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by John Prados


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  INDEX

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  A7M “Sam” fighters, 54

  Abukuma (light cruiser), 245, 248, 252, 285

  Acuff, Captain James T., 133

  Adak, Aleutian Islands, 18

  Adams, Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Max, 200

  Admiralty Islands, 75, 152

  Agawa Hiroyuki, 255

  Ageta, Captain Kiyou, 283, 284

  Aichi D3A1 “Val” dive-bombers, 195

  Air-only SHO, 128, 130, 131, 134, 150, 227, 258, 342

  Aircraft production (Japanese), 50–53, 59

  Akagi (aircraft carrier), 67, 130

  Akikaze (destroyer), 260

  Akishimo (destroyer), 170, 290, 332

  Akitsuki (destroyer), 264, 279

  Akitsuki-class destroyers, 47

  Akitsushima (seaplane carrier), 90

  Aleutian Islands, 18, 68, 99, 247

  Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS), 58, 94–98, 114

  Amagi (aircraft carrier), 55

  Amami Oshima, Japan, 145, 180, 260

  Amano, Captain Shigetaka, 277

  Andaman Islands, 257

  Anderton, Major John E., 97

  Ando, Rear Admiral Norihide, 177, 234, 235

  Angaur Island, 84

  Aoba (heavy cruiser), 110, 154, 155, 168, 178, 179, 200

  Apra Harbor, Guam, 31

  Araki, Rear Admiral Tsutau, 103, 186

  Arima, Rear Admiral Masafumi, 106, 158

  Asagumo (destroyer), 230, 239, 240, 247, 250, 251

  Asami, Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Wahei, 203

  Asashimo (destroyer), 186, 187

  Ashigara (heavy cruiser), 245

  Atago (heavy cruiser), 103, 104, 154, 174, 176, 185–86, 188, 247, 287, 312, 313

  “ATIS Limited Distribution Translation 4,” 95, 97

  Atomic bomb, 1, 339

  Australia, 38, 58

  Australian forces, 7

  intelligence and, 115–16

  Royal Australian Air Force 6th Wireless Unit, 116

  B-24 bombers, 78, 171, 246

  B-26 bombers, 51

  B-29 bombers, 33, 143

  B5N2 “Kate” torpedo bombers, 54

  B6N2 “Jill” bombers, 52, 54, 138–39, 158, 159, 190, 194

  Bacolod, Negros Island, 161

  Bagnall, Lieutenant Richard, 97

  Baker, Ensign Douglas, 136

  Bakutis, Commander Fred, 75, 135, 231

  Balboa Park naval hospital, 7

  Baldwin, Hanson, 228

  Balikpapan, Borneo, 117

  Ban, Rear Admiral Masami, 231, 239, 240

  Barnes, Ensign Robert J., 231, 263

  Bataan (B-17), 13

  Behren, Captain William W., 144

  Biak Island, 27, 70, 179, 298

  Bismarck Sea, Battle of the, 49, 247

  Bix, Herbert, 37

  Blair, Clay, 279

  Bledsoe, Captain Albert M., 160

  Blockade, 16, 338–39, 349

  Bogan, Admiral Gerald F., 82, 140, 200, 201, 220, 221, 225, 254, 269, 276, 329

  Bohol Island, 236

  Bombay Shoal, 187

  Bonin Islands, 10, 75, 76, 81, 85, 93

  Borley, Ensign C. W., 136

  Borneo, 117, 169, 171, 257

  Bougainville, 130–31, 150

  Boulder Boys, 40, 60, 95

  Bowers, Lieutenant Fabian, 97

  Bratton, Rufus, 95

  Breeches buoy, 84, 90

  Bremerton, Washington, 19

  Bridger, Captain John D., 265

  Britain, Battle of, 33

  British Eastern Fleet, 167–68

  British intelligence, 38–39

  Bronze Star, 242

  Brooks, Ensign William C., 299, 309

  Brunei Bay, 155, 168–71, 173, 175, 176, 178, 180, 183, 227, 286, 325, 332

  Buchanan, Commander A. E., 240

  Buell, Lieutenant Commander Harold L., 78, 79, 88, 90

  Buna, New Guinea, 44

  Bungo Strait, 145, 180, 258

  Buracker, Captain William J., 197

  Burke, Commodore Arleigh A., 74, 86, 90, 146, 219, 223–25, 276

  Burma, 38, 60

  Bush, Lieutenant (Junior Grade) George Herbert Walker, 75–76

  CN1 “Myrt” reconnaissance aircraft, 52

  Calamian Islands, 89, 176

  Caldwell, Commander Thomas F., 123

  Calhoun, Captain Walter L., 8–9

  Camp Tracy, California, 43

  Cannon, Private Donald J., 160

  Canton Island, 13

  Cape Engaño, 218, 219, 221, 261–69, 276–78

  Capron, Radioman James B. Jr., 199

  Carlson, Evans F., 7

  Carney, Rear Admiral Robert B. “Mick,” 72, 73, 90, 119, 145, 222–23, 225, 262, 274, 276

