Hell in the Pacific: A Marine Rifleman's Journey From Guadalcanal to Peleliu (38 page)

Jackson, Arthur J.,
224

Japanese: battle surrenders of,
64
,
175
,
176
,
236
,
269
,
292

        final surrender of,
283
,
291

        as infiltrators,
218
,
238
,
257
–58,
265

        kamikaze attacks by,
130

        McEnery’s feelings about,
291
–92

        McEnery’s first sight of,
48
,
59

        suicide by,
64
,
83
,
84
,
122
,
175
,
177

        “washing machine Charlie”

        as name for,
60
,
77

        wounded,
175
–76,
292
.
See also specific person, battle, or location

Johanson, Gertrude.
See
McEnery, Gertrude Johanson (wife)

Johnson, Randall,
167

Jones, Edward A. “Hillbilly,”
183
–84,
204
,
259
–61

jungle; McEnery’s night alone in,
178
–79

jungle rot,
157
,
171

K Company, Third Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment (K/3/5): Adams as leader of,
113
–15

        in Australia,
137
–51

        baptism of fire for,
86
–90

        at Cape Gloucester,
153
–81

        casualty rate on Peleliu for,
268

        changes in command structure and,
133
–34

        Cobb named commander of,
134

        as front-line combat troop,
6

        Haldane named commander of,
146

        Haldane’s death and,
264
–65

        hopes for return to Melbourne by,
183
–85

        McEnery first assigned to,
40

        McEnery kinship with,
285
–86

        McEnery of leader of,
264
–65

        McEnery as platoon guide for,
172
,
240

        McEnery as Third Platoon leader of,
263

        morale in,
58
,
191

        on New Britain,
128

        on Ngesebus,
237
–44,
245

        on Okinawa,
283
–84

        at Pavuvu Island,
185
–205

        on Peleliu,
128
,
206
,
207
–33,
235
–37,
246
–66

        photograph of,
267
–68

        praise for Ngesebus battles of,
245

        replacements for,
148
–49

        rest assignment of,
128

        reunions of,
286
–87

        rotation back to U.S. of,
270
–75,
276
–77

        supplies/equipment for,
149
.
See also next entry; see also specific person

K Company, Third Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment (K/3/5)—on Guadalcanal: advance of,
57
–58

        Army troops and,
109

        assignment of,
42

        baptism of fire for,
86
–90

        daily life of,
84
–86

        duration of,
45

        first night of,
15
–16

        food/water for,
12
,
61
–62

        friendly fire casualties and,
103
–4

        Goettge patrol and,
65
–69,
85
,
86

        Henderson Field and,
77

        landing of,
3
–4

        maneuvers of,
205
–6

        map of beachhead and,
49

        Matanikau battles and,
74
–75,
104
–5,
118
,
120
–26

        
McEnery as reconnaisance sergeant for,
104
–5,
113
,
118
–19,
134

        and October bombings by Japanese,
113

        recon patrol of,
47
–48,
50

        search for F4F Wildcat fighter by,
65

        shortage of supplies/equipment for,
57
–58,
60

K Company, Third Battalion, First Marine Regiment (K/3/1),
219
,
224

Ka-Bar knives,
149
,
168
,
195
,
215
,
221
,
258

kamikaze attacks,
130

Kelly, Grace,
282

Kelly, John,
125
,
159

Kelly, R. R. “Railroad,”
203

Kimmel, Charles J.,
120
,
122

Kimmel, Husband,
291

King, Ernest,
181

Kipling, Rudyard,
190
,
226
,
249

Kirishima
(ship),
129
,
132

Kokumbona (Guadalcanal village),
117

Kongo
(ship),
110

Korean construction workers; on Guadalcanal,
51

Krueger, Walter,
153
,
156

Kukum (Guadalcanal village),
51
,
111

L Company, Third Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment (L/3/5),
68
,
75
,
76
,
118
,
170
,
214

L Company, Third Battalion, Seventh Marine Regiment (L/3/7),
255
–56

lamp, Haney,
189
–90,
191

land crabs; on Pavuvu,
194
,
195
,
199
,
201

Landrum, Bill,
16
–17,
19
,
122
,
123
,
125

Lane, Kerry,
167

Langford, Frances,
201

Lawler, Dan,
216
–17

Lefebvre, J. J.,
142

leg injury, McEnery’s,
160
,
161
–62,
163
,
164
,
165
,
166
,
167
,
169
,
171

Levy, Seymour,
190
–91,
201
,
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,
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,
223
,
225
–26,
230
,
231
,
249
–51

