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Authors: Ian W. Toll
Pacific Crucible
(Toll), xiv
Pacific Fleet submarines, 460
Pacific War:
bulldozers as weapons in, 190
central Pacific offensive in,
see
central Pacific offensive
as gold rush for Hawaii, 293â94
Guadalcanal as decisive campaign in, 120
initial Japanese air superiority in, xxiâxxiii
interservice rivalries in, 5â9, 40, 227, 433â34, 437
Japanese advances in, xxiâxxxi, 114, 119
Japanese brutality in, 204
Japanese motives for launching, 282
Japanese-U.S. imbalance of technology in, 426â27
life on rear bases of, 190â93
morale issues in, 192â93
overestimation of enemy losses in, 67
as primarily naval and air campaign, xiiiâxiv
as primary focus of U.S. Navy, 128
Pacific War, air war in, 416
and disrepair of Japanese aircraft and airfields, 425â27
inadequate training of Japanese pilots in, 428â32
Japanese losses in, 419
mismatch between Japanese and U.S. technology in, 417
Palapao, Guadalcanal, xxviii, xxix
Palau, 405, 418, 419, 423, 441, 449, 454, 456, 459
Palmyra Island, 124
Paradise of the Pacific
, 293, 296
Paria, Gulf of, 330, 331
Parker, Ralph, 298
Patch, Alexander, 183, 185
Patterson, Cissy, 87
Patterson
, USS, 45, 46, 51
Patton, George S., 445
Pawnee
, USS, 161, 165
Pearl Harbor, 124
ammunition-loading accident at, 458
distance from Marshall Islands of, 385
expanding naval facilities at, 288â89
Japanese attack on, xiv, xxi, 7, 52, 55, 59, 117, 118â19, 142, 180, 195, 246, 253, 288, 306, 324, 419, 429, 459
natural setting of, 287â88
as Pacific Fleet home port, 287
salvage operations at, 289â90
Peck, DeWitt, 197, 198
Peleliu Island, U.S. assault on, 8
Pennsylvania
, USS, 339
Pensacola
, USS, 177â78
Pentagon, 89â90
Percival, Arthur, xxiii
PESTILENCE
, Operation,
see
Solomons offensive
Pétain, Philippe, 93
Phelps
, 392
Philippine Clipper
, 279
Philippines, 235, 242, 306, 405, 454, 456
Japanese conquest of, xxi, 7, 254â55
Philippines campaign, 440
Philippine Sea, as site of planned Japanese decisive fleet battle, 419
Philippine Sea, Battle of the, 153â54, 477â97,
481
,
493
, 516, 530
Phillips, John C., 374, 375, 376, 377
Phillips, Sol, 381
Pickett's charge, 366
“pidgin,” xviii
pilot fatigue, 125, 130, 136â37, 430
Japanese, 156, 238
Plant, Frank W. J., 338, 340, 347, 349, 350, 356â57, 358
Poha River, 156
Point Cruz, 66, 155, 189
Polhemus, Alan, 256
Popomanaseu, Mount, xviii
Porapora, Bougainville, 37, 38, 99
Portal, Charles, 309, 310â11
Porter
, USS, 154
Portland
, USS, 163
Port Moresby, New Guinea,
13
, 19, 20, 68, 120, 126, 203, 220, 224
Pownall, Charles A. “Baldy,” 368, 369, 372, 380, 418
Clark and, 341
in Kwajalein raid, 377â78
in refusal to order second strike on Kwajalein, 378â79, 381, 382â83
relieved of Task Force 50 command, 383
President Polk
, USS, 360â61
Preston
, USS, 169â70
Prince of Wales
, HMS, xxii, 324
Princeton
, USS, 237, 301, 399, 484
propaganda, Japanese, 114, 116, 180, 187, 196, 443â45, 507â8, 526, 527, 529, 532, 538
prospective commanding officers (PCOs), 260
Psalm 23, 3
Puffer
, USS, 453
Pyle, Ernie, 192, 519
Quebec Conference (1943), 235
Quincy
, USS, 25, 44, 46, 48
Quonset huts, 15, 518â19
Rabaul, New Britain, xxi, xxvi, 9,
13
, 16, 20, 29, 33, 38, 40, 53, 59, 62, 76, 78, 98, 99, 100, 101, 121, 122, 156, 157, 179, 181, 182, 202, 205, 222, 224, 311, 340, 368, 401, 408, 412, 419
Japanese evacuation of, 242
Japanese morale problems at, 238â39
U.S. bombing of, 236, 237â38, 240, 420â21
U.S. bypassing of, 232, 235, 240
Rabi, 68
racism, in British Empire, xx
Radar Plot, 233
radar systems:
night attacks and, 412
U.S. superiority in, 233
see also
