Long, John, 201
Looper, Durden, 200
Loran beam, 134, 247
Los Alamos (New Mexico), 7–8, 36–40, 86–87
choice of as atomic laboratory, 37
removal of bomb components from, 169–70
Soviet espionage ring at, 40–41
Lucky charms used by crew of Enola Gay, 241–42
MacArthur, Douglas, 80, 207
McCloy, John J., 140
McKibben, Dorothy, 36
McKnight, Charles, 227, 249, 256
McVay, Charles Butler, III, 176–77, 210, 212, 282
Malik, Jacob, 162
Manchuria, 168
Manhattan Project
background of, 7–8
codes used by, 171
cost of, 8, 90
political controversy over, 89–93
security of, 11, 13, 26–27, 29–31, 36, 37, 52, 56–57, 93–95, 105–7, 237
Target Committee meeting of, 132–34
Mao Tse-tung, 79, 230
Mariana Islands, 17, 18, 63, 74, 87, 153, 216
Marquardt, George, 227, 238, 247, 256
Marshall, George C., 72, 91, 92, 136, 137, 138, 179, 206
Maruyama, Kazumasa, 60–62, 101–2, 118, 189, 199, 223–24, 235, 258, 263
Marvin, Donald, 200
Matsuoka, Masaru, 214, 223
“Meetinghouse,” 97–98
Meiji, Emperor, 195
Mitsubishi works, 20, 223
Molnar, Julius, 200, 202, 203
Molotov, Vyacheslav, 123, 276
Mount Futaba, 17, 21, 57, 141, 202, 262
Nagasaki, 191, 215, 225, 227, 252, 279, 281
atomic attack on, 276
Nagoya, 98
Nara, 251
Nazi war criminals, 273
Neal, Ralph, 201
Nelson, Richard, 139, 147, 158–60, 181, 225, 236, 240, 242, 247, 255, 281
New York Times, The, 174–75, 236, 240, 242
Niigata, 136, 145, 186
Nimitz, Chester, 80, 87, 207
Nolan, James, 169–70, 175–77
No More Pearl Harbors (Fuchida), 282
Nuclear research, 7, 91
in Japan, 42–43
No. 91, 227, 231, 238, 244, 247, 249, 256, 266
Office of Strategic Services, 64, 163
Okamoto, Seigo, 121, 122, 163, 168
Okayama, 98
Okinawa, 87, 101, 117, 122, 127, 156, 164, 209
Olivi, Fred, 113
“Olympic,” 140
Omaha (Nebraska), Martin bomber plant at, 131, 138–40
1027th Air Matériel Squadron, 56
1395th Military Police Company, 56
Onishi, Takijiro, 51–52
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 8, 37–40, 41, 72, 86, 87, 134–36, 169–70, 173–75, 207
Oppenheimer, Katherine, 41
Osaka, 98, 119
Oya, Kakuzo, 45, 63, 163, 188, 193–94, 235, 251, 257, 262, 282
Palau Islands, 209
Parsons, William “Deak,” 11, 13, 38–39, 81, 96, 106–7, 171, 176, 236, 255
“arming” of bomb in flight, 227, 233–34, 245–46
at briefings before mission, 225, 227–28
death of, 281
at departure of Enola Gay, 239, 241
on Tinian, 197
Pathfinders, 97–98
Patterson, Robert, 90–91
Payette, Hazen, 26, 180–81, 204, 217, 225, 228
Pearl Harbor, 7, 18, 65, 282
Pedersen, Roy, 201, 202
Penney, William, 197, 225, 275
Perry, Charles, 27, 53, 55, 69, 77, 165, 181, 198, 218, 234
celebration plans of, 267–68
P-47 fighter, 50
Philippines, 51, 209, 210
Photography, use of during atomic mission, 231, 265, 269
Piskor, Walter, 200
Plutonium bomb, 72, 86, 135, 157, 171
dropping of, on Nagasaki, 276
test-firing of, 171, 172–75, 228
Potsdam, 190–91
Potsdam Conference, 177–79, 197
Potsdam Proclamation, 194–96, 218, 277
Power, Tom, 97–98
POWs, American, 63, 164–65, 204, 214–15, 223, 253, 254, 262
