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    Germany, Nazi, xiii, 94
    air campaign against, 128
    eastern front and, 11, 94, 96, 308–9, 530
    Getting, Frank, 45
    Gettysburg, Battle of, 366
    Ghormley, Robert L., 12, 15, 16–17, 20, 56, 198, 199, 514
    appointed COMSOPAC, 12
    deteriorating health of, 125, 143
    FDR and, 143
    and Guadalcanal campaign, 18, 22, 43, 57, 58, 60, 62, 83, 109, 123, 125–26, 134, 142
    KA-Go counteroffensive and, 75
    relieved of command, 143–44
    in Solomons offensive, 107
    Gilbert Islands, 13 , 237, 319, 333, 419
    aerial and submarine reconnaissance of, 321–22
    lack of accurate charts for, 321
    U.S. airfields in, 389
    U.S. invasion of, 314–15, 342
    Ginder, Samuel P., 399
    Gizo Harbor, 105
    Goettge, Frank, 65–66
    Goto, Aritomo, 135
    Great Britain:
    buildup of U.S. forces in, 95, 96
    Germany-first strategy of, 306, 308, 310–11
    Mediterranean operation advocated by, 309, 311
    Great Depression, 85–86
    Green Islands, U.S. landing on, 240, 242
    Greenman, Captain, 51–52
    Greenman, William G., 47
    Grider, George W., 257, 258, 259, 260, 262, 265, 267, 268, 272, 273
    Grumman Corporation, 304
    Guadalcanal, Naval Battle of, 174
    Japanese defeat in, 174
    Phase One of, 162–66, 164
    Phase Two of, 168–73, 171
    Guadalcanal campaign, xxxi, 16, 17–18, 27 , 58, 95, 97, 123, 130–31, 142, 257, 317, 318, 416, 417, 458, 501, 514–15
    aerial reconnaissance for, 19
    aftermath of, 189–90
    army reinforcements as lacking in, 131–32, 159
    chain of command in, 20, 60
    coastwatchers and, 99–100
    as decisive conflict in Pacific War, 120
    deteriorating Japanese morale in, 175
    disease and, 64, 131, 175
    â€œDugout Sunday” (October 25) in, 156
    Edson’s Ridge (Bloody Ridge) in, 104, 106, 121, 130
    1st Marine Division evacuated from, 209
    first Japanese counterstrike against, see Savo Island, Battle of
    food supplies in, 61, 99, 132
    Halsey’s appointment as morale booster in, 145
    Hirohito and, 122
    inadequacy of maps for, 18–19
    intelligence on Japanese troops as lacking in, 65–66
    Japanese airstrikes in, 30–34, 38–39
    Japanese bombing and strafing in, 62–63, 65, 156
    Japanese caught by surprise by, 29
    Japanese contemplation of withdrawal from, 179–80
    Japanese estimates of U.S. troop strength in, 121–22
    Japanese evacuation (Operation KE) in, 183–85
    Japanese food shortages in, 125, 174–76, 178
    Japanese mortality in, 175–76
    Japanese naval bombardments in, 63, 102
    Japanese reinforcements in, 63, 72, 105, 133, 141, 147, 155, 156, 167–68, 174, 176
    Japanese strategic and tactical blunders in, 188–89
    Japanese supply problems in, 121, 155, 174–77, 183
    Japanese troop strength in, 174, 176
    Japanese underestimation of Marine troop strength in, 68, 155
    Japanese vs. U.S. troop losses in, 187
    King’s deadline for, 12, 15, 19, 20, 21
    Koro rehearsal in, 21–22, 26
    landing of munitions and supplies in, 39–40, 53–54
    McCain and, 124–25
    morale issues in, 62, 63–64, 65, 71, 131–32, 141–42
    mutilation of Japanese dead in, 196
    naval losses in, 186
    â€œThe Night” (October 13–14) in, 137–41
    164th Infantry in, 134
    press coverage of, 97–98
    reinforcements for, 107
    Seabees in, 70, 103, 135, 190
    2nd Marine Division in, 53
    submarines and, 261, 262, 263
    Task Force 16 in, 33
    Task Force 61 in, 20, 23–24, 37, 43, 51
    Task Force 62 in, 20–21, 23–24, 43, 52–53
    Task Group 62.6 in, 20, 42–43
    Tenaru River battle in, 73–76, 121
    Tulagi landings in, 26, 29, 35–36
    25th Infantry Division in, 183
    Ugaki’s strategy for, 120–21
    unburied Japanese dead in, 130, 131, 184, 189–90
    U.S. landings in, 26–28, 34–35, 102, 120
    U.S. naval barrage in, 29, 35–36, 155
    U.S. perimeter in, 64–65, 72, 104, 130, 147
    U.S. supply operations in, 19, 60–61, 83, 107, 125–26, 132–33, 160–61, 175
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