War Stories II (86 page)

Joe Musser, my friend, collaborator, and research partner of many years, pored over hours and reams of
War Stories
tapes, transcripts, maps, and interviews and did months of research in order to pare down mountains of excellent possibilities to a workable outline. Joe also found in David Deis a cartographer of great talent, who rendered the superb maps for each chapter to help readers comprehend the events more easily.

I'm more than grateful for the extraordinary assistance and forbearance of Marji Ross and her team at Regnery Publishing. Editor Miriam Moore and art director Amanda Larsen encouraged me with their patience and faith that this book really could get finished. Their associate, Paula Decker, ably assisted in that effort.

This book, a collaboration between FOX News Channel and Regnery Publishing, could never have come about but for the work of Williams & Connelly, where Bob Barnett and Kathleen Ryan dotted all the “i”s and crossed every “t” in all the requisite documents.

All who have worked on this project are indebted to the authors, historians, museum directors, and curators who have participated in our Pacific campaign
War Stories
documentaries. Helen McDonald, at the National
Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas, deserves more than thanks for all she has done to support this work. We have also been aided in this effort by the wisdom and experience of:

In order to even attempt such a project as this book without the help of all these people would have been foolhardy on my part, and I bow to these dedicated experts and friends who have made such worthy contributions to this work.

INDEX

Aaron Ward
, USS

Abe, Hiroaki

Akagi
(Japanese carrier)

Akatsuki
(Japanese destroyer)

Akui, Corporal

Alaska

Albacore
, USS

Albert, Eddie

Albury. D.

Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Alexander, Harold

Alison, John

America
, USS

American Volunteer Group (AVG).
See also
Flying Tigers

Anderson, First Sergeant

Antares
, USS

Appalachian
, USS

Arizona
, USS

Arnold, Henry “Hap,” China-Burma-India theater and; Doolittle Raids and

Asagumo
(Japanese destroyer)

Ashworth, Fred

Astoria
, USS

Atago
(Japanese cruiser)

Atlanta
, USS

Atlantic Charter

atomic bomb

Austin, Paul

Australia

Australia
, HMAS

Bagley
, USS

Ball, Bill

Ball, Herb

Baltimore
, USS

Bangkok, Thailand

Banker, Bobby

Barton, Dan

Barton
, USS

Bataan Death March

Bataan Peninsula, Philippines; Philippines, fall of, and; Vella Lavella Island and

Bennion
, USS

Beser, Jacob

Biddle, Francis

Birmingham
, USS

Bismarck Sea, Battle of

Bismarck Sea
, USS

Black Sheep Squadron; Bougainville; Munda Point, New Georgia, and; Vella Lavella Island and

Blanchard, Lee

Blandy, William

Block, Harlon

Bloody Nose Ridge

Bloody Ridge, Guadalcanal

Bluthardt, Raymond

Bock, Frederick

Bock's Car

Bogan, Gerald

Boise
, USS

Bolshevism

Bolt, John “Jack,”

Bonnyman, Alex

Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Black Sheep Squadron and

Bourgeois, Henry “Boo,”

Boyington, Gregory “Pappy,” Black Sheep Squadron and

Bradley, James

Bradley, John “Doc,”

Braemer, Fred

Breakneck Ridge, Leyte

Britain

Brown, Wilson

Buchanan
, USS

Buckmaster, Elliott

Buckner, Simon Bolivar, Jr.

Buffington, Herman “Buff,”

Bunker Hill
, USS

Burke, Arleigh

Burma.
See also
China-Burma-India theater

Bush, George H. W.

California
, USS

Callaghan, Dan

CAMCO.
See
Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company

Campbell, Alexander

Camp Cabanatuan, Philippines

Camp O'Donnell POW Camp, Philippines

Camp Palawan

Canberra
, HMAS

Caniff, Milton

Cape Engaño, Battle of

Cape Esperance, Battle of

Capra, Frank

Caron, George

Cassin
, USS

Cavalla
, USS

CBI.
See
China-Burma-India theater

Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company (CAMCO)

Ceylon.
See
Sri Lanka

Chamberlain, Bill

Chennault, Claire; Flying Tigers and

Chiang, Madame.
See
Soong Mei-ling

Chiang Kai-shek

Chicago
, USS

Chikuma
(Japanese cruiser)

China; Doolittle Raids and; Flying Tigers and; Japanese control of.
See also
China-Burma-India theater

China-Burma-India (CBI) theater

China National Aviation Corporation

Chiyoda
(Japanese submarine)

Cho, General

Chokai
(Japanese flagship)

Churchill, Winston; Atlantic Charter and; atomic bomb and; Japanese surrender and

Club Tsubaki

Cochran, Phil

code-breaking.
See
intelligence, U.S.

Cole, John

Cole, Richard “Dick,”

Colly, Tom

Condor
, USS

Connelley, Major

Cook, John

Coral Sea, Battle of

09; map of; U.S. intelligence and

Cornwall
(British cruiser)

Corregidor, Philippines

Crace, J. C.

