The Conquering Tide (113 page)

New Guinea offensive and, 239

Nimitz's meeting with, 442–43

in Philippines campaign, 440

and planned Mindanao invasion, 438–39

press and, 219

RECKLESS
and, 242

Solomons offensive and, 16–17

on Tarawa battle, 366

undue credit taken by, 219–20, 232

Mackenzie, Hugh, 99

Madang, New Guinea, 239

Madison, James, 253

Mahan, Alfred Thayer, 5, 415, 417, 476

Maikaze
, 410–11

Mainichi Shinbun
, 421–22, 541

Majuro Atoll, 398, 413, 455

assault on, 398, 405

as Fifth Fleet forward base, 398

Japanese troops on, 386

as U.S. forward supply base, 385

Makalapa Hill, Oahu, navy and marine officers' quarters on, 296–97

Makigumu
, 153

Makin, Battle of, 320–21, 333, 342, 352, 361–62, 368

Makin Atoll, 319, 325, 361, 389

Malaita Island, xxiii,
13
,
27

malaria, 64

Malay Peninsula:

Japanese invasion of, xxii–xxiii

natural resources of, 282

Maloelap Atoll, 384

Manchester, William, 25, 500–501, 506

Manchuria, natural resources of, 284

Mangrum, Dick, 71

Manus, 242

Marcus Island, 341

Mare Island Navy Yard, 249–50

Marianas campaign, 436–37, 455, 457–513

aftermath of, 513, 514, 530–33

Combined Chiefs' approval of, 437, 438

MacArthur's opposition to, 439–40

Nimitz's conference on, 440

Marianas Islands, xiv,
13
, 307, 333, 400, 418, 419, 423, 514

as bases for B-29s, 438

geography of, 459

“Marianas Turkey Shoot,”
see
Philippines Sea, Battle of the

Marine Aircraft Group 21, 61

Marine Aircraft Group 23, 82

in Guadalcanal campaign, 70–71

Marine Corps, U.S., 500

aggressive offense doctrine of, 364, 499

amphibious warfare experience of, 17–18, 322

in interservice rivalries, 6, 8, 40

Japanese fear of, 507–8

see also specific units

Marine Fighter Squadron 223 (VMF-223), 100, 101, 103

in Guadalcanal campaign, 70–71

Marpi Point, 509, 510

Marquana Bay, Vella Lavella, 234, 235

Marshall, George C., 5, 6, 10, 11, 16, 17, 56, 91, 92, 192, 220, 235, 312, 434, 440, 441, 514

at Casablanca Conference, 309–11

central Pacific offensive and, 306–7, 320

English Channel invasion as priority of, 308

invasion of France urged by, 95–96

Marshall Islands,
13
, 194, 325, 333, 367, 368, 389, 400, 419

King's deadline for invasion of, 313

Pearl Harbor's distance from, 385

U.S. bases in, 402

Marshall Islands campaign, 377

carrier raids in, 373–74

Martin, William I., 412

Maryland
, USS, 301, 334, 343, 347, 350, 352, 354, 390

Mason, Charles P., 222

Mason, Paul, 30, 38, 157

Mason, Theodore C., 245–46, 292–93

Masuda, Reiji, 225

Matanikau River, 141, 156

Maya
, 228

McCain, John S. “Slew,” 12, 14, 15, 22, 43, 57, 69–70, 76

Guadalcanal campaign and, 102, 124–25

McCampbell, David S., 388, 483

McCandless, Bruce, 164

McCawley
, USS, 26, 30, 43, 49, 60

McCormick, Robert, 87

McCrea, John L., 56, 93, 94, 95, 143

McIntire, Ross T., 92, 94

McKinley, Don, 479–80

McMorris, Charles “Soc,” 228–29, 440

McPherson, Robert, 352, 358

Mears, Fred, 7–8, 81, 83–84, 139

Mediterranean, British advocacy of operation in, 309, 311

Meiji Shrine National Athletic Games, 114

Melanesia, Melanesians, xviii,
27

Melbourne, Australia, 209

1st Marine Division in, 209–10

Melbourne Cricket Grounds, 210

Menzies Hotel, Melbourne, 215

Merillat, Herbert L., 24, 98, 130, 138

Merrill, Aaron Stanton, 192, 233, 236

Michener, James, 190–91

Micronesia, 418

Midway, Battle of, xiv, 7, 9, 31, 41, 51, 59, 70, 75, 82, 83, 94, 102, 110, 117, 119, 124, 147, 187, 202, 207, 225–26, 292, 301, 304, 316, 416, 419, 427, 459, 470, 493–94

