A-20's: 132-33, 162, 235, 267, 340, 351-52
Abar No. 2: 192, 198
Abcede, Lt. Col. Salvador: 586, 604-05, 607-08
Abe, Capt. Saburo: 241, 245
Abra River and Valley: 542-43, 546-47
Abucayan River: 174
Acop's Place: 488-89
Adaoay: 567-68
Advance Commander Support Aircraft: 37
Aga: 226-27
Agno River and Valley: 31-32, 73, 77, 79, 86-87, 98-101, 114-15, 117, 128-30, 148-53, 157-58, 160-61, 164-67, 232-33, 454-56, 458, 460-61, 471, 477, 480-82, 488-93, 542-43, 559, 556-68, 571-74
Agoi River: 86
Agoo: 468-69, 472
Aguilar: 79, 115-17
Agusan Valley: 637, 640-44
Air Force, Japanese. See Japanese Army Air Force.
Air operations
air-ground co-ordination: 235-36
aircraft losses: 48, 50-51
carrier-based attacks
Bataan: 312
Central Plains: 139-40
Clark Field: 59, 168
Formosa: 36, 58, 63-65
Lingayen Gulf: 58-67, 69, 75, 100, 104-05, 128, 131
Manila: 59, 240, 293-94
Mindanao: 628-29
Mindoro: 47
Okinawa: 64
Pescadores: 36, 58
Ryukyus: 36, 58
South China Sea: 591
Southern Philippines: 591-93
command structure: 37-38
firing on friendly troops: 183, 198, 234-36
land-based attacks
Baguio: 477-78, 484-85
Bataan: 315-16, 328-29, 332-33
Bicol Peninsula: 439-41
Central Plains: 200
China theater: 36, 591
Clark Field: 58, 168, 171, 177, 182-83, 206
Corregidor: 335-40, 342-43, 348, 656
Formosa: 560
Japan: 4, 9, 14-17, 36
Lingayen Gulf: 57, 100, 129-30
Luzon: 45, 53, 57, 63, 91
Manila: 238-40, 264, 293-94
Manila Bay area: 340, 352-53, 356-57
Mindanao: 599, 628-29
Mindoro: 47, 50-51
northern Luzon: 545, 576
Okinawa: 560
South China Sea: 583-84
southern Luzon: 408, 418, 428, 430-31
Villa Verde Trail: 502
Visayan Islands: 612-13
Visayan Passages: 436
napalm, use of: 200, 293, 330, 346, 352-53, 413-14, 418, 656
plans: 18, 21-25, 34-38, 45, 57-60, 63-65, 310-11, 655-56
reconnaissance
Bataan: 326, 334
Central Plains: 189
Clark Field: 203
Corregidor: 337
Lingayen Gulf: 35-36, 67-68, 85, 109
Manila: 235, 264
Manila Bay area: 352
Mindanao: 640, 643
Mindoro: 49-50
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 226
northern Luzon: 464, 528-29
reinforcements: 49-50, 52, 59, 63
strategic support: 16-17, 35-36, 141-42
strength: 45-46, 52, 312
supply by
Corregidor: 338-39
Mindanao: 638, 643, 645
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 234
northern Luzon: 465-66, 530, 532-33, 571
southern Luzon: 412
Southern Philippines: 599
Visayan Islands: 601-02
tactical support, carrier-based
Lingayen Gulf: 35, 67, 83-84, 108, 131
Manila: 236
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 221-22
tactical support, land-based
Baguio: 476, 481
Bataan: 330, 332
Bicol Peninsula: 443-44
Central Plains: 151-53, 162, 192-95, 200
Clark Field: 202-04

Corregidor: 339
Lingayen Gulf: 35
Manila: 235-36, 249-50, 268, 273-74, 656
Manila Bay area: 351-52
Mindanao: 591, 599, 621, 627, 633-35, 637, 644
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 226-27, 235
northern Luzon: 467, 514, 546-47, 549
southern Luzon: 373, 375, 380-81, 386, 389n, 392, 403, 412-15, 418, 428, 431-32, 656
Villa Verde Trail: 497
Visayan Islands: 607, 613-15
Air operations, Japanese. See also Japanese Army Air Force.
aircraft losses: 47-49, 51, 57-62, 64-66
attacks: 28, 46-47, 49, 51, 59-67, 240
plans: 58-59, 62-63, 66-67
reinforcements: 28, 49, 58, 62, 90
strength: 28, 37, 48-49, 58, 62-63
Airborne operations
Corregidor: 335-39, 341-46
Nasugbu: 225-29, 235
northern Luzon: 569-71
southern Luzon: 427-28
Southern Philippines: 592
training: 227-28
Visayan Islands: 604-07
Airborne Division, 11th: 29, 187, 202-03, 217, 221-36, 240-41, 265-70, 273-74, 307, 309, 351, 361-62, 364-66, 425-35, 439, 444-45, 569, 570-72, 579n
Airborne Engineer Battalion, 161st: 341
Airborne Medical Company, 221st: 570n
Airborne Ordnance Company, 711th: 570
Airborne Signal Company, 511th: 570n
Aircraft. See by type or name.
Airfields, development of. See also by name.
China theater: 3, 9, 14
Formosa: 4, 9, 14-15
Leyte: 23-25, 584, 586, 591-92
Lingayen Gulf: 41, 118, 131-33
Luzon: 19, 21-22, 141-42, 181, 186, 312-14, 329-30, 363, 454, 560, 562, 586
Marianas 14-15
Mindanao: 584, 620
Mindoro: 21-22, 25, 48-53, 583-84, 586, 591-92
Morotai: 586
Philippines: 4, 7, 14-15, 651
Samar: 436-37, 586, 591-92
Southern Philippines: 583-84, 589-93, 597, 599-600
Visayan Islands: 602-05, 608, 614
Aitape: 54-56
AK's: 124, 127
AKA's: 124, 126-27
Akutsu, Maj. Noriaki (PA): 400n
Alacan: 81-82, 85-87, 98-100, 102-03, 133
Alaminos 76, 115-17
ALAMO Scout Team: 569-70
Albay Gulf: 439-40, 442-43
Allied Air Forces, SWPA. See also Army Air Forces.
Baguio drive: 468-69, 477-78
Bataan: 310-12
Bicol Peninsula: 439-42
Central Plains: 141-42, 168, 192, 232, 236
Clark Field: 168, 171-72, 181, 186
Corregidor: 340
Lingayen Gulf: 34-38, 41-42, 57, 59, 63-64, 129-30, 132
Luzon: 25-26, 53-54, 63
Manila: 249-50, 268, 293-94
Manila Bay area: 340, 353-54
Mindoro: 44-52
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 221, 232
northern Luzon: 560, 578-79
southern Luzon: 427, 429-30
Southern Philippines: 583-85, 588-91
Allied Naval Forces, SWPA. See also Navy, U.S.
Bicol Peninsula: 439-41, 445
Iwo Jima and Okinawa: 585
Lingayen Gulf: 32-42, 55, 58, 65-66, 115-18
Luzon: 22-23, 25-26, 53
Manila Bay area: 352-56
Mindoro: 44-45, 47-51
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 221, 228-29, 236
southern Luzon: 427, 429-30
Southern Philippines: 584-85, 591-93, 597, 646
Ambayabang River and Valley: 144-45, 455-56, 458, 460-61, 472, 477, 480-82, 486, 488-95, 500-501
Ambuclao: 559-60, 565, 567, 574
Amburayan River and Valley: 542
Ambushes, Japanese: 108, 324-25, 563
Americal Division.See Infantry Divisions, Americal.
Amlang: 108-09, 152
Ammunition, shortages of: 40, 402, 656-57
Ammunition, shortages of, Japanese: 545-46, 554, 576-77, 588-89, 605, 622-23
Amoy: 11-13, 17, 53
Amphibian Tractor Battalion, 672d: 259
Amphibian Truck Company, 466th: 123
Amphibious operations. See also Assault shipping.
Bataan: 312-14, 331-34
beach clearing: 127-28
beachmasters: 119-21, 123, 126-27
Bicol Peninsula: 423, 439-43
carrier support: 15-17
command structure: 32, 34, 45, 47
Corregidor: 335-39, 341-43, 347
Leyte: 22-23
Lingayen Gulf: 31-34, 44-69, 73-87, 118-28
Manila Bay area: 335-57
Mindanao: 620-21, 623-28, 641, 646-47
Nasugbu: 221-25, 234
northern Luzon: 453-54, 457-58

shore parties: 41, 48, 77, 118-31, 133-34
Southern Philippines: 585, 589, 592-93, 597-98
Visayan Islands: 601, 605-06, 610-13, 616-18
Visayan Passages: 423, 436-39
Amphibious operations, Japanese (1942): 641-42
Ampid River and Valley: 374-76
Amtrac's: 427-28
Anao: 117, 167-68
Anderson, Lt. Col. Bernard L.: 418-20, 562n
Angaki: 547
Angat Gorge: 407
Angat River: 212-17, 233-34, 367, 405-15
Angeles, Luzon: 175, 180, 182
Animals, use of: 655
Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion, 478th: 614
Antiaircraft defenses: 61, 654-55
Antiaircraft defenses, Japanese: 48-49, 265-66, 605, 610
Antiaircraft Gun Battalion, 496th: 646-47
Antipolo (near Kiangan): 567-68
Antipolo (near Manila): 367-73, 376-79, 381-82, 389-90
Antipolo-New Bosoboso-Wawa Dam road: 376
Antitank operations
Baguio: 483-84
Clark Field: 204-06
Manila: 263-64, 273-75, 282-84, 287-88, 292, 294-97, 303-06
northern Luzon: 522-23, 525, 563
southern Luzon: 427-28, 430, 432
Antitank operations, Japanese: 195, 483, 562-63, 610
Aoshima, Col. Ryoichiro: 90n
AP's: 56n, 124, 127
APR's: 124, 127
Apangat River: 105-06
Aparri: 18-19, 21-22, 450-54, 457-58, 466-67, 543, 545, 569-70
APR's: 224-25, 332-33
Aquino, Maj. Pedro: 645n
Araki, Maj. Gen. Shoji: 545-47
Arboredo River and Valley: 158-59, 460-61, 477, 480-82, 491-93, 500
Aringay: 98-99, 106n, 471-72
Aringay River: 471
Aritao: 98, 454-56, 464-65, 477-78, 487-90, 560-64
Aritao-Baguio supply road: 558-60, 562-63, 564-67, 569, 571-72
Aritomi, Lt. Col. Shigekatsu: 605n
Armies
Third: 652
Sixth:
casualties: 87, 652
Leyte: 18
Luzon: 18-540
Mindoro: 44-45, 47-48, 51-52
Eighth:
casualties: 652
Luzon: 29, 187, 221-36, 265-69, 312-14
Mindanao: 620-48
Samar: 423
Southern Philippines: 30, 363-64, 440, 583-650
Visayan Islands: 601-19
Visayan Passages: 436-39, 443, 445
Tenth: 652
Armor as fixed defenses, Japanese: 156-58, 192-93
Armor-infantry coordination: 112-14, 162
Armor-infantry co-ordination, Japanese: 197-98
Armored Group, 13th: 29, 31-32, 87, 579n
Army Air Forces. See also Allied Air Forces, SWPA.
Fifth: 35-36, 45-46, 48-49, 132-33, 162, 183-84, 186, 198, 200, 204, 225-27, 235-36, 293, 312, 329-30, 332-34, 340-41, 351-53, 412-13, 440-41, 443-44, 545-47, 549, 570-71, 576, 586
Seventh: 35-36, 45, 53-54
Thirteenth: 35, 340, 586, 591-92, 599, 621
Fourteenth: 3, 14, 16-17, 34-38
Twentieth: 36
XX Bomber Command: 36
XXI Bomber Command: 36
308th Bombardment Wing: 132-33, 235
310th Bombardment Wing: 45-46, 223, 235
18th Fighter Group: 132
317th Troop Carrier Group: 227-28, 338, 340-41, 343-44
82nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 132
547th Night Fighter Squadron: 132
Army Base Area, Luzon: 133
Army Beachhead Line.See Lingayan Gulf, Army Beachhead Line.
Army Service Command (ASCOM): 38, 41, 130, 132-35
Arnold, Gen. Henry H.: 6, 17n
Arnold, Lt. Col. Robert H.: 544
Arnold, Maj. Gen. William H.: 608, 614-16, 617n
Arodogat River and Valley: 147, 454, 458-60, 468, 471-72
Artillery operations
artillery-infantry co-ordination: 292-93
artillerymen used as infantry: 646-47, 654-55
Baguio: 471, 481, 483-85
Bataan: 315-16, 322-25, 328-30
Bicol Peninsula: 443-44
Central Plains: 139-40, 151-53, 159, 162, 193-96, 200
Clark Field: 176-78, 182-85, 202-03, 206
Corregidor: 347-48
Lingayen Gulf: 77, 83-84, 106-08, 112
Manila: 249-50, 254-64, 266-68, 273-75, 277-84, 286-87, 291-306, 656
Manila Bay area: 351-53
Mindanao: 633-34, 638, 641, 644

Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 226-27, 230
northern Luzon: 466, 514, 519-26, 533-34, 551, 553-54, 561-63
Philippines: 655-57
restrictions on: 263-64, 286, 294, 322
southern Luzon: 373, 375, 380-81, 386, 389n, 392-94, 396-97, 402-03, 410-11, 413-14, 418, 427-31
Southern Philippines: 596, 598-99
strength: 29, 215, 223, 296
Villa Verde Trail: 494, 497, 502
Visayan Islands: 607, 613-15
Visayan Passages: 436-37
Artillery operations, Japanese
artillerymen used as infantry: 628n, 641, 646-47
Bataan: 315-16, 318-21, 323-24, 329, 332-33
Bicol Peninsula: 440, 442
Central Plains: 148-53, 161-62, 193-96
Clark Field: 171-72, 175-80, 183, 185, 203-04
Corregidor: 340
Lingayen Gulf: 81-85, 105-12, 122-23, 125
Manila: 215-16, 248, 256, 259-63, 266-68, 293-94, 585
Mindanao: 630-32, 633, 641-42
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 226-27, 231
northern Luzon: 513-14, 519-20, 545-46, 551, 560-63
Philippines: 653-54
shortages: 622-23
southern Luzon: 372-73, 377, 380-81, 383-84, 386-87, 394, 402, 405, 429
Southern Philippines: 592-93
strength: 104-05, 158, 173-74
Villa Verde Trail: 597, 599, 601
Visayan Islands: 610
Asano, Col. Kenichiro: 94n, 243n
Asin: 470-72, 479-81, 485-87
Asin River and Valley: 566-68, 576, 573-74, 576-79
Asingan: 157
Assault shipping. See also Amphibious operations.
AK's: 124, 127
AKA's: 124, 126-27
AP's: 124, 127
AKA's: 124, 127
APD's: 224-25, 332-33
DUKW's: 118, 124, 129-31, 234, 655
LCI's: 77, 440-41
LCI(G)'s: 57, 73-74, 438-39
LCI(M)s: 75
LCM's: 77, 118, 120-29, 341-43, 348, 352-56, 418, 436-37, 443-45, 601, 626, 644, 646-47, 655
LCM(3)'s: 125-26
LCM(6)'s: 125-26
LCPR's: 224-25, 332-36
LCT's: 47-48, 77, 118, 124-26
LCVP's: 77, 118, 120-21, 124-27, 332-33, 356, 440-41
LSM's: 56-57, 124-26, 332-33, 356, 440-41
LST's: 56-57, 69, 76-77, 118-21, 123-27, 234, 440-41
LVT's: 33, 69, 76, 78, 118, 128-31, 234, 259, 292, 610-12, 625, 655
LVT(A)'s: 33, 69, 76-78, 118
Atimonan: 434, 439, 444-45
Atkins, Pfc. Thomas E.: 498n
Augustin, Col. Marcus V.: 392. See also Marking's guerrillas.
Australia, as staging area: 54-55
Australia, HMAS: 65
Australian Air Force: 35, 45, 48-49, 599
Australian Army: 30
Australian Navy: 32-33, 61, 65-66

B-24's: 57, 340, 599
B-25's: 49-50, 198, 340, 352-53, 599
B-29's: 4, 9, 14-17, 36-38, 41, 45
Bacnar: 79, 115, 117
Bacolod: 605-06
Bacon: 443
Bactad: 160-61, 164
Bagabag: 453-55, 464-67, 533, 541-42, 558-64, 566-67, 571
Bagac: 332, 334
Bago River: 605-06
Baguio: 94, 97-100, 104, 144-48, 153, 155, 158, 165, 272, 450-67, 468-90, 491-93, 500-501, 532, 538-39, 541-42, 544, 548, 553, 556-58, 561-62, 566, 574
Balabac Island: 589-91
Balara Water Filters: 252-53, 256, 272
Balasig: 569
Balayan: 428-29
Balayan Bay: 222n, 363, 365, 423-25, 428-29, 438, 440-41
Baler Bay: 99, 101-02, 190, 199, 201, 457, 562
Balete Pass: 97-102, 453-56, 491, 500, 516-40, 558-59, 566
Balete Ridge: 517-22, 524, 527-31, 533, 536, 539-40
Balinguay: 473-74, 488
Balingueo: 129n
Baliuag: 216-17, 233
Baloc: 188
Balsic: 325-27
Balungao: 164
Bamban: 142-45, 169-77, 179-80
Bamban airfield: 171
Bamban River: 169-75, 177, 182-85, 202, 205-06
Bambang: 97-102, 450-58, 461-65, 467, 474, 480, 488, 490, 520, 524, 532-33, 535-42, 553, 556-64, 576-77. See also Route 5; Villa Verde Trail.
Banaue: 559, 566-68, 574-76
Bangag: 569
Bangao Island: 597-98
Bangued: 545-47

