Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations
Aaron Ward, USS, 289
Abemama, 38
Abotellio, Al, 448
Admiral Ford, 111-12
Admiralty Islands, 174-75, 420, 437-39, 440
Agcaouili, Felix, 375-76
aircraft carriers, 280-81
flight training for, 339-41
stories of duty on, 161-65, 321-23
as target of early Japanese attacks, 17, 18, 19-20
see also specific carriers
Air Medal, 72
Akamatsu, Yuji, 495
Albritton, Carl, 134-37
Alcorn (Marine), 424-25
Aldrich, Del, 52-54
Aleutian Islands, 38, 284, 302
Alexander MacKenzie, 367, 368, 369, 372
American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, 100
American Samoa, 20, 54, 127, 128, 183-84, 199, 319-20, 377-80, 401
Ames, Iowa, machinist school at, 231-32
amphibious tracked vehicles (amtracs), 22, 23
story of duty with battalion of, 450-54
Anderson, John, 44
Angaur, Palau Islands, 254, 255, 389
Anthony, Ray, 361
Antietam, USS, 341
Apia, British Samoa, 127-28, 380
Appalachian, USS, 202
Argonne, USS, 401
Arizona, USS, 28-29, 30, 39-44, 47, 57, 68, 77, 168-70, 318, 321, 399, 496, 500
Whale Boat team of, 39, 39-40, 43, 44
USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, 47, 51, 72, 172, 264, 495, 496
Army Corps of Engineers, 365-76, 497
Astoria, USS, 285, 298, 299, 300
Atlanta, USS, 289
atom bomb, 27, 107-8, 110-11, 175, 197, 207-8, 240, 241, 264, 312, 341, 389, 412, 414, 433-34, 441, 481, 482-83, 486, 490, 491, 500
atrocities, 18, 181-82, 199, 207, 396
Australia, 17-18, 20, 21, 133, 173-74, 219, 253, 256, 262, 269, 295-98, 328, 333-334. 347- 355- 433, 497
Australia, HMS, 294
B-25 bombers, 18-19, 122, 247, 247-52, 249
in Doolittle Raid, 19, 114-15, 116-23, 117, 407, 409-10
B-29 bombers, 24, 25, 27, 205, 265-67, 270-71, 329, 404-5, 447-48, 498
Baker, Commodore, 398
Balikpapan, Borneo, 254
Ballenger, Jack, 465
banzai attacks, 20, 175, 437, 442
Bartlett, David, 39
Barton, USS, 289
Basilan, Philippines, 235
Bataan Death March, 18, 90, 92, 97, 102-4, 498
Bataan Peninsula, Philippines, 18, 91-92, 97, 102, 104, 113
battleships:
stories of duty on, 31-51
see also specific battleships
Becton, Commander, 470
Beddall, John, 246, 247, 247-52, 496
Belleau Wood, USS, 162
Bellows Field, Hawaii, 62
Beru (now Kiribati), 392-93, 498
see also Tarawa
Betio Island, 14-15, 22, 184, 189, 498-99, 500
Biak Island, 254
Bilibid Prison, Manila, 100, 105
Bismarck Sea, Battle of, 38
Black Dragon Society, 177
Blackhawk, USS, 296
black troops, 434
Bloody Ridge, Guadalcanal, 124-25
Boardman, Eugene, 187
Bogart, Humphrey, 284
Bond, Burnis, 39
Bong, Major, 262
Bora Bora, 20, 78, 285, 304, 552-53, 355-58, 359, 359, 497
Bougainville, 21, 220, 422-23, 428
Bowfin, USS, 499
Bowman, Charles, 146
Bowman, David, 138, 138-53, 149, 499
Brandemhil, Frank, 421
Brewer, Captain, 132
Brickley, Eugene, 39
Briner, Dave, 44
Brisbane, Australia, 333, 334, 347
British Samoa, 54, 127-28, 380
Bruer, John, 90, 101-13, 498, 500
Bryant, Lieutenant, 247
Buckman, Paul, 36-37
Buckner Bay Okinawa, 313-16
Bunkley Captain, 398
