“Roosevelt”53 pages
- p. 5 …Imprint
N March 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote to the
Director of the Bureau of…
- p. 138 …1939-4I
N 28 January 1938 President Roosevelt declared our national
defenses inadequate in the face…
- p. 141 …changed our requirements
for defensive aviation,” President Roosevelt strongly urged that $300,-
ooo,ooo be appropriated…
- p. 153 …When President Roosevelt initiated the move toward re-
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- p. 160 …T h e first step was made public on 3 September 1940 when President
Roosevelt revealed…
- p. 165 …These sentiments were expressed by President Roosevelt in a radio
address on 3 September: “This Nation…
- p. 169 …In an address to Congress on 6 January 1941, President
Roosevelt suggested the means; 9 5…
- p. 170 …O n 9 July 1941, President Roosevelt requested the secretaries of
W a r and the…
- p. 171 …The British had prepared, a t the instigation of President Roosevelt,
an estimate of munitions requirements…
- p. 173 …At the Roosevelt-Churchill conference at
sea in mid-August, Generals Marshall and Arnold had made…
- p. 174 …cent; other
nations, 10 per cent.'"
President Roosevelt, anxious that as many planes as possible be…
- p. 185 …President Roosevelt’s request for the report had been
motivated wholly by considerations of logistics. But…
- p. 199 …On 5 July 1941
President Roosevelt, in oral orders to the Army Chief of Staff and…
- p. 220 …and it carried a threat which President Roosevelt
described in terms of the greatest danger faced…
- p. 258 …conflict between Japan and the
U.S. Roosevelt attempt curve our independence stop we all know…
- p. 273 …President Roosevelt specifically directed that reinforcements
should be sent there with all speed, and MacArthur was…
- p. 282 …President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill with their chiefs
of staff, then meeting in Washington, had…
- p. 287 …evening, the British
party met with President Roosevelt and his military and civilian
advisers a t…
- p. 297 …O n 3 January President Roosevelt sent Mr. Stimson a list of muni-
tions, with a…
- p. 301 …In his address to
the Congress on 6 January, President Roosevelt promised that “we
shall not…
- p. 302 …Ultimate decisions on major
military policies were taken by President Roosevelt, as Commander
in Chief of…
- p. 304 …Leahy as personal chief of staff to President
Roosevelt in place of Admiral Stark.'* It was…
- p. 322 …given to the nation by Presi-
dent Roosevelt in a radio address on 9 D e…
- p. 331 …At the end of January, President Roosevelt
advised the President of Venezuela that, in deference to…
- p. 332 …During the course of a fireside report to the nation delivered by
President Roosevelt on 2…
- p. 352 …Secretary Stimson
reported to President Roosevelt his conviction that the planes from
even one carrier could…
- p. 366 …raised objections
which seemed convincing.8 President Roosevelt decided to adopt the
more modest proposal of…
- p. 370 …Elliott Roosevelt during the
summer on an aerial survey of the east coast of Greenland in…
- p. 400 …Elliott Roosevelt and others failed
to locate a suitable site for an airdrome.120A satisfactory site…
- p. 409 …mobilizing the resources of the airlines, President
Roosevelt had signed an executive order on 13 December…
- p. 465 …for effective
resistance in the Philippines, President Roosevelt had decided early in
February that the general…
- p. 480 …the basis of a proposal by President Roosevelt: there would
be a separate Southwest Pacific Area…
- p. 499 …Apparently
President Roosevelt himself played a role in initiating the expedition,
although it is not possible…
- p. 553 …Lauchlin Currie had gone to
China as economic adviser to President Roosevelt for study of her…
- p. 630 …in a long cable from Churchill to Roosevelt, delivered
on 5 March, in which the Prime…
- p. 632 …plan was approved in principle by President Roosevelt, and on
8 April General Marshall and Harry…
- p. 633 …message of 1 7 April, in-
formed Roosevelt of his approval of the design; his sole…
- p. 635 …A fortnight later, the Joint Chiefs
of Staff were alarmed by a query from Roosevelt as…
- p. 640 …in Norway-and they understood that President Roosevelt’s
anxiety to get U.S. troops into…
- p. 641 …On 8 July the Prime
Minister informed Roosevelt that conditions favorable to SLEDGE-
HAMMER would probably…
- p. 642 …on the ~ 4 t h . ~ ‘Ap-
parently Roosevelt gave his tentative approval in a telephone conver…
- p. 753 …This book shows the
close relations between Roosevelt and
the Committee T o Defend America by…
- p. 755 …Address by President Roosevelt at
Washington, 27 Oct. 1941, in Peace and
War, pp. 767-72…
- p. 756 …Ltr., Roosevelt to Stimson, 18
Sept. 1941,in WP I-General.