Banzai Ridge: 531
Barabac Point: 550-51
Barbed wire, use of, by Japanese: 285
Barbey, Rear Adm. Daniel E.: 119n, 127-28
Barnett, Col. George M.: 544
Base development.See Logistics, base development and port development.
Base K, Leyte: 135
Base M, Luzon: 133-35
Bases, logistical.See Logistics, base development.
Basilan Island: 592-93, 597, 599
Basilan Strait: 592-93
Bataan Peninsula: 99, 142, 180-82, 187, 221-23, 309-34, 348, 351, 458
Batangas: 427-31, 444-45, 570-71
Batangas Bay: 363, 365, 423-25, 427-29, 438
Batangas Mountains: 424-25, 433-34
Batchelor: 460-61
Bato Bridge: 559-60, 562-63
Bauang: 99-100, 453-54, 469, 474-77, 481-82, 488-89
Bauang River: 475-76
Bayambang: 79, 117, 129-30, 167, 233
Bayombong: 562-63
Bazooka operations: 275, 284-85, 287-88, 298, 300, 305-06
Beach defense, Japanese: 31, 67-69, 440
Beach operations: 118-28
Beach party operations: 77, 118-24
Beaches.See Amphibious operations.
Beachmaster operations: 119-21, 123, 126-27
Beightler, Maj. Gen. Robert S.: 182, 184-85, 212-14, 217n, 218n, 233, 258-60, 279, 288n, 293-94, 302, 486, 568n
Benchmark Hill: 150-51, 154-55
Benchmark 7 Hill: 381-82, 385-86
Benchmark 8 Hill: 378-80, 386-87
Benchmark 9 Hill: 377-79
Benchmark 11 Hill: 377
Benchmark 21 Hill: 388
Benchmark 23 Hill: 379, 385-86
Benchmark 27 Hill: 386n
Berkey, Rear Adm. Russell S.: 332, 340, 610
Besao: 574
Bessang Pass: 542-44, 552-57, 566
Bicol Peninsula: 97, 363, 423-24, 436-37, 439-45
Bigaa River: 233
Bigti: 405-11, 413, 415
Binalonan: 32, 100, 102-03, 111-12, 140, 144-46, 155-60, 164
Binday: 81
Binloc River: 128-29
Binondo District: 255
Biri Island: 436-37
Bitalag: 548
Blow, Maj. Rex: 621n
Blue Ridge, USS: 56-57
Bobonawan River: 643
Bohol Island: 586-87, 608-09, 617-18
Boise, USS: 56-57
Bokod: 559, 567-68, 574
Bolinao peninsula: 74-76, 115-17, 310
Bolong: 595-97
Bombardment, aerial.See Air operations.
Bombardment, naval. See Navy, U.S., gunfire support.
Bondoc Isthmus: 423-25, 434, 439
Bonga River and Valley: 515
Bongabon: 101-02, 201
Bongo Island: 624
Bonilla, Maj. Marcelo: 591-92
Bontoc: 97, 450-54, 456-57, 465, 490, 540-49, 554-59, 561-62, 566, 568, 571, 573-74
Borneo: 18, 584, 591, 599-600
Bosoboso River and Valley: 369-71, 374-76, 479-80, 382, 384, 386-89, 391-94, 398-402, 420
Bottomside, Corregidor: 336, 339-46, 348
Bougainville: 54-56
Bowen, Brig. Gen. Frank S.: 230n
Bowler, Col. Robert V.: 646-47
Bradley, Col. William J.: 373n
Brady, Col. Charles E.: 373n
Breakwater Point: 341, 345-47
Bridging operations
construction and repair: 41, 117-18, 128-31, 218, 232-34, 444-45, 656
demolition: 171, 232, 334, 449-50, 517, 623, 637-38
equipment: 40, 129-30, 232-35
ponton: 118-20, 124-25, 127
shortages: 40, 129-30
Bridging operations, Japanese
construction and repair: 128-29, 171, 232
demolition: 169, 232-34, 240-41, 252-53, 255, 257-58, 306, 627-28, 638
Brush, Maj. Gen. Rapp: 39n, 56n, 79, 203
Bued River and Gorge: 80, 84, 104-05, 110, 112-13, 145, 232-33, 450, 468-69, 487, 517
Buguias: 567-68, 574
Bulan: 443-44
Bulate: 325-26
Bulldozers: 118-20, 129
Bunawan: 633
Bunker defenses, Japanese: 607, 610
Burgos: 475-76, 478-79
Burias Island: 437
Burnham Green: 280, 293-94
Busuanga Island: 589-91
Busay: 441-42
Busay Ridge: 441
Bush, Col. George E.: 139-40
Butac: 549-53
Butuan Bay: 637, 643
Butuanoan River and Valley: 610, 614-16
Byers, Maj. Gen. Clovis E.: 230n

C-46's: 570-71
C-47's: 132, 227-28, 338, 340-45, 465-66, 570-71, 592
Caanawan: 192, 198
Caba: 469-74
Cabalisiaan River: 460-61, 493-94
Cabalitan Bay: 115-17, 133
Caballo Island: 332, 348, 352-54
Cabanatuan: 142, 169-70, 181, 188-90, 198, 201, 212-16, 232-33
Cabaruan: 161
Cabaruan Hills: 98-100, 102-03, 114-15, 140, 144, 161-66, 194-95
Cabusilan Mountains: 310
Cadsu Ridges: 549-54
Cagayan River and Valley: 18-19, 94-100, 139, 144, 361, 450-54, 457, 464-66, 469, 517, 535-38, 541-44, 558-72
Calaban: 567
Calarian Drome: 599
Calasiao: 78-80, 129n
Calauag: 444-45
Calauan: 433
Caldera Bay: 593, 596
Calinan: 630, 640, 644
Calmay River: 76-79, 128-29
Calot: 478-79, 481
Calumpan Peninsula: 428-29, 438
Calumpit: 211-14, 216, 232-33
Camalaniugan airstrip: 570-71
Camalig: 442, 444
Camiling: 117, 167-68
Camotes Sea: 587
Camouflage, Japanese: 60, 148, 193, 203-04, 265-66, 315, 372, 610
Camp 2: 468, 472, 477
Camp 3: 454, 460, 475, 486
Camp 4: 474-75, 477, 486
Camp O'Donnell: 169, 207
Camranh Bay: 49-50
Candaba Swamp: 211-12
Capas: 169-70
Cape Bojeador: 543
Capul Island: 436
Caraballo Mountains: 98, 158, 196, 450, 454-55, 460-63, 491-94, 498-99, 512-13, 517-18
Carabao Island: 352, 356-57
Carmen: 160-61, 164, 167
Carney, Vice Adm. Robert B.: 10
Carranglan: 455-56, 460, 491-92, 512-20, 538, 565
Carrier-based air attacks.See Air operations, carrier-based attacks.
Casey, Maj. Gen. Hugh J.: 135
Casualties. See also Casualties, by unit.
Baguio: 483-85
Bataan: 313, 318-19, 321-22, 324-25, 330-34
Bicol Peninsula: 443-45
Central Plains: 149-53, 155, 159-60, 188, 195-96, 198-200, 207-08
Clark Field: 177-79, 183, 185, 204-06
civilian: 307
Corregidor: 338-39, 342-44, 347-49
evacuation of: 41-42, 183, 186, 199-200, 206, 289-90, 324, 347-49, 384, 387-88, 412, 414, 421, 654-55
infantry casualty ratio: 652
Lingayen Gulf: 41-42, 78, 82-83, 87, 106-07, 109, 111-15, 117
Manila: 254-57, 260-64, 266, 268, 272-75, 279-80, 282-83, 286-90, 300, 303-07
Manila Bay area: 356
Mindanao: 621n, 633n, 635, 638, 641-42, 645, 647-48
Mindoro: 51-53
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 229, 231
northern Luzon: 459-60, 514, 522-24, 528, 534-35, 539, 563, 573, 577
Philippines: 652, 654-55
southern Luzon: 373, 375, 384, 387-89, 391-92, 397-98, 401-03, 410-11, 412, 414-16, 418, 421, 429, 433
Southern Philippines: 589-91, 597-99
Villa Verde Trail: 499, 501, 503, 506-07, 509-10, 539
Visayan Islands: 602, 606-07, 610, 614, 618-19
Visayan Passages: 436-39, 445
Casualties, Japanese
Baguio, 477, 483-85, 488
Bataan: 319, 330, 333-34
Bicol Peninsula: 443-45
Central Philippines: 149, 152-53, 155, 157, 160, 163, 164-65, 188, 196, 200-201, 207-08
Clark Field: 167-68, 177, 179, 186, 204-06
Corregidor: 345-49
Leyte: 652
Lingayen Gulf: 78-79, 83, 87, 112-14
Manila: 218-19, 256-57, 266, 268-69, 272-74, 279-80, 283-85, 287-89, 297-98, 300, 306-07
Manila Bay area: 351-52, 356
Mindanao: 621n, 635, 638, 641-42, 645, 647
Mindoro: 51-53
northern Luzon: 459-60, 514, 522-23, 528, 535, 538, 547, 556-57, 563, 565, 569, 573, 577
Philippines: 651-52
southern Luzon: 373, 375, 383-86, 388, 391-92, 397-98, 400-403, 411-12, 415-16, 418, 421-22, 433, 434n, 435
Southern Philippines: 589-91, 597-99
Villa Verde Trail: 495, 502, 505-06, 510, 538
Visayan Islands: 607-08, 617-19
Visayan Passages: 636-38, 445

Casualties, by unit
Armies
Sixth: 87, 652
Eighth: 652
Corps
I: 117
X: 648
XI: 207-08, 334, 388-89, 421, 429
XIV: 117, 206, 289-90, 305-07, 384, 388-89
Divisions
Americal: 436-37, 610, 614, 617-19
1st Cavalry: 256-58, 273, 279-80, 288-90, 304-07, 373, 384, 418, 433, 445
6th Infantry: 83, 115, 150-52, 155, 162-64, 195, 198-200, 208n, 334, 375, 384, 387-89, 397-98, 577
11th Airborne: 202-03, 231, 266, 273-74, 307
24th Infantry: 49, 53, 321-22, 324-25, 330, 342, 346, 349, 437-38, 635, 648
25th Infantry: 157, 188, 196, 200-201, 514, 524, 528, 531-32, 534, 539
31st Infantry: 638, 641-42, 645, 648
32d Infantry: 499, 501, 503, 506-07, 509-10, 532, 539, 577n
33d Infantry: 459-60, 485
38th Infantry: 207, 313, 318-19, 321-22, 324-25, 330, 332-34, 348, 356, 397-98, 401-03
40th Infantry: 78, 177, 179, 183, 185-86, 204-07, 438-39, 602, 606-08, 618-19, 642, 648
41st Infantry: 589-91, 595-99, 648
43d Infantry: 87, 106-07, 109, 111-14, 149-51, 153, 155, 157, 159-60, 207, 384, 387-89, 391-92, 415-18
Regimental Combat Teams
112th Cavalry: 384, 392
158th Infantry: 108-10, 144, 429, 443-45
503d Parachute Infantry: 343-44, 348-49, 608
Cataguintingan: 105, 152-54
Cataludonan River and Valley: 502, 505
Catigan: 629-30
Cauayan: 563, 566, 569
Cauringari River: 150-51, 154-55
Causeways, ponton: 118-20, 124-25, 127
Cavalry Brigades
1st: 214-15, 269-70, 274, 279, 292, 301-02, 366, 377-79, 430, 433-35
2d: 214-15, 269, 273, 365-66, 367-68, 371-73, 375, 377, 379, 418-21, 430-33, 435
Cavalry Division, 1st: 29-30, 140, 181, 187, 212-21, 234-35, 251-307, 367-90, 418, 428-35, 440, 444-45
Cavalry Point: 348
Cavalry Regiments
5th: 214-20, 252-57, 264-65, 268-70, 271, 277-79, 287-90, 303-06, 433-34, 444-45
7th: 214-15, 256, 273, 368, 372-73, 417-18, 430
8th: 214-21, 251-53, 255-57, 264-65, 268-70, 273, 368, 372-73, 417-18, 431-35
12th: 214-16, 269-70, 272-74, 277-79, 286-87, 433
26th (Philippine Scouts): 171
112th RCT: 29, 140, 181, 269, 272-73, 365-66, 368, 376, 378, 384, 392, 394-96, 404, 418-21
Cavalry Squadrons
1st, 5th Cavalry: 288, 302
2d, 5th Cavalry: 215-16, 218-19, 252-54, 277, 287-90, 301-02
1st, 8th: 215-16
2d, 8th: 216-17, 251-54
1st, 12th: 279-80, 301-02
2d, 12th: 269-70, 277, 279
Cave defenses, Japanese. See Defenses, Japanese, cave and tunnel.
Cavite Peninsula: 217, 241-42, 244-45, 267-69, 309-10, 351, 424
Caycayan River: 541
Cebu City: 588, 608-10, 613-14, 616-18
Cebu Island: 441, 586-87, 605, 608-18
Central Pacific Area: 4n, 34-35, 440
Central Plains: 139-208, 450, 454-55, 493-94, 517, 543. See also Clark Field.
Cervantes: 542-58, 561-62, 569, 571
Chamberlin, Maj. Gen. Stephen J.: 21-24
Chan, Charlie: 279
Chase, Maj. Gen. William C.: 215, 218-21, 233-35, 251-54, 328-34, 352, 399n, 401, 403
Chemical Mortar Battalions
82d: 272, 295-96
98th: 158-59
Chemical mortar operations: 75
Cheney Ravine: 336, 339-40, 346
Chico River: 450, 541-42
China coast-Formosa-Luzon triangle: 4-17
China theater: 3-4, 7, 9, 13-17, 36, 591
Christie, Col. Albert F.: 602
Cicchetti, Pfc. Joseph J.: 260n
Cituinan Hills: 442, 444
Civil affairs administration: 40-41
Civilians
casualties: 307
employment of: 656-58
in Japanese combat forces: 249
repatriation of: 233, 251-54, 299-300
Clark Field: 27, 47, 58-59, 62-63, 96, 118, 132, 167-86, 187, 202-06, 211-12
Clarkson, Maj. Gen. Percy W.: 472-77
Cleland, Col. Joseph P.: 414
Climate. See Weather.
Close air support. See Air operations, tactical support.
Coast defenses, Japanese: 363, 440
Coleman, Lt. Col. George T.: 254-55
Colorado, USS: 65, 67n
Columbia, USS: 65
Combat effectiveness
Bataan: 319, 324-25, 327-38

northern Luzon: 531-32, 547, 549, 553-57
Philippines: 652-54
southern Luzon: 387-88, 394, 396, 398, 425-26, 430
Villa Verde Trail: 498-99, 503-05, 507, 510, 531-32
Visayan Islands: 608
Combat effectiveness, Japanese
Baguio: 477-78, 480, 489-90
Bataan: 315-16
Bicol Peninsula: 441, 444-45
Clark Field: 172, 175, 182-83, 206
Lingayen Gulf: 110-11
Luzon: 90, 93-94
Manila: 249, 257-58, 301-02
Mindanao: 621-23, 636, 642-43
northern Luzon: 450, 514, 535, 539-40, 545-46, 554, 566, 572-73, 576-79
Philippines: 651, 653-54
southern Luzon: 380-81, 389-90, 414-15, 418-19, 421-22, 426, 434
Southern Philippines: 587-88, 596
Villa Verde, Trail: 505
Visayan Islands: 605, 608-09
Visayan Passages: 438-39, 445
Command and control
air operations: 34-36, 235-36, 312
airborne operations: 221-22, 225-29, 335-41, 344-45, 569-71
amphibious: 46, 47, 57, 119-24, 126, 223, 312, 332, 440-41
Bataan: 310-32
Bohol: 617
CBI: 13-14
Cebu: 608, 610-13, 614
eastern Mindanao: 620-21, 627, 638-39, 646-47
Joint and Combined Chiefs of Staff: 3, 6, 7, 15
logistical, general: 38-39, 54-56, 119-24, 126-28, 133-35
Luzon, general: 363-66, 457-59, 463-67, 538-40, 553, 561, 572-73
Manila: 212-15, 217, 221-23, 226-29, 249-51, 254, 258, 265, 267-68, 288, 291-94
Mindoro: 44-46, 51
naval: 32-34
Negros: 604-05, 618
Pacific theaters, general: 4, 9, 10
Palawan: 589
Panay-Guimaras: 601-02
Southern Philippines, general: 585-86
Southwest Pacific Area: 4, 10, 15, 19, 21-23, 26, 29-36, 363-66
Zamboanga: 591-92, 595-96
Command and control, Japanese
Bohol: 617
Cebu: 608-10
eastern Mindanao: 621-23, 628-32, 636-37, 643, 645-46
Luzon: 90-103, 143-46, 173-75, 190-93, 202-03, 207, 223-24
Manila-Manila Bay area: 240-48, 271-75, 339-40
Negros: 605, 618
northern Luzon: 453-57, 480, 494-95, 514-15, 520, 545-46, 558-61, 563-68, 577-79
Palawan: 589
Panay-Guimaras: 602
Philippines, general: 88-89
Shimbu area: 368-71, 407-08, 411-12, 415
southern Luzon-Visayan Passages: 426-27, 441
Southern Philippines, general: 586-89
Sulu Archipelago: 597-98
Zamboanga: 594, 596-97
Commander Support Aircraft Luzon: 37
Communications, ship-to-shore: 123
Communications deficiencies
Bataan: 326-27
Lingayen Gulf: 107
Visayan Passages: 438
Communications deficiencies, Japanese: 587-88
Baguio: 480
Central Philippines: 145
Corregidor: 339-40
Luzon: 26-27
Manila: 271-73
Mindanao: 622-23
northern Luzon: 456-57, 533, 535, 546
southern Luzon: 380-81, 386, 388-90, 426-27
Communications facilities
Corregidor: 343-44
Manila: 267-68
Concordia College: 260, 263-64
Connolly, Maj. Robert V.: 561-62
Construction operations. See Airfiields, development of; Bridging operations; Engineer support; Logistics, base development and port development; Road construction and repair.
Convoys. See Logistics.
Cooke, Rear Adm. Charles M.: 16n
Cooley, Staff Sgt. Raymond H.: 514n
Corbin, Lt. Col. Francis J.: 382-83
Cordillera Central: 450, 468, 541-43, 547, 558-62, 566-67, 569, 572, 574
Coron Island: 589-91
Corps
I: 29, 41, 54-57, 74, 76, 78-87, 104-15, 117-18, 122-29, 133, 139-70, 179-82, 187-202, 211-13, 217, 233, 236, 361-62, 366, 441-541, 543-44, 553-79
X: 18, 30, 45, 585-600, 620-48
XI: 29, 142-43, 180-82, 187, 206-08, 217, 221-36, 309-50, 352-57, 361, 366, 384-422, 429, 432-35, 449
XIV: 29, 31, 41, 54-57, 74-79, 82-87, 99, 104-06, 115-27, 131, 133, 139-44, 155, 160, 163, 167-72, 175-90, 198, 201n, 206-08, 211-21, 240-41, 245-47,

