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467, 468, 498
    Associated Press, 97
    Astoria , USS, 46, 47–48, 51–52, 53
    Atago , 147
    Atlanta , USS, 155, 162, 165
    Atlantic Ocean, German wolf packs in, 278
    Attu Island, 417
    Japanese forces on, 225–30
    U.S. assault on, 229–30, 444
    Auckland, New Zealand, 12
    Austen, Mount, Guadalcanal, 26, 138, 175
    Australia, xxiii, 13
    distrust of authority in, 215
    MacArthur in, 215–16
    sports as obsession in, 212
    Australia, U.S. servicemen in, 209–10
    in Brisbane riots, 214–15
    strained relations between civilians and, 213–15
    warm welcome given to, 212
    women and, 210–11, 213
    Australia , HMAS, 39, 43
    B-17 Flying Fortresses, 100, 223
    B-24 Liberators, 342
    B-29 Superfortresses, 307
    Backus, Paul, 478, 495
    Badoglio, Pietro, 444
    Bagley , 52
    Bak, Michael, 364
    Baker Island, 342
    Baldwin, Hanson, 97, 98
    Ballale Island, 157, 203, 205
    Ballantine, Robert, 99
    Ballentine, John J., 328, 329
    Baltimore , 410
    banzai charges, 504–6, 510
    Barbey, Daniel E., 239
    Barton , 163
    Bataan Peninsula, Philippines, xxi, 141
    â€œBat Team” fighters, 374–76, 463
    battleships, Iowa -class, 386–87
    Beach, Edward L. “Ned,” Jr., 278
    Beaurepaire, Frank, 213
    Beaver, Floyd, 152, 245
    Becker, Adolph E., Jr., 516–17
    Belleau Wood , 301, 405, 463, 478, 494, 495–96
    Benhaum , 169–70
    Betchik, Tony, 141
    Betelgeuse , 53
    Betio Island, 338, 345 , 364, 367
    Japanese fortifications on, 320, 321–22, 334, 343, 345–46, 358, 362–63
    Japanese troop strength on, 345
    naval and air bombardment of, 343–44, 346
    rebuilding efforts on, 361
    U.S. landings on, 346, 348–49
    Biak Island, 456, 462
    Japanese determination to hold, 454–55
    Bierer, Bion B., 48
    Bismarck, Battle of the, 225
    Bismarck Archipelago, 11, 235, 242, 418
    Blair, Clay, 278
    Blanchard, J. W., 484
    Blandy, William H. P. “Spike,” 282
    â€œBless ’Em All,” 212
    Bloody Ridge, Battle of, 106, 121, 130
    Blue , USS, 43, 45
    Bluefish , USS, 453
    Bluegill , USS, 453
    Board of Information, Japanese, 526, 527, 532
    Bode, Howard D., 43, 46, 57
    Bogese, George, xxviii
    Boise , 135
    BOLERO , Operation, 95, 96
    Bombing Squadron 10, 404
    Bond, Roger, 340, 387
    Bonefish , 453
    Bonin Islands, 449
    Bonis, 235
    Bonnell, Lieutenant, 243
    Book of Five Spheres (Musashi), 188
    Borneo, oil fields on, 282, 285, 416, 448
    Bougainville Island, xvii, 13 , 30, 37, 76, 99, 157, 184, 203, 205, 224, 232, 233, 238, 262
    Buka Airfield on, 62
    coastwatchers in, 157
    Japanese troops on, xxv, 235
    U.S. landings on, 236, 340
    Bougainville Strait, 263
    Boulier, Kenneth A., 205
    Boyington, Gregory “Pappy,” 408
    Bradlee, Ben, 501–2
    Briggs, Laura, 247
    Brisbane:
    MacArthur’s headquarters in, 217
    New Farm Wharf in, 264–65
    1942 riots in, 214, 265
    Brisbane Courier-Mail , 214, 215
    British Empire, racism in, xx
    Brooke, Alan, 10, 95–96
    central Pacific offensive opposed by, 307–12
    Brown, Julian, 198, 199
    Browning, Miles, 198, 200–201
    Bryan, Joseph, III, 323
    Buell, Harold, 105, 191, 305, 386, 463–64, 490–91, 492, 494, 495
    Buin, Bougainville, xxv, 62, 157, 179, 203, 206, 234, 235, 419
    Japanese airstrip at, 122
    Buka Island, xxvi, 37, 38, 157, 235
    Buka Passage, xxv, 37
    Buna, 220
    Bunker Hill , USS (CV-17), 328, 405, 530
    Bureau of Aeronautics, U.S. Navy, 301, 304, 305, 323
    Bureau of Ordnance, U.S. Navy, 255–56, 277, 278, 279, 281–82
    Burke, Arleigh “31-Knot,” 233, 236, 389, 476–77, 479, 494
    appointed Mitscher’s chief of staff, 436
    Burma, 418
    bushido , 186–87, 507
    Butaritari Island, 320, 361–62
    Cabot , 405, 478
    Cactus Air Force, 71, 103, 166, 222, 458
    daily missions of, 135–36
    in dogfights with Japanese, 100–101
    Enterprise and Saratoga squadrons in, 82, 103, 105
    Japanese troop transports attacked by, 167–68, 172–73
    night missions of, 104
    October 13–14 decimation of,