Burgess, Fred, 470
Bush, George (elder), 86
Cabanatuan prison camp, Philippines, 100, 105-6
Cabiness (Marine), 44
Cabras Island, 424
Caine Mutiny, The (Wouk), 296
Callaghan, D. J., 289
Camp John Hay, Baguio, Philippines, 96
Camp O'Donnell, Philippines, 92
Camp Pendleton, Calif, 202, 207
Camp Savage, Minn., 209
Camp Seventeen, Amuta, Japan, 106-9
Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 21
Caroline Islands, 325
Cary Otis, 192
Cascade, USS, 367
Cassin, USS, 308-11
casualties, 156-77
among comrades, dealing with, 220, 322, 437, 455-56, 467, 470-71, 476-77
buried at sea, 295
chaplains and, 147
identification of bodies, 168-70
Japanese, American POWS forced to care for, 99
Japanese, burying of, 160
mental breakdowns, 137, 142-44, 151-52, 275, 276, 328-29, 432-33
Purple Heart and, 137, 176, 238, 314, 428
sent back into combat, 142-43, 426
shrapnel wounds and, 135-36
stories of servicemen hit, 148-52, 344-45, 425-28, 441, 450-51, 453
telegrams and, 137, 176, 466-67
see also medics and corpsmen; specific engagements
Cates, Clifton, 206
Chamorros, 24, 193, 330, 397-403
chaplains, 147-48
Chester, USS, 310-11
Chiang-kai Shek, Madame, 122
Chicago, USS, 293-301
B-25 missions in, 18-19, 116, 119, 121-22
Japanese invasion of, 181-82, 199-200, 207, 397, 409, 412-13, 457
USMC occupation of, 207
China Sea, story of submarine patrol in, 348-51
"chopping block, " 107
Chungking, China, 121-22
Cifra, Brigidio, 376
CINCPAC (Commander in Chief, Pacific), 74-77, 189
"Cinderella Liberty, " 32
Clark, J. J. (Jocko), 165
Clark Field, Philippines, 102, 111, 255, 433, 485
Clarkson, Major General, 212
Cloer, Calvin, 475
Coast Guard, 324-30
code breaking, 19-20, 189, 202, 219, 427
Colley Captain, 251
Columbia, USS, 316
"comfort women, " 204
Commemorative Air Force, 252
Cook, Clarence, 317-20
Cook, Doc, 61
Cope, Bill and Ruth, 66, 66-72, 497
coral airstrips, 244-45, 386-87, 387, 497
Coral Sea, Battle of, 294-95
Corpus Christi, Tex., flight training at, 339-40
Corregidor Island, Philippines, 95-100, 103-4, 258, 372, 498
Malinta Tunnel on, 88-89, 97-99, 104, 105, 498
peacetime duty on, 95-96
siege and fall of, 18, 21, 88-89, 97-100, 104-5
Corsair fighters, 340, 341, 387, 388
Crane, USS, 45
Crawford (Marine), 44
Crescent City, USS, 128
Cristobal, Jorge, 397-403, 495-96
Crommelin (pilot), 158
Crosby, Bing, 284
Crow, Howard, 37
cruisers, story of duty on, 293-301
Csizmadia, Joe, 247
Curtis, USS, 53
Cushing, USS, 289
Damage-control teams, 161-65
Dan C. Kingman, 365, 369-74, 375
Davis, Wylie, 293-302
Dean, Hoadley 485-87
DeBolt, Mike, 335-38
Decker, Bill, 192
Delewski, Larry, 470, 472-78, 499
destroyers:
Japanese, PT boats and, 220, 223, 224
stories of duty on, 52-54, 284-92, 307-12, 462-81
see also specific destroyers
"Dilbert Dunker, " 273
Distinguished Flying Cross, 72
Distinguished Service Cross, 165
dogs, war, 423-24
Doolittle, Jimmy, 19, 114-15, 121, 122, 407, 409-10
Doolittle Raid, 19, 114-15, 116-23, 117, 311, 407, 409-10
