Neptune's Inferno_ The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal - James D. Hornfischer [285]
65. The battleship Washington (U.S. Navy)
66. Willis A. Lee (U.S. Navy/Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University)
67. The South Dakota (U.S. Navy)
68. The South Dakota’s secondary battery roars (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)
69. The South Dakota took a beating but returned as a legend (U.S. Navy)
70. Damage to the South Dakota (U.S. Navy)
71. A 14-inch shell from the Kirishima splintered the South Dakota’s deck (U.S. Navy)
72. The Walke (U.S. Navy)
73. The Barton (U.S. Navy)
74. South Dakota sailors bow their heads (U.S. Navy)
75. Halsey takes the oath from his chief of staff (U.S. Navy)
76. The Japanese transport Kinugawa Maru (U.S. Navy)
77. The Boise returns to Philadelphia (U.S. Navy)
78. Captain Edward J. “Mike” Moran hosts Admiral King aboard the Boise (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)
79. A Boise sailor inspects damage to a bulkhead (U.S. Navy)
80. The Boise’s proud crew (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)
81. Captain Moran in front of the Boise’s battle-worn gun barrels (U.S. Navy)
82. Battle damage to the San Francisco’s hangar area (U.S. Navy)
83. The battered San Francisco (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)
84. Closeup with sailors (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)
85. Admiral Nimitz comes aboard the San Francisco (U.S. Navy)
86. Nimitz inspects the damaged bridge (U.S. Navy)
87. Lieutenant Commander Bruce McCandless (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)
88. McCandless comforts the father and aunt of Admiral Callaghan (U.S. Navy)
89. The heavy cruiser New Orleans, her entire bow shorn away, undergoes temporary repairs (U.S. Navy)
90. Exuberant San Francisco sailors meet the press (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)
91. The PT-109 (US Navy)
92. Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn (U.S. Navy)
93. Eugene Tarrant (James D. Hornfischer)
94. The New Orleans returns to Pearl Harbor (U.S. Navy)
95. Guadalcanal boasts a new wharf and several cranes (U.S. Navy)
96. Ghormley with Eleanor Roosevelt at Pearl Harbor, 1943 (U.S. Navy)
97. The sailors of the PT boat fleet fought gallantly, but the press still felt the need to sensationalize their capabilities (U.S. Navy)
98. Captain Gatch of the South Dakota confers with journalist (U.S. Navy)
99. Lieutenant Hugh M. Robinson (left) and Lieutenant John M. Searles (right) (Courtesy of Gene Kirkland and George Brooks)
INDEX
ABC-1 agreement, Chapter 2.1, 39.1
Abe, Hiroaki, Chapter 10.1, 16.1, 31.1
and the IJN Hiei, Chapter 33.1, 38.1
Vanguard Force, Chapter 10.1, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3
Volunteer Attack Force, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 28.1, 28.2, 29.1, 32.1
Adell, Cecil, Chapter 6.1, 6.2
Ainsworth, Walden L. “Pug”
aircraft (Japanese)
Aichi D3A Val dive-bombers, Chapter 4.1, 18.1
Guadalcanal Campaign, aircraft used in
kamikaze aircraft
Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters, Chapter 4.1, 11.1, 12.1, 19.1, 25.1, 26.1, 33.1
Mitsubishi G4M Betty medium bombers, Chapter 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1, 11.1, 14.1, 19.1, 25.1, 26.1, 26.2, 41.1
Nakajma B5N Kate torpedo bombers
11th Air Fleet, Chapter 4.1, 8.1, 16.1, 25.1
See also under Santa Cruz, Battle of
aircraft (U.S.)
B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers, Chapter 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 15.1, 22.1, 23.1, 34.1, 38.1
F4F Wildcat fighters, Chapter 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 14.1, 18.1, 19.1, 26.1, 26.2, 33.1, 33.2
Guadalcanal campaign, aircraft used in
P-400 or P-39 Airacobra fighters, Chapter 18.1, 19.1, 37.1
PB2Y Coronado Flying Boat
PBY Catalina patrol bombers, Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 11.1, 23.1
SBD Dauntless dive-bombers, Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 11.1, 12.1, 18.1, 19.1, 24.1, 33.1, 33.2, 35.1, 40.1
shortages of, Chapter 9.1, 11.1, 19.1
TBF Avenger torpedo bombers, Chapter 9.1, 11.1, 19.1, 35.1
See also Henderson Field; also under Santa Cruz, Battle of
aircraft carriers (Japanese)
aircraft aboard
See also Pearl Harbor
aircraft carriers (U.S.)
aircraft aboard
as central to the fleet, Chapter 1.1, 9.1, 9.2, 14.1