Index A Abrams, Ensign Earle B.: 87, 89 Ault Field, Whidbey Island WA: 70, 144 Act of Panama of 1939: 77 Auslander, Lt. (jg) S. E.: 115 Adak Island: 66, 70 Aussie Commandos: 208, 227, 247 Adalaide, Australia: 170 Azore Islands: 78, 123 Ady, Lieutenant Howard: 45 Aeschliman, Ed: 34 B Agattu Island: 71 Aircraft Anti-Submarine Development B-17: 21, 51, 55, 58, 84, 204 Detachment: 95 B-24: 149, 258 Akagi, Japanese carrier: 46 B-25: 250, 253-254 Akebono Maru, Japanese tanker: 45 B-26: 58, 65 Alameda NAS, CA: 16, 66, 87, 95, 98, B-2 Condor bomber: 124 146-147 B-8: 82 Alaska: 50, 57, 62, 65, 124, 131, Bagga Island: 252 USS Albemarle: 81, 138 Baguio Luzon, Philippines: 21 Aldis Lamp: 112, 159-160, 186, 204 Balikpapan, Borneo: 31, 258-259 Aleutian Islands: 40, 53-55, 58-61, Balim River, New Guinea: 131 63-66, 69-70, 72-73, 98, 114, 143, Baltic Sea: 97 Allied Air Forces: 259 Banana River, FL: 91 Amboina: See Ambon Island Banisky, Walt: 219 Ambon Island: 28, 31-34 Bankhardt, Philip: 91, 139 Ambrym Island: 196 Banks, Sir Joseph: 172 Amchitka Island: 65-67 Banks Group Islands: 172-173 Andresen, Andy: 229, 230 Barakoma: 254 USS Antares: 2 Barbara, American merchant ship: 85 Anzio, Beachhead: 109 Barber, Cash: 227 Arawe Island: 246 Barber’s Point, Hawaii: 9 Archibold, Dr. Richard: 131-132 Barker, William A.: 157, 205, 219, Argentia, Newfoundland: 80-82, 85, 224-225, 259-260 87, 96 Barking Sands, Kauai: 48, 51 USS Argonaut: 229 Bombardment Group, 307th: 258 Army Air Corps: 5, 7, 21, 48 USS Barton: 249 Astoria, OR: 62 Bay of Biscay: 85, 96-97, 99, 103, Astrolabe Point, Vanikoro Island: 175 108-109 Athenia, British passenger ship: 76 Bazelle, AMM/1st class: 238 Atka Island: 55, 60 Beahrs, Lieutenant O. H.: 67, 69 Attu Island: 53, 58, 60-61, 69-73 Bearn, French carrier: 78 Atwood, Ensign Stoughton: 110 Bedell, Lieutenant Robert Irving: HMS Aubriettia: 107 100-103 Aukland, New Zealand: 225 Beechcraft: 144 267 Bellinger, Rear Admiral P. N. L.: 7, 50, Cape Esperance, battle of: 180 139-140 Cape Farewell, Greenland: 80 Benton, Tom: 168, 189-191, 198, 202, Cape Hatteras, NC: 82 243, 245, 251 Cape St. George, New Ireland: 254 Bermuda: 78, 82, 95-96, 245 Caribbean Islands: 74, 82, 84-85, 114, Betty bombers: 169, 201, 237 116, 241, 245, 255 Biak Island: 258-260 Carlson’s Raiders, Colonel: 162 Birch, Ensign Thomas L.: 165 Carmack, David R.: 101 Birdsall, Douglas: 66-67, 69 Caroline Islands: 38, 174, 235 Bird Cape, Amchitka Island: 67 Casablanca: 104 Bismarck Archipelago: 151, 234, 235, USS Casco: 55, 60-61 237, 239 Cavite Navy Yard, Minila: 21, 23, 25-27, Bismarck Sea: 80-81, 151, 154, 217, 31 234-235, 237, 239, 242, 255-256, Cebu, Philippines: 240 258 Celebes Island, East Indies: 31-32, 240, Bismarck, German battleship: 80 244, 258 Black, Johnny: 13 Ceram Island: 34 HMS Blackfl y: 107 Ceylon: 153-154, 259 Blackman, Lt. (jg) G. A. L.: 49, 194, 196, Charleston, South Carolina: 76 252 Chase, Lieutenant William: 45, 207-208 Black Cats: 199, 201, 217, 219, Chatham, MA: 123 232-237, 239-243, 245-247, 255, Cheverton, Milton: 49, 189, 194, 196, 259-260 252 Black Magic: 244 USS Childs: 27-28 Bligh Island: 173 USS Chincoteague: 175 Blue Goose: 261 Chipchase, Lieutenant (jg ) Cal: Bodinet, Lieutenant: 91 173-174 