Cavalla (submarine), 471, 473, 475, 485
Cavite Naval Base, Manila Bay, 254–55
Cawley, David, 404
Central Pacific Fleet, see Fifth Fleet, U.S.
central Pacific offensive, 237, 314, 320
Brooke’s opposition to, 307–12
conservative deployment of carriers in, 373
interservice sensitivities in, 321
King’s advocacy of, 235, 306–7, 308, 313
Kwajalein landing in, see Kwajalein, Battle of
leapfrogging strategy in, 384, 401, 403
MacArthur’s opposition to, 306, 313
Marianas in, see Marianas campaign
Nimitz and, 312–13, 317
Spruance placed in command of, 315–16
submarine warfare in, 368–69, 402, 413
central Pacific offensive, air war in, 368–83
airfield attacks in, 388
Bat Team tactics in, 374–76
dogfights in, 371, 388
Japanese losses in, 456
Japanese night attacks in, 369–70, 381–82
U.S. night attacks in, 412
Chambers, Justice, 21, 36
Chambers, USS, 50
Chambliss, William C., 110, 111
Chamorros, 511, 517, 521
Charan Kanoa, 465, 468
Cheetah Shoals, 23
CHERRY BLOSSOM, Operation, 236
Chevalier, USS, 234–35
Chiang Kai-Shek, xxii, 437
Chicago, USS, 36, 43, 45–46, 53, 57, 60, 183
Chichi Jima, 440, 449, 463, 464
Chikuma, 69, 78, 150
Childs, Marquis, 87
China:
basing of B-29s in, 437–38
in war with Japan, 437
China Air Fleet, 447
China Incident (1937), 429
Chinese air force, Japanese superiority over, xxii
Chitose, 69, 453
chivalry, modern warfare and, 204
Chiyoda, 257–58, 491
Choiseul Island, 42
Chokai, 41, 42, 45, 46, 48
Christie, Ralph, 278
as Southwest Pacific Area submarine commander, 280
torpedo performance defended by, 280–81
Chuo Koran, 528–29
Churchill, Winston, 9, 94, 128n, 308, 311, 390
map room of, 93
TORCH proposed by, 97
and U.S. pressure for invasion of France, 95, 96
CINCPAC, 297–98, 477
CINCPAC Hill, 519–20
Civilian Conservation Corps, 88
Clark, Joseph J. “Jocko,” 327, 368, 370, 371, 382, 388, 463, 472–73, 474, 477
Cherokee ancestry of, 326
competitiveness of, 329
conservative deployment of carrier criticized by, 373
and Japanese Kwajalein counterattack, 379–80
in Kwajalein raid, 377
in Operation TORCH, 327–28
personality and appearance of, 326–27
Pownall and, 341
and Pownall’s refusal to order second strike in Kwajalein, 379, 381, 382–83
in race to beat Essex to Pearl Harbor, 328–29
SB2Cs rejected by, 331–32
as stern taskmaster, 326–27, 330–31
as Yorktown (CV-10) commander, 328–29
as “Young Turk,” 326
Clarke, Charles P., 44
Clemens, Martin, 141, 156
as Guadalcanal district officer, xxiv–xxviii
in Guadalcanal campaign, 66–67, 71, 72, 73, 107, 140
in move to Palapao, xxviii
in move to Vungana, xxix–xxx
native constabulary of, xxviii, xxix, 72, 74
coastwatching service, xxiv–xxv, xxvi, xxvii, 37–38, 66, 99–100, 157
Cogswell, USS, 253
Colorado, USS, 301, 343
Columbia University, xv
Combat Information Centers (CICs), 233, 369, 371, 387, 480–82
Combat Intelligence Unit (“Station Hypo”), 203
Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCOS), 232, 235, 307, 309, 312, 437, 438
Combined Fleet, Japanese, 9, 68, 82, 105, 118, 122, 147, 201, 202, 224, 368, 403, 404, 416, 418, 446, 454, 531
restructuring of, 447
COMSOPAC staff:
esprit de corps of, 198–99
in move to Noumea quarters, 199–200
Conger, Jack, 101
Congress, U.S., partisanship in, 87–88
Conolly, Richard L., 390, 391–92, 458, 511
Cooke, Charles M., Jr. “Savvy,” 325
Cooperman, Al, 380
Coral Sea, xvii, xxix, 13, 23
Coral Sea, Battle of, xxvi–xxvii, 7, 59, 79, 83, 102, 124, 154, 186, 220, 301
Corlett, Charles H., 396