I I I . Release of…
- p. 774 …Memo for Roosevelt from Stim-
son, 14 Mar. 1942.
163. lbid.
164. History, Sixth Air Force…
- p. 776 …Elliott Roosevelt,
zIst Recon. Sq. to TAG, 8 Sept. 1941;
memo for Col. Olds from Capt…
- p. 779 …Elliott
Roosevelt to TAG, 6 July 1941; Atlantic
Bridge, pp. 27-29.
117. Ltr., Sec. of…
- p. 780 …Elliott Roosevelt to T A G , 3 Aug. 1941
(Report # 3 ) ; ltr., Capt. Elliott Roosevelt
to…
- p. 782 …Memo for S / W from President
Roosevelt, 6 May 1942, in ATC 321.
199. On the…
- p. 790 …Mills to TAG, Mac-
Arthur for Roosevelt, 11 Feb. 1942; msg.
#5, Australia to Marshall, 2…
- p. 802 …President Roosevelt had approved
the induction as early as 18 December
1941, contingent upon approval of…
- p. 857 …See also Coolidge;
Harding; Roosevelt; Wilson.
Presque Isle, 344, 347-49, 641, 644-45
Press comment…
- p. 858 …Erwin, 330, 339-41, 512
Roosevelt, Capt. Elliott, 3 18, 344
Roosevelt, Pres. F.D., 101…
P E A R L H A R B O R A N D C L A R K F I E L D
night of 9/ I o December, Lt. Grant Mahoney, flying a P-40 on recon-
naissance, brought definite warning of approaching convoys.6o
Units of the Japanese Third Fleet sortied from Formosa early on the
morning of 10 December. Their missions were to effect a landing at
Aparri in the extreme north of Luzon and another at Vigan on the
northwest coast in operations preliminary to the main landing on Lin-
gayen Gulf. For the accomplishment of these objectives, the convoy
had been divided into three task forces: one for each landing and a
third, which included cruisers, to provide general support as required.
Alerted by the approach of these forces, the Far East Air Force deter-
mined to oppose the enemy landings as best it could with heavy
bombers supported by a strong pursuit escort. Accordingly, five
B-17’s and the P-4oE’s of the I 7 t h Pursuit Squadron and the P-35’~of
the 34th were prepared for an early mission. At 0600 the B - I ~ ’ s ,led
by Major Combs, took off from Clark Field and, before reaching the
target area in the neighborhood of Vigan, were joined by planes of the
17th Squadron. T h e B-17’s, each loaded with 2 0 x roo-lb. demolition
bombs, chose a number of transports already engaged in unloading
troops and supplies. T w o bomb runs were carried out by four bomb-
ers from an altitude of 1 2 , 0 0 0 and 1 2 , 5 0 0 feet, respectively. T h e fifth
B-17, piloted by Lt. Elliott Vandevanter, Jr., swept in first at 10,000
and then at 7,000 feet. Though antiaircraft fire remained fierce at the
completion of the bombing, the P-40’s came down for a strafing attack
on the ships and on the Japanese who had already reached shore.
Meanwhile, the slower P-35’s of the 34th Squadron had arrived on
the scene of action. These almost obsolete planes had neither armor
protection nor leak-proof tanks, but they too “strafed and restrafed
the invaders.” As Lt. Samuel H. Marrett, squadron commander, led
his flight in “one final and successful strafing dive,” one of the trans-
ports exploded, destroying both Marrett and his plane. Another P-3 5
was lost, but the pilot escaped.‘l Though the B-17’s had succeeded in
scoring a number of hits, this one vessel apparently represented
the only major loss by the enemy.62
Another mission scheduled for Maj. Emmett O’Donnell’s 14th
Squadron had been delayed by the necessity of flying from San Mar-
celino to Clark for refueling and bomb-loading, and then had been
further delayed by a warning of approaching Japanese planes. Finally,
five B-17’~’having been made ready, took off individually. Three of
them, piloted by Major O’Donnell, Capt. E.L. Parsel, and Lt. G.R.
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