59. The Cushing (U.S. Navy)
60. The Laffey battled the Hiei at point blank range (U.S. Navy)
61. The Aaron Ward (U.S. Navy)
62. Recruits at Bainbridge, Maryland (U.S. Navy)
63. New sailors at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi (U.S. Navy)
64. Metalworkers turn out 40 mm gun tubes (National Archives)
65. The battleship Washington (U.S. Navy)
66. Willis A. Lee (U.S. Navy/Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University)
67. The South Dakota (U.S. Navy)
68. The South Dakota’s secondary battery roars (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)
69. The South Dakota took a beating but returned as a legend (U.S. Navy)
70. Damage to the South Dakota (U.S. Navy)
71. A 14-inch shell from the Kirishima splintered the South Dakota’s deck (U.S. Navy)
72. The Walke (U.S. Navy)
73. The Barton (U.S. Navy)
74. South Dakota sailors bow their heads (U.S. Navy)
75. Halsey takes the oath from his chief of staff (U.S. Navy)
76. The Japanese transport Kinugawa Maru (U.S. Navy)
77. The Boise returns to Philadelphia (U.S. Navy)
78. Captain Edward J. “Mike” Moran hosts Admiral King aboard the Boise (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)
79. A Boise sailor inspects damage to a bulkhead (U.S. Navy)
80. The Boise’s proud crew (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)
81. Captain Moran in front of the Boise’s battle-worn gun barrels (U.S. Navy)
82. Battle damage to the San Francisco’s hangar area (U.S. Navy)
83. The battered San Francisco (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)
84. Closeup with sailors (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)
85. Admiral Nimitz comes aboard the San Francisco (U.S. Navy)
86. Nimitz inspects the damaged bridge (U.S. Navy)
87. Lieutenant Commander Bruce McCandless (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)
88. McCandless comforts the father and aunt of Admiral Callaghan (U.S. Navy)
89. The heavy cruiser New Orleans, her entire bow shorn away, undergoes temporary repairs (U.S. Navy)
90. Exuberant San Francisco sailors meet the press (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)
91. The PT-109 (US Navy)
92. Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn (U.S. Navy)
93. Eugene Tarrant (James D. Hornfischer)
94. The New Orleans returns to Pearl Harbor (U.S. Navy)
95. Guadalcanal boasts a new wharf and several cranes (U.S. Navy)
96. Ghormley with Eleanor Roosevelt at Pearl Harbor, 1943 (U.S. Navy)
97. The sailors of the PT boat fleet fought gallantly, but the press still felt the need to sensationalize their capabilities (U.S. Navy)
98. Captain Gatch of the South Dakota confers with journalist (U.S. Navy)
99. Lieutenant Hugh M. Robinson (left) and Lieutenant John M. Searles (right) (Courtesy of Gene Kirkland and George Brooks)
INDEX
ABC-1 agreement, Chapter 2.1, 39.1
Abe, Hiroaki, Chapter 10.1, 16.1, 31.1
and the IJN Hiei, Chapter 33.1, 38.1
Vanguard Force, Chapter 10.1, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3
Volunteer Attack Force, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 28.1, 28.2, 29.1, 32.1
Adell, Cecil, Chapter 6.1, 6.2
Ainsworth, Walden L. “Pug”
aircraft (Japanese)
Aichi D3A Val dive-bombers, Chapter 4.1, 18.1
Guadalcanal Campaign, aircraft used in
kamikaze aircraft
Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters, Chapter 4.1, 11.1, 12.1, 19.1, 25.1, 26.1, 33.1
Mitsubishi G4M Betty medium bombers, Chapter 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1, 11.1, 14.1, 19.1, 25.1, 26.1, 26.2, 41.1
Nakajma B5N Kate torpedo bombers
11th Air Fleet, Chapter 4.1, 8.1, 16.1, 25.1
See also under Santa Cruz, Battle of
aircraft (U.S.)
