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445 Notes AbbreviationsUsedinNotesandSources AAFArmyAirForces AAG AirAdjutantGeneral ABMCAmericanBattleMonumentsCommission ACAirCorps AC/S AssistantChiefofStaff AFCCAirForceCombatCommand AFHRAAirForceHistoricalResearchAgency,MaxwellAirForceBase,Ala. AFSHRCAlbertF.SimpsonHistoricalResearchCenter,MaxwellAirForceBase, Ala. AGAdjutantGeneral AGWARAdjutantGeneral,WarDepartment AS AirStaff AWPD AirWarPlansDivision CAC ChiefofAirCorps CG CommandingGeneral CINC CommanderinChief CNO ChiefofNavalOperations CO CommandingOfficer C/S ChiefofStaff FEAF FarEastAirForce GCMF GeorgeC.MarshallFoundation,Lexington, Va. GHQ GeneralHeadquarters GHQFE GeneralHeadquarters,FarEast GS GeneralStaff HQ Headquarters IGHQ ImperialGeneralHeadquarters LOC LibraryofCongress,Washington,D.C. MMA MacArthurMemorialArchives,Norfolk, Va. NARAD.C. NationalArchivesandRecordsAdministration,Washington,D.C. NARAC.P. NationalArchivesandRecordsAdministration,CollegePark,Md. notes 4/2/03,1:07PM 445 446 NASM NationalAirandSpaceMuseum,Washington,D.C. NHC NavalHistoricalCenter,Washington,D.C. NPRC NationalPersonnelRecordsCenter,St.Louis,Mo. OCAC OfficeoftheChiefoftheAirCorps OCMH OfficeoftheChiefofMilitaryHistory,Washington,D.C. OC/S OfficeoftheChiefofStaff PD PhilippineDepartment PDAF PhilippineDepartmentAirForce RG RecordGroup RAAF RoyalAustralianAirForce RAFM RoyalAirForceMuseum,London USAFA U.S.AirForceAcademy,ColoradoSprings,Colo. USAFFE U.S.ArmyForcesintheFarEast USAMHI U.S.ArmyMilitaryHistoryInstitute,CarlisleBarracks,Pa. USSBS U.S.StrategicBombingSurvey WD WarDepartment WPD WarPlansDivision Prologue:“SeizeThisGoldenOpportunity” 1.GeorgeV.StrongtoGeorgeC.Marshall,memo,Aug.21,1939,“MilitaryPolicyastothe Philippines,WPD4192,RG165,WPDGeneralCorrespondence,1940–42,NARAD.C. 2.BrianMcAllisterLinn,GuardiansofEmpire:TheU.S.ArmyandthePacific,1902–1940,220. 3.StrongtoMarshall,Aug.21,1939;idem.,memo,Oct.10,1940,“WarDepartmentPolicy ReferenceDefenseofthePhilippines,”WPD3251-37,RG165,WPDGeneralCorrespondence ,1940–42,NARAD.C.;Linn,GuardiansofEmpire,235.Linnoffersadetaileddiscussion ofWDpolicyregardingthedefenseofthePhilippinesdatingbackto1902. 4.AGtoCAC,memo,Mar.23,1939,“AviationintheNationalDefense,”381WarPlans, box207,RG18,CentralDecimalFiles,ser.2,1939–42,NARAD.C.;annextomemoforAG, Oct.18,1940,“ReviewandRevisionofWarDepartmentAirBoardReport,”TabA,ibid.; “AirDefenseofthePhilippineIslands,”entry422,executive8,RG165,ExecutiveGroup Files,WPD,1939–42,NARAD.C. 5.CarlSpaatztoHenryH.Arnold,memo,Sept.1,1939,“StrategicallyOffensiveOperations intheFarEast,”381WarPlans,“Bulkies,”box183,RG18,CentralDecimalFiles,1939– 42,NARAD.C. 6.HenryH.ArnoldtoACC/S,WPD,memo,Oct.19,1939,WPD3748-18,RG165,WPD GeneralCorrespondence,1940–42,NARAD.C.;ArmyWarCollege,CourseattheArmyWar College1938–39,WarPlans,ReportofCommitteeno.4,“PhilippineDepartment(Military PolicyintheWesternPacific),”Apr.5,1939,USAMHI,2. 7.SpaatztoArnold,Sept.1,1939.Thecalculationofthenumberofaircraftismine,based onthestandardAirCorpsgroup’stableoforganizationandequipment(TO&E). 8.PeterBowers,FortressintheSky,57–59,241.Pursuitplanetotalsarebasedonalisting preparedbytheOCACfortheWD,“ArmyPursuitAirplanesonHand,Nov.30,1939,”entry 422,executive4,RG165,WPDExecutiveGroupFiles,1939–42,NARAD.C. 9.DeWittS.Copp,ForgedinFire:StrategyandDecisionsintheAirWaroverEurope,1940–45, vii,x. 10.BytheendofApril,1941,only134B,C,andDmodelB-17shadbeendeliveredtothe AC,ofwhichtwentyhadbeenturnedovertotheRAF(Bowers,FortressintheSky,59–66, 241). 11.TablesubmittedtotheWDbytheOCAC,Nov.30,1939,entry422,executive4,RG NotestoPages15-18 notes 4/2/03,1:07PM 446 [44.206.248.122] Project MUSE (2024-03-19 15:00 GMT) 447 165,WPD Executive Group Files, 1939–42, NARA D.C. Vandenberg’s...