Okinawa (25 page)
Authors: Robert Leckie
Abele
Ainu
Amamiya, Tatsumi
ambush tactics
ammunition, supplying of
Anderson, Beauford “Snuffy”
Anthony
Ara Point
Archer, Robert
Ariga, Kosaku
Arima, Masafumi
Aristotle
Arkansas
Army Air Forces (POA)
Army Ground Forces (POA)
Arnold, Archibald
Arnold, H. H. “Hap”
Asa River
Asashimo
Asato River
Astoria
atomic bombs
dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Australia
Axtell, George
B-29 bombers (Superfortresses)
Bache
Badoglio, Pietro
baka (Oka;
Cherry Blossom) bombs
Cherry Blossom) bombs
Banzai charges
Barry
Bates
Beary, D. G.
Belman, Dave
Bennington
Biak
Bimbo Butai
(Poor Detachment)
(Poor Detachment)
Birmingham
Biscansin, Al
Blakelock, David
Boeitai
Bonin Islands
Borneo
Bourne, R. F.
Bradford, William
Bradford Force
Bradley, James
Bradley, Omar
Braine
Brocade Banner affair
Bruce, Andrew
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, Jr.
death of
Minatoga landing rejected by
surrender appeal of
Tenth Army and
Turner and
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, Sr.
Buckner Bay (Nakagusuku Bay)
Buddhism
Bulge, Battle of the
Bunker Hill
Burma
Bush
Bush, Richard
Bush, Robert
Bushido see also Samurai
Canberra
Cary, Donald
Cassidy, John
Catholicism
Catmon Hill
Cernawsky, Anthony
Cherry Blossom
(Oka; baka)
bombs
(Oka; baka)
bombs
Cherry Society
(Sakura-kai)
(Sakura-kai)
Chicago
China, Okinawa and
Cho, Isamu
Buckner’s surrender appeal and
character of
in conspiracy plots
counter-attack plans of
farewell dinner of
kamikaze
and
and
suicide of
Chocolate Drop
Christianity
Clark, Joseph “Jocko”
Colhoun
Collins, “Lightning Joe”
Colorado
Comfort
Conical Hill
Connor, John
Cook, Paul
“corkscrew and blowtorch” tactics
Coronet,
Operation
Operation
Courtney, Henry
Curran, Bill
Curtis
Daily, William
daimyos
Dakeshi Ridge
Dakeshi Town
Dale, Guy
Davison, R. E.
del Valle, Pedro
Detroit
Deyo, Morton
Dick Hill
Divine Wind,
see kamikaze
see kamikaze
Doniphan, Dennis
Doss, Desmond
Douw, Volckert
Dovel, David
Drexler
Dusenbury, Julius
Dutch East Indies
Easley, Claudius
death of
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
El Dorado
Elliott
Enterprise(“Big E”)
Essex
Evans
Fardy, John
Finn, John
Finn, Mickey
“firebase psychosis”
Fitz, Hal
flamethrowers
Flattop Hill
Floating Chrysanthemums
(kikusui)
(kikusui)
Ford, Leo
Formosa (Taiwan)
Foster, William
Four Sitting Ducks, Battle of (Battle of Savo Island)
Francis Xavier, Saint
Franklin
Fraught, Harold
Frozen Guns, Battle of the
Fuelling, J. L.
fuel oil
Fujioka, Takeo
gasoline, aviation
Gehres, Leslie
Geiger, Roy
Geneva Convention
George F. Elliott
Germany, Nazi
Golar, Donald “Rusty”
Gonsalves, Harold
Grant, Ulysses S.
Griner, George
Griswold, Oswald
Guadalcanal
conditions on
Guam
Guerard, John
Gusukuma
habus
Hackleback
Hadley
Haggard
Hagushi Anchorage
Hagushi Beaches
Half-Moon Hill
Halloran, Michael “Screamin’ Mike”
Halsey, William “Bull”
Halyburton, William
Hamakaze
Hamilton, Stephen
Hancock
Hansen, Dale
Hara, Munetatsu
hara-kiri (seppuku)
of Ushijima and Cho
Harmon, Millard
Hartline, Franklin
Hauge, Louis
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Hazelwood
Heavenly Operation (Ten-Go)
Hinsdale
Hirohito, Emperor
Hiroshima, atomic bombing of
Hitler, Adolf
Hobbs Victory
Hodge, John
Bradford Force formed by
hurricane attack of
May and
as tactical chief
Hokkaido
Holms, John
Honshu
Hornbeck, Kenneth
Horseshoe Hill
Hugh W. Hadley
Iceberg
Operation, planning of
Operation, planning of
Ichiki Detachment
Ie Shima
India
Indochina
Isherwood
Ishikawa Isthmus
Isokaze
Item Pocket
Ito, Seichi
Iwa
Iwo Jima
battle of
flag-raising at
Japan, Japanese
Ainu people in
Catholic missionaries and
defeats not reported by
Geneva Convention ignored by
history of
imperial family in
isolation of
Meiji Restoration in
poor communication among
religions in
Samurai
culture in
culture in
Western influences in
Jones, Jim
Jurka, Stephen
Kadena Airfield
Kai, Tomai
