The Battle of Midway (80 page)

aircraft carriers.
See
Appendix A
;

specific ship names

Akagi
(Japanese carrier), 26, 33–34, 44–45, 178, 211

at Midway, 218

under attack, 236, 302–5

death throes, 309, 338

Akebono Maru
(Japanese transport), 216

Alaska, 97, 183, 198–205

map, 200

Aldrich, Clarence, 325

Aleutian Islands.
See
Alaska

Amagi
(Japanese battlecruiser), 33n

Amari Yoji, 238, 243, 269, 275, 321

ANZAC (Australia, New Zealand Area Command), 83, 83n

Aoki Taijor
ō
, 310

Arashi
(Japanese destroyer), 291–95, 297, 320

Arizona
(U.S. battleship), 7, 328

Army Air Forces (AAF), 118, 161, 185.
See also airplane types
(Flying Fortress, Marauder, Mitchell)

Army-Navy relations (American), 118, 124, 202–3, 211

Army-Navy relations (Japanese), 27–29

Army War College (American), 47

Arnold, Henry (Hap), 119, 120, 121–22

Arnold, Murr E., 281–82, 285

Asashio
(Japanese destroyer), 352

Ashford, William H., 191

Astoria
(American cruiser), 317, 326, 348

Attu Island, 198, 205, 357 (map, 200)

Augusta
(American cruiser), 7, 14

Ault, William, 162

Australia, 65, 81, 82–83, 97

AVCAD Program.
See
Aviation Cadets

Avenger (American torpedo plane), 193n, 232–36, 268, 290

Aviation Cadets, 60–61

B-17.
See
Flying Fortress

B-25.
See
Mitchell bomber

B-26.
See
Marauder bomber

Baker, John D., 166

Balch
(American destroyer), 323, 326, 348

photo, 326

Ballard
(American seaplane tender), 209, 345n, 358

Bassett, Edgar, 285

Bataan, 88

Battle of the Atlantic, 20

battleships, 6–7, 22, 22n, 148.
See also individual ship names

Belconnen, 135n, 147, 186–87.

See also
Cast

Bellinger, Patrick N.L., 215–16

Benedict, Arthur, 213

Benham
(American destroyer), 323, 348

Bennett, V. M., 313

Best, Richard Halsey, 274, 328

in Marshalls raid, 73

in Doolittle raid, 125

and Miles Browning, 229

attacks
Akagi
, 295–301, 302–5

attacks
Hiry
ū
, 332–35

career after Midway, 364

photo, 303

Betty (Japanese bomber), 33, 373

described, 79

in air battle near Rabaul, 77–79

Biard, Forrest (Tex), 165

Bicheno, Hugh, 106

Black Chamber (code breaking), 134–35

black shoes (surface warfare officers), 13, 46

Blain, Richard, 241–42

Boeing airplanes.
See
Flying Fortress

Boggs
(American destroyer-minesweeper), 144

bombing squadrons.
See individual squadron designations
(VB-2, VB-3, etc.)

Boone, Walter, 328

Bottomly, Harold, 306–7, 309

Brassfield, Arthur, 287, 314–15

Brazier, Robert B., 286–87

Brewster airplanes.
See
Buffalo

Brockman, William H. Jr., 289–95

attacks
Kaga
, 326–28

photo, 290

brown shoes (naval aviators) 13, 46, 82.

See also
pilots, American

Brown, Wilson: mentioned, 15, 65–66, 83–84, 146

characterized, 48–49

and first Rabaul raid, 77–81

and attackon Lae-Salamaua, 85–86

photo, 77

Browning, Miles, 69, 122

at Midway, 229–31, 254, 258, 274, 279n, 282, 328

overruled by Spruance, 344–45

career after Midway, 363–64

photo, 230

Buckmaster, Elliott, 51, 67, 156, 196

at Midway, 282, 313–14

orders abandon ship, 325–26

attempts to salvage
Yorktown
, 348–49

Buffalo (American fighter), 57, 226–28

Burch, William, 163, 164, 167, 168

bureaus and the bureau system, 11, 14–15, 23

Bureau of Aeronautics, 46

Bureau of Navigation, 50

Bureau of Ordnance, 56

Burford, William, 349–50

Butler, William O., 199, 202–3, 204–5

Cade, Peter M., 111

California
(American battleship), 48

Canfield, Clayton, 227–28

CAP.
See
Combat Air Patrol

Carey, John F., 226–28

Carter, William D., 350–51

Cast (Station), 135, 140, 147

Catalina (American seaplane, PBY), 202, 204, 210, 211–12, 216–17, 224, 265, 280, 342

Ceylon, 92

Japanese raid against, 93–96 (map, 94)

Chase, William A., 225, 250

Cheek, Thomas, 285, 313

Chikuma
(Japanese cruiser), 224, 269, 312, 320, 348

China: Japan’s war against, 28–29, 37, 92

and the Doolittle raid, 117, 130–31

Chitose
(Japanese carrier), 34n

Chiyoda
(Japanese carrier), 34n

Churchill, Winston S., 82–83, 86

Cimmeron
class oilers, 84

Clark, Joseph “Jocko,” 51

codes and code breaking, 133–46, 147–48

and the Coral Sea, 145–46, 148, 150, 154, 159, 165

and Midway, 182–83, 186–89.

