The Most Dangerous Man in America: The Making of Douglas MacArthur (52 page)

    
and Luzon,
305

    
and MacArthur,
163–164
,
243
,
245
,
251
,
271
,
354

    
and overall commander in the Pacific compromise,
326
,
327

    
and overall commander in the Pacific debate,
256–257
,
258

    
and Philippines, invasion of, debate over,
257
,
260
,
268–269

    
and promotion to fleet admiral,
309

    
and Rabaul,
193–194

    
and two-front war strategy,
178–179
,
182
,
183

Kinkaid, Thomas,
224
,
245–246
,
252
,
253–254
,
300
,
313
,
357

    
and Leyte,
282
,
284
,
286
,
287
,
288
,
291–292
,
292–293
,
306

    
and Lingayen Gulf,
309

    
and Los Negros,
253

    
and Operation Dexterity,
246–247

Kitagiri, Shigeru,
241

Knox, Frank,
102
,
119–120
,
208
,
229

Koiso, Kunaiki,
276

Kokoda,
196
,
197
,
199

Krueger, Walter,
89
,
236–237
,
246
,
251
,
252
,
284
,
357–358

    
and Biak,
266

    
and Eichelberger, Robert,
297–298
,
312

    
and Holandia,
263
,
266

    
and Japan, invasion of,
343

    
and Kinkaid, Thomas,
253–254

    
and Leyte,
282
,
286–287
,
291
,
294–298
,
306

    
and Lingayen Gulf,
309

    
and Los Negros,
253–254

    
and Luzon,
299–301
,
311–312
,
313–314

    
and MacArthur,
234–235
,
236
,
237
,
296
,
297–298
,
311–312

    
and Manila,
314–315
,
321–322
,
323

    
and Operation Cartwheel,
242

    
and Operation Dexterity,
247

    
and POWs,
347

Kurita, Takeo,
291–294
,
306

Kuroda, Shigenori,
277–278
,
290

Kyushu,
342
,
343

Lae,
178

Lamb, Harold,
34

Layac Junction,
116

Leahy, William,
25
,
193
,
271
,
272
,
309

Leary, Herbert,
167

Lee, Henry,
172
,
173

Lee, Jerry,
62–63

Lee, Robert E.,
82
,
112–113

Legaspi,
87

Lehrbas, Larry,
231

Leyte,
280–282
,
284–290
,
285
(map),
290–294
,
294–299
,
305–309
.
See also
Operation King II

Life
magazine,
68
,
227

Lindbergh, Charles,
83
,
267

Lingayen Gulf,
62
,
67
,
87
,
93–94
,
309–311
,
310
(map)

Longstreet, James,
82

Los Negros,
252–255

Luce, Clare Boothe,
68
,
81
,
135
,
233

Lueddeke, John W.,
173

Luzon,
86
,
87
,
90
,
96–100
,
100–102
,
105
,
282
,
299–301
,
305–307
,
311–324
,
331
.
See also
Battle of Luzon
;
Operation Musketeer

MacArthur, Arthur (father),
19–20
,
32–33
,
235
,
333

MacArthur, Arthur (son),
62
,
95
,
106–108
,
121
,
148
,
153
,
156
,
323
,
353
,
354
,
358

MacArthur, Douglas

    
administration and congressional criticism of,
3–5
,
8
,
13
,
15
,
18–19
,
26–27
,
32
,
278–279
,
328
,
335
,
336

    
and airmail scandal,
27
,
28

    
and appointment as commander in Far East,
65–66

    
and appointment/reappointment as army chief of staff,
23
,
37–40
,
43–44
,
45

    
and army budget,
2
,
7
,
8
,
9–10
,
12–13
,
13–16
,
16–19
,
36–37
,
40–41

    
and army-navy competition,
163–164
,
243–246
,
248
,
276
,
354

    
Arnold’s assessment of,
206–208

    
and Australia, establishment of three combat commands in,
167–168

    
and Australia, evacuation to,
148–153

    
and Australia, request for reinforcements in,
178–183
,
185

    
and Barbey, Daniel,
233–234

    
and Bataan, escape from,
157

    
and Bataan, promise of relief in,
119–121
,
123–125
,
139–140
,
173

    
and Bataan, retreat into,
112–118

    
and Bataan, sacrifice of army in,
128

    
and Bataan, surrender of,
170

    
and Bataan, surrender of, responsibility for,
174–176

    
and Battle of Bataan,
119
,
122–123
,
128–131
,
134–135
,
136

    
and Battle of the Bismarck Sea,
228–230

    
and Biak,
265–266

    
and “big ideas” on how to fight the war,
96

    
and Bonus Army/Bonus March/Anacostia Flats scandal,
3–4
,
6
,
7
,
13
,
14
,
25
,
29
,
37
,
38
,
40
,
45
,
144
,
328
,
354

