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AIRCRAFT OF THE SOLOMONS

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Bomber listings give ordnance loads only.

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Bomber listings give ordnance loads only.

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: Machine gun

Bomber listings give ordnance loads only.

INDEX

A7M “Sam” fighters, 11, 248–49

Abe, Hiroaki, 77, 115, 130, 135–39, 141, 143–45, 151, 154, 155, 157, 165, 169–72, 175–76, 178–80, 196, 198

Aerial reconnaissance, 49, 50, 105, 110, 122, 125, 126, 129, 218, 224, 284, 285, 305, 325, 328, 353

Agano
(destroyer), 330, 331, 340, 342, 344, 346

Ainsworth, Walden L. “Pug,” 219, 243, 262, 264, 277, 279, 286–88, 290, 291

Aitoku, Ichiro, 339–40

Akagi
(aircraft carrier), 2, 11, 21, 82

Akatsuki
(destroyer), 176–78

Akigumo
(destroyer), 139, 152, 157, 228, 230

Akiyama, Teruo, 285–88

Aleutian Islands, 41, 284, 306, 327

Amagiri
(destroyer), 285, 286, 292, 298–301

Amatsukaze
(destroyer), 74, 128, 129, 143, 169, 174, 175

Aoba
(cruiser), 112, 114, 115, 124, 260–61, 280, 282, 283

Arashi
(destroyer), 143, 157, 298, 304

Arima, Keiichi, 148, 151

Arnold, Henry H. “Hap,” 102–3, 214

Atago
(cruiser), 137, 165, 185, 187, 189, 192, 193, 276, 337–39

Austin, Bernard L., 329, 330

Australia/Australian forces, 5, 13, 19–25, 28, 29, 31–32, 36, 42–43, 49, 57, 58, 168, 238–39, 252, 316, 320, 351

Ayanami
(destroyer), 191, 194

B-17 Flying Fortresses, 25, 50, 60, 72, 74, 78, 103, 109, 110, 120, 125, 136, 180, 183, 206, 218, 227, 241, 248, 253, 254, 260, 266, 277, 317

B-24 Liberators, 41, 253, 277, 317, 321, 340

B-25 bombers, 48, 83, 254, 317, 331, 333, 334

Baird, Forrest R. “Tex,” 37–39

Berndtson, Arthur H., 313–14

bin Laden, Osama, 271

Bismarck Archipelago, 19, 20, 32, 257

Bismarck Sea, Battle of the, 251–55, 258, 276

Blackett Strait, 279, 298, 302

Bloody Ridge, 96, 133, 135

Bong, Richard, 267, 333, 342

Bougainville, 21, 26, 28–30, 36, 40, 58, 59, 84, 85, 257, 262, 268, 272, 274, 278, 279, 306, 312, 313, 315–18, 322–27, 337, 343, 344, 346, 356, 357

Boyington, Gregory “Pappy,” 317, 323, 347

Brantingham, Henry J., 298, 299, 301

Bridson, Gordon, 232–33

British forces, 36, 44, 150, 167–68, 241, 279, 286

Brown, Wilson E., 24, 25

Buell, Harold L., 87–89

Buin, 29, 40, 85, 110, 111, 130, 202, 215, 222, 226, 245, 262, 271, 273, 274, 278, 290, 306, 315, 321, 324, 325

Buka, 84, 85, 303, 321, 324–26, 331, 344, 346

Buna, 56, 201, 202, 211, 213, 243, 251, 320

Burke, Arleigh A., 298, 301, 328, 329, 346, 349

C-47s, 88, 91

Cactus Air Force, 72–89, 91, 95, 97, 109–11, 116, 119–22, 134, 179, 183, 196, 199, 206, 207, 227, 228, 230, 356, 360

Caldwell, Henry H., 337, 338

Calhoun, C. Raymond, 116, 171, 172, 176, 263, 323

Callaghan, Daniel J., 51, 52, 169–72, 178, 198

Calvert, Allen P., 296

Campbell, Colin, 277

Cape Esperance, Battle of, 112–15, 116, 120, 122–24, 169, 260

Cape St. George, Battle of, 301, 346

Cape Torokina, 323–25, 344

Carl, Marion, 95

Carlson, Evans, 93

Carlson, Swede, 239–40

Carmichael, Kenneth E., 99

Cate, Phillip, 270

Cates, Clifton, 17, 18

Cecil, Charles P., 288

Champlin, Fred, 333

Chikuma
(cruiser), 74, 129, 130, 144, 158, 337, 339, 342

China Area Fleet, 282, 283

China Incident, 83, 163, 319

Chitose
(seaplane carrier), 76, 82, 107, 109–11, 129, 207

Choiseul, 29, 62, 308, 313, 314, 323

Chokai
(cruiser), 14, 15, 56, 120, 182, 222, 284, 285, 336, 342

Christie, Ralph W., 179

Churchill, Winston, 45, 195, 215

Clagett, John H., 228

Clark, Jack, 18, 65, 67, 90, 105

Clemens, Martin, 90–91

Clute, George, 137

Coastwatchers, 19–24, 28–30, 40, 49, 58, 59, 61, 87, 90–91, 110, 122, 125, 167, 216, 218, 228, 238, 242, 263, 280, 290, 294, 295, 301, 305, 308, 313, 325, 354

