The Conquering Tide by Ian W. Toll Page A

superiority in, xxi–xxiii
    interservice rivalries in, 5–9, 40, 227, 433–34, 437
    Japanese advances in, xxi–xxxi, 114, 119
    Japanese brutality in, 204
    Japanese motives for launching, 282
    Japanese-U.S. imbalance of technology in, 426–27
    life on rear bases of, 190–93
    morale issues in, 192–93
    overestimation of enemy losses in, 67
    as primarily naval and air campaign, xiii–xiv
    as primary focus of U.S. Navy, 128
    Pacific War, air war in, 416
    and disrepair of Japanese aircraft and airfields, 425–27
    inadequate training of Japanese pilots in, 428–32
    Japanese losses in, 419
    mismatch between Japanese and U.S. technology in, 417
    Palapao, Guadalcanal, xxviii, xxix
    Palau, 405, 418, 419, 423, 441, 449, 454, 456, 459
    Palmyra Island, 124
    Paradise of the Pacific , 293, 296
    Paria, Gulf of, 330, 331
    Parker, Ralph, 298
    Patch, Alexander, 183, 185
    Patterson, Cissy, 87
    Patterson , USS, 45, 46, 51
    Patton, George S., 445
    Pawnee , USS, 161, 165
    Pearl Harbor, 124
    ammunition-loading accident at, 458
    distance from Marshall Islands of, 385
    expanding naval facilities at, 288–89
    Japanese attack on, xiv, xxi, 7, 52, 55, 59, 117, 118–19, 142, 180, 195, 246, 253, 288, 306, 324, 419, 429, 459
    natural setting of, 287–88
    as Pacific Fleet home port, 287
    salvage operations at, 289–90
    Peck, DeWitt, 197, 198
    Peleliu Island, U.S. assault on, 8
    Pennsylvania , USS, 339
    Pensacola , USS, 177–78
    Pentagon, 89–90
    Percival, Arthur, xxiii
    PESTILENCE , Operation, see Solomons offensive
    Pétain, Philippe, 93
    Phelps , 392
    Philippine Clipper , 279
    Philippines, 235, 242, 306, 405, 454, 456
    Japanese conquest of, xxi, 7, 254–55
    Philippines campaign, 440
    Philippine Sea, as site of planned Japanese decisive fleet battle, 419
    Philippine Sea, Battle of the, 153–54, 477–97, 481 , 493 , 516, 530
    Phillips, John C., 374, 375, 376, 377
    Phillips, Sol, 381
    Pickett’s charge, 366
    â€œpidgin,” xviii
    pilot fatigue, 125, 130, 136–37, 430
    Japanese, 156, 238
    Plant, Frank W. J., 338, 340, 347, 349, 350, 356–57, 358
    Poha River, 156
    Point Cruz, 66, 155, 189
    Polhemus, Alan, 256
    Popomanaseu, Mount, xviii
    Porapora, Bougainville, 37, 38, 99
    Portal, Charles, 309, 310–11
    Porter , USS, 154
    Portland , USS, 163
    Port Moresby, New Guinea, 13 , 19, 20, 68, 120, 126, 203, 220, 224
    Pownall, Charles A. “Baldy,” 368, 369, 372, 380, 418
    Clark and, 341
    in Kwajalein raid, 377–78
    in refusal to order second strike on Kwajalein, 378–79, 381, 382–83
    relieved of Task Force 50 command, 383
    President Polk , USS, 360–61
    Preston , USS, 169–70
    Prince of Wales , HMS, xxii, 324
    Princeton , USS, 237, 301, 399, 484
    propaganda, Japanese, 114, 116, 180, 187, 196, 443–45, 507–8, 526, 527, 529, 532, 538
    prospective commanding officers (PCOs), 260
    Psalm 23, 3
    Puffer , USS, 453
    Pyle, Ernie, 192, 519
    Quebec Conference (1943), 235
    Quincy , USS, 25, 44, 46, 48
    Quonset huts, 15, 518–19
    Rabaul, New Britain, xxi, xxvi, 9, 13 , 16, 20, 29, 33, 38, 40, 53, 59, 62, 76, 78, 98, 99, 100, 101, 121, 122, 156, 157, 179, 181, 182, 202, 205, 222, 224, 311, 340, 368, 401, 408, 412, 419
    Japanese evacuation of, 242
    Japanese morale problems at, 238–39
    U.S. bombing of, 236, 237–38, 240, 420–21
    U.S. bypassing of, 232, 235, 240
    Rabi, 68
    racism, in British Empire, xx
    Radar Plot, 233
    radar systems:
    night attacks and, 412
    U.S. superiority in, 233
    see also fire control systems
    radio packs, 515
    Radio Tokyo, 107, 520
    Rainbow, War Plan, 436
    Raines, James Orvill, 518
    Ralph Talbot , USS, 43, 45, 49, 60, 234
    Ramage, James D., 404, 407, 408, 410, 411, 489, 495
    Ramsey, DeWitt C., 56–57
    Rand, Hazen, 374, 375
    Rau, Pappy, 272
    Raymer, Edward C., 290
    Read, W. J. “Jack,” 30, 37, 38, 39, 99–100, 157
    RECKLESS , Operation, 242
    Red Army, 94–95, 308
    Redman, John R., 198
    Reeves,