Index

A

A-29 Hudson, 66
Abau, 78
Abcede, Col. Salvador (P.A.), 312-16, 342
ABDA Command, 22
Abe, Gov. Gen. Nobuyuki, 466
Abucay, 14, 18-19
Abucay Hacienda, 18
Abuyog, 226
Adachi, Gen. Hatazo, 133, 156-59
Admiralty Islands, 105, 136-45, 152, 168-6g, 183, 187, 160, 431
Advance New Guinea Force, 91, 97
Afua, 157
Agno River and Valley, 263-66, 291, 293
Aguijan Island, 465
Aguilar, 263
Agusan River and Valley, 354, 465
Agustin, Col. Marcos V. (P.A.), 32on, 323
Ahioma, 67
Air armies, Japanese

Air divisions, Japanese Air forces, U.S. Air Service Command, 368
Airborne Brigade, 2d (Jap.), 357
Airborne Division, nth (U.S.), 232-35, 271, 275-76, 289-92, 321, 450-53
Aitape, 142-48, 156-60, 169, 176, 383
Akin, Brig. Gen. Spencer B., 33
Alabama, 215
Alabang, 289
Alamo Force, 107-109, 117, 128-32, 136, 145, 176, 321. See also Armies, U.S., Sixth.
Alaska Command, 367, 389
Albuera, 232
Aleutian Islands, 2, 50, 426
Alexishafen, 122, 142, 146
Alicante, 203
Allen, Maj. Gen. Arthur S. (Aust.), 63, 75, 85
Allied Air Forces, SWPA, 31-33, 46, 55, 107-109, 116-17, 129, 131, 165, 184-89, 191, 378, 450
Allied Geographical Section, SWPA, 53, 179
Allied Intelligence Bureau, SWPA, 54, 82, 116, 129, 205, 298-302, 372
Allied Land Forces, SWPA, 31-34, 74, 91-92, 107-109, 450
Allied Naval Forces, SWPA, 31-33, 46-48, 107-109, 116, 133, 183, 186--87, 189, 450
Allied Translator and Interpreter Section, SWPA, 55, 448
Allies. See United Nations.
Alto Peak, 232
Ambon, 23, 28, 117, 168
Amoy, 433
Amphibious Forces, USN
3d, 181
7th, 105-107, 113-16, 122, 176, 181
Amsterdam Island, 160
Anao, 263
Andaman Islands, 3
Anderson, Col. Bernard L., 318-21
Angat River, 271-72, 288
Angaur Island, 178
Angler, 208
Ango, 88-89
Antipolo, 281-83
Aomori, 440
Apangat River, 261
Aparri, 7-8, 242, 246, 291
ArafuraSea, 144, 161, 165, 188
Arara, 150
Arawe, 129-31, 338
Arevalo, 341
Ariake Bay, 407-11, 417-21

Armies, Australian

Armies, Japanese Armies, U.S. Armored Division, 1st (Aust), 23
Armored Division, 2d (Jap.), 285, 357
Armored Group, 13th (U.S.), 256
Army air forces, Japanese, 104, 173. See also Air Armies, Japanese.
Army Air Forces, U.S., 33, 368. See also Air Forces, U.S.
Arnold, Gen. Henry H., 367-68, 397
Arnold, Maj. Gen. William H., 344
Aroe Island, 99
Arunta, 256
Asia mainland, 387, 397, 410, 423, 435, 444
Asingan, 270, 285
Astoria, 63
Astrolabe Bay, 142
Atago, 207-209
Atimonan, 11
Atomic bomb, 440-41
Atsugi Airfield, 449, 452-54
Attlee, Clement R., 435
Attu Island, 50
Australia, 256
Australia, 1, 3, 20, 22, 27, 30-31, 45, 72, 92, 116, 144, 168, 369-72, 389, 392, 431, 455 Australian Chiefs of Staff, 26, 34
Australian Military Forces, 23, 30, 62-64, 68, 101-104, 109, 116, 132, 142, 148, 181, 251, 327, 366, 372-87, 391, 427, 466
Awala, 62

B

B-17 (Flying Fortress), 47
B-24 (Liberator), 368-72, 380, 433-35
B-25 (Mitchell), 143, 433
B-26 (Marauder), 47, 431
B-29 (Superfortress), 170, 364, 397, 410, 431-33, 440-442
Babatngon, 228
Babelthuap Island, 178
Bacolod, 203, 315, 342-43
Bagabag, 291, 323, 464
Bagac, 18-19, 277
Bago River, 342
Baguio, 261-62, 266, 284-85, 291, 323, 464
Bako, 206
Balabac Island, 332
Balabac Strait, 207, 209, 333
Balangan Bay, 252
Balete Pass, 285-86, 287, 323
Bali Island, 375, 383
Balicuatro Island, 328
Baligayan, 270
Balikpapan, 371, 379-83, 465
Balikpapan Attack Group, USN, 379
Balikpapan Bay, 382
Bambam Hills, 269
Bamban River, 263
Bambang, 285
Banaue, 293
Banda Sea, 161, 165
Bandjermasin, 371

Bantayan Island, 346
Barbey, Adm. Daniel E., 107, 145, 181, 256
Barnes, Maj. Gen. Julian F., 22, 34, 55
Barobo, 309
Barugo, 228
Basabua, 62-63
Basilan Island, 328-29, 337
Basilan Strait, 333-36
Bassang Pass, 323
Bataan, 453
Bataan, 1, 14-21, 29, 38, 54, 252, 267-69, 277-80, 461
Batangas, 283
Batangas Bay, 252, 328
Batangas Province, 15, 250, 252, 271, 281-83, 288-91, 320
Batavia, 369, 371, 380
Batchellor Field, 28
Bauang, 284
Bayambang, 262-63
Baybay, 228, 230-32
Bayug, 233
Beaufort, 378-79
Bell, Henry Roy, 312
Belleau Wood, 224
Bena Bena, 113
Bengal Bay, 3
Berkey, Rear Adm. R. S., 256
Biak Island, 150-56, 161, 169, 174, 338
Bicol Peninsula, 193, 247, 252, 281-83, 288-91, 317-18
Bilibid Prison, 273
Biliran Island, 346
Binalonan, 261
Binday, 261
Bismarck Archipelago, 31, 63, 99-100, 105, 137, 140-42, 148, 152, 465
Bismarck Sea, 113-16, 132, 136, 140, 142-43
BLACKLIST Operation

Blamey, Gen. Sir Thomas A. (Aust), 33, 49, 51, 74, 91, 97, 109, 120, 122, 455, 461
Blanche Channel, 118
Bobdubi, 104-105, 120
Bobdubi Ridge, 120
Boenjoe Island, 375
Bofu, 87
Bogadjim, 142
Bogan, Rear Adm. Gerald F., 222
Bohol Area Command, 313
Bohol Island, 211, 312-15, 329, 333, 339, 343, 346-47
Boise, 259
Bombardment Group, 509th Composite, 441
Bomber Commands, U.S. Bongabon, 287
Bongabong, 252
Bongao Island, 337
Bongo Island, 350
Bonin Islands, 174, 193, 364, 401, 460
Bontoc, 285, 293, 323
Borneo, 2, 20, 54, 161, 188, 193, 202-203, 207, 232, 327, 332-33, 338, 364, 367, 370-83, 392, 395, 459, 461-65
Borokoe, 152-53
Bosnek, 152
Boso Peninsula, 430
Boso Boso River, 284
Bostock, Air Vice Marshal William D., 184
Bougainville, 37, 54, 82, 113, 122, 125-28, 133, 136, 148, 383-86, 461
Breakneck Ridge, Leyte, 230
Bream, 207
Brereton, Maj. Gen. Lewis H., 4, 21--22
Brett, Maj. Gen. George H., 21-22, 28-30, 33, 37
Brisbane, 21, 26-27, 34, 54, 55, 62, 74, 189
Brooketon, 375
Brunei, 375-78
Brunei Attack Group, USN, 375
Brunei Bay, 205-206, 209, 332, 371, 375-79, 383, 466
Brunei Peninsula, 378
Brush, Maj. Gen. Rapp, 339
Buayan, 355
Buenavista, 252
Bugo, 3i2, 354
Buguias, 293
Buhisan Reservoir, 344
Buin, 37, 82-84, 125-28, 387
Buin Road, 461
Buka Island, 37, 46, 59, 63, 82, 125-28, 133, 136, 386-87
Buka Passage, 82, 386-87
Bukidnon Province, 461
Bulolo Valley, 50, 101, 113
Bulu Plantation, 122
Buluan, 200
Buna, 51-53, 62, 66-70, 72, 75, 79-80, 85-97, 105, 113-16, 122, 131-32, 164, 168
Buna Force, 91
Buna Government Station, 87
Buna Mission, 92-93
Bungo Channel, 206, 417
Burauen, 226-28, 230-33, 235
Buri, 233