249-315, 325, 327, 351-52, 361-62, 366-90, 415-35, 441-45, 449, 572-79
XXIV: 18, 45
Corps Artillery
I: 108
XI: 323, 326, 413
XIV: 267-68, 294-97
Corregidor: 332-50, 656
Corsairs: 592
Cotabato: 620-21, 623
Counterattacks: 501
Counterattacks, Japanese: 109, 112-14, 118, 151, 154, 156-57, 159-60, 183-84, 204, 261, 271-73, 306-07, 318-19, 329, 333-34, 347-48, 373, 377-81, 398-401, 403, 411, 428, 459, 483-84, 515, 524, 530, 533-34, 539-40, 551-54, 566n. 633-34
Crump Hill: 525-26, 531
Culayo: 179-80, 183
Culi-Culi: 269
Cunningham, Brig. Gen. Julian W.: 394-96
Cupang River: 152
Cushing, Lt. Col. James M.: 586, 608, 610-12, 614, 617
Cuyapo: 160-62, 164-65, 168-69

Dagupan: 78-79, 87, 129-30, 132-34
Dagupan River: 76, 78, 80, 133
Dalton, Col. James L., II: 156-59
Damortis: 32, 104-09, 114, 139-40, 143-44, 147-48, 150-54, 193, 453, 457-59, 468
Daraga: 442-44
Darigayos Cove: 466
Dashiell, USS: 46
Dasol Bay: 115-17
Dau: 179-80
Davao: 47, 620-23, 627-34, 636, 640, 642, 646-47
Davao Gulf: 623, 627-33, 636, 638, 646-47
Davao River: 630-35
Death March: 169
Defenses, Japanese. See also Camouflage, Japanese.
armor as fixed: 156-58, 192-93
Baguio: 483, 486
Bataan: 315-16, 324-25
beach: 31, 67-69, 440
bunker: 607, 610
cave and tunnel: 84, 104, 108, 110-12, 148, 175-78, 288-89, 292, 298, 300, 315, 324-25, 346-49, 353-54, 372-74, 377, 380-81, 386, 405, 483, 497-98, 536, 607, 610, 614
Central Plains: 148, 156
Clark Field: 171-78, 202-04
coast: 363, 440
Corregidor: 346-49
Lingayen Gulf: 83-84, 104, 108, 110-12
Manila: 240-41, 246-47, 256, 261, 263-66, 275-82, 285-86, 288-89, 291-92, 298, 300, 303
Manila Bay area: 353-54
Mindanao: 623, 629-30, 634, 637, 646
northern Luzon: 512, 514, 536, 558-59, 568
southern Luzon: 369, 372-74, 377, 380-81, 386, 389-90, 405, 418
Southern Philippines: 596
Villa Verde Trail: 495, 497
Visayan Islands: 605, 609-10, 614-15
Demolitions operations. See also Underwater demolitions.
Corregidor: 346-48
Lingayen: 128
Luzon: 53-54
Manila: 240, 266, 275, 278-79, 284-85, 290, 305-06
Manila Bay area: 354-56
Mindanao: 623
southern Luzon: 373
Southern Philippines: 592
Demolition operations, Japanese
Corregidor: 347-49
Lingayen Gulf: 128-30
Manila: 213-14, 218-20, 245-46, 255-58, 263, 288
Manila Bay area: 211-12, 241-42
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 225, 230-31
northern Luzon: 576
southern Luzon: 414
Visayan Islands: 614
Diamond, Pfc. James H.: 631n
Digdig: 455-56, 460-63, 491, 510, 512-16
Digdig River and Gorge: 512, 515-22, 525, 531, 534
Digos: 627-29
Dinalupihan: 310, 314, 319-20, 325-31
Dingalen Bay: 99, 101-02, 190, 199, 201, 562n
Dipolog: 591-92, 597
Division Artillery
Americal: 436-37
1st Cavalry: 215
37th: 295
43d: 413
Doe, Maj. Gen. Jens A.: 589
Doi, Rear Adm. Naoji: 622, 632-35
Dolores: 184-85
DUKW's: 118, 124, 129-30, 132, 234, 655
Dumaran Island: 589-91
Dumpay: 79
Dunckel, Brig. Gen. William C.: 46
Dupax: 456, 495

Easley, Brig. Gen. Roy W.: 329
East Force, Bataan: 331-34
Echague: 96, 454, 563
Eguchi, Lt. Col. Seizuke: 173-74
Ehrlich, Lt. Col. Milton: 562n
Eichelberger, Lt. Gen. Robert L.
and Manila: 267-68
and Mindanao: 629-30, 640, 647
and Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 221-30

and Southern Philippines: 585
and Visayan Islands: 604-05, 615, 617-18
and Visayan Passages: 439
El Deposito: 257
El Fraile Island: 352, 355-56
Elbow Hill: 527, 529-30
Elizondo, Capt. Serafin V.: 548
Elmore, Brig. Gen. John A.: 317n, 329n
Engineer Aviation Battalions
873d: 593
1874th: 48-49
Engineer Boat Maintenance Company, 1462d: 123
Engineer Boat and Shore Regiments
532d: 223
533d: 623-26
542d: 436, 601
543d: 122, 562n
592d: 341, 352-54, 418, 443
Engineer Combat Battalions
6th: 129
65th: 522, 526-27
108th: 638-39
113th: 353-56
117th: 129, 233, 259, 297
Engineer Construction Battalion, 339th: 562n
Engineer Construction Brigade, 5202d: 129, 133-35
Engineer equipment shortage: 122
Engineer Heavy Ponton Battalion, 556th: 232-33
Engineer Light Ponton Companies
510th: 562n
530th: 232-33
Engineer Point: 347
Engineer Special Brigades
as shore parties: 127-28
2d: 48, 223, 436, 585
3d: 122, 585, 623-25
4th: 133-34
Engineer support. See also Airfields, development of; Bridging operations; Logistics, port development; Road construction and repair.
Baguio: 474-75
Bicol Peninsula: 444-45
Corregidor: 346-48
Lingayen Gulf: 109-10, 117, 128-33
Manila: 218, 232-34, 259, 288-89
Manila Bay area: 353-56
Mindanao: 625-26, 638
Mindoro: 45-46, 48-49
northern Luzon: 519-20, 522, 526-27, 549, 561-62
southern Luzon: 402-03, 405-06, 412, 418
Southern Philippines: 589-93, 596, 599-600
Visayan Islands: 602-04, 610-12, 614
Ermita District: 245
Estero, defined: 259
Estero de Binondo: 297
Estero de Concordia: 259-60
Estero de Paco: 259-60, 264-65, 269, 275-77, 286
Estero de Tonque: 260-63
Estero Provisor: 261, 263, 280
European Theater of Operations, redeployment from: 12-13, 604, 608

Falk, Stanley L.: 169n
Familiar Peak: 320
Far Eastern University: 252-54
Fechteler, Rear Adm. William M.: 223, 589
Ferrying operations: 128-31
Fertig, Col. Wendell W.: 586, 591-96, 601-02, 621-23, 639, 643n, 645n
Field Artillery Battalions. See also Parachute Field Artillery Battalions.
6th: 296
53d: 200
61st: 256-57
80th: 200
82d: 280, 296
89th: 525-26
103d: 106-07
122d: 553-55
135th: 296
136th: 260, 296, 303, 563
140th: 260, 286-87, 296
147th: 108, 443-44
149th: 635
192d: 107
246th: 436
465th: 295-96
544th: 295-96
674th: 230
694th: 562n
756th: 295-96
947th: 256-57
Filipinos. See also Civilians.
contribution of: 12, 656-58
demonstrations by: 68-69, 216, 230
employment of: 77, 109-10, 120-21, 125-26, 129-32
Flame throwers
Central Plains: 163-64
Corregidor: 346
Manila: 266, 275, 278-79, 284-85, 287-89, 298, 305-06
southern Luzon: 373, 402-03
Visayan Islands: 607
Flying columns: 215-21, 233-35. See also Cavalry Division, 1st.
Food shortages: 234-35
Food shortages, Japanese:
Baguio: 477-78
Luzon: 91
Mindanao: 644
northern Luzon: 546-47, 568, 576-77
southern Luzon: 418-20
Southern Philippines: 588-89
Visayan Islands: 605

Foreign troops, use of, by Japanese: 175, 251-52, 300-02, 441, 443-45, 545-46, 622-23
Fork Ridge: 410, 412
Formosa: 4-8, 9, 11-17, 21, 36, 53-54, 58, 63-65, 310, 560, 658
Formosa-Luzon-China coast triangle: 4-17
Formosa-Luzon debate: 3-17, 658
Fort Abad: 277-79
Fort Drum: 352, 355-56
Fort McKinley: 243-45, 248, 265-66, 268-69, 271-72, 274
Fort Pikit: 625-26, 637-39, 646-47
Fort Santiago: 238-39, 297-300
Fort Stotsenburg: 171-77, 180-85, 202
Fortifications, Japanese. See Defenses, Japanese.
Four-Corner Hill: 410-11
Friendly troops, fire on
by aircraft: 183, 198, 234-36
by antiaircraft weapons: 60, 65
by artillery: 84, 183, 198
Fujishige, Col. Masatoshi: 223-24, 426-28, 434-35
Fujitomi, 1st Lt. Komei: 617n
Fukudome, Vice Adm. Shigeru: 88n
Fukue, Lt. Gen. Shimpei: 609
Furuse, Capt. Takusue, IJN: 245

Gabu: 545
Galiano: 469-81, 485-86
Gambang: 574
Gapan: 216, 232
Garcia, Maj. Patrocenio B.: 592n
Garma, Col. Hipolito: 591-92
Gas Supply Company, 198th: 123
Gasoline supply and storage. See POL products.
Gayaman: 546-47
General Headquarters, SWPA: 22, 132, 135, 221, 225, 249-50, 267-68, 273-74, 285n, 309-13, 334-37, 363-65, 404, 466-67, 477, 479, 557, 583-84, 601-02, 608, 657. See also MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas.
Geneva Convention, Japanese violation of: 286
Gerona: 168
Gilbert Islands: 4
Gill, Maj. Gen. William H.: 505, 507-08
Glider Infantry Battalions
1st, 187th: 226-27, 266, 268
2d, 187th: 225-27, 268
1st, 188th: 225
Glider Infantry Regiments. See also Airborne Division, 11th.
188th: 223-29, 266-69, 351-53, 425, 427-35, 439
187th: 223, 225, 268-69, 425, 428, 430-35
Gliders, use of: 570-71
Go Chan Hill: 613-14
Gonzales: 188
Gonzales, Pfc. David M.: 506n
Grabiarz, Pfc. William J.: 302n
Grace Park: 220-21, 238, 254, 272
Grande Island: 313-14
Graves Registration Company, 601st: 562n
Grenades, use of: 275, 284-85, 298, 300, 346
Grenades, use of, Japanese: 247, 282
Grinstead, Lt. Col. James R.: 637n, 643n, 646n
Griswold, Lt. Gen. Oscar W.
and Bicol Peninsula: 445
and Central Plains: 143, 202
and Clark Field: 167-70, 175-76, 179-82, 184-85, 203
and Lingayen Gulf: 117
and Manila: 212, 217, 220, 250, 254, 258, 268, 293-94, 302, 306
and southern Luzon: 366-68, 375-77, 384, 430, 432-34
Guerrilla operations
Baguio: 468-69, 474-77, 479-80, 486-87
Bataan: 313-15, 325-26, 334
Bicol Peninsula: 439, 443-45
Central Plains: 164, 189, 201
Clark Field: 168, 171, 180
Lingayen Gulf: 79, 85, 100, 117, 128
Luzon: 26-27, 53-54, 91, 310
Manila: 212, 218, 220-21, 232, 249, 252, 263-64, 273-74, 279
Manila Bay area: 351-52
Mindanao: 586, 621, 623-25, 628-29, 632, 633-35, 637-41, 643-47
Mindoro: 51, 53
northern Luzon: 453-55, 459, 463-67, 541-57, 561-63, 566, 569-76
Philippines: 654, 657
southern Luzon: 407-22, 427-28, 430, 432-35
Southern Philippines: 30, 586, 588-93, 595-99
Villa Verde Trail: 505-06, 508-09, 563
Visayan Islands: 601-05, 607-09, 614-15, 617-18
Visayan Passages: 437-39
Guerrilla operations, Japanese: 207
Guerrilla units
Anderson Battalion: 418-20, 562n
Buena Vista Regiment: 505-06, 508-09, 563, 572-73, 577n, 578-79
Bugo-Del Monte Area Command: 648
East Central Luzon Guerrilla Area: 420
2d Provisional Regiment: 420, 562n
1st Tarlac Regiment: 566n
Marking Regiment: 407-15
6th Military District: 586
10th Military District: 586, 621
Maranao Militia Force: 586, 621n
Divisions
105th: 591-92, 595-97
106th: 637, 645n
107th: 628-29, 633, 644
108th: 621
109th: 637, 643, 645n
110th: 643

Infantry Regiments
105th: 621n
107th: 591-92
110th: 641n
111th: 641n
113th: 643
116th: 646-47
118th: 646-47
120th: 641n
121st: 596-97
130th: 633n
Battalions
Expeditionary: 621n, 628, 647
111th Provisional: 633n
United States Army Forces in the Philippines (Northern Luzon)
Infantry Regiments
11th: 466, 477-80, 484-85, 561-62, 566, 569-71, 573-76
14th: 466, 544, 549, 553-54, 566, 576n
15th: 466, 544-49, 551-57, 573-74
66th: 466, 477-80, 486-87, 544, 548-49, 553-56, 573-74
121st: 466, 476, 544-57, 573-74
Battalions
Engineer: 562n, 571n
Military Police: 549, 553-54
Provisional: 522-28
Replacement and Casualty: 548
1st Field Artillery: 550-51, 553-56
Guimaras Island: 601-05
Guimaras Strait: 605-06
Guimba: 143, 160, 164-65, 168-69, 187-88

Hagonoy Isthmus: 221, 241, 244-45, 267, 424
Hall, Lt. Gen. Charles P.: 310-11, 313-14, 319-24, 326-31, 334, 340-41, 348, 384-85, 387-88, 391, 394-95, 403-04, 416, 420
Halsema, James J.: 211n
Halsey, Adm. William F.: 10, 24-25, 63n
Hanada, Maj. Yasura: 587n, 593n
Hand grenades. See Grenades.
Haney, Brig. Gen. Harold: 589
Hapao: 568
Harada, Lt. Gen. Jiro: 587n, 622-23, 627n, 628-35, 644-45
Harada, Rear Adm. Kaku: 609
Harada, Col. Kazuo: 102n
Haraden, USS: 46
Harr, Cpl. Harry R.: 643n
Haruna Ridge: 531, 533-34, 536
Hashimoto, Col. Hiroshi: 240n
Hattori, Col. Mueichi: 622n, 627n, 631n
Hattori, Col. Takushiro: 88n
Haugen, Col. Orin D.: 229, 268
Hayashi, Lt. Col. Toshio: 251-52
Hedges, Lt. Col. Charles W.: 621n
Helicopters: 421
Highley Ridge: 525-26, 531
Hill Drome: 48-49
Hill E: 176-77, 179
Hill G: 176-79
Hill 1, Caballo Island: 353
Hill 2, Caballo Island: 353
Hill 5: 179, 185
Hill 7: 205
Hill 30, Cebu: 613-14
Hill 200: 82-83, 98-99, 111-12, 144, 147n
Hill 247: 81-82, 107
Hill 318: 84, 110-11
Hill 350: 177
Hill 351: 84
Hill 355: 83-84, 110-11, 144, 147-49
Hill 363: 107-08
Hill 385: 81-82, 84
Hill 470: 81, 84
Hill 500: 175-76
Hill 502: 495-99, 501-02
Hill 503: 495-96, 501
Hill 504: 495-99, 501-03
Hill 505: 495-96, 498-99, 501-03
Hill 506: 503
Hill 506 A and B: 495-97, 502-03, 505-06
Hill 507: 503-06
Hill 507 A to D: 495-99, 503, 505-06
Hill 508: 495-96, 498, 505-08
Hill 509: 506-07
Hill 511: 502-03, 505-08
Hill 512: 502-03, 505-07
Hill 513: 506-07
Hill 514: 506-07
Hill 515: 495-97, 506-08
Hill 516: 495-96, 506-08
Hill 518: 501-02
Hill 519: 501-03
Hill 520: 377-78
Hill 525: 495, 506-08
Hill 526: 495-97, 507-08
Hill 527: 507-09
Hill 528: 508-09
Hill 535: 408-10
Hill 565: 106-07
Hill 580: 84, 105-07
Hill 600: 147-54, 178-79, 459-60, 468, 471-72
Hill 606: 154
Hill 620: 183
Hill 636: 176-79, 182-83
Hill 665: 106-07
Hill 700: 150-51
Hill 740: 377-78
Hill 800: 150-51
Hill 803: 411-14
Hill 804: 413
Hill 805: 410-11

Hill 810 (Kembu area): 205
Hill 810 (Shimbu area): 410
Hill 815: 410-12
Hill 860: 411-14
Hill 900: 153-54
Hill 1000 (Kembu area): 205
Hill 1000 (Shimbu area): 408-10
Hill 1200: 391-92
Hill 1500 (Clark Field): 205
Hill 1500 (Rosario area): 147-48, 150-51, 154-55, 459-60, 468, 471-72
Hill 4250: 522, 525
Hill 4625: 531
Hoffman, Brig. Gen. Hugh T.: 373
Hojo, Lt. Gen. Tokichi: 598-97
Hollandia: 54-55
Holliday, Col. Ralph C.: 107-08
Horseshoe Curve: 317-30
Hospitalization: 41-42, 363
Hostages, held by Japanese: 251-52, 286-87, 293, 299-300
Hot Corner: 405-07
House-to-house fighting. See Street fighting.
Howerth, USS: 47
Hucab: 567, 572
Hull, Maj. Gen. John E.: 21n
Huon Gulf: 56
Hurdis, Maj. Gen. Charles E.: 188n, 195n, 382-83, 392-97
Hydrographic survey: 67, 118-19

