Index

1. Most details of the amphibious operations in which Admiral Turner commanded the amphibious forces are indexed either under the code name of the operation or under one of the common features of amphibious operations as listed in (3) below.

2. The code-named operations and the general geographical location are as follows:
   CATCHPOLE (Eniwetok--Marshall Islands)
   CLEANSLATE (Russell Islands--Lower Solomons)
   DETACHMENT (Iwo Jima--Volcano Islands)
   FLINTLOCK (Kwajalein, Roi-Namur--Marshall Islands)
   FORAGER (Saipan, Guam, Tinian--Marianas)
   GALVANIC (Makin, Tarawa--Gilbert Islands)
   ICEBERG (Okinawa--Ryukyu Islands)
   TOENAILS (New Georgia--Central Solomons))
   WATCHTOWER (Guadalcanal, Tulagi--Lower Solomons)

3. The following common aspects of an amphibious operation are listed by subject in the general index and, depending upon the happenstance of each operation, indexed in considerable detail for each of the code-named operations. Generally, this indexing is not repeated in the detailed index listing of each code-named operation.

   Air bombing Air raids (attacks/strikes) Air reconnaissance Anti-submarine Bombardment, gun Carrier operations Close air support Close gunfire support Command organization Command problems Communications Control of boat waves Forces available HOW Hour

   Japanese       defensive efforts       strengths Landing beaches (condition/troubles) Landing operations Lessons Learned Line of Departure Logistic (-al) (-s) Operational firsts Operation plans Organization (Attack Force) Rehearsals Scheme of Maneuver Strategic considerations

4. To locate an individual Army, Army Air (Corps) Force, or Marine Corps unit, look under the general heading of "Army," "Army Air (Corps) Force," or "Marine Corps," where these individual Service Units are gathered together. Naval units are listed under the appropriate alphabetical letter.

ABC-1 Staff agreements -- Air (Aerial) reconnaissance/GALVANIC

Air (Aerial) reconnaissance/TOENAILS -- Amphibians, Amphibious/exercise(s)

Amphibians, Amphibious/exercise(s) -- Amphibious Force Training Command

Amphibious Group Two, Fifth Amphibious Force -- Army, U.S./Air Force

Army, U.S./amphibious efforts -- Army units, Army (Air)/B-17s

Army units, Army (Air)/B-24s -- Astoria (CA-34)/ Lt.Cmdr Lopresti recalls

Astoria (CA-34)/misses Fleet Landing Exercise -- Barnett, Floyd S.

Barnstable (APA-93) -- Blandy, W.H.P./Reports on Iwo bombardment

Blaske, Floyd H. -- British/special relationship with

British/troops to United Kingdom -- Callaghan, George H.

Callaghan, William M. -- Chaliapin, Boris

Chamberlain, E.T., Jr. -- CINCLANT (Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet)

CINCPAC (Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet) -- Close gunfire support/CATCHPOLE (Eniwetok)

Close gunfire support/FORAGER (Marianas) -- Command problems/CLEANSLATE (Russells)

Command problems/DETACHMENT (Iwo Jima) -- Commander Service Squadron, South Pacific Force

Commander Seventh Fleet -- COMSOPAC/TOENAILS

COMSOPAC/WATCHTOWER -- Crenshaw, John S.

Crescent City (AP-340) (APA-21) -- Dean, Charles W.

Dean Frank H. -- DETACHMENT (Iwo Jima)/weather

Detroit (C-10) --- Dorton, Kenneth L.

Douglas, Archibald H. -- Ellice Islands/Patrol base

Ellice Islands/Service Squadron Ten home base -- Fiji/made secure

Fiji/place in SOPAC and POA -- Fletcher, William B.

Flight orders -- FLINTLOCK (Kwajalein)/South Attack Force

FLINTLOCK (Kwajalein)/Spruance, Raymond A. -- FLINTLOCK (Kwajalein)/smoke, use of

Forbes, Alexander C. -- GALVANIC (Gilberts)/Amphibious

GALVANIC (Gilberts)/Amphibious -- GALVANIC (Gilberts)/Japanese plans

GALVANIC (Gilberts)/Japanese plans -- Turner reorients logistic support

GALVANIC (Gilberts)/Turner requests -- Ghormley, Robert L./Operational orders for WATCHTOWER

Ghormley, Robert L./Operational Report for TOENAILS -- Guadalcanal-Tulagi Advanced Base

Guam -- Halsey, William F./takes command SOPACFOR

Halsey, William F./timetabale for Munda capture -- Hester, John H./command of Russell Island bases

Hester, John H./commands 1st Echelon Western Landing Force -- Hobart, HMS

Hobbs Victory -- Hunter, Lunnsford L.

