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Aleutian Islands, xv, 23, 48, 273
Allen, Edmund T., 14, 35, 39, 282n
Amagi, 130, 212, 213–14, 216
Amakusa, 221
American Maid, 91
American Volunteer Group (AVG) (Flying Tigers), 32, 33, 114
Anderson, John R., 247–48
Anshan, Manchuria, 54, 58
Aoba, 212, 216
Applegate, Robert M., 211–12
area bombing (carpet bombing), 26, 138, 263
Argus, HMS, 108
Armstrong, Frank, 167, 239–40, 242–43
Army, U.S., 68–75, 237–38
aviation engineers of, 68, 70–72
strategic bombing development and, 12–14, 16, 21, 23
Army Air Corps, U.S., 16, 34
Army Air Forces, U.S., xv, 32, 33–34, 68, 98, 101, 107, 259, 265
B-29 deployment and, 41, 45
B-29 development and, 34–38
firebombing tests of, 138–39
harbor war against Japan and, 194–222, 264
Iwo Jima’s importance to, 134–35, 159, 163, 164, 166, 180
kamikaze suppression campaign by, 158–61, 162
Kuril Islands and, 273–75
search and rescue by, 188–93, 248–49
see also specific group names
Army-Navy Joint Target Group, 162
Arnold, Henry H. “Hap,” 1, 15–16, 19, 38, 39, 78, 260, 269
China B-29 operations and, 33–34, 41, 45, 47, 50, 53, 63, 65, 91
firebombing tactic and, 103, 156
Marianas B-29 operations and, 70, 89, 90, 91, 93, 97–98, 103, 104, 156, 195, 259–60
Ashley, James H., Jr., 192–93
Ashworth, Fred, 235
Aspro, USS, 192–93
atomic bomb, xv, 223–37, 261–62, 297n, 298n, 301n
debate on use of, 265–69, 270–71
decision on use of, 228–29
development of, 224–27
Atsugi, Japan, 83, 84, 185, 187, 192, 212, 249, 254
Augusta, USS, 234
Austro-Hungarian Empire, 9, 10
Avenger torpedo planes, xv, 115, 118, 120–21, 128–30, 206–7, 213, 214, 244–45
Avery, Lloyd, 95
Ayres, Frank, 190
B-2 stealth bomber, xvii
B-17 Flying Fortress, 14, 15, 17, 19, 25, 33, 37, 38, 56, 78, 90, 93, 229, 253
B-24 compared with, 35, 39, 51, 52
search and rescue role of, 189, 192, 248–49
B-24 Liberator, 15, 19, 25, 33, 37, 39, 46, 87, 90, 215, 216, 238, 239, 253, 273–75
B-25 Mitchell bomber, 1–7, 33, 219–20, 238, 274–75
B-26 Marauder bomber, 38
B-29 Superfortress, xv, xvii, 15, 33–34, 84–85, 115, 282n
atomic bomb and, 223–24, 229–37, 246
cost of, 90, 253, 269, 297n
deployment of, in CBI Theater, 40–47
development of, 34–40
ground crews of, 92
low-level bombing tactic for, 104–5, 135, 147, 148, 152, 156, 260
maintenance of, 92, 137, 156
minelaying operations of, 194–99, 264
mission abort rates for, 89, 94, 100
navigation of, 79–80
Pacific operations of, 59, 63–103, 69
radar on, 99, 101, 239, 240, 242, 263
relief missions of, 250–51
search and rescue role of, 189
weather and effectiveness of, 100–101
weather recon role of, 182
B-32 Dominator bombers, 40, 247–48, 282n
B-52 Stratofortress, xvii
Baka bombs, 239
Baldwin, L. W., 245
Barner, James D., 113
bat bombs, 138
Beahan, Kermit, 235–36
Beebe, Marshall, 124
Belleau Wood, USS, 245
Bennington, USS, 112, 117, 119, 125–28, 211
Berry, David R., 210
Bethe, Hans, 225
Betty (G4M) bombers, 86, 116, 241, 276
Black, Stanley, 155
Black Sheep, 159–60
Bock, Fred, 235, 236
Bock’s Car, 235–37
Boeing, 14, 34, 282n
Bomber Command, British, 26, 138, 207
Bombing Squadron 10, 131
Bombing Squadron 84, 129
Bond, Horatio, 140
Bonin Islands, 80, 87, 174
Boone, Rodney, 31
Braemer, Fred A., 4, 279n
Brashear, Arthur Ray, 148, 155
Britain, Battle of (1940), 18, 78
British Pacific Fleet, xv, 204–7, 219, 221–22, 244–45
Brush, Frederick J., 118
Buddhism, 28, 29
Bunker Hill, USS, 112, 116, 118, 119, 129, 133
Burke, Arleigh, 111–12
Burma, 32, 177, 178
Bushido, 28, 96, 143, 281n
C-109 tankers, 46
Cagle, Malcolm, 250
Cairo Conference (1943), 41
Calamity Sue, 55
Cantrell, William A., 127
Caporetto, Battle of (1917), 10
Caproni, Gianni, 10
Carmichael, Richard H., 56
Caroline Islands, 59, 112
Caron, Robert, 232
Catalina patrol planes, 274–75
Champion, Henry K., 116
Changnon, Harry, 46
Chengtu, China, 32, 40, 41, 42, 45, 47, 50, 54, 59, 61, 62, 64
Chennault, Claire Lee, 17, 32, 33–34, 77, 114
Chiang Kai-shek, 7, 31, 32, 38, 41, 47, 50
China, xv, 198, 250
Doolittle’s raid and, 3, 6–7
Japanese war on, 17–18, 27, 29, 30,