Once They Were Eagles (37 page)

Crocker, William,
xi
,
73
,
94
,
196

DeChant, Jack,
22

Decker, Dave,
10

Detroit, Michigan,
125

Dillsburg, Pennsylvania,
164

“Doctor Boo,”
15

Doswell, Elizabeth,
71

Doswell, Gelon,
71
; interview with,
155
-
57

Dustin, J. Cameron,
71
; MIA,
92

Elizabeth, New Jersey,
73

Emirau,
105
,
168

Empress Augusta Bay,
80
,
107

Emrich, Thomas,
16
,
26
,
50
,
51
,
63
,
109
; interview with,
147
-
49

Espiritu Santo,
6
,
61
,
128
,
145
,
161
,
167
,
174

Europe,
169

Ewing, Robert,
15
,
26
,
70
; MIA,
29

FAA,
171

Far Hills, New Jersey,
13

F-86,
109

Ffoulkes, Bruce,
72
; MIA,
88

First Marine Aircraft Wing,
10

fighter sweep,
51
,
85
,
91

Fisher, Bette,
181

Fisher, Don,
13
,
27
,
44
,
47
,
74
,
111
,
147
; becomes ace,
91
; interview with,
180
-
83

Flying Tigers,
7
,
8

Foss, Joe,
53
,
84
,
95
,
188

Glenn, John,
161

Green Island,
115
,
136
,
139
,
140
,
147
,
158
,
175
,
181

Greenland,
151

Groover, Denmark,
16
,
40
-
42
,
60
,
97
; interview with,
183
-
84

Guadalcanal,
4
,
5
,
19
,
80
,
105
,
146

Hallenbeck, E. J.,
7

Hallsboro, North Carolina,
17

Halsey, Admiral William,
4
,
5
,
6
,
60
,
84

Hampson, Fred,
92
,
95

Harper, Edwin,
3
,
16
,
34
,
52
,
53
,
91
,
109
; interview with,
115
-
17

Harris, Maurine,
45

Harris, Walter,
17
,
70
; MIA,
44

Heier, William,
3
,
6
,
39
,
52
,
88
,
121
; interview with,
137
-
39

Henderson Field,
19

Hill, James,
17
,
52
,
57
; interview with,
140
-
41

Hobart College,
13

Hobbs, Ann,
73

Hobbs, William,
xi
,
73

Holden, Herb,
73
,
168
; interview with,
167
-
68

Holt, Bus,
92

Houghton College,
15

“In a Rowboat at Rabaul,”
14
,
48

Indianapolis, Indiana,
72

Intelligence Officer duties,
11
,
12

intelligence reports,
3

interviews with pilots,
12

Iowa State,
17

Israeli Air Force,
150

Japanese campaign,
4

Japanese dive bombers,
34

Jenkintown, Pennsylvania,
71
,
120

jet/prop ace,
108

Johnson, Alfred,
73
; interview with,
144
-
46

Johnson, Dorothy,
73

Johnson, Harry,
73
; gets last Black Sheep score,
97
; interview with,
159
-
60

Johnson, Pen,
22

Kahili,
5
,
22
,
39
,
51
,
53
,
55
,
59
,
80

Kailua, Hawaii,
160

Kamikazi pilots,
144

“Kill the Bastards,”
20

Knox, Frank,
8

Kolombangara,
46
,
79
,
81

Korea,
125
,
129
,
139
,
149
,
159
,
161
,
171
,
185

Lakunai airdrome,
86
,
91

Landauer, Captain,
11

Lane, Perry,
73
; interview with,
171
-
73

Larryville, Pennsylvania,
73

Leckie, Robert,
29

Litton Industries,
157

Lockheed Aircraft Corporation,
9

Los Angeles Police Department,
9
,
107

Losch, Fred,
94
; interview with,
120
-
23

Louisiana State University,
15

Lunga River,
20

Lurline,
141

MacArthur, General Douglas,
84
,
87

McCartney, Evelyn,
15

McCartney, Henry A.,
15
,
45
,
70
; interview with,
131
-
32

McClurg, Robert,
17
,
26
-
27
,
52
,
55
,
58
,
82
,
87
; becomes ace,
88
; interview with,
135
-
37

McDonnell Aircraft Company,
115

Macon, Georgia,
181

Magee, Christopher,
17
,
18
,
34
,
52
,
53
,
58
,
88
,
121
; earns Navy Cross,
35
; becomes ace,
57
; postwar career,
149
-
52