  Caroline Islands, 71, 81, 83

  Cebu Island, 78, 79, 82, 96, 98, 127, 166, 194, 195

  Chapple, Lieutenant Commander Wreford G. “Moon,” 179, 200

  Cheek, Captain Michael, 72, 73, 222–23

  Chichi Jima, 75

  Chihaya, Masataka, 240

  Chikuma (cruiser), 154, 231, 235, 307, 321, 324, 330, 331

  China, 11, 138, 143, 145

  China-Burma-India theater, 115

  China Incident, 46–47, 61, 256, 285

  Chitose (light carrier), 56, 264–65

  Chiyoda (light carrier), 56, 193, 267, 268, 276–77

  Chokai (cruiser), 103, 154, 188, 292, 321, 324, 330, 333

  Chu, Henry, 87

  Churchill, Winston, 12, 20, 275

  CINCPAC (Commander in Chief Pacific), 39, 41, 42, 90–92, 94, 97, 114, 143, 220, 271, 272, 274, 278, 279, 310, 334, 335

  Claggett, Commander Bladen D., 183, 185, 187

  Clarey, Commander Bernard A. “Chick,” 279

  Clark, Rear Admiral J. J. “Jocko,” 74, 80, 88

  Clark Field, Luzon, 86, 87, 138, 140, 190, 196

  Co-Prosperity Sphere, 164

  Collins, Commodore John A., 195

  Combat air patrols (CAPs), 122, 135, 141, 144

  Combat Information Center (CIC), 122–23, 163, 249

  Combined Chiefs of Staff, 11, 13

  Combined Fleet Decoded: The Secret History of U.S. Intelligence and the Japanese Navy in World War II (Prados), 211

  Coney, Captain C. E., 163

  Contemporary Japan (journal), 69

  Convoy College, 278

  Cooper, Commander Joshua, 242

  Copeland, Lieutenant Commander Robert W., 310

  Coral Sea, Battle of the, 90, 244, 299

  Coron Bay, 89–90, 111, 176, 180, 182, 208, 226, 227, 243, 245, 252, 307, 330–33, 349

  Corregidor, 15

  Coward, Captain Jesse B., 238, 239

  Cox, Commander W. R., 238

  Cox, Lieutenant Harris, 72, 222, 223

  Cushing, Lieutenant Colonel James M., 96–98

  Cutler, Thomas, 228

  D4Y “Suisei” dive-bombers, 195, 196

  D4Y1 “Judy” bombers, 52, 54, 197

  Dangerous Ground, 183, 187

  Davao, Mindanao, 78, 83, 96, 127

  Davison, Rear Admiral Ralph E., 75, 76, 79, 86, 118–20, 141, 142, 145, 159, 201, 206, 230

  Decisive battle doctrine, 23, 100, 101, 106, 107, 125, 127, 131, 243, 344, 348

  Del Monte Field, Mindanao, 78

  Delaney, Radioman 2nd Class, 75

  Dias, Machinist’s
Mate 1st Class Bill, 17

  Dilley, Julianne, 18, 90, 139

  Dilley, Luther, 18, 90

  Dillon, Katharine V., 4

  Dinagat Island, 152, 160–61

  Distinguished Flying Cross, 76, 125, 267

  “Divine guidance” message, 215, 234, 328

  Doi, Commander Hiroshi, 189

  Domen, Commander Keizo, 186

  Dönitz, Grand Admiral Karl, 149

  Donovan, Hedley, 149

  Doolittle Raid, 33

  Drury, Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Paul, 196–98

  DuBose, Rear Admiral Laurance T., 276–77

  Dulag town, Leyte, 162, 166, 167

  Dull, Paul S., 3

  Dutch East Indies, 16

  Early, Captain Alexander R., 141

  Ebb, Lieutenant Commander F., 115, 116

  Edo, Rear Admiral Heitaro, 258

  Eguchi, Commander Itozumi, 265, 269

  Einstein, Albert, 181

  Ellis, Commander William E., 202

  Ema, Warrant Officer Tomokazu, 124

  Emory, Lieutenant Richard W. “Dick,” 57–59

  Enigma, 351

  Eniwetok, 42, 75

  Espíritu Santo, 234

  Evans, Commander Ernest, 304–6, 308, 311, 312

  Ewen, Captain Edward C., 123, 225

  Ezaki, Lieutenant Hisato, 229, 234

  F-4F Wildcat fighters, 303, 304, 322

  F-6F Hellcat fighters, 75, 76, 78, 79, 82, 87, 88, 90, 134–36, 143, 157, 197, 231, 254

  F-22, 57, 59

  Fala (Scottish terrier), 8, 10

  Far East Combined Bureau (FECB), 39

  Federal Communications Commission, 150

  Field, James A., 316n

  Fields, Lieutenant (Junior Grade), 304

  Filipino partisans, 160

  Fishburn, Petty Officer Albert M., 181–82

  Flag plot, 73

  Flatley, Commander James H., 86, 225

  Fleet Radio Unit Melbourne (FRUMEL), 58, 144, 198–99

  Fleet Radio Unit Pacific (FRUPAC), 18, 39, 41, 58, 90, 91, 139, 181–83, 226, 280

  Fletcher-class destroyers, 162

  Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS), 150

  Formosa (see Taiwan)

  Fort Hunt, Virginia, 43

  Frank, Richard, 3

  Frogmen, 161

  Fuchida, Captain Mitsuo, 4, 50, 55, 67–69, 127, 130, 131, 140, 147, 148, 328

  Fujii, Captain Shigeru, 31

  Fujimatsu, Captain Masahisa, 49

  Fujimoto, Lieutenant Katsumi, 82

 

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