and Wake relief expedition, 16–17
Quam, E. R. (Bud), 325
Rabaul, 76, 85, 143, 155
air battle near, 77–81, 97
radar, 125
described, 78
in the Coral Sea, 165–66, 169
at Midway, 313, 319
Rainbow Five (war plan), 22
Ramsey, Dewitt (Duke), 47
Ramsey, Logan C., 211, 224
Ranger
(American carrier, CV-4), 45
Redman, John R., 137–38, 147, 182, 365
photo, 138
Redman, Joseph R., 138, 365
Reid, Jewell (Jack), 212–13, 214, 215n
photo, 213
Reina Mercedes
(American training ship), 46
Repulse
(British battlecruiser), 43, 95
Richards, William L., 216
Richardson, Gil, 387
Richardson, Robert C., 186
Ring, Stanhope C.: characterized, 246–48
and the flight to nowhere, 248–49, 255, 258–63, 389
misses first strike against
Hiry
ō
, 331–32
attacks destroyer
Tanikaze
, 345–47, 346n
attacks Japanese cruisers, 351–52
held back from final attack, 354
career after Midway, 364
photo, 246
Rochefort, Joseph J.: described, 135–39, 141–42
relations with Layton, 143–45
and the Coral Sea, 147–48, 159, 165, 170–71, 181–82
and Midway, 182, 185, 186–88, 186n, 214
career after Midway, 365
mentioned, 5, 387
photo, 136
Rodee, Walter: and the flight to nowhere, 255, 262–63, 390
attacks Japanese cruisers, 351, 354
mentioned, 329, 331
Roberts, Owen, 10
Robison, Samuel S., 14
Roi Island.
See
Kwajalein Atoll
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: and E. J. King, 10–11, 76–77
and Australia, 83
and Alaska, 199–201
and the Doolittle raid, 117, 130
and Midway, 358
orders attack on Yamamoto, 366
mentioned, 9, 17, 21, 38, 76, 83, 86, 96, 118, 359
Roosevelt, Theodore, 46, 102
Ruehlow, Stanley, 263–64
Russo-Japanese War, 89, 90
Ry
ū
h
ō
(Japanese carrier), 34n, 131
Ry
ū
j
ō
(Japanese carrier), 34, 198–99, 203
Ry
ū
kaku
(assumed Japanese carrier), 145, 154
Safford, Laurance F., 135–36, 137
Saipan, American attack on, 366
Sakiyama Shakao, 352
Salamaua.
See
Lae-Salamaua raid
Salt Lake City
(American cruiser), 82
Samoa, 65, 76, 96, 106, 108
Santa Cruz Islands, Battle of, 366
Sargo
(American submarine), 23
Saratoga
(American carrier, CV-3): and Wake relief expedition, 15–16, 25
torpedoed, 49, 51, 59
returns to service, 358
mentioned, 18, 33n, 44, 47, 83, 114, 283, 364
SBD.
See
Dauntless
Schneider, Troy, 297
Shangri-La, 131–32
Sheedy, Daniel C., 317
Sherman, Frederick C. “Ted,” 152, 166, 170, 172
Shigematsu Yasuhiro, 312–16
Sh
ō
h
ō
, 145, 154, 228
described, 162
in the Coral Sea, 162–63
photo, 164
Sh
ō
kaku
(Japanese carrier), 34, 45, 108, 132, 357
in the Coral Sea, 153, 168–69, 174–75
kept out of Midway, 180–81
Short, Walter, 9, 193n
at Midway, 284, 305, 330
attacks
Hiry
ō
, 342, 344–47
attacks Japanese cruisers, 352–53
Showers, Donald (Mac), 141, 387
Shumway, DeWitt (Dave): attacks
Hiry
ō
, 332–35
attacks
Tanikaze
, 344–47
attacks Japanese cruisers, 353–54
Siboney
(American escort carrier, CVE-112), 364
Sicily
(American escort carrier, CVE-118), 365
Simard, Cyril T., 212, 225, 234, 258, 335n, 342
Sims
(American destroyer), 158, 160
Singapore, 43, 82, 88
Sitka, Alaska, 199
Slonim, Gil, 275
Smiley, Curtis, 67
Smith, Joseph, 167
Soji Akira, 342, 352
Solomon Islands, 83
Solomon Islands campaign, 360–61
Sommerville, Sir James, 93–96, 247
sonar, 290–91
S
ō
ry
Ū
(Japanese carrier): described, 162
attacked by torpedo planes, 271–72
attacked by dive bombers, 305–8
death throes, 309
mentioned, 16, 45, 240, 270
Spruance, Raymond A.: as escort commander, 82
characterized, 189–91
at Midway, 225, 229–31, 275
relations with Miles Browning, 229–31, 274, 330, 344–45
orders afternoon attack on 4 June, 329–30, 331–32
turns TF 16 eastward on night of 4 June, 335–36
orders attack on
Hiry
ū
, 342–45
overrules Browning, 344–45
turns on the lights, 347
orders attack on cruisers, 351–53
ends battle, 355–56, 358
battle report, 389
career after Midway, 362
photo, 190
squadrons, organization of, 54.