B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers, Chapter 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 15.1, 22.1, 23.1, 34.1, 38.1
F4F Wildcat fighters, Chapter 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 14.1, 18.1, 19.1, 26.1, 26.2, 33.1, 33.2
Guadalcanal campaign, aircraft used in
P-400 or P-39 Airacobra fighters, Chapter 18.1, 19.1, 37.1
PB2Y Coronado Flying Boat
PBY Catalina patrol bombers, Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 11.1, 23.1
SBD Dauntless dive-bombers, Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 11.1, 12.1, 18.1, 19.1, 24.1, 33.1, 33.2, 35.1, 40.1
shortages of, Chapter 9.1, 11.1, 19.1
TBF Avenger torpedo bombers, Chapter 9.1, 11.1, 19.1, 35.1
See also Henderson Field; also under Santa Cruz, Battle of
aircraft carriers (Japanese)
aircraft aboard
See also Pearl Harbor
aircraft carriers (U.S.)
aircraft aboard
as central to the fleet, Chapter 1.1, 9.1, 9.2, 14.1
Operation Watchtower, supporting, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2
Operation Watchtower, withdrawing from,
aircraft carriers
Chapter 5.1, Chapter 8.1, 8.2, 9.1
two carriers, power of
Aleutian Islands
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Alhena (cargo ship), Chapter 14.1, 14.2
Alligator Creek, battle at
Americal Division. See U.S. Army, 164th Infantry
Andrew, John D.
Anthony, Keithel P., Chapter 7.1, 8.1
Aola village (Guadalcanal Island), Chapter 1.1, 1.2
Araki, Tsutau
Arcand, Albert
Arnold, Henry H. “Hap,” Chapter 15.1, Chapter 20.1, 20.2
Australia, the sea-lanes to, Chapter 1.1, 1.2
Backus, Paul H., Chapter 12.1, 36.1, 37.1
Baird, Jim
Baldwin, Hanson W., Chapter 1.1, 9.1, 18.1, 20.1, 20.2, 24.1, 25.1, 41.1
Ball, Bill
Barham, Eugene A., Chapter 28.1, 31.1
Barker, Seaman
Bates, Walter
Battleship Night Action (Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal), Chapter 36.1, 36.2, 37.1, 44.1
Allied losses
casualties, Chapter 37.1, 37.2, 44.1
friendly fire, victims of
IJN Kirishima, hit and scuttled, Chapter 37.1, 37.2
Ironbottom Sound, magnetic interference from
Japanese losses
order of battle
PT boats and, Chapter 36.1, 36.2
survivors, Chapter 37.1, 38.1, 38.2
tactical error
battleships (Japanese), Chapter 12.1, 12.2, 19.1
battleships (U.S.), Chapter 2.1, 8.1, 9.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 14.1
battleship sinking battleship
and fuel shortages, Chapter 2.1, 39.1
officer’s dining facilities
primacy of
treaty limitations on
Beckmann, Alcorn G.
Becton, Julian, Chapter 28.1, 28.2, 31.1
beer shipments, theft of
Bell Labs
Bennett, Jack, Chapter 26.1, 26.2, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1, 32.1, 32.2, 34.1, 35.1
Bode, Howard D., Chapter 3.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 12.1, 41.1
and Hepburn’s inquiry, Chapter 42.1, 43.1
Hepburn’s report, reaction to, Chapter 43.1, 43.2
suicide
15th Naval District, assignment to
Boles, Warren, Chapter 13.1, 16.1, 18.1
Bonaparte, Louis-Napoléon
Bondsteel, Lynford
Bougainville Island
Bouterse, Matthew J., Chapter 7.1, 7.2, 8.1
Brown, Julian P.
Browning, Miles, Chapter 35.1, 38.1, 39.1
Buchanan, Richard M.
Bull, Cornelius
Burke
, Arleigh
Calhoun, C. Raymond “Cal,” Chapter 27.1, Chapter 28.1, 28.2, 32.1, 38.1, 39.1, 39.2
Callaghan, Daniel, Sr.
Callaghan, Daniel J., Chapter 2.1, 3.1
and the Cruiser Night Action, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 28.1, 29.1, 29.2, 30.1
death of, Chapter 30.1, 31.1
and Hepburn’s inquiry
and Operation Watchtower, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 15.1, 19.1, 24.1, 25.1, 26.1
posthumous Medal of Honor
radar, distrust of, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 31.1
and the San Francisco, Chapter 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 26.1, 26.2, 26.3, 26.4, 26.5, 27.1, 29.1, 30.1, 30.2
Saratoga conference
and Task Force 67.4, Chapter 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 26.1, 26.2
temperament
Calvert, Alan P.
Cape Esperance, Battle of, Chapter 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 17.1, 18.1, 19.1, 20.1, 24.1, 44.1
after-action report
Allied losses
casualties
friendly fire, victims of, Chapter 17.1, 18.1, 18.2
Japanese losses
lessons learned
loss of control
map
Order of Battle
press and
Scott’s tactical error
Carl, Marion
Carlson, Evans
Carroll, Lewis
Carroll, Thomas
Casten, Ray
Cates, Clifton B.
