New York Times, Chapter 1.1, 6.1, 15.1, 20.1, 20.2, 21.1, 24.1, 25.1, 41.1, 41.2, 44.1
Newsweek magazine
Nickelson, William R. D., Jr., Chapter 28.1, 29.1, 33.1
Nimitz, Catherine, Chapter 1.1, 9.1, 20.1, 21.1, 23.1
Nimitz, Chester W., fm.1, Chapter 1.1, 9.1
Nimitz, Chester W. (cont’d)
Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC), Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 15.1, 15.2, 19.1, 19.2, 21.1, 23.1, 31.1, 35.1, 37.1, 39.1, 39.2n, 39.3, 41.1, 41.2
and the Decatur, Chapter 14.1, 15.1
and Ghormley, Chapter 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 16.1, 20.1, 20.2, 21.1, 44.1
Halsey and
Pacific strategy, Chapter 1.1, 3.1, 20.1, 22.1
and the press, Chapter 15.1, 20.1, 24.1
work habits
Nishida, Masao, Chapter 28.1, 33.1
North Africa campaign
landing and battle, Chapter 2.1, 12.1, 15.1, 15.2, 25.1, 44.1
U.S. combat troops in
Nouméa (New Caledonia), fm.1, Chapter 3.1, 9.1
Halsey reorganizing, Chapter 21.1, 23.1
logistical bottleneck, Chapter 15.1, 21.1
Noyes, Leigh, fm.1, Chapter 3.1, 9.1, 11.1, 12.1
O’Beirne, Emmet
O’Neil, Roger W., Chapter 34.1, 34.2, 38.1
Ohmae, Toshikazu, Chapter 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 12.1
Operation KE (Japanese Guadalcanal garrison evacuation)
Operation Pestilence
Operation Sledgehammer
Operation Torch (Operation Gymnast)
Operation Watchtower (Invasion of Guadalcanal). See Guadalcanal campaign
Ozawa, Jisaburo
PAC 10 (Current Tactical Orders and Doctrine, U.S. Pacific Fleet)
Pacific first strategy
ABC-1 agreement, Chapter 2.1, 39.1
vs. Germany first strategy, Chapter 1.1, 12.1, 15.1, 39.1
Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC), Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2
aircraft carriers, Chapter 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 14.1
battleships, Chapter 2.1, 8.1, 9.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 14.1
combat troops in
communication problems
cruisers, Chapter 13.1, 15.1
destroyers, Chapter 13.1, 13.2
fuel shortages, Chapter 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 12.1, 39.1
Higgins boats, Chapter 14.1, 14.2, 33.1
intelligence weakness
patrol boat YC-236
PT boats, Chapter 19.1, 34.1, 36.1, 36.2, 40.1, 40.2, 40.3, 40.4
rescue at sea, Chapter 34.1, 38.1
role of
Scouting Force
ship armament, Chapter 2.1, 13.1, 20.1, 25.1, 25.2, 26.1
submarines, Chapter 8.1, 8.2n, 14.1, 33.1, 36.1
See also radar technology; torpedo warfare
Pacific Ocean area, map
Parker, Edward N. “Butch,” Chapter 27.2, Chapter 27.1, 28.1, 30.1
Patch, Alexander M., Chapter 38.1, 40.1, 41.1, 41.2
Pearl Harbor
attack on, Chapter 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 13.1, 18.1, 23.1, 25.1, 40.1
espionage and, Chapter 2.1, 3.1, 13.1
investigation
Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC), Chapter 1.1, 1.2
Peguod (fictional ship)
Perkins, Bettsy
Perkins, Lewis W.
Perkins, Van
Philip, Jack
Philippines
espionage and attack on
Leyte Gulf campaign
Pollock, Edwin A.
Port Moresby (New Guinea)
Japanese strategy concerning
Posh (sailor on the San Francisco)
Powell, John C.
