The Most Dangerous Man in America: The Making of Douglas MacArthur (54 page)

Murphy, Frank,
44–45
,
55
,
60
,
61

Mussolini, Benito,
275

Nadzab,
240–241

Nagasaki,
345

Nagumo, Chuichi,
138
,
187

Nanking,
137

National Recovery Administration (NRA),
6

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal,
224
. See also
Guadalcanal

Netherlands East Indies,
339

Neutrality Act,
64

New Britain,
193
.
See also
Rabaul

New Georgia campaign,
238–239

New Guinea,
161–162
,
182–183
,
186
,
191
,
194–200
,
210–211
,
212
,
213
,
232
,
239
,
261

    
MacArthur’s war plan for,
166–169

    
See also
Buna
;
Kokoda
;
Milne Bay
;
Papua New Guinea
;
Rabaul
;
other specific towns, etc.

Newman, Aubrey,
288

Nimitz, Chester,
102
,
103
,
187
,
189
,
281
,
358

    
and army-navy competition,
163–164
,
243–246
,
248
,
276
,
354

    
Arnold’s assessment of,
205

    
and Central Pacific campaign,
243–246
,
248
,
276

    
as commander in chief, Pacific Ocean,
163

    
and Iwo Jima and Okinawa war plan,
306
,
307
,
313

    
and Japan, invasion of,
342
,
344

    
and Japan, surrender of,
346
,
349–350
,
351

    
and Leyte,
281–282
,
284
,
294

    
and Luzon,
300
,
306–307

    
and MacArthur, and Pacific war plan,
267–269

    
and MacArthur, and Pacific war plan meeting, in Australia,
259–261

    
and MacArthur, competition between,
163–164
,
243–246
,
248
,
276

    
and MacArthur, relationship between,
163–164
,
271

    
and overall commander in the Pacific compromise,
326–327

    
and overall commander in the Pacific debate,
256–259

    
and Philippines, invasion of, debate over,
260

    
and promotion to fleet admiral,
309

    
and Roosevelt’s visit to Honolulu, July 1944,
270
,
271

Nishimura, Shoji,
291–292

Normandy,
275
,
284

North Africa,
142
,
143
,
191
,
205
.
See also
Operation Torch

North Luzon Force,
67
,
108–109

Nothing but Praise
(H. Lee),
173

NRA.
See
National Recovery Administration

Ohnishi, Takejiro,
287

Okinawa,
281
,
286
,
306
,
307
,
313

Oldendorf, Jesse “Oley,”
292

Operation A-GO (Japanese),
265–266

Operation Bagration,
275

Operation Blacklist,
346

Operation Campus,
346

Operation Cartwheel,
238–243
,
251
,
354
.
See also
Rabaul

Operation Coronet,
342–343
,
345
.
See also
Japan: invasion of

Operation Dexterity,
246–248
.
See also
Rabaul

Operation Downfall,
326
,
341–345
.
See also
Japan: invasion of

Operation Ichi-Go (Operation number one; Japanese),
278

Operation King II,
281–283
.
See also
Leyte

Operation KON (Japanese),
265–266

Operation Musketeer,
305
,
306
.
See also
Luzon

Operation Oboe,
336–341
.
See also
Borneo

Operation Olympic,
342
,
344
,
345
.
See also
Japan: invasion of

Operation Reckless,
261–264
.
See also
Hollandia

Operation Sledgehammer,
184
,
189–191

Operation Torch,
191
,
220
,
223
.
See also
North Africa

Operation Victor,
332–333

Ord, Jimmy,
47
,
48
,
54–55
,
56
,
63

Organized Reserve,
5
,
12

Osmeña, Sergio,
278–279
,
287
,
288
,
333–334
,
335–336

Owen Stanley Mountains,
178
,
197

Ozawa, Jisaburo,
264
,
291
,
292
,
294

Pacific war plan,
259–261
,
267–268

Pandan,
87

Papua New Guinea,
177–178
.
See also
New Guinea
;
specific cities, etc.

