Japanese garrison, bombardment and air attacks on, Chapter 14.1, 20.1, 21.1, 25.1
Japanese garrison, evacuation (Operation KE)
Japanese losses
Japanese naval bombardment and air attacks, Chapter 9.1, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 16.1, 19.1, 25.1, 25.2, 35.1, 35.2
landing, Japanese resistance to
logistics (fuel, reinforcements, and supplies), Chapter 2.1, 3.1, 5.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 16.1
medals and commendations, Chapter 38.1, 39.1, 40.1, 41.1
Nagumo’s Striking Force, Chapter 6.1, 7.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 16.1, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 23.1
naval losses, Chapter 44.1, 44.2
Nouméa (New Caledonia), fm.1, Chapter 3.1, 9.1, 21.1, 23.1
as “Operation Shoestring”
preparations, Chapter 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
press and, Chapter 20.1, 21.1, 24.1, 25.1, 41.1, 42.1
Saratoga conference
the Slot (New Georgia Sound), Chapter 2.1, 13.1
submarine threat, Chapter 7.1, 11.1
U.S. Navy (August 1942)
U.S. Navy (October 18, 1942)
warship losses
See also Operation Watchtower; radar technology
Guadalcanal Island (Solomon Islands)
Australia, as the sea-lanes to, Chapter 1.1, 1.2
expeditionary force arrival at
geography and history
Henderson Field. See Henderson Field
Japanese interest in
Lever Brothers coconut plantation, Chapter 1.1, 3.1, 3.2
Mosquito Network (armed forces radio)
New Georgia Sound (the Slot), Chapter 2.1, 13.1
transformation of
See also Florida Island; Guadalcanal, Battle of; Savo Island, Battle of; Tulagi Island
Gunnery, naval
exercises conducted by Norman Scott, Chapter 13.1, 16.1, 18.1, 18.2
fire-control systems (cruiser)
Hagen, Bob, Chapter 9.1, 27.1, 31.1, 33.1, 42.1
Haines, Preston B.
Haines, Richard A.
Hale, Richard, Chapter 12.1, 18.1, 28.1, 28.2
Hall, Perry, Chapter 28.1, 32.1
Halligan (chief electrician)
Halloran, Paul M.
Halsey, William F., Jr., Chapter 1.1, 2.1, 12.1, 21.1
Commander, South Pacific Forces (COMSOPAC), Chapter 21.1, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, 24.1, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4, 30.1, 35.1, 36.1, 37.1, 38.1, 38.2, 39.1n, 39.2, 40.1, 41.1, 41.2, 44.1
Henderson Field, visit to
and Hepburn’s inquiry, Chapter 42.1, 43.1
and Hoover’s ability to command, Chapter 38.1, 39.1
informality and management style, Chapter 21.1, 24.1, 25.1
Japanese, public tauntings of
and the Juneau survivors, Chapter 38.1, 39.1
Nouméa reorganization, Chapter 21.1, 23.1
Rabaul as new strategic objective
relieves Ghormley, Chapter 20.1, 20.2, 21.1, 21.2, 44.1
Handy, Thomas T.
Hank, William E.
Hara, Tameichi, Chapter 10.1, 12.1, 23.1, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 28.1, 31.1, 31.2
Hardison, Osborne B.
Harmon, Leonard Roy
Harmon, Millard F.
Harper’s magazine
Harrison, Edgar, Chapter 29.1, 42.1, 42.2
Hartney, Joseph, Chapter 27.1, 31.1, 38.1
Hashimoto, Shintaro, Chapter 37.1, 37.2, 41.1
Hayes, John D., Chapter 8.1, 8.2
Hayter, Hubert M.
Henderson, Lofton R.
Henderson Field (Guadalcanal Island), Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 18.1
aircraft at, Chapter 19.1, 19.2
aircraft shortages, Chapter 9.1, 11.1, 12.1
Battle of Edson’s Ridge
Cactus Air Force, Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 14.1, 15.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 24.1, 33.1, 35.1, 35.2, 36.1, 37.1, 41.1
Fighter One airstrip
fuel shortages
Halsey’s visit to
IJN Hiei, Torpedo Squadron 10 (“The Buzzard Brigade”) attack on, Chapter 33.1, 33.2, 35.1
Japanese garrison, attacks by, Chapter 12.1, 23.1, 24.1
Japanese garrison, offensive against, Chapter 25.1, 25.2
Japanese garrison, supplying. See Tokyo Express
Japanese naval bombardment and air attacks, Chapter 9.1, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 16.1, 19.1, 24.1, 24.2, 25.1, 25.2, 26.1, 27.1, 35.1, 35.2
Marine Bombing Squadron 232 (VMSB-232)
Marine Corps Pioneers
Marine Fighter Squadron 223 (VMF-223), Chapter 9.1, 10.1
Nimitz’s recommended improvements
Henderson Field, Battle for, Chapter 22.1, 23.1
casualties
Heneberger, H. B.
and Hepburn’s inquiry
Heneberger, R. G.
