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
I
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
Intrepid, USS
Iowa, USS
Iru (Japanese carrier)
Italy
Ivey, James
Iwasa, Naoji
Iwo Jima, Battle of; casualties of; map of; U.S. intelligence and
J
Japan: espionage activities of; Fascism in; kamikaze attacks of; map of; Pearl Harbor and; preparation for Pearl Harbor by; Purple code of; Russia and; surrender of. See also World War II
Jarvis, USS
Jeppson, Morris
Jintsu (Japanese cruiser)
Johnson, Chandler
Johnston, USS
Joint Chiefs of Staff: atomic bomb and; Iwo Jima and; Strategic Plan for the Defeat of Japan and; Tarawa and
Jones, Davey
Jones, Willy K.
Joson, Eduardo
Juneau, USS
K
Kaga (Japanese carrier)
Kako (Japanese cruiser)
Kakuta, Admiral
kamikaze attacks
Katayama, Yoshio
Kawaguchi, Kiyotaki
Kelleher, Bill “Kelly,”
Kenney, George
Kido Butai
Kimmel, Husband E.; Pearl Harbor and
King, Ed: Doolittle Raids and; Philippines, fall of, and
King, Ernest J.; Doolittle Raids and; Guadalcanal and; Tarawa and
King Two
Kinkaid, Thomas
Kirishima (Japanese battleship)
Kishinami (Japanese destroyer)
Kitty Hawk, USS
Knox, Frank
Koga, Mineichi
Kondo, Nobutake: Guadalcanal and; Philippines, fall of, and
Kongo (Japanese battleship)
Krueger, Walter
Kuharek, John
Kuribayashi, Tadamichi
Kurile Islands
Kurita, Takeo
L
Ladd, Dean
Lady Lex. See USS Lexington
Laffey, USS
Lapham, Robert
Lawson, Ted
Layton, Edwin; Midway, Battle of, and
League of Nations
Leathernecks
Lee, Willis
Leedstown, USS
LeMay, Curtis
Leonard, Paul
Lewis, Robert
Lexington, USS; Coral Sea, Battle of, and; Leyte, Battle of, and; Marianas, assault on, and; Midway, Battle of, and
Leyte, Battle of; Breakneck Ridge; Brunei, Borneo; Cape Engaño, Battle of; Leyte Gulf; map of; Palawan Passage encounter; Samar Island, Battle of; Sibuyan Sea, Battle of; Suluan and Dinagat Islands; Surigao Strait, Battle of
Lillibridge, Don
Lindbergh, Charles
Liscome Bay, USS
Locke, Charlie
Low, Francis
Luzon, Philippines; Camp O’Donnell POW camp at; map of
M
McAhill, Bill
MacArthur, Douglas: atomic bomb and; Black Sheep Squadron and; end of World War II and; final battle of World War II and; Guadalcanal and; Iwo Jima and; Japanese surrender and; Leyte, Battle of, and; Marianas, assault on, and; Peleliu, Palau Islands and; Philippines, fall of, and; Rabaul and; Strategic Plan and; Tarawa and
McCain, John
McCain, John S.
McCalla, USS
McCartney, Henry “Hank,”
McClair, John
McClusky, Clarence, Jr.
McClusky, Joe
McCormick, Robert
McDonnell, Edward
Malaya
Manchuria
Manhattan Project
Manila, Philippines. See Philippines
Marianas, assault on; Great Marianas Turkey Shoot; Guam; Guam and; map of; Philippines Sea, Battle of; Saipan; Tinian; U.S. intelligence and
Marshall, General; Guadalcanal and
Marshall, George
Marshall Islands
Maryland, USS
Mates, Don
Mealy, Joe
Medusa, USS
Merrill, Frank
Merrill, Stanton
Meyers, Fred
Meyers.
Midway, Battle of; casualties of; Japanese attack of; map of; U. S. intelligence and
Mikawa, Gunichi
Mikuma (Japanese cruiser)
Miller, Andrew (Andy)
Mississippi, USS
Missouri, USS
Mitscher, Marc: Doolittle Raids and; Leyte, Battle of, and; Marianas, assault on, and; Okinawa and
Mitsubishi bombers
Mitsubishi Steel and Arms Works
Mogami (Japanese cruiser)
Monaghan, USS
Monssen, USS
Moore, James “Nuts,”
Mountbatten, Louis
Mucci, Henry “Hank,”
Munda Point, New Georgia
Musashi (Japanese battleship)
Musselman, Merle
Mussolini, Benito
Mutaguchi, Renya
N
Nachi (Japanese flagship)
Nagano, General
Nagasaki, Japan, bombing of
Nagato (Japanese battleship)
Nagumo, Chuichi; Coral Sea, Battle of, and; Midway, Battle of, and; Pearl Harbor and; Philippines, fall of, and
Nakagawa, Kunio
Nakayama, Colonel
Nanking, China
Nashville, USS
National Museum of the Pacific War, Fredericksburg, Tex.
