Contents
Forward iii Preface v Introduction xi Chapter Page I. Assignment To the Pacific July, 1942 3 II. With MacArthur in Australia August, 1942 25 III. New Guinea August-September, 1942 59 IV. The Buna Campaign: I September-October, 1942 97 V. The Buna Campaign: II November-December 1942 135 VI. "Our Losses Were Light" January-February, 1943 181 VII. The Battle of the Bismarck Sea March, 1943 197 VIII. First Trip To Washington March, 1943 209 IX. Slugging Match: Dobodura April-May 1943 223 X. Air Supremacy: Marilinan and Wewak June-August 1943 251 XI. Nadzab and Lae September 1943 281 XII. Markham Valley September-October, 1943 299 XIII. Taking Out Rabaul October-November, 1943 312 XIV. Cape Gloucester December, 1943 329 XV. Second Trip To Washington January, 1944 339 XVI. Los Negros February, 1944 350 XVII. The Hollandia Operation March-April, 1944 369 XVIII. Hollandia To Noemfoor May-June, 1944 391 XIX. Sansapor and Morotai July-August, 1944 411 XX. Balikpapan September-October, 1944 431 XXI. The Battle for Leyte Gulf October, 1944 445 XXII. The Philippines: I. Leyte November-December 1944 463 XXIII. The Philippines: II. Mindoro December 1944 493 XXIV. The Philippines: III. Lingayen to Manila January-February 1945 507 XXV. Third Trip To Washington March, 1945 529 XXVI. Okinawa and the Kyushu Plan May-July, 1945 549 XXVII. The Japanese Surrender August-September, 1945 568 Index 580