Hepburn, Arthur J.
inquiry and report, Chapter 41.1, 42.1, 43.1
Heyn, Allen, Chapter 32.1, 38.1, 38.2, 38.3, 42.1
Hicks, Benjamin
Hicks, Stanley
Higdon, Harry S., Chapter 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 32.1
Hill, Harry W.
Hirohito, Emperor, Chapter 4.1, 27.1, 41.1
Hisamune, Yonejiro
Hitler, Adolph, Chapter 1.1, 41.1
HMAS Australia, fm.1, Chapter 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 42.1, 43.1
HMAS Canberra, Chapter 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 12.1
sinking of, Chapter 12.1, 44.1
HMS Exeter
HMAS Hobart, Chapter 4.1, 8.1
HMS Hood, Chapter 18.1, 35.1
HMS Prince of Wales
HMS Repulse
Holcomb, Thomas
Hollingsworth, Sam
Hooper, Edwin B., Chapter 12.1, 21.1, 36.1, 37.1
Hoover, Gilbert C., Chapter 13.1, 13.2, 15.1, 16.1, 35.1
Cruiser Night Action, Chapter 17.1, 18.1, 24.1, 26.1, 26.2, 27.1, 27.2, 28.1, 29.1, 31.1, 32.1
and the Juneau survivors, Chapter 34.1, 38.1, 38.2, 39.1
reassignment of, Chapter 39.1, 43.1
Task Force 67, taking command of, Chapter 32.1, 34.1, 34.2
and Torpedo Junction
Hoover, Herbert
Hope, Bob
Howe, Robert, Chapter 13.1, 26.1, 32.1, 34.1
Hubbard, Joseph C., Chapter 26.1, 30.1
Hyakutake, Harukichi, Chapter 22.1, 23.1, 24.1, 41.1
Hynes, Samuel
Ichiki, Kiyonao
Ijuin, Matsuji, Chapter 37.1, 37.2
Imperial Japanese Army
Guadalcanal garrison, Chapter 1.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 19.1, 11.2, 12.2, 15.1, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3
2nd Army
2nd (Sendai) Division, Chapter 22.1, 22.2, 25.1, 41.1
17th Army, Chapter 4.1, 10.1, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 22.1, 24.1, 25.1, 41.1
38th Division
Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)
Combined Fleet, Chapter 1.1, 4.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 21.1, 22.1, 25.1, 25.2
fuel shortages, Chapter 12.1, 15.1, 26.1
IJ Army, competition with, Chapter 4.1, 12.1
IJN 8th Fleet, Chapter 4.1, 22.1
IJN 11th Air Fleet, Chapter 4.1, 25.1
loss of confidence
night training
Rabaul (New Britain), base at, Chapter 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 9.1
Tokyo Express, Chapter 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 19.1, 19.2, 21.1, 22.1, 24.1, 25.1, 26.1, 27.1, 29.1, 35.1, 35.2, 36.1, 37.1, 40.1, 40.2, 40.3, 40.4, 41.1, 44.1
Truk conferences, Chapter 4.1, 12.1
Truk naval base, Chapter 4.1, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 10.1, 11.1, 23.1
Imperial Japanese Navy (Battle of Guadalcanal)
Advance Force, Chapter 10.1, 16.1, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 25.1, 35.1, 36.1, 36.2, 37.1
aftermath
aircraft losses, fm.1, Chapter 44.1
Battle for Henderson Field, Chapter 22.1, 23.1
Battle of Cape Esperance, Chapter 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 18.1, 19.1, 20.1, 24.1, 4
4.1, 44.2
Battle of Edson’s Ridge
Battle of Santa Cruz, Chapter 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 44.1, 25.1
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, 36.5, 44.1, 37.1, 37.2
Bombardment Force, Chapter 27.1, 33.1, 35.1, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3
captains dying with their ships
casualties, fm.1, Chapter 44.1, 44.2
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, 44.1
Guadalcanal garrison, supplying. See Tokyo Express
Henderson Field, naval bombardment and air attacks on, Chapter 9.1, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 16.1, 19.1, 24.1, 24.2, 25.1, 25.2, 26.1, 27.1
importance of, Chapter 1.1, 11.1, 38.1, 41.1, 44.1, 44.2
intelligence failure, Chapter 4.1, 4.2
naval losses, Chapter 44.1, 44.2
Operation KE (Japanese Guadalcanal garrison evacuation)
operational code groups, Chapter 3.1, 4.1
Striking Force, Chapter 6.1, 7.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 16.1, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3
Tokyo Express, Chapter 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 19.1, 19.2, 21.1, 22.1, 24.1, 25.1, 26.1, 27.1, 29.1, 35.1, 35.2, 36.1, 37.1, 40.1, 40.2, 40.3, 40.4, 41.1, 44.1
Truk conferences, Chapter 4.1, 12.1
