harbor war against, 194–222, 264
home islands map of, 49
interservice rivalry in, 253–55
planned invasion of, 163, 199–222
POW camps in, 248, 250–51, 269, 293n
Shimonoseki Strait in, 195–96, 197, 198
strategic bombing of, legacy of, 252–71
strategic bombing casualties in, xvi, 153, 256, 292n, 297n
strategic bombing plan for, 20, 21, 31–34
surrender of, 242–47, 249–50
targeting of industry in, 76–77, 262–64
targeting of urban areas in, 103, 262–64
war planning and policy of, 26–30
Japanese Army Air Force (JAAF), 39–40, 51, 54, 76, 83, 95, 131, 173, 254, 256
Java, 78, 117, 177
Jeppson, Morris R., 232
jet stream, 84–85, 101
Johnson, Davenport, 274–75
Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S., 28–29, 64, 76, 158, 208, 264–65
Joltin’ Josie, the Pacific Pioneer, 78, 79, 164
Jones, David M., 5, 279n
Judy dive bombers, 245
Jukebox 70, 192
Jutland, Battle of (1916), 13, 108
Kaiho, Hideichi, 96
Kaiyo, 130–31, 214, 216, 219–20
kamikazes, 112, 123, 125, 132–33, 134, 158–61, 162, 201, 207, 257, 268, 292n
Kanaga, Franz, 212–13
Kanaoka, Takashi, 264
Kanno, Naoshi, 126, 127
Kashiide, Isamu, 51, 55
Kato, Katsue, 128
Katsuragi, 130, 212, 216
Kawabe, Masakazu, 76
Kawano, Takahashi, 164–65
Kay, Randy, 245
Keith, W. J. “Pete,” 116
Kenney, George C., 45
Kharagpur, India, 41, 44, 46, 58, 65
kikusui (floating chrysanthemum) attacks, 160
Kimura, Sadamitsu, 51
King, Ernest, 205, 208, 209, 218, 267–68
King, Richard T., 87–88
King, Robert, 164
Kistiakowsky, George, 227
Klatt, Burt, 192
Klimczak, Walter, 95
Klinger, Robert, 212
Kobayashi, Teruhiko, 95
Kobe, Japan, 5, 102, 136, 155, 254
Kofukuda, Mitsugu, 52, 70
Kojun, Empress of Japan, 151
Kokura, Japan, 231, 232, 235
Komachi, Sadamu, 247
Konoye, Prince of Japan, 269
Korea, 27, 185, 197, 198, 250
Korean War, 97
Kraft, Elmer A., 217
Krantz, James B., 91
Krause, Thomas, 89
Kure Harbor, Japan, 125–32, 196, 208, 211–19, 264
Kuril Islands, 48, 170, 273–75
Kusakawa, Kiyoshi, 213
Kuter, Lawrence S., 19
Kyoto, Japan, 145
Kyushu Imperial University, 171
Laird, Dean “Diz,” 114, 121
landing signal officers (LSOs), 122–23
Langley, USS, 108, 109, 121
Lansdowne, Zachary, 13
League of Nations, 12
Ledford, Jack C., 60–61
Leighton, Bruce, 31
LeMay, Curtis, 37, 138, 159, 160, 166, 190, 249, 269, 270
atomic bomb and, 226, 231
China B-29 operations and, 53, 56–59, 62, 63–66, 97
firebombing tactic and, 101–5, 134–37, 142, 156
harbor war against Japan and, 194, 195, 197, 199, 200
low-level B-29 tactics and, 104–5, 135, 147, 148, 152, 156, 260
Marianas B-29 operations and, 91, 93, 94, 97–105, 162–64, 168, 172, 239, 240, 241–42, 259–61, 263
search and rescue operations and, 188
Leonard, Paul J., 6, 279n
Leonard, William N., 208
Lewis, Robert A., 233
Lexington (CV-2), USS, 109, 116, 118–19
Leyte Gulf, Battle of (1944), 106, 208, 212, 218, 260
Limber Dugan, 51–52
Lindbergh, Charles A., 14, 16
Liscombe Bay, USS, 124
Little Boy, 227, 232–34
Lockheed Hudson bombers, 32
London, England, 142
Long, Herbert “Trigger,” 129–30
Long, John W., Jr., 220, 296n
LORAN (LOng RAnge Navigation), 79
Lowden, Victor S., 244
Lucky Irish, 85
Luftwaffe, 18, 21, 26, 141, 179, 255
MacArthur, Douglas, 55, 205, 238, 249, 266
McCain, John S., 110, 133, 199–201, 208–9, 215, 243, 250, 261
McElroy, Edgar E., 5, 102, 103
McGovern, William M., 140
McMillan, Richard, 62
McNab, John, 243
Malo, Raymond F., 164, 174
Manchuria, 29, 51, 54, 58
