Note: (SI) after individuals’ names indicates Solomon Islander
Acorn (Red) One, 278
Adams, Harry M., 231, 238, 246-48, 253-55, 271, 299, 305
Allied Intelligence Bureau (AIB), 10, 16
Alligator Creek, 206
Amerine, Richard, 223
Andresen, A. M. “Andy,” 4, 19–20, 48, 90, 95, 215, 274, 291
Anea (SI), 45, 144, 177, 179–80, 196
Aola, 7, 16, 23–24, 31, 38–39, 42, 48, 61, 63, 66, 72–73, 76–78, 81–83, 86, 89, 96, 98, 100–103, 105, 108–10, 115, 119, 121–22, 125, 127, 129–35, 140, 144, 148, 151, 157, 165, 171–72, 177–78, 180–81, 183–84, 192, 231, 238–39, 242–43, 246–47, 249, 252–54, 260, 265, 267, 269, 271–72, 274–76, 278–83, 285–89, 291, 300, 305–6; coastwatcher team at, 5; government station described, 38–39; prison and prisoners at, 45–69; Japanese prisoners at, 181; garrison, 71; evacuation of, 109–10, 112, 114, 119, 121; security patrol at, 278–80, 288
Aola River, 247
Army units: XIV Corps, 24–25, 309; Americal Division, 293; 25th Division, 45; 1st Battalion, 147th Infantry, 278
Arthur, John M., 237
Aruligo, 86
Atlanta, 288
Aubin, Jean Marie, 47, 49, 78, 82, 85, 146, 231, 239–42
Auckland, New Zealand, 14
Auki, 40, 59, 63, 66, 80, 108, 111–12
Australia, 191
Avu Avu mission, 49, 73, 116, 169, 180, 281, 305
Baddeley, Walter H., 59, 73, 230
Bambatana, 159
Bamboo Creek, 198
Banco, 268
Banta, Sheffield, 228
Battle of Edson’s Ridge, 23, 226–30, 239. See also Raider’s Ridge
Battle of Guadalcanal, 287–89
Battle of the Matanikau, 264–67
Battle of Savo Island, 312
Battle of the Coral Sea, 8, 10, 106–9
Battle of the Tenaru, 212–14, 239, 251
Beato (SI), 43, 71, 145, 164, 175, 178, 183, 195, 211, 268–69
Bengough, C. N. F., 12, 35, 40–42, 53, 59, 82, 87, 89, 105, 107–8, 111–12, 130, 134, 232, 240, 243, 291
Berande, 48, 58, 67, 71, 73–76, 80, 82, 84, 86, 89–90, 95, 102, 138, 151, 156–57, 160–61, 164, 178, 181, 183
Berande Plantation, 47, 60, 61
Berande River, 181–82
Bewley, Wilbur E, 210
Bili (SI), 210
Bilua, 50
Bingiti (SI), 44–45, 102, 112, 117, 123, 125, 127, 129, 131, 135, 137, 144, 150, 182, 238, 248
Binu, 309
Blaikie, Jack, 55
Blue Goose, 259
Bogese, George (SI), 66, 117, 119, 121, 124, 135, 139, 183
Bokokimbo River, 132
Bolikeli (SI), 137
Bombadeha, 215
Botu (SI), 183
Boudard, Jean, 49, 116, 180, 216, 305
Bougainville, 25, 51, 57, 74–75, 79, 104, 111–12, 191, 234, 288; airfields on, 11
Boye, Ruby Olive, 41–42
Boye, Samuel S., 42
British Colonial Service, 7
British Solomon Islands Constabulary, 12
British Solomon Islands Protectorate (BSIP), 1, 33
British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force (BSIPDF), 6–7, 43, 81, 82, 96, 258, 304
Brooke, J. I., 294
Brooksbank, Walter H., 219
Brush, Charles H., Jr., 206–9, 212, 248
Brush-Turkey, 104
Buckley, Edmund J., 22, 24, 104, 199, 200, 202, 204, 212–13, 219, 221–23, 225, 230–32, 236–37, 240, 244, 249, 256, 264, 282–84, 298, 305–6, 311
Buin, 78
Buka, airfields on, 11
Bullen, H. W., 41
Bumbugoro, 154
Bungana, 117
Burnham, 268