Corregidor Island, Philippines, xxi
MacArthur’s escape from, 216–17
Cowpens, USS, 368, 405, 411, 495
Creehan, E. P., 153
Creswell, L. B., 73
Crevalle, USS, 453
Crommelin, Charlie, 370
Crossing the Line (Kernan), 374
Crowe, Henry P., 355, 358
Cruiser Division 6, Japanese, 41
Cruiser Division 8, Japanese, 154
Crutchley, Victor A. C., 20, 42, 455
Cruz Point, Guadalcanal, 190
CUB-1 (navy construction team), 71–72, 103
Curtin, John, 216
Curtiss, Glenn, 323
Curtiss, USS, 148
Cushing, USS, 163
Daijo Zen, 538
Daimler-Benz, 427
Dale, USS, 14, 110
Daly, Joseph R., 32
Dashiell, USS, 344
Davis, Arthur C., 79, 107–8
Davis, Bill, 296, 303–4
Dealey, Samuel D., 453
defense industry:
African Americans in, 247–48
in Hawaii, 295–96
in San Francisco, 246–49
unions in, 249
women in, 248
de Gaulle, Charles, 200
Democrats, 88
Depression, Great, 85–86
Destroyer Division 45, 236
Dewey, 22
DeWitt, John L., 444
Dickson, Donald, 26, 35
Diller, LeGrande “Pick,” 219
Dirty Tricks Department, 232, 235
Doak, Ralph, 354
Dodson, Ken, 396–97
Dolphin, 92
Domei News Service, 536–37
Doolittle, James H., 7
Doolittle Raid, 7
Dower, John, 507
Duncan, Donald, 300–301, 302, 329
Duncan, USS, 135
Dutch East Indies, xxiii, 441
oil fields of, 449
dysentary, 64
East Brother Island Station, 252
Eastern Solomons, Battle of the, 77–82, 80
East Indies, 255, 418
Edson, Merritt, 104, 106, 156, 359
Efate, 11, 13, 14, 15, 60, 70, 132
Eichelberger, Robert L., 220
Eighteenth Army, Japanese, 224
Eighth Area Army, Japanese, 179, 224
Eighth Base Force, Japanese, 40
Eighth Fleet, Japanese, 29, 40–41, 67, 105, 189
in Battle of Savo Island, 43–51
8th Infantry Brigade Group (New Zealand), 236
8th Marine Regiment, 352, 354
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 10
elections, U.S., of 1942, 86–87, 97, 146
Eleventh Air Fleet, Japanese, 105, 122, 189
ELKTON offensive, see New Georgia campaign
Ellice Islands, 333, 389
U.S. invasion of, 315
Elliott, USS, 51
Emirau Island, U.S. landings on, 242
Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, 235, 340
Engebi Island, 399, 400
English, Robert Henry, 255, 257, 260, 278, 280
Eniwetok, Battle of, 3
89–90, 400, 441
captured Japanese documents in planning of, 399–400
Eniwetok Atoll, 398–99, 418, 460
Japanese forces on, 399
Eniwetok Expeditionary Group (Task Group 51.11), 399
Enterprise, USS, 7, 17, 20, 21, 33, 59, 76, 77–80, 83, 107, 127, 146, 149–50, 151, 154, 166, 167, 168, 186, 193, 194, 340, 373, 374, 376, 404, 405, 407, 484, 493, 495
in Battle of Eastern Solomons, 79–83
in Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, 149–52, 160
casualties on, 83–84
Escort Carrier Group, 364
Espiritu Santo, 13, 43, 62, 70, 76, 83, 102, 108, 125, 132, 142, 167, 172, 191, 193
primitive conditions at, 129
Seabees on, 14–15
Essex, USS, 300, 381, 388, 404, 405, 412, 428
Everton, Loren D. “Doc,” 70, 73
Ewa Field, 70
F4F Wildcats, 32, 79, 303
in dog fights with Zeros, 31–34, 100–101
F6F Hellcats, 302–4
“face”, loss of, in Japanese Navy, 447
Fahey, James J., 194, 211, 212, 236–37, 480, 501, 509
Farragut, David, 145
Fast Carrier Force, see Task Force 58
Felt, Harry D., 76–78
Fife, James, Jr., 264, 265, 271, 278
5th Marine Regiment, 34–35, 73, 156
5th Naval Construction Brigade, 517
Fifth Air Attack Force, Japanese, 67
Fifth Air Force, U.S., 223, 224, 236, 238, 420, 438
“skip-bombing” technique of, 224–25
Fifth Amphibious Corps (VAC), 317, 321, 434, 458, 459, 468