Manhattan Engineering District (MED) (Manhattan Project), 225–27, 229, 297n
Mao Tse-tung, 62
Mariana Islands, xv, 40, 41, 59, 64, 65, 67–103, 238, 239, 241–42, 247
atomic bomb and, 230, 234, 235, 237
search and rescue missions from, 188–93
strategic firebombing missions from, 102–3, 134–73
Marianas Turkey Shoot, Great (1944), 67, 106, 111, 119
Marichone, Anthony, 248
Marine Corps, U.S., xv, 67, 73
Iwo Jima invasion and, 123, 134–35, 174
naval air units of, 112, 119, 125–28, 238
Marquardt, George, 231
Marshall, George C., 231
Martin, William I., 133
Matterhorn (Setting Sun), Operation, 40–47
Meetinghouse raid (Mission 40), 146–54
Meiji, Emperor of Japan, 28
Memphis Belle, 84, 95
Midway, Battle of (1942), 7, 111, 217
Midway Island, 39
MiG fighters, 185
Mikes, Edward, 192–93
Military Academy, U.S. (West Point), 190, 225–26
Miller, Harry, 60–61
Miller, Henry L., 113
Minami, Rokuemon, 198
mines, 194–99, 264
Miranda, John, 191
Missouri, USS, 249
Mitchell, John W., 185
Mitchell, William L. “Billy,” xvii, 2, 11–14, 15–16, 18, 22, 23, 32, 101, 109, 259, 270
Mitscher, Marc A. “Pete,” 3, 107, 111, 113, 119, 122, 123, 124, 125, 132, 133, 199, 200, 204, 250, 261, 270
Mobley, Thomas, 126–27
Moffett, William A., 109
Monterey, USS, 214
Montgomery, John B., 86, 93, 104, 136–37
Moore, Clarence A., 245
Moore, Ernest M. “Mickey,” 175, 180
Moore, R. Todd, 185
Morgan, Robert K., 84, 95
Morgan, Virgil, 196
Morimoto, Tatsuo, 55
Morioka, Yutaka, 192–93
Morrow, Dwight W., 16
Morrow Board, 16
Mountbatten, Louis, 45
Mrs. Tittymouse, 258
Mulligan, Charles, 95
Mundy, George W., 190–92
Musashi, Miyamoto, 117
Muto, Kaneyoshi, 117, 212
Muto, Kiyoko, 117
Nagasaki, Japan, 47, 54, 219, 231
atomic bombing of, 234–37, 262, 268, 269, 270, 298n
Nagato, 209–11
Nagoya, Japan, 5, 76, 90, 91–92, 94, 102, 136, 154, 155, 157, 164, 167–68, 190–91, 211, 254
napalm, 139, 147, 148, 150
Nashville, USS, 3
National Air and Space Museum, 271, 302n
Naval Academy, U.S. (Annapolis), 109, 114, 131, 200
Navy, U.S., xv, 7, 21, 106–34
airfield construction and, 68–75, 237–38
B-29 bombing campaign and, 98, 162–63
British Pacific Fleet and, 204–7, 219, 221–22, 244–45
Fleet Air Wing Four of, 274–75
harbor war against Japan
and, 194–222, 264
invasion of Japan and, 199–222
kamikaze losses by, 158, 160, 292n
minelaying operations of, 194–99
search and rescue by, 188–93
strategic bombing development and, 12–13, 21, 23
Neddermeyer, Seth, 227
New Guinea, 68, 117
Newhafer, Richard L., 244
Nick (Ki-45) fighters, 51, 55, 276
Nicolini, E. J. “Nic,” 116
Nimitz, Chester W., 41, 98, 134, 162, 163, 194, 195, 199, 208, 209, 218, 219, 249, 266
9th Bomb Group, 92, 155, 164, 174
Nomohan, Battle of (1939), 29, 51
Norden, Carl L., 21, 23, 25
Norden bombsight, 23–25, 56, 60, 263
Norstad, Lauris, 56, 57, 91, 97–98, 103, 104, 259
Northeast Area Fleet, Japanese, 274
Oak Ridge, Tenn., 226
O’Donnell, Emmett “Rosie,” 59, 78, 80, 84, 85–86, 88–89, 104, 164, 190, 286n
Office of Naval Intelligence, 31
Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 140
Ohe-machi, Japan, 76
Okinawa, xv, 68, 124, 131, 132–33, 134, 163, 195, 204, 215, 219, 228, 236, 237–41, 246, 247, 248, 257
Okumiya, Masatake, 4, 68, 76
Olympic, Operation, 163, 199, 200, 208
Omura, Japan, 47, 53–54, 59–61, 63, 65, 83, 254
152nd Army Engineer Battalion, 70–71
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 225–27, 270
Orionchek, Alexander, 159–60
Osaka, Japan, 5, 136, 145, 154–55, 182, 211, 240