PT boats, Chapter 19.1, 34.1, 36.1, 36.2, 40.1, 40.2, 40.3, 40.4
PT-37
PT-44
PT-48
PT-59
PT-111
PT-123
Puller, Lewis B. “Chesty,” Chapter 9.2, Chapter 9.1, 14.1, 17.1, 22.1
Pye, William S., Chapter 2.1, 3.1, 8.1n, 39.1, 44.1
Rabaul (New Britain)
Japanese base at, Chapter 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 9.1
as U.S. strategic objective
11th Air Fleet
radar technology, Chapter 2.1, 8.1, 9.1, 11.1, 13.1, 17.1, 17.2, 23.1, 27.1, 27.2, 36.1, 37.1, 37.2, 40.1, 40.2, 44.1
development of
distrust of, Chapter 7.1, 9.1, 16.1, 27.1, 27.2, 31.1
and firing range
Mark 56 fire-control system
Plan Position Indicator (PPI) cathode display
SG (“Sugar George”) microwave surface-search radar, Chapter 9.1, 12.1, 16.1, 16.2, 26.1
Radke, Royal
Ramsey, Dewitt C.
Ramsey, Donald J.
RCA
Reed, Robert B.
Richardson, Ford, Chapter 12.1, 17.1, 18.1
Riddell, Robert E.
Riefkohl, Frederick
the Battle of Savo Island, Chapter 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1
and Hepburn’s inquiry and report, Chapter 42.1, 43.1, 43.2
and Operation Watchtower
Riggs, Whitaker F.
Rivero, Horacio, Chapter 8.1, 9.1
Robinson, Cecil S.
Rogers, Floyd A., Chapter 30.1, 30.2, 31.1, 32.1
Rooks, Albert H.
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Franklin, fm.1, Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 3.1, 10.1, 12.1, 13.1, 15.1, 21.1, 35.1, 36.1, 39.1, 41.1
Roosevelt, James
Roosevelt, Theodore, Chapter 3.1, 21.1, 21.2
Roper, Clifford H., Chapter 40.1, 40.2
Russell, George L.
Hepburn’s report and
Sailer, Joseph
St. Elmo’s fire
Saito, Hiroshi
Sakuma, Eiji
Samuelson, Allen B., Chapter 30.1, 30.2
Sander, Carl
Santa Cruz, Battle of
aircraft involved in, Chapter 23.1, 23.2
Allied losses
casualties, Chapter 23.1, 44.1
Japanese in
Japanese losses
press and
U.S. Combat Task Forces in the South Pacific (October 26, 1942)
Santa Cruz Islands, Chapter 2.1, 9.1, 22.1
Santiago de Cuba, Battle of
Sato, Torajiro
Saturday Evening Post
Savo Island
Savo Island, Battle of, Chapter 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2
Allied losses
casualties, Chapter 8.1, 44.1
Ghormley and
Hepburn’s inquiry and report on, Chapter 41.1, 42.1, 43.1
Japanese losses
Japanese Navy and, Chapter 6.1, 8.1, 9.1
map
Order of Battle
press and
radar, distrust of, Chapter 7.1, 16.1
sighting of Mikawa’s force, Chapter 6.1, 9.1, 9.2
survivors, treatment of, Chapter 8.1, 12.1
See also Florida Island; Guadalcanal Island; Tulagi Island
Scanland, Francis W.
Schonland, Herbert E., Chapter 26.1, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1, 34.1, 34.2, 35.1, 35.2, 38.1
Schonland (cont’d)
commendations, Chapter 38.1, 41.1
Scott, Marjorie, Chapter 20.1, 39.1
Scott, Norman, Chapter 3.1, 4.1, 8.1, 9.1
and the Atlanta, Chapter 25.1, 25.2, 26.1, 26.2, 29.1
Battle of Cape Esperance, Chapter 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 17.1, 18.1, 19.1, 20.1, 29.1
battle plan, Chapter 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 17.1
cease-fire order
friendly fire, death from
gunnery and night action exercises, Chapter 13.1, 16.1, 18.1, 18.2
misunderstood command
and Operation Watchtower, Chapter 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 19.1, 22.1, 24.1, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 40.1
and Task Force 67.4, Chapter 25.1, 26.1
temperament
and th
e Tokyo Express, Chapter 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 22.1, 25.1, 29.1
Seabees
Civil Engineer Corps and
searchlights
forbidding use of
Searles, John M.
