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INDEX
ABC-1 (allied plan), 21, 118
ABDA (American, British, Dutch, Australian command), 84–85, 118
Addu Atoll, 93–95 (map, 94) Abe Hiroki, 311
Abe Toshio, 338
Adams, Don, 352
Adams, Samuel, 330, 330n
killed, 346–47
photo, 331
Ady, Howard P., 225, 228, 250
Aichi airplanes. See Jake; Val
aircraft, American, 38, 38n, 52–60. See also specific aircraft types; Appendix B
aircraft, Japanese, 37–40, 38n
available for Midway attack 219–20. See also specific aircraft types; Appendix B
aircraft carriers. See Appendix A;
specific ship names
Akagi (Japanese carrier), 26, 33–34, 44–45, 178, 211
at Midway, 218
under attack, 236, 302–5
death throes, 309, 338
Akebono Maru (Japanese transport), 216
Alaska, 97, 183, 198–205
map, 200
Aldrich, Clarence, 325
Aleutian Islands. See Alaska
Amagi (Japanese battlecruiser), 33n
Amari Yoji, 238, 243, 269, 275, 321
ANZAC (Australia, New Zealand Area Command), 83, 83n
Aoki Taijorō, 310
Arashi (Japanese destroyer), 291–95, 297, 320
Arizona (U.S. battleship), 7, 328
Army Air Forces (AAF), 118, 161, 185. See also airplane types (Flying Fortress, Marauder, Mitchell)
Army-Navy relations (American), 118, 124, 202–3, 211
Army-Navy relations (Japanese), 27–29
Army War College (American), 47
Arnold, Henry (Hap), 119, 120, 121–22
Arnold, Murr E., 281–82, 285
Asashio (Japanese destroyer), 352
Ashford, William H., 191
Astoria (American cruiser), 317, 326, 348
Attu Island, 198, 205, 357 (map, 200)
Augusta (American cruiser), 7, 14
Ault, William, 162
Australia, 65, 81, 82–83, 97
AVCAD Program. See Aviation Cadets
Avenger (American torpedo plane), 193n, 232–36, 268, 290
Aviation Cadets, 60–61
B-17. See Flying Fortress
B-25. See Mitchell bomber
B-26. See Marauder bomber
Baker, John D., 166
Balch (American destroyer), 323, 326, 348
photo, 326
Ballard (American seaplane tender), 209, 345n, 358
Bassett, Edgar, 285
Bataan, 88
Battle of the Atlantic, 20
battleships, 6–7, 22, 22n, 148. See also individual ship names
Belconnen, 135n, 147, 186–87.
See also Cast
Bellinger, Patrick N.L., 215–16
Benedict, Arthur, 213
Benham (American destroyer), 32
3, 348
Bennett, V. M., 313
Best, Richard Halsey, 274, 328
in Marshalls raid, 73
in Doolittle raid, 125
and Miles Browning, 229
attacks Akagi, 295–301, 302–5
attacks Hiryū, 332–35
career after Midway, 364
photo, 303
Betty (Japanese bomber), 33, 373
described, 79
in air battle near Rabaul, 77–79
Biard, Forrest (Tex), 165
Bicheno, Hugh, 106
Black Chamber (code breaking), 134–35
black shoes (surface warfare officers), 13, 46
Blain, Richard, 241–42
Boeing airplanes. See Flying Fortress
Boggs (American destroyer-minesweeper), 144
bombing squadrons. See individual squadron designations (VB-2, VB-3, etc.)
Boone, Walter, 328
Bottomly, Harold, 306–7, 309
Brassfield, Arthur, 287, 314–15
Brazier, Robert B., 286–87
Brewster airplanes. See Buffalo
Brockman, William H. Jr., 289–95
attacks Kaga, 326–28
photo, 290
brown shoes (naval aviators) 13, 46, 82.
