Read Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor Online
Authors: James M. Scott
Tags: #Pulitzer Prize Finalist 2016 HISTORY, #History, #Americas, #United States, #Asia, #Japan, #Military, #Aviation, #World War II, #20th Century
onboard gambling and, 156, 157
McCool, Harry, 70, 204
Doolittle as hero of, 88
McElroy, Edgar, 69, 150, 244, 328, 344
in bombing raid, 221, 224–26
and launch of planes, 176
training of, 72
McGuire, Frederick, 382
McGurl, Eugene:
in China, 326, 331
death of, 475
McIntyre, Marvin, 16, 318
McKenzie, Marjorie, 77
McKissick, J. Rion, 411
McMahon, W. A., 417
McQuay Company, 61
Meder, Bob, 206, 249
burial of, 467
captured in China, 279
farewell letter of, 443–44
illness and death of, 442–44, 446, 457, 464, 468, 475
morse code developed by, 442
mother notified of death of, 419
in prison, 300, 302, 304, 400, 438, 442–43
remains of, 466–67
sentence of, 404
Tokyo landing of, 345
Meeus, Charles, 384–85
Mehle, Roger, in battle with
Nitto Maru No. 23,
175
Mele, Tony, 373
Meredith,
128, 162
Mexico, 80
Michela, Joseph, 392, 421–23
Mid-Continent Airlines, 60
Middle East, 75
Midway, Battle of, xiv, 415, 476
Midway Island, 20, 101, 136–37, 211, 316
Mike (interpreter), 355, 426, 427
Miles, John, 24
Military Law Concerning the Punishment of Enemy Airmen, 403, 469, 470
Miller, Edmund, 357
Miller, Henry, 85, 96, 124–25, 131–32
crew listed in order of expertise by, 116–17
at launch, 177, 178, 179, 181, 184
and loss of B-25, 91
in move west, 109
takeoff procedure formulated by, 89–90
training of, 86–87, 89–90
Miller, Richard:
bombing by, 198–99
death of, 475
Mills, William, 74, 91–92, 109
training of, 71, 72
Milwaukee Sentinel,
60
Mindanao, 138
Ministry of Railways Supply Bureau, 220
Minneapolis, Minn., 60
Misake (guard), 445
missionaries, 376–84
Mississippi,
125
Missouri,
452
Mitchel Field, 48, 51–53
Mitchell, William “Billy,” 58
Mitscher, Marc, 64, 121, 129, 159, 238
background of, 64–65
and departure of raiders, 127
drills run by, 162
escorts of, 130
formation of bombers ordered by, 66
Hornet
commanded by, 115
and launch of raid, 176, 183–84
and onboard gambling, 157
at practice takeoff, 67, 68
at pre-raid ceremony, 165
Mitsubishi, 62, 63, 227
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, 233, 309
Miura, Yasutoshio, 407
Miwa, Yoshitake, 133, 134, 135, 215, 305, 307, 310, 317
on Japanese propaganda, 310
Miyako,
312
Miyano, Masatoshi, 403
Miyo, Tatsukichi, 136–37
Mizumoto Primary School, 202
Mochi,
312
Mongolia, 77
Monssen,
125, 128
Morgenthau, Henry, Jr., 26, 318, 371
financial market worries of, 12
White House ordered protected by, 15
Morris, John, 210
Moysey, Frank, 213, 314
Mukden, 458
Mulder, Karel, 457–58
Muñiz Lavalle, Ramón, 213, 314
Murphy, Clarence, 376–77, 380
Murray, George, 65
Myoko,
190
Nagano, Osami, 316, 401–2, 448
Nagasaki, Japan, nuclear bombing of, 449–50
Nagato Maru,
237, 307
Nagoya, Japan, 62, 63, 306, 309, 350, 354, 395, 458, 478
air raid drills in, 191
bombing raid in, 226–29, 232, 309
leveling of, 449
Nagoya castle, 227
Nagumo, Chuichi, 4, 6, 7, 130, 133–34, 136, 190
Pearl Harbor worries of, 1–3
Nakajima, 62
Nakajima Type 97, 83
Nakajo, Toyoma, 400
death of, 467
Nakamura, Yoshiro, 207
Nanchang, China, 265, 266, 269, 276, 376
Nancheng, China, 343, 382–83, 384
Nanking, China, xiv, 106, 376, 381, 387, 453, 520
n
Nashville,
125, 128, 160, 164, 236–37
in battle with
Nitto Maru No. 23,
173–76, 237
National Hemp Dressing Corporation, 309
National People’s Party, 103
Navy, Imperial:
planes of, 12
strength of, 2, 12
U.S. intelligence on, 139, 141