Seattle Times
Seaward, Eugene T., Chapter 17.1, 17.2
Shanklin, Elliott W., Chapter 29.1, 31.1, 33.1
sharks
and survivors in the water, Chapter 12.1, 19.1, 38.1
Shaw, Elizabeth
Shaw, James C., Chapter 29.1, 41.1, 42.1
Shaw, Jane
Sherman, Forrest, Chapter 3.1, 9.1, 9.2
Sherman, Frederick C.
Shiloh, Battle of
Shoup, Frank, Chapter 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
Sinclair, George A.
Slot, The (New Georgia Sound)
as battlefield
map
submarines in, Chapter 8.1n, 21.1
Small, Ernest G., Chapter 13.1, 15.1, 18.1, 18.2
Smith, James Stuart
Smith, John L., Chapter 9.1, 42.1
Smith, Milton Kimbro
Smith, Rodman D., Chapter 13.1, 16.1, 27.1, 28.1, 32.1
Smith, William A.
Smoot, Roland N., Chapter 8.1, 14.1, 14.2, 31.1, 42.1
Snell, Evard J.
Solomon Islands
Australia, the sea-lanes to, Chapter 1.1, 1.2
See also Florida Island; Guadalcanal Island; Savo Island, Battle of; Tulagi Island
Soule, Thayer, Chapter 9.1, 19.1
South Pacific
survivors, sharks and, Chapter 12.1, 19.1, 38.1
U.S. Navy Combat Task Forces (October 26, 1942)
U.S. Navy Combat Task Forces (November 12, 1942)
Western colonial ambitions and
Spencer, Clifford C., Chapter 13.1, 13.2, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 35.1, 41.1
Sperry, Charles Stillman
Spruance, Raymond A., Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 23.1, 21.1, 24.1, 39.1, 43.1, 44.1
Stalin, Joseph
Stalingrad
Stark, Harold, Chapter 1.1, 2.1
Steinbeck, John
Sterrett, David S.
Stewart, Henry
Stimson, Henry L.
Stokes, Thomas M., Chapter 27.1, 28.1
Stone, I. F.
Stormes, Max
Strong, Stockton B.
Stutt, William, Chapter 6.1, 9.1
submarines (Japanese), Chapter 7.1, 11.1, 19.1, 26.1
in The Slot
submarine I-1
submarine I-19, Chapter 12.1, 12.2
submarine I-26, Chapter 11.1, 16.1, 34.1
Torpedo Junction, Chapter 11.1, 25.1, 34.1
submarines (U.S.), Chapter 8.1, 8.2n, 14.1, 33.1, 36.1
and fuel delivery
See also torpedo warfare
Sullivan, Alleta and Tom
War Department campaign to bolster morale
Sullivan, George
death of, Chapter 38.1, 42.1
Sullivan brothers, Chapter 9.1, 38.1
superstition, Chapter 26.1, 27.1, 31.1, 34.1
Sutherland, Richard K.
