Islands of Destiny: The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun (64 page)

Guam, 20, 112

Guidone, Frank, 96

Hagikaze
(destroyer), 298, 302–4

Haguro
(cruiser), 327–31, 334

Hainan, invasion of, 163, 165

Halsey, William F. “Bull,” 38, 122, 126, 138, 147, 150, 155, 159, 160, 161, 166, 167, 169, 183, 184, 187, 197, 198, 203, 206, 213–15, 218–20, 223–24, 226–27, 229–31, 241–43, 245, 264, 271, 272, 274, 276, 277–79, 284–87, 296, 298, 302, 305–7, 309, 312, 315, 316, 323, 324, 326–28, 335, 336, 340, 342–44, 346, 347, 354, 358–61

Hanami, Kohei, 285–86, 292, 299–301

Hara, Chuichi, 35–39, 73, 115, 127

Hara, Tameichi, 74, 128–31, 139, 143, 144, 155, 169–70, 174–75, 206, 275–76, 290, 291, 297–99, 302–4, 307, 310–12, 327–30, 333–34

Hardison, Osborne B., 147, 148

Haruna
(battleship), 116, 136, 165, 185, 187

Harusame
(destroyer), 175

Hashimoto Sentaro, 80, 163, 189, 192, 193, 227, 228, 230

Hatsukaze
(destroyer), 330, 331

Hattori, Takushiro, 31, 162

Hayashi, Hiroshi, 273, 274

Henderson, Lofton, 72

Hester, John, 242

Hiei
(battleship), 135, 165, 169, 170, 175–81, 194, 198, 291

Hirohito, Emperor, 3–4, 6, 13, 32, 66, 71, 98, 157, 161–62, 164, 210, 212, 249, 255–57, 265, 267, 276, 302, 308, 310, 343, 345, 349, 352, 359

Hiryu
(aircraft carrier), 11, 115

Hiyo
(aircraft carrier), 130–31, 261, 266, 275

HMS
Victorious
(USS
Robin
), 168, 241, 279, 286

Hoffman, Glen E., 137, 139

Holcomb, Bankston T., 147

Holmes, Jake, 271

Holmes, Jasper, 236, 238, 270

Holmes, Wilfrid J., 70

Hoover, Gilbert C., 176, 178, 180

Horton, Dick, 29

Huckins, Tom, 269

Hunt, LeRoy P., 18

Hunt, Sanford B., 91, 92

Hunter, Raymond P., 188

Hyakutake, Haruyoshi, 15, 81, 97, 101, 106–7, 128, 132–33, 135, 166, 199, 211, 221, 222, 324, 326

Ijuin, Matsuji, 192, 193, 300, 307, 310–12, 327, 329, 330

Ikki (Ichiki), Kiyonao, 66, 71, 72, 81

Imajuku, Jiichiro, 141, 148

Imamura, Hitoshi, 207–10, 222, 245, 250–51, 268, 349

Inazuma
(destroyer), 177, 178

Indian Ocean, 13–15, 32, 42, 126

Influence of Seapower upon History
(Mahan), 181

Inouye, Shigeyoshi, 15, 20, 23, 32, 35, 36, 39

Intelligence, 13–14, 25, 43, 226, 262, 263

aerial reconnaissance, 49, 50, 105, 110, 122, 125, 126, 129, 218, 224, 284, 285, 305, 325, 328, 353

Cape Esperance and, 122, 123

coastwatchers, 19–24, 28–30, 40, 49, 58, 59, 61, 87, 90–91, 110, 122, 125, 167, 216, 218, 228, 238, 242, 263, 280, 290, 294, 295, 301, 305, 308, 313, 325, 354

Coral Sea and, 37–38

description of radio intelligence, 32–34

fusion concept, 235–36

Guadalcanal and, 30, 40, 45, 49–51, 56–57, 62, 70–71, 90–91, 115, 122–23, 166, 167, 203–4, 223, 232–35, 354, 361

I-1
incident and, 232–34

Japanese vs. Allied, 305–6, 354–55

Japanese withdrawal from Guadalcanal and, 229–31

Lae transport fleet and, 251–52

language officers, 37–38

Midway and, 2, 39

Milne Bay and, 266

Munda and, 218–19

Nimitz and, 48–49

Port Moresby and, 34–35, 266, 377–39

radio deception, 142

Rochefort’s dismissal, 237–38

technological developments in, 235, 270

Ultra, 33, 56–57, 90–92, 122–24, 126, 179, 181, 204, 208, 218, 219, 223, 226, 229, 232, 233, 237–39, 251, 263, 275, 290, 297, 302, 303, 322, 325–26, 335, 336, 343, 346, 353, 354, 360, 361

