The Pacific (86 page)

7
Dickinson,
The Flying Guns
, p. 172.

8
Ibid. p. 153.

9
Commanding Officer Scouting Squadron Six, Report of Action, June 4-6, 1942, dated June 20, 1942, NARA.

10
Capt. N. J. "Dusty" Kleiss e-mail to Battle of Midway Roundtable, 5 January 2008, Issue No. 2008- 02.

11
Commanding Officer Scouting Squadron Six, Report of Action, June 4-6, 1942, dated June 20, 1942, NARA.

12
In the VS-6 Action Report, June 4-6, Gallaher stated that (a) the entire Third Division failed to return and (b) William Pittman flew in the Third Division. Pittman, however, landed aboard
Enterprise
. The same report listed his participation in later sorties.

13
Dickinson,
The Flying Guns
, p. 140.

14
Robert J. Cressman et al.,
A Glorious Page in Our History
(Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., Inc., 1990), p. 108.

15
Commanding Officer Scouting Squadron Six, Report of Action, June 4-6, 1942, dated June 20, 1942, NARA.

16
Cressman et al.,
A Glorious Page in Our History
, p. 140.

17
"Jap Communique: 'We Beat the U.S. at Midway--Our Troops Are on the Aleutians,' " AP story,
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 11, 1942; Stafford,
The Big E
, p. 117.

18
Casey,
Torpedo Junction
, p. 396.

19
Ibid. pp. 393, 408.

20
Deck Log of USS
Enterprise,
June 1, 1942-Sept. 23, 1942, General Records, Logs of Ships and Stations, 1801-1946, RG 24 Records of Bureau of Naval Personnel, NARA.

21
Dickinson,
The Flying Guns
, p. 110.

22
"Jap Battleship, Plane Carrier Hit,"
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 5, 1942 (based upon a June 4 AP story from Honolulu), p. 1.

23
"Huge Jap Invasion Fleet Smashed at Midway--Fleeing!"
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 6, 1942, p. 1.

24
"Jap Disaster,"
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 7, 1942, p. 1; "Knew Jap Task Force Was Coming--and Were Ready,"
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 7, 1942, p. 3.

25
Robert Turnbull, "Eyewitness of Victory: Col. Sweeney Tells How His Squadron Smashed Japan's Invasion Attempt" (dateline: With the United States Army Air Force in the Pacific, June 11),
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 12, 1942, p. 1.

26
Dickinson,
The Flying Guns
, p. vi.

27
Stafford,
The Big E,
p. 121.

28
Robert Leckie,
Helmet for My Pillow
(New York: Random House, 1957; ibooks, 2001), p. 52.

29
"MacArthur Day: Army Plans Big Show with P-38s in Spectacular Maneuvers,"
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 10, 1942, p. 1; "MacArthur Day: Kezar Stadium Becomes a Battleground, a Warning to All of America's Enemies,"
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 14, 1942, p. 1.

30
Stafford,
The Big E
, p. 119.

31
Much of the story of Shofner's life as a POW rests upon his daily diary and upon a report he wrote in Australia and submitted to MacArthur's Headquarters. The latter was dated December 3, 1943.

32
"Prisoners of Japan,"
Life
, p. 29.

33
The Bataan Death March
, documentary, Executive Producer Charlie Mayday, The History Channel.

34
"Prisoners of Japan,"
Life
, p. 29.

35
Capt. A. C. Davis's Narrative Report of Operations in Support of Guadalcanal--Tulagi Landings, Action Report, USS
Enterprise
, 24 August 1942, NARA; Official Flight Log of Vernon Micheel.

36
Deck Logs of USS
Enterprise
, June-August 1942, RG 24, Box 3, NARA.

37
Col. Clifton Cates, "Now It Can Be Told," July 30, 1942; author's copy courtesy of Dr. Sidney Phillips.

38
"Plan of the Day," August 6, 1942, USS
Enterprise
,
www.cv6.org
.

39
Capt. A. C. Davis's Narrative Report of Operations in Support of Guadalcanal--Tulagi Landings, Action Report, USS
Enterprise
, 24 August 1942, NARA.

40
Stafford,
The Big E
, p. 125.

41
"Plan of the Day," August 6, 1942, USS
Enterprise
,
www.cv6.org
.

42
Ibid.

43
Capt. A. C. Davis's Narrative Report of Operations in Support of Guadalcanal--Tulagi Landings, Action Report, USS
Enterprise
, 24 August 1942, NARA.