Burias Island, 346
Burma, 22, 38, 202, 287, 332, 364, 372
Busu River, 122
Busuanga Island, 332
But airfield, 160, 386
Butjo Luo, 141
Butuan Bay, 354
Byers, Brig. Gen. Clovis E., g2n, 93

C

C-47 (Skytrain), 452, 464
C-54 (Skymaster), 453
Caballo Island, 283
Cabanatuan, 270-72, 281, 288, 321
Cabaruan, 261
Cabaruan Hills, 261, 263-66, 270
Cabcaben, 18
Cabu, 270
Cabugan Grande Island, 212
Cagayan, 312, 354
Cagayan Island, 209, 212, 223
Cagayan River and Valley, 261-62, 266, 281, 284-88, 291-94, 320, 323, 461
Cairns, 49
Cairo Conference, 436
Calamian Islands, 207
Calapan, 247, 252
California, 213, 256
California, 55
Caloocan, 273
Calubian, 236
Calumpit, 14-15, 271
Camalaniugan Airfield, 291
Camotes Sea, 186, 188, 228, 230, 233
Camp John Hay, 464
CAMPUS Operation, 437. See also BLACKLIST Operation.
Canada, 427, 455
Cananga, 236
Canberra, 63
Canberra, 29
Canton, 433
Cape Cretin, 145
Cape Djoeata, 375
Cape Endaiadere, 87-88, 92-93
Cape Esperance, 80, 82
Cape Gloucester, 59, no, 128-31, 134, 138, 338
Cape Hoskins, 142
Cape Killerton, 89, 97
Cape Merkus, 129
Cape Moem, 386
Cape Nelson, 75
Cape Opmarai, 160
Cape Sudest, 92
Cape Varietta, 66
Cape Verde Passage, 328
Capisayan, 461
Capoocan, 230
Caraballo Mountains, 287, 323
Carabao Island, 283
Carigara, 228, 230, 236
Carigara Bay, 228, 236
Carmen, 270
Caroline Islands, 20, 136-37, 143-44, i72-73j 368, 465-66
Carpender, Rear Adm. Arthur S., 108
Carpentaria Gulf, 23
Carrier Division, $th (Jap.), 46-47
Casey, Maj. Gen. Hugh J., 33, 181
Castillejos, 267
Catalina aircraft, 164
Catmon Hill, 202-203, 226
Causing, Lt. Col. Juan (P.A.), 317
Cavalry Brigades, U.S.

Cavalry Division, 1st (U.S.), 138, 141, 181, 198-99, 228, 230, 236, 270-73, 281-83, 288-89, 318, 411, 450, 454
Cavalry Regiments, U.S. Cave defenses, 281-83
Cavite, 6, 271
Cavite Province, 320
Cebu, 3i5, 343-47
Cebu Island, 191, 203, 229, 300, 302, 305, 313-15, 327, 329, 333, 339, 343-44, 346-47, 461, 465
Celebes Islands, 2, 23, 161, 174-76, 333, 338, 364, 374-75, 383, 392
Celebes Sea, 188
Central Attack Force, USN, 183, 189
Central Pacific Area, 23, 31, 134-36, 143, 149, 166, 169-70, 178, 181, 196, 202, 243, 368, 414, 423
Central Plain of Luzon, 3, 10-15, 170, 243, 262, 267-69, 272
Ceram, 161
Ceram Sea, 161, 165
Cervantes, 291, 293, 323
Ceylon, 33, 40
Chamberlin, Maj. Gen. Stephen J., 33, 190, 448
Chase, Brig. Gen. William C, 138-40, 273
Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo, 436, 444
Chicago, 63
Chichi Jima, 174
Chikuma, 218

China, 2-3, 20, 22, 169-72, 193, 237, 243, 254, 258, 346, 363-64, 369, 387-88, 391, 397-98, 401, 410, 431-35, 441-44,455
China Sea, 14, 19, 241, 333, 374
China Theater, 410, 423, 466
Chinkai Guard District, 466
Chitose, 222
Chiyoda, 222
Choiseul Island, 125, 133, 136
Chokai, 218
Chosan, 397
Chynoweth, Brig. Gen. Bradford G., 21
Churchill, Winston S., 4, 173, 395
Chusan Archipelago, 410
Civil affairs, 149-50
Civil Affairs Division, War Dept., 193
Clark Field, 266-70
Cloncurry, 34, 46, 59
Clowes, Maj. Gen. Cyril A., 66
Coast watchers, 54, 82, 116
Coconut Grove, 93
Coen, 49
Collingwood Bay, 91
Columbia, 258
Combined Chiefs of Staff, 30, 370, 388, 395
Combined Operational Service Command, 75, 89
Commonwealth Government reestablished, 276
Concepcion, 270
Confesor, Tomas, 296-98, 304, 315
Cooktown, 49
Coral Sea, 46-50, 55, 70
Coron Bay, 207-209, 213
CORONET Operation, 395, 411, 423-30, 431. See also DOWNFALL Operation; Honshu.
Corps, Australian

Corps, III (Brit.), 5
Corps, Philippine Corps, U.S. Corregidor, 1, 14-15, 19-20, 28, 38, 225, 277-80, 298, 465
Cotabato, 312, 348-51
Cruz, Maj. Emigdio (P.A.), 301
Curtin, John, 29, 40, g6n, 370
Cushing, Lt. Col. James H., 313-15
Cyclops airfield, 145, 146-47
Cyclops Mountains, 145-46

D

Dace, 207-208
Dagami, 203, 226-28, 230-32
Dagua airfield, 386
Dagupan, 259, 270
Daklan, 293
Damortis, 261, 270
Damulaan, 232, 234
Darter, 207-208
Darwin, 21-28, 34, 45, 51, 99, 105, 117, 374
Davao, 8, 348, 351-55, 465
Davao Gulf, 312, 348, 351-52
Davidson, Adm., 219
Deboyne Island, 46
Del Monte airfield, 203, 354
Demobilization plans, U.S., 393
Deniki, 62, 75
Depapre, 148
Deposito, 234-35
Derevyanko, Lt. Gen. Kuzma N. (USSR), 455
Destroyer Squadron, 10th (Jap.), 221
Destroyer Squadrons, 24th, 54th, and 56th (U.S.), 212
Digos, 351-52
Digos River, 352
Diit River, 228
Diller, Col. LeGrande A., 33
Dinagat Island, 186, 198
Dinalupihan, 267, 270, 277
Dingalan Bay, 172, 242, 287
Dipolog, 309, 336
Djinabora, 382
Djoeata, 375
Dobodura, 87, 89-91, 97
Dock sector, Hollandia, 148
Doe, Maj. Gen. Jens A., 329
Doolittle, Lt. Gen. James H, 369
Doorman, Rear Adm. Karel W. F. (Neth.), 22
DOWNFALL Operation. See also CORONET Operation; Honshu; Kyushu; OLYMPIC Operation,

Drake Force, 79-80
Driniumor River, 157
Dulag, 179-81, 186, 196-202, 220, 226, 233, 247, 318
Dumaguete, 343, 347
Dumaran Island, 332
Dummun River, 461
Dumpu, 125
Dunckel, Brig. Gen. William C, 246-47

