Index

Agno River, Luzon, 336

Air attacks

Air bases. See Airfields.

Airdrop

Aircraft

Aircraft carriers, 269

Airfields

Airports. See Airfields.

Alligator, 175, 193

Ambulance, converted jeep, 101

Ammunition

Ammunition dump, on fire. 265

Amphibian tractor, LVT, 130, 175, 177, 198, 244, 289, 311

Amphibious training, Hawaii, 18

Antiaircraft guns

Antitank gun, 37-mm., 26, 62, 92, 93, 229, 232 240, 257

Armored car, light, 381

Army band, Guadalcanal, 126

Artillery

Assembly line, for vehicles, 73

Atomic bombing

 

Baguio, Luzon, 372

Balikpapan, Borneo, 307

Barbed wire, 36, 105, 140, 221

Barrage balloons, 131

Bazooka 200, 248, 354, 394

Bellows Field, Hawaii, 13

Bilibid prison farm, Luzon, 349

Bivouac area

Bloody Hill, Bougainville, 142

Bombardment. See also Air attacks.

Bombers

Bomb craters, 170

Bomb damage, 169

Bombproof shelter, Japanese, 207

Bombs

Bougainville, 122

Bren-gun carriers, 152

Bridges

Bucket brigade, 91

Buffalo, 289, 311

Burma Road, China, 438-39

 

Cameras, 174, 241

Camouflage

Camouflage suits, 123, 224

Cape Sansapor, New Guinea, 302, 303

Cargo carrier, M29, 323

Cargo nets, 54, 128

Casualties, 160, 241, 247, 338, 357, 434

Caves

Cavite Navy yard, 30

Cheney Battery, Corregidor, 356

Civilians

Collecting point for Japanese arms, 460

Command posts, 66, 297

Communications

Construction

Conveyor, 290

Convoy

Coral reefs, 197

Corregidor Island, 35

Crews

Cruiser, 39

Cub plane, 337

 

Dagupan City, Luzon, 336

Debarkation of troops, 50, 63, 113

Decontamination suits, 55

Destroyers, 10, 12, 116

Dive bombers

Division headquarters, New Caledonia, 68

Duck, 69

Dugouts, Japanese, 156, 233, 403

Dummy tank, Japanese, 393

Dumps, on fire

Dutch Harbor, Alaska, 58

 

Embarkation

Emplacements

Enclosure, prisoner of war, 105, 349

Evacuation

Explosions

 

Field telephone, 99

Fighter planes

Fire fighters 11, 15, 91, 351

Fires

Flak, 90

Flame thrower, 233, 247, 340

Florida Island, Solomon Islands, 82-83, 85

Flying boat. Catalina, 331, 357. See also Aircraft.

Flying bombs, Japanese, 402

Footbridges, 147, 159, 294. See also Bridges.

Fort Drum, El Fraile Island, 363

Foxholes

Fuel dump, on fire, 132

 

Garapan, Saipan, 249

Gas drums. 126

Gas dump, 189

Gas masks

Gavutu Harbour, 82-83

Gavutu Island Solomon Islands, 84

Gizo Island, Solomon Islands, 89

Glider, Waco, CG-4A, 386

Green Island, 281

Guerrillas, Filipino, 367

Gun emplacements

Gun fire

Gun motor carriages

Guns, See also Artillery; Antiaircraft guns.

 

Hand grenades, 263

Harbors

Helmets, 6, 23, 98, 404

Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 80-81

Hickam Field, Hawaii, 9

Himalaya mountains. 420-21

Hiroshima, Japan, 448, 449

Hollandia area, New Guinea, 286-87

Holtz Bay. Attu, 186

Hong Kong, 422

Hospital, field

Howitzer motor carriages

Howitzers

Hyane Harbour, Admiralties, 277

 

Identification tags, 134

Infantry column, 147, 168, 201, 255, 280

Infantrymen, 5, 16, 74, 114, 119, 130, 134, 143, 158. 186, 199, 230, 234, 240, 275, 285, 288, 293, 314, 334

Interrogator, 283

Intramuros. Luzon, 347

Invasion beaches

Invasion preparations, for Attu, 179

Irrawaddy River, Burma, 430

 

Jautefa Bay, 286-87

Jeeps, 64. 97, 177, 203, 240

Jungle training. Hawaii, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225

 

Kamiri airfield, Noemfoor Island, 298, 299

Kowloon docks, Hong Kong, China, 422

 

Lae, New Guinea, 170

Lake Sentani, New Guinea, 286-87,289

Landing craft

Landing operations

Ledo Road, 436, 437

Linesman, 324

Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, 331

Lipa airfield, Luzon, 361

Litter bearers, 160

Living conditions, Okinawa, 407

Living quarters

Loading operations

Log beach barricade, Betio Island, 205

Long Tom, 316. See also Artillery.