Maine Township Jr. College,
74

Malabeta Hill,
48

malaria tests,
63

Manchuria,
143

March, Marion,
71
; interview with,
133
-
35

Marine Aircraft Group
11
,
10

Marine Aircraft Group
21
,
20

Marine Aircraft Group
36
,
163

Marine Corps,
99

Marker, Alan,
74
; interview with,
175
-
78

Markey, Lou,
180

Marshall Islands,
177

Maryland,
141

Matheson, Bruce,
13
,
45
,
52
,
53
,
95
,
121
,
127
; interview with,
160
-
64

MIA procedure,
93

MIG,
109

Miller, Henry,
71
,
88
,
96
; interview with,
117
-
20

Moore, Don,
3
,
17
,
39
,
44
,
52
,
53
,
82
,
87
; MIA,
92

Moore, Major General James T.,
6
,
8
,
76
,
97

Mountbatten, Lord,
157

Munda,
5
,
29
,
30
,
35
,
36
,
38
,
58
,
84
,
136

Mullen, Paul,
xi
,
14
,
26
,
41
,
43
,
47
,
52
,
57
,
74
,
82
,
90
,
96
,
97
; becomes ace,
91

nanny goat,
60

Nashua, New Hampshire,
171

Nashville, Tennessee,
17
,
173

NATO,
157

Navy flight training,
178

Navy Hellcats,
23
,
25

Navy V-5 program,
132
,
147
,
167

New Britain,
5
,
86

New Caledonia,
10

New Georgia,
30

New Hebrides,
6

New Ireland,
86

New Orleans,
15
,
71

New Smyrna Beach, Florida,
108

New Year's Day 1944,
165

New York University,
73

New Zealand War Hawks,
23

night flight,
147

Northhampton, Massachussetts,
157

Northwestern University,
17

Notre Dame,
14

Noumea, New Caledonia,
9

Ocean Springs, Mississippi,
155

Oerlikon,
169

Olander, Edwin,
14
,
47
,
49
,
52
,
53
,
58
,
111
,
121
; becomes ace,
93
; interview with,
157
-
58

Omaha University,
71

Oregon State University,
16
,
17

Paetznick, Chaplain,
131

Park Ridge, Illinois,
74

Parris Island,
17

Pearl Harbor,
161

Peking,
143

Penn State University,
72
,
73
,
164

Pennsylvania Game Commission,
164

Philadelphia,
14
,
169

Pittsburg,
14

preflight training,
145

Preston, Idaho,
71

Princeton,
16

Purdue,
15
,
72

Quonset hut,
58
,
136

Quitman, Georgia,
16

Rabaul,
1
,
5
,
80
,
84
,
85
-
87
,
88
,
89
,
105
,
165

Ray, Virgil,
17
,
70
; MIA,
50

RCAF,
16
,
17
,
18
,
71
,
137

Reames, Dr. James,
1
,
2
,
3
,
14
,
22
,
30
,
32
,
35
,
44
,
58
,
79
,
82
,
87
,
94
,
96
,
114
; toasts birth of son,
47
; bandages Harper and Matheson,
54
; gives Boyington his shoes,
59
; interview with,
178
-
80

Reames, Rosalita,
14
,
47

Rendova,
5

Republic of China,
7
,
8

Rickenbacker, Captain Eddie,
53
,
84
,
136

Rinabarger, Rolland,
17
,
25
,
43
,
44
,
62
,
79
; interview with,
153
-
55

Roosevelt, President Franklin D.,
7

Russell Islands,
5
,
20
,
23
,
46
,
47
,
60

Rutland, Vermont,
73
,
171

Sacramento, California,
72

Sacramento Junior College,
72

St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco,
188

San Jose, California,
133

San Mateo, California,
72

SCAT,
65
,
78

Schiflett, Ed,
185

scramble alert,
20

Seattle,
71

Sherrod, Robert,
97

Sims, Sanders,
14
,
39
,
47
,
74
; interview with,
169
-
70

Sinatra, Frank,
160

Skokie, Illinois,
140

Solomons,
4

Solomon Sea,
2

Sonoma, California,
175

Springfield College,
73

Stanford University,
71
,
72

Steiner, Lt. Col. W. B.,
198

Strother, Brigadier General D.C.,
78

survival instructions,
86

Suwo, Major General,
143

Sydney,
63
-
67
,
129

Syracuse, New York,
144

Tabar Island,
105

Tempe, Arizona,
137

Tenaru,
20

Thai Marines,
157

Tokyo Rose,
49

Toomey, K.O.,
90

Tonolei Harbor,
51

Tontouta,
10
,
66

Topeka, Kansas,
111

Torokina,
165

Treasuy Island,
44

Tucker, Burney,
17
,
36
,
46
,
51
,
52
,
53
; locates Alexander crash site,
82
; interview with,
173
-
75

Tucker, Greg,
xii

Tulelake, California,
153