Ibulao River: 567
Ibus Island: 623-24
Ida, Col. Kumpei: 102n
Iguig: 569
Iimura, Lt. Gen. Jo: 88n, 89
Illana Bay: 620-21, 623-25, 627, 629-30, 636
Ilocos (Malaya) Range: 450, 454-55
Iloilo: 601-06
Impalutao: 641
Imperial General Headquarters: 89-90, 92-93
Imugan: 460-62, 495-96, 498-99, 502, 505-11, 517-18, 536-38
Imugan River and Valley: 502, 509, 560
Imus: 230-31
Inada, Maj. Gen. Masazumi: 92-93
Inampulugan Island: 602-04
Indochina: 591
Infanta: 418-21
Infantry Battalions
1st, 1st Infantry: 386-87
3d, 1st Infantry: 386-87
1st, 19th Infantry: 437-38
1st, 20th Infantry: 161-62, 194-95
2d, 20th Infantry: 161-63, 195
3d, 20th Infantry: 123, 161-62, 194-95
1st, 21st Infantry: 437-38, 647
2d, 21st Infantry: 438
3d, 21st Infantry: 45, 49
1st, 27th Infantry: 523-24, 528, 530, 534-36
2d, 27th Infantry: 523, 528-30
3d, 27th Infantry: 530, 534-36
1st, 34th Infantry: 320-21, 323-24, 347-48
2d, 34th Infantry: 320-21, 323-24
3d, 34th Infantry: 320-21, 323-25, 340-42, 344, 347-48
1st, 35th Infantry: 196, 536
3d, 35th Infantry: 197
1st, 63d Infantry: 154-55
2d, 63d Infantry: 154-55
3d, 63d Infantry: 150-51, 154-55, 572
1st, 103rd Infantry: 83
2d, 103d Infantry: 83, 151
3d, 103d Infantry: 83, 149-50
2d, 108th Infantry: 77, 438-39
1st, 123d Infantry: 553
1st, 126th Infantry: 506-07, 536-37
2d, 126th Infantry: 506, 536-37
3d, 126th Infantry: 536-37
1st, 127th Infantry: 498-99
2d, 127th Infantry: 498-99, 505-06
3d, 127th Infantry: 498-500, 506
1st, 128th Infantry: 507-08
2d, 128th Infantry: 498-500, 507-09
3d, 128th Infantry: 507-08
1st, 129th Infantry: 186, 263, 282-83
2d, 129th Infantry: 261-63, 282
3d, 129th Infantry: 184, 297-98, 300
1st, 132d Infantry: 467
1st, 136th Infantry: 562n
1st, 145th Infantry: 258-59, 282-85, 298-300
2d, 145th Infantry: 298-99
3d, 145th Infantry: 284-85
1st, 148th Infantry: 287, 303-04, 306, 483-85
2d, 148th Infantry: 218, 253-54, 286-87, 289-90, 483-85
3d, 148th Infantry: 259-60, 286-87, 483-85, 533
1st, 149th Infantry: 314
1st, 151st Infantry: 327-29, 349n, 356-57
2d, 151st Infantry: 313-14, 349, 352-56
3d, 151st Infantry: 333-34
1st, 152d Infantry: 318-21, 324-25, 328
2d, 152d Infantry: 318-20, 324-25, 328
3d, 152d Infantry: 318-20, 328-29
1st, 158th Infantry: 441, 444
2d, 158th Infantry: 441, 443-44
3d, 158th Infantry: 441, 444
1st, 160th Infantry: 206
2d, 160th Infantry: 206, 601-02
1st, 161st Infantry: 156-59, 531, 536
2d, 161st Infantry: 158-59, 200, 525-26, 531, 562n
3d, 161st Infantry: 156-59, 206, 525-26, 533-34, 536

2d, 162d Infantry: 644
1st, 163d Infantry: 598-99
2d, 163d Infantry: 597-98
3d, 163d Infantry: 598-99, 635, 644, 648
3d, 164th Infantry: 642, 648
2d, 169th Infantry: 148-49, 151
1st, 172d Infantry: 80, 85, 386
2d, 172d Infantry: 81-82, 153, 386
3d, 172d Infantry: 80
1st, 182d Infantry: 436-37, 614
1st, 185th Infantry: 77-79, 601-02
2d, 185th Infantry: 77, 605-06
3d, 185th Infantry: 601-02
2d, 186th Infantry: 589-91, 596-97
Infantry Divisions. See also Airborne Division, 11th; Calvary Division, 1st.
Americal Division: 30, 435-37, 585, 608-19, 642, 648 See also Infantry Regiments, 132d, 164th, and 182d.
6th: 15, 54-57, 78, 80-86, 99, 105, 107, 114-15, 122-23, 127-29, 139-40, 143, 147-48, 150-52, 155-57, 160-66, 181, 187-89, 193-202, 207-08, 208n, 331-34, 366-98, 423-77, 561-79. See also Infantry Regiments, 1st, 20th, and 63d.
24th: 29-30, 44-45, 49, 53, 223, 225, 310, 313, 318-25, 327-30, 335-36, 342-50, 361-62, 364, 366, 425-26, 435-38, 585, 592, 620-36, 639, 644-48. See also Infantry Regiments, 19th, 21st, 34th.
25th: 29, 31, 54-57, 86, 114-15, 126, 140, 143, 149-50, 155-60, 164-66, 181, 188-90, 193, 195-202, 366, 457-58, 461-65, 467, 491-95, 500, 508-40, 558, 560-62, 562n, 564-65, 569, 572-73, 579n. See also Infantry Regiments, 27th, 35th, 161st.
31st: 30, 585, 620-21, 627, 629-30, 636-45, 648. See also Infantry Regiments, 124th, 155th, 167th.
32d: 29, 140, 181, 193, 366, 457-67, 473, 474, 477, 491-512, 516, 531-32, 535-39, 561-64, 572-74, 577n, 578-79, 653-54. See also Infantry Regiments, 126th, 127th, and 128th.
33d: 29-30, 54-57, 76, 78-85, 87, 115-17, 128-30, 143, 150n, 160, 167-88, 202, 212-21, 233-35, 245, 252-90, 300, 303-04, 306-07, 364-66, 394-403, 457-60, 463-65, 467-90, 500-501, 517, 532-33, 535, 538-39, 544, 549, 553, 556n, 561-65, 567-73, 577n, 579n. See also Infantry Regiments, 123d, 130th, and 136th.
37th: 76, 78-79, 83, 117, 167-70, 179-80, 181-86, 202-03, 212-14, 218, 233, 238-55, 258-60, 261, 263-64, 275, 279-90, 293-95, 297-300, 302-04, 306, 396-403, 477, 479-83, 485-86, 532-33, 535, 539, 561-63, 569, 571. See also Infantry Regiments, 129th; 145th, 148th.
38th: 29-30, 207-08, 310-34, 336-40, 348-49, 351, 356, 366, 392, 397-403, 411, 420-22, 610-12. See also Infantry Regiments, 149th, 151st, 152d.
40th: 29, 30, 39, 54-57, 76-79, 115-17, 120, 128-29, 143, 167-68, 175-87, 202-08, 327, 364-66, 376-77, 438-39, 467, 585, 601-08, 618-19, 639-43, 648. See also Infantry Regiments, 108th, 160th, and 185th.
41st: 29-30, 222, 364, 585, 589-99, 601, 623, 629-30, 635, 638, 643-44, 648. See also Infantry Regiments, 162d, 163d, and 186th.
43d: 29, 54-57, 80-85, 87, 105-07, 109-15, 122, 127-29, 139-40, 143-44, 147-60, 165-66, 181, 193, 207, 364-66, 376-77, 379, 381, 383-92, 394-96, 399, 401-21, 430, 457-60, 467, 544, 556n, 579n, 656. See also Infantry Regiments, 103d, 169th, and 182d.
77th: 22n, 29-30, 45n
93d: 30, 389-91, 397, 599
Infantry Point: 347
Infantry Regiments. See also Glider Infantry Regiments; Parachute Infantry Regiments.
1st: 236n, 331-34, 366, 374-75, 378-80, 382-88, 392-98, 574-76
1st Filipino: 437
19th: 29-30, 44, 47-48, 51, 223, 225, 364, 435, 437-38, 625-26, 628-29, 632, 633-35, 644
20th: 80, 82-83, 86, 140, 161-65, 188, 193-97, 199-201, 368, 373-75, 378-80, 382-85, 387-88, 392-97, 563, 576-77
21st: 45, 49, 51, 53, 223, 435-37, 592, 625-27, 629-32, 633-35, 644, 646
27th: 156-60, 188-89, 193, 195-97, 512-17, 520-39
34th: 29-30, 310, 313, 318-25, 327-28, 330n, 335, 342-49, 364, 366, 626-32, 633-35, 644
35th: 143, 157, 181, 188-89, 195-97, 200, 512-39
63d: 80, 83, 86, 105-10, 114-15, 129, 139-40, 147-55, 160-165, 197-98, 200-201, 368, 373-75, 378, 384, 389, 392-94, 566-67, 569, 572, 576-77
103d: 80-83, 109-14, 140, 145, 148-51, 156, 376-77, 379, 381-82, 385-88, 391-418
108th: 79, 169, 176-77, 179, 182-83, 185-86, 202-06, 601, 618-19, 639-43, 648
123d: 477, 479-80, 486-87, 561-62
124th: 636-43
126th: 492-93, 499-510, 532n, 536-39, 561, 563-64, 574
127th: 492-95, 498-510, 532n, 539, 561, 574
128th: 492, 499-510, 539
129th: 78-79, 83, 117, 167-70, 181-86, 202-03, 258-59, 261, 264, 275, 280-84, 286-87, 295, 298-99, 477, 479-81, 485-86, 562-63, 569, 571
130th: 459-60, 477, 479-81, 485-90, 566
132d: 437, 610-17
136th: 459-60, 477, 479-80, 487, 489-90, 562n
145th: 79, 168-69, 179-80, 182-83, 185, 213-14, 254-55, 258-59, 283-86, 295, 297-300, 396-403, 561, 563
148th: 78-79, 168-69, 179-80, 182, 212-14, 218, 253-55, 258-60, 263-64, 279-82, 285-90, 295,

302-04, 306, 479-83, 485, 532-33, 535, 539, 563, 569
149th: 313, 319, 325-28, 334, 402-03, 421-22
151st: 313-14, 319, 324, 327-34, 351, 353-57, 398-99, 402-03, 420-22
152d: 314-22, 325-30, 398-403
155th: 638-41, 643-44
158th RCT: 29, 31-32, 53-57, 104-10, 112-14, 126, 139-40, 143-44, 147-48, 152-55, 193, 364-66, 428-35, 438-45, 458-59, 579n
160th: 77-79, 117, 167-71, 175-79, 182-86, 202-06, 604-07
161st: 156-60, 197, 200-01, 512-17, 520-39
162d: 593-99, 629-30, 638, 643-44, 648
163d: 593-99
164th: 604-05, 608, 615, 617-18
167th: 638, 644-45
169th: 80-85, 105, 109-14, 140, 148-51, 207, 394-96, 404, 407, 410-15, 420-21
172d: 80-86, 105-13, 129, 139-40, 148, 152-55, 379, 382, 386-88, 391-415
182d: 436-37, 610-17
185th: 77-79, 115-17, 182, 203-06, 601-07
186th: 589-93, 596-97
306th: 45n
368th: 589-91, 597, 599
Ingeniero, Maj. Ismael P.: 586, 617
Intelligence estimates
Baguio: 486-87
Bataan: 310-12, 314-15, 321-22, 332
Bicol Peninsula: 440-41
Central Plains: 141, 189-90
Clark Field: 169-70, 172, 176, 179-81
Corregidor: 335, 337-39
Lingayen Gulf: 59, 64, 68, 174, 85, 105-06
Luzon: 26-29, 62-63, 93-94, 141
Manila: 211-12, 249, 265
Mindanao: 621-22
Mindoro: 44
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 223-24
northern Luzon: 467, 525, 569-70, 572-73, 579
southern Luzon: 365-68, 376, 384, 398, 407-08, 416, 418, 421-22, 425-26
Southern Philippines: 586
Villa Verde Trail: 510
Visayan Islands: 608-09
Intelligence estimates, Japanese
Baguio: 472, 480
Manila: 245-46, 271
Mindanao: 623
Route 5: 520
southern Luzon: 370-71, 398-99, 411
Intramuros: 239-40, 244-46, 249, 271-307
Ipo Dam: 367-71, 380, 384, 399, 401-15, 421, 423
Ipo River: 410-12, 415
Iraga: 444
Irisan Gorge: 481-87
Irisan River: 481-86
Ishikawa, Lt. Col. Kikuo: 90n
Ishikawa, Capt. Sadoyoshi: 601n
Itagaki, Capt, Akira, IJN: 339-40, 345
Italy: 30
Itogon: 488
Ives, Col. Washington M., Jr.: 162, 174, 399n
Iwabuchi, Rear Adm. Sanji: 92, 96-97, 241-49, 258, 270-77, 279, 286, 339
Iwanaka, Lt. Gen. Yoshiharu: 96, 495, 502-03, 505, 507-09
Iwo Jima: 10-11, 16-17, 24, 26, 36, 141-42, 585

Jadjad River: 322n
James Ravine: 336, 339-40
Japan
B-29 attacks on: 4, 9, 14-15, 17, 36
lines of communication to: 3-4, 8, 141-42, 651
plans for invasion of: 651-54
Japanese Army Air Force: 49, 58, 172, 545-46, 589, 598, 621-22, 630-36, 652
personnel used as ground troops: 172-74, 426, 441-42, 545-46, 587-89, 598, 602, 605, 618, 621-22, 630-33, 636-37, 641n
Japanese Army Air Force units
4th Air Army: 92-97, 426, 441-42, 454, 605
2d Air Division: 605, 618
4th Air Division: 560-61, 574
86th Airfield Battalion: 426, 430-31
103d Airfield Battalion: 641n
10th Air Sector Unit: 173n
Hosono Unit: 622, 630-35
Japanese Army units
Area Army, 14th: 73, 88-94, 100, 112, 114, 143-46, 192-93, 241, 272, 456-57, 477-78, 480, 494, 505, 515, 535, 537-38, 540, 567, 578, 586-89, 596, 620, 622-23
Armies
Southern: 89-93
35th: 89, 586-89, 609-10, 622, 644-45
Divisions
1st: 587, 609, 616-17
2d Tank: 94-96, 99-102, 142-45, 156, 172-74, 188-93, 199-201, 213, 456-57, 494-97, 502, 504-05, 508-10, 516, 535-40, 560-64, 560-68, 571-72, 576-77
8th: 44, 96-97, 102, 223-24, 241, 272, 369-71, 426
10th: 93-96, 99-102, 144-45, 189-92, 199, 312, 454-57, 463, 494-95, 509, 515-16, 518, 523-25, 532-40, 560-66, 653-54
19th: 93-96, 99-100, 144, 147-48, 453, 465-67, 476-81, 540, 545, 548, 550-57, 568, 571, 573-74
23d: 93-96, 98-103, 104, 110-12, 114, 117, 144, 146-48, 151, 161, 165-66, 453-56, 459-60,

468-72, 475, 477-80, 487-89, 492-93, 566-68, 571-72, 574
26th: 99
30th: 587, 622-23, 627, 636-43, 646
32d: 117
100th: 587-88, 622-36, 642, 644-46
102d: 587-89, 602, 605, 608-10, 616-18
103d: 94-96, 98-99, 192, 453-54, 545-46, 559-66, 574
105th: 44, 96-97, 102, 144-45, 190-93, 199, 272, 369, 372n, 380, 385, 407-08, 454-57, 494, 559-61, 566-68, 572, 576
Brigades
3d Tank: 100n
54th Independent Mixed: 587-88, 593, 596-98
55th Independent Mixed: 587-88, 598
58th Independent Mixed: 94-96, 98-100, 102-08, 112-13, 144, 146-47, 152-53, 155, 165-66, 453-54, 459-60, 471-72, 475-81, 487-89, 566, 568, 574, 653-54
61st Independent Mixed: 94-96
77th Infantry: 605
78th Infantry: 609
79th Infantry: 545
81st Infantry: 368n
82d Infantry: 408n
Group, 1st Airborne Raiding: 96, 173
Regiments
2d Glider Infantry: 173-74
2d Mobile Artillery: 102, 158, 192
2d Mobile Infantry: 94-96, 99-102, 156, 158, 173-74, 188
5th Infantry: 96-97
6th Tank: 102n, 145, 192
7th Tank: 100n, 156, 158, 192
8th Reconnaissance: 370-71
10th Field Artillery: 519
10th Infantry: 145, 518, 533
10th Reconnaissance: 144-45, 494-95
10th Tank: 102, 192
11th Independent Infantry: 99n, 514-15, 518, 520
17th Infantry: 223-24, 426-27, 605
23d Reconnaissance: 117
26th Independent Mixed: 192, 370-71, 441
30th Field Artillery: 628n, 641
30th Reconnaissance: 641n
31st Infantry: 223-24, 272, 370-71, 380, 399
36th Infantry: 145
39th Infantry: 145, 312, 315n, 332
63d Infantry: 518
64th Infantry: 110-13, 147, 149, 156, 471, 486
71st Infantry: 112-13, 147-48, 161, 459-60, 471
72d Infantry: 112-13, 117, 147, 149
73d Infantry: 550-52, 554
74th Infantry: 626, 637-38, 641n
75th Infantry: 476n, 479, 485, 487
76th Infantry: 551, 553-54
Surface Raiding Forces
1st: 368n, 369-70
2d: 223-24, 426-29
3d: 245
Maritime Transport Command, 3d: 92-93, 245
Battalions
10th Surface Raiding Base: 415n
26th Machine Gun: 545n
111th Surface Raiding Base: 351, 426
163d Independent Infantry: 628n
166th Independent Infantry: 623-26, 636-38
170th Independent Infantry: 602
171st Independent Infantry: 602
172d Independent Infantry: 605n
173d Independent Infantry: 608-09
174th Independent Infantry: 617-18
176th Independent Infantry: 545n
177th Independent Infantry: 566
178th Independent Infantry: 545n
179th Independent Infantry: 563
182d Independent Infantry: 605n
183d Independent Infantry: 605n
184th Independent Infantry: 605n
186th Independent Infantry: 368n
354th Independent Infantry: 601-02, 605n
355th Independent Infantry: 605n
356th Independent Infantry: 606-07
357th Independent Infantry: 545, 547-48, 550-51
358th Independent Infantry: 369, 407-08
359th Independent Infantry: 192n
379th Independent Infantry: 485
544th Independent Infantry: 476n
Japanese Army units, provisional
Groups
Kembu: 96, 99-102, 143-45, 172-75, 177-78, 180-86, 187, 202-08, 241-42, 280-81, 310-12, 315, 361-62, 364-66, 376-77, 423, 573n, 654-55
Shimbu: 96-97, 102, 144, 188, 190-92, 199, 213-14, 216-17, 223-24, 240-44, 271-74, 306-07, 309-11, 357, 361-435, 441-42, 449, 454-55, 458, 561-62, 573n, 653-55
Shimbu Reserve: 370-71, 380-81, 385, 394, 398-403, 415
Shobu: 94, 97-102, 112, 139, 144-45, 157, 165-66, 188, 190, 198-99, 201-02, 281-82, 311, 361-64, 366, 449-90, 541-43, 545-46, 557, 558-79, 651, 654-55
Forces
Araki: 453, 545-49, 560, 568
Fuji: 223-24, 415-16, 426-35, 573n