Nautilus, USS
Navy Department
Nelson, Richard
Neutrality Act
Nevada, USS
New Georgia
New Guinea
New Jersey, USS
New York Times
Nichols Field, Philippines
Niehoff, Harry
Nimitz, Chester W.: Coral Sea, Battle of, and; Guadalcanal and; Leyte, Battle of, and; Marianas, assault on, and; Midway, Battle of, and; Okinawa and; Peleliu, Palau Islands and; Rabaul and; Tarawa and; final battle of World War II and; Guadalcanal and; Iwo Jima and
Nishimura, Shoji
Nitto Maru (Japanese patrol boat)
Normandy
North Carolina, USS
Nuremberg trials
O
O’Bannon, USS
O’Brien, Cyril “Obie,”
O’Brien, USS
O’Hare, Edward “Butch,”
Obata, Hideyoshi
Okinawa, Battle of; casualties of; importance of; map of
Oklahoma, USS
Oldendorf, Jesse
Old Soldiers Never Die: The Life of Douglas MacArthur (Perret)
Olivi, Fred
Onishi, Takajiro
Operation Cartwheel
Operation Flintlock
Operation Galvanic
Operation Iceberg
Operation Ichi-Go
Operation Olympic Operation Overlord
Operation Stalemate
Operation Thursday
Operation Watchtower
Operation Z
Outerbridge, William
Ozawa, Jisaburo
P
Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor and
Paige, Mitch
Pajota, Juan
Pan American Airways Flying Clippers
Parks, Elmer
Parsons, William “Deke,”
Patton, George
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: aerial attack during; beginning of World War II and; casualties of; First Carrier Strike Force (Japanese) and; goal of; Guam and; Japanese preparation for; Japanese problems during; map of; Philippines and; planning for; revenge for; SPS and; as suicide mission; U.S. intelligence and; U.S. response to; U.S. lack of preparedness for
Peleliu, Palau Islands; Bloody Nose Ridge; map of
Pennsylvania, USS
Percival, Sir Arthur
Perret, Geoffrey
Phelps (U.S. cruiser)
Philippines: Bataan Death March; Bataan Peninsula; Battle of; beginning of World War II and; fall of; Leyte, Battle of, 292–323; map of; Peleliu, Palau Islands; U. S. lack of preparedness in. See also Leyte, Battle of
Philippines Sea, Battle of
Phillips, Claire
Phillips, John
Phoenix, USS
Poland
Pope, Everett
Porter, USS
Portland, USS
Potter, Henry “Hank,”
POWs. See prisoners of war
Prince, Robert
Prince of Wales (British battleship)
Princeton, USS
prisoners of war (POWs): Bataan Death March; Philippines, fall of, and; rescue of; treatment of
Puller, Lewis “Chesty,”
Pyle, Ernie
Q
Quezon, Manuel
Quincy, USS
R
Rabaul, New Guinea; Black Sheep Squadron and; Japanese protection of
Radio Tokyo
Raleigh, USS
Rangoon
Rape of Nanking
Rawlings, Sir Bernard
Reed, William
Repulse (British cruiser)
Richardson, James O.
Rickenbacker, Eddie
Roaring Twenties
Roby, Richard
Rochefort, Joseph; code-breaking and; Midway, Battle of, and
Rocky Mount, USS
Rodriguez, Ralph, Jr.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.; Atlantic Charter and; atomic bomb and; China-Burma-India theater and; death of; Doolittle Raids and; Flying Tigers and; Iwo Jima and; Japanese surrender and; Neutrality Act and; Nimitz and; Philippines, fall of, and; Yamamoto’s death and; aid to China and; Tarawa and
Rosenthal, Joe
Ross, Bill
Rupertus, William
Russia: atomic bomb and; Bolshevism in; Japan and
Ryan, Michael
Ryujo (Japanese carrier)
S
Sackton, Frank
Saipan, Mariana Islands
Sakamaki, Kazuo; capture of; Pearl Harbor and
Salt Lake City, USS
Samar Island, Battle of
Samuel B. Roberts, USS
San Francisco, USS
Santa Cruz Islands, Battle of
Sante Fe, USS
Saratoga, USS
Sasaki, Naokichi
Savo Island, Battle of
Schrier, Harold
Scott, Norman
Seeley, Lieutenant
Selassie, Haile
Selective Service Extension Act
Shanghai, China
Sharp, Alexander
Sheridan, USS
Sherman, Frederick
Shibasaki, Keiji
Shigemitsu, Mamoru
Shima, Kyohide
Shoho (Japanese carrier)
Shokaku (Japanese carrier)
Short, Walter C.