war games of, 81
Navy, U.S.:
Bureau of Aeronautics, 86
FDR’s worries about weakness of, 25
Pacific drive of, xiv
worried about Japanese attack, 4
Navy General Staff, 189
Netherlands, 10
New Caledonia, 136
New Guinea, 135
New Mexico,
125
News,
415
News Digest,
240
New York Daily News,
74–75
New York Herald Journal,
419
New York Herald Tribune,
24
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, 19
New York Times,
11, 38, 53, 59, 75, 143–44, 153, 164, 214, 243, 323–24, 390, 414, 458, 459
Nichi Nichi,
218, 234, 312
Nichols, Ray, 451, 452, 453–54
Nielsen, Chase, 147, 149, 248–50, 419
in bombing raid, 206
captured by Chinese, 277–80
and Doolittle’s party, 475
in evacuation to China, 457
on grave-finding mission, 465
injury of, 395
JOAK listened to by, 187
and launch of planes, 177
letter to Dieter’s mother from, 465
letter to FDR from mother of, 366
outraged at tribunal verdict, 471
in prison, 300–304, 345–49, 398, 438, 441, 444, 447, 455–56, 460
recovery of, 463
report on imprisonment by, 457
in return to U.S., 458–59
sentence of, 404
Tokyo landing of, 345
torture of, 300–304
as witness at international tribunal, 468
Niigata Prefecture, 306
Nimitz, Chester, 101–2, 135, 318
background of, 99–100
Halsey ordered to meet Doolittle by, 115
Halsey’s meeting with, 159
ordered to conduct Pacific raids, 100–101
Ninety-Fifth Squadron, 68
Nippon Machine Works, 209
Nishi Nasuno train station, 217
Nisshin,
80
Nitto Maru No. 23,
173–76, 189, 198, 234, 237, 242, 307
No. 1 Iwate Maru,
237
No. 2 Asami Maru,
237
No. 3 Chinyo Maru,
237
No. 26 Nanshin Maru,
237
Noone, Robert, 166
at launch, 183
Norden, Carl, 95
Norden bombsights, 95, 112, 347–48
Norfolk Naval Air Station, 66
Norfolk Naval Operating Base, 64
North Africa, 35
North American Aviation Company, 58–59, 314, 372–73, 417
North Hampton,
159, 160, 164, 172
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company, 411
Norway, 10
Oahu, 4, 6, 135
O’Brien, Pat, 18
Office of Strategic Services, 98, 214, 315, 451
Ohara, 345–46
oil, 11, 80, 133, 151, 167
U.S. exports to Japan shut off, 11
Okada, Ryuhei, 400
arrest of, 468
Sawada’s desire for release of, 471
trial of, 466, 470
Okazaki Hospital, 196
Oklahoma,
18, 24, 99
Ollivier, Ivor, 25
Omi, Heijiro, 306
Operation Plan No. 20–42, 159
Operations Office, 88
Opper, Frederick, 398
Osaka, Japan, 62, 83, 307, 354
air raid drills in, 191
bombing raid in, 226, 230, 232
leveling of, 449
Osaka Mainichi,
82, 451, 486
Osborne, Edgar, at launch, 180
O’Shea, John, 378, 381
Osterloh, Edwin, 235
Ozuk, Charles, Jr., 70, 271, 364
in bombing raid, 201, 202
injuries of, 327
training of, 72
Pacific Fleet, 100
Pacific Fleet, flattops of, 32, 35, 36, 60, 101, 124
Japan’s underestimated number of, 189
as Yamamoto’s target, 101, 135–36
Pacific Fleet, redeployed to Hawaii, 11
Page, Edward, Jr., in Russian internment, 392–93
Palm Beach Post,
24
paratyphoid, 387
Parker, James, 164
Patrick, Mason, 47, 49, 50
Pattison, Alfred, 395
Patton, George, 13
Pearl Harbor, Japanese attack on, xiii, 1–7, 70, 153, 189, 324, 330
blame for, 22, 26
casualties from, 14, 17, 18
damage from, 14, 23–24, 34, 99, 101, 206–7
Doolittle’s response to, 56–57
FDR informed about, 12–14, 16–17, 18
FDR’s cabinet meeting on, 21–22
FDR’s congressional speech on, 19–20, 23
FDR’s statement on, 14–15
fear after, 25, 34
Knox’s survey of damage from, 23–24
night before, 4–5
preparations for, 2–3, 133
risk of, 1–2
U.S. announcement of, 9
U.S. public opinion on, 18–19, 24–25
U.S. ships tied up at, 22
Yamamoto as architect of, 79, 81, 82, 84, 137
Pennsylvania,
