Index 137 A Battery (“Able Battery”), Ninth Defense Seacoast Group, 125n11, 129n14; air raids on, 32–33, 36; casualties of, 4–5; damage to guns of, 33, 36; Donner and, 14, 25, 30–31; Donner as Exec of, 25, 42; Donner’s reputation in, 15, 124n8; in Guadalcanal campaign, 27, 32–33; moved to Nusalavata, 43–44; on Rendova, 4–5, 31; setting up, 31, 39, 42; strength of, 26, 39; at Tombusolo island, 36–37; Townsend commanding, 44–45 Aadnessen, “Double A,” 113, 115 Adelup Point, Guam, Long Tom position above, 44 aerial observation, 93, 102, 130n4 air raids, Japanese: on A Battery, 32–33; on Guadalcanal, 26; on Munda Field, 27, 34, 41; near Ulithi Atoll, 56; on New Georgia campaign, 5, 7; off Motobu, 113; on Okinawa landing beach, 7, 66; on Piru Plantation, 40; planes in, 127n5, 127n6; on PT boats, 128n10; on Rendova beachhead, 5, 30, 32, 35, 36; on Third Battalion camp, 75–76; on Tombusolo island, 37 Alessandroni, 113 American Samoa, 19–20 ammunition: Donner supervising delivery of, 35, 40, 42; handlers for, 39, 103; supply issues with, 32, 75 amphibious tractors (amphtracks), 60, 129n2, 134; artillery practicing with, 49, 51; in landings for Okinawa assault, 52–53, 58–60 antiaircraft (AA) batteries, 30, 37; effectiveness of, 5, 33, 34, 66; Marine defense battalions and, 3–4, 6; Munda Field and, 34, 41 Army, U.S., 31, 33, 46; in assault on Kolombangara, 39, 41–42; assault on Munda by, 35–37; in attack on Wana Ridge, 99–100; FOs supporting , 67–75, 78; landings by, 28, 35; Marines vs., 13, 77–78, 88; in New Georgia campaign, 28, 30, 34, 40–41, 127n8; in Okinawa, 82, 102, 105; planning assaults, 77, 105 artillery. See field artillery Arundel, New Georgia island group, 39, 41 Asato-gawa, Okinawa river, 103 Atabrine, anti-malaria pills, 24, 26, 125n10, 132 atomic bombs, 9–10, 115, 124n7 B Battery, Ninth Defense Seacoast Group, 39, 41–42, 125n11 Baker, Lt., 21 Ballinger, Warrant Officer Ernest F., 45 Bangarer, Lt. Larry, 22 Banika (Russell Islands), 6, 27, 44 Baron, PFC, A Battery truck driver, 32 Bateman, Lt. Les, 22 Battle of the Bulge, 45–46 Donner text.indb 137 3/28/12 10:35 AM 138 index battleships, U.S. Navy, 59, 81 Beach, Barry, 24 Beardslee (or Beardsley), Capt. Paul C., Jr., 49, 61 Beck, Charlie, 22 Berger, Lt. Col. Spencer S., 49, 64 Berger, Lt., 45 Bliss, Lt., 35 Bo, Lt., 21 bombers, U.S., 59, 83 Bonnyman, Lt. Alexander (“Sandy”), 3 Boudreaux, Lt., 54 Box, Capt. William T., 26–27, 30–32, 35, 45 brothels, in New Caledonia, 21 Brown, Capt. Benjamin H., 49 Brown, Col. Wilburt S. (“Big Foot”), 48 Buck, Lt., 22 Buckner, Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar, Jr., 7, 78, 86, 111, 130n1 (chapter 7) bulldozer tractors, 30, 32, 33, 40, 126n3, 135 Bunker Hill, USS, 102 burial details, 5, 33, 124n8 Burke, 1st Lt. Paul E., 94, 105, 115 Burke, 1st Lt. Walter E., 100, 101, 105, 106, 107, 109 Bush, Lt. Kent, 20 Cactus Ridge, in Okinawa, 68 Caldwell, Lt., 22 Callahan, Lt., 21 camaraderie, among Marines, 11 Cape Esperance, practice landings at, 52–53 Card, USS, 114, 123n2, 131n4 Carr, Capt. (Ninth Defense Battalion officer), 45 Carr, “Headspace” (Tenth Defense Battalion officer), 18, 22 Casual Battalion camp, awaiting transport home in, 114 casualties: A Battery’s, 32–33; among crew of Indianapolis, 130n3; among officers, 130n1; among radiomen, 80; in assault on Hill 58, 83–86, 88, 91–92, 96–97; in assault on Hill 59, 109; in assault on Kakazu, Okinawa, 72, 74; in assault on Wana Ridge, 100–101; Donner’s response to, 9, 103; in forward observer teams, 2, 7, 10–11; from friendly fire, 4–5, 31, 102, 127n8; Japanese, 80, 82, 95; from malaria, 34; man falling overboard before Rendova Point landing, 4, 29; in Okinawa campaign, 9–10, 61, 68, 111; projected for Operation Olympic, 124n7; to sniper fire, 108–9 Catch-22 (book by Joseph Heller), comparison of personalities to characters in, 12 Cavanaugh, John J., 105–6 caves, in Okinawa: attacks on, 94, 101; civilians hiding in, 106; coral grotto, 113; Japanese use of, 70, 74, 83, 85, 87, 90–91, 99–100, 103; Marines’ use of, 90–91; sealing entrances, 91; and tunnels, 99, 103, 130n4 censorship, military, 17–19, 46, 125n1 Central Solomons chain, 5–6, 42. See also specific islands chaplains, 45, 56 Chestnut Hill Academy, Donner teaching at, 3...