Yamamoto’s shoot-down, 269–71, 275

Inui, Genjirou, 95, 121

Irvine, Charles, 140

Ise
(battleship), 282, 327

Island, The
(Merillat), 89

Isokaze
(destroyer), 137, 143

Ito, Haruki, 168, 231

Ito, Masanori, 39, 98

Ito, Takuzo, 24

Iwabuchi, Sanji, 178, 179, 184, 194, 198

Izaki, Shunji, 290–91, 300

J2M Raiden “Jack,” 11, 248, 249

Jacobsen, Philip, 118, 199, 225, 229, 233

Japanese forces

Aoba Detachment, 106, 107

Carrier Division 1, 124, 261

Carrier Division 2, 70, 121, 124, 125, 127, 130, 223, 261

Carrier Division 5, 35

Cruiser Division 5, 325

Cruiser Division 6, 23, 35, 56, 112, 124

Cruiser Division 7, 135, 181, 285, 297

Cruiser Division 8, 129–30, 135

Cruiser Division 18, 12, 40, 56

Destroyer Squadron 2, 162, 290

Destroyer Squadron 3, 189, 284, 290

Destroyer Squadron 4, 170

Destroyer Squadron 10, 170, 185

8th Antitank Company, 121

8th Base Force, 40

Eighth Fleet, 13–15, 32, 41, 56, 68, 78, 97, 100, 115, 125, 167, 169, 204, 243, 262, 284, 285, 290, 297, 300, 302, 321

81st Naval Guard Unit, 40

84th Naval Guard Unit, 40

Eleventh Air Fleet, 6, 13, 60, 68, 82, 83, 97, 109, 115, 129, 210, 222, 228, 244, 251–53, 261, 265, 284, 312, 319, 320, 346

11th and 13th Naval Construction Units, 14, 40

First Air Fleet, 36

1st Base Force, 40

51st Infantry Division, 162, 209, 250, 255

Fourth Air Army, 252

4th Artillery Regiment, 107

4th Engineer Unit, 24

Fourth Fleet, 14, 15, 20, 24, 32, 37

14th Base Force, 40

582nd Air Group, 247, 261, 266, 290

FS Operation, 5–6, 12–14, 32, 40

JNAF, 24–27, 40, 41, 50, 59–61, 74, 76, 82–85, 87, 92, 109–11, 116, 134, 147, 153, 157, 168, 171, 180, 213, 218, 219, 222, 226, 246–50, 252, 254, 257, 258, 260, 265–67, 277, 278, 318–22, 326, 333, 338, 342, 343, 345, 346, 349, 356, 357

Kawaguchi Brigade, 71, 111

Koli Detachment, 134

R Area Force, 82, 122, 170, 222

Second Fleet, 41, 68, 70, 282, 283, 335–42

2nd Infantry Division, 100

Sendai Division, 106, 111, 128

Seventeenth Army, 14, 15, 66, 81, 97, 100, 106, 111, 128, 132, 135, 162

7th Base Force, 40

702nd Air Group, 246

751st Air Group, 245, 246, 317–18, 348, 349

Sixth Fleet, 200

South Seas Detachment, 25, 41, 66

Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF), 18–20, 23, 24, 28, 36, 40, 56, 68, 72, 111

Submarine Squadron 3, 56, 66

Submarine Squadron 7, 66

Tainan Air Group, 59

Third Fleet, 9, 68, 70

21st Air Flotilla, 265

24th Air Flotilla, 284

25th Air Flotilla, 17, 26, 27, 56, 251, 261, 284

26th Air Flotilla, 68, 85, 261, 265, 284, 318, 320, 321, 346, 348

28th Infantry Division, 66

35th Infantry Brigade, 66, 78

38th Infantry Division, 100–1, 107, 161–63, 165, 166

201st Air Group, 247, 321

204th Air Group, 247, 248, 254, 261–63, 266, 273, 284, 321

253rd Air group, 254, 261, 263

Java Sea, Battle of the, 36, 163, 185, 193

Jellicoe, John, 195

Jintsu
(cruiser), 73, 77, 290, 291

Johnson, William, 139

Johnston, Jerry, 333

Joint Intelligence Center Pacific Ocean Area, 236–37

Joshima, Takatsugu, 82, 116, 268–69, 271

Josselyn, Henry, 29, 218, 228

Junyo
(aircraft carrier), 124, 130, 136, 137, 144, 145, 148, 149, 151–53, 162, 163, 165, 167, 180, 185, 223, 261, 266, 290