See also pilots, American
Brown, Wilson: mentioned, 15, 65–66, 83–84, 146
characterized, 48–49
and first Rabaul raid, 77–81
and attackon Lae-Salamaua, 85–86
photo, 77
Browning, Miles, 69, 122
at Midway, 229–31, 254, 258, 274, 279n, 282, 328
overruled by Spruance, 344–45
career after Midway, 363–64
photo, 230
Buckmaster, Elliott, 51, 67, 156, 196
at Midway, 282, 313–14
orders abandon ship, 325–26
attempts to salvage Yorktown, 348–49
Buffalo (American fighter), 57, 226–28
Burch, William, 163, 164, 167, 168
bureaus and the bureau system, 11, 14–15, 23
Bureau of Aeronautics, 46
Bureau of Navigation, 50
Bureau of Ordnance, 56
Burford, William, 349–50
Butler, William O., 199, 202–3, 204–5
Cade, Peter M., 111
California (American battleship), 48
Canfield, Clayton, 227–28
CAP. See Combat Air Patrol
Carey, John F., 226–28
Carter, William D., 350–51
Cast (Station), 135, 140, 147
Catalina (American seaplane, PBY), 202, 204, 210, 211–12, 216–17, 224, 265, 280, 342
Ceylon, 92
Japanese raid against, 93–96 (map, 94)
Chase, William A., 225, 250
Cheek, Thomas, 285, 313
Chikuma (Japanese cruiser), 224, 269, 312, 320, 348
China: Japan’s war against, 28–29, 37, 92
and the Doolittle raid, 117, 130–31
Chitose (Japanese carrier), 34n
Chiyoda (Japanese carrier), 34n
Churchill, Winston S., 82–83, 86
Cimmeron class oilers, 84
Clark, Joseph “Jocko,” 51
codes and code breaking, 133–46, 147–48
and the Coral Sea, 145–46, 148, 150, 154, 159, 165
and Midway, 182–83, 186–89.
See also Appendix E
Collins, James Jr., 236
Colombo, Ceylon, 93–95, 109 (map, 94)
Cook, Ralph, 387
Coolidge, Calvin, 48, 114
Combat Air Patrol (CAP), 52, 78, 159, 165, 169
Combat Intelligence Unit (CIU). See Hypo
Coral Sea, Battle of, 152–75
Japanese reaction to, 179–80
map, 157
Corl, Harry, 286
Cornwall (British cruiser), 93, 95, 109
Coronado (American flying boats, PB2Y-2), 6
Corregidor, 88
Cossett, Douglas M., 280
Crace, John G., 158–59, 158n, 165
Crawford, John, 196, 265, 324
Curtin, John, 65, 82–83
CXAM radar. See radar
Daniels, James, 75
Darwin, Australia, Japanese attack on, 43, 92
Dauntless (American dive bomber, SBD): described, 52–54, 78, 251
in Marshalls raid, 66–67, 70–72
in Lae-Salamaua raid, 85–86
in Coral Sea, 159–60, 162–64, 168–69
at Midway, 298–99, 301–5
losses at Midway, 328–29. See also specific bombing squadrons (VB-3, VB-6, etc.)
Davis, Ernest J., 350
depth charges, 291–95, 327–28
Devastator (American torpedo bomber, TBD): described, 54–57, 123
in Marshalls raid, 66–67, 70–72
in Lae-Salamaua raid, 85–86
in the Coral Sea, 160, 162–63, 164, 168–69
at Midway, 267–87
losses at Midway, 287–88
photo, 56. See also specific torpedo squadrons (VT-5, VT-6, etc.)
Dibb, Robert A. M., 62, 285
dive bombing, 52–53, 298–99, 301–5.
See also Dauntless
Val
Dixon, Robert, 163, 167–68, 173
Dobbs, Horace, 270
Dobson, Cleo, 355–56
Doolittle, James, 119–23
photo, 126
Doolittle raid, 146
training for, 121–24
conduct of, 127–30
casualties, 131
impact of, 131
photos, 126, 128
Dorsetshire (British cruiser), 93, 95, 109
Douglas airplanes. See Dauntless
Devastator
Driscoll, Agnes, 135n
Dufilho, Marion, 79
Duncan, Donald, 116–17, 122–23
Dutch East Indies, 29
Dutch Harbor (Alaska), 198, 203–4
Dyer, Thomas H., 182
Earnest, Albert, 234–36
photo, 235
Eastern Solomons, Battle of, 366
Eaton, Charles R., 212
echo ranging. See sonar
Ebadon Island. See Kwajalein Atoll
Ellison, Thomas, 67
Ely, Arthur, 275, 278–80
Emerson, Alberto, 316
Emily flying boat (Japanese), 69, 206
Emmons, Delos C., 186
Enterprise (American carrier, CV-6), 15, 18, 45, 47–48, 52
in the Marshall Islands, 65, 69–75
in Doolittle raid, 125, 132
at Midway, 274–75, 280, 287, 329, 332–35, 353–54
losses at Midway, 328–29.