Suzuki, Masakane
Swenning, Gust
Swenson, Lyman Knute, Chapter 9.1, 23.1, 32.1, 32.2, 34.1, 34.2, 34.3
Takahashi, Sadamu
Tanaka, Raizo, Chapter 7.1, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 16.1, 25.1, 27.1, 35.1, 35.2, 37.1, 40.1, 40.2, 40.3, 40.4
Tarrant, Eugene, Chapter 26.1, 31.1, 41.1, 41.2
Task Force 1
Task Force 11
Task Force 16, Chapter 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 25.1, 26.1, 39.1
Task Force 17, Chapter 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3
Task Force 18
Japanese torpedo bomber attack
Task Force 44
Task Force 61, fm.1, Chapter 11.1, 12.1, 23.1
Battle of Santa Cruz, Chapter 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 44.1
Task Force 62, fm.1, Chapter 4.1, 5.1, 8.1, 12.1
Task Force 62.6, Chapter 7.1, 12.1
Task Force 63, fm.1, Chapter 12.1
Task Force 64, Chapter 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2, 20.1, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 24.1, 25.1, 25.2, 39.1
Battle of Cape Esperance, Chapter 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 17.1, 18.1, 19.1, 24.1, 44.1
Battleship Night Action (Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal), Chapter 36.1, 36.2, 36.3, 36.4, 37.1, 44.1
Task Force 65
Task Force 66
Task Force 67, Chapter 25.1, 25.2, 35.1, 39.1, 44.1
and the air attack on Henderson Field
Battle of Tassafaronga, Chapter 40.1, 40.2, 40.3, 40.4
disbanding of
operations plans, rewriting
Wright’s inaccurate claims
Task Force 67.4, Chapter 25.1, 25.2, 26.1
Cruiser Night Action (First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal), Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 27.4, 28.1, 29.1, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1, 32.1, 33.1, 34.1, 44.1
and the number 13, Chapter 26.1, 27.1, 31.1, 34.1
Tassafaronga, Battle of, Chapter 40.1, 40.2
Allied losses
casualties
Japanese losses
map
Order of Battle
PT boats and, Chapter 40.1, 40.2
and radar technology
survivors
torpedo warfare and
Taylor, Edmund B., Chapter 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
Taylor, John B.
Terauchi, Masamichi
Thomason, Chester C., Chapter 14.1, 14.2
Thompson, lieutenant
Thompson, MacDonald, Chapter 33.1, 33.2
Thornbury, Donald V.
Tisdale, Mahlon S.
Tobin, Robert G., Chapter 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 18.1, 27.1
Tokuno, Horishi
Tokyo
B-25 raid against, Chapter 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 23.1
Tokyo Express, Chapter 10.1, 11.1, 16.1, 16.2, 19.1, 21.1, 22.1, 24.1, 26.1, 35.1, 37.1, 40.1, 40.2, 40.3, 44.1
Cactus Air Force and, Chapter 14.1, 27.1, 35.1, 36.1, 37.1, 40.1
end of, Chapter 40.1, 41.1
Operation KE (Japanese Guadalcanal garrison evacuation)
PT boats and
U.S. Navy and, Chapter 13.1, 15.1, 25.1, 29.1
Tokyo Rose
Tonga Islands
Tongatabu, Chapter 2.1, 2.2
Topper, James
torpedo warfare
danger of, Chapter 5.1, 23.1
run aground
torpedo bombers, Chapter 23.1, 9.1, 11.1, 19.1, 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, 23.5, 25.1, 26.1, 35.1, 41.1
Torpedo Junction, Chapter 11.1, 25.1, 34.1
torpedoes, unreliably of
torpedo warfare (Japanese), Chapter 2.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 12.1, 16.1, 20.1, 21.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, 24.1, 24.2, 27.1, 28.1, 28.2, 34.1, 37.1, 38.1, 40.1, 40.2, 41.1n, 41.2
Long Lance (Type 93 torpedo), Chapter 17.1, 29.1, 31.1, 31.2, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3, 40.1
motor torpedo boats
surface-ship torpedoes superiority of
technical advantage of, Chapter 25.1, 31.1, 37.1, 40.1
See also submarines
torpedo warfare (U.S.), Chapter 8.1, 17.1, 23.1, 27.1, 27.2, 28.1, 29.1, 30.1, 31.1, 37.1n, 40.1, 40.2
mechanical problems with, Chapter 37.1, 44.1
torpedo fuel as a beverage, Chapter 33.1, 40.1
See also submarines
Touve, Norman R.