Boeing Company: 123-124 Choiseul Island: 199, 251 Boeing of Canada: 134 Chokai, Japanese cruiser: 181 The Flying Dreadnaught: 123-124 Churchill, Prime Minister Winston: 78 Bogoslof Island: 54, 64 Clark, Commander Thurston: 1 Bordeaux, France: 97 Clark, Ensign James: 61 Borneo: 24, 31-32, 258 Clark, Ensign Bob: 143 Bougainville: 200-202, 220-222, 229, Clark, Lieutenant ‘Dopey’: 207, 212 238, 253, 255 Clark, Lieutenant Carlton: 8 HMS Bounty: 173 Clark Air Force Base, Philippines: 21 Boussole Reef, Vanikoro Island: 175 Clute, Lieutenant (jg) George S.: 209 Bowen, Australia: 170 Coastwatchers: 155, 177-178, 181, 183, Boyle, Peter: 65 196, 199, 204, 206, 208, 223, 229, Brazil: 85, 115, 126, 245 247, 251, 253, 261, Brazilian Navy: 115 Coast Guard: 56, 145-146 Brest, France: 97 Cobb, Lieutenant (jg) J. O.: 7 Brisbane, Australia: 151, 170, 257 Coco Solo, Panama: 76, 127, 129 Bristol, Rear Admiral: 80 Cold Bay, Alaska: 55 British Coastal Command: 80 Coley, Jack: 6-11, 50, 155, 184, 210, British West Indies: 114 220, 222 Broome, Australia: 29, 34 Colombo, Ceylon: 153 Brown, Ensign Roger: 65 ComAirSoPac: 174 Brown, Vice Admiral Wilson: 153 ComAir Seventh Fleet: 217 Brownie: 253 ComTask Group 73.1: 217 Buckmaster, Commander: 138 Consolidated Aircraft: 74, 95, 115, 121, Buffalo, NY: 125 123-132, 134-135, 138, 140, 143, Buna, New Guinea: 154 147-148, 189-190, Burma: 150, 153-154 Consolidated Commodore: 125-126 Byrd, John: 203, 249 Consolidated-Vultee: 115 Consolidated Coronodo: 190 C ConVair: 258 Convairiety: 115, 258, C-47: 249 Coral Sea: 36-37, 39-40, 151, 153-154 Cactus Air Force: 180-181 Coral Sea, battle of: 36, 154 Campbell, Lieutenant (jg) Lucius: 55-56 Corlett, Lieutenant Robert: 248 Canacao hospital: 25 Corpus Christi NAS, TX: 114, 142, 162, Canada: 77, 133, 135 165, 198 USS Canopus: 25 Corregidor, Philippines: 21, 26, 168 Canso, amphibious PBY: 133-134 Corsair: 146 Canton Island: 162, 198, 204, 237 Corvette: 77, 81, 107 Cape Cod, MA: 82 268 Cram, Major Jack: 6-11, 43, 50, 56-57, Enterline, Russell: 23, 30, 170 155, 181, 183-184, 210, 220, 222, USS Enterprise: 40-41, 43, 45-46, 60, 240, 256, 151, 153, 194, 206, 224 Cross of Gallantry, British: 123 Erhard, Lieutenant: 234 Crownover, Joseph T.: 5, 18 Espiritu Santo Island: 98, 174-176, Cunningham: 139 191, 193-194, 199, 202, 207, 209, USS Curtiss: 173, 207-208, 213, 215, 213, 215, 219, 222, 228-229, 233, 220, 248, 254 248-249, 260 Curtiss, Glenn: 122-124 Essequibo River, British Guiana: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company: 110-111 122 Exmouth Gulf, Australia: 168-169 Curtiss Aircraft: 123, 129 Curtiss Flying Boats: 122 F Curtiss Seaplanes: 122 Cusick, Lieutenant (jg) Jean: 55 F4F: 181-182, 199-200 Cyclops, British passenger ship: 82 F6F: 254 Fabre, Henri: 121 D FAW: See Fleet Air Wings Fifth Air Force: 217, 242, 258 Dahl, Lieutenant (jg) Milton: 60 Fighting 121: 182 Dakar, West Africa: 132 Fiji: 151, 188, 202, 205, 207, 212 Damato, Joe: 219 First Marine Division: 178 Darwin, Australia: 21, 33-35, 153 Fitch, Admiral Aubrey: 173 Davao Habor, Mindanao: 21, 30-31 Flannery, Lieutenant (jg) Moss: Davis, Lieutenant (jg) Douglas: 44, 47 205-206, 209 Davis, Captain George: 136, 138 Fleet, Major Reuben: 124-126, 129, Davis, Duke: 