fire control systems
radio packs, 515
Radio Tokyo, 107, 520
Rainbow, War Plan, 436
Raines, James Orvill, 518
Ralph Talbot
, USS, 43, 45, 49, 60, 234
Ramage, James D., 404, 407, 408, 410, 411, 489, 495
Ramsey, DeWitt C., 56â57
Rand, Hazen, 374, 375
Rau, Pappy, 272
Raymer, Edward C., 290
Read, W. J. “Jack,” 30, 37, 38, 39, 99â100, 157
RECKLESS
, Operation, 242
Red Army, 94â95, 308
Redman, John R., 198
Reeves, John W. “Black Jack,” 477
Reminiscences
(MacArthur), 232
Rendova Island, U.S. landing on, 231
Republican National Committee, 87
Republicans, 88
Repulse
, HMS, xxii, 324
Rhoades, F. Ashton “Snowy,” xxvi, xxvii, xxviii, 183
Richardson, Robert C., 321, 434, 440
Riefkohl, Frederick Lois, 48â49, 50
Ries, Robert E., Jr., 140
Riley, Herbert D., 305
Riley, Marion, 82
Ringgold
, USS, 344
Ring of Fire, xviiâxviii
Rochefort, Joseph, 75, 203
Rocky Mount
, USS, 465
Rogal, William, 24â25, 61, 64, 344, 347â48, 353, 354, 508
Roi-Namur Islands, 378, 389, 390, 393, 397, 398, 400, 401
airfield at, 381, 382
landings on, 390â95
Rommel, Erwin, 97
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 94, 328
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 6, 196, 217, 235, 311, 434, 437, 439, 457, 514
as assistant navy secretary, 91
and Battle of Savo Island, 56
chaotic leadership style of, 85â86
as commander in chief, 90â97
Ghormley and, 143
Guadalcanal campaign and, 158â59
Navy given personal attention by, 91
Nimitz and, 297
TORCH
and, 97
wartime critics of, 87â88
Rosenblatt, Herman, 382
Rota Island, 461, 462, 470, 474
ROUNDUP
, Operation, 95, 308â9
Royal Air Force (RAF), xxii
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), xxvi
Royal Australian Navy (RAN), 20
coastwatching service of, xxivâxxv, xxvi, xxvii, 37â38, 66, 99â100, 157
Royal Hawaiian Hotel, 259, 287
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 222
Royal New Zealand Army, 8th Infantry Brigade Group of, 236
Russell, Jim, 301â2
Russell Islands,
27
, 183, 203
U.S. forces on, 220â21
Russo-Japanese War (1904â5), 204, 536
Ryan, Michael P., 355, 357
Ryujo
, 69, 76â77
S-38 (U.S. submarine), 41, 42
Sado Maru
, 105
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
, 87
Saipan, Battle of, 362, 462â65, 500, 530, 532
civilians in, 506â7, 508â9
ground campaign in, 470â76, 497â98, 499, 500â503, 515
landings in, 465â69,
467
mass civilian suicides in, 534â35
surrender leaflets in, 509â10
U.S. casualties in, 466â67, 474â75, 510
Saipan Island, 412, 437, 438, 449, 456, 458, 459â60, 461â62, 516, 531
civilians on, 459
defensive works on, 460
Japanese troops on, 459â60, 466
Saito, Yoshitsugu, 449, 459, 460, 466, 467â68, 503â4, 505, 506, 530
Sakai, Saburo, 115â16, 426, 429, 430â31, 432
in dogfight with Southerland, 32â33
Sakonju, Naomasa, 454â55
Salamaua, New Guinea, 222, 239
Salt Lake City
, USS, 135, 228â29
Samoa, 11, 190
Sampson, William, 69
Samurai
(Sakai), 32
Sanada, Joichiro, 181, 182
San Bernandino Strait, 456, 469, 471
San Cristobal,
13
, 107, 148, 160
San Diego, Calif., 287
San Francisco, Calif.:
African Americans in, 247â48
defense industry in, 246â49
as key supply center for Pacific War, 244
naval facilities in, 246
servicemen in, 244â46
San Francisco
, USS, 155, 161, 379, 380
in Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 162â65
San Francisco Bay, 252, 287
San Juan
, USS, 25, 35â36, 43, 154
Santa Cruz Islands,
13
, 16, 22, 76, 107, 133, 146, 190
Santa Cruz Islands, Battle of the, 59, 148â54,
148
, 160, 416, 419
Santa Isabel,
27
, 57, 182
Saratoga
, USS, 17, 20, 22, 30, 31, 37, 59, 60, 76â77, 78, 103, 105, 107, 143, 154, 237, 340, 387, 399
in Battle of Eastern Solomons, 79â80