E

East-Central Luzon Guerrilla Area, 320
East China Sea, 206, 401, 407, 431
Eastern Air Command, 369
Efate, 122
Egypt, 4, 23
Eichelberger, Lt. Gen. Robert L., 42n, 62, 72, 91-93, 97, 145, 149, 152, 186, 312, 333, 348, 354, 357, 364, 427, 450-53
Emirau Island, 142, 143, 149
Empress Augusta Bay, 125--28, 386
Engineer Special Brigade, 2d, 105, 113, 202
Engineer troops, 261
Eniwetok Island, 183
Enriquez, Lt. Col. Manuel P. (P.A.), 320
Enterprise, 50, 84
Entrance Creek, 88, 93
Espiritu Santo, 46, 122
European Theater of Operations, 393, 398-99, 411, 427, 442

F

Fabrica, 203, 343
Faisi, 59, 125
Fall River Operation, 51
Famy, 284
Fanshaw Bay, 216
Fechteler, Rear Adm. William M., 332
Fen ton, Harry, 313
Fergusson Island, 80
Fertig, Col. Wendell W., 300-12, 316
Fighter Command, VII, 368
Fighter Group, 30th (Jap.), 405
Fighter Squadron, 79th (Aust), 117
Fighter Squadron, 67th (U.S.), 117
Fiji, 2, 62, 105
Fil-American Irregular Troops, 320
Finisterre Mountains, 142
Finschhafen, no, 111, 120, 125-28, 133, 138-40, 168, 338
Fitch, Brig. Gen. Burdette M., 33
Fleay, Maj. N. L., 50
Fleets, British

Fleets, Japanese Fleets, U.S. Fletcher, Rear Adm. Frank J., 47
Flores Sea, 380
Florida Island, 37, 63
Formosa, 2, 6, 20, 45, 169-70, 184, 193-95, 202, 205-208, 211, 224, 226, 242-43, 251, 256-58, 360, 391, 402, 433, 437, 444, 466
Fort Drum, 283
Fort McKinley, 275-77
Fort Pikit, 351, 355
Fort Stotsenburg, 263, 267-70, 280
France, 427, 455
Francisco River, 104, 121, 124
Franklin, 224
Fraser, Adm. Sir Bruce, 455
Fremantle, 34, 45
Frink, Maj. Gen. Jacob L., 186
Fukiagehama, 418
Fukuoka, 421, 440
Furuse, Rear Adm. Takasue, 461
Fusan, 440

G

Gador, Lt. Col. Gabriel (P.A.) , 312
Galela, 176
Gama River, 67
Gambier Bay, 221
Gap, The, 70, 78, 89
Gasmata, 22, 59-62, 129-31
Gause, Capt. Damon J., 300
Gazelle Peninsula, 142, 386, 461
Geelvink Bay, 144-45, 386

Germany, 4, 363, 388, 389, 393, 395-98, 402-405, 431, 436
Ghormley, Vice Adm. Robert L., 58, 62-63, 81, 84
Gilbert Islands, 23, 169
Gili Gili, 51
Gill, Maj. Gen. William H., 464
Giropa Point, 93
Girua River, 87-92, 96-97
Giruwa, 97-98, 101
Glider Infantry Regiment, 188th, 453-54
Gold Ridge, 82
Gona, 70, 72, 75, 87-89, 96-97
Goodenough Island, 66, 75, 79-80, 105, 111, 131, 145
Gorari, 85-87
Grace Park, Manila, 273
Grande Island, 267
Great Britain, 1, 4, 22, 30-31, 370-71, 391-92, 398, 427, 435, 441, 445-46, 450, 458
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, 2
Green Islands, 136
Griswold, Maj. Gen. Oscar W., 149, 259, 269, 273
Grose, Col. John E., 92n
Grouper, 129
Guadalcanal, 49, 59-66, 80-84, 100-101, 105, 113-16, 118
Guagua, 16
Guam, 4, 47, 140, 165, 181, 186, 364-68, 437, 450
Gudgeon, 300
Guerrilla activities

Guimaras Island, 316, 342, 346
Guimaras Strait, 341-42
Guimba, 270, 321
Guitarro, 208
Gunzan, 440
Gusap, 125
Gusika, 125

H

Hagenahambo, 87
Hagonoy, 270-71
Haguro, 218
Hall, Maj. Gen. Charles P., 267
Halmahera Islands, 152, 160-62, 168, 170, 174-76, 338, 431, 465
Halsey, Adm. William F., 84, 109, 113, 117, 125-28, 142-43, 149, 172-74, 183-84, 193-94, 211, 213-22, 258-59, 433, 453-54
Hamamatsu, 435, 449
Hamner, Capt. J. A., 308
Haney, Brig. Gen. Harold, 332
HansaBay, 121-22, 142-45, 148
Harbor Defense Command (P.A.), 20
Harding, Maj. Gen. Edwin F., 77, 87, 92
Harech River, 157
Hariko, 89
Haruna, 218
Hata, Marshal Shunroku, 405
Hauwei, 141
Hawaii, 50, 55, 181-83, 189, 366, 391, 410, 414, 450
Heermann, 220
Helfrich, Adm. Conrad E. L. (Neth.), 455
Henderson Field, 82
Herring, Lt. Gen. Sir Edmund F., 74, 91, 120
Hermosa, 267
Hibuson Island, 212
High Commissioner, U.S., 15
Highway 1, Leyte, 226
Highway 1, Mindanao, 312, 348-51
Highway 2, Leyte, 228, 230, 235-36
Highway 3, Luzon, 14, 271, 273
Highway 3, Mindanao. See Sayre Highway
Highway 4, Luzon, 291, 293
Highway 5, Luzon, 271, 285-87, 291
Highway 5, Mindanao, 350
Highway 7, Luzon, 14, 269-70, 277
Highway 11, Luzon, 291, 293
Highway 13, Luzon, 262
Highway 17, Luzon, 272
Highway 110, Luzon, 277
Highway in, Luzon, 277

Hill 522, Leyte, 199, 228
Hilldring, Maj. Gen. John H., 193
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 444-46, 449, 452, 455, 458
Hiroshima, 405, 440-41
Hitachi, 433
Hodge, Lt. Gen. John R., 466
Hodges, Gen. Courtney H., 427
Hoel, 221
Hokkaido, 403, 406, 433, 440
Hollandia, 129, 142-52, 156, 162, 168-69, 181, 189, 246, 338, 360, 370
Homma Lt. Gen. Masaharu 11, 18
Homonhon Island, 186, 198, 346
Hong Kong, 193, 433, 465
Honshu, 388, 395-405, 407, 411, 417-18, 421-35, 442
Horn Island, 49
Horii, Maj. Gen. Tomitaro, 47, 70, 72, 87, 98
Hornet, 50, 84
Hukbalahap, 302, 320
Humboldt Bay, 143, 145-48
Hunters (guerrilla force), 320
Huon Gulf, 104, 113
Huon Peninsula, no, 120, 124-28, 132-33, 142
Hyane Harbor, 138-40
Hydrographers Range, 79, 87
Hyuga, 222

I

Ie Shima, 433, 446, 448
Iizuka, 415
Ilagan, 291
Ilimor, 85
IllanaBay, 312, 348
Ilocos Norte Province, 323
Iloilo, 316, 341-42
Iloilo Province, 296
Iloilo Strait, 341
Imamura, Gen. Hitoshi, 465
Imita Ridge, 70, 72
Impalutao, 354
Imperial General Headquarters, 51, 62, 121, 194, 226, 250, 362, 401-403, 405, 418, 440, 442-44, 445, 447, 454
Imperial Japanese Navy, 80, 401, 419, 431, 435
Imperial Palace, Tokyo, 430
Imugan, 287
Inampulugan Island, 342
India, 3, 22, 38-39
Indian Ocean, 39
Indochina, 6, 20, 168, 332-33, 346, 360, 375, 383, 391, 466
Infanta, Luzon, 281, 289, 461
Infantry Battalion, Air Corps Provisional (U.S.), 20
Infantry Battalions, Australian

