“US Navy”60+ pages
- p. 48 …This navy of the air is to be
expanded until no part of Germany is safe…
- p. 53 …the Navy, and civilian agencies-
the terms “independent,” “separate,” and “united air force” were used
interchangeably…
- p. 60 …n 5 September he
used the recent disaster to the Navy’s dirigible Sheizandoah as an…
- p. 62 …appointed in each of several departments-War, Navy, Commerce-
to supervise aviation.
The Lampert report, published…
- p. 71 …delaying them, so that bombardment had been
used to cut communications and to interfere with the…
- p. 86 …One might suppose that
Douhet, who “really struck the first blow,” was most useful; his work…
- p. 88 …the desired support of the War and Navy
departments. Only two months after the major submitted…
- p. 96 …issues between the Army and
the Navy over the use of aircraft in coastal defense.
Neither…
- p. 105 …The Navy would provide aircraPt for
don, scouting, and patrolling over the sea and for the…
- p. 107 …both the Army and the
Navy for aviation to be used in support of “the Infantry…
- p. 113 …Japanese Air Power
The Japanese air forces, divided into separate army and navy air
arms, had…
- p. 116 …T h e navy, on the other hand, gave
closer attention to the training of all…
- p. 117 …0 single-engine fighter used by both the Japanese army
and navy-was widely known to…
- p. 118 …In comparison with the I 1,000
pilots trained by the US. Army and Navy during…
- p. 120 …In the war against Ethiopia, 1935-36, Italian
bombers gained experience in the use of various…
- p. 125 …Under this arrangement the Luftwaffe, along with the
army and navy, had direct access to the…
- p. 126 …Goering had successfully
opposed the navy's desire for its own separate air arm, and the…
- p. 131 …The
German navy was unable to provide such a guarantee, and, moreover,
it lacked necessary equipment…
- p. 144 …This subject had been under study by the Army arid
Navy for more than a decade…
- p. 146 …even at the expense of speed
and useful load. A few months later Air Corps observers…
- p. 154 …a t best deny us the moral support of the
Royal Navy with its shipyards, and…
- p. 155 …use of a mobile striking
force to intercept an enemy approaching by sea. The Navy had…
- p. 156 …in support of or in lieu of US. Navy
forces against hostile fleet^.'^
In each case…
- p. 162 …announced the arrival on the
island of US. Navy At the suggestion of Iceland, the United…
- p. 170 …AAF and the British, 800 for
the US.Navy.’’’ This would total 60,000 aircraft a…
- p. 175 …T h e planners were concerned only with the mission of the
US. Army and Navy…
- p. 179 …In harmony with the general strategy advocated,
US. air forces in the Pacific and Far East…
- p. 180 …For each command, the mission of
the Army (including air forces) and the Navy was described…
- p. 200 …An alert system was in use twenty-four hours
a day, and air operations were carried…
- p. 206 …Scattered
throughout Panama were seven auxiliary airfields, two of which were
ready for immediate use, and…
- p. 218 …Since the
required number of planes represented more heavy bombers than
were then in use in…
- p. 224 …regarding the possibility of using fields
under construction by the Navy a t Palmyra and Samoa…
- p. 225 …I 942.* It devel-
oped that the Navy could not offer assistance in construction until
after…
- p. 228 …MacArthur had requested permission for emer-
gency use of airfields; and negotiations were furthered by conferences…
- p. 243 …This action lasted about an hour.‘ At its end the
Navy had suffered a crushing blow…
- p. 282 …But the US. Navy had been hard hit at Pearl Harbor, the bal-
ance of naval…
- p. 297 …the Secretary of the Navy as to allocation between
the using services. No relative priorities were…
- p. 305 …Army, Navy, and AAF, and similar representatives of the British
services. T h e American members…
- p. 306 …Joint Intelligence Committee, consisted of the directors of intelligence
from the Army, Navy, and AAF, and…
- p. 316 …So far as the Navy is concerned, Admiral King, as you
know, is not only Chief…
- p. 317 …AAF officers were schooled to avoid
use of the term “independent air force,” but in most…
- p. 326 …after 7 December 1941.T h e Navy was responsible for the general
strategic defense of…
- p. 328 …In the absence of adequate preparations, sirens on police cars
were used to warn the people…
- p. 335 …views between the W a r and Navy departments,
and the unsatisfying conjectures advanced by the…
- p. 410 …ready for use; and it had to
be divided between the Army and Navy.
On the…
- p. 424 …Agreements had
been reached for the use of Australian bases in the ferrying of heavy
366
- p. 464 …For inter-island air trans-
port, principal reliance was placed on two Navy PBY’s and…
- p. 489 …In their prior planning, Army and Navy commanders had devoted
scant attention to the problems of…
- p. 495 …Under the joint
Army-Navy plan, approximately 15,000 men of the 37th Division
were to…
- p. 497 …R I 1
precipitated the war, the US. Navy had taken a stand against im-
mediate…
- p. 501 …the end he refused to permit the use of the field at Chu-
chow. But the…
- p. 505 …into thickly settled districts, and
these were used by the Japanese to justify the subsequent execution…
- p. 508 …the S010mons.~~
As early as February, the US. Navy had definite indications of an
enemy offensive…
- p. 509 …The Navy’s lack of knowledge
of these sightings is unexplained.