U.S. landing, response to
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
warship losses
11th Air Fleet
Imperial Japanese Navy (ships)
Akatsuki, Chapter 28.1, 28.2, 30.1, 35.1
Amatsukaze, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 28.1, 31.1, 31.2
Aoba, Chapter 4.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1
Asagumo, Chapter 30.1, 31.1, 37.1
Atago, Chapter 35.1, 35.2, 36.1, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3, 37.4, 37.5, 37.6
Ayanami, Chapter 37.1, 37.2
Chikuma
Chitose
Chokai, Chapter 4.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, 19.1, 25.1, 35.1
Fubuki
Furutaka, Chapter 4.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2
Fuso
Haruna, Chapter 16.1, 19.1, 19.2, 25.1, 27.1, 35.1
Harusame, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 28.1
Hatsuyuki
Hayashio
Hiei, Chapter 8.1, 10.1, 12.1, 16.1, 22.1, 25.1, 27.1, 27.2, 28.1, 28.2, 28.3, 29.1, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1, 33.1, 33.2, 35.1, 35.2, 38.1
Hiryu
Hiyo, Chapter 16.1, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2
Ikazuchi, Chapter 28.1, 29.1
Inazuma
Jintsu
Junyo, Chapter 16.1, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 25.1, 33.1, 41.1
Kako, Chapter 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2
Kawakaza
Kinugasa, Chapter 4.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 16.1, 16.2, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 19.1, 25.1, 35.1
Kirishima, Chapter 8.1, 10.1, 12.1, 16.1, 22.1, 25.1, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 28.1, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1, 31.2, 32.1, 33.1, 35.1, 35.2, 36.1, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3, 37.4, 37.5, 38.1
Kongo, Chapter 16.1, 19.1, 19.2, 25.1, 27.1, 35.1
Kumano
Makinami
Maya, Chapter 19.1, 25.1, 35.1, 35.2, 36.1
Murasame, Chapter 30.1, 31.1
Musahi
Mutsu, Chapter 10.1, 12.1
Mutsuki
Myoko
Nagara, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 28.1, 28.2, 35.1, 35.2, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3, 37.4
Nisshin
Ryujo, Chapter 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
Samidare, Chapter 30.1, 31.1
Sendai, Chapter 35.1, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3
Shiratsuyu, Chapter 11.1, 31.1
Shirinami
Shoho
Shokaku, Chapter 10.1, 11.1, 16.1, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2
Suzuya, Chapter 35.1, 35.2, 36.1
Takanami
Takao, Chapter 35.1, 35.2, 36.1, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3, 37.4
Tenryu, Chapter 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 8.1, 25.1
Teruzuki
Uranami
Yamashiro
Yamato, Chapter 10.1, 12.1, 12.2, 22.1, 38.1, 41.1
Yubari, Chapter 4.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1
Yudachi, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 31.1, 31.2, 33.1, 35.1
Yugiri
Yukikaze, Chapter 28.1, 33.1
Yunagi, Chapter 4.1, 6.1, 8.1
Yura
Zuiho, Chapter 16.1, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, 41.1
Zuikaku, Chapter 10.1, 11.1, 19.1, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, 23.5, 41.1
See also aircraft carriers; battleships; cruisers; destroyers; motor torpedo boats; submarines; torpedoes
Irish, Elijah W.
and Hepburn’s inquiry
“Iron Bottom Bay” (Mahler)
Ironbottom Sound
magnetic interference from
morning after map
Irvine, Charles B.
Ishmael (fictional character)
Iwabuchi, Sanji, Chapter 37.1, 37.2, 37.3
Jabberwock (Carroll)
Jackson, Andrew
Jackson, Charles
Jacobs, Randall
Japan
U.S. attacks on, Chapter 1.1, 2.1, 3.1
U.S. landing on Guadalcanal, response to
Japanese Navy. See Imperial Japanese Navy
Jenkins, Don, Chapter 34.1, 34.2
Jenkins, John H.
Jenkins, Samuel P., Chapter 2.1, 9.1, 20.1, 20.2, 27.1, 28.1, 29.1, 29.2, 33.1, 34.1
Jenks, Henry P.
Johns, Wade
Johnson, Harold L.
Johnson, Stanley
Jones, James
Jones, John Paul
Joslin, Leonard A.
Jutland, Battle of
Kawaguchi, Kiyotake, Chapter 11.1, 14.1
Kennedy, Bill, Chapter 19.1, 33.1
Kennedy, John F.
Kennedy, Joseph
Keppler, Reinhardt J., Chapter 31.1, 41.1
Kettering, Charles F.