Infantry Battalions, Philippine Infantry Brigades, Australian Infantry Brigades, Japanese Infantry Company, 2/6 Independent (Aust.), 79
Infantry Divisions, Australian Infantry Divisions, Japanese Infantry Divisions, Philippine Infantry Divisions, U.S. Infantry Regiments, Japanese Infantry Regiments, Philippine Infantry Regiments, U.S. See also Glider Infantry Regiments; Parachute Infantry Regiments Ingeniero, Maj. Ismael (P.A.), 315-16
Inland Sea, 206, 419, 431, 435
Inonde, 87-88
Insoemanai Island, 150
International Red Cross, 454
Intramuros, Mahila, 275
Intrepid, 224
Io Island, 411
Ioribaiwa, 70, 75
Ioribaiwa Ridge, 75
Iowa, 215
Ipil, 235
Ipo Dam, 281, 288, 323
Ise, 222
Ishii, Lt. Gen. Yoshio, 465
Ishikawa, Lt. Col. Yorio, 360
Isitt, Air Vice Marshal Leonard M. (N.Z.), 455
Isurava, 62-63, 70, 75
Itagaki, Lt. Gen. Seishiro, 466
Iwabuchi, Adm. Sanji, 354
Iwo Jima, 174, 364, 368, 401-402, 431, 440
Izu Islands, 406

J

Jacquinot Bay, 386
Jaluit Atoll, 465
Japan

Japan Sea, 387, 401
Japanese Liaison Office, 454
Jaro, Leyte, 228, 230
Jaro, Panay, 342
Jaure, 78-79
Java Island, 2, 6, 22-23, 45, 161, 327, 338, 371, 375, 380, 383
Java Sea, 22, 372, 380
Jesselton, 378-379
Johns, Brig. Gen. Dwight F., 75
Johnston, 220-21
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 30-31, 58, 81, 142, 173, 181, 243-46, 363-67, 368, 389, 395, 399, 411, 436-37, 442
Jolo, 338
Jolo Island, 228, 337-38
Jomard Passage, 47
Junbora, 87

K

Kabakan, 312, 351-52
Kadashan Bay, 218
Kagoshima, 407, 414
Kagoshima Bay, 407, 411, 419
Kagoshima Prefecture, 418
Kai Island, 99
Kaiapit, 125
Kaiten. See Torpedoes, human
Kamaishi, 433
Kamikaze. See Suicide attacks and weapons.
Kamiri airfield, 153
Kanga Force, 49-50, 104
Kangleon, Col. Rupert K. (P.A.) 316-18
Kanoya, 407, 411, 419
Kanto Plain. See Tokyo Plain.
Kapa Kapa, 78
Karafuto, 440
Kashima-nada, 426, 427-30
Kavieng, 22, 59, 72, 82, 105, 113, 129, 133, 137, 142-44
Kawabe, Lt. Gen. Torashiro 447, 449, 458
Kawase, Maj. Masaaki, 359-60
Kawashima Force, 281
Kayapa, 291
KB Mission, 66, 67
Keelung Harbor, 258
Keijo, 444
Kembu Group, 266, 280
Kenney, Gen. George C, 55, 109, no, 129, 149, 184-86, 259, 369, 378
KETSU Operation, 403
Kiangan, 291-93, 323, 461-64
Kiari, 124
Kibangay, 355
Kibawe, 352, 355
Kieta, 37, 59, 63, 125
Kilia Mission, 80
King Plan, 173
Kinjaki, 80
Kinkaid, Adm. Thomas C, 138, 183, 186, 211-22, 254, 258-59
Kiriwina Island, 113, 117, 125, 338
Kisarazu airfield, 448, 454
Kiska Island, 50
Kiyoshimo, 251
Klandasan, 380
Klandasan Peninsula, 382
Kobayashi Force, 281, 357
Kobayashi, Col. Shujiro, 359-60
Kobe, 403-405, 440
Kochi, 440
Koepang, 23, 117
Koga, 427
Kokoda, 53, 62, 63, 70, 75, 85, 101
Kokoda Trail, 51-53, 62-66, 70-72, 75, 88, 380
Kokubu, 417
Kokudo (national highway), 407
Kokura, 441
Kolombangara Island, 118
Komiatum, 120
Komiatum Ridge, 121
Kongo, 207, 218-220
Konuma, Maj. Gen. Haruo, 359
Korea, 387-88, 391, 397, 402, 405, 410, 431, 437-40, 442-44, 450, 466
Korim Bay, 153
Kornasoren airfield, 153
Koryu. See Submarines, midget.
Koshiki Island, 411
Kossol Pass, 178
Kossol Roads, 178
Kotsuki, Lt. Gen. Yoshio, 466
Kruger, Gen. Walter, 109, 117, 145, 181-83, 186, 230, 233-34, 236, 246, 256, 259, 262, 269-70, 283, 323, 364, 411, 450
Kuching, 379
Kujukuri-hama, 427-30
KulaGulf, 118
Kumagaya, 427
Kumamoto, 417
Kumano, 218
Kumusi River, 75, 85-87, 93
Kure, 431, 435, 440
Kurita, Vice Adm. Takeo, 206-23
Kurume, 417
Kusaie Island, 465
Kushikino, 407-11
Kwajalein Atoll, 136, 366
Kyoto, 440
Kyushu, 170, 224, 388-423, 430-33, 442, 446

L

Labo, 309
Labuan (Victoria), 378
Labuan Island, 375-78
Lae, 23, 45-46, 49-51, 58-66, 70, ioo-ii, 120-24, 128, 133, 164, 168, 189, 338
Laguna de Bay, 262, 284, 288-89, 321-23
Lahug airfield, 344
Lake Buluan, 355
Lake Sentani, 145-46
LakeTaal, 272, 289
Lakekamu River, 113
Lakunai, 128
Lala, 309
Lamitan, 337
Lamon Bay, 11, 289
Landing craft, infantry (LCI), 247
Landing ship, tank (LST), 234
Lapham, Maj. Robert, 320-21
Lea, Homer, 3
Leary, Vice Adm. Herbert F., 30, 33
Leavey, Maj. Gen. Edmond H., 465
Leclerc, Gen. Jacques P., 455
Lee, Vice Adm. Willis A., 220-22
Legaspi, 7, 10, 289
Leron River, 125
Lexington, 47-49, 224
Leyte, 113, 172-73, 250, 263, 324-26, 336, 342-43, 346, 347"49, 359-6i, 366, 382, 452
Leyte Area Command, 317
Leyte campaign

Leyte Gulf, 172, 181-84, 193-95, 203-12, 216-24, 229, 232, 240, 433
Leyte River and Valley, 196, 202, 226-29, 236
Licab, 270
Liki Island, 152
Limay, 15, 277
Limon, 230, 236
Linapaoan Strait, 329
Lindenhafen Plantation, 129
Lingayen, 172, 258, 262
Lingayen Gulf, 3, 11-14, 242-46, 251-62, 266, 323-24
Lingkas, 374-75
Lipa, 289
Lombok Island, 466
Lombrum Plantation, 141
London Conference, 370
Longos, 284
Lonoy, 236
Lorengan, 59, 141
Los Banos, 321-23
Los Negros Island, 137-38, 141-42
Louisiade Archipelago, 47, 51
Louisville, 256-258
Lubang Island, 328, 346
Lugos Mission, 141
Lunga, 82
Lutong, 378, 383
Luzon, 184, 203, 216, 327-29, 336, 338-41, 346, 359-60, 366-67, 370, 395, 450
Luzon Area Command, 450
Luzon, fall of, 7-16, 20, 22, 37
Luzon, recovery of, 169-72, 195, 202, 224-26, 228, 232, 359

M

Mabitac, 284
Macajalar Bay, 312, 348, 351, 354
MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas

