Pacific Blitzkrieg: World War II in the Central Pacific

Index

269 INDEX A Abe, Admiral Koso, 227n49 Abraham Island (Marshalls), 98 Afetna Point, Saipan, 145 Albert Island (Marshalls), 98 Aleutian Islands, 47, 100–101 Allen Island (Marshalls), 98 amphibious landing vehicles, DUKW (army amphibious truck), 102, 108, 123, 142, 163, 142 LCI (landing craft, infantry), 108, 123 LCT (landing craft, tank), 133 LST (landing ship, tank), 110, 134, 144 LVT (amtrac), 44, 60, 68, 75, 77, 89, 102, 104, 110–111, 123, 195, 142, 155 LVT(A) (landing vehicle tracked, armored), 108, 162 amphibious operations, amphibious tractor battalions and, 132, 140 doctrine and, 49, 91, 124, 126 command relationships and, 11–12, 43 development of, xvi equipment and, 44, 49 landing force units, training of, 34 planning and training guides and, 11 shore party operations and, 132 training and, 13, 83, 101, 156 Arkansas maneuvers, 24, 62 Army, Tenth United States, 168 combat experience and, 173–175 command selection and, 170–172, 205 ICEBERG, battle summary and, 198–199 ICEBERG, planning and, 170, 180–181, 186, 188–189 ICEBERG, pre-combat training and, 174–175 staff of, 173, 175 Arnold, General Archibald, 176–177 Arnold, General Henry “Hap,” 8, 127 artillery close support and, 25–26, 44–45, 91, 101, 183 innovations and, 183 preliminary fires and, 91 tactics and, 37 Aslito Airfield, 129, 131, 147 Attu Island (Aleutians), 55, 67, 94, 97, 100, 112 Australia, 1, 3, 19, 39–40 Ayers, Colonel Russell, 157–158 B Banana Wars, xvi Barrett, General Charles, 179 Bataan, Battle of, 184 Battalion, U. S. Army 100th Infantry Battalion, 24 Battalion, U. S. Marine Corps, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 36 10th Marine Artillery Battalion, 151, 161 1st Marine Raider Battalion, 36 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, 55, 227n49 bazookas, 89, 203 Betio Island (Gilberts), 59. See also Tarawa Atoll Biak Island (New Guinea), 192 Bismarck Archipelago, 3 Blankenship Island (Marshalls), 98 Bleasdale, Colonel Victor, 207 Bloody Ridge, Battle of the, 36–37 Bougainville campaign, 179–180 Bradford, General William, 207 Bradley, General James, 177–178 Bradley, General Omar, 63 Brigade, U. S. Marine Corps 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, 28, 180, 184 Brown, General Albert, 100 270 Index Bruce, General Andrew, 175, 189–190, 197–198, 206 Buckner, General Simon Bolivar, 165, 205–206 background of, 172, 190 contingency successor for, 180–181 death of, 199 Geiger, relationship with, 180 ICEBERG, battle summary and, 197, 199 ICEBERG, command structure and, 167–169, 172–173 ICEBERG, planning and, 167–168, 175 ICEBERG, pre-combat training and, 174–175 interservice relations and, 173, 175 leadership of, 199–200, 211 physical conditioning and, 174 Ralph Smith board of inquiry and, 159, 171 staff of, 173–174, 199–200 Burma, 3, 47–48 Burnet Island (Marshalls), 98 Burton Island (Marshalls), 97–98 Bushido code, xv Buster Island (Marshalls), 98 Butaritari (Gilberts), 61. See also Makin Atoll Byron Island (Marshalls), 98 C Cactus Air Force, 35, 179 Cairo Conference, 126–127 Camp Adair, Oregon, 178 Carlos Island (Marshalls), 98, 109 Carlson Island (Marshalls), 97–98, 109 Caroline Islands, 47–49, 92, 105, 128, 138 Carter Island (Marshalls), 98, 109 Casablanca Conference, 46–49, 92 casualties. See individual Operations CATCHPOLE, Operation, 93 Cates, Colonel Clifton, 12, 17 Cecil Island (Marshalls), 98, 109 Chappell, Colonel Kenneth, 207 Charan Kanoa, Saipan, 129, 144 Chauncey Island (Marshalls), 109 China-Burma-India Theater (CBI), 47 Churchill, Winston, 127 Collins, General J. Lawton, 23–24, 26, 158 combined arms, doctrine and, 62, 80 training and, 89, 117, 133, 135, 136, 203 Composite Army-Marine (CAM) Division, 29 Conolly, Admiral Richard, 94, 95, 111, 116 Conroy, Colonel Gardiner, 79, 87, 148 Coral Sea, Battle of, 9, 46 Corlett, General Charles, 94 FLINTLOCK and, 95–98, 100–102, 117–118, 120–121 Holland Smith, relationship with, 96–97, 120 leadership of, 101–102 staff of, 101 training principles and, 101–102 Corps, U. S. Army VII Corps, 24 X Corps, 213 XIV Corps, 37 XXIV Corps, 169, 175–176, 178, 189, 201 Corps, U. S. Marine Corps, I Amphibious Corps, 179 III Amphibious Corps, 130, 169, 179–180, 183 V Amphibious Corps, 52, 80, 88, 117, 121–122, 132, 152–155 V Amphibious Force and, 52, 80, 88 Cumming, General Samuel, 121 D DeCarre, General Alphonse, 29 defense in depth, 106 de Gaulle, General Charles, 19 del Valle, General Pedro, 182–183, 207 dengue fever, 157, 177, 204 Division, U. S. Army Americal Division, 220n94 activation of, 18–20 CAM Division and, 29 Index 271 lessons...