Coggins, Bill, 118

Collins, J. Lawton, 206, 213, 220–21

Condon, John P., 272

Coral Sea, 35, 128

Battle of the, 10, 11, 14, 36–39, 43, 45, 49, 112, 127, 239

Corrigan, J. A., 29

Coulthard-Clark, Chris, 47
n

Crace, John G., 36, 38

Crane, Jack, 18

Crehan, Edward P., 152

Crenshaw, Russell S., 263

Crommelin, John, 138–40

Currier, Prescott, 270

Davis, Glenn, 187–88, 192, 193

Davis, Ray, 74

Daymond, P., 24

Del Valle, Pedro, 18, 95

DeVere, Bud, 118

Dexter, Dwight H., 18

Donaho, Glynn R. “Donc,” 181

Donovan, Robert J., 301

Doolittle raid, 7, 35, 48, 68, 272

Dugout Sunday, 133

Durdin, Tillman, 53

Dutch East Indies, 31, 36, 163

Dyer, Thomas, 234, 269

Eastern Solomons, Battle of the, 73–77, 86, 124, 127, 140, 143, 148, 154, 155, 164

Edgars, Dorothy, 270

Edson, Merritt S. “Red Mike,” 93, 95, 96, 105, 106

Empress Augusta Bay, 323, 326, 328–32, 340

Emura, Kusao, 180–81, 199

Estes, George, 144

“Europe first” strategy, 43, 44

Evans, Arthur R., 29, 280

Evans, Reginald, 301–2

F-4F Wildcat fighters, 59, 61, 72, 76, 84, 88, 109, 135, 140, 141, 147, 149, 247, 264, 355

F-4U Corsair fighters, 355

F-6F Hellcat fighters, 84, 247, 337, 355

Fabian, Rudolph, 239, 240

Fahey, James J., 224–25, 242, 309, 323, 329, 330

Feldt, Eric A., 28–30, 49

Fellowes, John B., Jr., 191

Felt, Harry D., 73, 74

Ferdinand organization, 29–30, 49, 238

Fiji, 5, 6, 13, 41, 43, 51, 53, 168

Fike, Charles L., 72

Fisken, Geoff, 287

Fitch, Alva, 38

Fitch, Aubrey, 138

Fletcher, Frank J., 25, 36–38, 51–53, 57, 59, 62–65, 71–73, 76, 102, 358, 359

Florida Island, 29, 30, 59, 65, 174, 292, 294–95

Forrestal, James, 102

Frank, Richard, 222

Fraser, Thomas E., 191

Friendly fire, 114–15, 177, 296

FRUMEL (Fleet Radio Unit Melbourne), 33, 34, 147, 229, 239, 240

FRUPAC (Fleet Radio Unit Pacific), 33, 147, 163, 179, 229, 236–38, 269

Fubuki
(destroyer), 114, 122

Fuchida, Mitsuo, 9–10, 21, 22

Fukudome, Shigeru, 209, 210, 282

Fullinwider, Ransom, 37–39, 57

Funashi, Masatomi, 116, 123, 133, 207

Gaines, Richard K., 143

Gardner, Douglas, 53

Garrett, James R., 18, 89

Gasmata, 20, 21, 24, 252, 255

Gatch, Thomas L., 149, 191–93

Gayler, Noel, 25

Geiger, Roy S., 86, 88, 104, 119, 120, 121, 323, 324, 326

Genda Minoru, 2, 3, 83, 127, 244

George F. Elliott
(transport), 61, 65

Ghormley, Robert L., 44, 49, 50, 52, 64, 71, 93, 96, 102–4, 106, 111, 122, 358

Giffen, Robert C., 224, 226

Goettge, Frank B., 49–50, 90

Goggins, William B., 238

Gona, 41, 213

Good, Howard H., 145

Goodwin, E. S. L. “Sid,” 240

Goto, Aritomo, 23, 56, 112, 114–16, 170

Griffith, Samuel B., 105

Guadalcanal, 30, 177, 241, 262–64, 278, 294, 310, 326, 327, 344, 360

airfield construction on, 14, 16, 40, 41, 71, 86, 356–57

Bloody Ridge, 96, 133, 135

Cactus Air Force, 72–89, 91, 95, 97, 109–11, 116, 119–22, 134, 179, 183, 196, 199, 206, 207, 227, 228, 230, 356, 360

code name, 66

diseases and, 89, 90, 92

Dugout Sunday, 133

intelligence and, 30, 40, 45, 49–51, 56–57, 62, 70–71, 90–91, 115, 122–23, 166, 167, 203–4, 223, 232–35, 354, 361

map of, 94

Marine invasion, 16–18, 29, 42, 49–62

Matanikau battles, 105–6, 115, 132–33, 135, 206–7

Mount Austen, 220, 221

Naval Battle of, 170–80, 187–200, 217

naval bombardment of, 116, 118–22, 124, 125, 162, 163, 165, 170–71, 181, 185, 189

news media and, 53–54

the Night, 116–19, 125, 171, 185

Nimitz visit to, 103–4

submarine harassment of, 66–68, 163, 232–33

supplies for, 65, 68, 88–90, 200–9, 213, 221–22

Tasimboko raid, 93, 95

withdrawal and evacuation of Japanese from, 209–13, 221, 222, 227–31, 243, 249, 306, 354, 361

Z-Day and, 165–67, 169, 180, 186, 196