Mactan Island, 344
Madang, 59, 101, 120, 122, 129, 132-33, 142, 145-46
Maffin airfield, 150-52, 156
Maffin Bay, 150, 386
Magsungay River, 342
Makassar, 23
Makassar Strait, 372, 379-80
Make Island, 411
Malabang, 312, 348-51
Malacanan Palace, 272-75
Malalag Bay, 355
Malamaui Island, 337
Malanday, 273
Malaria threat, 161-62
Malasiqui, 270
Malaya, 1-2, 4, 22, 38, 71, 168, 202, 241, 332, 346, 362, 372, 375, 383, 410
Malaybalay, 351-55
Malinta Hill, 277-80
Maloelap Island, 466
Malolos, 271
Malta Conference, 395
Mambare, 101
Mambare River, 93, 113
Manchuria, 225, 237, 387-88, 397, 401, 431, 441-42, 466
Mandated Islands, 6, 38, 46-47, 174
Mandurriao airfield, 341
Manggar airfield, 382
Manila, 191, 266, 301-305, 323, 360, 364, 389, 399, 414, 446 Manila Bay, 256
Manila Bay, 14, 16, 20, 252-56, 269, 276-80, 283, 360
Mankayan, 291, 293
Manokwari, 145, 160
Manus Island, 105, 134, 137, 141, 181-83, 366
Maprik, 386
Maquis, 295
Mar airfield, 160
Marabang River, 199
Maramag, 352
Mariana Islands, 20, 137, 165, 170-72, 184, 243, 364, 368, 401, 405, 407-409, 414, 431-33, 440, 465
Maricaban Island, 328
Marikina, 281
Marinduque Island, 247, 252, 316, 346
Marine Aircraft Wing, 1st, 329
Marine Amphibious Corps Marine Corps, U.S., 78-80, 118, 234, 341, 411-14
Marine Divisions Marine Regiment, 4th, 453-54
Maritime Provinces, China, 388
Mariveles, 275
Mariveles Mountains, 14
Marking guerrillas, 320, 323
Markham River and Valley, 113, 122, 125-28
Markham Road, 124
Maroubra Force (Aust.), 51
Marquat, Brig. Gen. William F., 33
Marshall, General of the Army George C, 393, 397, 441
Marshall Islands, 20, 134-36, 169, 183, 368, 465-67
Marshall, Brig. Gen. Richard J., 31, 55
Maryland, 213
Martin, Maj. Gen. Clarence A., 92n, 352
Masbate Island, 305, 316, 328, 346
Matsui, Col., 461
Matsumoto Prefecture, 403
Maya, 208
Mayoyao, 293
McCain, Vice Adm. John S., 220, 433
Medical Corps, 161-62
Mega, 160
Melbourne, 26, 27, 31, 34, 55
Mempakul, 378
Menari, 78
Merauke, 50-51, 117
Merritt, Col. Pedro V. (P. A.), 317
Mibo River, 387
Middelburg Island, 160
Middle East Theater, 4, 20, 23, 26, 33, 40
Midway Island, 2, 50, 55, 62, 71, 431
Military Districts, Philippine, 302 Milne Bay, 35, 45, 50-55, 59, 66-78, 80-81, 113, 116-17, 122, 131, 160-61, 168, 338
Mindanao, 21, 28, 134, 168, 172-76, 183-84, 188, 190-91, 195, 202-203, 217, 225, 242, 298, 301-12, 327, 329, 336-38, 346, 348-55, 461, 465
Mindanao Attack Group, USN, 350
Mindanao Emergency Currency Board, 309
Mindanao Force (Phil.), 21
Mindanao River, 350-51
Mindanao Sea, 209, 212-13, 247-50
Mindoro, 28, 233-34, 240, 242-60, 272, 304-308, 316, 328-32, 338-39, 343, 346, 350
Mindoro Strait, 208, 267, 329, 336
Miri, 372, 378-79. 383
Misamis Occidental, 174
Misimi Island, 47
Missim, 120
Mississippi, 213
Missouri, 454-55, 466
Mitscher, Adm. Marc A., 145, 222
Miura Peninsula, 430
Miyakonojo, 407, 411, 419
Miyazaki, 407-10
Miyazaki Plain, 418-21
Miyazaki Prefecture, 418
Miyazaki, Lt. Gen. Shuichi, 360
Mogami, 213, 216
Moji, 421
Mokmer, 152-53
Molucca Islands, 134, 172, 176, 232, 333, 338, 374
Momote, 138-41
Montalban, 281
Montclair Operation, 327, 372
Montelibano, Alfredo, 312
Moore, Maj. Gen. George F., 20
Moore-Cosgrave, Col. L. (Can.), 455
Moro Gulf, 348
Morobe, 120
Morobe Bay, 113
Moron, 14, 18-19
Morong River, 284
Morotai, 156, 168, 172, 174-76, 183, 187, 195, 226, 370, 372, 375, 379, 465-67
Morris, Maj. Gen. Basil M., 63
Morshead, Lt. Gen. Sir Leslie, 371, 378
Moses, Lt. Col. Martin, 320
Motorboats, suicide, 421
Motupena Peninsula, 387
Mount Badian, 230
Mount Binicayan, 288
Mount Calavite, 305
Mount Caymayuman, 284
Mount Daho, 338
Mount Macolod, 289
Mount Malang, 380
Mount Malepunyo, 289
Mount Mataba, 281-83, 288
Mount Natib, 18
Mount Pacawagan, 281-83, 288
Mount Samat, 20
Mount Tambu, 120-21
Mount Tanauan, 284
Mountbatten, Adm. Lord Louis, 364, 392, 444
Muara Island, 375
Mubo, 104-105, 120
Mud Bay, 79-80
Mudge, Brig. Gen. Verne D., 141, 270-71, 273
Mueller, Maj. Gen. Paul J., 178
Munda, 118
Mufioz, 270, 285
Musa River, 79
Musashi, 208, 212
MUSKETEER Operations, 170-72, 242-43
Muto, Lt. Gen. Akira, 464

N

Nachi, 213
Nadzab, 122-25
Nagano Prefecture, 403
Nagasaki, 440, 441
Nagato, 218, 435
Nagoya, 402-403, 440
Naguilian, 266, 284
Nakar, Lt. Col. Guillermo Z. (P.A.), 300, 320
Namber airfield, 153
Namlea, 23
Nanking, 466
Nashville, 176, 247
Nassau Bay, 117, 120-21
Nasugbu, 271
Nauro, 75-78
Nauru Island, 465
Navy, U.S., 20-21, 34, 302-304, 324, 350, 359, 364, 366, 389, 454
Negros Island, 209, 250, 300-302, 305, 312-15, 332-33, 339, 342-43, 346-47, 461, 465
Neilson Field, 275-77, 465
Netherlands, 1, 4-5, 22, 30-31, 369, 391, 455
Netherlands East Indies, 2, 4, 20-23, 31, 38, 45, 58, 71, 117, 144, 149, 152, 162, 165, 168, 174-76, 184, 188, 202, 241, 254-56, 327, 332-363 338, 346, 362-65, 369-84, 389-91, 466
New Bilibid Prison, 465
New Britain, 2, 22-23, 46, 54, 58, 100-101, 113, 117, 122, 128-32, 137, 140-42, 148-49, 164-65, 181, 187, 383-87, 431, 461
New Caledonia, 20, 23, 62
New Georgia, 37, 105, 113, 117-20, 128, 133, 136
New Guinea, 1-2, 100-104, 113-17, 131, 161-72, 181, 184-87, 190, 240-41, 300, 331, 338, 357, 363, 366, 369, 371, 383, 389, 431. See also Southwest Pacific Area.

