“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…
I N D E X
294, 452; air transport to, 357-59, 361;
bases, 303-7, 357-58, 464-65; danger of
attack, 272; defenses, 166-70, 276, 307-8,
357; Peninsula, 168-69, 464; reinforce-
ments for, 241, 276-77, 3 0 3 3
Alaska Defense Comd., 167-70, 276, 306,
359, 364
Alaskan Air Force, 166, 294, 304. See also
Air Forces, Eleventh AF.
Albrook Field, 162-63
Aldermaston, 648 \
Aleutian Is., 1 2 6 , 168, 294, 303-8, 358,
Alexander, Lt. Col. E. H., 3 3 3
Allahabad, 509, 5 1 2
Allied Air Forces, 433, 448, 478, 481-83;
air service, 421-22; command struc-
ture, 420; organization, 418-26
4447 4527 462-707 5577 643
Altman, Pfc R. A., 2 1 7
Alvarez, Dr. Luis, 293-94
Amberley Field, 227, 230, 376, 422, 424
Amboina, 224, 372, 377, 384, 388, 394, 427
America1 Div., 433
American Airlines, 347, 356
American Expeditionary Force. See Air
American Volunteer Gp., 2 4 , 313. 339-
Service (AEF) .
40, 353; 3959 485-502; first combat, 489;
induction into AAF, 505-6
Anchorage, 126, 166, 168, 3 0 3 , 358, 465
Andal, 5 1 2
Andaman Is., 500, 503
Anderson, Col. 0. A., 472
Andes, 639
Andres, Pvt. Robert, 2 1 2
Andrews, Lt. Gen. F.A., 31-32, 60, 67 n,
Anglo-American chiefs of staff, 241-43,
559, 595. See also Combined Chiefs.
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 320, 3 2 3
Anginagssalik, 344
Antiaircraft artillery, 152-53, 283-85, 296,
299; Caribbean, 162; Hawaii, 171-72;
Panama, 301; Philippines, 187, 2 2 0
70, 160, 165, 579
Anti-Cornintern Pact, 80
Antifriction-bearing targets, 597
Antigua, 1 2 1 , 124, 162, 320, 536
Antilles, 1 2 3 , 319
Antilles Air Task Force, 535-37, 542
Antisubmarine defense, 5 14-53; adminis-
tration, 542; assessments, 533-35; “killer”
system, 548; necd for centralized
comd., 544; operations, 526-37; policy,
538; strength, 536; type of aircraft, 525,
536-37. See also AAF Antisub. Comd.;
Commands, I Bomber.
765
Air Ministry (Brit.), 15, 2 0 , 25, 37, 92-
93, 5 0 3 , 577-80, 5 9 , 5959 62P-32, 636
Airport Development Program, 3 2 I
Air raid alerts: Boston, 280; Los Angeles,
279, 283-86; New York, 279; Oakland,
278; San Francisco, 278-79
Air Search Gp., 465
Air Service (AET),10-16, 33-37,43, 597-
98; Chief, 1 0 - 1 1 , 26; created, 10; re-
organization, I I
Air Service (US.Army), 3-29, 44-45,
54-58; created, 9, 2 3 ; Director, 9; mis-
sion, 45; Office of Chief, 2 2 ; strength,
24. 26
Air Service Comd., 337, 347, 355, 364;
Contract Air Corps Div., 36-62; for-
merly AC Maintenance Comd., 360; in
air transport, 355-56, 358, 360-62
Air Service Tactical School, 45, 598. See
also ACTS.
Air Staff (AAF Hq.), 134, 144, 185, 236,
538-40, 558-62, 679, 602-3, 616, 630;
Chief, 2 5 1 , 2 5 7 , 2 6 2 , 267
Air support commands, origin and func-
tions, 1 5 5
Air-to-surface-vessel radar: development
by Britain, 289; in Alaska, 308; lack
in US., 291-92; in Panama, 3 0 1 - 2 ; use
in antisub. warfare, 547, 549
Air transport: by Air Corps Ferrying
by Air Transport Comd., 362-63; by
civilian airlines, 323-25, 34760, 498;
distinction between air transport and
ferrying, 34p-51, 363, 507 n; impor-
tance, 350-52, 363; principal air routes,
3 1 0 - 1 2 ; survey flights, 326, 3 3 1 , 347-48.
See also specific air forces and areas.
246, 249-507 2 6 2 , 264-669 273, 430, 489,
Comd., 317-18, 325-28, 347, 350, 353-54;
Air Transport Assoc., 3 5 1
Air Transportation Div. (ATC), 363
Air Transport Comd., 3 1 3 , 334, 349, 362-
65, 495, 508; creation, 349, 356, 362;
mission, 362-63; organized into divs.
and wings, 363; overseas jurisdiction,
365; strength, 363-64; Troop Carrier
Comd. teniporarily designated ATC,
360, 362. See also ACFC.
Air War Plans Div., 1 3 1 , 146, 265, 273,
56% 5997 614
Akebono Maru, 458
Akutan I., 467
Alameda Naval Air Station, 440
Alaska, 66, 124-26, 147, 16670, 190, 193,
Aka@, 458
Akyab, 4929 499