torpedo attack on, 108
Sato, Kenryo, 181
Savo Island,
13
, 24,
27
, 31, 35, 38, 42, 134, 166, 168, 169, 170, 178
Savo Island, Battle of, 41, 43â51,
47
, 56
Hepburn's report on, 56â57
U.S. losses in, 55, 124
U.S. losses in, Japanese exaggeration of, 67
Savo Sound,
see
Ironbottom Sound (Savo Sound)
SB2C Helldivers, shortcomings of, 304â5, 331, 424â25
SBD dive-bombers, 304
Schmidt, Harry, 391, 398, 401
Schwartz, Harry, 87â88
Scott, Norman, 134â35, 160
Seabees, 70, 103, 190, 192, 426, 517, 518
and Espiritu Santo base, 14â15
in Guadalcanal campaign, 70, 103, 135, 190
in Solomons offensive, 221
Seahorse
, USS, 471
Sealark Channel, 38, 43, 51, 52â53, 161, 165
Sea of Japan, 284
Searaven
, USS, 410
2nd Marine Division, 457, 468, 498â99, 508, 510
in Tarawa campaign,
see
Tarawa, Battle of
2nd Marine Regiment, 133â34
in Guadalcanal campaign, 53
Second Amphibious Brigade, Japanese, 454
Second Division, Japanese, 184, 465, 500
Second Fleet, Japanese, 188, 447, 448, 531
First Battleship Division of, 450
Second Infantry Division, Japanese, 184
Seeadler Harbor, Manus, 242
Segond Channel, 15, 129
Selfridge
, USS, 234â35
Senken Butai
, 41â42
Senshin
(warrior spirit), 430
seppuku
, 504
Service Forces, Pacific Fleet (SERVPAC), 333
Service Squadron Four, 333
Service Squadron Ten, 385, 387, 398, 516
708th Provisional Amphibian Tractor Battalion, U.S. Army, 400
Seventeenth Army, Japanese, 40, 41, 122, 176, 183, 224
7th Infantry Division, U.S. Army, 229, 390, 444
in Kwajalein battle, 390, 395â96
7th Marine Regiment, 107, 109, 133
Seventh Air Force, U.S., 342
Seventh Amphibious Force, U.S., 239
Seventh Army, Japanese, 155
Seventh Fleet, U.S., 242
as “MacArthur's Navy,” 218
Seventh Sasebo Special Naval Landing Force, Japanese, 345
77th Infantry Division, U.S. Army, 511, 512
SG search radars, 168, 177
see also
fire control systems
Sheeks, Robert B., 466, 509â10
Sheridan
, USS, 338
Sherman, Forrest P., 314, 325, 383
Sherman, Frank P., 109, 111
Sherman, Frederick “Ted” C., 389, 399, 411, 474
Sherman tanks, 351
Sherrod, Robert, 344, 349, 351, 354, 358
Shibasaki, Keiji, in battle for Tarawa, 345â46, 352â53
Shigemitsu, Mamoru, 536
Shima, Kiyohide, 531
Shimada, Shigetaro, 423, 449, 451, 530, 531, 533, 534
Shinyo
, 531
shipbuilding industry, Kaiser and, 248â49
Shokaku
, 69, 78â79, 82, 147, 149, 150, 155, 419, 423, 473, 485â86
Shortland Island, xxv, 105, 178, 203, 235
U.S. air strikes on, 178â79
Shoup, David M., 352, 357, 358
in Tarawa battle, 349â50, 354, 356, 359
“shuttle-bombing” tactics, 451â52, 470
Singapore, xxii, 447, 448
Japanese capture of, xxiii
Sio, New Guinea, 239
Sixth Division, Japanese, 179
6th Marine Regiment, 352, 357, 359
67th Fighter Squadron (USAAF), 102
SJ radar, 258, 263
Skate
, USS, 413, 452
Skon, Andy, 374, 375, 376
SLEDGEHAMMER
, Operation, 95â96
Slonim, Gil, 471
“Slot, the,” 38, 42, 43, 57, 83, 103â4, 133, 161, 166, 167, 174, 176, 183, 236
Smith, Harold, 85
Smith, Holland M. “Howlin' Mad,” 8, 229, 321, 334, 335, 352, 386, 390, 398, 401, 434, 458, 466, 467, 468, 469, 475, 497, 498, 499, 500, 510, 511
Army's methodical pace criticized by, 396
as Fifth Amphibious Corps commander, 317
in
GALVANIC
chain-of-command dispute, 318â19
Kwajalein landing opposed by, 384â85
and Makin battle, 361â62
as passed over for promotion, 433â34
Tarawa battle criticisms of, 362â63, 365â66, 367
touchiness of, 317â18
Turner and, 318, 339â40, 433â34
Smith, John L., 70, 100
Smith, Julian C., 320, 322, 352, 354, 357, 359, 360, 362
in Tarawa battle, 334, 335, 336, 338, 366â67
Smith, Ralph C., 320, 321, 362, 364, 458, 498, 499, 500
Smoot, Roland, 23, 24