The Conquering Tide by Ian W. Toll Page B

John W. “Black Jack,” 477
    Reminiscences (MacArthur), 232
    Rendova Island, U.S. landing on, 231
    Republican National Committee, 87
    Republicans, 88
    Repulse , HMS, xxii, 324
    Rhoades, F. Ashton “Snowy,” xxvi, xxvii, xxviii, 183
    Richardson, Robert C., 321, 434, 440
    Riefkohl, Frederick Lois, 48–49, 50
    Ries, Robert E., Jr., 140
    Riley, Herbert D., 305
    Riley, Marion, 82
    Ringgold , USS, 344
    Ring of Fire, xvii–xviii
    Rochefort, Joseph, 75, 203
    Rocky Mount , USS, 465
    Rogal, William, 24–25, 61, 64, 344, 347–48, 353, 354, 508
    Roi-Namur Islands, 378, 389, 390, 393, 397, 398, 400, 401
    airfield at, 381, 382
    landings on, 390–95
    Rommel, Erwin, 97
    Roosevelt, Eleanor, 94, 328
    Roosevelt, Franklin D., 6, 196, 217, 235, 311, 434, 437, 439, 457, 514
    as assistant navy secretary, 91
    and Battle of Savo Island, 56
    chaotic leadership style of, 85–86
    as commander in chief, 90–97
    Ghormley and, 143
    Guadalcanal campaign and, 158–59
    Navy given personal attention by, 91
    Nimitz and, 297
    TORCH and, 97
    wartime critics of, 87–88
    Rosenblatt, Herman, 382
    Rota Island, 461, 462, 470, 474
    ROUNDUP , Operation, 95, 308–9
    Royal Air Force (RAF), xxii
    Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), xxvi
    Royal Australian Navy (RAN), 20
    coastwatching service of, xxiv–xxv, xxvi, xxvii, 37–38, 66, 99–100, 157
    Royal Hawaiian Hotel, 259, 287
    Royal New Zealand Air Force, 222
    Royal New Zealand Army, 8th Infantry Brigade Group of, 236
    Russell, Jim, 301–2
    Russell Islands, 27 , 183, 203
    U.S. forces on, 220–21
    Russo-Japanese War (1904–5), 204, 536
    Ryan, Michael P., 355, 357
    Ryujo , 69, 76–77
    S-38 (U.S. submarine), 41, 42
    Sado Maru , 105
    St. Louis Post-Dispatch , 87
    Saipan, Battle of, 362, 462–65, 500, 530, 532
    civilians in, 506–7, 508–9
    ground campaign in, 470–76, 497–98, 499, 500–503, 515
    landings in, 465–69, 467
    mass civilian suicides in, 534–35
    surrender leaflets in, 509–10
    U.S. casualties in, 466–67, 474–75, 510
    Saipan Island, 412, 437, 438, 449, 456, 458, 459–60, 461–62, 516, 531
    civilians on, 459
    defensive works on, 460
    Japanese troops on, 459–60, 466
    Saito, Yoshitsugu, 449, 459, 460, 466, 467–68, 503–4, 505, 506, 530
    Sakai, Saburo, 115–16, 426, 429, 430–31, 432
    in dogfight with Southerland, 32–33
    Sakonju, Naomasa, 454–55
    Salamaua, New Guinea, 222, 239
    Salt Lake City , USS, 135, 228–29
    Samoa, 11, 190
    Sampson, William, 69
    Samurai (Sakai), 32
    Sanada, Joichiro, 181, 182
    San Bernandino Strait, 456, 469, 471
    San Cristobal, 13 , 107, 148, 160
    San Diego, Calif., 287
    San Francisco, Calif.:
    African Americans in, 247–48
    defense industry in, 246–49
    as key supply center for Pacific War, 244
    naval facilities in, 246
    servicemen in, 244–46
    San Francisco , USS, 155, 161, 379, 380
    in Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 162–65
    San Francisco Bay, 252, 287
    San Juan , USS, 25, 35–36, 43, 154
    Santa Cruz Islands, 13 , 16, 22, 76, 107, 133, 146, 190
    Santa Cruz Islands, Battle of the, 59, 148–54, 148 , 160, 416, 419
    Santa Isabel, 27 , 57, 182
    Saratoga , USS, 17, 20, 22, 30, 31, 37, 59, 60, 76–77, 78, 103, 105, 107, 143, 154, 237, 340, 387, 399
    in Battle of Eastern Solomons, 79–80
    torpedo attack on, 108
    Sato, Kenryo, 181
    Savo Island, 13 , 24, 27 , 31, 35, 38, 42, 134, 166, 168, 169, 170, 178
    Savo Island, Battle of, 41, 43–51, 47 , 56
    Hepburn’s report on, 56–57
    U.S. losses in, 55, 124
    U.S. losses in, Japanese exaggeration of, 67
    Savo Sound, see Ironbottom Sound (Savo Sound)
    SB2C Helldivers, shortcomings of, 304–5, 331, 424–25
    SBD dive-bombers, 304
    Schmidt, Harry, 391, 398, 401
    Schwartz, Harry, 87–88
    Scott, Norman, 134–35, 160
    Seabees, 70, 103, 190, 192, 426, 517, 518
    and Espiritu Santo base, 14–15
    in Guadalcanal campaign, 70, 103, 135,