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Ramey, Roger, 64, 167
Ramp Tramp, 54
Randolph, Richard L., 44
Randolph, USS, 114, 217
Ranger, USS, 200
Rasmussen, Oliver, 203–4
Rawlings, Henry Bernard, 205–6
Ready Teddy, 54
reconnaisance, 17, 80, 85, 90, 125–26, 196, 219, 248, 274
Red Cross, 157
Reeves, Joseph M. “Billy Goat,” 109
Regia Aeronautica, 12, 26
Republic Aircraft, 22
Robertson, Gordon B., 152, 167
Rockcrusher mission, 87
rockets, 129–30, 187, 216
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 2, 19, 35, 38, 50, 165, 204–5, 224, 258, 259
Rosalia Rocket, 87
Rosie the Riveter, 161
Rover Boys Express, 96
Royal Air Force (RAF), 11, 12, 25, 26, 50, 110
firebombing and, 137–38, 141
Royal Flying Corps, 11
Royal Navy, xv, 28, 108, 204–7, 219, 244–45
Fleet Air Arm of, 206–7, 221–22
Rules for the Use of Airplanes in War (Douhet), 9
Ryuho, 130
Ryukyu Islands, 237–41
Saipan, 64, 68, 80, 88, 91, 95, 228, 241
airfield construction on, 70–72
Japanese air raids on, 86, 87
Sakai, Saburo, 47–48, 82, 117, 247–48
Sakaida, Henry, 178
Sally bombers, 121
Sanada, Joichiro, 39
San Antonio 1 mission, 84–86
San Antonio 2 mission, 86
Sanders, Robert, 165
San Jacinto, USS, 114, 116, 118–20, 211
Saratoga (CV-3), USS, 109, 112, 119, 123
Sasaki, Fusako, 153, 169
Saunders, Laverne G. “Blondie,” 43, 44, 53, 54, 58
Scamara, Robert, 185–86
Scanlan, John V., 186, 294n
Schaefer, Vernon, 62
Schecter, Gordon E., 118
Schweinfurt, Germany, 57
scout planes, 110
Seabees (Construction Battalions), U.S. Navy, 68–75, 175, 237–38, 285n
Seafire fighters, 207, 244–45
seaplanes, 188, 189, 190, 193
2nd Bombardment Group, 56
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 238
Second General Army, Japanese, 232
Serviceman’s Code of Conduct, Japanese, 28
7th Air Force, 87, 174, 216, 237, 238
7th Fleet, Japanese, 198
17th Bomb Group (Medium), 2
72nd Fighter Squadron, 181
73rd Bomb Wing, 59, 64, 77–79, 84, 88, 89, 136
Seversky, Alexander P. de, 21–23, 280n-81n
Shady Lady, 96
Shanghai, China, 63
Shangri-La, USS, 113, 199, 203, 204, 207, 215, 242, 243
Shenandoah (ZR-1), USS, 13
Sherman, Forrest, 249
Sherman, Frederick C. “Ted,” 118, 133, 250
Shigemitsu, Mamoru, 257
Shimokawa, Yukio, 82, 127
Shimonoseki Strait, 195–96, 197, 198
Simeral, George, 165, 166
Simpson, A. A., 244–45
Singapore, 65
6th Bomb Group, 92–93, 102, 196
6th Construction Brigade, U.S. Navy, 73, 75
Sledgehammer 1 mission, 87
Smith, Karl, 121
Smith-Hutton, Henri, 31
Smithsonian Institution, 271, 302n
Solomon Islands, 67, 87, 117
Soviet Union, 6, 29, 51, 54, 61, 101, 208, 226, 229, 261, 269, 270
Spaatz, Carl “Tooey,” 230–31, 234, 247, 250, 269
Spanish-American War, 109
Spanish Civil War, 17, 18, 26
Spatz, Harold, 6
Spaulding, Robert L., 191
Sperry Gyroscope Company, 23
Spruance, Raymond A., 111, 113, 115, 133
Standard Oil Company, 139
Starvation, Operation, 194–99
effectiveness of, 197–98
Stauffer, Ornell, 55
Stevens, Robert, 246
Stilwell, Joseph W., 47, 50
Stimson, Henry, 231
strafing missions, 187–88, 201–2
Strategic Air Command (SAC), U.S., 260, 270
Strategic Air Intelligence Section, 20
strategic bombing, xvi, 9–30
criticisms of, 261–65, 300n
doctrine for, 16–19, 21, 45, 104–5, 135, 156
firebombing as tactic in, 102–3, 134–73
legacy of, 252–71
practical application of, 21–25
targeting of Japanese industry for, 76–77, 262–64
Strategic Bombing Survey, U.S., 253, 256
strike missions, 187–88, 242–45
submarines, 2, 7, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192–93, 194, 264
Sumatra, 54
super-dumbo rescue planes, 189, 190
Supreme Council, Japanese, 29
Suribachi, Mount, 175, 182–83
Suzuki, Kantaro, 269
Sweeney, Charles, 231, 234–37
Szilard, Leo, 224, 225, 227
Taigei, 5
Takahashi, Susumu, 150–51
Takata, Toshitane, 237, 263–64
Tapp, James B., 184–85
Tarumizu, Japan, 239
Task Force 38, 199–222, 242–45, 296n
Task Force 58, 107, 111–33, 204
Task Group 58.3, 118
Teller, Edward, 225, 227
10th Fighter Division, Japanese, 83, 85
3rd Photographic Reconnaisance Squadron, 80, 85
Third Fleet, 133, 199–222, 241, 260, 261
13th Air Force, 237
30th Construction Regiment, U.S. Navy, 73
34th Army Engineer Battalion,