Kikkawa, Kiyoshi
Kimmel, Husband E., Chapter 1.1, 2.1
Kimura, Susumu, Chapter 27.1, 37.1, 37.2
Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet (COMINCH), Chapter 1.1, 2.1, 5.1, 8.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 13.1, 20.1, 20.2, 39.1, 41.1, 44.1, 44.2
and Hepburn’s inquiry and report, Chapter 41.1, 42.1, 43.1
personality, Chapter 1.1, 24.1
and the press, Chapter 24.1, 24.2, 24.3
Kinkaid, Thomas, fm.1, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 8.1, 9.1, 11.1, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, 25.1, 25.2, 35.1, 35.2, 36.1, 39.1, 40.1, 40.2
Kittredge, George
Knox, Frank, Chapter 1.1, 2.1, 21.1, 24.1
Kobayashi, Michio, Chapter 37.1, 37.2, 37.3
Koerner, Ozzie
Kolombangara, Battle of
Kondo, Nobutake, Chapter 10.1, 16.1, 37.1, 37.2, 38.1
Advance Force, Chapter 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 25.1, 35.1, 36.1, 36.2
Bombardment Force, Chapter 27.1, 33.1, 35.1, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3
Koro Island
Kurita, Takeo, Chapter 19.1, 27.1
Laffan, John J., Chapter 17.1, 18.1
Lair, Rodney B., Chapter 30.1, 34.1
Lamar, Hal
Lawrence, John E.
Layton, Edwin T.
Lea, Homer
Leckie, Robert
Lee, Willis, Chapter 13.1, 20.1, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4, 35.1, 40.1
Battleship Night Action, Chapter 36.1, 36.2, 36.3, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3, 26.1, 37.4
gunnery expertise, Chapter 36.1, 37.1
and Hepburn’s inquiry
and radar technology, Chapt
er 36.1, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3
Task Force 64, Chapter 36.1, 36.2, 36.3
temperament
LeHardy, Louis M.
LeHardy, Marcel
Leslie, Maxwell F., Chapter 11.1, 14.1
Leslie, Raymond, Chapter 29.1, 33.1
Lever Brothers coconut plantation, Chapter 1.1, 3.1, 3.2
Lincoln, Abraham
Loeser, Arthur
London, Jack, Chapter 1.1, 39.1
Loomer, F.C.
Lowe, Edward S.
Lucky (ship’s mascot)
Luehman, Earl A., Chapter 29.1, 31.1
Lundstrom, John B.
Lunga Point, Chapter 3.1, 3.2
Lunga River
Luttrell, Wyatt J.
Maas, Melvin J.
MacArthur, Douglas, Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 9.1, 16.1, 21.1, 39.1, 39.2, 41.1, 42.1
MacDonald, Donald
MacKenzie (Australian coastwatcher), Chapter 19.1, 19.2
Mahler, Walter A.
Mangrum, Richard C., Chapter 9.1, 10.1, 12.1
Marco Polo Bridge Incident
Marcus Island
Marquardt, Dick
Marshall, George, Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 15.1, 39.1
Maruyama, Masao
Maslo, Samuel
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mather, Major
McCain, John S., fm.1, Chapter 3.1, 9.1, 11.1, 12.1, 16.1, 16.2n
and Hepburn’s inquiry
McCandless, Bruce, Chapter 18.1, 26.1, 26.2, 41.1
commendations, Chapter 38.1, 41.1
Cruiser Night Action, Chapter 29.1, 29.2, 29.3, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 30.4, 31.1, 31.2, 32.1, 34.1, 34.2
McClellan, George B.
McCombs, Charles E.
McCullough, John
McIntire, Ross
McKinney, Bill, Chapter 27.1, 29.1, 29.2, 33.1, 35.1, 37.1, 41.1
McLaughlin, Ensign
McMorris, Charles H., Chapter 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1, 18.2, 25.1
Melhorn, Charles
Merillat, Herbert, Chapter 19.1, 22.1
Michener, James
Midway Island
battle of, fm.1, Chapter 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 8.1, 9.1, 43.1
Japanese and, Chapter 1.1, 8.1, 8.2, 11.1
Mikawa, Gunichi, Chapter 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 12.1, 16.1, 16.2, 19.1, 22.1, 25.1, 40.1, 41.1
Mitchell, Margaret, Chapter 2.1, 2.2
Moby-Dick (Melville)
Moore, Bryant E.
Moore, Samuel N., Chapter 7.1, 7.2
Moran, Edward J. “Mike,” Chapter 13.1, Chapter 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4, 18.5, 18.6, 18.7
Moredock, Stewart
Morison, Samuel Eliot, Chapter 11.1, 40.1
Morris, C. G.
Morris, Chick, Chapter 13.1, 13.2, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 25.1, 26.1, 26.2, 27.1, 29.1, 31.1, 34.1, 38.1