Dorsey Leo, 339-41
Downes, USS, 311
Downs, Pete, 247
Drayton, USS, 290
Dreesbach, Herbert, 39
Dunnam, Robert, 39
Durbin, Deanna, 130
Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), 17, 18, 262, 479
Eighth Air Force, 266
elephantiasis, 380
Ellet, USS, 311-12
Ellice Islands, 367-69
Engelken, Ben, 46
Eniwetok, 157, 291, 309, 310, 313, 317
Epstein, Lyle, 333
equator, Neptune Parties and, 234, 319, 332-33, 430
Erskine, Robert, 39
Espiritu Santo, 71, 128, 285, 289
Evangeline, 375
Facteau, Homer, 222
Fairchild, Herb, 74
Farrell (Doolittle Raider), 121
FBI, 201
Fifth Marine Division, 204, 418-19, 444
Fighting Lady (movie), 158
fire-bomb raids, 256, 270-71, 408, 411-12
First Armored Division, 139
First Cavalry Division, 173, 436-41
First Marine Division, 43, 44, 128, 139, 146, 388-89
Fleetwood, Donald, 39
Fletcher, USS, 284-92
Flint, Chester, 476
Ford Island, Hawaii, 33, 38, 40, 42, 70, 75, 76, 81, 167, 399, 400, 496
Ford Motor Company, 118
Formosa (now Taiwan), 21, 254, 255, 256, 267
Fort Shafter, Hawaii, 70
Fourth Marine Division, 139, 202-7, 45°
Fraser, Harvey and Jean, 59-61
Frederick Funston, 366
Freeland, Frank, 220
see also Bora Bora; Tahiti
Frink, Russell, 283-92
FRUPAC (Fleet Radio Unit Pacific), 202
Fujita, Ted, 414
Fukuhara, Henry, 180, 209, 209-13, 484, 500
Fukuhara family, 209, 209, 212-13
Fukuoka prison camp, Japan, 92-94
Funafuti Island, 244-45, 291, 367-69, 393
Fuqua, Lieutenant Commander, 41-42, 43
Gard, Dr., 164
Garrett, Vern, 16, 156, 157, 157-60, 496, 499
gas attacks, 150
Gherardi, USS, 308
Ghormley Robert L., 400-401
Gila River Internment Camp, Ariz., 209, 210
Gilbert Islands, 38, 162, 248, 251, 393-94
Gilmore, USS, 351
Goodman, Corporal, 41
Great Britain, 17-18
Green, James William, 44
Griffin, Lawrence, 39
Griffin, USS, 346-47
Guadalcanal, 20-21, 71-72, 128-33, 139, 143, 158, 168, 170-72, 183, 214-15, 217, 229, 253, 285-86, 289-90, 291, 355, 380, 386, 401, 421, 422, 437, 497
Battles of Savo Island off coast of, 28-300, 132-33, 285
Bloody Ridge in, 124-25
Iron Bottom Sound in, 20, 71-72, 132-33, 497
Japanese evacuation of, 216, 223-24, 300
PT boats at, 218-24
Guam, 2-5, 17, 18, 23, 24-25, 58, 208, 275, 276, 311, 371, 372, 373, 401-2, 422-25, 428, 497-98
bombers based on, 265-66, 267, 404-5
story of native of, 397-403, 495-96
Gudgeon, USS, 347
"Gung Ho, " 147
Hallsted, Rocky, 33
Halsey William F., 23, 145, 401
Hancock, Alan, 91-94
Hancock, USS, 280-81
Hastings, USS, 317-20
Hauff, Richard, 44
Hawaii:
peacetime duty in, 32, 45-46, 55-56, 62-63, 66-68, 79-81
in wartime, 189-91, 196, 250-51, 274-75, 318, 331-32, 342-43, 360-61, 366-67, 369-70, 444-45
yard patrol in, 73-74
see also Pearl Harbor
Hazen, Laverne, 467
Heller, Joseph, 122
Hell's Kitchen: Tulagi 1942-43 (Larson), 78
Helmboldt, H. H., 369
Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 126, 128-33, 285-86, 386
Herman, George, 447
Hershey, USS, 177
Hickam Army Air Base, Hawaii, 62-70, 77-497
Hiei, 288
Higgins landing craft, 22, 159, 185
