, 24
2, 250, 254, 267, 286, 324
Ashford, Albert C., 28
Australian Mutual Providence Society, 204
Australian War Cabinet, 13, 110
Baba, Tokiharu, 89
Babuyan Channel, 187
Baining Mountains, 48, 52
Bali, 141–143
Ballale Island, 323, 328, 329, 334–336, 340
Barber, Rex T., 337–341
Bataan Peninsula, 104, 197, 198
Batchelor Field, 108, 110, 199
Beaumont, Ernest V., 101
Benham, Gregory W., 228, 229
Benn, William G., 204, 240, 241, 243, 250–252, 271, 272, 279, 280, 291, 295, 296
Berry airdrome, 326
Berry, Jack W., 262
Bismarck Archipelago, 1, 4, 20, 21, 26, 66, 95, 192, 212, 250, 347
Bismarck, Otto Von, 7
Bismarck Sea, 38, 290, 302, 303, 312–314
Blackman, Robert A., 29
Bladin, Francis M., 40
Blanche Bay, 6, 7, 28, 45, 173
Bleasdale, Jack W., 281, 286
Bode, Howard D., 168
Bootless Bay, 107, 121
Bordner, Dale E., 183
Borneo, 111, 206
Bostrom, Frank P., 110
Bougainville, 3, 36, 159, 161, 258, 261, 268, 277, 318, 323, 324, 330, 333–337, 339, 347, 349
Bourne, Samuel K., 136
Bowman, Alice, 33, 160, 173
Brandon, Harry N., 100
Brereton, John LeGay, 124, 150, 151
Brereton, Lewis H., 105, 199
Brett, George H., 104, 105, 107, 108, 110, 149, 156, 164, 197–202, 205–207, 213, 215, 233, 234
Bridges, John D., 221
Brisbane, 104, 112, 130, 131, 133, 204, 206, 209, 227–229, 233, 234, 242, 245, 249, 252, 266, 285, 300, 303
British New Guinea, 54, 95, 193
Bromley, Charles F., 28, 33, 34
Brookes, Wilfred D. “Bill,” 18, 23–25, 34, 39, 43
Brown, David S., 181, 183, 225, 226, 232
Brown, Wilson, 69, 70, 73, 74, 80, 81, 86, 113
Browning M2 machine gun, 90, 125, 306
Buin, 261, 264, 318, 323, 335, 340, 342, 343
Buin-Faisi anchorage, 268
Bullard, Steven, 19
Bulu, Ansin, 227, 228
Buna, 196, 205, 212, 214, 235, 237, 239, 242, 243, 245, 265, 269, 276, 277, 285, 288, 289, 292, 300, 302, 310, 316, 318
Burcky, Claude N., 237
Burma, 20, 95, 289, 303
Burnett, Charles, 17
Butler, Michael S. “Mick,” 149
Butterworth, Colin A., 27, 33
Byrd, Martha, 245
Cairns, 208, 228, 246
Campbell, David W. I., 60
Canberra, 2, 13, 25, 110
Canning, Douglas S., 336, 341
Canton Island, 69
Cape Ward Hunt, 305
Cape York Peninsula, 237, 267
Carmichael, Richard H. “Dick,” 73, 95–103, 106, 108, 110, 115–117, 135, 162, 208, 209, 213, 214, 217, 218, 220, 221, 223, 250
Caroline Islands, 19
Carr, Howard H., 46
Carteret, Philip, 6
Casey, Hugh J., 198, 199
Changi Prison, 334
Channon, Oswald J., 149
Charters Towers, 131, 209, 298, 299
Chikumi, Dr., 53, 232
Christie, Ralph, 228
Churchill, Winston, 17, 103, 107, 203, 289, 290
Claire, Albert George, 28, 33
Clarke, Leo T., 37, 38
Cloncurry, 96, 97, 102, 108, 115, 117, 149
Cohen, Julius A. “Dick,” 97, 100–102
Connell, Carl W., 266
Cook, Wilson L., 235
Coral Sea, 98, 113, 156, 158, 159, 161, 162, 164, 171–177, 183, 189–191, 193, 207, 216, 229, 232, 243, 257, 345
Corregidor Island, 10, 107, 108
Cowe, William D., 150
Cox, Barry M., 123, 125, 150, 151
Cox, James L., 37, 38
Crace, John G., 69, 159, 162, 163, 166, 168, 169, 257
Crater Peninsula, 7, 65, 83, 303
Crawford, Robert W., 149
Curtin, John, 105, 110
Czechowski, Chester M., 224, 225, 229, 231
Dampier, William, 6
Daniel, Benton H., 286
Darwin, 96, 104, 108, 234
Davenport, Allan J., 245
Davies, John H. “Big Jim,” 131, 134, 299
Davies, Reese S., 146
Davis, Donald, 329, 340
Deboyne Island, 159
Deboyne Reef, 168
Del Monte Field, 108–110, 215
DeLoach, Ralph K., 295
Denault, Francis P., 309
D’Entrecasteaux Islands, 281
Dick, Douglas A., 59
Dieffenderfer, James C., 272, 279, 295, 296, 310
Dobodura airdrome, 302, 303, 305, 325
Doolittle, James H., 202, 203
DuBose, James R. Jr. “Dubby,” 98, 115–117, 134, 135, 137
Dufilho, Marion W., 86–88
Duigan, Terence L., 57, 136, 137, 305
Dunn, Richard, 283
Durand, Edward D., 226, 263
Dutch New Guinea, 7
Earhart, Amelia, 11, 15
Earp, Frederick W., 216
Eaton, Frederick C. Jr., 98–100
Edson, Merritt A., 238