Toyama, Yasumi
Trafalgar, Battle of
Tregaskis, Richard
Truesdell, William H., Chapter 4.1, 7.1, 7.2
Tsukuhara, Nishizo
Tulagi Island (Solomon Islands), Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1
Japanese air attack on
See also Florida Island; Guadalcanal, Battle of; Guadalcanal Island; Savo Island, Battle of
Turnbull (reporter)
Turner, Richmond Kelly, fm.1, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 6.1
the Battle of Savo Island, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 16.1, 43.1
and Fletcher, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 6.1
/>
and Hepburn’s inquiry, Chapter 42.1, 43.1
Hepburn’s report, rebuttal to
and Operation Watchtower, Chapter 4.1, 5.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 12.1, 15.1, 15.2, 20.1, 22.1, 22.2, 24.1, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 26.1, 26.2, 26.3, 35.1, 37.1, 38.1, 38.2, 38.3, 44.1
and “the Pineapple Fleet” (Hawaiian Detachment)
Twining, Merrill B.
Tyler, Bob
Tyndal, Bill
Tyndal, Edward
Uehlinger, A. E., Chapter 37.1, 37.2
Ugaki, Matome, Chapter 4.1, 6.1, 8.1, 11.1, 12.1, 15.1, 18.1, 22.1, 27.1, 38.1, 40.1
U.S. Army
Guadalcanal, forces in
SOWESPAC (Southwest Pacific Command)
U.S. Navy, competition with, Chapter 1.1, 2.1
25th Division
164th Infantry (“Americal” Division)
U.S. Army Air Forces, Chapter 15.1, 19.1
U.S. Marine Corps
Marine Raiders
personnel
1st Marine Air Wing, Chapter 16.1, 35.1
5th Marine Regiment
7th Marine Regiment
8th Marine Regiment
U.S. Marine Corps (Battle of Guadalcanal)
Henderson airstrip. See Henderson airstrip
Marine units, replacing
U.S. Navy and, Chapter 12.1, 19.1, 23.1, 23.2, 25.1, 25.2, 30.1, 44.1
1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment
2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment
1st Marine Division, fm.1, Chapter 2.1, 3.1, 5.1, 12.1, 38.1
2nd Marine Raiders
U.S. Navy
aircraft carriers, Chapter 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 9.1, 14.1
armament, Chapter 2.1, 13.1, 20.1, 25.1, 25.2, 26.1
battleships, Chapter 2.1, 8.1, 9.1, 13.1, 14.1
code breaking, Chapter 3.1, 4.1, 12.1, 24.1
Combat Task Forces in the South
Pacific (November 12, 1942)
Combat Task Forces in the South
Pacific (October 26, 1942)
commanders, confidence in, Chapter 12.1, 13.1
communications, Chapter 9.1, 36.1
crew conflicts
cruisers, Chapter 13.1, 15.1
destroyers, Chapter 13.1, 13.2, 16.1
at Guadalcanal (August 1942)
at Guadalcanal (October 18, 1942)
Higgins boats, Chapter 14.1, 14.2, 33.1
and “Island Warfare”
intelligence weakness
Japanese Navy, chauvinism toward, Chapter 9.1, 9.2
logistics (fuel, reinforcements, and supplies), Chapter 2.1, 3.1, 8.1, 9.1, 12.1, 15.1
patrol boat YC-236
personnel
PT boats, Chapter 19.1, 34.1, 36.1, 36.2, 40.1, 40.2, 40.3, 40.4
recruits, training of
rescue at sea, Chapter 34.1, 38.1
role of
secrecy and espionage, Chapter 2.1, 3.1, 3.2
South Pacific Area Command (SOPAC)