The Most Dangerous Man in America: The Making of Douglas MacArthur (51 page)

    
and Eichelberger, Robert,
261

    
and Far East assistance plan,
88–90

    
and France, second front in,
184

    
and Japan, invasion of,
343

    
and MacArthur,
22
,
28–29
,
47
,
48
,
50
,
62
,
63
,
64
,
101–102
,
146
,
324–325

    
and Marshall, George,
339

    
and Patton, George,
228

    
and Philippine Army,
54–56
,
62
,
63

    
and Philippines,
59

    
and promotion to general of the army,
309

    
and Quezón, Manuel,
63
,
118

    
and Rabaul,
194

    
and Roosevelt, Franklin, criticism of,
6

    
and Russia,
89

    
as supreme Allied commander in Europe,
163

    
and Truman, Harry,
340

    
and warfare, principles of,
277

Evart, H. V.,
182

Farley, James,
15
,
27

Farrell, Thomas,
345

Fasari airfield,
210

Fechner, Robert,
8
,
11
,
13

Fechteler, William,
255

Fellers, Bonner,
262
,
328

First Battle of Savo Island,
202

Fletcher, Frank “Jack,”
187
,
202–203

Formosa,
268
,
281
,
306

Fort Myer,
2
,
23
,
25
,
32
,
34
,
42

Foulois, Benjamin,
27–28
,
30–32
,
36

France,
68
,
182
,
183–186
,
189–191
,
250

French Indochina,
68

Fuller, Horace,
263–264
,
265
,
266

Garner, John Nance,
1

Garrett, Harold J.,
117

Gavin, James,
6

Genghis Khan: Emperor of All Men
(Lamb),
34

George, Harold H.,
148
,
187

Germany,
30
,
138
,
139
,
329–331

Germany-first war strategy,
95
,
100
,
182–183

Gerow, Leonard “Gee,”
71
,
89

Ghormley, Robert,
193–194
,
202
,
204
,
205–206
,
208
,
223
,
224

Gilbert Islands,
88

Gill, William,
296

Gona,
210
,
211
,
212
,
213–214
,
225

Gonzaga,
87

Grant, Ulysses S.,
82
,
112–113
,
235

Great Britain,
88
,
141
,
338–339
.
See also
Churchill, Winston

Griswold, Oscar,
239
,
300
,
313–314
,
315
,
319–322
,
344
,
357

Grose, John E.,
222

Grunert, George,
65
,
66

Guadalcanal,
201–204
,
223–226

Guam,
88

Guderian, Heinz,
138

Halsey, William,
103
,
223
,
245
,
268
,
309
,
313
,
357

    
and Casablanca Conference, 1943,
231
,
232

    
and Hawaii,
257–258

    
and Japan, invasion of,
342

    
and Japan, surrender of,
350
,
351

    
and Leyte,
281
,
284
,
285
,
286–287
,
290
,
291–292
,
292–294
,
307

    
and Operation Cartwheel,
239
,
242

    
and Rabaul,
237–238

    
and Seeadler Harbor,
255–256

    
and Solomon Islands,
232
,
257

Handy, Thomas,
232
,
251

Harding, Edwin,
213
,
214–216
,
217–218
,
221–222
,
223

Harmon, Millard,
231

Hart, B. H. Liddell,
35–36
,
65

Hart, Thomas,
71
,
76–77
,
87
,
88
,
92–93
,
93–94
,
148

Hawaii,
257–258

Herring, Edmund,
214
,
215
,
216
,
217

Hester, John,
239

Hirohito,
106
,
345

Hiroshima,
345

Hitler, Adolf,
36
,
64
,
65
,
68
,
275
,
317

Hodge, John,
297

Hodges, Courtney,
144–145
,
343

Holbrook, Lucius,
53

Hollandia,
260
,
261–264
.
See also
Operation Reckless

Homma, Masaharu,
93–94
,
96–100
,
106
,
176
,
257
,
357

    
and Bataan, U.S. retreat into,
111–118

    
and Bataan and Corregidor, victory at,
171–172

    
and Battle of Bataan,
122–123
,
129–131
,
134

    
and Battle of the Pockets,
135
,
147–148

    
and Battle of the Points,
147–148

    
and Manila,
111–112
,
113
,
118–119
,
123

Honnen, George,
237

Honolulu, and MacArthur and Roosevelt, July 1944 meeting,
269–273

Honshu,
342
,
343

Hoover, Herbert,
1
,
2
,
13
,
15
,
22
,
23
,
24

Hopkins, Harry,
185

Horii, Tomitaro,
196
,
197
,
199
,