fate of, 274–75, 282
Practice missions, 48–49, 53, 68–69, 103–5, 111–13
over Japan, 186–87, 204–5
Prince of Wales, 43, 58
Proximity fuze, 103, 112, 256
development of, in Japan, 42–43, 120
Purnell, William, 176
Radar, 134
bombing by, 146, 186
use of, on atomic mission, 232, 236–37, 250, 255, 256
Radio Guam, 126
Ramsey, Norman, 11–12, 13, 16, 36, 86
Rayburn, Sam, 108
Repulse, 43, 58
Rescue operation plans, 229
Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 273
RiGu, Prince, 189, 251, 254, 257, 274
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 109, 111
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 7, 8, 15, 65, 66, 89–90, 91, 106, 168
death of, 107–9, 111, 121
and Hiroshima, 22, 100, 102
Rota, 156, 161, 185
Russia. See Soviet Union
Ryan, James Mike, 201
Sachs, Alexander, 7, 64–66
St. Lo, 52
Saipan, 18, 120
Salton Sea, 16, 48, 67, 103
Samurai tradition, 21, 51–52, 72
Sato, Naotake, 276
Scientists
at Los Alamos, 8, 36–41
and second thoughts about use of atomic bomb, 65–67, 136
and security, 31
on Tinian, 181
at Wendover, 55
Seabees, 156
Shape of Things to Come, The (Wells), 273
Shikoku, 249
Shima, Dr. Kaoru, 87–89, 125–26, 199, 224, 235, 251, 258
Shima Clinic, 87, 254, 261
Shimonoseki, 251
Shimpu, 51, 99
Shock waves, 41, 48, 49, 263–64
Shoumatoff, Madame Elizabeth, 108
Showa, 61
Shumard, Robert, 139, 147, 160, 225, 226, 236, 240, 242, 247, 255, 281
Silverplate, 13, 16, 53, 85, 131
603rd Air Engineering Squadron, 56
Slotin, Dr. Louis, 87
Smithsonian Institution, 284
Soviet Union
espionage of, 40, 179
and Japan, 122, 162–63, 169, 191, 196, 276–77
reaction of, to atomic bomb, 273
and Yalta agreements, 123
Spaatz, Carl A., 191, 205–7, 215, 269
Special Bombing Mission No. 13, 225
Spitzer, Abe, diary of, 113, 227, 228, 229
Spruance, Raymond A., 176
Stalin, Joseph, 177–79, 191
Stiborik, Joe, 139, 147, 160, 225, 236, 240, 242, 244, 245, 255, 258, 281
Stimson, Henry L., 15, 89, 92, 109–110, 122–25, 135, 136–38, 178–79, 190–91
Stone, Harlan, 109
Straight Flush, 183, 204, 227, 252, 253
Strange Cargo, 204–5
Strategic Air Command, 279
Strategic Air Forces, 205–6, 219
Strudwick, James, 27
Styer, W. D., 90
Superdumbos, 229
Suzuki, Kantaro, 121–22, 128, 162, 196, 277
Sweeney, Charles, 32–33, 67, 111–13, 181, 218, 226, 230–31, 238, 247
leading second atomic attack, 275–76
Szilard, Leo, 65, 89
Taloa, 200, 201–2, 203–4
Target Committee, 132–34, 136
Target(s) of atomic attack
order of priority, 225, 227
for second attack, 275–76
selecting, 71–72, 92, 132–34, 136–38, 143–47, 215–16, 219
Taylor, Ralph, 227
Teller, Edward, 8
Test flights. See Practice missions
Thornhill, Francis, 186
320th Troop Carrier Squadron, 56
390th Air Service Group, 56
393rd Heavy Bombardment Squadron, 13, 24, 26–27, 52–53
Tibbets, Enola Gay, 14–15
Tibbets, Gene, 69
Tibbets, Lucie, 69–70, 86, 130–31
Tibbets, Paul, 28–29, 31, 53, 56, 76–77, 85, 106, 112, 182, 217, 219
on atomic mission, 244–45, 247–51, 254–58, 262