Ellerton, Montague D., 150
Endo, Yoshio, 179
Erwin, Kenneth J., 16
Etajima Naval Academy, 26, 79, 260
Farncomb, Harold B., 167
Feldt, Eric N., 13, 184, 211, 228, 229
Fesmire, Durwood, 115–117
Fighter One airstrip, 323
Fighter Two airstrip, 323
Fiji Islands, 69, 70, 73, 74, 191, 204, 240, 276
Finschhafen, 114, 118, 290, 302, 346
Fitch, Aubrey, 156
Fitch, Burdette M., 200
Five Mile airdrome, 193, 262
Five Mile Valley, 326
Fletcher, Frank Jack, 113, 159, 160, 162, 259
Ford, Louis W., 139
Forde, Francis M. “Frank,” 3
Formosa, 141, 247
Fourteen Mile airdrome, 193, 243, 262
Fuchida, Mitsuo, 26, 27, 31, 32, 190
Fujii, Shigeru, 321
Fujisaki, Kunihei, 226
Gamble, Margaret, 98
Garbutt Field, 97, 98, 122
Garing, William H. “Bull,” 17, 18
Garnett, William A., 144–146
Garrard, Hatsell G., 50, 52
Gasmata, 61, 62, 116, 132–134, 137, 138, 156, 288
Gayler, Noel A. M., 81–85, 90, 93
Gazelle Peninsula, 52, 64, 65, 147, 183
George, Harold H., 198, 199
Ghormley, Robert L., 236, 242, 290
Gibson, Graham I., 62
Gilbert Islands, 20, 68
Gill, Frank F. “Red,” 75, 76, 78, 82, 86, 87, 170
Godwin, Henry C., 108, 109
Gona, 196, 226, 263
Goto, Aritomo, 160
Goto, Eiji, 60, 61, 74, 78, 79, 92, 95, 119, 129, 141, 160
Grattan, Joseph, 254
Gray, John R., 50, 52, 53, 232
Green, Franklyn T., 251
Griffith, Thomas, 203
Guadalcanal, 159, 210–215, 217, 218, 222, 223, 230, 235–238, 242, 243, 245, 248, 255–262, 264, 265, 276, 277, 288–291, 296, 301, 303, 314, 316–318, 320–323, 329–331, 334, 335, 340
Guam, 20, 21, 25, 26, 95
Gulf of Papua, 54, 114
Gunn, Paul I. “Pappy,” 299, 300
Gurney, Charles Raymond “Bob,” 157, 158, 263
Hageman, Earl L., 244, 245
Hahl, Albert, 8
Halsey, William F. “Bull” Jr., 69, 290, 320, 346, 349
Hara, Chuichi, 155, 162, 163, 169
Harber, Raymond S., 29
Harcrow, James L., 295, 312
Hardison, Felix M., 185, 217, 220, 237<
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Harvey, Alfred A. “Ted,” 177, 178
Harvey, Marjorie, 177
Harvey, Richard, 177
Hainan Island, 187
Hashiguchi, Takashi, 30
Hashirajima anchorage, 68, 155, 171, 321
Hayashi, Hiroshi, 333, 334, 336, 339
Hayashi, Kiyoshi, 78
Haynes, Leon M., 78
Heichel, Byron L., 244
Heinemann, Edward H., 299
Hemsworth, Godfrey E., 59, 159
Henderson Field, 261–264, 323
Henderson, Lofton R., 261
Henry, Lennox D., 47
Hermes, Alfred S., 19
Herring, George Albert, 28, 33
Herron, Christian I., 157, 158
Hewitt, William O. K., 28, 29, 33
Higgins, Walter E., 284, 285, 304
Higgs, Frederick G., 42, 43
Hine, Raymond K., 335, 337, 340
Hiraide, Hideo, 174, 175, 190
Hiraishi, Isao, 45, 46
Hirasata, Yasumi, 275
Hirohito, Emperor, 20, 21, 151, 191
Hiroshima, 79
Hisaeda, Akiyoshi, 56, 57, 68, 101, 165
Hitler, Adolf, 11, 103
Holguin, Jose L., 286
Holmes, Besby F., 335, 337, 339, 340
Home Islands (Japan), 348
Horii, Tomitaro, 21, 25, 26, 47–49, 51, 52, 112, 119, 154, 277
Horn Island, 106, 113, 119, 122, 123, 128, 161, 207
Hoyt, Ross G., 200
Hughes, Marvin C., 183
Hunter, David S., 226
Hunter, John, 6, 7
Huon Gulf, 59, 113, 125, 126, 196, 225, 277, 288, 302, 314
Hustad, Carl A., 252
Hutchinson-Smith, David, 138, 147, 173, 177, 179, 180, 185, 188, 239
Igarashi, Hisashi, 289, 297, 298, 317, 319, 327, 331
Imamura, Hitoshi, 265, 301, 302, 318
Inland Sea, 68, 155, 170
Inoue, Shigeyoshi, 21, 64, 95, 96, 107, 112, 114, 118, 119, 148, 155, 156, 170–173, 178, 211
Iron Range, Australia, 250, 267–270, 274, 278, 280
Ishikawa, Seiji, 125
Ito, Takuzo, 79, 80, 86, 87, 89, 90, 92, 94
Iwai, Tsutomu, 308, 309
Iwatani, Fumio, 264
Iwo Jima, 248
Jack, Jean A., 281, 284
Jackson airdrome, 281, 297, 304, 326;
as Jackson Field, 262
Jackson, John, 122, 124, 125, 127, 128, 132, 137, 138, 150, 151, 262
Jackson, Leslie D., 124, 132, 137, 149, 151, 152
Jacobson, Julius “Jack,” 336, 337
Jacquet, Edward M., 217, 221
Java, 20, 104, 108, 230
Jeffrey, Peter, 122, 123
Johnson, Edmund J., 137, 138