Chicago Tribune
Churchill, Winston, Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 39.1
Chute, Robert
Clagett, John
Claypool, James V., Chapter 23.1, 36.1, 37.1
Clemens, Martin, Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 10.1
Cochran, Bin, Chapter 28.1, 29.1, 32.1, 39.1
Coffin, Albert P.
Cole, William
Coleman, George L.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Collett, John A.
Collier’s magazine, p.1, Chapter 1.1, 24.1, 44.1
Colonna, Jerry
Cone, James I., Chapter 30.1, 34.1
Cook, Jack
Cook, James
Coral Sea, Battle of, Chapter 1.1, 8.1, 8.2, 17.1, 38.1
Corboy, Edward, Chapter 2.1, 2.2, 11.1, 25.1
Coward, Jesse, Chapter 28.1, 28.2, 32.1, 39.1, 42.1
Cresswell, Lenard B.
Crouter, Mark H., Chapter 26.1, 30.1
Cruiser Night Action (First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal), Chapter 27.1, 28.1, 29.1, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1, 32.1
accomplishment of
Allied losses
Atlanta burning
casualties, Chapter 32.1, 33.1, 34.1, 38.1, 44.1
IJN Hiei and, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 28.1, 28.2, 28.3, 29.1, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1, 33.1
IJN Hiei, burning and scuttling, Chapter 30.1, 31.1, 33.1, 34.1, 35.1, 35.2
IJN Hiei, Torpedo Squadron 10 (“The Buzzard Brigade”) attack on, Chapter 33.1, 33.2, 35.1
Japanese losses
map (morning after in Ironbottom Sound)
map (Nov. 12–13)
Naval Academy rings, collecting, Chapter 33.1, 34.1
order of battle
and radar technology, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 31.1
survivors, Chapter 34.1, 35.1, 38.1, 38.2, 39.1, 41.1, 42.1
and Torpedo Junction
cruisers (Japanese)
cruisers (U.S.), Chapter 13.1, 15.1
fire-control system
officer’s dining facilities
Crutchley, Victor A. C., fm.1, Chapter 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1
the Battle of Savo Island, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 8.1, 43.1
and Hepburn’s inquiry, Chapter 42.1, 43.1, 43.2
Cummings, Damon M.
Curtin, Daniel
Custer, Joe James, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 21.1, 42.1, 44.1
d’Argenlieu, Thierry
Davidson, Lieutenant Commander
Davis, Arthur C., Chapter 11.1, 23.1
Davis, Clenroe W.
Davis, Elmer
Davis, Glenn B., Chapter 20.1, 36.1, 36.2, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3, 37.4, 37.5
de Gaulle, Charles
De Long, George A.
Dean (fire controlman)
Decatur, Stephen
Dempsey, Jack
“Destroyer, A” (Steinbeck)
destroyers (Japanese), Chapter 11.1, 12.1
destroyers (U.S.), Chapter 13.1, 13.2
value of
Dietz, Gilbert G.
Doolittle, Jimmy, Chapter 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 23.1
DuBose, Laurance T., Chapter 26.1, 29.1, 29.2 31.1, 33.1, 34.1, 35.1, 36.1
Duke, Irving T.
Dusch, Robert, Chapter 31.1, 32.1
Eastern Solomons, Battle of the
Allied losses
casualties
Japanese losses
Edson, Merritt, Chapter 12.1, 14.1, 15.1, 21.1
Edson’s Ridge, Battle of
Efate (New Hebrides)
Egan, John
Eisenhower, Dwight D., Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 2.1
El Alamein, victory at
El Cid
Eller, Ernest M., Chapter 9.1, 13.1, 20.1, 36.1
Emory, Dallas, Chapter 20.1, 33.1, 34.1
Empress Augusta Bay, Battle of
England
U.S. combat troops in
Espiritu Santo (New Hebrides)
Evans, Ernest E.
Evins, Thomas A., Chapter 27.1, 28.1, 31.1
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company (Kearny, NJ)
Fiji Islands
Operation Watchtower rehearsal
Fike, Charles L.