200
,
201–202
,
204
,
208–209

Howe, Louis,
7–9
,
11

Huff, Sidney “Sid,”
51
,
108
,
118
,
148
,
153
,
157
,
159
,
168
,
348

Hull, Cordell,
70

Hunt, Frazier,
324
,
340

Huon Peninsula,
232

Hurley, Patrick,
144
,
146

Hutter, Howard,
47

Hyakutake, Haruyoshi,
201–202

Iba Airfield attack,
76
.
See also
Clark Field Attack

Ichiki, Kiyonao,
202–203

Ickes, Harold,
4
,
18
,
25
,
45
,
174
,
357

    
and MacArthur, criticism of,
3
,
5
,
18–19
,
26
,
278–279
,
328
,
335
,
336

    
and Philippines,
55
,
60
,
61

India,
161–162
,
182

The Influence of Sea Power upon History
(Mahan),
3

Inoue, Shigeyoshi,
187

Ioribaiwa,
196
,
200
,
208

Iron Bottom Sound battles,
203

Irwin, Constant,
168

Iwabuchi, Sanji,
319–320
,
322

Iwo Jima,
281
,
286
,
306
,
307
,
313

Japan

    
and army-navy competition,
276–277

    
bombing of,
276

    
and China,
60

    
and French Indochina,
68

    
and Hiroshima and Nagasaki, atomic bombs dropped on,
345

    
invasion of,
326
,
336
,
341–345
(
see also
Operation Coronet
;
Operation Downfall
;
Operation Olympic
)

    
MacArthur and Quezón’s visit to,
56–57

    
MacArthur and Roosevelt’s misjudgment of,
61–62

    
occupation of,
346–347

    
and Pearl Harbor attack,
71–74
,
85–86

    
and Philippine independence, promise of,
123–124

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

    
and Philippines, plan to defend,
277–278
,
290–291

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

    
surrender of,
345–351

    
and Tokyo, aerial attack on,
186
,
238

    
and war weariness,
318

    
See also specific battle sites, battles, officers, etc.

Japanese military,
138
,
139

    
atrocities,
172–173
(
see also
Bataan Death March
;
Japanese soldiers: sacrifice and savagery of
)

Japanese officers,
136
,
138–139
.
See also
specific officers

Japanese soldiers

    
and disease and food scarcity,
201
,
209–210

    
and kamikaze attacks,
287
,
294
,
306
,
308
,
309
,
313
,
347

    
sacrifice and savagery of,
136–137
,
138
,
318
(
see also
Japanese military: atrocities
)

    
strengths and weaknesses of,
136
,
138–139

Johnson, Harold K.,
172

Johnston, Joe,
112–113

Jones, Albert,
99–100
,
108–109
,
119
,
122

Kazume, Naoyuku,
265–266

Kenney, George,
176
,
191–193
,
245
,
246
,
252
,
267
,
309
,
357

    
and Arnold’s commander assessment,
206

    
and Battle of the Bismarck Sea,
228–230

    
and Buna,
210
,
214
,
215
,
216–217
,
218

    
and Casablanca Conference, 1943,
231

    
and Holandia,
262–263

    
and Kinkaid, Thomas,
253–254

    
and Leyte,
282
,
284–285
,
286
,
288
,
290–294
,
298

    
and Los Negros,
253

    
and MacArthur,
192–193
,
210–211
,
216
,
233
,
250
,
289

    
and New Guinea,
195–196
,
198
,
210–211
,
212
,
213

    
and Operation Cartwheel,
240
,
242

    
and Operation Dexterity,
247

    
and overall commander in the Pacific compromise,
327–328

    
and Rabaul,
194
,
230–231

    
and Roosevelt, Franklin,
232–233

    
and Wakde,
264

Kesselring, Albert,
138

King, Ernest,
107
,
144
,
185
,
197
,
223
,
226
,
234
,
313
,
323
,
357

    
and Arnold’s commander assessment,
208

    
and Battle of the Bismarck Sea,
229

    
as commander in chief of U.S. Fleet,
102–105

    
and Formosa,
306

    
and Great Britain,
338–339

    
and Guadalcanal,
204

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