New Guinea Force, 51, 63, 74-75, 87, 91, 117, 120, 122-28, 132, 142, 149
New Guinea Volunteer Rifles, 49
New Hebrides, 122
New Ireland, 23, 54, 58-59, 100, 105, 117, 136, 143, 148, 164-65, 383
New Jersey, 215
New Mexico, 256-58
New Zealand, 27, 30, 136, 370, 392, 455
Nichols Field, 11, 272, 275-76, 448
Niigata, 440
Nimitz, Adm. Chester W., 31, 136-37, 143, 149, 165, 173, 196, 211, 221-22, 224, 229, 241, 246, 258, 367-68, 391, 397, 399, 411-14, 423, 444, 454-55
Ningpo Peninsula, 387
Niroemoar Island, 152
Nisei troops, 54-55
Nishimura, Vice Adm. Shoji, 208-209, 212-13, 216
Niumen Creek, 157
Nobeoka, 417
Noble, Rear Adm. Albert G., 350, 379
Noble, Lt. Col. Arthur, 320
Noemfoor Island, 147, 153-56, 160-61, 174, 338
Noguchi Force, 281
Nojima Saki, 435
Normanby Island, 66
North Pacific Area, 31, 387
Northern Attack Force, USN, 181, 189
Northern Luzon Force, 3, 11, 16
Northern Territory Force (Aust.), 45
Noshiro, 218
Novaliches, 271-73
Nueva Ecija Province, 300
Numa Numa, 386-87

O

Office of Strategic Services, SWPA, 55
Oboe Operation, 327, 371
Ocean Island, 465
Ogasawara Gunto. See Bonin Islands.
Oivi, 62, 78, 85-87
Okamura, Gen. Yasuji, 466
Okayama, 440
Okhotsk Sea, 388
Okinawa, 193, 206, 364, 388, 391, 395, 402, 405, 421-23, 431-35, 439, 450-52, 454, 465
Okochi, Vice Adm. Denhichi, 464-65
Oldendorf, Rear Adm. Jesse B., 183, 212-13, 220, 223, 256
Olongapo, 267, 277
OLYMPIC Operation, 389-91, 395, 399, 407-11, 435 See also DOWNFALL Operation; Kyushu.
Ominato, 440
Ommaney Bay, 256
Open Bay, 386
Orani, 270
Orion, 17-20, 277
Ormoc, 223, 225, 228-36
Ormoc Bay, 232
Ormoc River and Valley, 230
Oro Bay, 87, 89
Osaka, 403-405, 440
Osborne, Capt. William L., 300
Osmeha, Sergio, 198
Osumi Peninsula, 406
Osumi Strait, 411
Otomari, 440
Owalama Divide, 75
Owen Stanley Mountains, 35, 45, 49-50, 53, 63, 70, 72, 75-79, 87, 91, 97
Ozawa, Adm. Jisaburo, 194, 207-208, 211, 216, 222

P

P-40 (Warhawk), 18
P-47 (Thunderbolt), 433
Pacific Air Transport Command, 452
Pacific Ocean Areas, 30-31, 169, 190-93, 363-66, 391
Pacific Theater

Padada airfield, 352
Paete, 284
Pagan Island, 465
Paidu Pulangi, 351
Pakil, 284
Palanas River, 232, 234-35
Palau Islands, 134, 144-45, 161, 168-70, 178, 184, 193, 195, 431, 465
Palawan Attack Group, USN, 329
Palawan Force, USA, 329-30
Palawan Island, 54, 207, 242, 300, 316, 327-36, 338-39, 346, 359
Palawan Passage, 207-208
Palo, 181, 198-99, 203
Palompon, 235-36
Pampanga, 15, 320
Pampanga River, 270-71
Panaon Island, 212
Panaon Strait, 179, 186, 196-98
Panay Attack Group, USN, 341
Panay Island, 250, 296, 300-305, 315-16, 324, 327, 332-33, 339-42, 346
Pandanan Island, 332
Pandansari, 382
Pangil, 284
Panglao Island, 347
Paniqui, 263
Panlillo, Yay, 320n
Papitalai, 141
Papitalai Mission, 141
Papua, 35, 45, 50-51, 54, 100, 105, 113, 161. See also New Guinea.
Parachute Infantry Regiments Parang, 312, 348-51
Parker, Brig. Gen. George M., 16
Parsons, Comdr. Charles, 301, 304, 309-11, 316
Pasig River, 273-76
Patrick, Maj. Gen. EdwinD., 281
Pearl Harbor, 1, 3-6, 431
Peleliu Island, 178, 193
Penadjam, 382
Peralta, Lt. Col. Macario (P.A.), 302-304, 312, 315-16, 341
Percival, Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur E. (Brit.), 455, 464
Perth, 117
Philippine Army, 3-4, 293, 301-302, 355
Philippine Commonwealth government, 15-19, 276
Philippine Constabulary, 4, 295, 301, 317
Philippine Regional Section, AIB, 304-308
Philippine Scouts, 4, 20
Philippines, 101, 134-36, 140, 142, 150-53, 161, 165, 366, 375, 392-94, 401-402, 405, 410, 414, 423, 431-33

Philippines, fall of, 1, 31, 37, 71 Philippines, recovery of. See also campaign by name. Philippines Sea, 207-208, 211, 213-23, 328
Phillips, Maj. L. H, 305
Phoenix, 140
Pilar, 277
Pim, 148
Pimmilapil, 270
Pinamola, 355
Pinamopoan, 230, 236
Pitoe, 176
Pitoe Bay, 176
Plaridel, 271
Point sytem, 393
Polillo, 222
Polloc Harbor, 350
Polo Club, Manila, 275
Ponape Island, 466
Pongani, 79, 87
Popondetta, 87, 89-91, 97
Porlock Harbor, 89
Poro Island, 346
Port Moresby, 23-25, 35, 45-54, 59-63, 70-79, 81, 85-87, 89, 96-97, 104-107, 113-17, 122, 163-68, 360
Potsdam Conference and Declaration, 392, 435-36, 440-46, 449-50, 455, 458
Pozorrubio, 261, 270
Praeger, Maj. Ralph B., 320
President Quezon's Own Guerrillas, 320
Prince of Wales, 4
Prisoners of war, relief of, 453-54
PROVIDENCE Operation, 53, 62
PT boats, 164, 176, 212, 252, 333, 339
Puerto Princesa, 316, 332-33
Pugo, 284
Pulangi River, 351, 355
Pulupandan, 342-43
Purac, 270

Q

Quebec Conference, 173
Quelpart Island, 406
Quezon, Manuel, 10, 19, 96, 198, 301, 304, 309
Quincy, 63

R

Rabaul, 22-23, 45-49, 58-59, 63-66, 71-72, 81-84, 99-100, 110, 113-16, 125-31, 133, 136, 140-42, 144, 386, 465
Rabon, 261
Ragay Gulf, 289
Ramsay, Col. Edwin P., 320
Ramu River and Valley, 142, 149
Ranger Battalion, 6th, 181, 198, 256, 291, 321
Rangoon, 22, 364, 405
Rapopo, 128
Redeployment from ETO, 393-94, 398-401, 411, 427, 441
Refugees, 18
Regimental Combat Teams. See Cavalry Regiments; Infantry Regiments.
Rendova, 117
Rendova Harbor, 118
RENO Operations, 168-70
Repulse, 4
Rice Anchorage, 118
Richardson, Lt. Gen. Robert C, Jr., 367, 389-91
Rigo, 78-79
Rizal, 287
Rizal Avenue, Manila, 273
Rizal Province, 320
Rizal Stadium, Manila, 277
Roberts, 221
Rockhampton, 62
RoemboiBay, 153
Romblon Islands, 316
Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin, 4
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 4, 10, 20, 29, 38, 173, 395
Roosevelt Ridge, 120-21
Rosario, 261, 266, 270, 284
Rossum, 141
Rota Island, 465
Rowe, Comdr. George F., 305
Rowell, Lt. Gen. Sidney F., 63
Roxas, Manuel, 301
Royal Australian Air Force, 23, 33, 37, 40, 107-109, 144, 161, 184, 202, 374-75, 380, 386-87
Royal Australian Navy, 23, 33, 54, 107-109, 202, 259, 366, 374-75, 380, 386
Royal, Rear Adm. Forrest B., 336, 372, 375
Royal Netherlands Air Force, 33-34
Royal Netherlands Army, 34
Royal Netherlands Indies Army, 372, 382
Royal Netherlands Navy, 33-34, 107-109, 382
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 387
Rupertus, Maj. Gen. William H., USMC, 131
Ryukyu Islands, 183, 195, 243, 253, 364, 368-69, 387, 391, 397-98, 401, 406, 407-10, 414, 446, 450, 465