1st Marine Division (Guadalcanal), fm.1, Chapter 2.1, 3.1, 5.1, 12.1
tour of duty ending
Fitch, Aubrey W., Chapter 16.1, 19.1, 23.1
Fitch, Jake
Fitzgerald, Victor James
Fletcher, Frank Friday
Fletcher, Frank Jack, fm.1, Chapter 1.1, 2.1
aircraft carriers, protectiveness of, Chapter 5.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 11.1, 37.1, 43.1
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
and Hepburn’s inquiry and report, Chapter 43.1, 43.2
and Operation Watchtower, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
Saratoga conference
and Turner, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 5.1
Florida Island (Solomon Islands)
Japanese air attack on
See also Guadalcanal, Battle of; Guadalcanal Island; Savo Island, Battle of; Tulagi Island
Fontana, Paul
Forgy, Howell M.
Forman, Andrew L.
Forrestal, James, Chapter 12.1, 12.2, 35.1, 43.1
Foss, Joe, Chapter 19.1, 26.1, 26.2
Fowler, R. L.
Fox Movietone News Agency
France, Albert F.
Frank, Richard B., Chapter 5.1, 22.1, 44.1
Fraser, Peter
Fraser, Thomas E.
Friday the 13th, Battle of. See Cruiser Night Action
Furst, Vince
Garver, C. C.
Gash, Russell W.
Gatch, Thomas, Chapter 12.1, 12.2, 23.1, 23.2, 36.1, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3, 37.4, 37.5
Gavutu Island
Geiger, Roy, Chapter 19.1, 19.2, 22.1, 24.1
German Navy (ships)
Bismarck
Tirpitz
Germany first strategy
ABC-1 agreement, Chapter 2.1, 39.1
vs. Pacific first strategy, Chapter 1.1, 12.1, 15.1, 39.1
Ghormley, Robert L., fm.1, Chapter 2.1, 2.2
capability and perseverance, questions concerning, Chapter 11.1, 12.1, 15.1, 20.1, 20.2
Commander, South Pacific Forces (COMSOPAC), Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3n, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 16.1, 19.1, 19.2, 20.1
and Hepburn’s inquiry, Chapter 41.1, 43.1
&nbs
p; Hepburn’s report, commentary on
and “Island Warfare”
relieved as COMSOPAC, Chapter 20.1, 20.2, 21.1, 21.2, 44.1
Saratoga conference, absence from
and secrecy
strain of command, Chapter 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 15.1, 15.2, 20.1, 21.1, 21.2
Gibson, Jack, Chapter 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1
Gibson, Robert D.
Giffen, Robert C.
Gone with the Wind (Mitchell)
Gorman, Charles C.
Goto, Aritomo, Chapter 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 23.1, 35.1
Gould, Frank
Graff, Christopher (son)
Graff, Kenneth (grandson)
Graff, Robert, Chapter 2.1, 13.1, 13.2, 27.1, 29.1, 29.2, 29.3, 41.1, 42.1, 42.2, 42.3, 44.1
return to the Atlanta site
Grahn, Alvin, Chapter 23.1, 23.2
Grant, Ulysses S.
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Great White Fleet, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 21.1
Greenman, William G., Chapter 3.1, 33.1, 36.1
the Battle of Savo Island, Chapter 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
and Hepburn’s inquiry
Gregor, Orville F., Chapter 9.1, 31.1, 33.1
Griffith, Samuel B., II
Guadalcanal campaign
aircraft carrier support, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 9.1, 9.2
aircraft losses
Allied losses
Battle for Henderson Field, Chapter 22.1, 23.1
Battle of Cape Esperance, Chapter 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 17.1, 18.1, 19.1, 20.1, 24.1, 44.1
Battle of Edson’s Ridge
Battle of Santa Cruz, Chapter 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 25.1, 44.1
Battle of Savo Island, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 24.1, 44.1
Battle of Tassafaronga, Chapter 40.1, 40.2, 40.3, 40.4
Battle of the Eastern Solomons, Chapter 11.1, 44.1
Battleship Night Action (Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal), Chapter 36.1, 36.2, 36.3, 36.4, 37.1, 44.1
beer shipments, theft of
black market
Cactus Control, Chapter 36.1, 37.1
casualties, fm.1, Chapter 8.1, 8.2, 44.1, 44.2. See also under separate battles
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
expeditionary force, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Henderson Field. See Henderson Field
Ichiki’s assault
importance of, prl.1, Chapter 21.1
Guadalcanal campaign (cont’d)
Japanese garrison, Chapter 1.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 19.1, 11.2, 12.2, 14.1, 15.1, 40.1
Japanese garrison, attempts to reinforce, Chapter 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 15.1, 21.1, 25.1, 25.2