Index

ABERDEEN: 198
Advance Section: 131, 389
Advance Section No. 1 (Gaya), SOS: 257, 290, 292
Advance Section No. 2, SOS: 257, 276
Advance Section No. 3, SOS: 290
Advance Section No. 4, SOS: 290
Aida, Maj. Gen. Toshiji: 214, 215
Air Commando, No. 1, AAF: 196
Air Control Section, G-4, Chih Hui Pu: 102
Air Dropping Section, G-4, Chih Hui Pu: 102
Air Force, Fourteenth. See Fourteenth Air Force.
Air Force, Tenth. See Tenth Air Force.
Air Force integration. See Eastern Air Command.
Air forces, Japanese: 85-88
Air-ground co-operation. See Air support, tactical.
Air Ground Force Resources Technical Staff (Provisional) (AGFRTS), 5329th: 372
Air-ground liaison: 251, 372
Air groups, U.S. See Bombardment groups; Fighter groups.
Air operations: 88, 88n, 322-26. See also Air support, tactical; China-based air operations; Strategic bombing.
Air Plan for the Defeat of Japan: 54
Air power-ground forces controversy: 5, 325, 363-64, 367, 369, 379, 380, 381, 384, 403, 413. See also Chennault Plan; Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W., and Chennault.
Air Service Command (ASC): 290, 292
Air squadrons, U.S. See Bombardment squadrons; Fighter squadrons.
Air superiority
Allied: 42, 83, 87-88, 95, 338
Japanese: 86
limitations: 369, 382
techniques of using: 338
Air supply: 87, 95-97, 100-109
administrative problems: 100-109
aircraft for: 98-101, 192-93
and Chinese troops: 106-08
conditions necessary for: 87, 95, 394
cost: 108-09
enemy fire and: 247
Heng-yang defense: 401, 401n
at Imphal: 191-96
loading and packing: 104
at Myitkyina: 235, 238-39, 250
North Burma Campaign: 41, 87, 88, 95-98, 122-23, 127, 134, 180, 189
Salween campaign: 338, 340, 344-45, 347, 350, 392
significance: 87, 88, 95, 98-99, 167-68
for surrounded units: 87, 122, 167-68, 191-96
techniques: 97, 98n, 102-06
weather factor. See Weather, and air operations.
Air supply, Japanese: 395
Air support, strategic. See Strategic bombing.
Air support, tactical
east China defense: 21-22, 400-401
Japanese: 86-88, 88n, 397, 434
at Myitkyina: 236, 251
North Burma Campaign: 39, 84, 86, 87, 88-91, 95, 181
Salween campaign: 313, 340, 345, 350, 351, 355, 359-60, 391, 392
targets: 89
techniques: 89
Air transport: 98-100, 167, 168, 192-93, 229. See also Air supply; Hump; Reinforcement by air.
Air Transport Command (ATC): 11, 99, 115, 261, 276, 312, 470
Airborne operations: 51, 62, 202-03, 244. See also Chindits; GALAHAD; Long-range penetration groups.
Aircraft, Allied: 84, 84n, 91, 99, 112. See also B-24's; B-25's; C-46's; C-47's; C-54's.
Aircraft, Japanese: 85n
Aircraft allocation: 98-100, 101-02, 192-93

Aircraft losses, Allied: 87, 108
Aircraft losses, Japanese: 87, 88
Aircraft shortage: 100-101
Aircraft strengths, Allied: 84, 87, 91
Aircraft strengths, Japanese: 85, 86, 87
Airfield construction: 57, 77-78, 115, 136
ALBACORE: 41, 42
ALBACORE Two: 41, 45
ALBACORE Three: 41, 50
Alsop, 1st Lt. Joseph W.: 374, 376, 385, 385n, 447n
American Military Mission to China: 385
American Volunteer Group: 385
Ammunition
Chinese production: 414n
expenditure: 90
lend-lease, for China: 281, 334n
shortages: 152, 181, 238-39
.50-caliber: 401, 401n
Amphibious operations. See Bay of Bengal, proposed amphibious operation; CULVERIN.
Andaman Islands: 64, 66, 74. See also BUCCANEER.
Animal transport. See Pack transport.
Animal Transport Regiment: 223
Antitank guns: 155, 187, 393
ANVIL: 68, 70, 73, 75
Appleton, Col. John A.: 13, 266, 267, 270, 273
Appleton-Inglis Railway Mission: 13
Arakan: 61, 76, 119, 166, 167, 168
ARCADIA Conference (Washington, December 1941): 3
Armor. See Tanks.
Arms, Brig. Gen. Thomas S.: 26
Armstrong, Col. George E.: 427
Army Air Forces (AAF): 15, 88, 388
Army Service Forces: 228, 261, 281, 388
Arnold, Gen. Henry H.: 19, 63, 99, 111, 269-70, 299, 315, 369
Artillery, Allied
Chinese distribution and deployment: 4, 404, 423
Chinese weapons: 209, 245, 333, 334n, 393, 401n
counterbattery fire: 395
direct fire: 397
gunnery, Chinese: 351
in mountain warfare: 338, 395
at Myitkyina: 233, 245
pack: 338, 356
preparation: 125, 128
for Salween campaign: 313, 340
support: 33, 135, 318n, 338
Artillery, Japanese: 135, 153
effectiveness of fire: 182, 209, 348
gun positions: 353
for ICHIGO: 318
Asano, Colonel: 233
Assam line of communications. See Lines of communications, Assam.
Assam Line of Communications Panel: 274
Atebrin: 286-87
Atkinson, Brooks: 467, 470
Attacks, infantry
Chinese: 125, 127, 128, 230, 346, 353, 391, 392-93, 395-96
Chinese-American: 184, 225, 236-37, 245, 249-50, 253
Japanese: 189. See also Counterattacks, Japanese.
U.S.: 236
Attacks, tank: 187, 208
Attacks, tank-infantry: 186, 209, 250-51
Auchinleck, Gen. Sir Claude J. E.: 11, 13, 49-50
AXIOM Mission: 171-72, 362. See also Mountbatten, Admiral Lord Louis, mission to London and Washington.

B-24's: 94, 368
B-25's: 19, 92, 251, 392, 394, 401n
B-29 airfields. See Cheng-tu airfields.
B-29 project: 53-54, 58, 72, 316, 381. See also Bomber Command, XX; MATTERHORN.
command problems: 109-14
logistical problems: 114-15
plans: 15-17
question of diversions to meet ICHIGO: 367-70
summary of results: 369-70, 466-67
B-29's: 53
"Baby tortoise" tactics: 167
Baldwin, Air Marshal Sir John: 84. See also Third Tactical Air Force.
Banzai, Lt. Gen. Ichiryo: 408
Barge lines, Brahmaputra River: 11, 260, 273-74

Barrett, Col. David D.: 376
Base Section No. 1 (Karachi), SOS: 264
Base Section No. 2 (Calcutta), SOS: 257, 264
Base Section No. 3 (Ledo), SOS: 13, 98, 100, 101, 257
Battalion, 1st, GALAHAD: 149, 150, 176, 180, 183-85, 190, 191, 223, 242. See also GALAHAD; Osborne, Lt. Col. William L.; Red Combat Team, 1st Battalion, GALAHAD; White Combat Team, 1st Battalion, GALAHAD.
Battalion, 2d, GALAHAD: 149, 150, 152, 176, 178, 180-81, 182-83, 188-91, 223, 242. See also Blue Combat Team, 2d Battalion, GALAHAD; GALAHAD; Green Combat Team, 2d Battalion, GALAHAD; McGee, Lt. Col. George A., Jr.
Battalion, 2d, GALAHAD (New): 250
Battalion, 3d, GALAHAD: 149, 150, 176, 182-83, 188, 189, 223. See also Beach, Lt. Col. Charles E.; GALAHAD; Khaki Combat Team, 3d Battalion, GALAHAD; Orange Combat Team, 3d Battalion, GALAHAD.
at Myitkyina: 233-37
re-formed at Myitkyina: 242
Battalion, 3d, GALAHAD (New): 247, 252
Battalion, 13th Mountain Medical: 142, 158
Battalion, 151st Medical: 285
Bay of Bengal, proposed amphibious operation: 57, 62, 65, 71, 75-77, 297, 308, 309, 461. See also BUCCANEER; BULLDOZER; PIGSTICK.
Bayonets: 184
Beach, Lt. Col. Charles E.: 35, 182
Beaufighters: 84n
"Beehive" tactics: 167
Bengal and Assam Railway
conditions requiring correction: 260-61, 265-66
improvement: 267, 271-72, 273, 275
Japanese threaten to cut: 90, 174
plans for improvement: 11, 12-13, 266
Bengal Command (RAF): 84
Bennett, Col. Clarence W.: 194, 194n
Bergin, Brig. Gen. William E.: 31
Bhamo: 433, 435, 455
"Big squeeze play": 155-58
BLACKPOOL: 221
Blair, 1st Lt. Melvin D.: 245
Blaker, Maj. Frank G.: 222
Blue Combat Team, 2d Battalion, GALAHAD: 149
Boatner, Brig. Gen. Haydon L.: 29, 39, 42-43, 69, 101, 122-23, 138, 139, 235n
attempt to remove: 31
commands at Myitkyina: 237, 238, 239-40, 242-43, 244-45, 247, 248
illness: 78, 248
relations with Sun Li-jen: 45, 48
Stilwell's mission to Washington, 1944: 161, 163-64
Bombardment groups
7th (H): 92
308th (H): 19
12th (M): 84, 92
341st (M): 84, 391
Bombardment squadrons
2d: 18
11th (M): 18
490th (M): 84
Bombay: 257, 264
Bomber Command, XX: 15, 113, 114, 115, 291, 369, 470. See also B-29 project; MATTERHORN.
Bombing, strategic. See Strategic bombing.
Booby traps: 152, 181, 190
Bourne, Brig. Geoffrey K.: 171
Bowerman, Brig. J. F.: 139
Boye, Col. Frederic W.: 321-22
Brahmaputra River. See Barge lines, Brahmaputra River.
Branch, Lt. Col. George: 271
Bray, Lt. Col. Stanley: 270
Bridge demolition: 350, 351, 357
Brink, Col. Francis G.: 35, 161
British-American relations
controversy over north Burma operations: 162-63, 164-65, 171-72, 228-29
negotiations on control of Assam LOC and Calcutta port: 260-62
British Broadcasting Corporation: 199
British Chiefs of Staff: 169, 171
and amphibious operation, Bay of Bengal: 66, 68, 73, 81
and Burma operations: 162-63, 439
on directive for SEAC: 228

British-Chinese relations: 304-06. See also Mountbatten, Admiral Lord Louis, and Chiang Kai-shek.
British and Commonwealth units, air: 84, 89, 98
British and Commonwealth units, ground. See also Chindits.
Army, Fourteenth: 92, 167, 174, 222, 439
Corps
4: 42, 50, 62, 90, 119, 162, 163, 175, 177, 192-94. See also Scoones, Lt. Gen. Geoffrey.
15: 62, 119, 167
33: 90, 193-94
Divisions
3d Indian: 93, 196, 198-99, 220, 221, 239
5th Indian: 87, 119, 167, 174, 175
7th Indian: 87, 119, 167-68, 175
17th Indian: 119
20th Indian: 119
23d Indian: 119
26th Indian: 167
36th: 167, 222
70th. See British and Commonwealth units, Division, 3d Indian; Chindits.
81st West African: 167
Brigades
3d West African: 196, 198
14th: 196, 198, 222
16th: 143, 196, 198
23d: 196, 222
77th: 196, 197, 221
111th: 196, 197, 198, 221-22
161st Indian: 174, 194
Regiment, Queen's Own Royal West Kent: 194
British-Indian-U.S. co-operation: 274. See also Calcutta; Supply, local procurement.
British role in Burma: 164, 193-94, 439. See also Imphal.
BROADWAY: 197
Brooke, Gen. Sir Alan: 13, 36, 69, 73, 378
Brown, Col. Campbell: 235n
Brown, Col. Rothwell H.: 142, 152, 154-55, 156, 208, 235n
Brubeck, Capt. Shields A.: 253
BUCCANEER: 66, 68-71. See also Andaman Islands.
BULLDOZER: 81
Burma
geography: 9-10, 37-38, 39, 95-97, 136
situation, December 1943: 119
Burma operations. See North Burma Campaign.
Burma Road: 298, 305, 332, 390, 394, 395. 424. See also Ledo Road.
Burma Road Engineers: 340, 390, 395
Burma-Siam Railway: 91, 92, 94
Burma Surgeon. See Seagrave, Dr. Gordon S.; Seagrave Hospital Unit.
Bypasses: 127, 134, 148, 156, 390. See also Envelopments.