Jyo, Eiichiro, 256, 343

Kaga
(aircraft carrier), 21, 35

Kagero
(destroyer), 78, 219, 280

Kakuta, Kakuji, 124, 125, 127, 130, 131, 136–38, 141, 144–45, 149, 151–53, 156, 163, 165, 184, 223, 261–63, 265, 275

Kami, Shigenori, 55–56, 58, 211, 256

Kanazawa, Masao, 15, 30, 40

Kasuga Maru
(aviation ship), 26, 62

Kate torpedo planes, 142, 148, 151, 319, 345

Kato, Yoshiro, 339, 342, 346

Kavieng, 20, 22–24, 40, 41, 56, 252, 260–61

Kawaguchi, Kiyotake, 66, 78, 80, 92, 93, 95–97, 133, 135

Kawakaze
(destroyer), 72, 79–80, 205, 303, 304

Keenan, John H., 29, 218

Kennedy, Donald G., 30, 218

Kennedy, John F., 263, 292–96, 298–302, 304, 314, 323

Kenney, George, 102, 103, 125, 248, 252–55, 265, 266, 315–17, 331, 333, 334, 336, 340, 342–44, 348

Kenney, George C., 60

Kido, Marquis, 3, 98, 249

Kikkawa, Kiyoshi, 80, 93, 172, 174

Kimura, Masatomi, 143, 251–55

Kimura, Susumu, 170, 175, 179, 189, 191, 193, 194, 227

King, Ernest J., 34, 36, 44–45, 52, 77, 102, 122, 150, 200, 214–15, 224, 226, 236–38, 240, 271

Kinkaid, Thomas C., 52, 76, 126, 135, 138, 139, 140, 142, 145, 149, 151, 154, 155, 157–58, 159, 169, 184, 188, 197, 203

Kinugasa
(cruiser), 78, 114, 120, 182

Kirby, Marion, 333

Kirishima
(battleship), 135, 143, 165, 169, 178–80, 184, 189, 192–94, 196

Kiriwina Island, 283, 316, 318

Kisner, Charles “Homer,” 91–92

Kittell, Charles, 317

Kiwi
(corvette), 232–33

Knox, Frank, 160, 224, 271–72

Kobe, Yuji, 139, 144

Koga, Mineichi, 280–83, 290, 306, 310, 312, 321–22, 325, 334, 343, 347, 348, 361

Kolombangara, 29, 245, 250, 257, 260, 287–89, 296–98, 301, 303, 306, 307, 309–10

Komatsu, Teruhisa, 200–1

Komura, Keizo, 144, 339

Kondo, Nobutake, 5, 6, 68, 71, 73, 76, 77, 82, 111, 123, 125, 127, 128, 136–38, 144–45, 151, 154–57, 162–65, 167, 169, 181, 183–85, 187–89, 191–99, 210, 223, 231, 252, 276, 282, 283, 358

Kongo
(battleship), 116, 118, 119, 136, 156, 164, 165, 185, 227, 307

Kono, Chimaki, 56, 66, 67

Kotani, Shigeru, 61, 62

Koyanagi, Tomiji, 118, 227, 228, 230, 276

Krulak, Victor H., 313, 314

Kula Gulf, 280, 287, 297, 298

Kumabe, Tsutae, 203–5

Kumano
(cruiser), 151, 222, 297

Kuper, Geoffrey, 29

Kuramoto, Iki, 21, 22

Kurita, Takeo, 115, 118, 119, 125, 156, 165, 276, 283, 334–40, 342

Kuroshima, Kameto, 100, 101, 169, 199, 209, 211

Kuroshio
(destroyer), 205, 279–80

Kusaka, Jinichi, 116, 118, 210, 244–46, 249–51, 253, 256, 258, 259, 262, 264, 265, 268, 275, 284–86, 287, 296–98, 302, 304–7, 309, 311, 316, 318–21, 325–26, 328, 334, 338, 343, 345, 346, 349

Kusaka, Ryunosuke, 2, 3, 5, 8, 115, 127–29, 131–32, 135–37, 141, 207, 222, 225, 226, 228, 244, 320, 321