Hilger, Jack, 119
Hindenburg, 166
Hindmarsh, Albert, 182, 199, 200, 201
Hirohito, Emperor, 93, 182, 183, 188, 414-15, 416
Hiroshima, 27, 108, 207-8, 209, 211-13, 412, 414, 482-83, 500
see also atom bomb
Hobson (Marine), 424-25
Hollandia, 226-27
Hollandia, New Guinea, 221, 226-27, 234-35, 479
Hollywood Canteen, 458-59
Holmes, "Smilin' Jack, " 145-46
Homma, General, 92
Honolulu, 374-75
inadvertent bombing of, 34, 53
in wartime, 189-91, 196, 250-51, 274-75, 342-43, 361, 366-67, 369-70
see also Hawaii; Pearl Harbor
Honolulu, USS, 290
Hoover (Doolittle Raider), 121
Hope, Bob, 58
Hornet, USS, 19, 114-15, 117, 118-19, 120, 121, 280-81, 311, 360
Howell, Gunner, 447
Hughes, Marvin, 39
Hughes, USS, 473
Hunter Liggett, USS, 133
Independence, USS, 161, 368-69
Indonesia, see Dutch East Indies
interpreters, 180-213
island native as, 401-3
Japanese-Americans as, 209-13
in occupied Japan, 209, 211-13
prisoners interrogated by, 185-89, 191, 194-95, 198, 202_3, 205-6
surrender of Japanese facilitated by, 187, 188-89, 191-92, 195-96, 203, 310
training of, 182-83, 198-99, 201-2, 209
Iron Bottom Sound, Guadalcanal, 20, 71-72, 132-33, 497
island natives, 241-42, 258, 319-20, 330, 392-403, 495-97
contagious diseases and, 128, 377
relationships between U.S. military personnel and, 78, 356-59, 359
in war effort, 236, 390-91, 392-94, 398-402
Iwo Jima, 25, 49, 204_6, 208, 267, 311, 418-19, 428, 445-49, 451-59, 455
fiftieth anniversary trip to, 453-54, 459- 499
Mount Suribachion, 25, 206, 445, 447-452
Jamestown, USS, 223
Japan:
American POWS in, 81, 85, 92-94, 100, 106-11, 112
bombing missions over, 18-19, 24, 25, 114-15, 116-23, 205, 266-67, 270-71, 329, 404-5, 407-12, 498;see also atom bomb
occupation of, 177, 209, 211-13, 316, 415-17, 449, 484, 486-87, 490-91
preparations for invasion of, 27, 38, 107, 175, 194, 196, 206, 208, 211, 213, 227, 240, 264, 266, 341, 413-14, 433-34, 441, 481, 486, 489-90
stories from, 406-17
strategy for defeat of, 21
surrenderor, 24, 26, 27, 77, 93-94, 177, 197, 239-41, 264, 266-67, 335, 341, 414-15, 486, 500
Japanese Americans:
arrests of, 57
internment of, 182, 183, 201, 209-10
sabotage fears and, 60, 65, 68
in war effort, 182-83, 201, 209_13
Japanese language, 445
see also interpreters
JICPOA (Joint Intelligence Center Pacific Ocean Area), 203, 206
Johnson, Wayne "Jim, " 62-65
Johnston, Perry Max, 303-6
Johnston Island, 401
jungle rot, 263
Kagoshima, Japan, 109-10
Kalk, USS, 374
kamikaze attacks, 282, 313-15, 321-22, 327, 340, 460-61
by swimmers and speedboats, 327
techniques of, 473
on USS Laffey, 462-81
Karama Reto, 473
Kennedy, John F., 216, 218, 224-25, 226, 228-29, 239
Kimmel, Husband E., 32, 75-76, 77
King, Ernest J., 298
King, General, 91
King George Medal, 394
Kingman (in full, Dan C. Kingman), 365, 369-74. 375
Kiribati (formerly Beru), 392-93, 498
see also Tarawa
Kleypas, A. C., 253, 253-60, 257
Klimcack, Joe, 33
Knight, Bus, 247, 248, 249, 250
Korea, 412-13
laborers from, in Japanese forces, 187, 192, 193