Burns, Philp & Company (South Sea) Ltd., 4, 34, 47, 55, 58, 148
Buru (SI), 45
Callaghan, Daniel G., 288
Campbell, F. M., 48, 89–92, 95, 141, 164, 169, 182, 186, 195, 214–15, 274, 291, 305
Canberra, 191
Cape Beaufort, 47
Cape Esperance, 36, 47, 80, 84, 151, 156–57, 194, 223, 233–34, 286, 290; described, 36–39; Japanese post at, 157
Cape Henslow, 111
Carl, Marion, 231; awarded Navy Cross, 239
Carlson, Evans F., 24, 242, 265, 277–79, 282, 291, 293
Cates, Clifton B., 199, 208, 210–11, 243; awarded Navy Cross, 239
Chaku (SI), 44, 177, 179, 196, 260, 264–65, 299–300
Chaparuka (SI), 43, 46, 71, 85, 177, 197
Chimi (SI), 43, 71, 138, 140–41, 143, 145–46
Choiseul, 33
Christine, 129
Coastwatchers, 3, 12, 14, 19, 41, 104, 114, 221. See also Ferdinand
Coffman, Raymond P., 297
Colhoun, 219
Combined Chiefs of Staffs, 9
Commander, South Pacific Area and Forces (ComSoPac), 9, 13. See also Ghormley; Halsey
Corry, Ralph, 18
Cram, Jack, 259
Cresswell, Lenard B., 207, 211
Crutchley, Victor A. C., 15, 17
Custer, Stephen A., 18
Davis, Leonard M., 107
de Klerk, Emery, 22, 47, 170, 241, 305
de Mendaña, Alvaro, 32–33
Deke (SI), 43, 71, 122, 124, 149, 177, 225, 243
Dende, 99
Dexter, Dwight H., 236, 244, 247, 258, 260, 297
Dickson, Donald L., 311
Dovu (SI), 44, 98, 149–51, 177, 184, 274, 305
DSIO Lunga, 19. See also Mackenzie
“Dugout Sunday,” 267
Duhamel, Arthur C., 48
Edson, Merritt A., 16, 22–28, 238; awarded Navy Cross, 239
Ekins, Terry, 102–4, 107–10, 120
Engberink, H., 48, 99, 134, 144, 146–47, 179, 192, 215
Espíritu Santo, 259
Evans, Dick, 203, 253, 255, 271, 277, 281, 283, 285, 287
Evans, Raymond J., 238, 247, 252
Fairymead Sugar Company, 51
Faisi, Shortland Islands, 33, 45, 58, 83–84, 86
Feldt, Eric A., 3, 8, 10, 14–15, 40, 64
Ferdinand, 4, 10–11, 14, 16, 19–21. See also Coastwatchers
Fighter One (airstrip), 272
Fike, Charles L., 232
1st Marine Division Association, 26
Florida Island, 33
Forster, Michael J., 41, 43, 107, 126, 130, 134, 141, 306
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones, 50
Freshwater, H. “Bilge,” 48, 90, 215, 260, 274
G. F. Jones, 50, 107, 112, 120
Gallant, T. Grady, 26
Gallipoli, 298
Gannon, James J., 227
Garokiki, 300
Gavutu Island, 34, 57–59, 62, 65–66, 77, 90, 99, 104, 112, 117, 123–24, 126–28, 188–89, 195, 224; Japanese installations at, 15; Marine landing on, 16–18, 188–89; Japanese evacuation of, 57–59, 99, 112; Japanese presence at, 123–24; bombing of, 126–27; plan to evacuate, 158–59
Geiger, Roy S., 17–18, 232, 259, 269
Genung, J., 220
George Medal, 311
Ghormley, Robert L., 9, 10, 11, 13, 15. See also Commander, South Pacific Area and Forces (ComSoPac)
Gizo District, 33, 50, 57–59, 130, 134, 140
Goddard, Victor, 294
Goettge, Frank B., 13–14, 16–19; ambush of, 17–18, 200
Gold Ridge, 84, 93, 102, 104, 111, 124, 143, 158–59, 164–65, 169–70, 178, 181, 184, 194, 215, 230, 241, 242–43, 260, 274, 281, 300; looting at, 186; retreat from, 170
Gombia, 114
Gorabusu, 237–38, 242–43, 247, 249, 253–54, 260, 265, 299–300; Japanese presence at, 237–38; attack on, 246–51
