The Galloping Ghost (43 page)

Carl Vinson
,
xi

Carvalho, Otelo Saraiva de,
176

Castro, Fidel,
153

censorship, of wartime letters,
89

Chafee, John H.,
xv

Chidori
(Japan),
64

Chihaya Maru
(Japan),
70

China,
19

China Air,
101
,
103
,
110

Christian, Sonny,
10

Christie, Ralph,
38

Chung, Margaret,
113–14

Chuyo
(Japan),
83

Clarey, Bernard A. (“Chick”),
161
; complex personality of,
162–63

Clark, James S.,
60

Clinton, Bill,
xi
,
xii–xiii

Cochino
(SS-345),
144

Coco Solo Naval Base (Panama),
33–34
,
39
,
40–41

Cod
(SS-224),
181

ComSubPac,
60
,
98
,
146

Coolidge, Calvin,
1
,
2

Cuba,
153

Cutter, Slade,
9
,
31
,
75

Dalton, John H.,
xi

Darter
(SS-227),
99

Davidson, John,
140

Dogfish
(SS-350),
132–33

Donnelly, William,
84
,
95–96

Doolittle, James,
133–34

Dornin, Robert (“Dusty”),
111

Duncan, Charles K.,
172

Duncan, Max,
20
,
80
,
88
,
89
,
105
,
113
,
119
,
131
,
179
; assumption of Lanier's executive officer (XO) duties,
96
; socializing of,
114

Duncan, Trilby,
113
,
115

East China Sea,
100

Easton, Jay Alan,
66

Edwards, “Shorty,”
78
,
113

Elliman, Russell,
77

Escolar
(SS-294),
99

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
18

Felt, Don,
150

Fife, James,
144

Flocke, Jorge (later George Fluckey),
3

Fluckey, Barbara Ann (daughter of GF and Marjorie),
27
,
29
,
97–98
,
139
,
149
; awareness of her mother's diabetic condition,
44
; description of her parents' house in Sintra,
168–69
; marriage of,
159
; time spent with her father during teen years,
145

Fluckey, Gene,
xi–xiii
,
132–33
,
166
,
178
,
181
; address to enlisted men at dedication of Fluckey Hall,
179–80
; appraisal of the
Cochino
disaster,
144
; award of the Navy Cross and other medals to,
1
,
90
,
99
; “calculated risk” theory of,
107
; as commander of the
Sperry
,
146
; cross-country trip to Mare Island,
113
; courtship and engagement of to Marjorie Gould,
22–23
; dancing ability of,
156–57
; decision of to apply for submarine duty,
28
; diagnosis of with Alzheimer's disease,
184
,
185–86
; as Distinguished Graduate of the Naval
Academy,
184–85
; earning of the Eagle Scout merit badge as an adult,
142–43
; education of,
2
,
5
,
7
; effect of the war on his personality,
95
; expertise in writing patrol reports,
73
; as flag secretary for Admiral Fife,
144
; fundraising efforts of to build the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium,
149–52
; graduate studies in Annapolis,
42
,
43
; graduation from the Naval Academy,
16
; graduation from submarine school,
33
; influence of the Boy Scouts on,
4
; injuries of,
24
,
34–35
; irritation of with JANAC decisions,
141
; and the “Law of Contraries,”
97–98
; marriage of to Marjorie Gould,
26
; meeting with Gene Zukor,
149
; meeting with President Roosevelt,
73–75
; motto of,
165
; as naval attaché to the American Embassy in Lisbon,
145–46
; nomination of to the Naval Academy,
6–7
; opinion of Africa's emerging nations,
158–59
; opinion of communism,
148
,
165
,
166
; opinion of other naval officers concerning GF's lack of promotion to vice admiral,
173
; personality of,
xv
,
39
,
173
; precision of in tracking enemy ships,
119
; presentation of the Medal of Honor to,
112–13
; as president of the Naval Board of Inspection and Survey,
160–61
; pride of in his crew,
129–20
,
162
,
163
; promotions of,
29
,
41
,
44
,
89
; problem-solving nature of,
39
; reorganization of Japanese orphanage,
147
; as representative of all World War II veterans at the White House,
182
; reputation of,
25
,
164
; at the reunion of Medal of Honor winners,
178
; reunions of with crew of the
Barb
,
178–79
,
181–82
,
184
; socializing of,
114
; submarine training of,
30–32
; success of as a submarine commander,
97–98
; support for the use of rockets and missiles on submarines,
115–16
,
147–48
; travel to Russia,
180–81
; tributes of for his crew,
129–30
; various honors of,
182–83
,
185
; vision problems of,
11–14
; weight loss of,
97
; willingness of to bend the rules for his crew,
76
.
See also
Fluckey, Gene, as commander (COMIBERLANT) of NATO's IBERLANT forces
;
Fluckey, Gene, as personal aide to Admiral Nimitz
;
Fluckey, Gene, submarine duty of
;
Solant Amity (South Atlantic Friendship) II