Mikawa, Gunichi, 29, 40–41, 67

in Battle of Savo Island, 41–42, 43–51

Mikuma
, 9

Military Academy, U.S., 5

Mille Atoll, 368, 384, 385

U.S. bombing of, 370

Miller, Bob, 97

Millican, William J., 281

Milne Bay, New Guinea, 126, 203, 224, 239

Minazuki
, 453

Mindanao, 454

invasion of, 442

planned invasion of, 439

Mindanao Island, 446

Minneapolis
, 177, 178, 410–11, 480

Mitchell, John, 205

Mitchell, Ralph J., 238

Mitscher, Marc “Pete,” 323, 383, 398, 404, 405, 436, 441, 446, 457–58, 461, 462, 463, 469, 472, 473–74, 475, 476–77, 478, 479, 487, 488–89, 490, 492–93, 494, 495

appointed Task Force 58 commander, 383

as Task Force 58 commander, 388–89

in Truk raid, 410–11, 413

“Mitscher shampoo,” 397

Mitsubishi, 376, 423–25

Miyazaki, Shigetoshi, 29

Monssen
, USS, 23

Montechamp, Henri Ferdinand Auguste, 199–200

Monterey
, USS, 405

Montgomery, Alfred E., 412, 477

Montpelier
, USS, 194, 211, 236, 501

Moody, Fred, 50

Moore, Charles J. “Carl,” 320, 344, 411, 435, 436, 471, 477, 500

GALVANIC
and, 318–19, 336–37

Marshall Island campaign and, 339

as Spruance's chief of staff, 315

Moore, Samuel N., 44, 48

Moore Dry Dock Company, 248, 249

Moosbrugger, Frederick, 233–34

Morinda
(coal steamer), xxiii

Morison, Samuel Eliot, xiv, 178, 281

Fletcher's withdrawal criticized by, 58

Morriss, Mack, 98

Morton, Dudley W. “Mush”:

aggressive tactics of, 262, 266, 268, 271, 277

appointed
Wahoo
commander, 266–67

in attack on Wewak harbor, 268–71

audacious periscope use by, 268

background of, 260

O'Kane and, 262, 265, 267

as
Wahoo
PCO, 260–62

in
Wahoo
's third patrol, 267–76

Moulton, Doug, 198

Mugford
, 33

Mullinnix, Henry M., 364

Munda Point, New Georgia, 182, 221, 222

Allied assault on, 231–32, 233

Murmansk, Allied convoys to, 95

Musashi
, 119–20, 201, 206, 403, 405, 446, 450, 452, 455, 471

Musashi, Miyamoto, 188, 189, 538

Mussolini, Benito, 444

Mustin
, USS, 110, 153

Mutsuki
, 83

Muzzim
, USS, 211

Nachi
, 228–29

Nafutan Point, 498

Nagano, Osami, 67–68, 182, 423

Nagasaki, atomic bombing of, 195

Nagoya, 423–24, 425, 428

Nagumo, Chuichi, 41, 69, 75, 419, 428, 459, 504

in Battle of Eastern Solomons, 78–82

in Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, 149, 154

KA-Go counteroffensive and, 82

Nakajima, Chikataka, 385, 456

Namur Island,
see
Roi-Namur Islands

Nanomea Island, 342

Nassau Bay, New Guinea, 239

National Youth Administration, 88

Nauru Island, 319, 342, 455

U.S. invasion of, 315

Nautilus
, USS, 321

Naval Academy, Japanese (Etajima), 415, 429

enlisted aircrews disdained by graduates of, 431

Naval Academy, U.S., 5, 9

Naval Air Transport Service (NATS), 519

Naval General Staff (NGS), Japanese, 67–68, 119, 283, 415, 451, 452

Naval Staff College, Japanese, 415–16

Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, 280, 282

Naval War College, U.S., 306

Navy, U.S., 5, 6–7, 104

Army Air Forces rivalry with, 324

“brownshoes” vs. “blackshoes” in, 323–25, 373, 383, 387, 435–36

Bureau of Aeronautics of, 301, 304, 305, 323

Bureau of Ordnance of, 255–56, 277, 278, 279, 281–82

FDR and, 91

intelligence division of, 284

interservice rivalries in, 5–9, 40, 158

and need to integrate aviators into command structure of, 435–36

Pacific War as primary focus of, 128

rivalry between USAAF and, 227

War Plans Orange and Rainbow of, 306, 436

see also specific ships and units

Navy, U.S., air forces of, 6–7

“brownshoe” culture of, 323–24

“Young Turks” in, 324, 326

see also specific aircraft carriers and units

Navy General Staff, Japanese, 447

Navy Ministry, Japanese, 283

Ndeni Island, 76, 77, 133, 134, 149

Nelson, Horatio, 476

Nelson, R. S., 488, 489

Nevada
, USS, 292

New Britain Island,
13
, 40, 203, 224, 267, 418

Japanese capture of, xxi

Japanese troop strength on, 240

U.S. landings on, 239–40

New Caledonia, 11,
13
, 14, 23, 75, 190, 200

New Deal, 85–86, 87, 88

New Georgia, 182, 221, 238

New Georgia campaign, 222, 231–32

New Guinea,
13
, 16, 157, 182, 188, 222, 267, 418, 419, 440

“Bird's Head” peninsula of, 454

Japanese troops in, 224

New Guinea campaign, 239, 346, 420, 441, 453–54

New Hebrides, 11,
13
, 14, 75, 190

New Ireland,
13

New Jersey
, 405, 410–11

New London, Conn., 250

New Orleans
, 177, 178, 381, 410–11

New York Times
, 97, 98, 142, 367, 535

New Zealand, 197

New Zealand Herald
, 197

Nggela (Florida) island group, xix,
13
, 24,
27
, 38, 161

NHK (Japanese radio network), 206–7

Nimitz, Chester W., 12, 15, 16, 60, 70, 91, 103, 107, 109, 111, 122–23, 178, 196, 198, 200, 362, 364, 373, 438, 459, 461, 472, 477, 497–98, 500, 502, 511, 513, 516, 519, 520, 521

Aleutian strategy of, 225–26

Argonne
conference of, 125–26

athletic prowess of, 298–99

bureaucratic bloat as anathema to, 432–33

central Pacific offensive and, 312–13, 317

chain of command and, 220

CINCPAC headquarters of, 297–98

command style of, 384, 433

and death of Yamamoto, 203–4

FDR and, 297

GALVANIC
and, 325

Ghormley relieved of command by, 143–44

Guadalcanal campaign and, 123–24

Guadalcanal visit of, 129–31

interservice rivalries and, 433–34

on Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal, 185–86

Kwajalein battle and, 397

Kwajalein landings ordered by, 384

leapfrogging strategy of, 401

MacArthur's meeting with, 442–43

Makalapa Hill residence of, 296–97

Marianas campaign and, 440

personality of, 123, 297, 298

Pownall relieved of command by, 383

and raid on Truk, 403

social role of, 299

Solomons inspection tour of, 124–31, 143

Spruance and, 315

submarine warfare and, 255, 257

Tarawa battle and, 366

Towers and, 435

Vandegrift's meeting with, 129–31

Nishizawa, Hiroyoshi, 31–32

Nisshin Maru
, 453

Nogi, Maresuki, 417

Nomura, Kichisaburo, 114, 515

Nomura, Minoru, 448

Normandy invasion, 530

North Africa, Allied invasion of, 97, 158, 308, 328

North American Newspaper Alliance, 98

Northampton
, USS, 110, 152, 178

North Carolina
, USS, 21, 108, 109

Northern Amphibious Group, 333

Noshiro
, 455

Noumea, New Caledonia,
13
, 14, 15, 20, 56, 60, 61, 108, 125, 132, 143, 144, 160, 197

Noyes, Leigh, 111

Nukufetau Island, 342

Oahu, 287

Ewa Field on, 70

see also
Hawaii; Pearl Harbor

Oakland
, USS, 381, 496

O'Bannon
, USS, 162, 163, 234–35

Obata, Hideyoshi, 513

O'Brien
, USS, 110

O'Hare, Butch, 373–74, 375

Bat Team tactics devised by, 374–75

death of, 376

Ohmae, Toshikazu, 46

Oi, Atsushi, 283, 425

Oite
, 413

O'Kane, Richard H., 251, 260, 261, 264, 265

in attack on Wewak harbor, 268–71

Morton and, 262, 265, 267

in
Wahoo
's third patrol, 267–76

Oklahoma
, USS, 289, 291–92

Okumiya, Masatake, 238–39, 420–21, 429–30, 471

Omori, Sentaro, 236

106th Infantry Regiment, U.S., 399

164th Infantry Regiment, U.S., 134

165th Infantry Regiment, U.S., 320–21, 361

Orange, War Plan, 306, 436

see also
central Pacific offensive

Orote Airfield, 478, 486–87, 511, 512, 513

Orote Peninsula, 462, 487, 513, 518

OVERLORD
, Operation, 457

Owen, Ed, 378

Owen Stanley mountains, 68

oyaku-shinju
(parent-child death pact), 506–7

Oyodo
, 447, 488

Ozawa, Jisaburo, 419, 423, 427–28, 429, 447, 449, 454, 461, 469–70, 472, 474, 475, 476, 478–79, 484–85, 486, 488–89, 490, 497, 511, 514, 530, 531

promoted to First Mobile Fleet commander, 447

training exercises discontinued by, 449–50

Pacific American Expeditionary Forces Station, 520