Gorabusu River, 250
“Grassy Knoll,” 16
Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, 2
Gregory, 222
Griffith, Samuel B., II, 224
Guadalcanal Solomon Islands War Memorial Trust, 26
Guadalcanal, census of, 16; description of, 36–39; Japanese build-up on, 243; Japanese order to inhabitants of, 172; Marine landing on, 15–16; Clemens’s comments on landing, 188–95
Guinair, 51
Gumu (SI), 44, 147–48, 161, 177, 179, 211, 218, 248
Halsey, William F., 283, 294. See also Commander, South Pacific Area and Forces (ComSoPac)
Hart, Clarence E. “Clarry,” 48, 70, 75, 88, 145, 192, 216, 261, 285, 290, 298–300, 304
Hay, Kenneth Dalrymple, 4, 19, 37, 41, 47, 57, 59–60, 73–77, 80–82, 84, 86, 90, 95, 99, 102, 143, 145, 158, 160–61, 164, 169–70, 178, 182–83, 195, 215, 242, 274, 281, 291, 299–300, 309–10
Hemsworth, Geoff, 100
Henderson Field, 17, 19, 23–24, 212–13, 226, 233, 244, 255, 263, 287, 303; named, 212
Henderson, Lofton R., 212
Hill, Robert E., 248–49, 252–53, 269, 271
Hing-Li, 50, 72–73, 75, 80, 84, 87, 90, 120, 177
Hodgess, C. H. V. (Viv), 51, 72, 88, 196, 200, 207–8
Holtzman, George W., 297–98
Home Guard, 115, 123, 134; organization of, 113
Hornet, 283
Horton, Dick D. (C.), 16, 20, 31, 38–39, 42, 45, 59, 61, 63, 66–67, 72, 80, 83, 196, 219, 224–25, 234, 240–41, 258, 265
Howard, Robert, 276–78, 302, 306
Hyakutake, Harukichi, 295
Hylavo River, 194
Ilu River, 20, 39, 201. See also Tenaru River
Ini (SI), 186
Ishimoto, Terushagi, 171, 209, 212, 217–18, 220, 251, 260–61, 299
Isihanua, Bili (SI), 179
Japanese units; 17th Army, 21, 23; 35th Brigade, 23; Combined Fleet, 9; Ichiki Detachment, 23; Kawaguchi Detachment, 23; 3d Kure Special Naval Landing Force, 16
Johnstone, J. A. “Butcher,” 51, 58, 60–62, 230, 285, 290, 298, 300, 304
Jones, 103
Jones, John Paul, 235
Josselyn, Henry E., 16, 41–42, 59, 60–61, 63, 65–66, 72, 219, 224, 265
Juneau, 288
Kabini (SI), 46
Kaolo, 98
Kau Kau River, 48
Kau Kau, 88, 121, 172, 216, 298
Kauri Timber Company, 42
Keeble, Frank, 48, 70–73, 76–77, 98
Kelemedi (Fijian), 92
Kennedy, Donald G., 41–42, 65–66, 89, 101–4, 117, 140, 149, 163, 222, 234, 236, 240, 292
Kerembuta, 154
Kieta, 79
Kilua (SI), 247
Koepplinger, Gerald F., 247, 249, 266, 268, 278, 285, 287, 306
Koilo, 71, 90, 95, 129, 143, 149, 218
Koilotumuria, 249, 271, 279, 300; Japanese strength at, 24
Koimate (SI), 43, 46, 71, 125–26, 183, 187, 194–96, 260–61
Kokum, 200. See also Kookoom, Kukum
Koli Point, 12–13, 23, 39, 115, 138, 150, 192, 195, 243, 255, 274, 280, 282, 285, 293
Kolombangara, 33
Kombito plantation, 269
Kookoom, 131, 160. See also Kukum, Kokum
Kukum, 71, 139, 147, 156–58, 163, 177, 183, 185, 188, 192, 194, 206, 219, 227, 244, 247, 258. See also Kokum, Kookoom
Kuper, Geoffrey (SI), 40–42, 66, 234, 292, 306
Kurimarau, 57
Laena (SI), 45, 186, 220, 237, 252
Langabaea, Andrew (SI), 43–44, 71, 82, 86–87, 96, 98–99, 102, 105–7, 110, 114–15, 119–21, 127, 129, 131, 137, 148, 151–52, 165, 171, 178, 181, 192, 220, 224, 247, 254, 269–71, 276, 280, 284, 288, 305
