Whirlwind - Barrett Tillman [151]
Memphis Belle, 84, 95
Midway, Battle of (1942), 7, 111, 217
Midway Island, 39
MiG fighters, 185
Mikes, Edward, 192–93
Military Academy, U.S. (West Point), 190, 225–26
Miller, Harry, 60–61
Miller, Henry L., 113
Minami, Rokuemon, 198
mines, 194–99, 264
Miranda, John, 191
Missouri, USS, 249
Mitchell, John W., 185
Mitchell, William L. “Billy,” xvii, 2, 11–14, 15–16, 18, 22, 23, 32, 101, 109, 259, 270
Mitscher, Marc A. “Pete,” 3, 107, 111, 113, 119, 122, 123, 124, 125, 132, 133, 199, 200, 204, 250, 261, 270
Mobley, Thomas, 126–27
Moffett, William A., 109
Monterey, USS, 214
Montgomery, John B., 86, 93, 104, 136–37
Moore, Clarence A., 245
Moore, Ernest M. “Mickey,” 175, 180
Moore, R. Todd, 185
Morgan, Robert K., 84, 95
Morgan, Virgil, 196
Morimoto, Tatsuo, 55
Morioka, Yutaka, 192–93
Morrow, Dwight W., 16
Morrow Board, 16
Mountbatten, Louis, 45
Mrs. Tittymouse, 258
Mulligan, Charles, 95
Mundy, George W., 190–92
Musashi, Miyamoto, 117
Muto, Kaneyoshi, 117, 212
Muto, Kiyoko, 117
Nagasaki, Japan, 47, 54, 219, 231
atomic bombing of, 234–37, 262, 268, 269, 270, 298n
Nagato, 209–11
Nagoya, Japan, 5, 76, 90, 91–92, 94, 102, 136, 154, 155, 157, 164, 167–68, 190–91, 211, 254
napalm, 139, 147, 148, 150
Nashville, USS, 3
National Air and Space Museum, 271, 302n
Naval Academy, U.S. (Annapolis), 109, 114, 131, 200
Navy, U.S., xv, 7, 21, 106–34
airfield construction and, 68–75, 237–38
B-29 bombing campaign and, 98, 162–63
British Pacific Fleet and, 204–7, 219, 221–22, 244–45
Fleet Air Wing Four of, 274–75
harbor war against Japan and, 194–222, 264
invasion of Japan and, 199–222
kamikaze losses by, 158, 160, 292n
minelaying operations of, 194–99
search and rescue by, 188–93
strategic bombing development and, 12–13, 21, 23
Neddermeyer, Seth, 227
New Guinea, 68, 117
Newhafer, Richard L., 244
Nick (Ki-45) fighters, 51, 55, 276
Nicolini, E. J. “Nic,” 116
Nimitz, Chester W., 41, 98, 134, 162, 163, 194, 195, 199, 208, 209, 218, 219, 249, 266
9th Bomb Group, 92, 155, 164, 174
Nomohan, Battle of (1939), 29, 51
Norden, Carl L., 21, 23, 25
Norden bombsight, 23–25, 56, 60, 263
Norstad, Lauris, 56, 57, 91, 97–98, 103, 104, 259
Northeast Area Fleet, Japanese, 274
Oak Ridge, Tenn., 226
O’Donnell, Emmett “Rosie,” 59, 78, 80, 84, 85–86, 88–89, 104, 164, 190, 286n
Office of Naval Intelligence, 31
Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 140
Ohe-machi, Japan, 76
Okinawa, xv, 68, 124, 131, 132–33, 134, 163, 195, 204, 215, 219, 228, 236, 237–41, 246, 247, 248, 257
Okumiya, Masatake, 4, 68, 76
Olympic, Operation, 163, 199, 200, 208
Omura, Japan, 47, 53–54, 59–61, 63, 65, 83, 254
152nd Army Engineer Battalion, 70–71
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 225–27, 270
Orionchek, Alexander, 159–60
Osaka, Japan, 5, 136, 145, 154–55, 182, 211, 240
Oscar (Ki-43) fighters, 119, 128, 184, 276
Ostfriesland, 13, 109
Ota, Japan, 76, 100, 118
Ottinger, George M., 129, 131
Owens, William J., 92–93
Oyodo, 131, 215, 216
P-38 Lightning fighters, 175, 176, 248–49, 274
P-39 fighters, 181
P-40 fighters, 32, 181
P-47 Thunderbolt fighters, 33, 86, 180, 181, 238, 241
P-51 Mustang fighters, xv, 164, 172, 246
bomber escort role of, 174–93
search and rescue missions and, 188–93
strike role of, 187–88
P-61 Black Widow night fighters, 62, 238
Pahl, Herschel, 244
Parsons, William S. “Deke,” 227, 232, 233
Pattie, Donald A., 114, 120–21
Pearl Harbor attack (1941), 1, 21, 34, 126, 132, 185, 211, 271
Pengshan, China, 41
Pflumb, Raymond, 193
Pforzheim, Germany, 141–42
Philippines, 1, 7, 32, 78, 117, 118, 177, 178, 199, 200, 250, 286n
Philippine Sea, Battle of the (1944), 111
Phipps, Harve, 181, 187
Ping, Robert A., 197
Pintado, USS, 191–92
Ploesti, Romania, 33
Potsdam Declaration (1945), 215, 229, 231, 261, 269
Power, Thomas S., 98, 104, 137, 151, 270
Privateer patrol bombers, 192, 193
Pulley, John H., Jr., 159
Putt, Donald Leander, 34
Quebec Conference (1944), 204–5
radar, 85, 99, 101, 125, 133, 155, 182, 196–97, 198, 212, 239, 240, 242, 254–55, 263, 274
Radford, Arthur, 200
Rainbow Five plan, 108