Combat Loaded: Across the Pacific on the USS Tate

Index

INDEX Abbott, Capt. Royal W., 115 Abercrombie (DE-343), 68 administration (yeoman), responsibilities of, 179 Advance Base Depot, Davisville, 19 African Americans, 161– 62 air attacks on transport squadron. See Japan air-to-air support: in attack on transport squadron, 56; at Ie Shima, 71, 84, 94 –95; in Kerama Retto campaign, 39, 41; at Samar, 28; Tate’s pickup of downed pilot, 108 air-to-ground strikes, supporting, 53, 80, 84 AKA (attack cargo ship), xv–xvi, 5, 31–32, 186 –92. See also Tate (AKA-70) Aka Shima, 41, 42, 43 alcoholic beverages and recreation, 120, 121, 126, 127–28, 131–33, 143– 44 Aldebaran (AF-10), 131 Alexander, GM3 Clinton E., 11–12, 74, 169 Alexander, SSgt. Lewis, 11 Ambrose, Stephen E., 173–74 ambulance boats, 44, 45 ammunition loaders, 2 amphibious operations: hydrographic analysis for, xix, 39, 50, 102–104; importance of transports to, xv–xvi, 177–78; Kerama Retto, 35–51; lessons learned in WWII, 2, 4; Okinawa campaign planning, 52–53, 77–79, 81–82, 84 Amphibious Training Base, Fort Pierce, 12 amphibious trucks (DUKWs), 44 – 45, 74 Ancon (AGC-4), 103 Anthony, CM3 James W., 45, 99, 163 antiaircraft weaponry: 5’’ /38 stern-mounted gun, 15, 26, 27, 54, 59, 62– 63, 200n 19; 40-mm Bofors, 2, 15–16, 27, 49, 59, 63– 64; summary of, 15–16; 20-mm Oerlikon, 16, 49, 57 APA attack transports, xix, 31–32 APD (high-speed destroyer transport), 38 Apra Harbor, Guam, 120 Aquarius (AKA-16), 146 Arikara (ATF-98), 65 Arizona (BB-39), 22 Arkansas (BB-33), 37 armament, Tate’s, 15–16, 70. See also antiaircraft weaponry Army, U.S.: army passengers’ invasion of bunks, 137; artillery transport, 44 – 45; role in amphibious operations, 78; 687th Air Warning Company, 167; 29th Bombardment Squadron, 167. See also 77th Infantry Division artillery bombardment, naval. See naval artillery bombardment artillery transport, army, 44 – 45 atomic bomb attacks on Japan, 130 –31 attack cargo (AKA) ships, xv–xvi, 5, 31–32, 186 –92. See also Tate (AKA-70); Transport Squadron 17 Avenger torpedo bombers, 39 Away All Boats (Dodson), xix, 119 Baker, MM2 James K., 7, 115, 172 Baker, Capt. R. N. S., 14 Balboa, Panama, 168 ballast, flooding for, 141, 142 Ballot, 1 Baltra Island, 167 Barr (APD-39), 44 battalion landing teams (BLTs), 78 Baxter (APA-94), 18 Bay State, 177 beach analysis, Ie Shima, 81–82 beach control craft, 84 beach master, 104 beach observers, 39 Beardall, Rear Adm. John R., 166 Berr, Lt. Robert, 43 Numbers in bold refer to maps; numbers in italics refer to photographs. 224 INDEX berths, sailors,’ 137, 141 Betty bombers, 60, 70, 75, 133 Birmingham (CL-62), 84 Bismark Sea (CVE-95), 39 “Bloody Ridge,” 101–102, 105, 110 BLTs (battalion landing teams), 78 boats: ambulance boats, 44, 45; boat group responsibilities, 179; engine complement, 194n 16; Japanese suicide, 43; loss during rough weather, 142; transfers of, 117, 150, 162. See also landing craft Boland, Lt. Cdr. Kells M., 14, 17, 37, 132, 138 Boland, Mary, 14 Bombardment Group Four, 37 bomber aircraft: Avenger, 39; Betty, 60, 70, 75, 133; Kate, 63– 64; Val, 36, 49, 62 booby traps at Ie Shima, 96, 101–102, 108 Borenski, MoMM2 John F., xix–xx, 7, 62, 119–20, 171 Bosarge, S1 Wilmer J., 70, 104, 106 Bostic, SF2 J. C., 31, 64, 132, 144 Botic Island, 28 Bowditch, 50 Boxer Rebellion, 139 Boyd, MoMM2 Lyle R., 171 Braxton, CEM Samuel O., 161, 162 Brokaw, Tom, 176 Bruce, Maj. Gen. Andrew D., 29, 32, 51, 81, 108, 110, 111 Buckner, Gen., 75 Buckner Bay, 135 Bueschlen, Alice (Mrs. L. Crew), 116 Bunch, 64, 66 burial at sea, 148– 49, 151–52 Bush, George W., 176 Buss, PM1 Earl W., 21–22, 55, 58 Buswell, MM2 Milton J., 1–2, 3, 13, 62, 102 camaraderie: on board recreation, 136 –37; line-crossing ceremonies, xv, 23, 117–18, 119–20, 123, 166 – 67; and Lyon’s impact on crew, 37, 164 – 65, 172–73; post-battle cruise, 129–30; postwar celebration party, 161; veterans’ memories of, 171, 172; and veterans’ reunion, 176 –77. See also liberty Cape Fear River, 5 Capella (AK-13), 18 cargo booms as air attack deterrents, 70 cargo carriers, xv–xvi, 5, 26, 28–29, 186 –92. See also attack cargo (AKA) ships Caroline Islands, 26, 27–28 Carter, Lt. ( j.g.) Leroy J., 151 casualties: from air attack on transport squadron at sea, 58, 60, 68, 69; civilian...