Los Negros Island, 277

Lunga River, Guadalcanal, 80-81

 

Machine gun

Mail call, Bougainville, 136

Malaya River, Luzon, 376-77

Malinta Hill, Corregidor, 355

Malinta Tunnel Corregidor, 46, 356

Maneuvers. See Training.

Manila. Luzon, 343, 344, 347

Manila Harbor, Luzon, 360

Maps

Massacre Bay, Attu, 189

Matanikau River, Guadalcanal, 96, 100

Medical aid men, 137, 203

Medical operations. See also Evacuation.

Message center, Bougainville, 136

Mess kits, 134

Momote airfield, Los Negros Island, 277

Mortars

Motor carriages

Motor torpedo boat, 39

Mount Fujiyama, Japan, 454-55

Mud

Munda airfield, New Georgia, 115

Munda Point, New Georgia, 115

 

Nadzab, New Guinea, 166-67

Nagasaki, Japan, 451, 452, 453

Naha Harbor, Okinawa, 410

Naval gun, Japanese, 270

Nouméa, New Caledonia, 108

 

Observation plane, artillery, 272

Observation post

Observation seaplane, 264

Obstacles, tank, 36

Oil dump, 189

Ordnance depot, 73

Ordnance repair shop, 22

Ormoc Bay, Leyte, 318, 319

Osaka, Japan, 447

 

Pack animals, 27, 65, 322, 424

Pack howitzer, 75-mm., 87, 353, 418

Parachute bombs, 171

Parachutes, 111, 166-67, 171, 299, 349, 351, 354. 378, 435

Parafrag bomb, 306

Pasig River, Luzon, 343

Pearl Harbor attack, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15

Personnel carrier, half-track, 140

Phosphorus hand grenade, explosion of, 379

Photographers, 174, 458

Pipelines, Burma, 431

Pistol, .45-caliber automatic, 22

Plasma, 338

Ponton causeway, 244

Priest, 246

Prisoners of war

Pursuit plane, P-36, 30

Puruata Island, 132

 

Rabaul, New Britain, 171

Rafts

Railroad station, Australia, 51

Railroads

Ramgarh Training Center, India, 418

Renard Field, Russell Islands, 106

Renard Sound, Russell Islands, 107

Rendova Island, 118

Rescue operations. 53, 95

Rest area, Attu, 187

Rifles

River crossings

Rivers

Roads

Rocket launchers

 

Saber, Australian. 74

Salamaua, New Guinea, 164, 169

Salvage, aircraft parts, 284

Salween River. Burma, 427

Samboga Creek, New Guinea. 146

Sand bags, 93, 137. 138. 162, 193

Seaplane, observation, 264

Seeadler Harbour, Los Negros Island, 310

Small Arms

Smoke screen, 64. 166-67, 378

Staging area, Los Negros Island, 309

Steel matting, 337, 391

Stilwell Highway, 437

Street fighting

Submachine gun, .45-caliber, 224, 394

Submarines

Suicide boat, Japanese, 400

Sunlight Field, Russell Islands, 106

Supply dump, Guadalcanal, 103

Supply operations

Surgery room, underground 137

Surrender ceremony, 456, 457

Survivors

 

Tanambogo Island, Solomon Islands, 84

Tank destroyer, 230, 235

Tanks

Telescopes, 259, 341

Terrain

Tokyo, 271

Tokyo Bay, 454-55, 461

"Tokyo Local," 270

Tractors. See Vehicles.

Trails. See Roads.

Training

Transport planes

Transport ships, 63, 416

Troops. See also Infantrymen.

Truk, 237

Tundra, 182. See also Mud.

 

Ulithi Anchorage, 269

Unloading operations

USS Arizona, 11

USS Cassin, 12

USS Downes, 12

USS Enterprise, 90

USS Franklin, 399

USS Hornet, 90

USS Lexington, 52

USS Missouri, 456, 457

USS Pennsylvania, 12

USS Shaw, 10

USS Tennessee, 11

USS Wasp, on fire, 88

USS West Virginia, 11

USS Yorktown, 57

 

V-J-Day parade, Honolulu, 462

Vehicles

 

Wake, 38, 196

Walkie-talkie, SCR 300, 297

War trophies, 204

Warships, Japanese, 237, 243, 318, 319, 440, 445

Waterproofed vehicles, 226, 227

Water cans, 313

Water supply point, Leyte, 313

Water tanks, 130

Wheeler Field, 8, 17

Women, Army nurses, 50, 60, 404

Wotje Atoll, Marshall Islands, 38

 

Yank magazine, 296

Yap Island, 260

Yokohama, Japan, 447


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