44
Report of Action 7 and 8 August 1942, August 22, 1942,
Enterprise
Air Group, Enclosure A, by CO of VB-6, RG 38, Box 351, NARA.

45
Capt. A. C. Davis's Narrative Report of Operations in Support of Guadalcanal--Tulagi Landings, Action Report, USS
Enterprise
, 24 August 1942, NARA.

46
Report of Action 7 and 8 August 1942, August 22, 1942,
Enterprise
Air Group, Enclosure A, by CO of VB-6, RG 38, Box 351, NARA.

47
Commander,
Enterprise
Air Group, " The Tulagi-Guadalcanal Air Action and Landing Force Operation of 7-8 August, 1942--Narrative and Comments Concerning," 10 August 1942, NARA.

48
Ibid.

49
"Plan of the Day," August 11, 1942, USS
Enterprise
,
www.cv6.org
.

50
A. A. Vandegrift as told to Robert B. Asprey,
Once a Marine: The Memoirs of General A. A. Vandegrift, USMC
(New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1964), p. 126.

51
Capt. A. C. Davis's Narrative Report of Operations in Support of Guadalcanal--Tulagi Landings, Action Report, USS
Enterprise
, 24 August 1942, NARA.

52
Report of Action 7 and 8 August 1942, August 22, 1942,
Enterprise
Air Group, Enclosure A, by CO of VB-6, RG 38, Box 351, NARA.

53
Lt. Ray Davis Recommendation for a DFC, Micheel Navy File, NRC.

54
Capt. A. C. Davis's Narrative Report of Operations in Support of Guadalcanal--Tulagi Landings, Action Report, USS
Enterprise
, 24 August 1942, NARA.

55
Ibid.

56
"Action Report, Anti-Submarine Action by Aircraft, Report of," CO VB-6, 12 August 1942.

57
"History of the First Marine Regiment" Phase II (H Hour 7 August-Evening 9 August) 1st Marines Guadalcanal After Action Report, RG 127, Box 42, NARA.

58
Ibid.

59
Leckie,
Helmet for My Pillow
, p. 77.

60
"History of the First Marine Regiment" Phase II (H Hour 7 August-Evening 9 August) 1st Marines Guadalcanal After Action Report, RG 127, Box 42, NARA. This document specifically states that the captured POWs reported coming from "Guam, Japan, and Truk."

61
Commander of the
Enterprise
Air Group, "Report of Action in the Solomon Islands Area Aug. 22-25, 1942, Narrative," September 2, 1942, RG 38, NARA.

62
Commanding Officer of
Enterprise
, "Action of August 24, 1942, Including Air Attack on USS
Enterprise
, Report of," September 5, 1942, RG 38, NARA.

63
"Report of Action August 24, 1942," Bombing Squadron Six, August 31, 1942, RG 38, NARA.

64
USS
Enterprise
War Diary, August 24, 1942,
www.cv6.org
.

65
"Report of Action August 24, 1942," Bombing Squadron Six, August 31, 1942, RG 38, NARA.

66
Deck Logs of USS
Enterprise
, June-August 1942, RG 24, Box 3, NARA.

67
Henry I. Shaw Jr. and Douglas T. Kane,
History of the U.S. Marine Corps Operations in WWII: Isolation of Rabaul, Volume II
(Washington, D.C.: USMC Historical Division, 1963), Appendix E; see also p. 34.

68
John Basilone USMC Service Record, NRC.

69
PBC Articles.

70
Ibid.

71
Richard Greer (D- 1-7) interviews with author.

72
Gilbert Lozier (C-1-7) interview with Gary W. Cozzens, Gary Cozzens Papers, USMC Archives, Special Collections, Quantico, Virginia. The author would like to express his appreciation to Gary Cozzens, who sent me his manuscript about C-1-7 entitled "Suicide Charlie," tracing the company's history up through Operation Desert Storm (copyright 1994). This manuscript alerted the author to the interviews of 1/7 men conducted by Mr. Cozzens as well as by the author Eric Hammel. The donations of this research by Messrs. Cozzens, himself a former CO of Charlie Company, and Hammel, a renowned author of WWII books, has allowed this author and future scholars to continue their work.

73
Hoffman,
Chesty
, p. 153.

74
Col. Charles Kelly correspondence with Eric Hammel, Eric Hammel Papers, USMC Archives, Special Collections, Quantico, Virginia. The author's thanks to Mr. Hammel are above in entry 72.