Lardner, 262
Leauli, Eroni (SI), 44, 66, 90, 102, 111, 119, 121, 133–34, 163, 186, 231, 238–39, 253, 255, 271, 305
Leong (Chinese colonist), 98
Lever Brothers, 4, 8, 16, 20, 34, 39, 51, 86, 201, 287
Lexington, 8
Little, 222
Liversedge, Harry B., 25
Londoviko (SI), 43, 71, 177–78, 180, 184, 186
Long, Rupert B. M., 3
Love, Joe (SI), 177
Lukin, Harry, 56
Lunga plain, 12, 19; Japanese strength at, 14; Japanese enclave at, 24; Japanese installations at, 15
Lunga plantation, 15, 39, 77, 126, 138–40, 144–47, 149, 156, 158, 163–64, 167–69, 177, 180, 185–98, 201, 218–19, 240, 247, 251–53, 255, 258, 269–72, 277–84, 286–89, 292, 299, 306; Japanese forces at, 149–258; Japanese airfield at, 167, 169; assault at, 188–98; description of, 201; naval battle off, 287–89
Lunga Point, 167, 284, 287; bombing raids at, 284; battle at, 287
Lunga River, 4, 11, 16–18, 20, 39, 199, 202, 220, 227, 242, 261, 266, 293; area described, 39
Luvena (SI), 70, 138, 178, 183
Macfarlan, Donald S., 4, 7, 12, 15, 19–20, 41–43, 46, 56, 61, 63–64, 67, 73–75, 77, 80–84, 86, 89–90, 93, 98–99, 100, 102, 104, 108, 125, 127, 130, 139, 143, 147, 149–50, 156, 158–60, 163–65, 168–70, 172–73, 175, 177–78, 181–82, 184–86, 189–90, 192–93, 195, 198, 203, 207, 211, 214–15, 219, 241–43, 245, 258, 302; personality traits described, 42, 67; evacuation from Gold Ridge, 158–60, 170
Machalinski, Ray, 116
Mackenzie, Hugh, 4, 10–12, 15–16, 19–20, 41, 189, 193, 203–4, 207, 214–15, 231, 234, 240, 242, 255, 263; described, 203; function of, 221
Makambo Island, 34, 57–58, 117, 127, 156, 189
Makile, 140, 144, 147, 150, 163, 190, 209–10, 218; Japanese strength at, 210
Makina, 89, 115–16, 216, 218; mission station at, 88
Mako, 73–77
Malaita, 7, 12, 20, 33, 35, 40, 42, 50–51, 59, 61, 63, 67–68, 71, 73, 80, 87, 94–95, 103, 105, 112, 115, 120, 133–34, 139, 151, 160, 177, 180, 221–22, 230, 232, 240, 242–43, 291, 293, 298, 305, 306; radio site at, 4; people of, 71; customs of, 94
Mamara plantation, 126, 258, 262, 289–90
Mangrum, Richard C., 215, 232–33; awarded Navy Cross, 239
Marau Island, 36, 48, 77, 82, 115–16, 120, 141, 172, 177, 186, 216, 220, 231, 237–38, 252, 255, 265, 269, 271, 274, 278, 281, 285; mission at, 305
Marau Sound, 45, 51, 88, 104, 112, 156, 194, 196
Maravovo, 47, 136; mission at, 47, 85, 227
Marchant, William S., 4, 7–8, 20, 22, 41, 43, 57, 59, 63, 65–66, 221, 303
Marine Corps units and commands: 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, 17, 268, 303; 1st Marine Division, 5–6, 11, 13, 15–17, 20–22, 199, 293, 308; 1st Marines, 18, 20, 23, 199, 229, 310; 1st Marine Raider Regiment, 25; 5th Marines, 18, 22, 200, 227, 229, 266, 310–11; 7th Marines, 13, 22, 230–31, 310; 11th Marines, 22, 202, 261; 1st Battalion, 2d Marines, 16; 1st Parachute Battalion, 16, 23, 224, 226–27, 229; 1st Raider Battalion, 16, 22–23, 219, 224–35, 228–29, 232; 1st Service Battalion, 297; 2d Marine Division, 16, 24, 293; 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, 210; 2d Raider Battalion, 24, 265, 279; Marine Aircraft Group 23, 19