    
and Borneo,
336–341

    
and Brett, George, as scapegoat,
166

    
and Buna,
208–213
,
216–219
,
226

    
and Casablanca Conference, 1943,
231

    
and Central Pacific campaign,
243–246
,
248
,
276

    
characteristics, personal appearance, and personality of,
19
,
21
,
28–29
,
51–53
,
62
,
79
,
107
,
121–122
,
166–167
,
207
,
216
,
324
,
333

    
as “Choco Doug,”
162

    
and Churchill, Winston,
96
,
109–110
,
119–120
,
143
,
145

    
and Civilian Conservation Corps,
7–13

    
and Clarke, Elaine,
283–284
,
307

    
and Colt .45,
108

    
and command reorganization,
267

    
command structure of,
236

    
as commander and chief, Southwest Pacific area,
140
,
143–147
,
155–156
,
162–163
,
355

    
congressional support for,
39

    
and Cooper scandal (
see
Cooper, Isabella Rosario
)

    
and Corregidor,
135–136

    
and Corregidor, escape from,
157
,
159–160

    
and Corregidor, evacuation from,
140
,
143–147
,
355

    
and Corregidor, evacuation to,
106–109

    
and Curtin, John,
143
,
144
,
145

    
as “Dugout Doug,”
131
,
162
,
240
,
354

    
and Eichelberger, Robert,
218–219
,
220
,
221
,
227–228
,
324–325

    
and Eichelberger’s nomination for Medal of Honor,
228

    
and Eisenhower, Dwight,
22
,
28–29
,
47
,
48
,
50
,
62
,
63
,
64
,
101–102
,
125
,
146
,
324–325

    
and Far East,
41

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

    
and Foulois, Benjamin,
27–28

    
and Genghis Khan,
34
,
356

    
and George, Harold H.,
187

    
and Germany-first strategy, criticism of,
141
,
183

    
and Great Britain,
338–339

    
and Griswold, Oscar,
313–314

    
and Guadalcanal,
223

    
as guest of honor at War Department reception,
45

    
and Halsey, William,
237–238

    
and Hart, Thomas,
88
,
93–94

    
and Hollandia,
261–264

    
at Hollandia headquarters,
266–267

    
and Homma, Masaharu,
97–99

    
Hunt’s biography of,
324
,
340

    
and Huon Peninsula,
232

    
and “I have returned” speech,
289–290

    
and “I shall return” speech,
159–160

    
and Ickes,
3
,
5
,
18–19
,
26
,
278–279
,
328
,
335
,
336

    
and Japan, invasion of,
336
,
341–345

    
and Japan, misjudgment of,
61–62

    
and Japan, occupation of,
346–347

    
and Japan, surrender of,
345–351

    
and Japan, visit to,
56–57

    
and Japanese military, strength of,
139

    
and Kenney, George,
192–193
,
210–211
,
216
,
233
,
250
,
289

    
and King, Ernest,
163–164
,
243
,
245
,
251
,
271
,
354

    
and Kinkaid, Thomas,
245–246
,
253–254

    
and Krueger, Walter,
234–235
,
236
,
237
,
296
,
297–298
,
311–312

    
legend of,
109–110

    
and Leyte,
280–282
,
284–290
,
292
,
294
,
296
,
297–298
,
305–309

    
and libel suit against reporters,
22
,
23–26

    
Life
magazine profile of,
68

    
and Lingayen Gulf,
309
,
311

    
and Los Negros,
252–255

    
and Luzon,
100–102
,
300–301
,
305–306
,
311–324
,
331

    
and Luzon war plan,
90

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