C-46's: 100, 175
C-47's: 97, 99, 168, 175, 340
C-54's: 100
C-Force. See Z-Force (ZEBRA Force).
Cairo Conference. See SEXTANT Conference.
Cairo Declaration: 66
Calcutta: 85-86, 259, 260-62, 263-65
Camouflage, Japanese: 348
Canadian Mutual Aid: 32n
Cannibalism: 345
Cannon, Col. Robert M.: 39-41
CAPITAL: 439-40
Carton de Wiart, Lt. Gen. Sir Adrian: 365, 366
"Cash shops": 289
Casualties, British, at Myitkyina: 244
Casualties, Chinese
at Myitkyina: 230, 243, 244, 253
North Burma Campaign: 46, 128, 158, 188
Salween campaign: 350, 393, 396, 398
Casualties, Japanese
ICHIGO: 371, 399, 401
Imphal: 195
Myitkyina: 233n, 251
North Burma Campaign: 137, 215n, 220
Salween campaign: 350, 356, 393
Casualties, U.S.
Myitkyina: 240-41, 252, 253
North Burma Campaign: 182, 191
Caves, Japanese: 209
CBI Theater: 114
accomplishments summarized: 471-72
and B-29's: 113-14

Chungking staff: 315
command structure: 257-59
creation: 4
and east China crisis: 315, 371, 372
headquarters: 52, 54, 79, 166, 242, 257, 283
limited manpower and supplies: 4, 5, 64
logistical problems: 10, 11, 15, 114-15, 276-77, 280, 288-93, 311-12, 369, 418
mission: 201-02
planning for China operations: 449
planning for north Burma operations: 52, 202
relation of Chungking and New Delhi headquarters: 258-59
split into two theaters: 418-20, 468-69
Central Executive Committee, Kuomingtang: 456
Ceremonies, Japanese: 397-98
CHAMPION: 52, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 72
Chang Fa-kwei, Gen.: 320, 402, 411, 415, 423, 434, 438, 467
Changsha: 371, 372-74, 399
Chang-te: 21, 22
Chao Chen-yu, Col.: 385n
Chen Cheng, Gen.: 437
Chen, Colonel: 47
Chen, Major: 136
Chen Tung-kuo, Lt. Gen.: 29, 139
Cheng-tu airfields: 54, 77, 316, 322-25, 381. See also Finance problems.
Chennault, Maj. Gen. Claire L.: 5, 18, 19, 22, 25, 26, 63. See also Chennault Plan.
and arms for east China commanders: 403-04, 412-13
and B-29's: 109-12, 114
and Chiang Kai-shek: 314-15
command role in China Theater: 5, 376, 459, 468, 469. See also Chennault, Maj. Gen. Claire L., and B-29's.
on effectiveness of Chinese ground forces: 22n
and ELOC: 290, 292, 311
gasoline stockpile incident: 466
given 10,000 tons a month: 365, 366, 367-68, 403
Hopkins on: 421
Manila docks incident: 465
meeting ICHIGO: 322-23, 325, 326-27, 368-69, 372, 400, 402, 403-04
relations with Chiang Kai-shek: 314-15
and Roosevelt: 22, 22n
Stilwell's administrative admonition: 466, 466n
and Wallace's visit: 374-75
warnings on Japanese offensive in east China: 311-12, 314-16, 322-23, 365
Chennault Plan: 5, 18, 19, 22-24, 110-11, 326, 326n, 472. See also Chennault, Maj. Gen. Claire L.
Chennault-Stilwell controversy: 367, 376, 381, 421. See also Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W., and Chennault.
Cheves, Brig. Gen. Gilbert X.: 264
Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo: 3, 5, 80, 205, 385
on Allied strategy: 460-63
amphibious operation for Bay of Bengal: 71, 76-78
and Burma operations: 5, 65, 66-67, 74-75, 77, 80, 121n, 122-23, 202, 424, 461 468
on China's situation: 306-08
collaboration with Japanese charged: 409-10
on Communist issue: 425
Davies on: 302, 303
delivery of Roosevelt's messages to: 383, 386, 441-42, 444-46, 444n, 445n, 447, 452, 454, 458
diplomatic tactics: 385-86
and east China crisis: 308, 324-25, 366, 413, 447, 461-63
and field command in China for Stilwell: 384-87, 413-15, 422-23, 425-26, 427, 430, 437, 443, 444, 448
intervention in military operations: 123, 180, 208, 215, 380, 434, 435, 437, 438
messages to Roosevelt: 74-75, 77, 80, 299, 300-301, 306-08, 366, 385-86, 414, 452- 53, 460-63
messages to Stilwell: 213
political problems: 324, 372, 384-85, 386, 402, 408, 417, 427-28, 445. See also Separatist movement in east China.

and question of crossing Salween: 79, 130-31, 176-77, 223, 297-98, 301, 304-08
requests for U.S. aid: 74, 77, 80, 298-99, 366
Roosevelt's 18 September message: 445-46, 447, 447n. See also Recall crisis.
and Salween campaign: 340-41, 351, 359-60, 380, 389, 424, 433, 435, 440, 445-46
SEXTANT Conference: 52-53, 56-57, 58, 61, 62, 63, 69-70
on Stilwell: 453, 460-63. See also Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W., and Chiang Kai-shek.
Stilwell's comments on: 362-63
Stilwell's recall. See Recall crisis.
and U.S. mission to Communist north China: 303-04
U.S. officer to command Chinese armies: 452-54, 456. See also Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo, and field command in China for Stilwell.
and Wallace's visit: 375-77
Chiang Kai-shek, Madame: 25, 56, 58, 62, 65, 77, 79, 122-23, 212, 298, 298n, 303n, 310-11, 420
Chief of the Imperial General Staff (British): 193
Chief of Staff, Chinese Army: 450. See also Ho Ying-chin, Gen.
Chief of Transportation, SOS, CBI: 257, 266
Chiefs of Staff Committee. See British Chiefs of Staff.
Chih Hui Pu. See also Combat Headquarters; Northern Combat Area Command.
command and organization: 31-32, 138
estimates of Japanese strength: 42, 45, 46
Forward Echelon: 31
G-2: 348
G-3: 104
G-4 and air supply: 100, 102, 104
and north Burma operations: 48, 78, 127, 146, 175-76, 187-88, 244
Chin, General: 373
China
in Allied strategy: 27, 49, 52, 71-73, 82, 228, 362-64, 388-89, 441, 443-44, 457, 463
British aid: 203
economy: 288-90, 416
geography, Salween area: 331-32
munitions production: 413n-14n
situation March 1944 stated by Chiang: 306-08
U.S. aid: 64, 77-78, 133, 203. See also Lend-lease aid (U.S.) to China; Medical services, U.S., to Chinese.
U.S. policy on internal matters: 410, 412, 413
China-based air operations: 201, 229, 308, 369-70, 441. See also B-29 project.
China Defense Supplies, Inc.: 281, 283
China Expeditionary Army: 20, 316, 319, 406, 446
China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC): 312, 368
China Theater: 3, 297. See also Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo.
Chindits: 50, 87, 367. See also British and Commonwealth units, ground, 3d Indian Division; Morris Force.
aims and operations: 196-99, 201, 219, 237
combat fitness: 230
evaluation of achievements: 222
and Stilwell: 199, 220-22
strength: 77
Chinese Air Force: 57, 75
Chinese-American Composite Wing: 323
Chinese Army: 3-4, 6, 75. See also Chinese Army in India; Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W.,
Chinese Army, plans for; Tactics, Chinese.
combat fitness: 4, 56, 127, 219, 255, 311, 327
consolidation of units proposed: 427, 430, 437
discipline: 137, 230, 348, 351, 393
Hopkins on: 421
Hurley on: 464
Japanese on: 147
JCS on: 381, 382
lack of aggressiveness: 124, 125, 128, 134, 135, 136, 143, 155-56, 180, 205, 208, 359
leadership: 136-37, 346, 348, 359, 399, 404
march discipline: 184, 341
matériel: 4, 56, 423. See also Artillery, Allied, Chinese weapons; Military production. See Morale, Chinese.

national troops in comparison with war area troops: 384, 384n
organization: 45n, 333n
politics: 354, 423
quality of troops: 393, 399, 427
reform plans: 411. See also Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W., Chinese Army, plans for.
replacements: 33, 56, 58
supply: 4, 56, 145-46, 313, 423, 425, 426, 428, 430
training, U.S.: 4-5, 26, 27-28, 56, 57, 69, 321
Chinese Army in India (CAI): 138, 285, 367, 471. See also Infantry divisions, 22d Chinese; Infantry divisions, 38th Chinese.
artillery: 33
combat fitness: 41, 471
command of: 29, 138, 139, 380, 419
headquarters and staff: 29-31
liaison. See Liaison, U.S., with Chinese.
North Burma Campaign: 39, 97, 220
organization and weapons: 32-33
question of shifting to China Theater: 356, 377, 433, 449
strength: 32, 471
Chinese Communists: 417, 421. See also U.S. military observers in Communist north China.
Chiang Kai-shek on: 306, 308, 423, 425, 426
and China field command for Stilwell: 414, 415
collaboration with Japanese charged: 365
Davies plan: 458
Hata on: 433, 433n
and Hurley: 421, 449-50
military role in China Theater: 374, 380, 385, 420, 421, 423, 425, 426, 427, 429, 430-33, 448, 451-52, 458, 467
and separatist movement in east China: 409, 410, 411, 412
Service, John S., on: 467
and Stilwell. See Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W., and Chinese Communist issue.
supplies for: 427, 431, 452, 455
Chinese courtesy and etiquette: 348, 352, 359
Chinese Expeditionary Force: 119, 312, 313, 333. See also Y-Force.
Chinese General Staff: 321
Chinese Government: 288-89, 289n, 291. See Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo; National Military Council.
Chinese units
Group Armies
XI: 333, 335, 354, 356-60, 389-90, 391
XVIII (Communist): 429
XX: 333, 335, 346, 350-52, 389-94
XXIV: 371, 404
XXVII: 371, 404, 423
XXX: 371
Armies
New First: 29
2d: 333, 333n, 343, 353-54
4th: 373-74, 402
6th: 333
8th: 359, 394n, 395-98
10th: 399-401
20th: 405
31st: 371, 423, 448
37th: 371, 405
46th: 371, 423
53d: 333, 333n, 335, 345-47, 348, 349-50, 351
54th: 333, 345, 347, 349
58th: 405
62d: 371, 405
64th: 371, 401
71st: 333, 343, 354-60
72d: 405
79th: 371, 404, 405
93d: 423, 448
99th: 372
100th: 371, 405
Divisions
Honorable 1st: 359, 359n, 395, 424
2d Reserve: 333, 350-51
Honorable 2d: 359n
9th: 341, 354
14th: 202, 230
New 19th: 405
22d. See Infantry divisions, 22d Chinese.
New 28th: 353-54, 356, 391
30th: 29, 192, 202, 223, 230, 235, 243, 245, 433
36th: 335, 341, 346, 347, 350-51, 435
38th. See Infantry divisions, 38th Chinese.
New 39th: 333, 336, 349, 395