Marist Fathers, 37; mission, 47
Maronia plantation, 88
Marovo, 85
Marovo Lagoon, 50
Maruyama, Masao, 299
Massaro, Francis, 276, 295, 306
Matanga, 174, 178–79, 181, 190; lack of food at, 185
Matanikau River, 17–18, 32, 162, 196, 200, 204, 206, 208, 214, 223, 226, 228, 230, 232, 233, 236, 256–58, 261, 263, 264–67, 272, 282–83, 290, 293, 295; people of, 162; Matanikau line, 226, 267; deadlock at, 230; ground attack at, 266; Japanese casualties at, 267; Matanikau position taken, 272, 282–83; Japanese atrocities at, 295. See also Battle of the Matanikau
Mather, John V., 22, 24, 230, 232, 243, 257, 265, 278, 293–94
Mboli Passage, 56, 116–17, 162
McCasker, A. W., 41
McCuskey, E. Scott, 111
McDonough, P. J. (Brother Ervan), 48
McFarland, 259
McKean, William B., 14
Melanesian Mission, 37, 47, 117
Michael (SI), 153–54, 165–66, 175, 187, 197, 202, 208, 211, 247–48, 253–54, 263, 268–69, 277, 284–85, 305–6; wounded, 258
Milne, W. R, 63
Mitchell, Philip, 303–4, 306–7
Moran, Hank, 204, 207, 210–11, 213, 222, 235, 272, 295, 299
Moran, Sherwood F. “Pappy,” 22, 202
Morgan, James C. “Butch,” 213, 283
Morinda, 55–56, 64, 77, 103–5, 107, 162
Munda, 45
Murray, James C., Jr., 21, 283–84
Nagotana Island, 78, 123, 137, 149, 151
Navy Unites: Task Force 61, 15; Transport Divisions, South Pacific Force, 14; 6th Naval Construction Battalion, 263
Nees, Charles M., 261–62
Nelea (SI), 195–96
New Britain, 25, 167, 203; airfields on, 11
New Caledonia, 307
New Georgia, 25, 33, 42, 50, 71, 104, 167
New Guinea, 54, 169; civilian observers in, 3
New Hebrides, 40, 51, 65, 78–79, 104, 120, 167, 187, 259, 266, 307
New Zealand units: 3d New Zealand Division, 294; Royal New Zealand Air Force, 294
Nggela District, 33
Nggela Island, 44, 56, 99, 101, 112, 117, 119–21, 123, 125, 128–29, 135–36, 144, 182
Nicholas, 264
Nimitz, Chester W., 9, 13, 238
Ogilvie, Lawrie, 219; wounded, 258
Operation “Bunch of Nuns,” 241–42
Operation SN, 12
Operation Watchtower, 12. See also Cactus, Guadalcanal
Palmer, Claude A., 78
Paripao, 100, 109, 114, 119, 121–23, 127, 129, 131–34, 136, 140–41, 147–48, 150, 154, 157–58, 164, 166, 170, 192–94, 196–97, 220, 238, 269, 300; evacuation to, 109, 114; evacuation of, 153–55; food supply at, 122, 130
Peachey, Fred, 296–97
Peagham, 103
Pettus, Francis C., 238
Peu, 33
“Pistol Pete,” 263
Plott, Roy M., 111
Point Cruz, 32, 203, 209, 282, 285
Pollock, Edwin A., 209; awarded Navy Cross, 239
Port Purvis, 33
Pule, Daniel (SI), 44, 71, 87, 102, 109–10, 114, 119, 131, 150, 152, 156–67, 170, 172, 183, 185, 192–96, 206–7, 209, 235, 247–49, 252, 254, 260, 269–70, 283, 300, 305
Puller, Lewis B., 232, 266, 272
Rabaul, 1, 3, 135, 167, 169, 183, 213, 267, 292; objectives for, 9
Raider’s Ridge, 227, 229–30, 239
Ramada, 50, 60, 62–63, 72, 100, 104, 112, 115–16, 240–41, 285, 289