Fluckey, Gene, as commander (COMIBERLANT) of NATO's IBERLANT forces,
xiii–xvi
,
166–68
,
173–74
; commissioning of headquarters in spite of terrorist bombing,
172–73
; completion of full staffing of new headquarters,
173
; living quarters of in Sintra, Portugal,
167–69
; objectives of as commander,
167
; role of in the internal affairs of Portugal,
170
; rush to finish the headquarters of IBERLANT,
171
; terrorist attack on IBERLANT headquarters,
171–72

Fluckey, Gene, as personal aide to Admiral Nimitz,
134–35
; demanding routine of,
135–36
; effect of work routine on GF's family life,
137–38
; growing friendship between GF and Nimitz,
140

Fluckey, Gene, submarine duty of: aboard the
Bonita
,
39
,
41
; aboard the S-42,
33
,
34
,
36–37
; as commander of the
Halfbeak
,
141
,
144
; as commander of the Navy's Pacific submarine fleet,
161–66
; as commander of Submarine Squadron Five,
146
; duty of repairing new fleet submarines,
44–45
. See also
Barb
(SS-220)

Fluckey, Isaac Newton (father of GF),
1
,
6
,
15
,
16

Fluckey, Jim (brother of GF),
5
,
9–10
,
16
,
18
,
40
; name change of,
17

Fluckey, Ken Newton (brother of GF),
5
; name change of,
17

Fluckey, Louella Snowden (mother of GF),
1
,
5–6
; death of,
15–16

Fluckey, Lucy (sister of GF),
10–11
,
15–16

Fluckey, Margaret (née Wallace [second wife of GF]),
177
,
178
; care of GF,
185–86
; travel to Russia,
180–81

Fluckey, Marjorie (née Gould [first wife of GF]),
21
,
30
,
138–39
,
147
; concern of for the safety of GF,
41
; death of,
177
; diabetes of,
21–22
,
26–27
,
44
,
88–89
; social graces of,
161–62

Flying Tigers,
114

Flynn, Jack,
180

Formosa,
78
,
100
,
103

Formosa Strait,
101

Forrestal, James,
113
; and plans for military unification,
133–34
,
140–41

Fries, Stuart,
4

Fyfe, Jake,
58–59

Gambacorta, Frank,
17

Gates, Thomas S.,
149
,
152

Germershausen, William,
17
,
21

Gibson, Richard,
92
,
106

Gilligan, George N.,
151

Glenn, John,
59
,
183–84

Gokoku Maru
(Japan),
91

Golet
(SS-361),
60
,
61
,
72

Gould, Marjorie.
See
Fluckey, Marjorie (née Gould)

Grayback
(SS-208),
52

Grayling
(SS-209),
135

Greely, Adolphus W.,
68

Greenwell, Phil,
1–2

Grenadier
(SS-210),
43

Griffith, Walter,
75

Growler
(SS-215),
78
,
79
,
82
,
85
,
86
,
99

Grunion
(SS-216),
43

Guantanamo Naval Base,
35

Guinn, Dick H.,
xiv
,
171
,
173

Gyokuyo Maru
(Japan),
94

Haitan Straights,
103–4

Haiti,
35

Halbeak
(SS-352),
141

Halsey, William F.,
114
,
117

Hardin, Wayne,
152

Hart, Charles Thomas,
32

Hatfield, Larry,
125
,
127

Hatsuharu
(Japan),
70–71

Hensel, Karl,
44
,
49

Herring
(SS-233),
60
,
62
; sinking of the
Ishigaki
,
63
; sinking of by Japanese shore batteries,
67

Henzi, R. Michael,
164

Hiburi Maru
(Japan),
67

Hokuyo Maru
(Japan),
63

Holaday, William T.,
7

Holland
,
34

Hollaway, James L., Jr.,
9

Hornet
,
133

Hull, Harry,
116

Hussey, William B.,
158

IBERLANT,
xiii–xiv
; bombing of,
xvi

Idaho
,
19

Ishigaki
(Japan),
63

Iwaki Maru
(Japan),
67

Japan,
19
; naval bases of,
36
; naval tactics of along the China coastline,
100–101
; objection of to U.S. naval war games near Wake Island,
19–20
.
See also
Manila (Philippines), attack on
;
Pearl Harbor, attack on
;
submarines (Japan)

Jinyo
(Japan),
96

Joint Army Navy Assessment Committee (JANAC),
141–42

Kachidoko Maru
(Japan),
85

Kamehameha
,
165

Karafuto, commando raid on,
125–28

Keane, Tom,
142–43

Kennedy, Edward M.,
170

Kennedy, John F.,
153

King, Ernest,
111
,
113
,
135
; temper of,
136