50th: 202, 210, 223, 230, 235, 243, 251, 253
76th: 343, 352-54
82d: 395
87th: 353, 356, 357-59
88th: 343, 353, 356, 357-59
103d: 395
116th: 335, 341, 347, 350, 391
130th: 347, 350, 393-94
198th: 335, 341, 344, 351
200th: 435
Regiments
3d Infantry: 395
4th Infantry: 350
29th Field Artillery: 371
41st: 252
42d: 230, 235, 237, 244-45, 247, 249-50, 251
58th: 372-73
64th. See Infantry regiments, 64th Chinese.
65th. See Infantry regiments, 65th Chinese.
66th. See Infantry regiments, 66th Chinese.
88th: 202, 225, 235, 237, 239, 247, 250-51
89th: 192, 202, 223, 227, 230, 235, 237, 243, 244-45, 250-51, 252
90th: 251
112th. See Infantry regiments, 112th Chinese.
113th. See Infantry regiments, 113th Chinese.
114th. See Infantry regiments, 114th Chinese.
115th: 341, 349
116th: 349
149th: 210, 218-19, 251
150th: 210, 223, 226, 230, 235, 237, 239, 243, 244-45, 247, 250, 251
198th: 343
226th: 353-54
228th: 343, 353
246th: 395
259th: 359
261st: 356
264th: 343
307th: 396
308th: 397
346th: 341
348th: 391
592d: 344
593d: 335, 344, 350
594th: 344
Tank Group, 1st Provisional: 142, 142n, 146, 148, 152, 155, 185, 192. See also Brown, Col. Rothwell H.; Tanks.
Battalion, 1st Tank: 143
Batteries
4th: 131, 135
5th: 127, 131, 135
6th: 124, 127, 131-33
Chinese American Composite Wing. See Bombardment Squadron, 2d.
Chou En-lai: 431, 432
Chou Fu-cheng, Maj. Gen.: 346, 348
Chu Shih-ming: 444, 445
Chu Teh: 431
Chungking: 259
Churchill, Winston S.: 3, 73, 169, 261
at OCTAGON: 439, 440
at SEXTANT: 62, 65, 66, 68, 70
on Southeast Asia operations: 66, 68, 70, 81, 162, 165, 168, 171, 440, 440n
Coleman, Sgt. Fred N.: 247
Combat Cargo Group (AAF), 3d: 102
Combat Engineer Battalion, 209th: 14
Combat Headquarters: 181
Combat teams: 337
Combat teams, GALAHAD: 35
Combat Troops, 5303d (Provisional): 31
Combat Troops, Ledo Sector: 39, 97
Combat zone: 131, 139. See also Northern Combat Area Command (NCAC).
Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS): 163, 447n
and air transport allocation: 99, 168, 192-93
directives to SEAC. See Southeast Asia Command (SEAC), directives for. OCTAGON plans for CBI: 439-41
policy on Burma campaign: 9
policy on China: 9
and Salween situation: 441
at SEXTANT: 69, 71

Combined Fleet, Japanese: 405
Combined Staff Planners: 53-54
Combs, Lt. Col. William H.: 245, 247n
Command problems. See also Command structure, Allied Asiatic.
China Theater: 361-62, 413-18, 420-21, 426
Chindits. See Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W., and Chindits.
Chinese and U.S. units: 176
at Myitkyina: 235, 235n, 238-39, 243-44, 248-50
SEAC: 377-78
Stilwell and Chiang: 436-39. See also Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W., and Chiang Kai-shek.
within Chinese Army: 404, 423, 435
Command structure, Allied Asiatic: 3, 28-29, 138-39, 255
and B-29's: 109-14
CBI split proposed: 418-20
Headquarters, SOS, CBI: 257-58
Stilwell's field command in China: 422-23
theater headquarters--SOS relationship, CBI: 257
Command structure, Japanese, in China: 407-08
Committee of Operations Analysts: 16
Communications, Allied: 156, 158, 181, 347. See also Radio.
Communications, Japanese: 153
Communications zone: 138, 139
Communists. See Chinese Communists.
Composite Wings
68th: 112, 400-401
69th: 112, 340
Chinese-American. See Bombardment Squadron, 2d.
Concentration of forces, Chinese: 357, 393
Construction, U.S., in China: 291-92
Containment: 394-95
Coolies. See Native labor; Pack transport, by native labor.
Co-ordination of effort, Chinese: 125, 128, 346, 353, 357, 395
Counterattacks, Japanese
Myitkyina: 238, 250
North Burma Campaign: 125, 127-28, 181, 186-87
Salween campaign: 343, 346, 349, 357-59, 396, 397, 398
Counteroffensives, Japanese. See also ICHIGO operation; Japanese offensive on India; SHO operation.
planned for Hukawng Valley: 129-30, 206, 214
Salween front: 423-24, 436
Coup attempt against Chiang. See Separatist movement in east China.
Covell, Maj. Gen. William E. R.: 13, 141, 472. See also Services of Supply (SOS), CBI.
and Assam LOC: 261, 269, 270, 273
and Chinese Army supply: 425, 428
and ELOC: 292
on port of Calcutta: 264
reorganizes SOS: 257-58, 276
Cover and concealment, Chinese: 351
Creasy, Col. William M.: 449
CULVERIN: 162, 163, 165, 171-72, 200, 229. See also Sumatra.
Currency, Chinese paper: 301
Currency problems, Chinese: 368
Currie, Dr. Lauchlin: 32n, 470

DAN operation: 424
Darlington, Capt. C. E.: 32
Davidson, Brig. Gen. Howard C.: 84, 251. See also Tenth Air Force.
Davies, John P., Jr.: 71, 72, 375, 385n, 420-21, 431n, 467
and Communist issue: 302-04, 302n, 420-21, 458
recommendations on China policy: 302-03
Days of supply. See Supply, levels.
DDT: 286, 287
Dean, Pfc. Marvin H.: 251
Deceptions: 190-91, 350
Decorations. See individual decorations.
Defense, Chinese: 373, 404, 434, 447-48
Defense, Japanese: 187, 252, 343, 349, 396
Defenses, Allied: 235
Defenses, Japanese
Myitkyina: 233, 235, 237
north Burma: 135, 209
Salween: 346, 357, 391, 392, 397
Delaying action, Japanese: 213-18
Delaying action, U.S.: 182

Delorey, 1st Lt. Donald W.: 253
Demolition of installations: 434. See also Bridge demolition.
Deployment in depth: 337
Detachment 101, OSS: 89, 251. See also Kachin Rangers.
Dill, Field Marshal Sir John: 163, 169, 170, 378
Dimapur road: 90
Discipline. See also Morale.
Chinese. See Chinese Army, discipline.
U.S.: 270, 286
Disease. See Medical problems.
Disguise: 350
Distinguished Service Cross: 240, 245n, 247n, 248, 251, 252, 253
Distinguished Service Medal: 471
Distinguished Unit Citation: 240
Diversionary attacks, Japanese: 167
DIXIE Mission: 376. See also Military observer group in Communist north China.
Domei News Agency: 303
Dorn, Brig. Gen. Frank: 320n
on Chinese response to ICHIGO: 367
and decision to cross Salween: 312-13
and Salween campaign: 338, 340, 355, 424, 430
DRACULA: 440
Dump truck companies: 17
Dunlap, Lt. Paul A.: 225
Dunn, Capt. John J.: 253
Dupuy, Lt. Col. Trevor N.: 235n
Dysentery. See Medical problems, dysentery.

East China. See ICHIGO; Separatist movement in east China; Supply, for defense of east China.
East China airfields: 5, 20, 21, 23, 26, 111, 113, 308, 316, 384
East China army. See Z-Force (ZEBRA Force).
East China crisis. See ICHIGO.
Eastern Air Command (EAC): 36, 83-84, 86, 87-88, 92, 100
Eastern line of communications (ELOC). See Lines of communications, eastern (ELOC).
Eldridge, Lt. Col. Fred: 467
Encirclements: 137, 168, 208
END RUN Force: 204, 212, 223-26
Engineer aviation battalions: 17, 115, 205
849th: 13
879th: 227
1883d: 13
1905th: 14
Engineer Battalion (Separate), 382d: 13
Engineer battalions: 115
Engineer combat battalions
209th: 237, 241, 245n, 247, 252
236th: 238, 241, 247, 250, 252
Engineer Construction District No. 12: 274, 275
Engineer Construction Service: 258
Engineer District No. 2, SOS: 258
Engineer Division No. 1, SOS: 258
Engineer Division No. 3, SOS: 258
Engineer petroleum distribution companies: 15
700th: 274
708th: 274
709th: 274
776th: 274
777th: 274
Engineer troops, Chinese: 341
Engineering projects: 258, 471-72. See also Flood-control measures; Ledo Road; Pipelines; Road construction; Services of Supply (SOS), CBI.
Engineers, Y-FOS: 355
Envelopments: 129, 131-34, 146, 148-52, 210, 213-15. See also Bypasses; Encirclements.
characteristic of Stilwell's tactics: 131, 142
close-in: 222
double: 176, 335-36
vertical. See Chindits; GALAHAD; Long-range penetration groups.
wide: 131, 176
EUREKA Conference. See Tehran Conference.
Evacuation of long-range penetration groups: 220-22, 225
Evacuation of noncombatants: 374
Evacuation of sick and wounded, Allied: 90-91, 142, 152, 158, 183, 237, 285
Evacuation of sick and wounded, Japanese: 252, 354
Evans, Maj. Gen Vernon: 114
Exchange rate, China-U.S.: 298, 299-301, 301n
Expenditures, U.S. in China. See U.S. military expenditures in China.

Famine, Bengal: 12

Farrell, Col. Thomas F.: 258
Feints, air: 190
Fergusson, B. E.: 198-99
Ferris, Brig. Gen. Benjamin G.: 43, 161, 315, 325, 365, 367, 374, 376, 383
Ferry Command: 97
Ferry operations: 135. See also Pandu Ferry; River-crossing operations.
Fields of fire, Japanese: 353
Fighter Group, 51st: 18, 346, 350
Fighter squadrons
25th: 18
26th: 18
88th: 251
459th: 84
Fighters, Japanese: 434
Finance problems: 77-78, 115, 298-302
Fire discipline, Chinese: 252, 351, 354, 396
Firenze, Pfc. Anthony: 250
First Thirty Divisions. See Y-Force.
Flame throwers: 247, 338, 397
Flank security, Allied: 136, 182
Flank security, Japanese: 181
Flanking movements, Chinese: 185-86
Flanking movements, Japanese: 135, 152, 167, 181, 187
Flood-control measures: 271
Fong Hsien-chueh, Maj. Gen.: 399, 401n
Foreign Economic Administration: 16, 284
Formosa: 19, 20, 54, 370, 467
Fort George G. Meade, Md.: 241
Fort Hertz: 38
Forward Echelon, Chih Hui Pu: 31
Four Power Declaration: 52, 53n
Fourteenth Air Force: 18, 75, 301, 469, 470
Chang-te: 21-22
Heng-yang: 405
and ICHIGO: 364, 365, 366, 367, 368-69, 399-400, 408, 434
intelligence: 18, 21, 327
Salween campaign: 340, 351, 355, 434
strategic bombing: 16, 19, 92, 316, 323, 332
supply: 18, 19, 23, 63, 112, 174, 175n, 281, 290, 292, 311-12, 315, 323, 367, 368-69, 403, 413
tactical air support, theory of: 21
Fourteenth Army, British. See British and Commonwealth units, ground.
Free-dropping. See Air supply, techniques.
Fu, Colonel: 132n, 137, 137n
Fuel, automotive: 291
Fujiwara, Lt. Col. Iwaichi: 90
Fukayama, Colonel: 153, 178

GALAHAD: 34-36, 220. See also PURPLE Task Force.
air supply: 36, 100
casualties: 240-41
combat fitness: 189, 230, 239-40
command and organization: 31, 34-35, 138, 146, 149
creation: 34
decorated: 240
evacuees returned to action: 210, 239-40
morale: 34, 225, 239-41, 467
at Myitkyina: 233, 235, 237, 238-43
north Burma operations: 130-31, 143, 146, 149-50, 151-55, 175-76, 178-85, 188-91
replacements: 237, 238, 241-43. See also New GALAHAD.
role: 34, 36, 182, 222
sickness: 239, 240-41
weapons: 35
withdrawals: 154, 154n, 181, 188-89, 189n
GASPER Force: 192
Gaud, Col. William S., Jr.: 281-83
Gauss, Ambassador Clarence E.: 259, 300, 300n, 301n, 304, 409, 410, 411, 422, 444
General Headquarters (India): 11, 51, 166
George, Capt. John B.: 190
Giffard, Gen. Sir George: 11, 28, 50, 51, 52
and Imphal operations: 167, 168, 174, 192, 193
and Mountbatten: 50, 174, 378
on proper use of LRPG's: 222
Gilbert, Lt. Col. Douglas G.: 47
Glenn, Brig. Gen. Edgar E.: 110
Goodenough, Capt. M. G.: 171
Government of India: 274, 283, 418
and port of Calcutta: 261, 262
and railway operations: 265, 271, 272
and reciprocal aid: 277-80
Green Combat Team, 2d Battalion, GALAHAD: 149, 182
Grenades: 190
GRIPFAST: 76
Gross, Maj. Gen. Charles P.: 12
Guerrillas: 188, 319, 391-92. See also Kachin Rangers.

