The Conquering Tide (98 page)

38.
 FDR to Joint Chiefs, October 23, 1942, holograph of memorandum reproduced in Sherwood,
Roosevelt and Hopkins
, pp. 622–23.

39.
 Halsey to Nimitz, October 31, 1942, quoted in Lundstrom,
First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign
, p. 337.

40.
 Cmdr. William J. Kitchell's notes, in Halsey and Bryan,
Admiral Halsey's Story
, p. 123.

41.
 Trumbull, “All Out with Halsey!”

42.
 Wolfert,
Battle for the Solomons
, p. 127.

43.
 Halsey and Bryan,
Admiral Halsey's Story
, p. 123.

44.
 C.O., U.S.S.
Enterprise
, “Action Against Japanese Forces Attempting the Recapture of Guadalcanal, November 13–14, 1942—Report of,” November 19, 1942, in NARA, RG 38, “WWII Action and Operational Reports,” Box 18.

45.
 C.O., U.S.S.
San Francisco
, “Air Attack, November 12, 1942,” report dated November 16, 1942, in NARA, RG 38, “CINCPAC Action and Operational Reports,” Box 19.

46.
 Entry dated November 18, 1942, “War Diary,” 1942–44, Papers of Captain Flavius J. George, USNR.

47.
 C.O., U.S.S.
San Francisco
, “Air Attack, November 12, 1942,” report dated November 16, 1942, in NARA, RG 38, “CINCPAC Action and Operational Reports,” Box 19.

48.
 Sullivan, “Ship Ahead Just Disappeared.”

49.
 Hornfischer,
Neptune's Inferno
, p. 254.

50.
 “Narrative by L. E. Zook, Signalman First Class, U.S. Navy,” recorded May 27, 1943, in Samuel Eliot Morison Papers, Coll/606, Box 26.

51.
 Calhoun,
Tin Can Sailor
, p. 77.

52.
 Action Report, U.S.S.
San Francisco
, “Night Action of November 12–13, 1942,” item 300 in “Chronological Log,” in NARA, RG 38, “CINCPAC Action and Operational Reports,” Box 19.

53.
 Entry dated November 18, 1942, “War Diary,” 1942–44, Papers of Captain Flavius J. George, USNR.

54.
 Wolfert,
Battle for the Solomons
, p. 160.

55.
 Action Report, U.S.S.
San Francisco
, “Night Action of November 12–13, 1942,” item 300 in “Chronological Log,” in NARA, RG 38, “CINCPAC Action and Operational Reports,” Box 19.

56.
 Entry dated November 18, 1942, “War Diary,” 1942–44, Papers of Captain Flavius J. George, USNR.

57.
 Calhoun,
Tin Can Sailor
, p. 84.

58.
 “Narrative by L. E. Zook, Signalman First Class, U.S. Navy,” recorded May 27, 1943, in Samuel Eliot Morison Papers, Coll/606, Box 26.

59.
 “Narrative by Lieut. Graham C. Bonnell, US Navy,” recorded January 25, 1944, in NARA, RG 38, “World War II Oral Histories and Interviews, 1942–1946,” Box 1.

60.
 Calhoun,
Tin Can Sailor
, p. 92.

61.
 “Narrative by Lieut. Graham C. Bonnell, US Navy,” recorded January 25, 1944, in NARA, RG 38, “World War II Oral Histories and Interviews, 1942–1946,” Box 1.

62.
 Cmdr., Torpedo Squadron 10, “Action of November 13–15, 1942,” submitted to the CO, U.S.S.
Enterprise
, in NARA, RG 38, “WWII Action and Operational Reports,” Box 18.

63.
 “Action Against Japanese Forces Attempting the Recapture of Guadalcanal, November 13–14, 1942—Report of,” November 19, 1942, in NARA, RG 38, “WWII Action and Operational Reports,” Box 18.

64.
 Buell,
Dauntless Helldivers
, p. 183.

65.
 Edward L. Feightner, “The
Enterprise
and Guadalcanal,” in Wooldridge, ed.,
Carrier Warfare in the Pacific
, p. 85.

66.
 Mears,
Carrier Combat
, p. 155.

67.
 Wolfert,
Battle for the Solomons
, p. 169.

68.
 “Action Against Japanese Forces Attempting the Recapture of Guadalcanal, November 13–14, 1942—Report of,” November 19, 1942, in NARA, RG 38, “WWII Action and Operational Reports,” Box 18.

69.
 Thomas C. Kinkaid, CCOH Naval History Project, No. 429, Vol. 1, p. 209.

70.
 Paul H. Backus, U.S. Navy (ret.), USNI Oral History Program, 1995, p. 195.

71.
 Earl Hicks quoted in Olson,
Tales from a Tin Can
, p. 102.

72.
 Entry dated Monday, November 16, 1942, in Ugaki,
Fading Victory
, p. 276.

73.
 Cmdr., Torpedo Squadron 10, “Action of November 13–15, 1942,” submitted to the CO, U.S.S.
Enterprise
, in NARA, RG 38, “WWII Action and Operational Reports,” Box 18.