S

Sabangan, 293
Sadau Island, 372
Sagami, 426
Sagami Bay, 426-30, 453
Saidor, 132, 142, 146, 338
St. George's Channel, 125
St. Matthias Islands, 142
Saipan Island, 165, 169, 364, 401, 450
Salacsac Passes, 285-87, 291
Salamaua, 23, 45, 47-51, 58-63, 70, 98-104, 110-11, 118-21, 124, 132-33, 338
Salami Plantation, 141
Samar, 179, 186-88, 198, 211, 216-21, 228, 236, 300, 302-305, 317-18, 328, 339, 346
Samar Sea, 186
Samarinda, 372, 382
Sambodja, 382
Samoa, 2, 62
San Antonio, Luzon, 267
San Bernardino Strait, 209-23, 327-28
San Carlos, Luzon, 262, 270
San Carlos, Negros, 315
San Cristobal Island, 47
San Fabian, Luzon, 256, 259-61
San Felipe, Luzon, 267
San Fernando, La Union, 14-15, 266, 328
San Fernando, Pampanga, 284
San Isdro, Leyte, 235
San Isdro Bay, 236
San Jacinto, Luzon, 261
San Jose, Corregidor, 277
San Jose, Leyte, 179-181, 198-99
San Jose, Luzon, 285-87
San Jose, Mindoro, 246, 250-51
San Jose, Panay, 316
San Juan, Batangas, 284, 289
San Juan, Rizal, 284
San Juan Heights, 275
San Juanico Strait, 179, 186, 196, 202, 228
San Manuel, Luzon, 258-61, 285
San Marcelino, Luzon, 267
San Mateo, Zamboanga, 336
San Miguel, Leyte, 228
San Pablo, Leyte, 203, 233
San Roque airfield, 337
Sanananda, 72, 75, 85-89, 96-98, 101
Sanananda Point, 87, 98
Sanga Sanga Island, 337
Sangamon, 221
Sansapor, 150, 156, 160-61, 174, 186, 338
Santa Barbara airfield, 342
Santa Cruz Islands, 58
Santa Fe, Luzon, 287
Santa Maria, Luzon, 272, 287
Santa Maria Valley, 289
Santee, 221
Santo Tomas, Luzon, 289
Santo Tomas University, 272-73
Sapia, 80, 87
Sapporo, 440
Sarangani, 174
Sarangani Bay, 172, 350, 355
Sarawak, 372
Sarmi, 145, 149-52, 156, 338
Sasebo, 421, 440
Sata Misaki, 446
Sattelberg, 124-25, 132
Satsuma Peninsula, 418-21
Savo Island, 256
Sawar airfield, 150, 156
Sayre Highway, 348, 351-54
Seeadler Harbor, 140-41
Segi Point, 118
Sendai, 407, 411, 421, 440
Sentani airfield, 146-48
Seoul, 440, 466
Sepik River, 461
Sepinggan airfield, 382
Seria, 372, 378-79, 383
Sesanip, 375
Shanghai, 375, 387, 402, 433
Shantung Peninsula, 387
Shantung Province, 397
Sharp, Brig. Gen. William F., 21
Shedden, Sir Frederick G. (Aust.), 30n
Sherman, Rear Adm. Forrest B., 222
Shibushi, 407, 414, 418
Shigemi Detachment, 262
Shigemitsu, Mamoru, 454-55
Shigure, 213
Shikoku, 403-10, 418-19, 440
Shima, Adm. Kiyohide, 194, 206, 208-209, 213
Shimbu Group, 266, 357
Shimbu Line, 281-84, 287-89, 293
Shimonoseki, 440
Shimonoseki Tunnel, 417
Shinyo. See Motorboats, suicide.
Shipping resources, S WPA, 42
Shiroya, Adm., 354
SHO Operation, 237
Shoho, 47
Shokaku, 46-49
Shortland Islands, 37, 125, 133, 136
Sibago Inlet, 339
Sibalon River, 341
Siberia, 4, 388, 402
Sibert, Maj. Gen. Franklin C, 348
Sibul Springs, 270-71, 321
Sibuyan Island, 346
Sibuyan Sea, 209, 212-16, 218, 222-23, 327-29
Sierra Madre Mountains, 292-93, 461
Signal Corps, 302
Silay, 343
Sinemi, 89
Sinemi Creek, 88, 93
Singapore, 2, 5, 20, 45, 202, 205-206, 329-32, 375, 391-92, 465-66
Siniloan, 284
Sio, 125, 132
Siquijor Island, 247, 346
Skip bombing, 110Smith, Col. Charles M., 305-308, 317
Smith, Col. Howard, 162n
Soepiori Island, 153
Soerabaja, 2, 371, 380
Solomon Islands, 22, 31, 37, 45-46, 49, 54, 58-59, 63-66, 80-84, 100-104, 105, 113, 117, 128, 133-37, 140-42, 148-49, 152, 161, 164-65, 237, 300, 363, 383, 431, 465
Solomons Sea, 116, 132-33, 142
Soputa, 87-89, 96
Soraken Peninsula, 387
Sorido, 152-53
Sorong, 160
South China Sea, 184, 206, 329-36, 338, 372, 375
South Pacific Area (SOPAC), 20, 23, 31, 50, 71, 80-81, 84, 109, 113, 116, 122, 125, 136, 140, 143, 149, 152, 388-89, 465
South Seas Detachment, 47, 64
Southeast Asia Command, 169, 364, 388, 392, 410, 423, 444, 466
Southeast Pacific Area, 367, 389
Southern Attack Force, USN, 181, 189
Southern Islands Area Command, 450
Southern Luzon Force (Phil.), 3, 11-16
Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA), 21, 23, 50, 71, 72, 81, 100, 450. See also campaign by name; Mac-Arthur, General of the Army Douglas

Soviet Union, 4, 398, 399n, 402, 435, 441-44, 455, 466
Spaatz, Gen. Carl, 368-69, 423
Special Landing Party, 3d, (Jap.), 67
Sprague, Rear Adm. Clifton A. F., 216
Sprague, Adm. Thomas L., 183, 216-17, 220-23
Stadler, Brig. Gen. John H., 271
Stafford, 256
Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W., 287, 465
Stimson, Henry L., 95, 292
Stirling Range, 67
Stivers, Col. Charles P., 31
Stratemeyer, Lt. Gen. George E., 369
Struble, Rear Adm. Arthur D., 341
Stump, Rear Adm. Felix B., 217
Sturdee, Lt. Gen. V. A. H., 186
Styler, Lt. Gen. Wilhelm D., 389, 450, 458, 464
Subic, 267
Subic Bay, 21, 267, 277
Submarines, midget, 419
Sugiyama, Marshal Gen, 403
Suicide attacks and weapons, 220, 223-24, 232, 237, 243, 247-51, 256, 401, 405, 419-21, 430
Sulu Archipelago, 188, 228, 242, 328-29, 333, 337-393 348, 359
Sulu Sea, 206, 209, 222, 247, 267, 328, 329, 336
Suluan Island, 198
Sumatra, 2, 22, 31, 375, 380, 383
Sumiyoshi, 418
Sunda Islands, 374
Supreme Commander, Allied Powers (SCA-P). See also MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas
Surigao Peninusla, 354
Surigao Strait, 186-87, 206, 209-17, 222-23, 247
Surrender ceremony and document, 454-58
Sutherland, Lt. Gen. Richard K., 31, 189, 448-49, 453
Suwannee, 221
Suzuki Force, 357
Suzuya, 218
Swatow, 433
Sweden, 454
Swift, Maj. Gen. Innis P., 259
Swing, Maj. Gen. Joseph M., 275
Switzerland, 441, 454
Sydney, 34

T

Tabao Island, 346
Tabio, 291, 293
Tablas Island, 316, 346
Tablas Strait, 208
Tabontabon, 203
Tacloban, 179, 186, 196, 199-202, 220, 224, 228, 233, 318
Tadji, 145-46
Taft, Samar, 236, 318
Taft-Wright Highway, 186, 236, 318
Tagaytay Ridge, 272
Tagbiliran, 347
Tagum River, 312
Takao, 208
Takarabe, 415
Take Island, 411
Talasea, 59, 142
Talaud Island, 174
Talavera, 270
Taleba Bay, 80
Talikub Island, 312
Talisay, 342-44
Talomo Trail, 352, 355
Tamala, 270
Tambu Bay, 120
Tami, 146-48
Tamontaka, 350
Tanahmerah Bay, 143, 145-48
Tanauan, 226
Tanay, 284
Tanculan River, 312
Tanega Island, 406, 411, 418
Tanimbar Island, 99, 117
Tank Battalion, 44th, 271
Tank Regiment, yth (Jap.), 266
Tarakan, 372-74
Tarakan Attack Group, USN, 372
Tarakan Island, 332, 371-75, 379-80
Tarakena, 89, 97
Tarlac, 263
Task Force, South Pacific (US), 21
Task Force, Western Visayan (USA), 246-50
Task Forces, USN