See also
Appendix E

Collins, James Jr., 236

Colombo, Ceylon, 93–95, 109 (map, 94)

Cook, Ralph, 387

Coolidge, Calvin, 48, 114

Combat Air Patrol (CAP), 52, 78, 159, 165, 169

Combat Intelligence Unit (CIU).
See
Hypo

Coral Sea, Battle of, 152–75

Japanese reaction to, 179–80

map, 157

Corl, Harry, 286

Cornwall
(British cruiser), 93, 95, 109

Coronado (American flying boats, PB2Y-2), 6

Corregidor, 88

Cossett, Douglas M., 280

Crace, John G., 158–59, 158n, 165

Crawford, John, 196, 265, 324

Curtin, John, 65, 82–83

CXAM radar.
See
radar

Daniels, James, 75

Darwin, Australia, Japanese attack on, 43, 92

Dauntless (American dive bomber, SBD): described, 52–54, 78, 251

in Marshalls raid, 66–67, 70–72

in Lae-Salamaua raid, 85–86

in Coral Sea, 159–60, 162–64, 168–69

at Midway, 298–99, 301–5

losses at Midway, 328–29.
See also specific bombing squadrons
(VB-3, VB-6, etc.)

Davis, Ernest J., 350

depth charges, 291–95, 327–28

Devastator (American torpedo bomber, TBD): described, 54–57, 123

in Marshalls raid, 66–67, 70–72

in Lae-Salamaua raid, 85–86

in the Coral Sea, 160, 162–63, 164, 168–69

at Midway, 267–87

losses at Midway, 287–88

photo, 56.
See also specific torpedo squadrons
(VT-5, VT-6, etc.)

Dibb, Robert A. M., 62, 285

dive bombing, 52–53, 298–99, 301–5.

See also
Dauntless

Val

Dixon, Robert, 163, 167–68, 173

Dobbs, Horace, 270

Dobson, Cleo, 355–56

Doolittle, James, 119–23

photo, 126

Doolittle raid, 146

training for, 121–24

conduct of, 127–30

casualties, 131

impact of, 131

photos, 126, 128

Dorsetshire
(British cruiser), 93, 95, 109

Douglas airplanes.
See
Dauntless

Devastator

Driscoll, Agnes, 135n

Dufilho, Marion, 79

Duncan, Donald, 116–17, 122–23

Dutch East Indies, 29

Dutch Harbor (Alaska), 198, 203–4

Dyer, Thomas H., 182

Earnest, Albert, 234–36

photo, 235

Eastern Solomons, Battle of, 366

Eaton, Charles R., 212

echo ranging.
See
sonar

Ebadon Island.
See
Kwajalein Atoll

Ellison, Thomas, 67

Ely, Arthur, 275, 278–80

Emerson, Alberto, 316

Emily flying boat (Japanese), 69, 206

Emmons, Delos C., 186

Enterprise
(American carrier, CV-6), 15, 18, 45, 47–48, 52

in the Marshall Islands, 65, 69–75

in Doolittle raid, 125, 132

at Midway, 274–75, 280, 287, 329, 332–35, 353–54

losses at Midway, 328–29.

See also
Task Force 16;

individual squadrons
(VB-6 etc.)

Esders, Wilhelm (Bill), 286–87, 315

Essex
(American carrier, CV-9), 360

Eta Jima (Japanese Naval Academy), 26, 41, 90

Fairey Swordfish (British torpedo bombers), 93

Faulkner, Frederic, 173

Ferrier, Harry, 234–36

photo, 235

Fieberling, Langdon, 234, 290

fighting squadrons.
See individual squadron designations
(VF-2, VF-3, etc.)