Crane, Captain

Crowe, Jim

Curtiss
, USS

Cushing
, USS

Dace
, USS

Dale
, USS

Darter
, USS

Darwin, Australia

Davis, Ray

Davison, Ralph

Day of Infamy.
See
Pearl Harbor

Decatur
, USS

Delewski, Larry

DeShazer, Jacob “Jake,”

Detroit
, USS

Dewa, Kichiji

Dixon, Robert E.

Doolittle, James H. “Jimmy,”.
See also
Doolittle Raids

Doolittle Raids; B-25 bombers and; casualties of; China and;
Hornet
, USS and; importance of

Dorsetshire
(British cruiser)

Downes
, USS

Duckworth, Colonel

“Dugout Doug.”
See
MacArthur, Douglas

Duncan
, USS

Dunham, Eddie

Durasole, Tex

Duzenbury, Wyatt

Dyer, T. H.

Eastern Solomons, Battle for

Edson, Merritt “Red Mike,”

Elliot
, USS

Emrich, W. Thomas

Enola Gay

Enterprise
, USS; Coral Sea, Battle of, and; Doolittle Raids and; Guadalcanal and; Midway, Battle of, and

Erskine, General

Essex
, USS

Ethiopia

Farenholt
, USS

Fascism

Ferebee, Thomas

First Carrier Strike Force (Japanese)

Fisher, Jim

Fitch, Aubrey

Fletcher, Jack; Coral Sea, Battle of, and; Guadalcanal and; Midway, Battle of, and; Pearl Harbor response and

Fletcher
, USS

Flying Tigers

Fort McKinley, Philippines

Foss, Joe

Fox, Fred

Fox Movietone News

France

Franklin
, USS

Fredericksburg, Tex.

Fuchida, Mitsuo: Midway, Battle of, and; Pearl Harbor and

Fuentes, Dorothy.
See
Phillips, Claire

Furuno, Shigemi

Fushimi, Hiroyasu

Fuso
(Japanese battleship)

Gagnon, Rene

Gallagher, Ray

Gambier Bay
, USS

Gary, Donald

Gayle, Gordon

Geiger, Roy

Genda, Minoru

General Anderson
, USS

General Motors

Geneva Convention

Germany: end of World War II and; entry into World War II of; Fascism in; Wehrmacht of

Ghormley, Robert

Ghosts of Bataan, rescue of

Gilbert Islands, Battle for

Gittelson, Roland

Glassford, W. A.

Gordon, Richard (Dick)

Goto, Aritomo

Grant
, USS

Grayling
, USS

Great Depression

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

Great Marianas Turkey Shoot

Griffin, Thomas

Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands; Bloody Ridge, First Battle of;
Bloody Ridge, Second Battle of; Cape Esperance, Battle of; Eastern Solomons, Battle for; Japanese failure at; map of; Naval Battle of; Santa Cruz Islands, Battle of; Savo Island, Battle of; Tassafaronga, Battle of; U.S. intelligence and

Guam; beginning of World War II and; Japanese seizure of; Marianas, assault on, and; Pearl Harbor and

Hackleback
, USS

Halloway, Jim

Halsey, William “Bull:” Black Sheep Squadron and; Bougainville and; Doolittle Raids and; Guadalcanal and; Japanese surrender and; Leyte, Battle of, and; Midway, Battle of, and; Pearl Harbor response and; Rabaul and; Tarawa and

Hamakaze
(Japanese destroyer)

Hammann
, USS

Hara, Tadaichi

Harper, Ed

Haruna
(Japanese battleship)

Hatch, Norman

Hawaii.
See
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Hawaii National Guard

Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory

Hayes, Charlie

Hayes, Ira

Hayes, John

Haynes, Fred

Heckt, Mel

Heermann
, USS

Helena
, USS

Henderson, Lofton

Henley
, USS

Hermes
, HMS

Hiei
(Japanese battleship)

Hill, Harry

Hillis, Tommy

Hirohito, Emperor

Hiroshima, Japan, bombing of

Hirota, Koki

Hiru
(Japanese cruiser)

Hiryu
(Japanese carrier)

Hite, Robert “Bobby,”

Hitler, Adolf

Hiyo
(Japanese carrier)

Hobart
, HMAS

Hoel
, USS

Holmgren, Frank

Homma, Masaharu, Philippines, fall of, and

Hong Kong, China, British forces in

Honolulu
, USS

Hoover, John

Hopkins, Lewis

Hornet
, USS: Coral Sea, Battle of, and; Doolittle Raids and; Guadalcanal and; Midway, Battle of, and

Hosho
(Japanese carrier)

Houston
, USS

Hunt, George

Iida, Shojiro

Illustrious
, USS

Inagaki, Kiyoshi

Indefatigable
, USS

Independence
, USS

India.
See also
China-Burma-India theater

Indianapolis
, USS

Indochina

Indonesia

Inouye, Shigeyoshi

intelligence, U.S.: Coral Sea, Battle of, and; Guadalcanal and; Iwo Jima and; Marianas, assault on, and; Midway, Battle of, and; Pearl Harbor and; Philippines, fall of, and; Coral Sea, Battle of, and; Guadalcanal and