Pacific Blitzkrieg: World War II in the Central Pacific

List of illustrations and maps

ix LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS LIST OF MAPS Map 1 Guadalcanal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Map 2 Gilbert Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Map 3 Marshall Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Map 4 Saipan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Map 5 Okinawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Credit: Dave Merrill, Merrill Graphics AFTER CHAPTER 2 1. Major General A. A. Vandegrift and his planners on board the USS McCawley. 2. LVT-1 amtracs embark on the initial assault on Guadalcanal. 3. Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner and Major General A. A. Vandergrift. 4. Major General A. A. Vandegrift briefs Major General Alexander Patch. 5. Major General Julian Smith, Brigadier Charles Bourke and Brigadier General Leo Hermle. 6. On Tarawa, 2nd Division marines are pinned down. 7. Day 3 of Tarawa assault. 8. Admiral Chester Nimitz, Major General Julian Smith, and Lieutenant General Robert Richardson. 9. 165th Infantry assault wave attacking Makin. 10. Major General Ralph Smith, 27th Infantry Division Commander. 11. Burial at sea of two of the 644 sailors killed on the USS Liscome Bay. 12. Brigadier General Graves Erskine, Major General Harry Schmidt and Major General Holland Smith. 13. Major General Holland Smith and Major General Charles Corlett. 14. Men of 7th Division using flamethrowers to smoke out Japanese. 15. Carlos Island, one of the smaller islands flanking Kwajalein, falls to American invasion forces. x Pacific Blitzkrieg: World War II in the Central Pacific 16. Major General Harry Schmidt briefs Admiral Nimitz’s staff. 17. American troops rush ashore from a landing boat during amphibious training. 18. Rear Admiral Harry Hill, Major General Harry Schmidt, Admiral Raymond Spruance, Lieutenant General Holland Smith, Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, Major General Thomas Watson and Major General Clifton Cates. 19. Army reinforcements disembarking from LSTs. 20. Marines on Higgins LCVPs head to Saipan’s shore. 21. First wave of marines to hit the beach in Saipan take cover. 22. Marines loading ox cart. 23. Admiral Spruance and Lieutenant General Holland Smith confer on Saipan. 24. Admiral Raymond Spruance, Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, Admiral Chester Nimitz and Major General Sanderford Jarman. 25. Major General Clifton Cates and Time & Life Correspondent Robert Sherrod. 26. Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner and his planning staff. 27. Major General Thomas Watson. 28. Brigadier General Merwin Silverthorn briefs Major General Roy Geiger and his staff. 29. Off the coast of Okinawa, landing craft of all kinds. 30. A demolition crew from the 6th Marine Division watch dynamite charges explode. 31. Early days of Okinawa invasion. 32. Major General Lemuel Shepherd consults a map on Okinawa. 33. Major General Lemuel Shepherd and Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner. 34. Japanese night raiders are greeted with a lacework of anti-aircraft fire. 35. Major General Pedro del Valle and Brigader General Louis Jones on Okinawa. ...