Showers, Donald “Mac,”
Shumard, Robert
Siam Death Railway
Sibuyan Sea, Battle of
Singapore
Slim, William
Smith, Holland M.
Smith, Horton
Smith, Julian C.
Solomon Islands: map of. See also Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Soong Mei-ling
Soryu (Japanese carrier)
Sotoyomo, USS
Sousley, Franklin
South Dakota, USS
Spain, Fascism in
Special Purpose Submarines (SPS)
Spooner, Rick
Sprague, Clifton
Spruance, Raymond A.: Iwo Jima and; Marianas, assault on, and; Midway, Battle of, and; Marianas, assault on, and; Okinawa and
SPS. See Special Purpose Submarines
Sri Lanka
St. Louis, USS
Stalin, Josef
Station Hypo. See also intelligence, U.S.
Sterett, USS
Stevenson, Thomas “Tom,”
Stiborik, Joe
Stilwell, Jonathan
Stilwell, Joseph “Vinegar Joe,”
Stimson, Henry
Strank, Mike
Strategic Plan for the Defeat of Japan
Surgi, William, Jr. “Bill,”
Surigao Strait, Battle of
Suzuki, Sosaku
Swedberg, Ken
Sweeney, Charles
Sweeney, John
Swindle, Don
T
Taiho (Japanese flagship)
Takagi, Takeo
Talbot, USS
Tanaka, Raizo
Tankan Bay, Kurile Islands
Tanner, William (Bill), Jr.
Tarawa, Gilbert Islands; map of
Task Force
Task Force
Task Force
Task Force
Task Force
Task Force
Tassafaronga, Battle of
Taylor, Robert
Tennessee, USS
Thailand
Theobald, Robert A.
Thompson, Kyle
Thorpe, Colonel
Tibbets, Paul
Tientsin, China
Tinian, Mariana Islands
Tojo, Hideki
Tokyo Bay, Japan, Japanese surrender at
Tone (Japanese cruiser)
Toyoda, Soemu
Trimble, Jimmie
Tripartite Pact
Truman, Harry S.; atomic bomb and; end of World War II and; Iwo Jima and; Okinawa and
Tucker, USS
Turner, Charles
Turner, Richmond Kelly; Marianas, assault on, and; Okinawa and; Rabaul and; Tarawa and
U
Ugaki, Matome
Umezu, Yoshijiro
UN. See United Nations
United Nations (UN)
United States: aid to China of; entry into World War II of; Pearl Harbor and; lack of preparedness of. See also World War II
U.S. Congress, declaration of war by
U.S. House of Representatives, Selective Service Extension Act and
Ushijima, Mitsuru
Utah, USS
Uyeda, Sadamu
V
Vandegrift, Archer; Guadalcanal and; Tarawa and
Van Kirk, Ted
Vella Lavella Island, Japan
Vestal, USS
Vichy France
Vietnam War
Vincennes, USS
Vraciu, Alex
W
Wainwright, Jonathan: Japanese surrender and; Philippines, fall of, and
Walt, Colonel
Ward, USS
War Department
Warner Brothers
War Plan Orange
War to End All Wars. See World War II
Washington, USS
Wasp, USS
Wehrmacht
Weiner, Steve
Wells, G. Greeley
West Virginia, USS
White, Jim
White, Thomas “Doc,”
&nb
sp; Wiltshire, John
Wingate, Orde C.
With the Marines at Tarawa
World War II: Black Sheep Squadron; Bloody Tarawa; China-Burma-India theater and; Coral Sea, Battle of, and; Doolittle Raids and; Guadalcanal and; Hiroshima bombing and; Iwo Jima, Battle of, and; Marianas, assault on; Midway, Battle of; Nagasaki bombing and; Okinawa, Battle of, and; Okinawa and; Pearl Harbor and; Peleliu; Philippines, fall of, and; war crimes trials after
Y
Yahagi (Japanese cruiser)
Yamamoto, Isoroku; Coral Sea, Battle of, and; death of; Guadalcanal and; Midway, Battle of, and; Pearl Harbor and; Philippines, fall of, and; Rabaul and
Yamashiro (Japanese battleship)
Yamashita, Tomoyuki
Yamato (Japanese battleship)
Yokoyama, Masaji
Yokoyama, Shigenori
Yorktown, USS; Coral Sea, Battle of, and; Midway, Battle of, and
Yudachi (Japanese destroyer)
Z
Zuiho (Japanese cruiser)
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