Kawashima: 369-71, 373-74, 380-81, 384, 394, 399, 401-15, 420
Kobayashi: 245, 272-73, 369-71, 373-80, 383-85, 388-89, 391-403, 408, 411, 415, 420
Manila Defense: 241, 245, 272, 351
Noguchi: 368n, 369-86, 388-91, 398-99, 401-03, 415-16, 420
Takachiho: 520, 524
Yuguchi: 565, 569
Detachments
Eguchi: 173-75, 182-86, 202, 204-05
Hanabusa: 407-08, 411-12
Hayashi: 453-54, 476-77
Ida: 102, 145, 192, 200
Kogure: 368n, 373, 385, 415-18, 420-21
Kubota: 117, 143-44
Nagayoshi: 312
Noguchi: 241-42, 244-45, 369n
Okita: 368n
Omori: 161, 164-66
Shigemi: 100-102, 112-14, 144-46, 156-61, 164-66
Takaya: 173-75, 182-86, 202-04
Takayama: 173-79, 182-83, 202, 204
Tomono: 408, 413
Tsuda: 99, 101-02, 145, 199
Yanagimoto: 173-75, 180, 182-86, 202, 204-05
Battalions
Abe: 242, 245, 268-69, 273-74
Inoue Provisional Infantry: 192n
Kasama: 408-12
Muroya: 408, 410
Narukami: 408, 411-12
2d Provisional Infantry: 244-45, 274
3d Provisional Infantry: 244-45, 274
Units
Central Sector, Luzon: 394, 397-98
Central Sector, Mindanao: 636
Digos District: 628, 631-33
Eastern Sector, Mindanao: 637, 643-44
Left Front Line, Mindanao: 632-33, 635
Left Sector, Luzon: 376, 385, 388, 394, 397-98
Left Sector, Mindanao: 630
Left District Unit, Mindanao: 632-35
Marauding Unit, Mindoro: 44
Northern Sector, Mindanao: 636-37, 641
Puncan Sector Defense, Luzon: 513-16
Right Front Line, Mindanao: 632-33, 635
Right Sector, Luzon: 394, 397-98
Right Sector, Mindanao: 630
Sarangani District: 646
Southern Sector, Mindanao: 636, 638
Takachiho: 454
West Sector, Luzon: 224, 226-27
Western Sector, Mindanao: 636
Japanese Naval Air Service: 49, 58, 265-66, 454, 589
26th Air Flotilla: 96 174
Japanese naval units
Fleets
Southwest Area: 49, 92-93, 241
3d Southern Expeditionary: 92
Manila Naval Defense Force: 241-48, 265, 268-73, 279-80, 290, 306-07, 361-62, 369n
Headquarters Battalion: 245, 279
Headquarters Sector Unit: 245, 274, 279
Central Force: 245, 259, 274, 290, 302-03
Manila Bay Entrance Force: 339
Northern Force: 244-45, 252, 257-58, 271, 274, 369n
Southern Force: 245-46, 265-66, 273-74
Naval Special Base Forces
31st: 92, 96-97, 241-42, 249
32d: 622
33d: 441, 608-09
Naval Battalions
1st: 245, 258, 260-61, 265-66, 274
1st Independent: 244-45, 256-58
2d: 245, 274, 277, 279
3d: 245, 265-66, 268-69, 274
4th: 245, 266, 274, 628n
5th: 245, 274, 290, 351
Combat Sectors
13th: 202, 206-07
14th: 202, 205-07
15th: 202, 205-06
16th: 202, 206-07
17th: 202, 206-07
Hayakawa Naval Unit: 576-77
Naval Guard Units
35th: 441-42
36th: 608-09
37th: 174
Japanese Navy
eliminated: 652
forces used as ground troops
Bataan: 312
Bicol Peninsula: 441
Clark Field: 172, 174-75, 202-03, 205-06
Corregidor: 339, 342-43
Luzon: 92, 96-97
Manila: 241-42, 244-45, 249, 271-72
Manila Bay: 351, 355
Mindanao: 621-22, 632-33, 646
northern Luzon: 576-77
southern Luzon: 369-70, 426
Southern Philippines: 587-89, 598
Visayan Islands: 605, 608-09, 618
gunfire support: 49-50
Jenna, Col. William W.: 320-24, 328
Jerome, Col. Clayton C., USMC: 133n
Joint Assault Signal Company, 293d: 123
Joint Chiefs of Staff: 3-11, 15-17, 17n, 22, 24, 140-41

Joint Logistics Committee: 12-13
Jolo Island: 587, 598-99
Jolo: 598
Jones Bridge: 255, 283
Jones, Col. George M.: 237-38, 240-47, 347, 349
Jones, Maj. Gen. Henry L. C.: 314, 318n, 319-30

Kabacan: 621, 623-30, 636-42
Kamikaze attacks
Lingayen Gulf: 59-68
Luzon: 60-67, 363
Mindoro: 46-51
Okinawa: 66-67
Kanami Ridge: 536
Kaneko, Maj. Chuji: 609n
Kapatalin Sawmill: 417-18
Kapintalan: 516-26, 529-31, 534
Kapintalan Ridge: 518, 529-33
Kasama, Maj. Tetsuyuki: 411-12
Kataoka, Lt. Gen. Tadasu: 609
Kawai, Col. Shigeo: 90n, 99n, 201n
Kawashima, Maj. Gen. Osamu: 408, 411-12, 414
Kayashima, Lt. Comdr. Koichi: 241n
Kenbu Ridge: 531-34
Kenney, Lt. Gen. George C.: 10, 23-25, 35-36, 236
Kerstetter, Pfc. Dexter J.: 481n
Khodr, Maj. Khalil: 643n
Kiangan pocket: 567, 569, 571-72, 574, 576-77
Kiangkiang: 567-68, 576-77
Kibangay: 644-45
Kibawe: 627, 636-41, 645
Kibawe-Talomo trail: 629-30, 639-40, 644-45
Kilometer Post 21: 488-89, 559, 566, 574
Kilometer Post 90: 542-44, 554-59, 567-68, 571, 573-74
Kindley Field: 337
King, Adm. Ernest J.: 4-6, 9-10, 13, 15-17, 21-22
Kinkaid, Vice Adm. Thomas C.: 10, 21-25, 33-34, 37, 40, 56-57, 340
Kira, Maj. Gen. Goichi: 90n
Kitano, 2d Lt. Saburo: 315n
Kobayashi, Col. Shujiro: 90n, 241n, 368n
Kobayashi, Maj. Gen. Takashi: 241, 245, 379n
Kogure, Lt. Col. Nobutaka: 368n
Koma, Capt. Masayoshi, IJN: 241n, 339n
Kono, Lt. Gen. Takeshi: 605-08
Konuma, Maj. Gen. Haruo: 97n, 454n, 456-67, 494-95, 505, 515, 520
Krotiak, Pfc. Anthony L.: 533n
Krueger, Gen. Walter
and Baguio: 477, 479
and Bataan: 331
and Bicol Peninsula: 429-30, 440
and Central Plains: 139-44, 163, 166, 187-90, 195n, 198-99, 201-02
and Clark Field: 167-69, 180-82, 184, 202-03
and convoy schedules: 40
and Corregidor: 335-37
heads Sixth Army: 18
and Lingayen Gulf: 33-34, 56-57, 86-87, 105-06, 115, 117, 128-30
and Luzon: 211, 361-65
and Manila: 212-13, 217, 232, 236, 249-50, 258, 269, 293-94, 306
and Manila Bay area: 309-10, 335-36
and northern Luzon: 449-50, 457-60, 463-67, 531-32, 540, 541, 544, 548-49, 553, 556, 561, 568-70, 579
and southern Luzon: 361-68, 376-77, 403-04, 416, 423, 429-30, 432-34
and Villa Verde Trail: 491, 503
Kubota, Lt. Col. Shohei: 117
Kuluman River: 645
Kuriya, Lt. Col. Tsugunori: 224n
Kusumi, Comdr. Tadao: 441n

L-5's: 621, 654-55
La Paz: 168-69
La Salle University: 277-79
Lafe Hill: 175-79
Laguna de Bay: 222, 241, 244-45, 273-74, 367-72, 415-16, 420, 423-28, 430-35
Laguna Province: 250-51
Lahug Airfield: 613-14
Lake Buluan: 646-47
Lake Taal: 424-30, 434
Lake Taal Upland: 424
Lamagan Ridge: 549-54
Lamogan: 635
Lamon Bay: 369-71, 416-21, 423-24, 434, 439
Land-based air attacks. See Air operations, land-based attacks.
Landing craft. See Assault shipping.
Langiatan Hill: 550-54
Laoag: 453, 543-47
Las Piñas: 230-31
Las Piñas River: 230-31
Laureta, Col. Claro: 633n, 644n
Lawican: 491-93
Laws, Staff Sgt. Robert E.: 110n
LCI's: 77, 440-41
LCI(G)'s: 57, 73-74, 438-39
LCI(M)'s: 75
LCM's: 77, 118, 120-29, 341-43, 348, 352-56, 418, 436-37, 443-45, 601, 626, 644, 646-47, 655
LCM(3)'s: 125-26
LCM(6)'s: 125-26
LCPR's: 224-25, 332-36
LCT's: 47-48, 77, 118, 124-26
LCVP's: 77, 118, 120-21, 124-27, 332-33, 356, 440-41
Leaf, Col. William N.: 134-35
Leahy, Adm. William D.: 8n, 10, 13-15
LeCouvre, Capt. Donald J.: 596

Legaspi: 21, 439-44
Legaspi, Miguel Lopez de: 238
Legaspi Port: 439-40, 442-43
Lemasters, Maj. Paul R.: 355-56
Lenatin River and Valley: 367, 419
Lepanto Copper Mine: 542-43, 554, 558-59, 568, 571, 573-74
Letran University: 297-99
Leyte: 3, 7, 10-11, 12-13, 88-90, 135, 586-87, 652
airfield development in: 23-25, 584, 586, 591-92
as staging area: 46, 54-57, 312, 362-63, 438-39, 585, 592, 601, 608
Libby Airdrome: 630
Libtong: 453-54, 457-58, 466-67, 477, 541-45, 547-50
Licab: 181, 187-90
Liloan: 610, 616
Limay: 333-34
Lindeman, Col. Philip F.: 528-29
Lines of communication
Bicol Peninsula: 439-40, 444
Clark Field: 169, 182
to Formosa: 4-6, 13
to Japan: 3-4, 8, 141-42
Luzon: 13
Manila: 186, 215-16, 252, 258-59, 273
Mindanao: 625-26, 629-31, 638-39, 642-43
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 225
northern Luzon: 524, 526-27, 530, 533, 551, 553-54, 563, 568
southern Luzon: 368, 385-86, 425-26, 429
Southern Philippines: 595-96
Villa Verde Trail: 499, 508
Lines of communication, Japanese
Aritao-Baguio: 485, 558-60, 562, 564-66, 567, 569, 571-72
Central Plains: 101-101, 149, 188-89, 199
Clark Field: 202-03
from Japan: 651
Luzon: 52, 98
Manila: 265, 268-69, 271-73
northern Luzon: 544-46, 558-59, 564
South China Sea: 583-84
southern Luzon: 371
Southern Philippines: 583-84, 586, 591
Villa Verde Trail: 506-07
Lingayen Attack Force: 32-33
Lingayen Gulf: 3-135, 228-33, 309
Army Beachhead Line: 73, 76, 79, 81, 85-87, 109-10, 114-15, 117, 140, 147, 160-61
assault plans: 29-35
landing phase: 69-87
logistical plans and operations: 38-42, 118-35
Lipa: 425, 427, 429-32
Lipa corridor: 425-34
Logistics. See also Amphibious operations.
base development
Central Plains: 147-66, 211
Lingayen Gulf: 41, 309, 363, 457-58
Luzon: 362-63
Manila Bay area: 133, 309, 311n, 313-14, 363, 387, 440-41
Mindanao: 18, 626-27, 629
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 309
Philippines: 651-52
Samar: 437
southern Luzon: 423, 428-29
Southern Philippines: 18, 597
Subic Bay: 133, 313-14, 441
command and control: 57, 133-35
convoy plans: 21-23, 25, 46-48, 56-57
port development
Bicol Peninsula: 439-40
Lingayen Gulf: 133
Luzon: 562
Manila: 118, 130-31, 133
Manila Bay area: 357
Visayan Islands: 608
shipping losses: 46-51, 59-61, 64-66, 131
shipping requirements: 38-40, 585
shipping routes: 21-23, 25, 52, 362-63
shortages
ammunition: 40, 402, 656-57
bridging equipment: 40, 129-30
engineer equipment: 122
food: 234-35
manpower: 121-23
POL: 234
transportation: 231
trucks: 121-22, 126-27, 130-31
vehicles, general: 125
water: 107-08
staging areas
Aitape: 54-56
Australia: 54-55
Biak: 585n
Cebu: 608
development of: 4
Hollandia: 54-55
Huon Gulf: 56
Leyte: 46, 54-57, 312, 362-63, 438-39, 585, 592, 601, 608
Lingayen Gulf: 601
Luzon: 363, 440, 570-71, 581, 601
Manus Island: 56
Mindoro: 52, 228-29, 335-36, 340, 348, 435-37, 585, 589, 592, 601, 605, 607, 620
Morotai: 54-55, 585, 620
New Britain: 54-56
New Caledonia: 54-55
New Guinea: 55, 585
Noemfoor: 54-55
Panay: 604
Philippines: 651-52

Samar: 435-36, 585
Sansapor: 54-56, 585, 620
Visayan Islands: 605, 608
supply operations
Bicol Peninsula: 443-45
Central Plains: 142-43, 167, 207, 309
Clark Field: 168-69, 181, 186, 206
Corregidor: 347
Lingayen Gulf: 38-42, 55, 82-83, 109-11, 118-35, 309
Luzon: 21, 26-27, 361, 440, 585
Manila: 233-35
Mindanao: 625-26, 629, 638, 641-42, 645
Mindoro: 45-46
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 234
northern Luzon: 461, 465-66, 513, 516-17, 524, 529-33, 547, 549, 568, 573-76
Philippines, general: 655-57
southern Luzon: 382-83, 387, 402, 412, 414
Southern Philippines: 586, 595-96
Villa Verde Trail: 498-99, 505
Visayan Islands: 601-02, 608
Logistics, Japanese
shipping losses
Formosa: 65
general: 89
Lingayen Gulf: 57-60, 64
Mindoro: 48, 50-51
shortages
ammunition: 545-46, 554, 576-77, 588-89, 605, 622-23
artillery: 622-23
food: 91, 418-20, 477-78, 546-47, 568, 576-77, 588-89, 605, 644
general: 91
medical: 315-16, 420, 478, 545-46, 568, 588-89
POL: 91
transportation: 90-92, 588-89, 622-23, 637
supply operations
Baguio: 476-78, 481, 489
Bataan: 315-16
Central Plains: 144, 190, 192-93, 199
Clark Field: 202-03
Lingayen Gulf: 38, 129
Luzon: 90-92, 97-98, 578
Manila: 240-41
Mindanao: 622-23
northern Luzon: 450, 464-67, 535, 546, 554, 558-60, 568, 577
southern Luzon: 371, 376, 378-79, 386, 417, 420
Southern Philippines: 588-89
Villa Verde Trail: 502
Lone Tree Hill: 518, 522, 529-31, 533-34
Loo Valley: 542, 567-68
Los Baños: 427-28, 432-33
Louisville, USS: 60
LSM's: 56-57, 124-26, 332-33, 356, 440-41
LST's: 56-57, 69, 76-77, 118-21, 123-27, 234, 440-41
Lubang Islands: 428-.29, 437-38
Lubricants. See POL products.
Lucena: 433-34
Lumboy: 512-14
Lunec: 161-62
Luneta Park: 293-94
Lupao: 101-02, 144-45, 181, 187-93, 195-200, 512-13
Luzon Attack Force: 32-34, 37, 56-57, 59-67, 104-05
Luzon Base Section: 134. See also Army Service Command.
Luzon Bus Company road: 372-73, 378
Luzon-Formosa-China coast triangle: 4-17
Luzon-Formosa debate: 3-17, 658
LVT's: 33, 69, 76, 78, 118, 128-30, 132, 234, 259, 292, 610-12, 624, 655
LVT(A)s: 33, 69, 76-78, 118