Parker, Frank,
42

Parker, George,
67
,
97
,
98
,
108–109

    
and Bataan, retreat into,
113
,
116
,
117

    
and Battle of Bataan,
122–123
,
128–131

Patch, Alexander,
206

Patrick, Edmund,
264

Patton, George,
30
,
36
,
144–145
,
213
,
220
,
226
,
228
,
324–325
,
354

Pearl Harbor attack,
68
,
71–73
,
85–86

Pearson, Drew,
22
,
23–26

Percival, Arthur,
350
,
351

Perkins, Francis,
18

Pershing, John,
14
,
20–22
,
38
,
40
,
45
,
77
,
78
,
168

Philippine Army,
48
,
53–54
,
54–56
,
59–60
,
61–62
,
62–63
,
66
,
67

Philippines,
41–45
,
59
,
110
,
248

    
and collaboration during the war,
334–336

    
independence and neutrality for,
123–124
,
125–126
,
126–128
,
335

    
invasion of,
278–279
,
279–281
,
304–305
(
see also
Leyte
;
Luzon
)

    
invasion of, debate over,
257
,
260
,
267–269
,
270–273

    
and Japan,
42
,
43
,
54
,
59
,
60–61

    
Japanese war plan to defend,
277–278
,
290–291

    
and MacArthur’s command,
75
(map)

    
MacArthur’s preparation for war with Japan in,
66–68

    
MacArthur’s promise to return to,
159–160
,
165–166
,
245–246
,
250
,
256–257
(
see also
Philippines: invasion of
)

    
negative assessment of,
93–94

    
Roosevelt’s abandonment of,
124–125

    
Roosevelt’s commitment to,
110

    
U.S. airfields attack in (
see
Clark Field attack
;
Iba Airfield attack
)

    
See also
specific cities, islands, provinces, battle sites, battles, etc.

Pierce, Clinton A. “Clint,”
133–134
,
147

Plaridel,
114
,
115

Port Moresby,
177–178
,
191
,
195
,
196
,
197
,
199
,
200
,
211
,
216

POWs/POW camps,
172–173
,
279
,
347
,
348

Public Works Administration (PWA),
18–19

Quebec Conference, September 1944,
280

Quebec Conference (Quadrant), August 1943,
243–244

Quezón, Manuel,
65
,
108
,
141
,
334

    
death of,
278–279

    
and Eisenhower, Dwight,
63
,
118

    
inauguration of, as commonwealth president,
121

    
and Japan and U.S., visit to,
56–58

    
and MacArthur,
42–43
,
44
,
56–58
,
59–60
,
63
,
118
,
121
,
146

    
and Manila, evacuation of,
94

    
and monetary compensation to active-duty U.S. officers,
44
,
117–118

    
and Philippine independence and neutrality,
123–124
,
125–126
,
126–128

    
and Roosevelt, Franklin,
57–58
,
118

Rabaul,
188
(map),
232
,
248
,
256

    
and Elkton I and II,
230–231

    
MacArthur’s war plan for,
236–238

    
and three “tasks” strategy,
194

    
See also
Operation Cartwheel
;
Operation Dexterity

Rape of Nanking,
137

Reminiscences
(D. MacArthur),
50
,
99
,
323

Rice, George,
168

Richardson, Robert,
144–145
,
221
,
231
,
269
,
326

Ritchie, William,
244

Rockwell, Francis,
148

Rogers, Paul,
175
,
176
,
207
,
283
,
306
,
323

Rommel, Erwin,
138
,
191

Romulo, Carlos,
109
,
130
,
141
,
160

Roosevelt, Eleanor,
2
,
3
,
8
,
39
,
183
,
249–250

Roosevelt, Franklin

    
and airmail scandal,
27
,
28

    
and army budget,
2
,
9
,
13–16
,
16–19
,
36–37
,
40

    
and Arnold’s commander assessment,
208

    
and Australia, base in,
102

    
and Australia, MacArthur’s request for reinforcements in,
180

    
and Bataan, promise of relief to MacArthur in,
119–120
,
123–125
,
140
,
173

    
and Bataan, surrender of,
170
,
171

    
and Bataan, surrender of, responsibility for,
174

    
and Battle of Midway,
189

    
and Casablanca Conference, 1943,
231–233

    
and Churchill, Winston,
100
,
223

    
and Civilian Conservation Corps,
7–13

    
and Clark Field attack, responsibility for,
80

    
and Cooper, Isabella Rosario,
25–26

    
and Craig as MacArthur’s successor, significance of,
48–50

    
death of,
326
,
328
,
339

    
and France, second front in,
182
,
183–186
,
189–191

    
and Germany-first war strategy,
95
,
100
,
183

    
and Guadalcanal,
223–224
,
225–226

    
health of,
1
,
2
,
8
,
303–304
,
325–326

    
and Ickes, Harold,
279

    
and informal war room in White House,
183–184

    
and Japan, misjudgment of,
61–62