Kakazu Ridge
kamikaze
(Divine Wind) (suicide bombers)
(Divine Wind) (suicide bombers)
American attacks on bases of
baka
Comfort
bombed by
bombed by
farewell ceremonies for
kikusui
mandatory duty and
success rates of
Yamato
kamikaze
(Divine Wind) (typhoon)
(Divine Wind) (typhoon)
Kanoya Airfield
Kasumo
Kelly, Don
Kelly, Gerard
Kerama Islands
Khan, Genghis
Khan, Kublai
Kidd
Kikai Jima
kikusui
(Floating Chrysanthemums)
(Floating Chrysanthemums)
Kikusui
2
2
Kikusui
4
4
Kikusui
7
7
Kikusui
8
8
Kikusui 9,
Kikusui
10
10
Kimmel, Husband
King, Ernest
Kinser, Elbert
Kiyamu Peninsula
Klingman, Robert
Knox, Frank
Kobe
Kokobu Airfield
Kulak, Victor
Kunishi Ridge
Kwantung Army
Kyushu
L day (Landing Day; Love Day)
Le May, Curtis
Lester, Fred
Leyte
Liscome Bay
Little
Logan Victory
logistics
Lowry
Luce
Luzon
Mabie, Howard
MacArthur, Douglas
McCarthy, James
MacDonnell, Theodore
McDonough, John
Machinato Airfield
Machinato Inlet
McMillan, George
McTureous, Robert
Magellan, Ferdinand
Mahoney, James
Makin
Malaya
Manchuria
Manert L. Abele
Manila
Marianas Turkey Shoot
May, Edwin “Eddy”
death of
May, Martin
Meagher, John
Meiji Restoration
Mezado Ridge
Midway, Battle of
Mikawa, Gunichi
Minatoga Beaches
Missouri
Mitchell, Willard “Captain Hoss”
Mitscher, Marc
Morison, Samuel Eliot
Morrison
mortars
Moskala, Edward
Motobu Peninsula
Mount Suribachi
Mount Yaetake
mud
Mulcahy, Francis
Mullaney, Baron
Murphy. L.
Murphy, George
Musashi
Nagano, Osami
Nagasaki, atomic bombing of
Nagomo, Chuichi
Nagoya
Naha
Nakagusuku Bay (Buckner Bay)
Nakamuta, Tetsuo
Naoyuki, Kuzume
napalm
Napoleon I, Emperor of France
Naval Operations, U.S.
Navy Medical Corps
New Guinea
New York
New York
Herald-Tribune
Herald-Tribune
Nimitz, Chester
Nippon,
see
Japan, Japanese
see
Japan, Japanese
Nishibaru
Nishibayashi, Kosuke
Nist, Cecil
Nolan, Daniel
Normandy, invasion of
O’Brien, Lawrence
O’Callahan, Joseph
oil
Oka
(Cherry Blossom;
baka)
bombs
(Cherry Blossom;
baka)
bombs
Okinawa
China and
history of
Japan’s annexation of
mud in
rain in
religions in
roads in
Okinawa Group
Old Breed, The
(McMillan)
(McMillan)
Olympic,
Operation
Operation
O’Neill, Owen
Onishi, Takejiro
Operation
Coronet
Coronet
Operation
Iceberg,
planning of
Iceberg,
planning of
Operation
Olympic
Olympic
Ormoc
Oroku Peninsula
Osaka
Ota, Minoru
Ouki
Ouki Hill
Ozawa, Jisaburu
Pacific Ocean Area (POA)
Palaus
Parker, E. B.
Patton, George
Pearl Harbor
Peleliu
Perry, Matthew
Philippines
kamikaze
in
in
Leyte
Luzon
Philippine Sea, Battle of
Pittsburgh
Poor Detachment
(Bimbo Butai)
(Bimbo Butai)
Putnam, W. H.
Pyle, Ernie
Quincy
Radio Tokyo
rain
refueling
Reusser, Kenneth
Rocky Crags
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
death of
Royster, Jack
Rupertus, William
Russia
Ryan, Bernard
Ryan, V. R.
Ryukyu Islands
Saigo, Takamori
Saipan
Sakura-kai
(Cherry Society)
(Cherry Society)
Salvaggio, Jack
Samurai
Bushido,
code of
code of
Sangamon
Santa Fe
Savo Island, Battle of (Battle of the Four Sitting Ducks)
Schoeff, Ernest
Schwab, Albert
Seaman, J. B.
seppuku (hara-kiri)
of Ushijima and Cho
Shapley, Alan
Shea
Sheetz, Joseph
Shelburne, Charles
Shepherd, Lemuel
Shibasaki, Keiji
Shikoku
Shinto
Shirigaku
shoguns
Shuri
Shuri Castle
Shuri Heights
Shuri Ridge
Singapore
Skyline Ridge
slow assault tactics
Smith, Aubrey
Smith, Howland M. “Howlin’ Mad”
Smith, Ralph
Soballe, Victor
Solch, Joseph
Solomon Islands
Soviet Union
Spruance, Raymond
Stalin, Joseph
Stare, Edward
Sterner, Cyril
Stormes
Strawberry Hill
Sturgeon
Sugahara, Michio
Sugar Loaf Hill
suicide bombers,
see kamikaze
see kamikaze
Sumatra
Superfortresses (B-29 bombers)
supplies
Suribachi, Mount
Sutten, Stanley
Suzuki, Kantaro
Swallow
Taiwan (Formosa)
Takeda, Fujio
Taluga
Tanabaru
Tarawa
Task Force Fifty-eight (TF 58), I
n
n
Franklin
Task Force Thirty-eight (TF 38),
In
In
Taylor, Joe
Ten-Go
(Heavenly Operation)
(Heavenly Operation)
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