H. Smith as commander of, 317
Fifth Amphibious Force, 333
Fifth Fleet, U.S., 237, 242, 313, 315, 316, 339, 373, 384, 386, 402, 419, 436, 438, 449, 453, 456, 531
amphibious fleet of, 317
Spruance appointed commander of, 315, 325
Fifty-First Division, Japanese, 179
Fiji Archipelago, 11, 20, 21, 125, 190
Finschafen, New Guinea, 239
fire control systems, 49, 153, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 186
1st Marine Division, 12, 15–16
in assault on Cape Gloucester, 240
in evacuation from Guadalcanal, 209
in Guadalcanal campaign, see Guadalcanal campaign
in Marshall Islands campaign, 313
in Melbourne, 209–10, 212
Tulagi landing of, 26, 29
1st Marine Engineer Battalion, 69
1st Marine Raider Battalion, 21, 104, 106
1st Provisional Marine Brigade, 512
First Air Fleet, Japanese, 449, 452, 463
First Battleship Division, Japanese, 450, 473
First Marine Amphibious Corps, 236
First Mobile Fleet, Japanese, 447, 461–62, 469–72, 473, 497, 530, 531
in A-Go battle plan, 449
crude oil employed as fuel for, 451
fuel shortages of, 448
inexperience of pilots in, 447–48
submarine threat and, 448
U.S. submarine tracking of, 453
Fitch, Aubrey “Jake,” 129, 158
Flatley, Jimmy, 167, 330
Fleet Radio Unit Pacific (FRUPAC), 284
Fletcher, Frank Jack, 108, 220
and Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 77–79, 83
in Guadalcanal campaign, 20, 22, 23, 30–31, 34, 37, 43, 51, 57–58, 60, 61–62
and KA-Go counteroffensive, 75–76
in Solomons offensive, 107–8
Fletcher, USS, 161
FLINTLOCK, Operation, see Kwajalein, Battle of
Flying Fish, USS, 253, 471
Fomalhaut, USS, 61
FORAGER, Operation, see Marianas campaign
Forrestal, James V., 325, 398, 436
Forty-Seventh Independent, 459
Forty-Third Division, 459, 460
Foss, Joe, 100, 137
442nd Regimental Combat Team, 295
475th Fighter Group, 223
4th Marine Division, 457, 468, 498–99, 510, 512–13
in Kwajalein battle, 390, 391–95
Fourth Infantry Regiment, Japanese, 156
Fox, Clifford, 102
France, Vichy regime in, 200
France, Finley, Jr., 380
Franks, USS, 364
Fraser, Peter, 197
Fraser, Thomas E., 169
Free French, 200
Freemantle, 255
Fujita, Iyozo, 157, 425
Fukudome, Shigeru, 405, 446
Fulton, USS, 265
Funafuti atoll, 333, 342, 370
Furlong, William R., 292
Furutaka, 41, 46
Galvan, David, 71, 106
GALVANIC, Operation, 315, 317, 320, 325, 333, 345, 364, 367, 499
carrier operations in, 340–42
chain of command in, 318–19
Ellice Islands landings in, 315
Funafuti atoll as forward base for, 333
interservice rivalries in, 362, 434
land-based air support for, 333
logistics of, 332–33
Nauru landings in, 315
Nimitz and, 325
Spruance and, 325
Towers and, 325
Turner and, 325
see also Tarawa, Battle of
Gard, Ray, 339
Garrett, Vern, 355
Gavutu Island, xxiii, 25, 75
Japanese resistance on, 36–37
Geiger, Roy, 103, 106, 130, 136, 138, 458, 497–98, 511, 513
in Guadalcanal campaign, 140
George, Flavius J., 161, 163
George III, King of England, 253
George F. Elliott, USS, 39, 45
Germany, Nazi, xiii, 94
air campaign against, 128
eastern front and, 11, 94, 96, 308–9, 530
Getting, Frank, 45
Gettysburg, Battle of, 366
Ghormley, Robert L., 12, 15, 16–17, 20, 56, 198, 199, 514
appointed COMSOPAC, 12
deteriorating health of, 125, 143
FDR and, 143
and Guadalcanal campaign, 18, 22, 43, 57, 58, 60, 62, 83, 109, 123, 125–26, 134, 142
KA-Go counteroffensive and, 75
relieved of command, 143–44
in Solomons offensive, 107
Gilbert Islands, 13, 237, 319, 333, 419
