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home islands map of, 49
interservice rivalry in, 253–55
planned invasion of, 163, 199–222
POW camps in, 248, 250–51, 269, 293n
Shimonoseki Strait in, 195–96, 197, 198
strategic bombing of, legacy of, 252–71
strategic bombing casualties in, xvi, 153, 256, 292n, 297n
strategic bombing plan for, 20, 21, 31–34
surrender of, 242–47, 249–50
targeting of industry in, 76–77, 262–64
targeting of urban areas in, 103, 262–64
war planning and policy of, 26–30
Japanese Army Air Force (JAAF), 39–40, 51, 54, 76, 83, 95, 131, 173, 254, 256
Java, 78, 117, 177
Jeppson, Morris R., 232
jet stream, 84–85, 101
Johnson, Davenport, 274–75
Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S., 28–29, 64, 76, 158, 208, 264–65
Joltin’ Josie, the Pacific Pioneer, 78, 79, 164
Jones, David M., 5, 279n
Judy dive bombers, 245
Jukebox 70, 192
Jutland, Battle of (1916), 13, 108
Kaiho, Hideichi, 96
Kaiyo, 130–31, 214, 216, 219–20
kamikazes, 112, 123, 125, 132–33, 134, 158–61, 162, 201, 207, 257, 268, 292n
Kanaga, Franz, 212–13
Kanaoka, Takashi, 264
Kanno, Naoshi, 126, 127
Kashiide, Isamu, 51, 55
Kato, Katsue, 128
Katsuragi, 130, 212, 216
Kawabe, Masakazu, 76
Kawano, Takahashi, 164–65
Kay, Randy, 245
Keith, W. J. “Pete,” 116
Kenney, George C., 45
Kharagpur, India, 41, 44, 46, 58, 65
kikusui (floating chrysanthemum) attacks, 160
Kimura, Sadamitsu, 51
King, Ernest, 205, 208, 209, 218, 267–68
King, Richard T., 87–88
King, Robert, 164
Kistiakowsky, George, 227
Klatt, Burt, 192
Klimczak, Walter, 95
Klinger, Robert, 212
Kobayashi, Teruhiko, 95
Kobe, Japan, 5, 102, 136, 155, 254
Kofukuda, Mitsugu, 52, 70
Kojun, Empress of Japan, 151
Kokura, Japan, 231, 232, 235
Komachi, Sadamu, 247
Konoye, Prince of Japan, 269
Korea, 27, 185, 197, 198, 250
Korean War, 97
Kraft, Elmer A., 217
Krantz, James B., 91
Krause, Thomas, 89
Kure Harbor, Japan, 125–32, 196, 208, 211–19, 264
Kuril Islands, 48, 170, 273–75
Kusakawa, Kiyoshi, 213
Kuter, Lawrence S., 19
Kyoto, Japan, 145
Kyushu Imperial University, 171
Laird, Dean “Diz,” 114, 121
landing signal officers (LSOs), 122–23
Langley, USS, 108, 109, 121
Lansdowne, Zachary, 13
League of Nations, 12
Ledford, Jack C., 60–61
Leighton, Bruce, 31
LeMay, Curtis, 37, 138, 159, 160, 166, 190, 249, 269, 270
atomic bomb and, 226, 231
China B-29 operations and, 53, 56–59, 62, 63–66, 97
firebombing tactic and, 101–5, 134–37, 142, 156
harbor war against Japan and, 194, 195, 197, 199, 200
low-level B-29 tactics and, 104–5, 135, 147, 148, 152, 156, 260
Marianas B-29 operations and, 91, 93, 94, 97–105, 162–64, 168, 172, 239, 240, 241–42, 259–61, 263
search and rescue operations and, 188
Leonard, Paul J., 6, 279n
Leonard, William N., 208
Lewis, Robert A., 233
Lexington (CV-2), USS, 109, 116, 118–19
Leyte Gulf, Battle of (1944), 106, 208, 212, 218, 260
Limber Dugan, 51–52
Lindbergh, Charles A., 14, 16
Liscombe Bay, USS, 124
Little Boy, 227, 232–34
Lockheed Hudson bombers, 32
London, England, 142
Long, Herbert “Trigger,” 129–30
Long, John W., Jr., 220, 296n
LORAN (LOng RAnge Navigation), 79
Lowden, Victor S., 244
Lucky Irish, 85
Luftwaffe, 18, 21, 26, 141, 179, 255
MacArthur, Douglas, 55, 205, 238, 249, 266
McCain, John S., 110, 133, 199–201, 208–9, 215, 243, 250, 261
McElroy, Edgar E., 5, 102, 103
McGovern, William M., 140
McMillan, Richard, 62
McNab, John, 243
Malo, Raymond F., 164, 174
Manchuria, 29, 51, 54, 58
Manhattan Engineering District (MED) (Manhattan Project), 225–27, 229, 297n
Mao Tse-tung, 62
Mariana Islands, xv, 40, 41, 59, 64, 65, 67–103, 238, 239, 241–42, 247
atomic bomb and, 230, 234, 235, 237
search and rescue missions from, 188–93
strategic firebombing missions from, 102–3, 134–73
Marianas Turkey Shoot, Great (1944), 67, 106, 111, 119
Marichone, Anthony, 248
Marine Corps, U.S., xv, 67, 73
Iwo Jima invasion and, 123, 134–35, 174
naval air units of, 112, 119, 125–28, 238
Marquardt, George, 231
Marshall, George C., 231
Martin, William I., 133
Matterhorn (Setting Sun), Operation, 40–47
Meetinghouse raid (Mission 40), 146–54
Meiji, Emperor of Japan,