Oscar (Ki-43) fighters, 119, 128, 184, 276
Ostfriesland, 13, 109
Ota, Japan, 76, 100, 118
Ottinger, George M., 129, 131
Owens, William J., 92–93
Oyodo, 131, 215, 216
P-38 Lightning fighters, 175, 176, 248–49, 274
P-39 fighters, 181
P-40 fighters, 32, 181
P-47 Thunderbolt fighters, 33, 86, 180, 181, 238, 241
P-51 Mustang fighters, xv, 164, 172, 246
bomber escort role of, 174–93
search and rescue missions and, 188–93
strike role of, 187–88
P-61 Black Widow night fighters, 62, 238
Pahl, Herschel, 244
Parsons, William S. “Deke,” 227, 232, 233
Pattie, Donald A., 114, 120–21
Pearl Harbor attack (1941), 1, 21, 34, 126, 132, 185, 211, 271
Pengshan, China, 41
Pflumb, Raymond, 193
Pforzheim, Germany, 141–42
Philippines, 1, 7, 32, 78, 117, 118, 177, 178, 199, 200, 250, 286n
Philippine Sea, Battle of the (1944), 111
Phipps, Harve, 181, 187
Ping, Robert A., 197
Pintado, USS, 191–92
Ploesti, Romania, 33
Potsdam Declaration (1945), 215, 229, 231, 261, 269
Power, Thomas S., 98, 104, 137, 151, 270
Privateer patrol bombers, 192, 193
Pulley, John H., Jr., 159
Putt, Donald Leander, 34
Quebec Conference (1944), 204–5
radar, 85, 99, 101, 125, 133, 155, 182, 196–97, 198, 212, 239, 240, 242, 254–55, 263, 274
Radford, Arthur, 200
Rainbow Five plan, 108
Ramey, Roger, 64, 167
Ramp Tramp, 54
Randolph, Richard L., 44
Randolph, USS, 114, 217
Ranger, USS, 200
Rasmussen, Oliver, 203–4
Rawlings, Henry Bernard, 205–6
Ready Teddy, 54
reconnaisance, 17, 80, 85, 90, 125–26, 196, 219, 248, 274
Red Cross, 157
Reeves, Joseph M. “Billy Goat,” 109
Regia Aeronautica, 12, 26
Republic Aircraft, 22
Robertson, Gordon B., 152, 167
Rockcrusher mission, 87
rockets, 129–30, 187, 216
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 2, 19, 35, 38, 50, 165, 204–5, 224, 258, 259
Rosalia Rocket, 87
Rosie the Riveter, 161
Rover Boys Express, 96
Royal Air Force (RAF), 11, 12, 25, 26, 50, 110
firebombing and, 137–38, 141
Royal Flying Corps, 11
Royal Navy, xv, 28, 108, 204–7, 219, 244–45
Fleet Air Arm of, 206–7, 221–22
Rules for the Use of Airplanes in War (Douhet), 9
Ryuho, 130
Ryukyu Islands, 237–41
Saipan, 64, 68, 80, 88, 91, 95, 228, 241
airfield construction on, 70–72
Japanese air raids on, 86, 87
Sakai, Saburo, 47–48, 82, 117, 247–48
Sakaida, Henry, 178
Sally bombers, 121
Sanada, Joichiro, 39
San Antonio 1 mission, 84–86
San Antonio 2 mission, 86
Sanders, Robert, 165
San Jacinto, USS, 114, 116, 118–20, 211
Saratoga (CV-3), USS, 109, 112, 119, 123
Sasaki, Fusako, 153, 169
Saunders, Laverne G. “Blondie,” 43, 44, 53, 54, 58
Scamara, Robert, 185–86
Scanlan, John V., 186, 294n
Schaefer, Vernon, 62
Schecter, Gordon E., 118
Schweinfurt, Germany, 57
scout planes, 110
Seabees (Construction Battalions), U.S. Navy, 68–75, 175, 237–38, 285n
Seafire fighters, 207, 244–45
seaplanes, 188, 189, 190, 193
2nd Bombardment Group, 56
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 238
Second General Army, Japanese, 232
Serviceman’s Code of Conduct, Japanese, 28
7th Air Force, 87, 174, 216, 237, 238
7th Fleet, Japanese, 198
17th Bomb Group (Medium), 2
72nd Fighter Squadron, 181
73rd Bomb Wing, 59, 64, 77–79, 84, 88, 89, 136
Seversky, Alexander P. de, 21–23, 280n-81n
Shady Lady, 96
Shanghai, China, 63
Shangri-La, USS, 113, 199, 203, 204, 207, 215, 242, 243
Shenandoah (ZR-1), USS, 13
Sherman, Forrest, 249
Sherman, Frederick C. “Ted,” 118, 133, 250
Shigemitsu, Mamoru, 257
Shimokawa, Yukio, 82, 127