Task Groups, USN Tasmania, 26
Taupota, 67
Tawi Tawi Island, 300-302, 305, 337-39
Tayabas, 252
Tayabas Bay, 252
Tebbo, 291
Tementoe River, 150
Tennessee, 213
Terauchi, Field Marshal Juichi, 202, 226
Teresa, 284
Teshima, Lt. Gen. Fusataro, 466
Thailand, 332, 346, 364, 372
Thorp, Col. Calude, 318
Thresher, 301
Thursday Island, 25
Tigbauan, 341
Timor Island, 23, 58, 117, 380, 466
Tinian Island, 165, 364, 441
Tobera, 128
Toem, 150-52, 156, 176
Tokyo, 399, 402-405, 418, 423-26, 430, 433-35, 442, 446-47
Tokyo Bay, 426-30, 437-48, 453"58, 464
Tokyo Bay Group, 430
"Tokyo Express," 66, 84
Tokyo Plain, 388, 395, 403, 406, 414, 418, 423-26, 430, 440
Tone, 218, 221
Tor River, 150-52
Torokina, 125-28
Torpedoes, human, 419-21
Toricelli Mountains, 157, 383
Torres Strait, 45
Tosa Plain, 419
Townsville, 25-27, 34, 46, 59, 116-17
Toyoda, Adm. Soemu, 203, 212
Transportation Corps, 75
Treasury Island, 125
Triangle, New Guinea, 93
Trobriand Islands, 65, 120
Truk Island, 45, 47, 71, 136, 142, 165, 169, 465
Truman, Harry S., 435, 441-45, 450
Tsili Tsili, 113, 122, 125
Tsimba Ridge, 386
Tsuno, 407, 411
Tsuruga, 440
Tsushima Strait, 397
Tuguegarao, 291-92, 323
Tulagi Harbor, 46
Tulagi Island, 37, 46, 58, 63, 82
Tuliahan River, 273
Tulsa Two B Operation, 59
Tupi, 355
Turner, Adm. Richmond K., 81
Tutong, 378-79
Twining, Lt. Gen. Nathan F., 369U

Ulithi Atoll, 144, 172-74, 178, 184, 465
Umezu, Gen. Yoshijiro, 455-56
United Nations, 436, 442, 454-55

United States U.S. Army Forces in Australia (USAFIA), 21-22, 31, 34, 58
U.S. Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE), 4, 10, 109, 313, 3l8, 389
U.S. Army Forces in the Middle Pacific (AFMIDPAC), 389-91, 450
U.S. Army Forces in the Pacific (AFPAC), 366-67, 388-91, 423, 450
U.S. Army Forces in the Pacific Ocean Areas (AFPOA), 367, 391
U.S. Army Forces in the Philippines, North Luzon, 320
U.S. Army Forces in the Western Pacific (AFWESPAC), 389, 414, 450, 458
U.S. Army Service Command I (ASCOM-I), 450
U.S. Army Service Command, OLYMPIC, 414
U.S. Army Service Command, SWPA, 179
U.S. Army Services of Supply, SWPA, 57, 109, 116, 181, 186, 189, 389
U.S. Forces in the Philippines (USFIP), 31
Urbanna Force, 89-91, 92-93
Urdaneta, 261, 266, 270, 277

V

Valencia, Bukidnon, 354, 461
Valencia, Leyte, 230, 235-36
Valley, Manuel, 317
Valor of Ignorance, The, 3
Vanganu, 118
Vasey, Gen. George A., 85, 96
Vella Lavella Island, 118
Verde Island Passage, 327-29
Victor Operations, 327-32, 333, 337, 339, 343, 347-48
Victoria, Australia, 34
Victoria, Labuan, 378
Victoria, Luzon, 263, 270
Vigan, 7-8
Vila, 118
Villa Verde Trail, 285-87
Villamor, Maj. Jesus A. (P.A.), 300, 312
Vincennes, 63
Visayan Forces, Philippine, 21
Visayan Islands, 21, 172-74, 184-88, 193, 198, 203, 225, 229, 234, 240, 242, 246-50, 254, 259, 304-308, 315-18, 327, 339, 346-48, 359-60
Visayan-Mindanao Force, Philippine, 3
Visayan Passages, 328
Visayan Sea, 332
Vitiaz Strait, 113, 124, 128-32, 168
Vogelkop Peninsula, 134, 143, 150, 160-61, 168
Volckmann, Maj. Russell W., 320-23
Volunteer Home Defense Units, 415
Vunakunau, 128

W

Waga Waga, 66-67
Wainwright, Gen. Jonathan M., 16, 20, 38, 270, 454-55, 464
Wairopi, 75-78, 87
Wakde, 145, 150-52, 161, 169
Wake Island, 465
Wakiura, 411
Waldron, Brig. Gen. Albert W., 92
Waloe, 354
Wanadala, 66
Wanigela, 78-79, 87
War Department, 21, 25, 58, 71, 78, 81, 150, 168, 170, 324, 364, 367-68, 393-94, 439, 445
Wardo, 153
Wareo, 125, 132
Warren Force, 88-89, 92-95
Warsa Bay, 153
Washington, 214
Washington, D.C. See War Department.
Wasp, 80
Wau, 49-50, 101-104, 109, 113, 122
Wavell, Gen. Sir Archibald P., 22
Wawa Dam, 281-83, 288
Wedemeyer, Gen. Albert C., 444
Welfare Park, Manila, 278
West Virginia, 213
Western Pacific, 397, 414, 431
Weston, 378
Wewak, 59, 101, 117, 121-22, 125-29, 142-48, 156, 160, 383-86, 461, 465
Whitehead, Maj. Gen. Ennis C., 329
Whitlock, Col. Lester J., 33
Whitney, Col. Courtney, 304
Wickham Anchorage, 118
Wide Bay, 386
Wilkinson, Vice Adm. Theodore S., 181, 256
Willaumez Peninsula, 142
Willoughby, Maj. Gen. Charles A., 31, 448
Wing, Maj. Gen. Leonard F., 323
Woleai, 144, 169, 181
Wolfe airstrip, 337
Woodlark Island, 113, 117, 125
Wootten, Brig. George F., g2n, 93, 97
Wotje Atoll, 466
Wright, Samar, 236, 318

Y

Yahagi, 218
Yalta Conference, 395
Yamaguchi, Vice Adm. Gizaburo, 466
Yamashiro, 213
Yamashita Line, 234-35, 281, 461
Yamashita, Gen. Tomoyuki, 226, 235-36, 240, 252,
263-66, 272, 281, 284-87, 292, 461-65
Yamato, 208, 212, 218
Yap Island, 144, 169, 172-74, 181-83, 190, 461
Yatsushiro, 417
Yellow Sea, 387, 401
Yokohama, 402-405, 418, 423, 427, 453-54
Yokosuka, 431, 435, 453-54
Yokosuka Naval District Group, 430
Yonai, Adm. Mitsumasa, 362
York Peninsula, 46, 49, 51, 59, 72
Yorktown, 46-50
Yuguchi, Maj. Gen. Shintaro, 461
Yung-chang, Gen. Hsu (China), 455

Z

Zambales Mountains, 280, 283, 318, 461
Zambales Province, 265-69, 280
Zamboanga, 309, 333, 337
Zamboanga Attack Group, USN, 336, 355
Zamboanga Province, 301, 327-29, 333-39, 348-50, 461
Zenshu, 440
Zettel airfield, 338
Zigzag Pass, 269, 277
Zone of the Interior, Australia, 116
Zuiho, 222
Zuikaku, 46-49, 222


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