Mabalacat: 171, 179-80
Mabalacat East Airfield: 179-80
Mabato Point: 245, 273-74
Mabilao: 80-82, 105
Macajalar Bay: 621, 623, 636-37, 639-42
MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas: 280. See also General Headquarters, SWPA.
and Bataan: 310-11
and Central Plains: 139-43, 187
and Clark Field: 168-69, 180, 184
and Corregidor: 335-36, 340, 350
and Leyte: 10-11
and Lingayen: 33-34, 56-57, 86-87
and Luzon: 11, 13, 18-26, 310, 362-65
and Luzon-Formosa debate: 6-9, 11, 13-16
and Manila: 212, 249-50, 260n, 267, 293-94, 306
and Manila Bay: 309-10, 335-36
and Mindanao: 10-11, 646-47
narrow escape: 334
and Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 221-23, 225-26, 229-30
and northern Luzon operations: 449, 458, 539, 572
and Philippines: 6-11, 18, 656
and Route 5: 539
and southern Luzon: 361-66, 404
and Southern Philippines: 583-85
tactics of, 1941: 94
and Visayan Passages: 439, 445
MacNider, Brig. Gen. Hanford: 443-45
Mactan Island: 614, 616
Magalang: 179-80
Magat River and Valley: 450, 453, 543, 558-63, 567, 578
Magima River and Canyon: 641-42
Magsaysay, Capt. Ramon: 313
Magun Hill: 550-54

Maison, Lt. Col. Harold G.: 107-08, 111
Makati: 245, 251, 265
Malabang: 620-27, 647
Malacañan Palace: 238-39, 252, 259-60
Malasiqui: 79, 114-17, 129n, 160-61
Malasiqui-Manaoag line: 160-61
Malatorre: 460
Mayala Range. See Ilocos Range.
Malaybalay: 636-37, 640-44
Malinta Hill: 336-42, 347-48
Malisay: 593-95
Malolos: 212-13, 217
Malolos-Plaridel line: 213, 217
Maluko: 636-37
Mananga River and Valley: 610, 615-16
Manaoag: 83, 111-15, 144, 156-57, 160-61
Mandog: 633-35
Mangaldan: 80, 82, 132-34, 235, 476
Mangarin Bay: 44
Mango River: 373-74, 384, 392
Manila: 31, 59, 73, 92-93, 105-06, 142-43, 180-81, 186, 187, 189-90, 198, 202, 206-07, 211-307, 309, 428, 656
Manila Bay area: 31, 73, 241, 244, 246, 301-57, 424; 426, 449, 491. See also Bataan Peninsula; Corregidor; Manila.
Manila Railroad: 128-30, 167-68, 171-72, 174-75, 179-81, 186, 188, 194, 211-14, 259, 439, 469n
Manila Suburban Electric Line: 269
Manila-Tanauan road. See Route 1, Luzon.
Manjome, Maj. Gen. Takeo: 609-16
Mankayan: 542-43, 545-46, 554-55, 558-59, 566, 571, 573-74
Manus Island staging area: 56
Maps, deficiencies in: 251, 317, 326, 524, 538-39, 639
Maramag: 640-41, 643
Marcus Island, USS: 47
Mariana Islands: 4, 7, 14-15
Marikina: 373, 399
Marikina River and Valley: 238, 240-41, 244, 250, 256-58, 272-73, 367-69, 371-73, 378, 380, 391-92, 400, 402-04
Marilao: 213-14, 218
Marinduque: 53, 435-36
Marine Corps Aviation
Baguio: 476
Luzon: 35-36, 132-33, 151
Manila: 235-36, 268, 273-74, 293-94
Mindanao: 621, 627, 644
Philippines: 655
Southern Philippines: 586, 591-92, 596, 598-99
Visayan Passages: 436
Mariveles: 331-34, 340, 351
Mariveles Bay: 332-33, 341
Marking's guerrillas: 407-15
Marshall, General of the Army George C.: 6, 9-11, 13
Marshall, Lt. Col. Paul H.: 641
Marshall, Maj. Gen. Richard J.: 15-16
Marshall Islands: 4
Martin, Maj. Gen. Clarence A.: 636
Masbate Island: 438-39
Mauban: 434
Mayfield, Cpl. Melvin: 577n
Mayruso River: 78
McCarter, Pvt. Lloyd G.: 346n
McGaha, Master Sgt. Charles L.: 200n
McGee, Lt. Col. Frank D.: 637n, 644n
McGee, Capt. Homer F., USN: 440-41
McGuire, Maj. Thomas B.: 57n
McIntosh, Lt. Col. Jesse E.: 319
McKinney, Sgt. John R.: 562n
McNarney, Lt. Gen. Joseph T.: 6
McSevney Point: 203-06
Medal of Honor winners
Atkins, Pfc. Thomas E.: 498n
Cicchetti, Pfc. Joseph J.: 260n
Cooley, Staff Sgt. Raymond H.: 514n
Diamond, Pfc. James H.: 632n
Gonzales, Pfc. David M.: 506n
Grabiarz, Pfc. William J.: 302n
Harr, Cpl. Harry R.: 643n
Kerstetter, Pfc. Dexter J: 481n
Krotiak, Pfc. Anthony L.: 533n
Laws, Staff Sgt. Robert E.: 110n
Mayfield, Cpl. Melvin: 577n
McCarter, Pvt. Lloyd G.: 346n
McGaha, Master Sgt. Charles L.: 200n
McGuire, Maj. Thomas B.: 57n
McKinney, Sgt. John R.: 562n
Parrish, T/4 Laverne: 158n
Perez, Pfc. Manuel, Jr.: 274n
Reese, Pfc. John N., Jr.: 260n
Rodriguez, Tech. Sgt. Cleto: 260n
Rudolph, Tech. Sgt. Donald E.: 199n
Shockley, Pfc. William R.: 501n
Shomo, Maj. William A.: 57n
Sjogren, Staff Sgt. John C.: 607n
Thomas, Pfc. William H.: 207n
Viale, 2d Lt. Robert M.: 255n
Villegas, Staff Sgt. Ysmael R.: 498n
Woodford, Staff Sgt. Howard E.: 566n
Medical Battalion, 263d: 123
Medical Clearing Company, 637th: 562n
Medical supply shortages, Japanese: 315-16, 420, 478, 545-46, 568, 588-89
Medical support. See Casualties, evacuation of.
Merrill, Lt. Col. Gyles: 314-15
Meycauyan: 233
Middleside, Corregidor: 336-37, 339, 344, 345-47
Military police: 300
Military Police Company, 36th: 123
Miliwit River and Valley: 501-02
Milton, Hugh M., II: 55n
Mindanao: 10-11, 18, 47, 584-87, 591, 599, 620-48

Mindanao River: 620-21, 625-26
Mindanao Sea: 46, 59, 362-63, 618
Mindoro: 21-26, 44-53, 89, 223, 227, 235, 267, 332, 337, 583-84, 586, 591-92
Mindoro Attack Group. See Naval units, Task Groups, 78.3
Mindoro Close Covering Group: 45
Mindoro Heavy Covering and Carrier Group: 45-48
Mining operations
marine
Bataan: 332-33
Bicol Peninsula: 440
Corregidor: 340
Lingayen: 60-62, 67-69
Luzon: 66-69
Southern Philippines: 592-93
land
Clark Field: 183
Corregidor: 342
Manila: 246-47, 252-53, 256-57, 264-65, 268
Manila Bay: 241-42
Visayan Islands: 607, 610-13
Mining operations, Japanese: 440
Mintal: 630-34
Minuli: 456, 516, 518-24, 526
Miyazaki, Lt. Gen. Shuichi: 88n, 89
Moale, USS: 47
Moncada: 117, 167-69
Monkey Point: 348
Montalban: 368-69, 371-74, 378, 399, 402, 404-05, 408
Montalban River: 391
Morale status, Japanese: 175, 206
Moret Field: 599
Morison, Samuel Eliot: 46n, 47n, 49n, 50n
Morong River and Valley: 369, 379, 381-82, 385-86
Morotai: 4, 54-55, 585, 586, 620
Morozumi, Lt. Gen. Gyosaku: 587n, 622-26, 636-44
Mortar ammunition shortage: 402
Mortar operations
Bataan: 322, 324-25
Central Plains: 158-59, 161-62, 194, 196
Clark Field: 177, 184
Lingayen Gulf: 83, 106-07, 112
Manila: 257-58, 261-64, 266, 268, 274-75, 284, 286-87, 294, 296-97, 300, 303
Manila Bay: 352-53
northern Luzon: 514, 522, 525-26, 533-34, 553
southern Luzon: 386, 397-98, 421, 432
Villa Verde Trail: 497-97
Visayan Islands: 614
Mortar operations, Japanese
Bataan: 315-16, 318-21, 323-24, 329
Central Plains: 148-49, 151-53, 196
Clark Field: 169-72, 176-77, 179, 183-85, 203-04
Lingayen Gulf: 81-85, 106-09, 123, 125
Manila: 247-48, 259-63, 265-68, 277-78, 286
Manila Bay: 353
Mindanao: 630-31, 633
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 224-27
Route 5: 513-14, 519-20, 527-28
southern Luzon: 372-73, 377, 387, 394, 399-400, 402, 429
Southern Philippines: 593, 597-98
Villa Verde Trail: 497, 499, 506
Visayan Islands: 610, 613-14
Visayan Passages: 436
Morton, Louis: 3, 311n
Mossman, Maj. Billy C.: 548n
Mount Aiming: 226-27
Mount Alava: 84, 110-11, 144, 147, 189-90
Mount Apni: 478-79
Mount Apo: 628
Mount Arayat: 171
Mount Balidbiran: 386, 388
Mount Banahao: 424-25, 433-35
Mount Banahao District: 424
Mount Bariway: 441-43
Mount Batulao: 226
Mount Baytangan: 373-76, 382, 378-80, 382-88, 391-92, 402-03
Mount Bijiang: 428
Mount Binicayan: 400-402
Mount Bolokbok: 462-63
Mount Calugong: 486
Mount Capisan: 593-96
Mount Cariliao: 226
Mount Caymayuman: 382, 385, 386, 388-89
Mount Daho: 598-99
Mount Hapanong-Banoy: 402-03
Mount Haruna: 536
Mount Imugan: 502-03, 505, 508, 517-18
Mount Isarog: 445
Mount Kabuto: 517-18, 522, 524
Mount Kabuyao: 407-10
Mount Kanami: 518, 522n, 524
Mount Katitinga: 407-12, 414
Mount Macolod: 427, 429-33
Mount Malepunyo: 424-28, 432-35
Mount Maquiling: 424-28, 430-33
Mount Maranat: 414
Mount Mataasna-Bondoc: 435
Mount Mataba: 373-75, 378-82, 391-97, 399
Mount Minami: 517-18, 522n, 524
Mount Mirador: 485-86
Mount Myoko: 518, 522-24, 527-33, 539-40
Mount Namogoian: 547
Mount Natib: 334
Mount Oro: 369, 391, 394-96, 402
Mount Pacawagan: 369, 373-75, 378-80, 384, 391, 396-97, 399-400
Mount Pamitinan: 400, 402-03
Mount Pulungbata: 593-97
Mount Purro: 391-94, 398-99, 402-03
Mount Santo Tomas: 486

Mount Tanauan: 382, 385-86
Mount Tumatangus: 598-99
Mount Yabang: 382, 384-86, 388-89
Mudge, Maj. Gen. Verne D.: 214-15, 252-53, 269, 373
Mulita River: 638-39
Mullins, Maj. Gen. Charles L., Jr.: 157-58, 160, 195-97, 513-17, 519-22, 524-26, 528-30, 532-37
Muñoz: 101, 145, 181, 188-201
Muraoka, Lt. Gen. Yutaka: 562n
Murphree River: 525
Muto, Lt. Gen. Akira: 88n, 89-92, 103
Myoko Ridge: 518, 522-30

Naga: 445
Nagayoshi, Col. Sanenobu: 311n, 312-16, 330, 332, 334
Naguilian: 99-100, 474-76, 569
Nampicuan: 117
Nanca River and Valley: 373, 376-78, 383, 385
Napalm. See Air operations, napalm, use of.
Nashville, USS: 46
Nasugbu: 424-25, 428-29
Nasugbu Bay: 222-25
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 221-31, 234-36, 309, 427
Naval Service Command: 41, 133
Naval units
Fleets
Third: 22-25, 33-37, 45-48, 54, 58-67, 168
Seventh: 23, 32-34, 438-39
Amphibious Forces
III: 32-33, 55-57, 76-77, 119-20, 124, 127
VII: 32-33, 56-57, 64, 119-20, 123-24, 127-28
Task Forces
74: 610, 612-13
77: See Luzon Attack Force.
78: 33
79: 32-33
Task Groups
74.2: 589
77.2: 57, 59-60
77.3: 45, 47-48, 57, 332, 340
77.4: 57, 59
77.6: 57, 60
77.9: 126
77.12: 45-48
78.1: 592-93
78.2: 223-25, 589, 608, 621
78.3: 45-48, 312, 332-33, 601
78.4: 440-43
Task Units
77.1.1: 56-57
77.1.2: 56-57
77.3.1: 223
Navy, U.S.
Advance Commander Support Aircraft: 37
base development: 41, 133
Commander Support Aircraft Luzon: 37
construction battalions: 126
gunfire support
Bataan: 312-13, 332-33
Bicol Peninsula: 440-41
Central Plains: 139-40
Corregidor: 337-40, 342-43, 347
Iwo Jima: 585
Lingayen Gulf: 60, 62, 67-69, 75, 83-84, 100, 104-05, 108, 128
Luzon: 67-69
Manila Bay: 340, 352-53, 356-57
Mindanao: 621, 624
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 221-25
Southern Philippines: 585, 589, 592-93
Visayan Islands: 601-02, 610-13
Visayan Passages: 438-40
losses: 332-33, 340
reconnaissance: 355
support plans
Lingayen Gulf: 32-34
Luzon: 21-22, 24-26, 32-34
Mindoro: 23-24, 45-46
Okinawa: 585
Negros Island: 46, 586-87, 604-10, 616-19
Neilson Field: 245, 266, 269-70
Netherlands East Indies: 584-85, 591, 600
in strategic plans: 18, 651
Netherlands Navy: 32-33
New Bosoboso: 371, 376, 388, 418, 420-21
New Britain: 54-56
New Caledonia: 54-55
New Guinea: 4, 55, 585
Newman, Col. Oliver P.: 589
Nichols Field: 265-69, 274
Night operations
Baguio: 483-84
Bicol Peninsula: 442-14
Clark Field: 169, 183
Corregidor: 346-48
Lingayen Gulf: 113-14
southern Luzon: 373, 381, 387, 399, 407-12, 414
Villa Verde Trail: 501-03, 506
Visayan Islands: 607
Visayan Passages: 438
Nimitz, Adm. Chester W.: 4-14, 16-17, 22, 24-25
Nishimura, Maj. Gen. Toshio: 88n
Nishiyama, Lt. Gen. Fukutaro: 147-48, 476n
Noble, Rear Adm. Albert G.: 621
Noemfoor: 54-55
Noguchi, Col. Katsuzo: 241, 244-45, 252, 257-58, 271-72
Noguchi, Maj. Susumu: 368n, 372n
North Africa: 30
North Port Area: 255, 293-94, 307
Northern Apex: 541-58
Northern Luzon: 449-79, 558-79
Northwest (Banzai) Ridge: 531

Norton Ridge: 520-23, 525-26
Norton's Knob: 522-23, 525-26
Norzagaray; 216-18, 405-07
Novaliches: 219-20, 233-35, 244, 250, 252, 272-73, 405
Novaliches Dam: 250, 256, 272-73, 367, 404, 414

Object Hill: 205-06
O'Connor, Col. George G.: 108n, 195n
Oil, fuel, and lubricating. See POL products.
Oil supply and storage. See POL products.
Okabayashi, Col. Junkichi: 609n
Okada, Col. Yasuji: 90n, 173n
Okamoto, Lt. Gen. Yasuyuki: 145
Okinawa: 10, 13, 15, 16-17, 24-26, 36, 64, 66-67, 67n, 141-42, 560, 585, 653-54, 656
Okita, Lt. Col. Kazuo: 368n
Okochi, Vice Adm. Denshichi: 92, 241-43
Old Bilibid Prison: 252-54
Old Spanish Trail: 455-56, 463, 491-92, 514-24, 527-28, 533, 536, 538-40, 560, 564, 566
Oldendorf, Rear Adm. Jesse B.: 61-63
Olongapo: 310, 312-17, 325, 327, 332
Orani: 382, 334
Ordnance Ammunition Company, 622d: 123
Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad, 108th: 123
Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Company, 3608th: 123
Ordnance Light Maintenance Companies
163d: 123
706th: 123
737th: 130
Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company, 48th: 123
Orion: 334
Oriung Pass: 559-65
Osboy Ridge: 410-11, 413
Okada, Maj. Hiroshi: 622n
Ozaki, Lt. Gen. Yoshiharu: 99n, 100