182 133-134, Davis, Lieutenant (jg) L. L.: 87, 89 Fleet Air Wing 15: 104 Davis, Machinist Leland: 61 Fleet Air Wing 17: 235, 258 Lieutenant Commander D. T. Day: 58 Fleet Air Wing Five: 110 Deceitful Reef, Vanikoro Island: 175 Fleet Air Wing Four: 67, 73 Delaney, Lieutenant: 6 Fleet Air Wing One: 155 Derby, Australia: 35 Fleet Air Wing Seven: 90, 104 Distinguished Flying Cross: 72, 240, Fleet Air Wing Six: 115 253-254, 256 Fleet Air Wing Ten: 165 Dockery, radioman: 23 Fleet Air Wing Two: 155 Dodson, Commander A. L.: 12 Fletcher, Rear Admiral Frank: 37, 39-41, Doenitz, Commodore Karl: 76-77, 82 43, 45, 71, 151 Dorney, Leo J.: 147 Flores Island: 33 Dotson, Chief: 17 Florida Island: 184 Douglas Aircraft: 123-124 Foley, Paul: 62 Drill, Ensign Lew: 141 Ford, Commander: 190 Dumbos: 86, 251-252, 254-256, Ford Island NAS: 19, 44, 46, 50, 137, 258–260 155, 160, 188-189, 204, 260 Dunkirk: 78 Foret, Tex: 13, 259 Dutch Air Force: 28-29 Fort Mears, Unalaska: 56 Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands: 40, 53, Foss, Joe: 183 55-58, 62-65 Frankovich, First Mech: 211 Freeman, Lieutenant (jg) Leon: 204, 254 E Freerks, Lieutenant (jg) Marshall: 57 French Frigate Shoals: 41, 45, 50, East Indies: 20-21, 23, 31-34, 133, 137-138 147, 150-151, 153, 165, 167, 173, Frieze, Con: 49 188-189, 240 Frigates, Canadian: 77, 81 Ebbe, Lieutenant Gordon: 30-32, 61-62, Funafuti Atoll: 162, 172 64 Economou, Lieutenant Constantine: G 116-117 Efate Island: 98, 193, 196 Gallery, Captain Dan: 91, 93 Eighth Fleet: 181 Gamata, New Britian: 246 Elberg, Robert: 198-199 USS Gannet: 80 Elizabeth City, North Carolina: 147 Gannet Bay, Greenland: 80 Ellice Islands: 162 Garchow, Denny: 219-220 Elliott, George: 190 Gehres, Captain Leslie E.: 53, 55, Emile Bertin, French cruiser: 78 58, 60, 65: See also Gehres, Ende, Flores Island: 33 Commodore Leslie English Asiatic Fleet: 27 Gehres, Commodore Leslie: 71 269 Geiger, Major General R. S.: 180-184, Hart, Ercell E.: 48, 115, 117, 119, 140, 200-201 162, 172, 174 Genta, Lieutenant: 206 Hashirajima, Japan: 40 Georgetown, British Guiana: 110 Hastings, Bob: 31 Geraldton, Australia: 168-169, 227-228 Hazelton, Lieutenant: 31 German Luftwaffe: 76 Hedgehog bombs: 108 Gibraltar, Straits of: 32, 85, 101, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal: 175, 104-109 178, 180-183, 186, 213, 233 Gilbert Islands: 38, 69, 114, 143, 151, USS Henley: 39 174, 176, 194, 235, HMS Hermes, carrier: 153 USS Gillis: 56, 60 Hibberd, Lieutenant (jg) Charles: 44-45, Gizo Island: 172 47 Glanz, Lieutenant: 48 Hickam Field: 3 Golden Flyer: 122 Hicks, Wes: 162, 237 USS Goldsborough: 80 Hill, Ensign Norman: 71 Goleta Marine Corps Base, CA: Hill, Joe: 211 145-146 Hillis, Ensign Tommy: 1, 4-5 Goodey, Lieutenant (jg): 254 Hine, Lieutenant Thomas L.: 240 Goodikuntz, Radioman: 23 Hiryu, Japanese carrier: 46, 49 Good Enough Island: 194 Hitler: 20, 74, 76-78, 80-82, 97, 99, 260 Goony Bird: 50-52, 137 Hohnbaum, Melvin C.: 240 Gordon, Lieutenant Nathan G.: 30, Holt, Lieutenant Commander Harry: 144 61-62, 255, 258 Honolulu: 12-14, 91, 138-139, 146-148, Goto, Rear Admiral: 37, 39 197, 204 Grace, British Rear Admiral: 37 HMS Hood: 80 Graciosa Bay, Ndeni Island: 213, 215 Hopgood, Lieutenant (jg) R.