See also Task Force 16;
individual squadrons (VB-6 etc.)
Esders, Wilhelm (Bill), 286–87, 315
Essex (American carrier, CV-9), 360
Eta Jima (Japanese Naval Academy), 26, 41, 90
Fairey Swordfish (British torpedo bombers), 93
Faulkner, Frederic, 173
Ferrier, Harry, 234–36
photo, 235
Fieberling, Langdon, 234, 290
fighting squadrons. See individual squadron designations (VF-2, VF-3, etc.)
Fiji Islands, 65, 76, 83, 96, 106, 108, 183, 185
Finnegan, Joseph, 188
Fisher, Clayton, 262, 346n, 390
Fisler, Frank, 265
Fitch, Aubrey “Jake,” 146, 149
in the Coral Sea, 152–53, 156, 172
Fitzgerald, John, 117n
five-number code. See JN-25b
Fleming, Richard, 342
Fletcher, Frank Jack: characterized, 49–51
relief expedition to Wake, 15–16
and Marshalls raid, 66–69, 75
Lae-Salamaua raid, 85–86
and the Coral Sea, 149–50, 152–75
relations with King, 149–50, 194–95, 361
relations with Nimitz, 193–95, 214<
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at Midway, 190, 214, 259, 358
air search at Midway, 225
attack plan at Midway, 228–29, 281–83
transfers to Astoria, 317
releases Spruance to operate independently, 335
career after Midway, 361–62
photo, 50
flight to nowhere. See chapter 12; Appendix F (map, 257)
Flying Fortress (American bomber, B-17), 185, 211–12, 215, 224
attackon Kidō Butai, 241, 335
attackon Kondō’s cruisers, 342
Formidable (British carrier), 93
Franklin D. Roosevelt (American carrier, CV-42), 365
French Frigate Shoals, 207–10
FRUMEL, 135n.
See also Belconnen
Cast
FRUPAC, 135n.
See also Hypo
Fuchida Mitsuo, 220, 238
fuel consumption: by airplanes, 127–28, 129, 255–56, 262, 275, 278–79, 315
by ships, 45–46, 84, 125, 154
Fujita Isamu, 339
Fukudome Shigeru, 106–8, 205
Gaido, Bruno P., 74–75, 313n
Gallaher, Earl, 274, 328
attacks Kaga, 295–301, 302
attacks Hiryū, 332–35
Gay, George, 259–60, 268, 270–72
photo, 267
Gee, Roy, 115–16
at Midway, 351
Gehres, Leslie E., 199
Genda Minoru, 32, 34–35, 36, 153, 179, 239–40, 360
Gotō Arimato, 162, 173
Gotō Eiji, 77
Gray, James S., 59
in Marshall Islands raid, 71
covers attack on Kidō Butai, 275–76, 278–79, 279n
attacks Japanese cruisers, 353
Gray, Richard (Dick), 264
Grayling (US submarine, SS-209), 22
Great White Fleet, 46
Greene, Eugene, 297
Gruening, Ernest, 201
Grumman airplanes. See Avenger Wildcat
Guadalcanal campaign, 359–60
Guillory, Troy, 248, 390
Haas, Walter, 163
Hagikaze (Japanese destroyer), 327
Halsey, William F., 150–51, 183–84
characterized, 48
early naval career, 46–48
and Pearl Harbor, 18–19
in Marshalls raid, 69–75
and the Doolittle raid, 122–29
and Midway, 188–91
career after Midway, 362–63
mentioned, 15, 18, 99
photo, 47
Hammondsport (American transport), 232
Hamilton, Weldon, 163
Hara Chūichi, 153, 155, 159, 165, 167–68, 173, 228
Hamada Giichi, 324
Hammann (American destroyer), 287
attempted salvage of Yorktown, 348–49
torpedoed and sunk, 349–50
Harmon, Millard (Miff), 121–22
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