74.
 Cmdr., Bombing Squadron 10, “Action of November 14–15, 1942,” submitted to the CO, U.S.S.
Enterprise
, in ibid.

Chapter Seven

1.
 Masanobu Tsuji, “Guadalcanal,” p. 28, unpublished memoir dated May 31, 1967, John Toland Papers, Series 1: The Rising Sun, Box 17.

2.
 Ibid., p. 46.

3.
 “Address or Message of Jap Detachment C.O. in Solomons,” Samuel Eliot Morison Papers, Coll/606, Box 26.

4.
 “Diary Taken at Kokumbona,” entries dated December 23 and 26, 1942, Samuel Eliot Morison Papers, Coll/606, Box 26.

5.
 Lt. Ko-o's diary excerpted in Masanobu Tsuji, “Guadalcanal,” p. 51, unpublished memoir dated May 31, 1967, John Toland Papers, Series 1: The Rising Sun, Box 17.

6.
 Entry dated December 8, 1942, in Ugaki,
Fading Victory
, p. 301.

7.
 Entry dated Monday, November 16, 1942, in ibid., p. 276.

8.
 Raizo Tanaka, “The Struggle for Guadalcanal,” in Evans, ed.,
Japanese Navy in World War II
, pp. 198–99.

9.
 Ibid., p. 200.

10.
 CINCPAC to COMINCH, “Solomon Islands Campaign, Fifth Battle of Savo, 30 November 1942,” in NARA, RG 38, “WWII Action and Operational Reports,” Box 20.

11.
 CINCPAC to COMINCH, “Solomon Islands Campaign, Fifth Battle of Savo, 30 November 1942,” in ibid.

12.
 Morison,
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II
, Vol. 5, p. 315.

13.
 CINCPAC to COMINCH, “Solomon Islands Campaign, Fifth Battle of Savo, 30 November 1942,” in NARA, RG 38, “WWII Action and Operational Reports,” Box 20.

14.
 Raizo Tanaka, “The Struggle for Guadalcanal,” in Evans, ed.,
Japanese Navy in World War II
, p. 204.

15.
 Ibid., p. 206.

16.
 Hitoshi Imamura, oral history, in Brawley, Dixon, and Trefalt, eds.,
Competing Voices from the Pacific War
, p. 108.

17.
 Entry dated December 7, 1942, in Ugaki,
Fading
Victory, p. 297.

18.
 Entry dated December 8, 1942, in ibid., p. 299.

19.
 
Kokusai Shashin Joho
(International Graphic Magazine), Vol. 21, No. 12, December 1, 2602 (1942).

20.
 Foreign Minister Tani quoted in Tolischus,
Through Japanese Eyes
, p. 113.

21.
 Tojo speech excerpted in ibid., p. 155.

22.
 Entry dated November 4, 1942, in Ugaki,
Fading Victory
, p. 283.

23.
 Hara,
Japanese Destroyer Captain
, p. 157.

24.
 Joichiro Sanada, “Statement Concerning Particulars of Evacuation from Guadalcanal Island,” January 20, 1950, John Toland Papers, Box 3, “Guadalcanal.”

25.
 Gen. Kenryo Sato, “Dai Toa War Memoirs,” p. 10, John Toland Papers, Box 16.

26.
 Joichiro Sanada, “Statement Concerning Particulars of Evacuation from Guadalcanal Island,” January 20, 1950, John Toland Papers, Box 3, “Guadalcanal.”

27.
 Ibid.

28.
 Masanobu Tsuji, “Guadalcanal,” p. 57, unpublished memoir dated May 31, 1967, John Toland Papers, Series 1: The Rising Sun, Box 17.

29.
 Bix,
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
, p. 461.

30.
 Joichiro Sanada, “Statement Concerning Particulars of Evacuation from Guadalcanal Island,” January 20, 1950, John Toland Papers, Box 3, “Guadalcanal.”

31.
 Adm. T. Koyanagi, memorandum entitled “The Retreat from Guadalcanal,” dated May 1, 1967, John Toland Papers, Box 3, “Guadalcanal.”

32.
 CINCPAC to COMINCH, “Solomon Islands Campaign—Fall of Guadalcanal, period 25 January to 10 February, 1943,” April 17, 1943, in NARA, RG 38, “WWII Action and Operational Reports,” Box 20, item 64, p. 13.

33.
 Adm. T. Koyanagi, memorandum entitled “The Retreat from Guadalcanal,” dated May 1, 1967, pp. 6–8. John Toland Papers, Box 3, “Guadalcanal.”

34.
 Yahachi Ishida letter (undated) in Gibney, ed.,
Senso
, p. 132.

35.
 CINCPAC to COMINCH, “Solomon Islands Campaign—Fall of Guadalcanal, period 25 January to 10 February, 1943,” April 17, 1943, in NARA, RG 38, “WWII Action and Operational Reports,” Box 20, item 64, p. 14.