Shimonoseki Strait, 195–96, 197, 198
Simeral, George, 165, 166
Simpson, A. A., 244–45
Singapore, 65
6th Bomb Group, 92–93, 102, 196
6th Construction Brigade, U.S. Navy, 73, 75
Sledgehammer 1 mission, 87
Smith, Karl, 121
Smith-Hutton, Henri, 31
Smithsonian Institution, 271, 302n
Solomon Islands, 67, 87, 117
Soviet Union, 6, 29, 51, 54, 61, 101, 208, 226, 229, 261, 269, 270
Spaatz, Carl “Tooey,” 230–31, 234, 247, 250, 269
Spanish-American War, 109
Spanish Civil War, 17, 18, 26
Spatz, Harold, 6
Spaulding, Robert L., 191
Sperry Gyroscope Company, 23
Spruance, Raymond A., 111, 113, 115, 133
Standard Oil Company, 139
Starvation, Operation, 194–99
effectiveness of, 197–98
Stauffer, Ornell, 55
Stevens, Robert, 246
Stilwell, Joseph W., 47, 50
Stimson, Henry, 231
strafing missions, 187–88, 201–2
Strategic Air Command (SAC), U.S., 260, 270
Strategic Air Intelligence Section, 20
strategic bombing, xvi, 9–30
criticisms of, 261–65, 300n
doctrine for, 16–19, 21, 45, 104–5, 135, 156
firebombing as tactic in, 102–3, 134–73
legacy of, 252–71
practical applicatio
n of, 21–25
targeting of Japanese industry for, 76–77, 262–64
Strategic Bombing Survey, U.S., 253, 256
strike missions, 187–88, 242–45
submarines, 2, 7, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192–93, 194, 264
Sumatra, 54
super-dumbo rescue planes, 189, 190
Supreme Council, Japanese, 29
Suribachi, Mount, 175, 182–83
Suzuki, Kantaro, 269
Sweeney, Charles, 231, 234–37
Szilard, Leo, 224, 225, 227
Taigei, 5
Takahashi, Susumu, 150–51
Takata, Toshitane, 237, 263–64
Tapp, James B., 184–85
Tarumizu, Japan, 239
Task Force 38, 199–222, 242–45, 296n
Task Force 58, 107, 111–33, 204
Task Group 58.3, 118
Teller, Edward, 225, 227
10th Fighter Division, Japanese, 83, 85
3rd Photographic Reconnaisance Squadron, 80, 85
Third Fleet, 133, 199–222, 241, 260, 261
13th Air Force, 237
30th Construction Regiment, U.S. Navy, 73
34th Army Engineer Battalion, 70–71
38th Bomb Group, 219
39th Bomb Group, 159–60, 190–92
Thorsen, William R., 73
302nd Naval Air Group, Japanese, 83, 178, 211
304th Naval Squadron, Japanese, 245
305th Bomb Group, 57
313th Bomb Wing, 92, 100, 102, 136, 195, 198, 240
314th Bomb Wing, 98, 100, 136, 137
315th Bomb Wing, 167, 239–40, 242
318th Fighter Group, 238
319th Bomb Group, 239
343rd Naval Air Group, Japanese, 126–28, 179
348th Fighter Group, 246
Tibbets, Paul W., 37, 229, 230, 231–34, 236, 239, 270
Tice, Clay, 248–49
Ticonderoga, USS, 212, 243
Tinian, 65, 68, 71, 73–75, 92, 102, 165, 167, 197, 241
atomic bomb and, 230, 234, 235, 237
Tirpitz, 221
Tojo, Hideki, 229, 268, 276
Tojo (Ki-44) fighters, 85, 95, 119, 121, 184
Tokyo, Japan:
bombing casualties in, 153, 292n
civil defense in, 143–45, 146
Doolittle’s raid on, 1–7, 33, 48, 68, 80, 102, 107, 111, 187, 279n
firebombings of, 102–3, 136–37, 146–54, 168–70, 171, 172, 292n
first B-29 attack on, 84–86
first carrier-launched attacks on, 118–23
Great Kanto earthquake and, 143, 157
Musashino aircraft factory in, 84–86, 87–88, 89, 91–92, 94–97, 120, 164
strategic bombing of, 76–77, 84–105, 134–42, 146–54, 164, 168–70, 171, 172, 184–85
Tokyo Electric Power Company, 148
Tokyo Rose, 102
Toland, John, 147
Tone, 214
Tony (Ki-61) fighters, 83, 121, 164, 184, 276
torpedo planes, 110
Toyu Maru, 202
Trenchard, Hugh, 11, 12, 16, 18
Truk Atoll, 116
Truman, Harry S., 165, 166, 228, 234, 241, 266–67, 270
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