General Kenney Reports
A Personal History of the Pacific War

George C. Kenney

 


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
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