H Force, GALAHAD: 223, 225, 226
Hancock, Maj. Edward T.: 36
Handy, Maj. Gen. Thomas T.: 379, 419, 439, 441, 457
Hankow-Canton Railway: 407
Harriman, W. Averell: 69n
Hata, Lt. Gen. Shunroku: 20, 406, 407
on Chinese Communists: 433, 433n
and Chinese politics: 410, 434, 455n
ICHIGO operation: 316-18, 319-20, 371
Headquarters and Headquarters Company (Provisional), 5303d: 138, 139
Hearn, Maj. Gen. Thomas G.: 48, 58, 110, 258-59, 300n, 301n, 315, 329
and currency problems: 301
and decision to cross Salween: 74, 80, 312-13
delivers President's messages to Chinese authorities: 297-98, 298n, 310, 416
and east China crisis: 401-02, 403, 412-13
liaison between Stilwell and Chinese: 74, 80, 202, 205, 212-13, 305-06
and Nationalist-Communist relations: 304
and recall crisis: 444, 444n
and separatist movement in east China: 409, 410, 411
Heng-yang: 319, 371, 404
attempts to relieve: 404-05
fall: 405
plans to retake: 412-13
Hill, Col. Francis: 161, 164
Hill 988: 208
Hill 1725: 212
Ho Ying-chin, Gen.: 3, 26, 58, 202, 284, 321, 424
and decision to cross Salween: 313-14
estimates of Japanese capabilities and intentions, ICHIGO: 365-66, 366n
recall crisis: 444, 451, 455
and Salween campaign: 329
Stilwell on: 380-81
Ho Yung-chi, Gen. Dr.: 154n
Hong Kong-Canton area: 54, 57
"Honorable," honorific title: 359n
Hopkins, Harry L.: 62, 71, 385
and Chennault: 421, 463
and Chinese Communist issue: 302-03, 302n, 421
and recall crisis: 456, 459
and Stilwell: 420-21
Hospitals, 107, 285-86, 290. See also Seagrave Hospital Unit.
Hospitals, evacuation
14th: 285
48th: 285
73d: 223, 285
Hospitals, field: 338
25th: 142, 158
Hospitals, general
20th: 285
181st: 285, 286
Hospitals, portable surgical: 338
40th: 391
42d: 142, 158, 223, 235
43d: 142, 158, 219
46th: 137, 142, 158
47th: 391
48th: 391
Hospitals, station
95th: 285, 290
97th: 285
100th: 285
371st: 286
Housing, U.S. in China: 291, 299
Hpimaw Hkyet (pass): 331, 335
Hsamshingyang: 188, 189, 190
Hsiao I-hsu, Gen.: 312, 313
Hsueh Yueh, Gen.: 21
meeting ICHIGO: 320, 371-72, 412, 415, 423, 434
and separatist movement in east China: 402, 410, 411, 434n
Hu Su: 235
Huang Shan: 444, 460
Huei-jen Bridge: 349
Hui-tung Bridge: 340
Hukawng Valley: 38, 39-41, 121, 136, 220
Hull, Cordell: 69n, 299
Hull, Maj. Gen. John E.: 441, 456n, 457
Hump: 205, 205n, 229, 288, 290, 292, 362, 461. See also Lines of communications, air route to China.
diversions of aircraft: 168, 172-75, 175n, 256, 312
influence on war in other theaters: 454

Myitkyina's importance to: 164, 171, 201, 205, 254
progress summarized: 472
tonnage allocations: 23, 25, 63, 301, 312, 315, 419, 463
tonnage figures: 18, 110, 164, 168, 254
tonnage needs: 23, 63, 65, 80, 115, 200-201
"Hunan front": 301
Hung-mu-shu pass: 331
Hunter, Lt. Col. Charles N.: 35, 131
Myitkyina: 223, 226-27, 227n, 235, 237, 239, 248, 249
North Burma Campaign: 154n, 176, 178-81, 180n, 189-90
Huo Kwei-chang, Maj. Gen.: 333, 392
Hurley, Maj. Gen. Patrick J.: 52-53, 58-59, 415-18, 422, 470
biographical material: 415
on Chiang Kai-shek: 462-63, 464-65
chosen President's special representative to China: 415-16
mission in China: 417-18, 417n
in Moscow: 421
negotiations with Nationalist government: 422-23, 424-26, 436, 436n, 443, 448, 448n, 449-51, 452, 456
proposals to Chiang: 429-30
recall crisis: 444-45, 447, 447n, 448, 452, 458, 459, 460, 464-65, 470
report to Roosevelt, 23 September 1944: 449-50
on Stilwell: 58-59, 462-63, 464-65

ICHIGO operation. See also Japanese offensive in east China; KOGO; TOGO.
Allied reactions: 322-27, 365-66, 367-68
and Chennault. See Chennault, Maj. Gen. Claire L., meeting ICHIGO; Chennault, Maj. Gen. Claire L., warnings on Japanese offensive in east China.
Chinese counteroffensive: 467
Chinese warnings on: 365-66
Japanese plans for: 316-20
lull after Heng-yang capture: 408
offensive resumed, late August 1944: 433-34
opening moves: 322
progress of offensive: 371-74, 381
in relation to SHO operation: 406-07
Ichikari, Col. Yusaku: 216
Imperial General Headquarters: 20, 21, 165, 316-19, 406-07
Imphal: 87, 165, 167, 168, 169, 172-74, 175, 178, 191-96, 310, 312, 378. See also Japanese offensive on India.
India. See also Government of India.
economy: 279, 288
geography: 275
India-Burma Theater: 418-19
India-China Wing, ATC: 254
India Command: 13, 418
Indochina and Japanese strategy: 407, 407n
Infantry divisions
22d Chinese: 29, 223. See also Infantry regiments, 64th Chinese; Infantry regiments, 65th Chinese; Infantry regiments, 66th Chinese.
advance down Hukawng and Mogaung valleys: 41, 62, 119, 123-24, 155, 185, 215
drive on Kamaing: 206, 207-11, 216, 219
evaluation: 137, 145, 438
Jambu Bum: 185-88
Maingkwan: 146
medical aid, U.S.: 158
strength: 32
Taro plain: 127, 143-45
38th Chinese: 29, 102, 133, 192. See also Infantry regiments, 112th Chinese; Infantry regiments, 113th Chinese; Infantry regiments, 114th Chinese.
advance down the Hukawng and Mogaung valleys: 39, 41, 62, 119, 142, 143, 211-14
evaluation: 137, 145, 211-14, 438
Maingkwan: 146
medical services, U.S.: 158
question of shifting to Salween: 433
strength: 32
Taihpa Ga: 127
Walawbum: 157
Yupbang Ga: 125
Infantry regiments
64th Chinese
drive on Kamaing: 206, 208, 209-10, 210n
Jambu Bum: 185-86, 187
Walawbum: 148, 154-55, 157

65th Chinese: 127. See also Fu, Colonel.
advance down Hukawng and Mogaung valleys: 143
drive on Kamaing: 206, 208, 209-10, 219
evaluation: 132n, 137-38
Jambu Bum: 185, 187
Taro plain: 131, 137-38, 145, 148
66th Chinese: 142
advance down Hukawng and Mogaung valleys: 134, 143
drive on Kamaing: 206, 208, 209-10
Jambu Bum: 185-87
lost near Yawngbang Ga: 145
Maingkwan: 148
112th Chinese: 130
advance down Hukawng and Mogaung valleys: 121-22, 131, 158, 190, 190n, 211-12, 214
drive on Kamaing: 205-06
evaluation: 136, 143
Myitkyina: 202
opening of North Burma Campaign: 45-46, 47, 48
at Seton Block: 215-18, 219-20
Taihpa Ga: 134-36
Taro plain: 136
Yupbang Ga: 124, 125, 127
113th Chinese
advance down Hukawng and Mogaung valleys: 128, 131, 183-85, 190n, 211, 214, 219
evaluation: 143, 157-58
Seton Block: 220
Taihpa Ga: 134-36
Walawbum: 154, 155
114th Chinese
advance down Hukawng and Mogaung valleys: 128, 131-33, 158, 190n, 211-12, 213-15, 221
drive on Kamaing: 206
evaluation: 129, 143, 219
march of May-June 1944: 219
Yupbang Ga: 47, 48, 124, 125, 127
475th U.S.: 467
5307th U.S. (Provisional). See GALAHAD.
Infantry-artillery co-ordination, Chinese: 351, 393, 396-97
Infantry Training Center, Kweilin: 27, 320, 367, 374
Infiltration: 337
Inflation in China: 288-90, 289n, 300, 301 See also Exchange rate, China-U.S.
Inkangahtawng: 175-81, 181n, 209
Inspections: 352
Inspector General, CBI: 465
Instruction groups. See Traveling instructional groups.
Intelligence, Allied: 36, 127, 181, 229-30, 338. See also Kachin Rangers; Troop strength, Japanese, Allied intelligence estimates.
Intelligence, Chinese: 357, 366
Intelligence, Japanese
for ICHIGO: 320
north Burma operations: 130, 167, 206, 232-33
Salween campaign: 341
Intelligence, U.S.
on Chinese dispositions and command: 371
in Communist north China: 375-76
on ICHIGO: 315, 322
Interior lines: 147
Intermediate Section, SOS: 258, 276
Isaacs, Harold: 470

Jambu Bum: 185-88
Japanese Army. See also Japanese units.
combat fitness: 255-56
divisions classified A, B, C: 318
supply: 174, 191, 195. See also Lines of communications, Japanese.
Japanese-Chinese Communist relations: 306, 433
Japanese offensive in east China: 74-75, 306, 311, 314-16, 327n, 384. See also ICHIGO operation.
relation to Japanese Burma operations: 445-46, 446n
Wallace's views on: 377
Japanese offensive on India: 46-47, 86, 86n, 90, 165-69, 172-74, 270, 309-10, 316-18. See also Arakan; Imphal.
Japanese propaganda broadcast: 454-55, 455n. See also Domei News Agency.
Japanese steel industry, as target: 16, 369-70