4, 24, 125
Perkins, Frances, 21–22
Perkins, Mahlon, 451, 453
Philadelphia Daily News,
470
Philadelphia Inquirer,
24, 420
Philippines, 4, 20, 152
Japanese attack on, 25, 27, 76, 104, 129, 412
Pillsbury,
226
Pingfan, China, 385
Pittsburgh Courier,
77
Pittsburgh Press,
305, 323
plague, xiv, 385, 386, 387, 388
Pohl, David:
in bombing raid, 216, 217
in internment, 420, 430
low gas gauge of, 188
Poindexter, John, 17
Poizat, Michael, 384
Poland, German invasion of, 10, 59
Polish-Soviet War, 335
Popular Mechanics,
42
Portal, Charles, 34, 35
Potter, Hank, 126, 155, 245, 246, 362
brought to Chinese military, 273–74
in flight to Japan, 194, 195
at launch, 178, 179
Pound, Bill:
in bombing raid, 223–24
at launch, 182
Powell, John, 397
Poyang, China, 376
Poyang, Lake, 276
Pravda,
394
Preston,
125
Prince of Wales,
25
Pringle, Henry, 397
prisoners of war, search for, 451–57
Public Cemetery no. 1, 407
Pulitzer race, 48
Pyle, Howard, 474
Quigley, Daniel, 165
Quinn, Charles, 379, 381–82
Rabaul, 135
Radio Tokyo, 164, 409
Radney, Douglas, 200, 366, 479
Rangoon, 151
Rape of Nancheng, 382–83, 384
Rape of Nanking, xiv, 106, 376, 381, 520
n
Rayburn, Sam, 22, 416
Reddy, Ken, 94, 95, 128, 155, 166, 173, 244, 287, 372
in bombing raid, 221, 222
in China, 327, 328–29, 330, 331, 332
on church service, 158
death of, 475
injury of, 333
money lent by, 163–64
in move west, 109
relaxation by, 114
Reilly, Mike, 15
Remedios, Caesar Luis Dos, 401, 404, 407, 409, 466
Repulse,
25
rice, 11
Richter, Melvin, 451
Riefkohl, Frederick, 184
Ring, Stanhope, 240–41
Roberts, John, in battle with
Nitto Maru No. 23,
175
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 10, 14, 25, 26
column of, 78, 318
revenge against Japanese Americans disapproved by, 77
Roosevelt, Franklin D.:
Arnold’s dispute with, 33
“arsenal of democracy” speech of, 10–11
bombing of Japan desired by, 28, 32, 77
at cabinet meeting on Pearl Harbor, 21–22
Churchill’s call to, 17–18
congressional message on Pearl Harbor from, 19–20, 23
Doolittle given Medal of Honor by, 359
effect of war news on, 74, 150–51
executions kept secret by, 412, 413–14, 416
on fall of Wake Island, 75
on hopes to avert war, 12
and Japanese aggression in China, 11
Japanese assets frozen by, 11
Latin American trip of, 139
at meeting on U.S. entry into World War II, 23, 26–28, 34
message to Hirohito, 12, 15
naval weakness as troubling to, 25
Nielsen’s mother’s letter to, 366
Pearl Harbor information given to, 12–14, 16–17, 18
Pearl Harbor statement of, 14–15
Philippines worries of, 76
reaction to raid, 318–21
on secrecy of Doolittle raid, 172
stamp collection of, 10
study of, 9–10
on
Time,
104
U.S. public opinion buoyed by, 27, 78
war production and, 82
worries for safety of, 25–26
Roosevelt, James, 12, 16
Roosevelt, Theodore, 10
Roosevelt administration:
bond offering by, 12
Doolittle raid deceptions of, xiv, 412, 476
Rosenman, Sam, 318, 319
Rotary Club of St. Louis, 373
Rowe, James, Jr., 76
rubber, 11
rubber tank, 61
Ruptured Duck,
96, 122–23, 162, 177, 181–82, 208, 209–10, 244, 250–56, 280, 286, 291–92, 296, 371, 479
Russia, 35, 75, 188–89, 352–56
landing of raiders in, 257–61, 271, 322, 369
raiders interned in, 287–91, 391–407, 420–37, 477
Russo-Japanese War, 80, 84, 305
Rutherford, Al, 71
Ryuho,
225
Sabine,
159, 160
Sagami Bay, 203
St. John, Robert, 416
St. Louis,
125
Saipan, 448
Sakai, Saburo, 315–16
Sakasegawa, Minami, 231
Salamaua, 135
Salt Lake City,
159, 160, 161, 164, 172, 173, 181, 239
Samoa, 136
San Diego Consistory of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, 373