The Battle of Midway (80 page)
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 Taijor
ō
, 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), 323, 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
Hiry
ū
, 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
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 Kid
ō
Butai, 241, 335
attackon Kond
ō
’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
Hiry
ū
, 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
Got
ō
Arimato, 162, 173
Got
ō
Eiji, 77
Gray, James S., 59
in Marshall Islands raid, 71
covers attack on Kid
ō
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 Ch
ū
ichi, 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
Haruna
(Japanese battleship), 222, 339
Hashimoto Toshio, 323, 324–5
Hashirajima Harbor, 145, 153, 176
Hashizume Hisao, 207, 209
Hawker Hurricane fighters.
See
Hurricane
Henderson, Lofton (Joe), 240–41, 291, 359
Hermes
(British carrier), 95–96, 109
Hilton, James, 132
Hirohito (Japanese Emperor), 109–10
Hiroshima, 109.
See also
Hashirajima Harbor
Hiry
ū
(Japanese carrier), 16, 45, 240
described, 34
dive bomber attack on
Yorktown
, 312–17
torpedo bomber attack on
Yorktown
, 319, 321–24
under attack, 333–35
death throes, 338–39, 345
photo, 343
Hitler, Adolf, 19, 28, 31
Hoover, Herbert, 247
Hopkins, Lew, 296
Hopping, Halstead, 72
Hollingsworth, William, 73–74
Holmberg, Paul (Lefty), 306
Holmes, Wilfred Jasper, 141, 147, 185, 206, 209, 387
Hornet
(American carrier, CV-8), 45
and the Doolittle raid, 111, 115, 118, 122–29, 132
at Midway, 249–65
launch sequence at Midway, 254–56
confusion of afternoon strike, 331–32
sinks, 366
photo, 128.
See also
Task Force 16;
individual squadrons
(VB-8, VS-8, etc.)
Hornet
(American carrier, CV-12), 363