Japanese units. See also China Expeditionary Army; Imperial General Headquarters.
Area Armies
Burma: 42, 46, 165, 168, 195, 206, 332n, 424
North China: 319
6th: 407
Armies
1st: 319
3d Air: 85, 87
5th Air: 319
11th: 21, 319, 407, 433
12th: 319
15th: 42, 90, 93, 165, 178, 195, 197, 211. See also Mutaguchi, Lt. Gen. Renya.
20th: 408
23d: 319, 407, 433
28th: 93, 167
33d: 206, 206n, 219-20, 232, 436
34th: 407
Divisions
2d: 121n, 143n, 167, 206, 424
3d: 371, 372
5th Air: 85, 87
13th: 371, 372
15th: 121n, 169, 195, 195n, 198
18th: 42, 46-47, 93, 121-22, 121n, 128, 130, 130n, 142, 146, 149-50, 158, 178, 189, 197-98, 206, 211, 213-17, 218-20, 223, 255
26th: 406
27th: 318, 371, 407
31st: 42, 119, 121n, 142, 174, 194-95
33d: 42, 119, 121n, 142, 195, 198
34th: 371
39th: 320
40th: 371, 372, 407
49th: 424
53d: 198, 206, 219, 233, 244
54th: 42, 61, 121, 121n, 142, 167
55th: 42, 61, 119, 121n, 142, 166, 167, 168
56th: 42, 46, 93, 121, 121n, 142, 197, 198, 206, 232, 331-32, 332n, 337, 344, 347, 350, 390, 394, 424, 436
58th: 371, 372-73, 401
62d: 322, 406
64th: 407
68th: 371, 372, 399, 407
110th: 322
114th: 408
115th: 408
116th: 371, 372, 399
117th: 408
118th: 408
Brigades
4th Air: 85
7th Air: 85
24th Independent Mixed: 42, 198
Regiments
4th Infantry: 206, 208, 216, 220
8th Air: 85, 88n
12th Air: 85, 86
18th Field Mountain Artillery: 130, 212
21st Air: 85
28th Air: 85
33d Air: 85
34th Air: 85
50th Air: 85, 88n
51st Infantry: 198
55th Infantry: 119, 122, 127, 130, 130n, 136-37, 138, 142, 150, 152, 189, 211, 213, 215, 216, 220, 256
56th Infantry: 46, 119, 122, 130, 130n, 150, 151-52, 152n, 153, 214, 216, 218, 220, 256
62d Air: 87
64th Air: 85, 86, 88n
77th Air: 85
81st Air: 85
98th Air: 85
113th Infantry: 332, 344, 349, 353, 395
114th Infantry: 130, 145, 181, 189-91, 198, 226, 256, 332
146th Infantry: 206, 214, 220, 332, 353
148th Infantry: 198, 232, 332, 335, 343, 347, 350, 391, 424
204th Air: 85, 86, 88n
213th Infantry: 198
Battalion, 15th Airfield: 226
Southern Army: 195, 407, 446
Sung Shan Defense Unit: 356
Wuchang-Hankow Defense Army: 320
Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
and B-29's: 113, 114
and Burma operations: 162-63, 200, 439-40

China policy: 381-83
directive for CBI Theater: 201-02
gasoline stockpile: 466
Hump allocations policy: 175, 419, 466
and Stilwell: 61, 161, 163, 382, 419
strategy, Pacific and Southeast Asia: 53, 61, 69, 81, 99, 171-72, 172n, 362
Joint Staff Mission, British: 163
Joint Staff Planners: 99, 163, 228
Joint Strategic Survey Committee (JSSC): 55
Jordan, Col. Lewis P.: 290
Jorhat conference, 3 April 1944: 192, 199

K Force, GALAHAD: 223-26, 230, 233
K ration: 225
Kachin Rangers: 36, 176, 183, 188, 225. See also Detachment 101, OSS.
Kachins: 36, 178-80, 392
Kamaing: 180, 206, 215, 216, 219
Kamaing Road: 143, 147, 149
Kanemitsu, Maj. Keijiro: 395, 397
Kantau ford: 124, 128
Karachi: 264
Kawabe, Gen. Masakazu: 195
Kennedy, Col. John: 112
Khaki Combat Team, 3d Battalion, GALAHAD: 149, 150, 154, 178, 189
''Kickers," air supply: 97, 98n
King, Admiral Ernest J.: 61, 69, 70, 71
King, Col. Woods: 371
King George Docks, Calcutta: 263, 264
Kinnison, Col. Henry L.: 191, 223, 225, 226
Kinsolving, Col. William C.: 274
KOGO operation: 319, 322, 323
Kohima: 172, 174, 192, 194
Koiso, Gen. Kuniaki: 405
Kozuki, Lt. Gen. Yoshio: 319
Krueger, Lt. Gen. Walter: 468, 469
Kung, Dr. H. H.: 300, 301, 386, 414, 416, 417, 420, 456
Kung, Madame H. H.: 56, 303n
Kung Lung-po; 395
Kurashige, Colonel: 343, 345, 347, 352, 391, 392
Kweilin: 319, 374, 400, 402, 408, 434, 435, 447-48
Kweilin Infantry Training Center. See Infantry Training Center, Kweilin.
Kyushu Island, as bombing target: 369-70

Labor, Chinese. See Native labor.
Labor, Indian. See Native labor.
Labor problems: 274, 275
Laffin, Capt. William: 225
Lai-feng Shan: 391, 392
Landing craft for Mediterranean: 68, 70, 73, 81
Landis, Pvt. Robert W.: 150
Laughlin, Maj. George T.: 47
Laundry service: 291
Laverty, Lt. Col. H. J.: 194
Leadership, Chinese. See Chinese Army, leadership.
Leahy, Admiral William D.: 69, 70, 386
Ledo base: 276
Ledo Force: 51, 57, 163
Ledo Road: 10, 11, 13-14, 39, 42, 122, 136, 139, 140-41, 169, 205, 305, 418, 419. See also Road construction.
in Allied strategy: 229
Chiang Kai-shek on: 298, 301
progress summarized: 472
project reduced: 387-89
QUADRANT Conference decision: 387
supplies North Burma Campaign: 389
weather affects progress: 13-14, 143, 218
LEDO STRIPTEASE: 41
Legion of Merit: 471
Lend-lease, reverse. See Reciprocal aid.
Lend-lease aid (British) to China: 280
Lend-lease aid (U.S.) to China: 136, 312, 413n. See also China, U.S. aid.
administration: 419-20
amount: 27, 280, 334n, 367, 457
Chinese attitude toward: 26, 321, 367
control over: 414-15, 417, 418-20, 424, 428, 436, 451
distribution: 432
diversions to U.S. forces: 283-84
for east China defense: 367, 371-72, 401n, 404, 448, 462
proposed for Chinese Communists: 432. See also Chinese Communists, supplies for.
storage in India: 281-84
Lend-lease aid (U.S.) to India: 271, 272, 278
Lend-lease mission to India, 1943: 277
Lentaigne, Maj. Gen. W. D. A.: 199, 220-22

Li Chi-shen, Marshal: 320, 402, 408, 410-12, 411n
Li Hung, Col.: 133
Li Tsung-jen: 434
Liaison, air-ground. See Air-ground liaison.
Liaison, CBI Theater-U.S. embassy: 259
Liaison, U.S. with British: 194
Liaison, U.S. with Chinese Army: 26, 33-34. See also Observer groups, U.S.; Van Natta, Col. Thomas F., III; Y-Force Operations Staff (Y-FOS).
Chinese attitude toward: 348, 448
east China: 320, 371-72, 373-74
North Burma Campaign: 102, 133-34, 145, 243, 252
Salween campaign: 329, 336-40, 346, 348- 49, 359
Liaison Squadron, 19th: 340
Liao Yueh-shang, Lt. Gen.: 32, 122, 123, 134, 137, 145, 187, 206, 208, 210, 212, 213
"Lilys": 85n
Lincoln, Col. Lawrence J.: 441
Lin Wei, Gen.: 313, 455
Lindsell, Lt. Gen. Sir Wilfred: 13, 270
Lindsey, Brig. Gen. Malcolm F.: 320-22, 320n, 371, 401-02, 410
Lines of communications: 4, 5, 11, 121, 288, 468. See also Fourteenth Air Force, supply; Ledo Road; Pipelines.
air route to China: 9-10, 75, 121, 419. See also Hump.
Assam: 11-12, 15, 257, 259-62, 265-76, 277, 280, 471-72. See also Bengal and Assam Railway.
to China by land: 10, 54, 57, 75, 79, 202, 205, 205n, 220, 254, 356, 362, 379, 435, 439-40
Chinese, across the Salween: 343-44, 345
eastern (ELOC): 19-20, 22-23, 110, 112, 288, 289-90, 292-93, 311, 323, 404
Japanese: 62, 74, 76, 88, 90, 92, 93-94, 95, 130, 136, 197-98, 199, 316, 401, 407, 407n, 434
north Burma: 139-40, 163. See also Ledo Road.
summary of projects: 471-72
Liu Chi-ming, Maj. Gen.: 371
Liu Fei: 313
Liuchow: 319, 408, 433, 435, 448
Lo Cho-ying, Lt. Gen.: 322
Loan request, billion-dollar: 298, 299, 300
Local procurement of supplies. See Supply, local procurement.
Logistical support: 114, 139-42, 418-19. See also CBI Theater, logistical problems.
Logistics, Japanese: 174, 175, 318-19. See also Japanese Army, supply.
Long-range bombing of Japan. See B-29 project.
Long-range penetration groups: 36, 62, 97, 178, 220-22. See also Chindits; Evacuation of long-range penetration groups; GALAHAD.
LRPG's. See Chindits; Long-range penetration groups.
Ludden, Raymond P.: 376
Lung Yun, Governor: 402
Lung-ling: 332, 390, 398, 435-36
Chinese attack on: 354-60
importance: 177, 329, 352, 356-57, 430
Japanese counterattacks: 357-59, 424, 433, 435
Lutes, Maj. Gen. LeRoy: 388
Lux convoy: 292n

M Force, GALAHAD: 223, 225, 230, 233
MacArthur, Gen. Douglas: 99, 386, 465
McCammon, Col. John E.: 58, 235-37, 235n
McCloy, John J.: 361
McGee, Lt. Col. George A., Jr.: 35, 153, 181, 182, 190, 223, 240
Machine guns: 48, 124, 153, 225, 338
Maclean, Brig. Fitzroy: 303
MacLeod, Maj. Gen. M. W. M.: 171
McNarney, Lt. Gen. Joseph T.: 364
Magruder, Col. Carter B.: 388
Main line of resistance, Japanese: 341
Maingkwan: 146, 148
Maintenance
aircraft: 400
automotive: 290, 291
Malaria. See Medical problems, malaria.
Ma-mien Kuan (pass): 331, 335, 343-45
Manchuria. See Reinforcements, Japanese, from Manchuria.
Mandalay: 76
Manuel, Pfc. Herman: 252
Marches: 182, 219

Mariana Islands: 405
Marshall, Gen. George C.: 4, 83-84, 111, 114, 200, 297, 299, 304, 311, 364, 379, 442, 456
and Assam LOC: 261
and Burma operations: 177, 205, 329
and CULVERIN: 163, 171
on GALAHAD: 34, 35
guidance for Stilwell: 73, 362-64, 383
on Hump: 454
and Ledo Road: 388-89
on position of U.S. general in China: 458
and Presidential representative to Chiang: 415-16
recall crisis: 454
at SEXTANT (Cairo): 59, 61, 63, 69, 73
and Stilwell: 25, 29, 73, 169, 362-64
Stilwell reports to: 79, 131, 145, 212-13, 368, 430, 435-36, 448, 455, 464
and Stilwell's transfer to China: 378, 379
Maruyama, Col. Fusayasu: 181, 189, 191, 226, 232, 233n, 238, 252, 253
Matsumoto, Sgt. Roy H.: 153, 190-91, 190n
Matsuyama, Lt. Gen. Sukezo: 332
MATTERHORN: 17, 111, 315, 325. See also B-29 project.
Mayu peninsula. See PIGSTICK.
Medical problems: 11, 38, 102, 189, 190, 219, 284-88. See also Evacuation of wounded.
alimentary disorders: 285, 286, 287-88
cholera: 354
diarrhea: 287
dysentery: 226, 230, 237, 240, 287
fevers: 226, 285, 286
malaria: 286, 287
at Myitkyina: 239, 240-41
psychoneurosis: 240, 242
skin diseases: 230
typhus, scrub (mite): 226, 237, 240, 285
venereal disease: 286
Medical problems, Japanese: 195, 354
Medical services, U.S.: 284-86. See also Hospitals.
to Chinese: 219, 285-86, 338-40, 393-94
to Kachins: 178-80
MERCHANT OF VENICE: 226
Merrill, Brig. Gen. Frank D.: 43, 146, 149-50, 154, 154n, 156, 158, 175-76, 178, 180, 181, 183, 189, 204, 211, 223-25, 233, 235n, 356n, 458
assigned to command GALAHAD: 131
on GALAHAD troops: 230
illness: 189, 230
and recall crisis: 457, 464
and Sun: 146, 154, 176
Merrill's Marauders: 146. See also GALAHAD.
Miles, Commodore Milton E.: 470
Military observer group in Communist north China. See U.S. military observers in Communist north China.
Military production, Chinese: 413n-414n
Military production, Indian: 278-80
Military Railway Service, SOS, CBI: 13, 266-73
Miller, Staff Sgt. Alvin O.: 245n
Mines, Japanese: 128, 187. See also Booby traps.
Mining operations: 397. See also Siege operations; Tunneling, Allied.
Minister of War, Chinese. See Ho Ying-chin, Gen.
Ministry of Finance, Chinese: 291
Ministry of War, Chinese: 333
Mizukami, Maj. Gen. Genzu: 232, 235, 252
Mogaung: 9, 10, 204-05, 221, 248-49, 365
Mogaung valley: 207-08
geography: 38, 121
secured by Allies: 220
Molotov, Vyacheslav M.: 69n, 421
Monsoon. See Weather.
Morale
Chinese: 125, 146, 243, 346, 397
Japanese: 195, 214, 218, 233, 348
problems of combined-nationalities forces: 138-39
U.S.: 286-87. See also GALAHAD, morale.
Morris, Brig. G. R.: 243-44
Morris Force: 235, 243-44
Mortars: 151, 153, 338
Moscow Conference, October 1943: 52, 69, 69n
Mosquito control: 286
Motor transport, in China: 440
Motor transport, Japanese: 400
Mountain pass crossings: 335-36, 343-45
Mountain warfare: 337-38, 394-95. See also Salween campaign.