aerial and submarine reconnaissance of, 321–22
lack of accurate charts for, 321
U.S. airfields in, 389
U.S. invasion of, 314–15, 342
Ginder, Samuel P., 399
Gizo Harbor, 105
Goettge, Frank, 65–66
Goto, Aritomo, 135
Great Britain:
buildup of U.S. forces in, 95, 96
Germany-first strategy of, 306, 308, 310–11
Mediterranean operation advocated by, 309, 311
Great Depression, 85–86
Green Islands, U.S. landing on, 240, 242
Greenman, Captain, 51–52
Greenman, William G., 47
Grider, George W., 257, 258, 259, 260, 262, 265, 267, 268, 272, 273
Grumman Corporation, 304
Guadalcanal, Naval Battle of, 174
Japanese defeat in, 174
Phase One of, 162–66, 164
Phase Two of, 168–73, 171
Guadalcanal campaign, xxxi, 16, 17–18, 27, 58, 95, 97, 123, 130–31, 142, 257, 317, 318, 416, 417, 458, 501, 514–15
aerial reconnaissance for, 19
aftermath of, 189–90
army reinforcements as lacking in, 131–32, 159
chain of command in, 20, 60
coastwatchers and, 99–100
as decisive conflict in Pacific War, 120
deteriorating Japanese morale in, 175
disease and, 64, 131, 175
“Dugout Sunday” (October 25) in, 156
Edson’s Ridge (Bloody Ridge) i
n, 104, 106, 121, 130
1st Marine Division evacuated from, 209
first Japanese counterstrike against, see Savo Island, Battle of
food supplies in, 61, 99, 132
Halsey’s appointment as morale booster in, 145
Hirohito and, 122
inadequacy of maps for, 18–19
intelligence on Japanese troops as lacking in, 65–66
Japanese airstrikes in, 30–34, 38–39
Japanese bombing and strafing in, 62–63, 65, 156
Japanese caught by surprise by, 29
Japanese contemplation of withdrawal from, 179–80
Japanese estimates of U.S. troop strength in, 121–22
Japanese evacuation (Operation KE) in, 183–85
Japanese food shortages in, 125, 174–76, 178
Japanese mortality in, 175–76
Japanese naval bombardments in, 63, 102
Japanese reinforcements in, 63, 72, 105, 133, 141, 147, 155, 156, 167–68, 174, 176
Japanese strategic and tactical blunders in, 188–89
Japanese supply problems in, 121, 155, 174–77, 183
Japanese troop strength in, 174, 176
Japanese underestimation of Marine troop strength in, 68, 155
Japanese vs. U.S. troop losses in, 187
King’s deadline for, 12, 15, 19, 20, 21
Koro rehearsal in, 21–22, 26
landing of munitions and supplies in, 39–40, 53–54
McCain and, 124–25
morale issues in, 62, 63–64, 65, 71, 131–32, 141–42
mutilation of Japanese dead in, 196
naval losses in, 186
“The Night” (October 13–14) in, 137–41
164th Infantry in, 134
press coverage of, 97–98
reinforcements for, 107
Seabees in, 70, 103, 135, 190
2nd Marine Division in, 53
submarines and, 261, 262, 263
Task Force 16 in, 33
Task Force 61 in, 20, 23–24, 37, 43, 51
Task Force 62 in, 20–21, 23–24, 43, 52–53
Task Group 62.6 in, 20, 42–43
Tenaru River battle in, 73–76, 121
Tulagi landings in, 26, 29, 35–36
25th Infantry Division in, 183
Ugaki’s strategy for, 120–21
unburied Japanese dead in, 130, 131, 184, 189–90
U.S. landings in, 26–28, 34–35, 102, 120
U.S. naval barrage in, 29, 35–36, 155
U.S. perimeter in, 64–65, 72, 104, 130, 147
U.S. supply operations in, 19, 60–61, 83, 107, 125–26, 132–33, 160–61, 175
Guadalcanal campaign, air war in, 22, 31–34, 37, 38–39, 43, 53, 59, 98–104, 160–61, 304
aircraft losses in, 186
air search radar in, 100
aviator losses in, 186–87
Cactus Air Force in, see Cactus Air Force
dogfights in, 100–101
fighter losses in, 34, 58, 59
inexperience of Japanese pilots in, 156–57
Japanese losses in, 157–58
Marine Aircraft Group 21 in, 61