Kowalski, Dr., 427-28
Kunming, China, 119
Kurabayashi, General, 205-6
Kurile Islands, 490
Kuroda, Paul, 407-8
Kwajalein Atoll, 23, 38, 202-3, 250-51.275, 291, 335, 343, 344, 345, 369, 489-90
see also Roi-Namur
Laffey, USS, 289, 463-78, 472, 499
LaFrancois, Captain, 147
Lamson, USS, 290
LaPointe, Jim, 475
Lardner, USS, 290
Lawson (Doolittle Raider), 121
Lawson, Chester, 421
LCSLS (Landing Craft Support-Large), story of duty on, 313-16
Leverenz, Oz, 307-12
Levy, Dave, 12-13, 214_15, 216, 217, 217-29, 497
Lewis, Dave, 424
Lexington, USS, 77, 162, 163, 165, 280-81, 293-94, 295
Leyte, Philippines, 2, 23, 24, 145, 175, 255, 261, 311, 372, 374, 439-40, 441, 485, 488-89, 498
bombers based in, 262-66
Lipa, Batangas, Philippines, 94
Lorengau, Manus Island, 175
Lott, Russ, 44
LSTS (Landing Ship Tanks), stories of duty on, 303-6, 325-29, 479-81
Lurline, SS, 49, 67, 127, 183, 344, 380
Luzon Island, Philippines, 18, 23, 24, 96, 211, 268-69, 389. 440-41, 485
Lynch, William, 73
MacArthur, Douglas, 383, 416, 488
fall of Philippines and, 21, 97, 98
liberation of Philippines and, 23-24, 145, 211, 436, 498
strategy for defeating Japan and, 21
at surrender ceremony, 26, 500
MacKenzie (in full, Alexander MacKenzie), 367, 368, 369, 372
MacKenzie, John McGinnis, 308
Mahood, Robert, 126, 127-33, 497
Majuro Atoll, 23, 248, 249-50, 332, 334
Makassar Strait, USS, 197
Makin Atoll, 147, 163, 247, 248
malaria, 20, 71, 171-72, 175, 229, 263, 269, 443
Malaya (now Malaysia), 18
Malinta Tunnel, Corregidor, Philippines, 88-89, 97-99, 104, 105, 498
Maloelap Atoll, 248
Manchuria, 181, 199, 200, 412-13
liberation of, 23, 24, 175, 255, 372-74, 431, 436, 440-41
peacetime duty in, 101-2
POW repatriation camp in, 111-12
Manila Harbor, mining of, 431
Marcos, Ferdinand, 375-76
Marcus Island, 310-11
Marianas, 21, 23, 24-25, 191, 330
see also Guam; Saipan; Tinian
Mariposa, USS, 380
Mariveles, Philippines, 91, 102
Marshall Islands, 21, 38, 162, 248, 251, 291, 294, 343, 369
see also Eniwetok; Kwajalein Atoll
Mashaw, Bill, 272-77
Matson Line, 112
Matt, Bob, 122
Maury, USS, 290
McCain, John S., 311
McCool, Dick, 315-16
McCurdy Russell, 30, 39, 39-44, 500
Medal of Honor, 34, 42, 131, 262, 316
medics and corpsmen, 79, 134-37, 147, 149-50, 154-55, 156-77
in damage-control teams on board ships, 161-65
in Pearl Harbor attack, 167-70, 171
see also casualties
Mejit, 370-71
Melville, R.I., machinist school at, 23 2
Memphis, USS, 50
mental breakdowns, 137, 151-52, 275, 276, 328-29, 432-33
Merchant Marine, 317-20
Midway Island, 17, 293-94, 333-34, 361-63, 364, 498, 499
Battle of, 19-20, 38, 70, 284, 295
Military Intelligence Service, 209-13
Military Language School, 209
Mindanao, Philippines, 145, 485-86
missing in action, 112, 466-67
surrender ceremony aboard, 26, 27
Momote airfield, Manus Island, 174-75
Monahan, USS, 53
Monrovia, USS, 184
Monssen, USS, 289
Monterey, USS, 380
Moore, General, 97
Mount, Clyde and Florence, 210-11
Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 25, 206, 445, 447, 452
Naganuma, N., 198
Nagasaki, 27, 107-8, 110-11, 414, 500
Namur, see Roi-Namur
natives, see island natives
Naval Intelligence, 201
Naval Mine Worker Association, 54
Navy Cross, 219
Navy Japanese Language School, 182-83, 108, 199, 201-2, 207
Navy Radio Service, 355-56, 357
NCDUS (Naval Combat Demolition Units), 342-45
Neptune Parties, 234, 319, 332-33, 430
Netherlands, 17-18
New Britain, 21
New Caledonia, 20, 54, 70-71, 83-84, 218, 285, 286, 355, 358, 386, 401
New Georgia, 299
New Guinea (now West Papua and Papua New Guinea), 18, 21, 23, 134-37, 174, 221, 234-35, 261, 291, 382, 383, 430-31, 436-37, 479-80
bombers based in, 253-55, 257, 257-58
see also Manus Island
see also Espiritu Santo
New Mexico, USS, 331
New Orleans, USS, 290
Newport, R.I., torpedo school at, 218, 225-26, 308
New York, USS, 73
New Zealand, 17-18, 20, 21, 183, 219, 224, 355, 393-94, 400-401, 422
Ngesebus, 143-44
Nichols Field, Philippines, 101-2
Nicoloric (PT boat crewman), 222
Nimitz, Chester, 21-22, 23, 24, 76, 77, 145, 189, 202, 249, 250
Northampton, USS, 290
Noumea, New Caledonia, 285, 286
nurses, at Pearl Harbor, 49, 79-87
Oba, Captain, 194
Occupation of Japan, 177, 209, 211-13, 316, 415-17, 449, 484, 486-87, 490-91
Office of Naval Intelligence, 182
Okinawa, 21, 25-27, 43, 44, 58, 110-11, 146-51, 196, 264, 318-19, 326-27, 335, 486, 499-500
kamikaze attacks on ships off, 313-16, 464-78
typhoon in, 305-6
Oklahoma, USS, 32-33, 34-35, 36, 38, 41, 57, 76, 77, 168, 332, 400, 500
Oldfield, Rex, 374
Operation Bobcat, 355-56
Osmond (Navy radioman), 48
Pacific Legacy (Meehl and Smith), 375, 376
Pago Pago, American Samoa, 20, 54, 127, 128, 319-20
Palau Islands, 255
see also Angaur; Peleliu
Palawan, 291
Papua New Guinea, see New Guinea
Parker, Major, 147
Patriots Point, Charleston, S.C., 499
Peabody Eddie, 361
Pearl Harbor, 162, 165, 203, 206, 297, 341, 499, 500
code-breaking unit at, 189, 202
remains of sunken ships in, 158, 161, 330-31, 360
VJ Day at, 206-7
Pearl Harbor (movie), 87
Pearl Harbor attack (1941), 17-18, 28-29, 30-87, 102, 293-94, 208, 308, 311, 375, 413, 436, 456, 495, 496, 497
American reactions to, 230, 261, 283-84, 307, 330-31, 365, 378, 385, 429
Arizona Memorial and, 47, 51, 72, 172, 264, 495, 496
Army airfield and barracks in, 57-71
Battleship Row in, 28-29, 31-54, 399-400
casualties in, 37, 47-50, 82-83, 168-70, 332
CINCPAC in, 74-77
fiftieth anniversary of, 46, 50, 86
Japanese-Americans and, 57, 209, 210
Japanese reactions to, 407, 409
medical personnel in, 79-87, 167-70, 171
retaliatory attacks after, 18-19; see also Doolittle Raid
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, 44, 51, 54, 58, 495
Pedrotti, Francis, 39
Peleliu, 23, 24, 43, 44, 139-45, 149, 150, 154-55, 335, 386, 388-89
Pelzel, John, 187
Pennsylvania, USS, 38, 40, 45-48, 56
Pensacola, Fla., flight training at, 272-73
Perkins, USS, 290
Phelan, Robert, 382-84