See also individual squadron designations
(VB-2, VB-3, etc.)
Stalin, Josef, 358
Stark, Harold, 11–12, 15–16
and Pacific strategy, 20–22
photo, 20
Stearman (American biplane, N3N), 61
Stebbins, Edgar, 332, 335
Stimson, Henry L., 9
and code breaking, 134–35
strategy (American), 20–22
after Midway, 358, 361
strategy (Japanese), 88–93, 96–97, 106
after Midway, 358
map, 98
Straub, Walter, 159–60
submarines (American), 13–14, 22
at Midway, 288–95, 326–28, 340–41
submarines (Japanese), 32, 209–10
at Midway, 288, 347–48, 349–50
Suzuya
(Japanese cruiser), 341–42
Swanson, Claude, 50
Sweeny, Walter, 214–15, 215n
Takagi Takeo, 153, 154–55, 173
Talbot, John, 265
Tanabe Yahachi, 347–49
Tanaka Raiz
ō
, 214–15, 224
Tanikaze
(Japanese destroyer), 344, 345–47
Tappan, Ben, 255, 260, 390
Tambor
(American submarine, SS-198), 340–41
Taranto (Italian Naval Base), 93
Task Force 8: under Halsey
(Enterprise)
, 47, 65, 69–75
under Theobald (cruiser force), 201
Task Force 14
(Saratoga)
, 49
Task Force 16
(Hornet
and
Enterprise)
, 81–82, 124
attackon Wake Island, 82
and Doolittle raid, 124
at Midway, 193, 196–97, 225, 231, 315, 323
launch procedures at Midway, 245–46
attack on Kid
ō
Butai, 295–305
attack on Japanese cruisers, 350–56.
See also Enterprise; Hornet
Task Force 16.2
(Hornet)
, 124
Task Force 17
(Yorktown
), 49, 65
attack on Marshall Islands, 65–69, 75 in the Coral Sea, 152–75 at Midway, 281–84, 305–8.
See also Yorktown
Taylor, Joseph, 164–65, 169
TBD.
See
Devastator
Thach, James, 282
Thach, John S. (Jimmy), 58, 193n
in air battle off Rabaul, 77–78, 81
in attackon Kid
ō
Butai, 282–87, 301
helps defend
Yorktown
, 313, 319, 323–24
talks with Spruance, 332
career after Midway, 364–65
photos, 80, 284
Thach weave, 283, 285–86
Theobald, Robert A., 201–3, 204–5, 357–58
photo, 202
Thornton
(American submarine tender), 210
Tippecanoe
(American oiler), 154–55, 158
T
ō
j
ō
Hideki, 31, 92, 106
Tolstoy, Leo, 4
Tomonaga Joichi: in attack on Midway, 220, 225, 231–32
in attackon
Yorktown
, 319, 321–24
photo, 220
Tone
(Japanese cruiser), 224, 269
search plane from, 238–39, 275
Tootle, Milton IV, 323
Toroa Island, American raid on, 71–73
torpedo data computer (TDC), 293, 293n
torpedo squadrons.
See individual squadron designations
(VT-3, VT-6, etc.)