Leyden, Bill,
191
–92,
201
,
214
,
241
–42,
244

Lunga River (Guadalcanal): Balduck death near,
146

        Battle of Edson’s Ridge and,
93

        First Marine Regiment at,
16

        importance of,
74

        map of Guadalcanal beachhead and,
49

Lynch, James,
174

M Company, Third Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment (M/3/5),
162
–63

MacArthur, Douglas “Dugout Doug,”
14
,
138
,
139
,
140
,
153
,
180
–81,
186
,
232
,
290
,
291

Mace, Sterling,
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,
201
,
216
,
223
–24,
225
–26,
230
,
231
,
241
–42,
246
–47,
249
,
250
–51

machine gun training; McEnery’s,
41
–42

mail service,
69
,
93
,
197
–98

malaria,
114
–15,
127
–28,
132
,
139
,
140
,
146
,
147
,
171

Mangrum, Richard,
101

maps: of Cape Gloucester,
154
–55,
159

        of Guadalcanal,
50
,
80

        inaccuracy of,
50
,
80
,
154
–55,
159

        of Peleliu,
225
,
246

Marine Corps, U.S.: draft for,
275

        language of,
36

        McEnery joins,
19
,
33
,
34

        McEnery reenlistment in,
274
–75

        McEnery’s feelings about,
288
,
291
–92

        McEnery’s last days with,
284

        organization of divisions in,
42
–43

        punishments in,
36
–37

        recovery of dead soldiers by,
247

        shortages in,
43

        twenty-four month rule for,
204
,
270

        in World War I,
138

Marine Fighter Squadron VMF—114,
239

Marmet, Johnny,
263
,
264
,
268

Marshall, George C.,
136

Matanikau River (Guadalcanal): battles along,
74
–75,
104
–6,
107
–9,
115
–26,
163

        importance of,
74

        Japanese patrols along,
128

        Japanese withdrawal from,
89

        K and I Companies friendly fire incident along,
103
–4

        map of Guadalcanal beachhead and,
49

        U.S.–Japanese fights along,
74
–77

Matanikau Village (Guadalcanal),
75
,
119

Matheny, Tom,
250

McClary, Charles R.,
259

McDonald, Marie,
277

McDougal, David,
168

McEnery, Gertrude (wife),
145
,
285
,
286
,
288
,
289
–90

McEnery, Jim: baptism of fire on Guadalcanal for,
87

        birth of,
21

        childhood and youth of,
21
–33,
288

        death of father of,
28
–29

        drinking of,
32

        early jobs of,
29
–30,
32
–33

        education of,
29
–30

        family background of,
21
–22

        fights of,
26
,
30
–32,
39
,
148
,
271
–72,
278

        financial affairs of,
17
,
19
,
33
,
34
,
38
,
278

        Haldane commendation letter for,
204
–5

        leadership skills of,
3

        leg injury of,
160
,
161
–62,
163
,
164
,
165
,
166
,
167
,
169
,
171

        as Marine at heart,
21
,
285

        marriage of,
145
,
289

        motivation for joining military of,
17
–18

        physical appearance of,
27

        post-war life of,
288

        promotions of,
3
,
85
,
172
,
275
,
287
–88

        reenlistment of,
274
–75

        religion and,
28

        return to civilian life of,
284

        rifle/shooting skills of,
37
,
41
–42

        robbery of,
279

        scary experience of,
177
–79

        sees first military uniform,
24
–25

        self-image of,
288

        sports and,
26
–27,
40
,
148

        worst day/time of life for,
125
,
235
.
See also specific topic

McEnery, Lillian (mother): McEnery in Australia and,
142

        McEnery childhood and youth and,
22
,
24
,
28
,
29
,
30
–32,
33

        McEnery Guadalcanal letters to,
69
,
73

        McEnery Guadalcanal memories of,
6
,
32
,
112

        McEnery as helping support,
17
,
33

        McEnery on Pavuvu and,
202

        McEnery return to U.S. and,
277
,
278
,
280

        Muroski marriage of,
30
–31,
32

        Murosky–McEnery fight and,
30
–32

        refuses permission for McEnery to join Navy,
18
,
32

        religion and,
28

        as single parent,
17
–18,
22
,
28
,
29

McEnery, Lillian (sister): childhood and youth of,
22
,
24
,
28
,
29
,
30
,
33

        death of,
285

        Gertrude as friend of,
289

        McEnery Guadalcanal letters to,
69

        McEnery Guadalcanal memories of,
6

        McEnery as helping support,
17
,
33

        McEnery on Pavuvu and,
202

        McEnery return to U.S. and,
277

        Muroski as step-father to,
30

        news about McEnery’s friends from,
276