Hupfel, Walter M. -- Ingersoll, Royal E./Commander Western Sea Frontier

Ingersoll, Royal E./commands Cruiser Division Six -- Japanese/capabilities/WATCHTOWER

Japanese/capabilities/TOENAILS -- Japanese/Mobile Fleet beaten off

Japanese/naval officers -- Japanese/Units, Japanese Navy/Ships/RO-48

Japanese/Units, Japanese Navy/Ships/RO-103 -- Joint Chiefs of Staff/approve

Joint Chiefs of Staff/ask ... -- Kahoolawe Island, Hawaii

Kakuda, Kakuji, IJN -- King, Ernest J./desires advance base in Ellice Islands

King, Ernest J./desired naval command for PESTILENCE -- Kinkaid, Thomas C./comments on

Kinkaid, Thomas C./conference at Pearl -- Landing beaches/FLINTLOCK

Landing beaches/FORAGER -- Landing Craft, Infantry (LCI)/LCI(G)-455

Landing Craft, Infantry (LCI)/LCI-456 -- Landing Craft, Tank (LCT)/LCT-349

Landing Craft, Tank (LCT)/LCI-351 -- Landing Ship, Medium (LCM)/LSM-242

Landing Ship, Medium (LCM)/LSM-260 -- Landing Ship, Tank (LST)/LST-360

Landing Ship, Tank (LST)/LST-461 -- Leyte Island landings

Libby, Ruthven E. -- Logistics/war instructions requirement

Logistics/WW II Pacific Amphibious Operations -- Maher, James E.

Mahoney, John J. -- Marine Corps/units/Divisions/Second

Marine Corps/units/Divisions/Second -- Marshall, George/urges 1942 invasion of Europe

Marshall Islands -- McGoldrick, Joseph A.

McGovern, John B. -- Mine Squadron Two

Mines, minesweepers, minelaying -- Motor torpedo base

Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Two -- Naval/aviation/early completion of aircraft carriers

Naval/aviation/early flights -- Naval/War Plans

Naval/War Plans -- New Hebrides/Japanese occupation

New Hebrides/place in SOPAC -- Nimitz, Chester W./informs Admiral King

Nimitz, Chester W./informs Admiral King -- Noyes, Leigh/Turner write to

nuclear energy -- Ozawa, Jisaburo

PAB 4 -- Personnel, amphibious/most important ingredient of success

Personnel, amphibious/problems -- Postgraduate instruction

Postlewaite, Charles W. -- Purvis Bay, Florida Island

Quigley, William M. -- Reifsnider, Lawrence F./fights all during WW II

Reifsnider, Lawrence F./handles Guadalcanal Freight Line -- RKT, his opinions ...

RKT, his opinions ... -- RKT, his opinions ...

RKT, his opinions ... -- RKT, opinions on, by ...

RKT, opinions on, by ... -- Sandoval (APA -194)

Sands (APD-13) -- Secretary of the Navy/Daniels/receives spitballs

Secretary of the Navy/Daniels/signs letter -- Shoshone (AKA-65)

Showers, H.A. -- Solomon Islands/offensive operations

Solomon Islands/step by step advance thru -- Spruance, Raymond A./shipmate of RKT

Spruance, Raymond A./visits Kelly Turner -- Submarines/conduct reconnaissance

Submarines/early completion of -- Task Force/#32

Task Force/#33 -- Thompson, Alan

Thompson. Albert C. -- TOENAILS (New Georgia)/Wickham Occupation Unit

Tojo Shrine -- Turner, Richmond K./accepts responsibility for Tarawa

Turner, Richmond K./advises at League of Nations -- Turner, Richmond K./comments on

Turner, Richmond K./comments on -- Turner, Richmond K./fitness reports

Turner, Richmond K./fitness reports -- Turner, Richmond K./recommended for WW I DSM

Turner, Richmond K./recommends ... -- Underwater Demolition Teams

Underway fueling -- Walker, Philip A.

Wallace, Bruce, H. -- WATCHTOWER/Navy's war

WATCHTOWER/noon fuel reports -- Western Landing Force, TOENAILS

Western Sea Frontier -- Woods, Louis E.

Woodson, Charles P. -- Zuikaku, HIJMS (carrier)