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- p. 514 …T o be sure, it would be impossible to use
Carrier Division Five, for the Shokaku…
- p. 527 …s and B-24's for naval use in long-range search
and tracking."' Furthermore, he…
- p. 529 …D W A R I 1
planes, useful in covering the northern approaches across the Pacific…
- p. 534 …For the US. forces on Unalaska Island, it represented a loss
of 2 2 , 0 0…
- p. 536 …T h e Japanese navy had
sustained its initial defeats, but the army as yet had…
- p. 588 …Army aircraft might, however, temporarily execute Navy functions
in support of or in lieu of Navy…
N O T E S T O P A G E S 4 4 7 - 5 4
msg., F-35 Navy, CinCPac Fleet, 19 Feb. mon, 2 5 May 1942, in memo for OPD
'942. from AC/AS, Plans, I July 1942.
54. USSBS Intr. 503, Vice Adm. S. 71. USSBS Intr. 5 3 , Capt. M.
Fukudome, p. 38; USSBS, Campaigns of Yamaoka; 444, Capt. Mieno, 26 Nov.
55. AAF Historical Study No. 9, T h e 7 2 . USSBS Intr. 524, Vice Adm. S.
AAF in Australia to the Summer of 1942, Fukudome; 5 0 3 , Vice Adm. S. Fuku-
p. 118; USSBS Intr. 475, Comdr. Masa- dome, pp. 38-39; USSBS, Campaigns of
take Okumiya, 29 Nov. 1945. the Pacific W a r , p. 58.
56. Summary of Operations of the 7 3 . USSBS Intr. 192, Capt. T. Ohmae,
435th Bomb. Squadron, in App. G., His- 3 0 Oct. 1945; 65, Capt. Y. Watanabe,
tory, 435th Bomb. Sq. 15 Oct. 1945; 252, Capt. Y. Toyama, I
57. ONI, Battle of the Coral Sea, p. Nov. 1945.
9; USSBS Intr. 5 3 , Capt. M. Yamaoka, 74. USSBS Intr. 524, Vice Adm. S.
I9 OCt. 1945. Fukudome.
58. USSBS Intr. 5 3 , Annex A, Capt. 75. CM-IN-4577 ( 1 7 May 19421,
M. Yamaoka, 20 Oct. 1945; 46, Comdrs. Emmons to C/S, f96, 16 May 1942;
H. Sekino and Masatake Okumiya, 1 7 Fourth Air Force Historical Study IV-2,
OCt. 1945. Processing Functions and Relations with
59. History, 90th Bomb. Sq. (L), 2 5 Mask% P- 88.
Sept. 1917-31 Mar. 1944; reconnaissance 76. ON1 Combat Narratives, The
reports for 4 and 5 May, in Allied Air Battle of Midway, pp. 2-3.
July '94'. In The Campaigns Of the Richardson to C/S, #423, 3 1 May 1942.
Pacific W a r , page 5 2 , it is stated that no
contact with the enemy force occurred 78. WPD Weekly Status Maps* AG
until 6 May. 061 (4 Sept. 1945). At the end of April
these figures were given as 3 1 heavy
60. History, 3d Bomb. GP.9 1 July bombers, 9 light bombers, 178 pursuit
1919-31 Mar. 1944. planes, and 34 miscellaneous. (Incl. [ JCS
61. ONI, Battle of the Coral Sea, pp. 481, Annex to Report by JUSSC, 29 APT.
14-16. 1942.) The OPD Status Map of 3 0 April
62. USSBS Intr. 46, Comdn. H. I942 listed 3 2 heavies, 1 5 mediums, 9
&kin0 and M. Okumiya; USSBS, cam- light bombers, 1 8 2 pursuit, 2nd 27 mis-
cellaneous.paigns of the Pacific War, p. 52.
63. USSBS Intr. 53, Capt. M. Yamaoka. 79. Growth Of Heavy and Medium
Bombardment Units in the Seventh Air
Force, 7 Dec. 1941-31 Aug. 1944, p. 1 1 .
64. USSBS Intr. 46.
65. USSBS, Campaigns O f the P a c i f i c 80. Ltr., Brig. Gen. H.C. Davidson to
war, p. 53. C G Seventh AF, 24 Mar. 1942, cited in
66. USSBS Intr. 65 (Sup.), Capt. Operations of Seventh Air Force, 7 Dec.
Yasuji Watanabe, 14 Nov. 1945; CM- 1941-13 Nov. 1943, p. 1 3 .
IN-3622 ( 1 3 May I942)1 A k A d ~ rto 81. Ltr., Col. James A. Mollison, C/S
C/S, #AG 719, 1 3 May 1942. Seventh AF to C G AAF, 8 Apr. 19423
67. CM-IN-36~2, Melbourne to C/S, cited ibid., p. 13.
$719, 1 3 May 1942. 82. Ltr., Gen. Davidson, C G Seventh
68. Ibid. AF to CG AAF, 1 3 June 1942, cited
69. rnterview with Col. Richard H. ibid., PP. I3-W CM-1N-3881 ('4 May
Carmichael and members of the 19th '943). Emmons to CG AAF, $ 5 3 9 '4
Bomb. Gp., 5 Dec. 1942; interview with May 1942*
Lt. Col. Dill Ellis by author, 2 1 Feb.
1946. 84. CM-IN-5813 ( 2 1 May 1942).
70. Ltr., Gen. Royce to Gen. Har- Fielder to A/CS, G z , f 1 9 1 , 2 1 R,Iay 1942.
the Pacific W a r , p. 3 . '945.
Forces Operations Report% 4 Apr* to 3 1 77. CM-IN-8825 ( 3 1 May 1942)~
83. JPS 21/7, 18 Apr. 1942.
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