P-38's: 49-50, 132, 235, 293, 334, 599
P-40's: 49-50, 132, 235
P-47's: 48-50, 235, 329-30
P-51's: 132, 352-53
P-61's: 48-50, 132
Pacdan: 567
Paco District: 240, 259-60, 274, 293-94, 307
Paco Railroad Station: 529-60, 263-65
Paco School: 260, 263-64
Page, Maj. Herbert: 646n
Pagsanjan: 416, 434
Paidu-Pulangi: 626
Palacpalac: 111, 113-14, 140, 144, 148-49
Palau Islands: 4, 54
Palawan: 583-91
Palico River: 224-26
Pampanga River: 181-82, 211-16, 233, 462-63, 543
Panay Force (1942): 602
Panay Island: 586-87, 601-07
Pandanan District: 240, 259-60, 274, 293-94, 307
Pandanan Island: 589-91
Panililio, Yay; 407n
Paniqui: 117-20
Pantal River: 78, 129
Parachute Field Artillery Battalions
162d: 341
457th: 570
462d: 341, 344
Parachute Infantry Battalions
1st, 503d: 345, 347
2d, 503d: 344, 347
3d, 503d: 341-44, 347
1st, 511th: 230-31, 571
2d, 511th: 230-31, 570
3d, 511th: 430, 432-33
Parachute Infantry Regiments
503d RCT: 29-30, 44-45, 47-48, 51, 335-49, 364, 366, 585, 604-08, 618-19, 656
511th: 222-31, 235, 266-69, 351, 425, 427-30, 434-35, 570-71
Parañaque: 230-31, 245, 265-66
Parañaque River: 231, 234, 265-67
Parang: 620-21, 623-26, 638
Paret River: 569, 571
Parrish, T/4 Laverne: 158n
Pasay: 275-77
Pasig District: 255
Pasig River: 217, 238-41, 244-45, 246, 251-60, 264-70, 273-77, 282, 284, 291-300, 307
Patalan River: 80, 86
Patrick, Maj. Gen. Edwin D.: 161-64, 194-200, 368, 374-75, 378-79, 382-83
Pearl Harbor conference: 7-8
Pemienta: 188
Peñaranda River: 216
Pepke, Lt. Col. Don R.: 107n
Peralta, Col. Marcario L.: 586, 601-02
Perez, Pfc. Manual, Jr.: 274n
Pescadores Islands: 36, 58
Philippine Army, organization of: 651
Philippine Base Section: 134. See also Army Service Command.
Philippine Civil Affairs Units: 40-41
Philippine General Hospital: 285-90
Philippine Government, restoration of: 19, 40, 651-52
Philippine operations. See also by geographical name.
planning for: 3-69, 383-86, 658
results of: 651-58
Photography, aerial: 62-63, 118-19. See also Air operations, reconnaissance.
Pilar: 332, 334
Pililla: 369-70
Pimple, The: 505-06
Pinamola: 644-45
Pingkian: 560, 562-64, 467, 571-72

Pitican: 488-90
Plaridel: 212-13, 216-17, 233-34
POL products: 41, 133, 234, 288-89, 298, 305-06, 353-56
POL shortages, Japanese: 91
Polis Pass: 559, 574
Polloc Harbor: 620-21, 625
Port Companies
244th: 123
276th: 562n
294th: 123
Port Sual: 32, 76-79, 115-17, 133-34
Portable Surgical Hospital, 24th: 261-62
Ports. See Logistics, port development.
Potpot: 112-14
Poulton Hill: 531
Pozorrubio: 32, 111-12, 140, 143, 147-51, 155-57, 459-60, 468
President Polk, USS: 56n
Prince of Wales, HMS: 37
Prisoners of war, Japanese
Bataan: 330
Bicol Peninsula: 443-45
Central Plains: 189, 207-08
Clark Field: 168, 186
Corregidor: 346
Luzon: 579
Manila: 300-302, 306
Mindanao: 635, 642, 647
northern Luzon: 569, 579
Philippines: 651-52
southern Luzon: 421-22
Southern Philippines: 597, 599
Visayan Islands: 602, 607-08, 617-19
Visayan Passages: 445
Provisor Island: 250-51, 258-65, 274-75, 280, 282, 284
Provost Marshal General, USAFFE: 300
Proximity fuze: 61
PT boats: 45-46, 133, 340, 348, 352-53, 355, 427, 436, 587, 646
Public utilities, securing of: 250-51, 258-65, 404
Puerto Princesa: 589-91
Pugo: 468-74
Pugo Valley: 154
Pulangi River: 626, 637-40, 643, 645
Pulupandan: 606n
Puncan: 456, 463, 512-16, 520
Pura: 168
Putlan: 515-22
Putlan River and Valley: 515, 522, 524, 539-40

Quartermaster Company, 6th: 123
Question Mark Hills: 150-51
Quibuyen, Capt. Domingo D.: 566n
Quingua River: 213-14

Rabon: 86
Radio communications: 107
Radio intercepts: 464
Ragay Gulf: 444-45
Railhead Company, 558th: 123
Railroad construction and repair: 130-31
Railway systems
Bicol Peninsula: 439
Luzon: 91
southern Luzon: 424
Ramsay Ravine: 336, 339-41, 344
Ramsey, Maj. Edwin P.: 420
Ranger Battalion, 6th: 29, 54-57, 87, 561-62
Rayambugan Farm School: 559
Real: 428
Recoilless rifle tests: 421
Reconnaissance, aerial. See Air operations, reconnaissance.
Reconnaissance, ground. See also Air operations, reconnaissance.
Baguio: 468, 472-77, 479-81, 485-90
Bataan: 320, 327, 330n, 333-34
Bicol Peninsula: 442-45
Central Plains: 150-53, 156, 160-61, 167, 188-89, 197, 201-02, 207-08
Clark Field: 168-70, 181-82, 185, 203
Lingayen Gulf: 78-85, 105, 108-09, 114-15, 117
Manila: 213-14, 216, 218, 255-56, 263-65, 268-69, 274, 280, 300
Manila Bay: 352, 354, 356
Mindanao: 625, 628, 640, 643, 646
Mindoro: 51
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 226, 229
northern Luzon: 458-63, 513, 518, 528-29, 533-37, 566-67, 571-73, 576-77
southern Luzon: 368, 371-73, 375n, 377, 386-88, 391-94, 396, 397, 402-03, 405-07, 410, 412-16, 418-21, 428, 432-35, 478-79
Southern Philippines: 589-91, 597
Villa Verde Trail: 491-92, 497-98, 505-06, 509
Visayan Islands: 602-04, 613, 617-18
Visayan Passages. 437-38
Reconnaissance, ground, Japanese
Central Plains: 145, 148-49, 188-90
Lingayen Gulf: 81-83, 104, 107, 110-11
Mindanao: 623
northern Luzon: 459-61, 514-15, 518, 526, 529, 540, 540n, 548
southern Luzon: 369, 373-74, 389-90, 405-06
Southern Philippines: 593
Villa Verde Trail: 494, 497, 518
Visayan Islands: 607, 614
Reconnaissance Squadron, Provisional: 215-16
Reconnaissance Troops
6th: 114-15, 164-65, 188, 201, 392-94
21st: 618
24th: 313, 332-33, 625, 627-28, 646
25th: 188-89
33d: 479-80

37th: 79, 168, 182, 211-12, 258-59
40th: 77, 115-17, 169, 182, 602, 618
302d: 215-16
Redeployment of troops from ETO: 12-13, 604, 608
Rees, Col. James E.: 382-83
Reese, Pfc. John N., Jr.: 260n
Rehabilitation: 652-53
Repulse, HMS: 37
Richardson, Lt. Gen. Robert C.: 10
Ridges A to H: 481-85
Ridings, Brig. Gen. Eugene W.: 608n, 612
Riggs, Rear Adm. Ralph S.: 589
Rio Chico de la Pampanga: 171
Ritchie, Col. William L.: 10n
River-crossing operations, Pasig: 258-60, 264-65, 269, 292-300
Rizah 181, 190, 192, 196-99, 201-02, 462-63, 491-92, 512-13
Road construction and repair
Bicol Peninsula: 444-45
Lingayen Gulf: 41, 109-10, 129
Route 5: 516-17, 519-20, 522, 526-27
southern Luzon: 402-03, 405-06, 412
Southern Philippines: 596
Road construction and repair, Japanese
Luzon: 98, 558-60, 562-63, 564-66, 567, 569, 571-72
Mindanao: 645n
Road systems
Baguio: 468-72, 481-82
Bicol Peninsula: 439, 441-42
Central Plains: 155-57
Clark Field: 180
Lingayen Gulf: 104, 107-08
Luzon: 91, 541
Mindanao: 620-23, 627, 639-40, 645
northern Luzon: 450, 455-56, 460-61, 464-65, 512-13, 517, 541-44
southern Luzon: 372-73, 405, 424, 427-28, 434
Southern Philippines: 596
Villa Verde Trail: 493, 497, 517
Roadblocks
Central Plains: 152-53, 197, 200, 207-08
Lingayen Gulf: 81-82
Mindanao: 623, 637, 639
northern Luzon: 547-48, 554
southern Luzon: 391-92
Southern Philippines: 595-96
Villa Verde Trail: 494, 503, 506-07
Visayan Islands: 602
Roadblocks, Japanese
Manila: 252-53
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 230
Route 5: 519-20
Rockets, use of: 352-53
Rockets, use of, Japanese: 248, 372-73, 633, 653-54
Rodriguez, Tech. Sgt. Cleto: 260n
Romblon Island: 438
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: 7-8
Rosaldo: 462-63, 512-13
Rosales: 160-61, 164, 188
Rosario: 32, 104-05, 108-09, 139-40, 144, 148, 152-54, 453-54, 459, 568-71, 517. See also Damortis.
Ross, Lt. Col. Tom H.: 216
Route 1, Luzon: 23, 31, 245, 265-67, 427-28, 434, 439, 442-45
Route 1, Mindanao: 620-21, 623-29, 633, 636
Route 1-D, Mindanao: 630-35, 639, 644
Route 2: 543-44
Route 3, Luzon: 82-83, 98-100, 102-03, 108-17, 140-44, 147-49, 152-56, 160-61, 164, 167-82, 186-87, 203, 206, 211-14, 218, 233-34, 272, 310, 453-54, 459-60, 463, 468-77, 481, 543-48, 556, 561-62
Route 3, Mindanao. See Sayre Highway.
Route 3-11 junction: 104-05, 109-11, 114, 139-40, 143, 146, 147-50, 154-55, 165-66, 211
Route 4: 97, 453-54, 464-67, 477, 541-54, 558-76
Route 5: 97-102, 144-45, 169, 180-81, 187-94, 197-202, 212-16, 233-34, 368, 450-56, 460-65, 477-78, 491-95, 500-501, 508-44, 558-66, 568-70
Route 6: 543-47
Route 7: 115, 181-82, 212, 310-32
Route 8: 97-102, 153, 164, 181, 188-97, 462-63, 512-13
Route 9: 99-100, 453-54, 469-88
Route 11: 97-98, 155, 165, 450-54, 459-60, 464-89, 517, 538-39, 541-44, 558-59, 551-62, 566-67, 569, 572-74
Route 13: 77-78, 115, 117, 167-68
Route 17: 222, 224-31, 234, 424-25
Route 19: 427, 430
Route 21: 372, 381-82, 415-16, 428, 432, 434
Route 23: 434
Route 25: 230-31, 424
Route 52: 218-20, 405-08, 412-15
Route 57: 268n, 269
Route 59: 245
Route 60-A:. 372-73, 377, 381-82, 385-86
Route 64: 218-19, 405
Route 65: 216-17
Route 65-B: 405
Route 96: 97-98
Route 99: 192-95, 197
Route 100: 456, 460, 462-63, 491-92, 512-16
Route 164: 441-44
Route 277: 460-61
Route 389: 565, 574-76
Route 390: 567, 574-76
Route 393: 542-43, 547-48, 555, 573-71
Route 417: 427, 429
Route 455: 416-18
Royal, Rear Adm. Forrest B.: 592-93
Royal Australian Air Force: 35, 45, 48-49, 599

Royal Australian Army: 30
Royal Australian Navy: 32-33, 61, 65-66
Royal Netherlands Navy: 32-33
Rudolph, Tech. Sgt. Donald E.: 199n
Ryukyu Islands: 36, 58, 440

Sabang: 216-18, 233
Sabangan: 453, 541-42, 544-46, 548, 554, 559, 569, 571, 573-74
Sablan: 476-79, 481, 485-86
Sabotage: 439
Sackton, Col. Frank J.: 477n
Sacobia Ridge: 205-06
Sacobia River. See Bamban River.
Saji, Comdr. Shinji, IJN: 622n
Salacsac Pass: 494-98, 559
Salacsac Pass No. 1: 497, 502, 504-09, 515, 517-18, 532, 536, 538
Salacsac Pass No. 2: 497-503, 515
Salat: 479
Salomague Harbor: 545-46
Samal Island: 632
Samar: 363, 423, 435-37, 485, 486, 591-92
San Agustin: 444-45
San Antonio, Zambales: 310-13, 330-31
San Bernardino Strait: 362-63, 435-43
San Carlos: 129n, 130
San Fabian Attack Force: 33
San Fabian: 67-69, 74, 80, 82, 87, 104, 110, 130, 133-34
San Felipe-Bactad line: 157
San Felipe-Cuyapo line: 180-81
San Fernando, La Union: 57, 67-69, 98-100, 363, 541, 543-45, 548-49, 556
San Fernando, Pampanga: 181-82, 212, 259, 453, 457-60, 466-67, 474-77, 488-89
San Fernando River: 212
San Isidro: 192, 197, 200-201
San Jacinto: 82, 111
San Jose, Corregidor: 336
San Jose, Luzon: 97-104, 144-46, 157, 165-66, 168, 180-81, 188-202, 211-13, 331, 450, 454-58, 461-63, 472, 491, 510, 512-14, 534-35, 538-39, 543-44
San Jose, Mindoro: 44, 48-49
San Jose Point: 341
San Juan del Monte Subdivision: 243, 245, 256-58
San Juan Reservoir: 250, 256
San Juan River: 256
San Leon: 99-100
San Manuel: 100-103, 112, 144-46, 155-60, 165-66, 460-61
San Marcelino airstrip: 310-14, 329-30
San Mateo, Luzon: 373-74, 378
San Mateo, Zamboanga: 593
San Miguel: 168
San Nicolas: 144-45, 157
San Nicolas District: 255
San Pablo: 433-34
San Pablo Church: 280-81, 283
San Quintin: 460-61
San Roque, Luzon: 195-96
San Roque, Zamboanga: 593-95
Sanga Sanga Island: 597-600
Sanitation facilities. See Public utilities, securing of.
Sansapor: 54-56, 585, 620
Santa Ana District: 240, 264-65
Santa Barbara: 129n
Santa Cruz Bridge: 255
Santa Cruz District: 255
Santa Escolastica College: 277
Santa Fe: 454-56, 460-61, 464-65, 491-96, 500-501, 503, 505, 512, 514-18, 525, 532-33, 535-38, 543-44, 558, 560-63
Santa Fe River: 535-36
Santa Iñez: 391-92, 420-21
Santa Maria, Bulacan: 217-18
Santa Maria, Pangasinan: 460-61, 491, 493-94
Santa Maria River: 216-19
Santa Maria Valley: 416-21, 435
Santa Rita: 326-37
Santa Rita River: 326, 329
Santa River: 322, 325
Santa Rosa: 489-90
Santa Teresita College: 280, 282-83
Santiago Island: 67-68
Santiago: 563
Santo Tomas: 427-28, 430-32
Santo Tomas University: 221n, 233, 251-54
Sapit: 460, 468, 470-72, 491
Sarangani Bay: 646-48
Saruwatari, Col. Atsutaka: 573n
Sato, Maj. Gen. Bunzo: 99n, 479, 481.-82, 486
Sawmill River and Valley: 535-36
Sayre Highway: 621, 623-27, 629-30, 636-43, 646
SBD's: 132-33, 235, 268, 273-74. 293-94, 436-37, 476
Scar, The: 527
Scattered Trees Ridge: 205-06
Seaplane base development: 115-17, 133
Searchlight employment: 421
Service Company, 4188th: 123
Sherman, Rear Adm. Forrest P.: 16n
Services of Supply, SWPA: 38-42, 55, 134-35
Shigaki, Capt. Kenkiche, IJN: 609n
Shigemi, Maj. Gen. Isao: 100n, 156-58
Shimbu Group: 361-445
Ship-to-shore operations. See Amphibious operations.
Shipping. See Logistics; Logistics, Japanese.
Shizuru, Lt. Col. Rinzo: 627n
Shockley, Pfc. William R.: 501n
Shomo, Maj. William A.: 57n
Shore parties. See Amphibious operations, shore parties.
Shortages. See Logistics, shortages; Logistics, Japanese, shortages.