torpedoes, American, 22–23
Mark 13 aerial torpedo, 54–57, 204, 216, 255
Mark 14 submarine torpedo, 22–23, 54, 55, 289, 293, 327
torpedoes, Japanese, 39–40, 221
Type 91 loading process, 237–38, 244
Type 93 “Long Lance,” 319, 339, 342
Type 95 submarine torpedoes, 349
T
ō
seiha
Faction (in Japanese Army), 28–29
Trafalgar, Battle of, 358
traffic analysis (in code breaking), 137
Tremblay, William, 387
Trincomalee, Ceylon, 95–96, 109
Tripartite Pact, 31, 90
Truk Island, 96
Tsurugisaki
(Japanese sub tender), 162
Tucker, Abbie, 346
Tucker, Alfred B., 263
Tulagi, American attack on, 155–56
Tully, Anthony, 104, 181, 302
Turner, Richmond K., 185, 361
Tyler, Marshall, 342
Ueno, Toshitake, 209–10
Ugaki Matome, 36, 42, 180, 197, 337
planning for Midway, 100, 102–6, 176–78
Umnak Island, 200 (map), 201
Unalaska Island, 198
Underwood, Robert, 241–42
Utah
(American target vessel), 6
Val (Japanese dive bomber), 38–39, 96, 373
at Midway, 218, 312–16
VB-2 (Bombing Two), 54, 163
VB-3 (Bombing Three), 193n, 281, 282, 298, 328
attacks
S
ō
ry
ū
, 305–8
helps defend
Yorktown
, 313
attacks
Hiry
ū
, 32–35, 345–47
VB-5 (Bombing Five), 59, 193n, 281
VB-6 (Bombing Six), 72, 73, 329
attacks Kid
ō
Butai, 274–75, 295–301, 302
attacks
Hiry
ū
, 332–35
VB-8 (Bombing Eight): and the flight to nowhere, 255, 262, 263, 265
returns from Midway, 331
attacks
Hiry
ū
, 342
attacks cruisers, 351–52
VF-3 (Fighting Three), 59–60, 193n
in air battle near Rabaul, 77–81
at Midway 282–87, 319
VF-5 (Fighting Five), 59
VF-6 (Fighting Six), 59
at Midway, 274–76
VF-8 (Fighting Eight), 250–51, 254–56, 260–61, 263–65
VF-42 (from
Ranger)
, 193n
Vincennes
(American cruiser), 323
Vindicator (American bomber, SB2U), 242
Vinson-Trammel Act, 19
Vireo
(American tug-minesweeper), 348, 350
Vladivostok, Soviet Union, 117
VMF-221 (Marine Fighting Squadron), 226–28, 231
VS-2 (Scouting Two), 54, 162
VS-5 (Scouting Five), 59, 163, 281, 305, 330
attacks
Hiry
ū
, 342, 345–47
VS-6 (Scouting Six), 72
at Midway, 274–75, 295–301, 312, 329
helps defend
Yorktown
, 313
attacks
Hiry
ū
, 332–35
VS-8 (Scouting Eight), 255, 262, 328
attacks Japanese cruisers, 351–52
VT-3 (Torpedo Three), 193n, 267, 282
attacks Kid
ō
Butai, 284–85, 286–87
VT-5 (Torpedo Five), 59
VT-6 (Torpedo Six), 72, 267, 274
attacks Kid
ō
Butai, 273–81 (map, 277)
photo, 273
VT-8 (Torpedo Eight), 255, 261–62, 276
course to target, 257 (map), 267–68
attacks Kid
ō
Butai, 269–72
photo, 267
Wake Island: American relief expedition, 8, 15–17, 16n, 25
American attacks on, 65–66, 77, 81–82, 99
mentioned, 90, 352, 355
photo, 56
Waldron, John C., 261–62
characterized, 252
argues with Mitscher, 252–54, 259–60
disobeys Ring, 260, 266
attacks Kid
ō
Butai, 267–68, 269–71, 276, 296
quoted, 271
photo, 251
Wall, Robert W., 128
Wallace, Henry, 8
Ware, Charles, 312
Washington Naval Arms Limitation Treaty (1922), 29–30, 33–34, 44
and code breaking, 134–35
Wasp
(American carrier, CV-7), 45, 109, 358
Watanabe Yasumasa, 291–95, 297, 320
Watanabe Yasuji, 131, 196, 210, 339
argues for Midway plan, 106–8, 124
Waters O. D. (Muddy), 7
Weber, Frederick, 301, 333
Weisheit, Bowen, 389–90
West Virginia
(American battleship), 143
Widhelm, Gus, 248
Wildcat fighter planes, 123
F4F-3 (dash 3), 57
F4F-4 (dash 4), 57–58, 58n, 252–53, 315
fuel use characteristics, 255–56, 264, 278–79
in Marshalls raid, 66, 70–71
in Coral Sea, 163, 165–66, 169
at Midway, 224, 226, 226n, 274, 278–79, 313–15, 323–24
photo, 80.
See also individual fighter squadrons
Wilkes, Charles, 66
Williams, Lew, 348–49
Willmott, H. P., 108
Wilson, J. Woodrow, 81
Winchell, Albert W., 280
Wiseman, Osbourne B., 125
Woodside, Darrel, 234
Wotje Atoll: American raid on, 69–71
as Japanese seaplane base, 207
map, 68
Wright, Richard, 165
Wright, Wesley, 188
Yamaguchi Tamon, 99
urges early strike, 241–42, 243–44
launches attack, 311, 321
offers advice to Nagumo, 311
plans one last attack, 328
orders abandon ship, 338–39
photo, 310
Yamamoto Isoroku: described, 25–26
characterized, 27, 105–6