Lae, 20, 22, 24–27, 34, 40, 251–55, 284, 320

Lanphier, Thomas G., Jr., 264, 272, 274, 293

Larson, Harold O., 311

Lasswell, Alva B. “Red,” 270, 271

Layton, Edwin T., 34, 35, 41, 48, 70, 166, 235–36, 271, 275, 281

Lee, James R. “Bucky,” 139–40, 182

Lee, Willis A. “Ching,” 169, 183, 184, 187–89, 191–94

Lerew, John, 22

Long, Rupert B. M., 29

Lowrey, John R., 299

Loxton, Bruce, 47
n

Lundstrom, John B., 47
n
, 59, 62

Lynch, John, 144

MacArthur, Douglas A., 34, 40, 42–43, 45, 47, 49, 50, 60, 93, 102, 198, 211, 213–15, 220, 224, 229, 238–39, 243, 250, 251, 277, 284, 315–17, 340, 343, 346–47, 354, 359

MacIntosh, L. D., 241

Mackie, John H., 28, 29

Mahan, Alfred Thayer, 181, 327

Malaita Island, 30, 295

Malaya, 81, 163

Mandate Islands, 14, 19, 20, 66

Mangrum, Richard C., 73, 77, 81

Marchant, Sexton, 29–30

Marchant, William S., 30

Marshall, George C., 214, 215

Marshall Islands, 223, 322, 346

Maruyama, Masao, 106, 109, 128, 132–35

Mason, Charles P., 141, 142, 152, 153, 156, 167

Mason, Paul, 28–29, 58, 91

Mason, Redfield “Rosie,” 270

Matsubara, Hiroshi, 330, 344, 346

Matsuyama, Mitsuharu, 12, 14, 56

Maxon, Glenn D., 18, 89–90

Maxson, Warren, 119

May, Herbert, 116

Maya
(cruiser), 74, 121, 124, 162, 181, 182, 337, 339, 342, 344, 346

Mayo, Leo, 333

McCain, John S. “Slew,” 51–52, 96, 122

McCallum, Arthur H., 235, 238, 240

McCallum, Daniel J., 91–92, 229

McCandless, Bruce, 124, 177, 178, 180

McCarthy, Francis, 53

McFarlan, David S., 29

McGraw, Bruce, 139

Melanesians, 293–95

Merillat, Herbert C., 17, 18, 53, 61, 89, 91, 92, 96, 119

Merrill, Aaron S. “Tip,” 242–43, 285, 286, 308, 323, 325, 328–31, 335, 345

Midway, Battle of, 1–5, 7–11, 34, 39, 45, 49, 53, 74–76, 115, 128, 136, 137, 140, 149, 163, 176, 236, 270, 305, 350, 352, 353, 358, 359

Mikawa Gunichi, 13–15, 55–58, 62–66, 68, 72–73, 78, 80, 81, 97, 110, 111, 115, 120, 125, 126, 133–34, 162, 165, 167, 169, 181–84, 196, 202, 207, 218, 222, 251, 253, 256, 258, 262, 327, 359

Mikuma
(cruiser), 2, 5, 11, 163, 164

Miller, Henry, 337

Milne Bay, 265–67

Mitchell, John, 272, 274

Mitscher, Marc A., 272, 320, 359

Miyazaki, Shuichi, 107, 127, 202, 207

Mogami
(cruiser), 336, 337, 339–40, 342

Montgomery, Alfred E., 343–45

Monzen, Kanae, 19, 40, 207

Moosbrugger, Frederick, 302–3

Moredock, Stewart, 177

Morinaga, Masahiko, 67, 68

Morison, Samuel Eliot, 254, 274, 290, 331, 334, 337, 338

Morriss, Mack, 263, 264

Mott, Elias B., 76

Mulcahy, Francis, 227

Munda, 84, 217–19, 224, 242, 243, 245–46, 250, 257, 260, 262, 277–79, 284–87, 296, 297, 306, 307, 310, 320, 356

Munro, Douglas A., 18, 105

Murata, Shigeharu, 141, 142

Murray, George D., 122, 152, 153

Musashi
(battleship), 223, 258, 275–76, 322

Myoko
(cruiser), 121–22, 124, 327, 330, 331, 334

N1K1-J “George,” 11, 249

Nagai, Takeo, 129, 168

Naganami
(destroyer), 119, 203–5, 208, 345

Nagano, Osami, 3–4, 6, 56, 209, 211, 212, 250, 257, 265, 281, 307, 308, 310, 342, 343, 351