Mountbatten, Admiral Lord Louis: 6, 121n, 131, 160-62, 439. See also Southeast Asia Command (SEAC).
air command problems: 83-84, 98-99, 109-10, 112-13, 114, 168
on Burma operations: 81-82, 200, 254-55, 418
and Chiang Kai-shek: 63, 65, 77, 80-81
and Chiang's decision on crossing Salween: 177, 304-05
and Chindits: 220, 221-22
and Imphal operations: 167, 174-75, 192-93
injured: 170
and line of communications projects: 11-12, 13, 273
mission to London and Washington: 161, 163. See also AXIOM Mission.
and Myitkyina: 172n, 228
relations with subordinates: 377-78
Southeast Asia plans and operations: 49-50, 51, 62, 75-76, 77, 80-82
on Southeast Asia strategy: 162
and Stilwell: 163, 169-71
Movements Control (British): 267
Munitions Assignments Board: 281, 284, 418
Mutaguchi, Lt. Gen. Renya: 46, 130, 165, 195, 198
Myitkyina: 9-10, 38, 47, 121, 163, 164, 171-72, 172n, 365, 468
and Allied Asia strategy: 200-203, 204, 228
Allied troop strength: 237
attacks on town: 229-30, 236, 237-38, 244-48, 249-50, 251, 253-54
capture of town: 253
Japanese defense: 181n, 191, 226, 230-33
Japanese troop strength: 226, 229-30, 230n, 233, 247, 248, 255
march to, Allied: 223-26
seizure of airstrip: 226-29
siege: 230-52
Stilwell's plan to take: 204-05
terrain: 235-36
Myitkyina Task Force: 235, 248

Nanhsiumg: 319
National Military Council (NMC): 58, 321, 322, 402, 423, 444, 447
and proposed field command for Stilwell: 428, 429, 455
and Salween operations: 312, 424
Nationalist-Communist relations: 303-04. See also U.S. military mission to Communist north China.
Native labor: 13, 15, 115, 225, 265, 271, 275, 278, 283, 287, 338
Native labor, use by Japanese: 397
Native technicians: 278
Naval dispositions, Japanese: 172, 405
Naval operations, Allied planning. See AXIOM Mission; Bay of Bengal, proposed amphibious operation; CULVERIN; Strategy, Allied.
Naval operations, Japanese planning: 21, 365. See also SHO operation.
Negro troops: 13-14, 97, 100, 104, 263
Nelson, Donald M.: 414n, 416-17, 420, 424, 470
New Delhi: 258-59
New GALAHAD: 242, 245, 253
Nhpum Ga: 182-83, 188-91
"Nicks": 85n
Night fighting: 396
Nimitz, Admiral Chester W.: 386, 457
Ninety-division arms plan: 64, 73
North Burma Campaign: 10, 28, 435, 468. See also Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo, and question of crossing Salween; Individual actions.
Allies firmly established in Burma: 219, 220
CCS and JCS orders: 418, 468-69
contact made between Myitkyina and Salween troops: 435
first action: 45-46
Handy on: 379
plans for: 9, 39-42, 49-52
slowdown: 212, 213
summarized: 361-62, 471-72
Northern Combat Area Command (NCAC): 138-39, 248. See also Chih Hui Pu.
Northern Sector Air Force (AAF): 84, 89, 90
Numata, Lt. Gen. Takazo: 90

Observer Groups, U.S.: 371-72, 404. See also Military observer group in Communist north China.
OCTAGON Conference (Quebec, September 1944): 439-41, 447n
Office of Strategic Services (OSS): 16, 176
Okamura, Gen. Yasuji: 311n, 316, 319, 324n, 410, 434, 446n

Old, Brig. Gen. William D.: 84, 98, 101
Operations Division (OPD)
and B-29 project: 16, 315
and Burma operations: 164, 205n, 304
China policy: 54-55, 73, 82, 228, 386
and Ledo Road: 387
on Pacific and Southeast Asia strategy: 53, 54-55, 82, 162
and recall crisis: 442, 451
splitting of CBI: 418-19
Orange Combat Team, 3d Battalion, GALAHAD: 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 178, 182, 189, 191
Ordnance. See Artillery; individual weapons; Military production, Chinese.
Ordnance maintenance, Chinese: 346, 351
Ordnance maintenance, U.S.: 290
Osborne, Lt. Col. William L.: 35, 183-85
"Oscars": 85n
OVERLORD: 68, 75

P-38's: 394
P-40's: 394
Pack transport
by animals: 33, 35, 153, 190, 210, 225, 338, 357
by native labor: 345, 347, 348, 351, 356
Pack transport, Japanese: 93
Pai Chung-hsi, Gen.: 27, 320, 401, 402, 409, 434, 444, 467
and Kweilin defense: 447, 448
and separatist movement in east China: 410-11
Stilwell on: 411, 437
Pan Yu-kun, Maj. Gen.: 235, 253
Pandu Ferry: 265, 267
Parachutes: 102, 108, 109
Panic: 182
Patch, Lt. Gen. Alexander M.: 468, 469
Patrolling: 125, 134, 183, 184
Peers, Capt. William R.: 37
Peirse, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard: 52, 378
Peng Ke-li, Maj.: 125
Pennoyer, Lt. Col. Paul G.: 299n
People's Political Council, Chinese: 450
Perimeter defense: 188-91
Persian Gulf Command: 292, 292n
Photographic reconnaissance: 89, 340
Photographic Reconnaissance Group: 84
Pick, Brig. Gen. Lewis A.: 13, 14, 100, 141, 205, 258, 276, 387
Piecemeal attacks. See Concentration of forces; Co-ordination of effort.
PIGSTICK: 76, 81
Ping-ka: 332, 341-43, 352-54, 390
Pipelines: 11, 14-15, 115, 141, 472
Budge-Budge-Tinsukia: 274-76
to China: 387, 389
Chittagong-Tinsukia: 276
construction methods: 275-76
Fort Hertz: 11, 14-15
Plans. See Strategy.
Plot against Chiang. See Separatist movement in east China.
Pockets, Japanese: 125, 127, 134, 135
Point 2171: 222
POL (petrol, oil, lubricants): 274, 277, 280
Pope, F. A.: 264
Port battalions
497th, TC: 263
508th, TC: 263
Port companies: 263-64
540th, TC: 263
541st, TC: 263
Port operations. See Bombay; Calcutta.
Portal, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles: 69
Presidential election, U.S.: 416
Presidential representative (U.S.) to Chiang: 377, 386-87, 399, 415-18. See also Hurley, Maj. Gen. Patrick J.
Presterly, Pfc. George C.: 248
Preventive medicine: 286-88
Psychoneurosis. See Medical problems, psychoneurosis.
PURPLE Task Force: 210

QUADRANT Conference (Quebec, August 1943): 11, 53, 170, 229, 257, 273, 283, 387
Quartermaster Battalion (Mobile), 518th: 97, 100
Quartermaster Regiment, 45th: 13-14
Quartermaster supplies: 280
Quartermaster truck companies
3304th: 97, 100
3841st: 97
3962d: 100
3964th: 100
Quebec Conference, August 1943. See QUADRANT Conference.

Quid pro quo policy: 17, 64, 297, 312, 362-63, 368, 385

Radio: 89, 185. See also Communications.
Raids, Japanese infantry: 123, 397
Railway Board, Government of India: 272
Railway bombing: 91-95
Railway Grand Division, 705th: 12, 266, 270
Railway operating battalions
721st: 13
725th: 13, 271
726th: 13
745th: 13
748th: 13
Railway operation: 267-69, 271-72, 273-74, 289. See also Bengal and Assam Railway; Military Railway Service, SOS, CBI.
Railway Shop Battalion, 758th: 12-13, 272
Railway troops, U.S.: 266, 270. See also individual units.
Ramgarh Training Center: 139
Randall, Brig. Gen. Russell E.: 230n
Rangoon. See DRACULA.
Rations: 11, 291
problems due to dietary differences: 264, 280
procurement and processing: 287, 291
Rear Echelon, Chih Hui Pu: 31
Recall crisis: 464
Chiang asks Stilwell's recall: 460-63
Chiang rejects Stilwell as field commander: 452-53, 456
Chiang's reaction to Roosevelt's 18 September note: 447, 447n, 450
Hurley urges recall: 464-65
Roosevelt agrees to relieve Stilwell in China: 456-59
Roosevelt's 18 September message to Chiang: 441-42, 443-46, 444n, 445n
Stilwell recalled: 468-69
Stilwell's report, 15 September: 435-36, 439, 439n
Stilwell's role: 450, 451-52, 455, 457, 464, 467, 469-70
Reciprocal aid: 277-80
Recognition, failure of: 154, 186, 187, 250
Reconnaissance: 152. See also Intelligence; Patrolling.
Reconnaissance, air: 253
Red Combat Team, 1st Battalion, GALAHAD: 149, 183
Refugee Trail: 45
Regiments, See Infantry regiments.
Reinforcement by air: 172, 175, 227, 237
Reinforcements, Allied. See also Replacements, Allied.
for CBI: 264-65
for Chinese in north Burma: 48, 122, 123
for Fourteenth Air Force: 112
at Myitkyina: 227, 237
Salween campaign: 343, 346
Reinforcements, Japanese: 69, 136, 152, 181. See also Replacements, Japanese.
for ICHIGO: 318-19
from Manchuria: 318, 327, 365, 366, 406
for SHO: 406
Relief, co-ordination of: 395
Replacements, Allied. See also GALAHAD, replacements; Reinforcements, Allied.
for North Burma Campaign: 33, 128
Salween campaign: 355, 389, 424, 433, 435
Replacements, Japanese: 87. See also Reinforcements, Japanese.
Retrograde movements. See Withdrawals.
Ringwalt, Consul Arthur R.: 409-10, 412
River-crossing operations: 132n, 313, 335-36, 340-43, 355
River transport. See Barge lines, Brahmaputra River.
Road construction: 140-41, 218, 340. See also Burma Road Engineers; Ledo Road.
Road transportation: 289-90, 291, 292. See also Motor transport.
Roadblocks: 134, 138, 150, 153, 182
Chindit withdrawal from block: 221
GALAHAD withdrawal from: 188
Inkangahtawng: 175, 176, 178, 180, 181
Japanese: 183
Japanese reactions to: 185
Salween area: 336, 354, 424
Seton: 215-16
Shaduzup: 183-85
Roberts, Brig. Gen. Frank N.: 457
Roe, T/Sgt. Richard E.: 245
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: 3, 52-53, 171, 386-87
and Assam line of communications: 261
and B-29 project: 17, 112
and Burma operations: 445-46, 468-69
and Chennault Plan: 5, 72, 79-80, 110, 111

and Chiang Kai-shek: 79, 305, 309-11, 323, 386-87, 446, 453-54, 460-61, 463, 468-69. See also Roosevelt, Franklin D., messages to Chiang Kai-shek.
and Chiang's crossing of Salween: 305, 309, 445-46, 468-69
and China field command for Stilwell: 383-84, 386-87, 416-17, 453-54, 458-59
China policy: 17, 49, 52, 53, 69, 71-73, 72n, 79-80, 297-301, 309-11, 327-28, 362, 382-84, 385, 446, 457, 463-64, 469
and Churchill: 164-65
messages to Chiang Kai-shek: 79-80, 297-98, 300, 300n, 301, 305-06, 310, 311, 383-84, 416-17, 443-44, 445-46, 447n, 458-59. See also Recall crisis.
at OCTAGON Conference (Quebec): 439, 440
at SEXTANT Conference (Cairo): 62, 63-64, 65, 66, 69-70, 71
on Southeast Asia operations: 67-68, 69, 70-71
and Stalin: 68
and Stilwell: 61, 163, 362, 383
Stilwell's recall. See Recall crisis.
and U.S. military mission to Communist north China: 303-04
and War Department: 361
Royal Air Force (RAF): 91n. See also British and Commonwealth units, air.
Royal Indian Army Service Corps depots: 277-78, 279
Russo-Chinese relations: 374-75, 450
Russo-Japanese relations: 365