Raruru plantation, 51
Read, W. J. “Jack,”, 41, 67, 79, 191, 222, 244
Rennell Island, 40
Rere, 70, 72–74, 76–77, 87, 133–34, 172, 271
Rere Plantation, 48
Rhoades, F. Ashton “Snowy,” 5, 19, 40–41, 43, 46–47, 80–82, 84–85, 87–88, 98–99, 100, 104, 108, 123, 125, 131, 135–37, 139, 143–47, 149–51, 160, 163–64, 167–70, 177, 180, 194, 226, 230–31, 239–45; rescue of, 20
Ringer, Wilfred, 18
Roosevelt, James, 24
Rosecrans, Harold E., 16
Roviana, 71
Rowley, Frederick, 47, 230, 242
Ruavatu, 48, 86, 95, 99, 131, 134, 136, 150, 215, 218–20, 230, 249, 251, 261; mission station at, 86, 170; murder of missionaries at, 251–52
Russell Islands, 45, 72, 81, 241, 258, 265, 288–89, 291
Russell, Don, 99
Sam Dak, 97
Samaria, 26
Sampas, Michael, 303
San Cristobal, 7, 33, 45, 48, 54, 57, 61, 67, 83, 87, 90, 95, 97, 99, 105, 107, 110, 120, 126, 130, 139, 141, 285, 291, 305–6
San Juan, 272
Santa Catalina, 33
Santa Cruz District/Island, 13, 33, 283
Santa Isabel, 33
Sasambule, Peter (SI), 240, 242
Savo Island, 4–5, 19, 47, 66, 78, 117, 124, 128, 131, 135, 139, 156, 168, 190–91, 222, 257, 288; night action off, 17; Japanese propaganda on, 139. See also Battle of Savo Island
Schroeder, Leif, 4–5, 19, 41, 78, 116, 123, 137, 139, 150, 239–42, 245; rescue of, 20
Scott, Norman, 288
Sebree, Edmund B., 293
Sekowski, Stephen J., 270–72, 274
Sepo (SI), 243
Seton, C. W., 41
Seveni, 114
Seventh-Day Adventists, 37; mission of, 50
Shearwin, Victor, 55
Shoho, 8
Shortland Islands, 33, 51, 57, 59, 83, 99
Sister Edmée, 25, 48, 281–82, 291, 305
Sister Sylvia, 48
Sister Odilia, 48
Smith, John L., awarded Navy Cross, 239
Snedeker, Edward W., 13, 22, 289
Snow, Charles Percy, 7
Solomon Islands, civilian observers in, 3; defense of, 2–3
Soule, Karl, 203
South Dakota, 292
South Pacific Scouts, 25. See also Special Service (Commando) Battalion
South Seas Resource Area, 2
Special Service (Commando) Battalion, BSIPDF, 25. See also South Pacific Scouts
Stackpool, F. T., 99
Stafford, Richard T., 249–50, 252
Stevens, Ephrem (Brother Ephrem), 48
Stibbard, Reverend Leslie, 47, 85, 227, 230
Stimpel, Vernon C., 247
“Stovepipe Charley,” 263
Subaliligi (SI), 45
Suinao (Clemens’s dog), 67, 153, 166, 174–75, 179, 202, 236, 257, 305
Suta, 164, 173, 175, 178, 182, 214
Suta River, 164
Sutakama River, 159
Sutakiki, 195
Suva, Fiji, 33
Tabasui (SI), 45, 72, 164, 182, 234, 243, 265, 309
Tagathagoe (SI), 129
Taivu Point, 23, 48, 151, 154, 157, 162, 164, 192–94, 212, 237, 249; bombing of, 193; Japanese presence at, 237
Talaura, 151
Talisi Bay, 157, 164, 169, 173, 177–78, 182
Tanambogo Island, 31, 61–62, 67–68, 73–74, 76–78, 86, 90, 93, 104, 117, 127–29, 137, 189, 224; bombing of, 76–78, 99–103, 127–29
Tanebuti, 114
Tanekea, 197
Tangarare, 170, 239, 241, 305; mission station at, 47, 231
Taroaniara, 117
Tasimboko, 48, 70, 72, 115, 125, 138, 140, 150, 162, 178, 183–85, 189, 219, 221, 225–26, 229, 235, 251, 265, 270; Japanese assault force at, 23; Japanese strength at, 225–26, 229