Philippines, 17, 57, 221, 227-28, 229, 261, 275, 276, 304, 318, 326, 375-76, 389, 407, 413, 434, 463, 466, 473, 479, 485-86, 488-89
Bataan Death March in, 18, 90, 92, 97, 102-4
Battle of Surigao Strait in, 3 3 5-3 8
bombers based in, 262-66
evacuation of big brass from, 21, 98
fall of, 18, 21, 88-89, 90-113, 498
liberation of, 2, 23-24, 134, 135-37, 145, 175, 176-77, 211, 255, 258, 291, 321-22, 372-75, 431-33, 436, 439-41, 498
POWS in, 18, 88-89, 91-92, 94, 97, 99-100, 102-4, 105-6, 436, 440
PT boats in, 226-27, 230, 235, 239-42, 336, 337
see also Bataan Peninsula; Corregidor Island; Leyte; Luzon; Manila
Polynesia, see Bora Bora; French Polynesia; Tahiti
Pond, Bill, 321-23
Portland, USS, 335
post-traumatic stress disorder, 151-52
Pound, Bill, 119
"chopping block" and, 107
forced to man Japanese ships, 3 50-51
held in Japan, 81, 85, 92-94, 100, 106-11, 112
legacy of experiences of, 100, 112-13
liberation of, 108-10
listed as missing in action, 112
Nagasaki bombing and, 107-8, 110-11
parachuting of supplies to, 108-9, 267
in Philippines, 18, 88-89, 91-92, 94, 97, 99-100, 102-4, 105-6, 436, 440
POWS, Japanese, 207, 211-12, 223, 239, 445-457
facilitation of surrender and, 187, 188-89, 191-92, 195-96, 203
interrogation of, 185-89, 191, 194-95, 202-3, 205-6
President Polk, USS
hearing damage on, 229, 242-43
Kennedy's experiences with, 216, 224-25, 239
in Philippines, 226-27, 230, 235, 239-42, 336, 337
in Solomon Islands, 218-25, 226, 229, 239
Puller, "Chesty, " 140
Purple Heart, 137, 176, 238, 314, 428
Pu-Yi, Henry, 200
Quarantine Houses, 128
Quincy, USS, 285, 298, 299, 300
Ramapo, USS, 74
Ramsey, USS, 52-54
Randolf, USS, 341
Rasmussen, Colonel, 68
Redshaw, Ward, 109
Regal, USS, 400-401
Republic, USS, 61
Rickert, Bud, 79, 79-81, 83, 85-86
Rickert, Lenore, 49, 79, 79-87
Riley, Red, 220
Roberts, Ensign, 37
Robinson, "Little, " 224
Roi-Namur, 38, 139, 143, 202-3, 343-44 345
Romer, Colonel, 104-5
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 84
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 21, 293
RP (Radar Picket) stations, 313-14
Russell Islands, 224
Ryder, General, 488-89
Saipan, 23, 24-25, 58, 185, 192-94, 195-96, 203-4, 266, 267, 310, 313, 326, 327, 329, 450-51, 492-93, 496, 497-98
Saiz, Fred, 420, 436, 436-43, 496, 498
Salt Lake City, USS, 310-11
Samar, Philippines, 255, 275, 276, 440
Samoa, see American Samoa; British Samoa
San Francisco, USS, 289
Sangay, USS, 367
Santo Tomas, Philippines, 436, 440
Saturday Evening Post, 147
Savo Island, 299-300, 132-33, 285
Schmidt, J. W., 308
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, 55, 55-61
Scott, Randolph, 147
Seabees, 71, 249, 249-50, 352-53, 386-89, 422, 497
Sea Pike, 382
Second Marine Division, 183, 196, 197, 203, 204
Sem-Sem, 384
Seventh Air Force, 244-45, 255
Seventh Army Division, 202
Shanghai, China, 181-82, 199-200, 207
Shaw, Artie, 332
Shaw, USS, 332
Sheeks, Robert B., 16, 178-79, 181, 181-97, 203-4, 408, 499
Sherrod, Robert, 194
Shigemitsu, Mamoru, 26
Shive, Gordon, 39
Shore Patrol (SP), 183-84