Saipan: 405
Salween campaign: 329-60, 389-98. See also Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo, and Salween campaign.
D Day: 340
decision to cross Salween: 312-14. See also Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo, and question of crossing Salween.
Japanese counteroffensive: 423-24
plans: 334-36, 335n
terrain: 331-32
timing: 329-31, 336
transport: 338
"Sallys": 85n
Sanitary Corps: 287
Sanitary measures, Chinese: 254
Sanitary problems: 284-85, 287, 291
Schaible, 2d Lt. Kirk C.: 343
Scoones, Lt. Gen. Geoffrey: 166
Seagrave, Dr. Gordon S.: 45, 142
Seagrave Hospital Unit: 45, 158, 223, 235
Search and rescue: 376
Second Thirty Divisions. See Z-Force.
Security measures: 184, 226
Separatist movement in east China: 408-12, 408n, 411n
Service, John S.: 376, 412, 431-32, 431n, 467
Service troops. See individual service units.
Service troops, Japanese: 318
Service troops in combat: 233-35, 237-38, 241, 245-47, 255
Services of Supply (SOS), CBI: 31, 32, 115, 261. See also Wheeler, Maj. Gen. Raymond A.
and air supply: 97, 100, 101, 104
in China: 291-292
and Chinese lend-lease in India: 281-84
and local procurement of supplies: 277-80
medical organization: 284-88
personnel strength: 283
reorganization: 257-58
Services of supply, Chinese: 423, 425, 426
SEXTANT Conference (Cairo): 49, 61-66, 68-75, 302, 415, 470
commitments to Chiang: 62, 64-66, 419, 420, 461
decisions: 75, 121, 160-65, 170, 205
plans for: 52-53, 56, 57-58, 59
Shang Chen, Gen.: 366
Sharaw Ga: 46, 47, 121
Sheahan, Lt. Col. Maurice E.: 292-93, 323
Shelton, Captain: 74
Sherwood, Robert E.: 68
Shimoyama, Lt. Gen. Takuma: 319
Shingbwiyang: 14, 42, 141
SHO operation: 406
Shortfalls: 251
Shortages
aircraft: 100-101
ammunition, Allied: 152, 181, 238
ammunition, Japanese: 218, 397
fuel, aircraft: 400, 401

fuel, Japanese: 218
rations, Allied: 152, 193, 238-39
rations, Japanese: 195, 218
shipping: 76
trucks, in China: 440
trucks, Japanese: 93
water: 47, 152, 190
Shweli river: 331-32, 349-52
Siege operations: 90, 391-94, 399-401. See also Mining operations; Myitkyina, siege; Tunneling, Allied.
Sino-American co-operation, problems: 348
Sino-American integrated staffs: 142n
Sino-American policy committee proposed: 464, 465
Sino-American relations. See U.S.-Chinese relations.
Sino-Russian relations: 417-18
Sittang Bridge: 92
Skip bombing: 18, 19, 391
Slim, Lt. Gen. William J.: 11, 29, 50, 167, 168, 169, 192, 255, 377
Sliney, Col. George W.: 209, 235
Smith, Pvt. Howard T.: 245
Smith, 2d Lt. Warren R.: 182
Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B.: 12, 13, 260, 269-70, 299, 299n, 300n, 388, 415, 472
Somerville, Admiral James: 51, 52, 378
Soong, T. V.: 25, 284, 385, 436
and China field command for Stilwell: 409, 424, 426, 436-37, 437n
recall crisis: 444, 447, 447n, 452, 455, 456, 456n, 460
Soong-Stimson agreements, January 1942: 361
SOS Chief Engineer: 14
Southeast Asia Command (SEAC): 72, 163, 166, 196, 305, 418. See also Mountbatten, Admiral Lord Louis.
and air transport: 98-99
and BUCCANEER: 68, 70, 71
and Chindits: 220-21
directives for: 162-63, 200, 228-29, 378, 440
establishment: 5-6
and GALAHAD: 34-35
and Myitkyina: 202, 204, 228
and North Burma Campaign: 418
organization: 28, 138
plans for Burma operations: 49-52, 75-77, 160-61
and Stilwell: 255n
Southwest Highway Transport Administration: 289
Soviet-Chinese relations: 306
Soviet Union. See USSR.
Spaht, Col. Carlos G.: 395
Spitfires: 84n
Stalin, Marshal Joseph V.: 52, 67-68, 457
State Department: 284, 298, 300n, 374
Stein, Gunther: 431
Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W.: 3-4, 59, 64n, 76, 77-79, 83, 97, 101-02, 114, 139, 139n, 150, 163-64, 174, 181, 187-88, 235, 259, 291, 320n, 420, 448n. See also Command problems.
on air cover: 325
analyses of individual operations: 128-29, 145, 255
assumption of command in north Burma: 78-79
and B-29 project: 17, 113-14, 325, 368-70, 466-67
on British: 362, 470
and CBI command changes, proposed fall 1944: 419-21
and Chennault: 19, 23, 24, 26, 113, 292, 312, 314, 322-23, 323n, 324, 325-26, 364-65, 368-69, 465-66
and Chiang Kai-shek: 6, 29, 56, 56n, 57, 58, 59, 78, 161, 176-77, 205, 212-13, 325, 363, 367-68, 380-81, 385, 422-23, 435-36, 438, 447, 447n, 448, 450-51, 452-55, 460, 464-65, 469-70. See also Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W., messages to Chiang.
and Chiang's decision on crossing Salween: 79, 131, 304-06, 312
Chief of Staff, China Theater: 3, 56, 78, 79, 161, 363, 428
and Chindits: 192-99, 220-23, 404
Chinese Army, plans for: 4-5, 10, 26-28, 58, 133, 248, 320, 362, 363-64, 426-29, 430
and Chinese Communist issue: 302-04, 380-81, 428-29, 432-33
on Chinese soldier: 427
command relations with Chinese units: 136-37, 137n, 145, 235n, 320n, 420-21, 436, 438

Commanding General, Chinese Army in India: 28
death: 470
decorations: 471
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, SEAC: 28, 169, 170, 255, 255n, 380, 420
and east China crisis: 322-26, 365, 366, 367-70, 430, 435-36, 438-39
field command in China: 379, 384, 402-03, 409, 413-15, 422-23, 426-30, 436-39. See also Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W., plans and views on taking command in China.
and GALAHAD: 131, 158, 178-80, 191-92, 467
Handy's statement on: 379
Hump policies: 25, 168
and Hurley: 58-59, 59n, 416. See also Recall crisis.
and Imphal operations: 192
JCS on: 382. See also Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), and Stilwell; Marshall, Gen. George C., Stilwell reports to; Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W., mission sent to Washington. and lend-lease: 418-20. See also Lend-lease aid (U.S.) to China, control over.
and Liao Yao-hsiang: 206, 208, 212-13
and Marshall. See Marshall, Gen. George C., Stilwell reports to.
and Merrill: 176, 181, 189, 211
messages to Chiang: 56, 57-58, 430, 430n
mission in CBI: 3, 4, 8, 55, 78, 161, 169, 362-64, 419, 457
mission sent to Washington: 161, 163-64, 167, 169-70, 331
and Mountbatten: 28, 60-61, 61n, 113, 160-61, 163, 169-71, 377-78
and Myitkyina: 202, 228-29, 230, 233, 237, 247, 248, 249, 251, 404
nickname: 416n
on North Burma Campaign plans: 41-42, 43, 49-50, 51, 61
and north Burma operations: 123, 124-25, 130, 136-37, 137n, 178-80, 204-05, 210, 211, 254-55
personnel policy, China: 290
plan for Sino-American policy committee: 464
plans and views on taking command in China: 380-81, 383, 420-21, 426-30, 432, 436-39, 436n, 437n, 449
political adviser. See Davies, John P., Jr.
promotion to full general: 379, 381, 382, 384
on quid pro quo policy: 17, 77-78, 362-63, 368, 413, 470
recall: 376-77. See also Recall crisis.
record in CBI summarized: 470, 471-72
and Roosevelt: 61, 163, 362, 383
and Roosevelt's messages to Chiang: 298, 444, 444n, 445, 445n, 446
and Salween campaign: 121n, 329-31, 355, 356n, 389, 430, 433. See also Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W., and Chiang's decision on crossing Salween.
and separatist movement in east China: 409, 410-12
at SEXTANT Conference (Cairo): 59-60, 61, 63-65, 63n, 64n, 71-74
and Soong: 436. See also Soong, T. V., recall crisis.
Stimson's views on: 470-71
strategy for defense of east China: 434, 438-39, 449-50
strategy for North Burma Campaign: 125, 127, 132, 142-45, 146, 175, 204-05, 206, 256
on strategy for the Pacific and Southeast Asia: 4, 161, 169, 363, 378-79, 426-27
and Sun Li-jen: 123, 128, 128n, 130, 133-34, 206, 211-13
and supplies for east China defenders: 402-04, 412-13
and Wallace's visit: 374-77
Wedemeyer on: 377
and Z-Force: 321
Stilwell, Lt. Col. Joseph W., Jr.: 210, 233
Stilwell, Mrs. Winifred: 208, 367, 448
Stimson, Henry L.: 4, 297, 415, 442, 458
Stockpiles
Chinese lend-lease in India: 281-83
gasoline, for Pacific operations: 466-67
Story of J. Peene, Sr.: 64n
Strategic Air Force: 84, 91-93
Strategic bombing, Allied: 91-95, 323, 369-70, 466-67. See also B-29 project.
Strategic bombing, Japanese: 85-86, 87

Strategy, Allied: 8, 27, 49, 53-55, 71-73, 75, 82, 162-63, 171-72, 172n, 228-29, 362-64, 378-79, 388, 439-41, 457-58. See also Chennault Plan.
for China operations: 449
for meeting Japanese offensive on India: 172
for North Burma Campaign: 124-25, 131-32, 176, 196-97, 215, 223-25
for Salween campaign: 329-31, 334-36, 335n
for Southeast Asia: 9-10, 39-42, 49-52, 58, 68-71, 73, 75-76, 80-82, 160-61, 200-203
Strategy, Japanese: 21, 47, 130, 150-52, 316-18, 319, 405-08
Stratemeyer, Maj. Gen. George E.: 83, 101, 466
and B-29 project: 15, 113-14, 315
on Chennault Plan: 25, 110
commander of EAC: 84
and Hump diversions: 175, 192
and Myitkyina: 201, 227
Strengths. See Troop strengths.
Strong, Col. Frederick S. See SOS Chief Engineer.
Submarine activity, Japanese: 263
Suichuan: 319
Sultan, Lt. Gen. Daniel I.: 199, 258, 269, 305, 362, 419n, 425, 449, 459
commander in India-Burma: 170, 380, 418, 469
and Hump diversions for Imphal: 174, 175
on north Burma operations: 201
and proposed attack on Sumatra: 161, 162, 165
Sumatra: 54, 66, 161, 172. See also CULVERIN.
Sun Hsi-lien, Maj. Gen.: 333, 357, 359
Sun Li-jen, Gen.: 31, 32, 45, 48, 78, 122-25, 124n, 127, 128, 128n, 130, 133-34, 137, 146, 154, 158, 176, 206, 208, 211-13, 215
Sung Shan: 332, 355, 356, 360, 390, 394-98, 436
Supplies, Classes I, II, III, and IV: 277
Supply. See also Air supply; CBI Theater, logistical problems; Lines of communications; Logistical support; Logistics, Japanese; Supply, levels.
captured German matériel: 420
for defense of east China: 402-04, 412-13, 413n, 448
levels: 277
local procurement: 104, 277-80, 430
POL: 277, 280. See also Pipelines.
record keeping: 283
for Salween campaign: 340, 348, 354-55
spare parts: 280
stock control: 280
storage: 281-84
subsistence: 277, 280. See also Rations.
textiles: 279, 280
warehouses: 283
Supply, Japanese: 318, 399-400, 408. See also Lines of communications, Japanese.
Suppressive therapy, for malaria: 286
Surgeon General's Office: 286
Surprise. See Deceptions.