36.
 Adm. T. Koyanagi, memorandum entitled “The Retreat from Guadalcanal,” dated May 1, 1967, p. 6, John Toland Papers, Box 3, “Guadalcanal.”

37.
 CINCPAC to COMINCH, “Solomon Islands Campaign—Fall of Guadalcanal, period 25 January to 10 February, 1943,” April 17, 1943, in NARA, RG 38, “WWII Action and Operational Reports,” Box 20, item 81.

38.
 Glen C. H. Perry's notes, December 2, 1942, in Perry,
Dear Bart
, p. 114.

39.
 Agawa,
Reluctant Admiral
, p. 342.

40.
 Twining and Carey,
No Bended Knee
, p. ix.

41.
 Hara,
Japanese Destroyer Captain
, p. 93.

42.
 Nobutake Kondo, “Some Opinions Concerning the War,” in Goldstein and Dillon, eds.,
Pacific War Papers
, p. 313.

43.
 “Fire Scroll,”
Book of Five Spheres
, quoted in Cleary,
Japanese Art of War
, p. 81.

44.
 Raizo Tanaka, “The Struggle for Guadalcanal,” in Evans, ed.,
Japanese Navy in World War II
, p. 209.

45.
 Hara,
Japanese Destroyer Captain
, p. 164.

46.
 Buell,
Dauntless Helldivers
, p. 208.

47.
 Vollinger, “World War II Memoirs of John Vollinger.”

48.
 Robert Bostwick Carney, CCOH Naval History Project, No. 539, Vol. 1, p. 289.

49.
 Pyle,
Last Chapter
, p. 5.

50.
 Potter,
Bull Halsey
, p. 245.

51.
 Ibid., p. 247.

52.
 Capt. C. W. Fox, Supply Corps, USN, oral history, p. 10, recorded July 9, 1943, in NARA, RG 38, “World War II Oral Histories and Interviews, 1942–1946,” Box 9.

53.
 Halsey and Bryan,
Admiral Halsey's Story
, p. 272.

54.
 Capt. C. W. Fox, Supply Corps, USN, oral history, p. 10, recorded July 9, 1943, in NARA, RG 38, “World War II Oral Histories and Interviews, 1942–1946,” Box 9.

55.
 Entry dated November 4, 1943, in Fahey,
Pacific War Diary
, p. 71.

56.
 “Bull's-Eye.”

57.
 Halsey to Nimitz, October 31, 1942, quoted in Hoyt,
How They Won the War in the Pacific
, pp. 172–73.

58.
 Dower,
War Without Mercy
, p. 79.

59.
 Solberg,
Decision and Dissent
, p. 37.

60.
 Lodge, “Halsey Predicts Victory This Year.”

61.
 Fussell,
Wartime
, p. 117.

62.
 Lodge, “Halsey Predicts Victory This Year.”

63.
 
New Zealand Herald
, January 7, 1943, excerpted in Halsey and Bryan,
Admiral Halsey's Story
, p. 143.

64.
 DeWitt Peck, CCOH Marine Corps Project, No. 701, p. 121.

65.
 Capt. Harold Hopkins, RN, to Edwin Hoyt, June 8, 1969, quoted in Hoyt,
How They Won the War in the Pacific
, p. 169.

66.
 Halsey to Nimitz, December 11, 1942, William Frederick Halsey Papers.

67.
 Spruance to Nimitz, February 18, 1960, Raymond A. Spruance Papers, MS Collection 12, Box 2, Folder 5.

68.
 Robert Bostwick Carney, CCOH Naval History Project, No. 539, Vol. 1, p. 293.

69.
 Entry dated November 4, 1943, in Fahey,
Pacific War Diary
, p. 71.

70.
 Halsey and Bryan,
Admiral Halsey's Story
, p. 139.

71.
 Vandegrift and Asprey,
Once a Marine
, p. 217.

72.
 Halsey and Bryan,
Admiral Halsey's Story
, p. 137.

73.
 Halsey to Nimitz, January 8, 1943, p. 6, William Frederick Halsey Papers.

74.
 Ibid.

75.
 Halsey to Nimitz, November 29, 1942, p. 1, William Frederick Halsey Papers.

76.
 Halsey and Bryan,
Admiral Halsey's Story
, p. 138.

77.
 Agawa,
Reluctant Admiral
, p. 331.

78.
 Ibid., p. 336.

79.
 Layton, Pineau, and Costello,
“And I Was There,”
p. 474.

80.
 Ibid., p. 475.

81.
 Edwin T. Layton, oral history, in Stillwell,
Air Raid, Pearl Harbor!
, p. 276.

82.
 Kenneth A. Boulier account in Russell, ed.,
No Right to Win
, p. 236.

83.
 Entry dated April 18, 1944, in Ugaki,
Fading Victory
, pp. 330, 353.