Sibuyan Sea, 311
Signal Corps, 95
Silver Star, 42, 176-77, 223, 315
Simonsen, Second Lieutenant, 40
Smoot, Roland, 309
SNJ aircraft, 339-40
Snyder, Jake, 470
Solomon Islands, 20-21, 71-72, 77, 228, 298-301, 387, 388, 390-91, 497
PT boats in, 218-25, 226, 229, 239
see also Guadalcanal; Pavuvu; Tulagi
Sommelsteich, 444
South Dakota, USS, 128
Spielbush, Edward, 421
Spriggs, Jim, 463, 463-67, 472, 499
Stassen, Harold, 85
Sterett, USS, 289
Storla, Clarence "Dude, " 324-30
Straus, Vernon, 466
submarines, 499
story of duty on, 346-51
submarine tenders, stories of duty on, 331-34, 346-47
suicide:
Japanese mentality and, 187, 194, 203, 457
see also banzai attacks; kamikaze attacks
Sulu Sea, 311
Sumner, 367-69
Suribachi, Mount, Iwo Jima, 25, 206, 445, 447, 452
Surigao Strait, Battle of, 335-38
Sutton, Don, 47
Suva, Fiji, 294
Sydney Harbor, Australia, 295-98
Taiwan, see Formosa
Tarawa Atoll, 14-15, 22-23, 38, 139, 158-60, 163, 184-89, 291, 368, 393, 394, 498-99, 500
Taroa, Maloelap Atoll, 248
Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal, 289-90
telegrams, casualties and, 137, 176, 466-67
Temple, Shirley, 130
Third Armored Division, 139-53
Third Marine Division, 139, 401-2, 422
Thirty-third Infantry Division, 211-13
Thom, Lenny, 224
Thoma, George, 331-34
Ticonderoga, USS, 280-81
Time, 194
Tinian, 23, 24-25, 27, 58, 178-79, 192, 194-96, 204, 266, 267, 310, 497-98 B-29s based on, 270-71
Tokyo, 107, 316, 330, 402-3, 415-17
bombing raids over, 19, 205, 270-71, 407-12
stories from, 406-17
Tonga, 128
Tongatapu, Tonga, 128
torpedo alcohol, 221-22
torpedoes, 220, 287, 288, 298, 300-301, 330, 343-44, 350
Trinidad, Captain, 375
Truk, 145, 163, 193, 335, 395-96
Tulagi, USS, 321-23
Turner, Richmond K., 315
Twenty-first Infantry Regiment, 61
Twenty-second Marine Regiment, 127-33
Twenty-seventh Army Infantry Division, 203
UDTS (Underwater Demolition Teams), 342-45
Ulithi Atoll, 280-81
Umezu, Ybshijiro, 26
Underwood, Elbert Ross, 421
Upolu, British Samoa, 127
V-7 Officer's Candidate program, 73, 293, 307
Vandergrift, Alexander A., 129, 444
Vestal, USS, 47
Victory ships, story of duty on, 317-20
Vincennes, USS, 142-43, 285, 298, 299, 300
Vlach, Jim, 44
Wake Island, 17, 18, 81, 83, 162, 206
Walker, Warren, 477
Walne, Florence, 199
Walter, George, 421
WARD S (Women's Air Raid Defense), 70
Washington, 421
Wasp, USS, 280-81
Weiss, Dr., 146
West Point, USS, 308
West Virginia, USS, 36
Wheeler Army Air Base, Hawaii, 57, 59, 60, 68
White, Byron, 228
Wilkinson, Theodore S., 401
William P. Biddle, USS, 377
Williams, Dan, 198, 198-208, 498
Williams, Ted, 273
Williamson, John, 146-47
Willis, Solomon, 249, 250, 251
Winchell, Walter, 130
Wismer (sailor), 476-77
Wismer, Stanley, 470
Wolken, Fred, 268-69
Wouk, Herman, 296
Wygant, Captain, 307
Yard patrol (YP), 73-74
Yorktown, USS, 158, 160, 161-65, 280-81, 295, 356, 460-61, 499
Young (Marine), 41
Zamboanga, Philippines, 239
Zero aircraft, 63, 66, 72, 131, 318-19
Zupon (sailor), 470-71