Fiji Islands, 65, 76, 83, 96, 106, 108, 183, 185

Finnegan, Joseph, 188

Fisher, Clayton, 262, 346n, 390

Fisler, Frank, 265

Fitch, Aubrey “Jake,” 146, 149

in the Coral Sea, 152–53, 156, 172

Fitzgerald, John, 117n

five-number code.
See
JN-25b

Fleming, Richard, 342

Fletcher, Frank Jack: characterized, 49–51

relief expedition to Wake, 15–16

and Marshalls raid, 66–69, 75

Lae-Salamaua raid, 85–86

and the Coral Sea, 149–50, 152–75

relations with King, 149–50, 194–95, 361

relations with Nimitz, 193–95, 214

at Midway, 190, 214, 259, 358

air search at Midway, 225

attack plan at Midway, 228–29, 281–83

transfers to
Astoria
, 317

releases Spruance to operate independently, 335

career after Midway, 361–62

photo, 50

flight to nowhere.
See
chapter 12
; Appendix F (map, 257)

Flying Fortress (American bomber, B-17), 185, 211–12, 215, 224

attackon Kid
ō
Butai, 241, 335

attackon Kond
ō
’s cruisers, 342

Formidable
(British carrier), 93

Franklin D. Roosevelt
(American carrier, CV-42), 365

French Frigate Shoals, 207–10

FRUMEL, 135n.

See also
Belconnen

Cast

FRUPAC, 135n.

See also
Hypo

Fuchida Mitsuo, 220, 238

fuel consumption: by airplanes, 127–28, 129, 255–56, 262, 275, 278–79, 315

by ships, 45–46, 84, 125, 154

Fujita Isamu, 339

Fukudome Shigeru, 106–8, 205

Gaido, Bruno P., 74–75, 313n

Gallaher, Earl, 274, 328

attacks
Kaga
, 295–301, 302

attacks
Hiry
ū
, 332–35

Gay, George, 259–60, 268, 270–72

photo, 267

Gee, Roy, 115–16

at Midway, 351

Gehres, Leslie E., 199

Genda Minoru, 32, 34–35, 36, 153, 179, 239–40, 360

Got
ō
Arimato, 162, 173

Got
ō
Eiji, 77

Gray, James S., 59

in Marshall Islands raid, 71

covers attack on Kid
ō
Butai, 275–76, 278–79, 279n

attacks Japanese cruisers, 353

Gray, Richard (Dick), 264

Grayling
(US submarine, SS-209), 22

Great White Fleet, 46

Greene, Eugene, 297

Gruening, Ernest, 201

Grumman airplanes.
See
Avenger Wildcat

Guadalcanal campaign, 359–60

Guillory, Troy, 248, 390

Haas, Walter, 163

Hagikaze
(Japanese destroyer), 327

Halsey, William F., 150–51, 183–84

characterized, 48

early naval career, 46–48

and Pearl Harbor, 18–19

in Marshalls raid, 69–75

and the Doolittle raid, 122–29

and Midway, 188–91

career after Midway, 362–63

mentioned, 15, 18, 99

photo, 47

Hammondsport
(American transport), 232

Hamilton, Weldon, 163

Hara Ch
ū
ichi, 153, 155, 159, 165, 167–68, 173, 228

Hamada Giichi, 324

Hammann
(American destroyer), 287

attempted salvage of
Yorktown
, 348–49

torpedoed and sunk, 349–50

Harmon, Millard (Miff), 121–22

Haruna
(Japanese battleship), 222, 339

Hashimoto Toshio, 323, 324–5

Hashirajima Harbor, 145, 153, 176

Hashizume Hisao, 207, 209

Hawker Hurricane fighters.
See
Hurricane

Henderson, Lofton (Joe), 240–41, 291, 359

Hermes
(British carrier), 95–96, 109

Hilton, James, 132

Hirohito (Japanese Emperor), 109–10

Hiroshima, 109.

See also
Hashirajima Harbor

Hiry
ū
(Japanese carrier), 16, 45, 240

described, 34

dive bomber attack on
Yorktown
, 312–17

torpedo bomber attack on
Yorktown
, 319, 321–24

under attack, 333–35

death throes, 338–39, 345

photo, 343

Hitler, Adolf, 19, 28, 31

Hoover, Herbert, 247

Hopkins, Lew, 296

Hopping, Halstead, 72

Hollingsworth, William, 73–74

Holmberg, Paul (Lefty), 306

Holmes, Wilfred Jasper, 141, 147, 185, 206, 209, 387

Hornet
(American carrier, CV-8), 45

and the Doolittle raid, 111, 115, 118, 122–29, 132

at Midway, 249–65

launch sequence at Midway, 254–56

confusion of afternoon strike, 331–32

sinks, 366

photo, 128.

See also
Task Force 16;

individual squadrons
(VB-8, VS-8, etc.)

Hornet
(American carrier, CV-12), 363