Tassafaronga, 219, 258, 262, 286, 289–90; Japanese transports at, 289–90
Teatupa, 197
Tenaru front, Japanese strength at, 210
Tenaru plantation, 201
Tenaru River, 20, 23, 39, 206, 208, 218, 229, 251, 261, 265–66, 293, 300; Japanese attack at, 229. See also Ilu River, Battle of the Tenaru
Thomas, Gerald C., 5, 13–14, 22–24, 225, 236, 246, 267, 274, 281, 283, 285
Thrift, Richard L, (Brother James), 48–49, 88, 115–16, 216, 305
Tim, Yip, 120
Timboe, Arthur C., 272–73
“Tojo Ice Factory,” 296
Tome (SI), 240
Townsville, Australia, 8, 10, 11, 14, 64
Train, Gordon, 204
Trench, David, 22, 258, 262, 266, 273–74, 302, 305
Tuaveku (SI), 46
Tulagi, 50–51
Tulagi Harbor, 93, 103, 107, 127, 137, 156; attack on, 116
Tulagi (island), 10, 13–14, 22, 33–34, 40, 42–44, 47, 54–56, 58–59, 62–64, 66, 70, 72–73, 80, 83–84, 90, 95, 104, 106, 108–10, 114, 116–17, 122, 124, 126–27, 129, 131, 135–37, 139, 144, 149, 151, 154, 158, 162–63,166–67, 183, 188–92, 204, 206, 219, 224–25, 237, 242, 245, 248, 259, 260, 271, 285, 288, 290, 292; Allied bombing of, 4, 7–8, 106–7, 126–27, 135, 137, description of, 34–35; Japanese installations at, 15, 124; landing on, 15, 16; plans for recapture of, 11; port of, 4; prison at, 45; prisoners from, 17; food shortage on, 131; refugees from, 90; Japanese bombardment of, 90; Marine invasion of 188–89
“Tulagiradio,” 40
Turnbull, Anne, 25
Turner, Richmond Kelly, 11, 15–16, 24, 269
Twining, Merrill B., 14, 15, 22–24, 225, 236, 259, 311–12
Vakalea (SI), 122, 134–36, 192
Vandegrift, Alexander Archer, 13–21, 24, 199, 206, 225, 228, 236, 239, 242, 269, 283, 294–95, 303–4
Vella Lavella, 33
Vila, 11–12, 15–16, 40, 64–66, 167, 230, 307; as a reporting site, 4
Vioru, 180, 194, 261, 265, 290, 299
Visale Island, 72, 82–85, 114, 135–36, 143–44, 178, 194, 231; mission station at, 47; Japanese occupation of, 231
Volonavua, 12, 115, 197–98, 206, 209, 272
Vouza, Jacob Charles, 12–13, 18–20, 23–24, 111–12, 115, 138, 139, 150, 152, 178, 192, 195, 197, 206, 211–12, 214, 221–22, 225, 265, 305; capture of, 209–10; awarded Legion of Merit, 30; knighted, 26
Vungana, 154, 158, 165–66, 168–69, 177, 179–85, 188–89; move to, 153–56; conditions at, 155–57; inaccesiblity of, 176; return to, 178; provision problems at, 164, 181; departure from, 196
Vura (SI), 44, 206, 214, 225, 243
Waddell, A. N. A., 41, 57, 196
Warden, William H., 241
“Washing Machine Charlie,” 222, 234, 301
Waterman, Hawley C., 297
Webster, Jack, 78–79
Wendling, Ralph E. “Wimpy,” 235, 247–48, 255, 257, 262–63, 266, 268, 271–72, 278–81, 295, 306
Whaling, William J., 22
“Whaling Group,” 22
Wheatley, Hugh, 42
Whitehead, Jim, 203
Wickham, H., 41
Widdy, Charles V., 16, 18, 20, 22, 58, 195–96, 198–99, 284, 290, 295
Williams, Robert H., 16
Wilmot, Billy, 89, 91–92, 94–96, 98, 111, 198
Wilson, C. E. J., 41
Wolf, Freddy (Big Bad), 302
Woodford, Charles, 93–94
Yandina, 72
Ysabel, 33, 65, 66, 89, 102, 139, 163, 167, 241, 292, 306
Yuama (Japanese), 151