Tactical Air Force: 91
Tactical Air Force, Third: 84, 89
Tactics, Allied. See "Baby tortoise" tactics; Encirclements; Envelopments.
Tactics, Chinese. See also Chinese Army, lack of aggressiveness; Concentration of forces, Chinese; Containment; Co-ordination of effort, Chinese; Encirclements; Envelopments.
critiques by U.S. observers: 346, 355, 359, 395, 423
escape route for enemy: 357, 357n
frontal attack: 345, 346, 348, 353
improved: 352, 392-93
infiltration: 349-50
refusal to bypass: 346
Tactics, Japanese: 174, 348
ambush: 152, 250
defensive: 396
encirclement: 83, 88, 95, 122
infiltration: 133, 395
maneuver and ambush: 247-48
roadblocks: 47
Taihpa Ga: 134-36
Tamraz, Col. John M.: 45
Tanaka, Lt. Gen. Hisakazu: 319
Tanaka, Lt. Gen. Shinichi: 46, 47, 47n, 121, 136, 146, 152n, 191, 197, 232, 233n
comments on Burma operations: 138, 145, 155-56, 206, 206n, 214-15

plans for delaying action: 130, 206
plans for offensive action: 47, 147, 150
tactics in withdrawal: 152-53, 178, 214-15, 216, 218, 219-20
Tanks: 148-52, 154-55, 186-87, 356, 397
Tansey, Brig. Gen. Patrick H.: 387, 388
Targets, air. See Air support, tactical, targets; Strategic bombing.
Taro Plain: 39, 45, 136-38
TARZAN: 51-52, 70, 76
Ta-tang-tzu pass: 331, 335, 345-48, 349
Taylor, Col. Thomas F.: 449
Tear gas: 373
Technicians, Indian: 278
Technicians, U.S.: 278
Tehran Conference: 59, 67, 75
Teng-chung: 329, 332, 335, 349, 351, 352, 360, 390-94, 436
importance: 177, 304-05
taken: 435
"Teng-chung cut-off": 435
Tenth Air Force: 84, 89, 101-02, 251, 385
Terrain
at Imphal: 194
Mogaung valley: 207
north Burma: 148, 178, 182, 183, 198, 211
Salween area, China: 331-32
Third Tactical Air Force: 84, 89
Thirty Division Program. See Y-Force.
Thirty Divisions: 377. See also Y-Force.
Thirty Divisions plus 10 percent: 27, 419, 457
TIGAR 26 A: 292
TIGAR 26 B: 292, 292n
Tilly, 1st Lt. James L.: 176, 183
Timberman, Brig. Gen. Thomas S.: 404n, 409, 411-12, 411n, 413n, 448
Tito, Marshal Josip Broz: 303, 421
TOGO: 319, 365
Tojo, Hideki: 405
TORA: 21
TOREADOR: 51, 65, 76
Trails, Allied: 152, 182, 183, 225
Trails, Japanese: 153, 216
Training
at Myitkyina: 250
U.S., for Chinese: 320, 321, 338, 352, 363
U.S., for Indians: 278
Transport. See Air transport; Pack transport.
Transportation Service, SOS, CBI: 274
Traveling instructional groups: 320, 322, 337, 338
Treasury Department: 298, 300n
TRIDENT Conference (Washington, May 1943): 5, 18, 49, 72, 111, 170, 273
Troop Carrier Command: 84, 98, 100, 101
Troop carrier squadrons
1st: 97, 98
2d: 97, 98
27th: 98, 340, 345, 347, 355
315th: 98
Troop dispositions, Allied
Burma: 119, 121, 133
China: 320
Troop dispositions, Japanese: 20
Burma: 42, 119, 142, 143n
east China: 311, 311n
for ICHIGO: 319
Salween campaign: 332
Troop staging: 264
Troop strength, Allied
east China: 327, 371
Imphal: 175
Lung-ling: 359
Myitkyina: 237
for north Burma operations: 80, 139, 164
Salween campaign: 333, 352
Troop strength, Japanese
Burma: 42, 164
China: 20, 464
for ICHIGO: 319, 365
Lung-ling: 359
Myitkyina: 226, 233
North Burma Campaign: 129n, 130, 130n
offensive on India: 175, 175n, 193
Sung Shan: 395, 397
Teng-chung: 391
Troop strength, Japanese, Allied intelligence estimates
Burma: 42, 164
east China: 327
Imphal: 175, 193
Myitkyina: 229-30, 230n, 233, 247, 248, 255
North Burma Campaign: 45, 46, 129
Sung Shan: 397
Trucks, for ELOC: 292, 292n, 440
Tunneling, Allied: 248
Tunnels, Japanese: 127

TWILIGHT: 15-16, 17, 25, 75

U operation: 165-66, 195, 214. See also Japanese offensive on India.
Uchiyama, Lt. Gen. Eitaro: 319
Uichi, Lt. Gen. Shibata: 195n
Ulabaria tragedy: 275-76
U.S.-British relations: 260-62, 362-64. See also Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W., and Mountbatten.
U.S.-Chinese relations. See also SEXTANT Conference (Cairo).
field command in China for Stilwell: 383-87, 426-30, 431n, 443-71
lend-lease: 279-80, 281-83
loan request, billion-dollar: 298-300
Presidential representative to Chiang: 399
question of crossing Salween: 297-98, 304-06
U.S. command of Chinese troops: 235n. See also Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W., field command in China.
U.S. Embassy, Chungking: 409
U.S.-Indian relations: 277-80, 285. See also Government of India.
U.S. infantry for CBI: 164, 177-78, 205, 205n, 362, 363, 449. See also GALAHAD.
U.S. military expenditures in China: 300, 301-02
U.S. military observers in Communist north China: 302-04, 302n, 306, 310, 310n, 376, 431
U.S. prestige with Chinese troops: 188-89, 210
U.S. troops and local civilians: 264
USSR: 68, 292n
air raid on Chinese troops: 306
promise to fight Japan: 68, 69, 69n
UTOPIA: 61

Van Natta, Col. Thomas F., III: 212, 215
Vegetation, effect on operations: 152. See also Burma, geography.
Vengeance, Vultee: 84n
Vertical envelopment. See Chindits; GALAHAD; Long-range penetration groups.
Veterinary Corps: 287
Veterinary units: 338
Victoria Cross: 222
Vincent, Col. Clinton D.: 112

Walawbum: 147-48, 150, 151-58, 154n, 176
Wallace, Vice President Henry A.: 310n, 374-77, 415, 417, 430, 431
Walled city defense: 391-94, 400
Wang Hou-wu, Gen.: 404
War Area, IV: 320, 371, 423, 434
War Area, V: 320
War Area, VI: 21, 320
War Area, IX: 21, 22, 320, 371, 423, 434
War Area Service Corps (WASC): 288, 290, 291
War Cabinet, British: 171
War Department: 3, 79, 276, 280
China policy: 27-28, 298-99, 300n, 419-20, 428-29, 431, 432, 457-58
on diversion of B-29 stocks to meet ICHIGO: 369
and GALAHAD: 34, 241
Ledo Road: 389
policy on Chennault Plan: 5
on quid pro quo policy: 17
recall crisis: 447
on Stilwell-Chennault controversy: 365, 376
and Stilwell's return to U.S.: 470-71
War lords: 402. See also Chang Fa-kwei, Gen.; Hsueh Yueh, Gen.; Li Chi-shen, Marshal; Lung Yun, Governor; Pai Chung-hsi, Gen.
War Production Board: 416
War Production Mission. See Nelson, Donald M.
Warden, Brig. Gen. John A.: 264
Washington Conference (May 1943): 469. See also TRIDENT Conference.
Water. See Shortages, water.
Water hole at Nhpum Ga: 188, 189
Wavell, Field Marshal Lord Archibald P.: 261
Weapons. See Artillery; individual weapons.
Weather
and air operations: 92, 94, 193, 338, 345, 350, 353, 357, 360
Burma, general description: 38
and CHAMPION: 62
effect on Japanese lines of communications: 94, 95n, 195
effect on matériel: 280-81
and health: 287
at Myitkyina: 236, 250
North Burma Campaign: 143, 145, 163, 178, 187, 206, 209, 221, 436
and railway maintenance: 271, 275
and road construction. See Ledo Road, weather affects progress.

Salween area: 329-31, 345, 349, 350, 351
Wedemeyer, Maj. Gen. Albert C.: 170, 377, 414n
appointment as chief of staff to Chiang Kai-shek: 469
on Chennault Plan: 24-25
Chiang's attitude toward: 377, 468
and Hump allocations: 111
on Imphal operations: 193
member of AXIOM Mission: 171-72
and SEAC plans: 51, 52, 61, 70
Wei Li-huang, Gen.: 119, 312, 333, 335, 355, 359, 389, 390, 424, 433
Wellman, T/5 Russell G.: 252
Wessels, Brig. Gen. Theodore F.: 248-51, 253
Weston, 1st Lt. Logan E.: 182
Wheeler, Maj. Gen. Raymond A.: 12, 13, 171, 257, 277, 472
White, Theodore H.: 467, 470
WHITE CITY: 197, 197n
White Combat Team, 1st Battalion, GALAHAD: 149, 183, 184
Willey, Col. John P.: 239
Williams, Col. Jesse C.: 327
Williams, Col. Robert P.: 286
Willkie, Wendell L.: 470
Wingate, Maj. Gen. Orde Charles: 34, 87, 97, 130, 166. See also Chindits.
death: 198-99
objectives for Chindits' Burma operations: 196-97
on proper use of LRPG's: 221
Wire laying: 351
Withdrawals, Chinese: 359
Withdrawals, Japanese: 153-54, 195, 213-20, 253, 345, 353
Withdrawals, U.S.: 153
Wolfe, Brig. Gen. Kenneth B.: 114
Women, U.S. Army, in CBI: 290
Wood, 1st Lt. Frederick L., Jr.: 97
Woomer, 2d Lt. William E.: 191

X-Force: 469. See also Chinese Army in India (CAI); Ledo Force.

Y-Force: 5, 50, 57, 58, 254, 415
condition in fall 1943: 56
condition in spring 1944: 309, 309n
and decision to cross Salween: 298, 312
possibility of shifting to defense of east China: 356-57, 377, 449
question of using: 76, 131, 177, 304. See also Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo, question of crossing Salween.
Roosevelt on: 310, 469
in Salween campaign: 335n. See also Salween campaign.
weapons and ammunition: 333, 334n
Y-Force Operations Staff (Y-FOS)
critiques of Chinese tactics: 351-52, 359
organization: 338
part in Salween campaign: 313, 335n, 338, 343, 355, 395-96
Yalta Conference (February 1945): 469
Yamasaki, Colonel: 137
Yawngbang Ga: 145
Yenangyaung oil fields: 91, 92
Yoshimoto, Lt. Gen. Teiichi: 319
Yount, Brig. Gen. Paul F.: 13, 270, 271, 273
Yu Han-mou, Gen.: 402, 411
Yu Ta-wei, Gen.: 304, 424
Yunnan-Burma Highway Engineering Administration: 340
Yupbang Ga: 46, 47, 121, 122, 124-29, 137

Z-Force (ZEBRA Force): 320-22, 368
Z-Force Operations Staff (Z-FOS): 320, 372, 374, 401, 405, 448

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