Shropshire, HMAS: 61
Sibert, Lt. Gen. Franklin C.: 620-21, 627, 629-30, 638-40, 644-45
Sibuko Bay: 597
Sibuyan Island: 438
Sibuyan Sea: 362-63, 438
Sicily: 30
Sierra Madre: 189, 367-68, 371-72, 377, 388, 391-92, 415, 418-20, 424-25, 434, 450, 455-56, 566, 569, 571-73
Signal Battalion, 58th: 562n
Silae: 642-44
Simara Island: 438
Siniloan: 416-17
Siocon Bay: 597
Sison: 102-03, 110-12, 148-49
Sjogren, Staff Sgt. John C.: 607n
Skelton, Col. Winfred G.: 325-27
Skerry, Col. Harry A.: 232n
Smoke, tactical use of: 292, 295-96, 303-04, 570-71
Snake Hill North: 204-05
Snake Hill West: 205-06
Snipers, Japanese: 247
Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B.: 6, 10
Sorsogon: 443
Sorsogon Peninsula: 439-45
South China Sea: 36-37, 313, 362-63, 450, 453, 543, 583-84, 591
South Force, Bataan: 331-34
South Pacific Area: 10
South Port Area, Manila: 280, 290-94, 297-98, 301-02, 307
Southeast Asia: 584
Southeast Asia Command: 584
Southern Luzon: 367-445. See also Bicol Peninsula; Visayan Passages.
Southern Philippines: 18, 30, 52, 583-648
Southwest Pacific Area: 651-54. See also General Headquarters, SWPA.
Special Security Force, 37th Division: 259
Spence, Brig. Gen. William: 331-32
Staging areas. See Logistics, staging areas.
Stanley, USS: 46
Stark, Brig. Gen. Alexander N.: 407
Steele, Tech. Sgt. Robert C.: 230-31
Stillwell, Col. Robert L.: 319
Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W.: 13-14
Storm King Mountain: 202-04
Strategic air support. See Air operations, strategic support.
Strategic plans
China: 3-4, 16-17
Formosa: 4-8, 11-17, 21, 658
Japan, invasion of: 3-4, 651-54
Netherlands East Indies: 18, 651
Okinawa: 10, 13, 15, 440, 656
Pacific theater: 3-4, 7
Philippines: 3-69, 361-66, 658
Southern Philippines: 18, 364, 583-84
Strategic plans, Japanese: 88-89
Street fighting: 230, 252, 255-56, 258, 266, 271-307
Strength, troop units. See Troop unit strength.
Struble, Rear Adm. Arthur D.: 46, 312-13, 332, 601
Sturgis, Lt. Gen. Samuel: 135n
Suarez, Col. Alejandro: 598-99
Subic Bay: 133, 310, 313-14, 331, 441
Submarines, Japanese: 60
Sugarloaf Hill: 379, 385-87, 388
Sugimoto, Rear Adm. Ushie: 96, 174-75
Sugita, Col. Kazutsugu: 88n
Suguwara, Maj. Hisaishi: 415n
Suicide attacks: 224, 242, 347-48. See also Kamikaze attacks.
Sulipan Canal: 232-33
Sulu Archipelago: 584, 586-87, 589, 597-600
Sulu Sea: 362-63
Sulvec: 543, 545-47
Supply operations. See Air operations, supply by; Logistics, supply operations; Logistics, Japanese, supply operations.
Surigao Strait: 46, 57, 362-63
Sutherland, Lt. Gen. Richard K.: 22-25, 230n
Sutton, Lt. (jg) James P., USNR: 219-20
Suyo: 548
Suzuki, Lt. Col. Kiyoshi: 605n
Suzuki, Lt. Gen. Sosaku: 89, 586-88, 609, 622
Swick, Capt. Herbert: 553
Swift, Lt. Gen. Innis P.
and Baguio: 471-77, 486, 489
and Central Plains: 140, 146, 163-64, 193
and Clark Field: 169
and Lingayen Gulf: 86, 105, 111, 114-15
and northern apex: 553
and northern Luzon: 568n, 569
and Route 5: 515-16, 531-32, 534-36
and Villa Verde Trail: 492, 500
Swing, Maj. Gen. Joseph M.: 221, 229, 268, 352n, 430

Tabang: 233-34
Tabio: 566n
Tablas Island: 438
Taconda: 183-84
Tactical air support. See Air operations, tactical support, carrier-based, and land-based.
Tactical plans
Baguio: 469, 472-77, 479-80, 490, 541
Bataan: 309-14, 320, 322, 325-28, 331-32
Bicol Peninsula: 363, 423, 429-30, 434, 439-41
Central Plains: 139-43, 148, 158-59, 161, 187-93, 196-200
Clark Field: 141-44, 159-61, 168-69, 175; 177-78, 180-85, 203
Corregidor: 309-10, 335-41, 345-46, 347
Lingayen Gulf: 29-35, 73
Luzon: 26-38, 309-10, 361-66

Manila: 140-43, 170, 187, 211-13, 217, 249-51, 258-59, 265-66, 268-69, 272, 275-77, 282-83, 291-97, 303, 361-66
Manila Bay: 309-13, 330-31, 334, 353-56, 362
Mindanao: 18, 584-85, 620-23, 627, 629, 632, 636-37, 638-40, 646
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 221-23, 229
northern Luzon: 449-53, 512-13, 515-22, 525, 528-33, 535-36, 538-39, 541, 546-49, 552-53, 556, 561-62, 568-69, 573
Samar: 363, 423
southern Luzon: 361-68, 373-77, 379, 382, 384-85, 391-94, 402-08, 412-13, 416, 421, 423-26, 429-30, 432-34
Southern Philippines: 583-86
Villa Verde Trail: 491-92, 497-500, 507-08, 532
Visayan Islands: 604-05, 608, 614-16
Tactical plans, Japanese
Baguio: 483
Bataan: 311-12, 332
Bicol Peninsula: 369-70, 441-42
Central Plains: 94-96, 99, 143-46, 190-93
Clark Field: 96, 118, 132, 142-43, 172, 174-75, 202-03
Corregidor: 335, 337-40, 346-47
Leyte: 88-90
Lingayen Gulf: 94
Luzon: 89-90, 92, 94-103, 142, 311, 577-79
Manila: 96-97, 240-49, 271-75
Mindanao: 587, 622-23, 628-30, 634, 637, 640-41, 642-43
northern Luzon: 453-57, 539, 558, 563-68, 577-78
Philippines: 654
southern Luzon: 368-71, 373, 379-80, 384-85, 398-90, 408, 426-28, 434
Southern Philippines: 586-88
Villa Verde Trail: 494-95, 502, 505, 508
Visayan Islands: 602, 605, 609-10, 612-13
Tagaytay Ridge: 266, 424, 426-28
Tagig: 267, 367-68, 372
Tagumising River: 156-57
Takahashi, Col. Masaichi: 99n
Takaya, Maj. Saburo: 173-74
Takatsu, Maj. Gen. Teshimitsu: 476n
Takayama, Lt. Col. Koshin: 173-74
Talavera: 187-89
Talavera River: 197-98, 512
Talipapa: 218-20
Talisay: 610-13
Talomo: 627, 630, 635, 639, 644
Talomo River: 630-32, 633-34
Tamogan River: 639-40, 644
Tanaka, Maj. Misusuke: 558n
Tanauan: 427-28, 430-32
Tanauan-Manila road. See Route 1, Luzon.
Tank Battalions
44th: 162, 215-16, 251, 256-57
716th: 112, 148, 157-60, 614
754th: 183, 205, 258-59, 282-83, 296
775th: 87, 562-63
Tank Company, 603d: 342
Tank Destroyer Battalions
637th: 184, 258-59, 295-96
640th: 205
Tank destroyer operations. See Antitank operations.
Tank operations
losses: 114, 159-60, 162-64, 184, 256-57, 342, 483, 562-63
support by
Baguio: 481, 483
Central Plains: 148-49, 157-59, 161, 190, 195
Clark Field: 178, 183-85, 202-06
Lingayen Gulf: 112
Manila: 220-21, 251-52, 256-59, 263-64, 275, 279-80, 282-83, 287-88, 292, 294-97, 300, 303-06
Manila Bay area: 351-52
northern Luzon: 522-23, 525-28, 563, 569
southern Luzon: 402-03, 430, 432
Southern Philippines: 596, 614
Tank operations, Japanese
losses: 113-14, 156-57, 159-60, 164, 184, 188, 199-201, 483, 569
strength: 158, 173-74
support: 112-14, 156-57, 159-61, 169, 180, 184, 193-95, 200, 560-61
Tarlac: 143, 167-69
Task Forces, Army. See also Flying columns.
Baldy Force: 394-96, 404-05
Connolly: 562, 565, 570-71
Gypsy: 570-71
Palawan Force. See Infantry Divisions, 41st.
Rock Force: 340-49
Sarangani Bay: 647
Western Visayan: 44-45, 48, 51-53, 59-60, 435-36
Task forces, naval. See Naval units, Task Forces.
Tawitawi Island: 597-99
Tayabas Bay: 221, 423-25, 427, 432-34, 439, 444-45
Tayabas Plains: 433-34
Taytay: 372, 376
Tayug: 100-102, 144-45, 460-61
Tebbo: 489-90
Templeman, Harold: 350n
Tenmyo, Maj. Tokichi: 597n
Terau, Col. Setomu: 545n
Terauchi, Field Marshal Count Hisaichi: 89
Ternate: 309-10, 351-52, 356-57, 426-27, 429-30
Terrain
Baguio: 468-71, 481-82, 487, 517
Bataan: 310, 315, 317, 319, 329
Bicol Peninsula: 439-40
Central Plains: 31, 145, 148, 155-56, 158, 161, 193, 517
Clark Field: 171-78, 182-83

Corregidor: 336-38, 345
Lingayen Gulf: 31, 74, 78, 80-81, 83, 104-05, 656
Luzon: 18-19, 94, 362
Manila and approaches to: 211-12, 259
Mindanao: 630
Mindoro: 44
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 226
northern Luzon: 450-53, 460-61, 463, 517-18, 541-44, 550, 566n, 577
Route 5: 512-13, 516-18, 526-27, 538
southern Luzon: 369, 371-74, 376, 392, 405-06. 423-25
Southern Philippines: 596
Villa Verde Trail: 492-98, 502, 510, 517-18, 538, 543-44
Thomas, Pfc. William H.: 207n
Thrall Hill: 185
Tiaong: 433-34
Ticao Island: 437
Toccucan: 567-68, 573-74
Tominaga, Lt. Gen. Kyoji: 92-93, 96
Tomochika, Maj. Gen. Yoshiharu: 88n, 587, 609n, 622, 644-45
Tondo District: 238-40, 254-55, 258
Top of the World: 185-86, 202-04
Topside, Corregidor: 336-48
Totsuka, Lt. Col. Ryoichi: 602
Transportation operations. See also Trucks.
divisional: 91
expedients in: 655
Lingayen Gulf: 130-31
northern apex: 549
Philippines: 656-57
shortages: 231
traffic management: 233-34
Transportation shortages, Japanese
Luzon: 90-92
Mindanao: 622-23, 637
Southern Philippines: 588-89
Trinidad: 482-86, 488
Troop unit strength
Bataan: 312, 320-21
Bicol Peninsula: 443
Central Plains: 141, 147-48
Corregidor: 337
Lingayen Gulf: 104-05
Luzon: 29, 364, 601
Manila: 264, 275-77, 289-90
Mindoro: 45-46
northern Luzon: 449, 465-67, 532, 549, 553-57, 570-73
Philippines: 651, 653, 658
southern Luzon: 376, 387-89, 394, 396-97, 426-27, 428
Southern Philippines: 586, 589
Villa Verde Trail: 499, 501-04, 507, 532n
Visayan Islands: 601-02, 604-05, 608, 616
Visayan Passages: 365
Troop unit strength, Japanese
Baguio: 479, 485, 488
Bataan: 311-12, 314-15, 332
Bicol Peninsula: 440-41, 444
Central Plains: 141, 147-48, 158, 161, 192, 196, 207-08
Clark Field: 172-74, 176, 202-03, 206
Corregidor: 335, 337, 339, 347
Formosa: 12
Lingayen Gulf: 27-28, 104-06, 110-11
Luzon: 27-28, 92-97, 141, 579, 651
Manila: 92-93, 241-42, 244-45, 259, 261, 274, 300, 302-03
Manila Bay: 351, 353, 355
Mindanao: 621-23, 628, 636-37, 646
Mindoro: 44
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 223
northern Luzon: 518, 525, 533, 538, 545, 554-55, 560-61, 563, 566-67, 571-73, 576-77, 579
Philippines: 630
southern Luzon: 365, 368-71, 385, 398, 403, 407-08, 415-16, 418-19, 421-22, 425-26, 429
Southern Philippines: 587-89, 591, 598
Villa Verde Trail: 494-95, 505, 538
Visayan Islands: 602, 605, 608-10, 616-19
Truck Company, Provisional, 6th Division: 123
Trucks. See also Transportation operations.
shortages: 121-22, 126-27, 130-31
waterproofing: 118-19
Tsuchiya, Maj. Gen. Sakae: 454n
Tsuda, Col. Tsukada: 99
Tsuda, Lt. Gen. Yoshitake: 441n
Tsukada, Maj. Gen. Rikichi: 96, 172-75, 177, 184, 186, 202-04, 206-07, 312
Tsutsumi, Lt. Col. Norio: 224n
Tuba Trail: 469-75, 477-81, 486-88
Tubliao: 567-68, 571-72, 576-77
Tugbok: 633-34
Tuguegarao: 454, 464-67, 566, 569
Tuliahan River: 219-20, 233
Tumaga River and Valley: 593-95
Tunnel defenses, Japanese. See Defenses, Japanese, cave and tunnel.
Twin Peaks: 471-75

Ula: 634-35
Umezu, General Yoshiharu: 88n
Umingan: 145, 188-97, 462-63
Underwater demolitions: 67, 592-93
Unified command. See Command and control.
Unit of fire, defined: 39n
United States Army Forces in the Philippines (Northern Luzon): 67n, 449-90, 541-82. See also Guerrilla units; Volckmann, Col. Russell W.
University of the Philippines: 285-90, 307
Unryu (IJN): 49n

Urbiztondo: 79, 117, 167
Urdaneta: 100, 110-12, 114-15, 140, 156-57, 160-61, 164-65, 460-61
Utsunomiya, Maj. Gen. Naokata: 476n, 480-82, 486

Valdez: 460-61, 463, 498-99, 505-06, 508-09, 517
Vanderpool, Maj. John D.: 273-74
Verde Island: 362-63, 437
Verde Island Passage: 424, 437-38
Viale, 2d Lt. Robert M.: 255n
Victoria: 143, 160, 164-65, 167-69, 187-88
Vigan: 57, 309-10, 312-13, 453, 457-58, 543-48, 561-62
Villa Verde Trail: 100-02, 144-46, 157, 454-56, 460-65, 491-512, 515-18, 532, 535-39, 543-44, 559-61
Villasis: 114-15, 117, 160-62, 164-65, 233
Villegas, Staff Sgt. Ysmael R.: 499n
Visayan Islands: 601-19
Visayan Passages: 21-23, 25, 66, 362, 365, 423-45
Volkmann, Col. Russell W.: 67n, 90n, 465, 466, 476n, 478n, 540-57, 571n

Wainwright, Lt. Gen. Jonathan M.: 26-27
Wada, Col. Satoshi: 609n, 616
Wallace Field: 280
Walled City. See Intramuros.
Waloe: 643-44
Walter, Lt. Col. Cecil E.: 643n
Walton, Capt. Don H.: 216
Wangan: 634-35
Wart, The: 527-29
Wasatch, USS: 56-57
Water shortage: 107-08
Water supply facilities
Manila: 250-51, 256-58, 361, 367, 404
Visayan Islands: 608, 614
Waterproofing: 118-19
Wawa: 117, 129
Wawa Dam: 367-71, 374-75, 378-84, 388-89, 391-404, 420-21, 423
Weapons. See by type.
Weapons evaluation: 653-54
Weather, effect of
Baguio: 480-81, 487, 490
Central Philippines: 151
Corregidor: 338-39, 343-44
Lingayen Gulf: 25, 58, 60, 64-65, 73-74, 107-08, 124, 127-28
Mindanao: 643, 645
Mindoro: 44, 47-48, 50
northern Luzon: 530, 532-33, 544, 551, 566, 571, 573-74, 576-77
southern Luzon: 405
Southern Philippines: 584
Villa Verde Trail: 497, 502-04
Visayan Islands: 607
West, Capt. George: 261
Western islands, securing: 437-39
Western Visayan Task Force: 44-45, 48, 51-53, 59-60, 435-36
Wheeler Point: 347
White, Col. Horton V.: 141-42
White phosphorus, use of
Corregidor: 346
Manila: 287, 295-96, 298
Manila Bay area: 354
Route 5: 522
southern Luzon: 407
Wilkinson, Rear Adm. Theodore S.: 34
Willoughby, Maj. Gen. Charles A.: 26-28, 63, 93-94, 141-42
Wilson, Lt. Col. David J.: 317n, 318n
Wilson, Lt. Comdr. Sam J., USN: 592n
Wing, Maj. Gen. Leonard F.: 84, 105-11, 139-40, 147-50, 152-53, 379, 382, 406-07, 410, 413-14
Withdrawals, tactical
Bataan: 318, 323-25, 328-39
Bicol Peninsula: 442-43
Central Plains: 149-51, 196
Clark Field: 180n, 183
Lingayen: 108
Manila: 252-53, 282-83, 285, 287, 300, 303-04
Mindanao: 630-32
northern apex: 548, 551
southern Luzon: 378, 387
Southern Philippines: 595-96, 599
Villa Verde Trail: 499-501, 509
Visayan Islands: 602, 613-14
Withdrawals, tactical, Japanese
Baguio: 472, 475-79, 484-87, 532, 540, 548
Bicol Peninsula: 371, 416
Central Plains: 139-40, 153, 159-60, 165, 196, 199-201, 207
Clark Field: 168-69, 182, 184-85, 204
Leyte: 89, 586-87
Lingayen Gulf: 85, 112-14
Manila: 240-46, 257-58, 260, 271-74, 279-80, 306-07
Manila Bay: 351-52, 356-57
Mindanao: 621-30, 634-35, 637, 640-46
Nasugbu-Tagaytay Ridge: 226-27
northern Luzon: 449-50, 459-60, 463, 465, 514-15, 522-23, 527-28, 535-38, 546-48, 551-52, 554-61, 563-76
southern Luzon: 368, 379-82, 385-86, 388-89, 391-92, 401-03, 411-12, 414-19, 428-31, 434-35
Southern Philippines: 593, 596-99
Villa Verde Trail: 494, 509, 560
Visayan Islands: 602-05, 607-08, 612-13, 615-18
Wolfe Field: 593
Wolfhound Ridge: 522, 534-36
Woodford, Staff Sgt. Howard E.: 566n
Woodpecker Ridge: 392, 396, 399-403
Woodruff, Maj. Gen. Roscoe B.: 437n, 626, 634-35
Woody Hill: 527-28

Wurtsmith, Brig. Gen. Paul B.: 586

Yagyagan: 481-82, 485
Yamashita, Gen. Tomoyuki
and Baguio: 478-80
and Bataan: 311-12
and Central Plains: 139, 143-46, 165-66, 190-93, 199
and Leyte: 586-87
and Lingayen: 112
and Luzon: 88-103, 311, 335, 577-79
and Manila: 240-42, 272
and Manila Bay: 311
and Mindanao: 622
and northern apex: 541, 546, 555-57
and northern Luzon: 449-50, 453-54, 456-57, 464-67, 558-61, 573-69, 572, 577-78
and Philippines: 654
and Route 5: 533, 535-36, 538, 540
and Southern Philippines: 586-87
Yamamoto, Comdr. Shigeichi: 241n
Yamazu, Col. Hyobunosuke, 622n
Yanagimoto, Capt.: 173-74
Yay, Colonel. See Panililio, Yay
Yokoyama, Lt. Gen. Shizuo: 96-97; 240n, 241-45, 271-73, 368, 370-71, 376, 379-81, 383-85, 388-90, 398-403, 408, 411-12, 418-22, 426-27
Yon, Col. Everett M.: 195n
Yubo Ridge: 550-53

Zambales Mountains: 96, 171, 181-82, 187, 202-03, 207, 310
Zambales Province: 310-11, 314-15
Zamboanga: 584-97, 599-600, 621, 623, 627, 629
Zamboanga City: 592-97
Zamboanga Peninsula: 620
Zapote: 230-31
Zapote River: 230-31
ZigZag Pass: 315-32

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