75
Gilbert Lozier interview with Gary W. Cozzens, USMC Archives.

76
"Platoon Sergeant John Basilone," undated MS, author unknown ( John Basilone is presumed to have dictated this MS), RPL; Basilone Personnel File, USMC, NRC; Summary of Operations of the 1st Battalion, 30 September 1942, RG 127, Box 44, NARA.

77
Thomas Boyle (D- 1-7) interview with author, March 10, 2004.

78
Summary of Operations of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 18 September 1942, RG 127, Box 43, NARA; Summary of Operations of the 1st Battalion, 30 September 1942, RG 127, Box 43, NARA (hereafter Puller 1/7 Reports).

79
Albert Masco (D-1-7) interview with Bruce McKenna, Playtone Collection.

80
Puller 1/7 Reports.

81
Hoffman,
Chesty
, p. 157.

82
"Report on Period of Captivity," for the Commandant of the USMC, by Capt. M. H. McCoy USN, March 1946; Shofner USMC Personnel File, NRC.

83
Marshall Moore to Capt. Gary W. Cozzens, May 7, 1986, author's copy courtesy of Gary W. Cozzens.

84
"The Life and Death of Manila John,"
Time
, March 19, 1945. There is reason to believe this letter made it past the censors, or was sent before an effective process of enforcing censorship was in place.

85
Richard Greer (D- 1-7) interview with author, March 30, 2004, file #2.

86
Puller 1/7 Reports.

87
Lester W. Clark,
An Unlikely Arena
(New York: Vantage Press, Inc., 1989), pp. 94-95.

88
Gilbert Lozier interview with Gary W. Cozzens, USMC Archives.

89
Muster Roll, D-1-7, October 31, 1942, NARA.

90
PBC Articles.

91
John Basilone Personnel File, NRC. The Muster Roll of Company D, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines recorded that John Basilone did not participate in the actions of October 7-9. The records in his personnel file, however, indicate he did.

92
Richard Greer (D- 1-7) interview with author, author's collection.

93
Capt. Marshall Moore correspondence with Eric Hammel, USMC Archives.

94
Charles Kelly correspondence with Eric Hammel, USMC Archives.

95
Hoffman,
Chesty
, p. 175.

96
Charles Kelly correspondence with Eric Hammel, USMC Archives.

97
Muster Rolls for C-1-7 and D-1-7, October; Charles Kelly correspondence with Eric Hammel, USMC Archives.

98
Puller 1/7 Reports.

99
Charles Kelly correspondence with Eric Hammel, USMC Archives.

100
PBC Articles.

101
Marshall Moore correspondence with Eric Hammel, USMC Archives; PBC Articles.

102
Lt. Col. Frank Hough et al.,
History of USMC Operations in WWII, Volume I
(Washington, D.C.: USMC Historical Divison, 1989), p. 320.

103
Muster Roll of Officers and Enlisted Men of the U.S. Marine Corps., Company "D," 1 Battalion, Seventh Marines, First Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, in the field, October 1-31, 1942, USMC, NARA.

104
Marshall Moore correspondence with Eric Hammel, USMC Archives.

105
Charles Kelly correspondence with Eric Hammel, USMC Archives.

106
Charles Kelly and Marshall Moore correspondence with Eric Hammel, USMC Archives.

107
Puller 1/7 Reports; Dog Company and Charlie Company 1/7 Muster Rolls, October 1-31, 1942, NARA.

108
Richard Greer interviews with author, author's collection. Jockstrap was also mentioned in a letter from Richard Greer to John Basilone dated 1943, Basilone Family Collection.

109
PBC Articles.

110
Ibid.

111
Dog Company 1/7 Muster Roll, October 1-31, 1942, NARA.

112
Thomas G. Miller Jr.,
The Cactus Air Force
(New York: Bantam Books, 1987), p. 126.

113
MAG23 War Diaries, August 20-November 16, 1942, Cactus Air Force, Box 14, 1054, RG 127, NARA.

114
Ibid.

115
Clark,
Unlikely Arena
, p. 97.

116
Miller,
The Cactus Air Force
, p. 73.

117
Ibid. p. 129.

118
Arvil Jones and Lulu Jones,
Forgotten Warriors: Challenge at Guadalcanal
(Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Co., 1994), p. 46.

119
Miller,
The Cactus Air Force
, p. 132.

120
Ibid. p. 130.

121
Guido Colamarino, "Marine Earned Navy Cross Despite Faulty Machine Gun,"
Marine Corps Times
, October 8, 2007, courtesy of Dorsorgna Family.