Chapter XV
The Campaign in the Aleutians

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Footnotes

1. United States Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific), Naval Analysis Division, The Campaigns of the Pacific War (Washington, 1946), 52-3, 58-60. S. E. Morison, Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions ("History of United States Naval Operations in World War II", IV) (Boston, 1949), 1-6; and review by Capt. Toshikazu Ohmae, Military Affairs, XIII, Winter 1949.

2. Morison, Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions, 160-63, and Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls ("History of United States Naval Operations in World War II", VII) (Boston, 1951), 3-7. W. F. Craven and J. L. Cate. The Army Air Forces in World War II (Chicago, 1948 -55), IV, 359-64.

3. Reviews of Morison, Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions by Ohmae (above, note 1) and Gordon W. Prange, American Historical Review, LV, April 1950.

4. The Campaigns of the Pacific War, 78-80. Japanese First Demobilization Bureau narrative "The Aleutian Islands Campaign" ("Japanese Studies in World War II, No. 51"), kindly made available by Office of Chief of Military History, U.S. Department of the Army. "Naval Operations in the Northern Area" ("Japanese Studies in World War II, No. 57").

5. The Campaigns of the Pacific War, 78-81. The Army Air Forces in World War II, I, 462-70. Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions, 160-84.

6. The Campaigns of the Pacific War, 80-81. Morison, Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, 3-21, 59.

7. The Army Air Forces in World War II, IV, 364-77.

8. Information from Air Historian, R.C.A.F., 24 Apr and 22 Oct 52. RCAF Logbook (Ottawa, 1949), 69. Flying Officer D. F. Griffin, First Steps to Tokyo: The Royal Canadian Air Force in the Aleutians (Toronto, 1944).

9. Morison, Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, 3-36. Office of Naval Intelligence, U.S.N., The Aleutians Campaign (1945).

10. The Army Air Forces in World War II, IV, 366-78. C.C.S. 168, 22 Jan 43. C.C.S. 170/2, 23 Jan 43.

11. The Army Air Forces in World War II, IV, 378-87. The Aleutians Campaign. Morison, Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, 20-21, 37-51.

12. C.C.S. 239/1, 23 May 43. C.C.S. 242/6, 25 May 43.

13. The Army Air Forces in World War II, IV, 387.

14. The Aleutians Campaign, 4-5. Cf. J. Schull, The Far Distant Ships (Ottawa, 1950), 122-3.

15. Documents on H.Q.S. 9055, vol. 1, and Pacific Command file P.C.S. 504-1-10-1. W.D., Maj.-Gen. Pope, 4-8 May 43, with text of telegram 10 May.

16. W.D., Maj.-Gen. Pope, 13 and 24 May 43.

17. Documents, including Tels. PCO 2020, Stuart from Pearkes, 25 May 43; CAW 356, Stuart from Pope, 28 May 43; and CAW 357, Stuart from Pope, 29 May 43, with text of letter Stimson to Ralston, 29 May 43, on H.Q.S. 9055, vol. 1.

18. Documents on Pacific Command files P.C.S. 5041-10-1, vol. 1, and P.C.S. 5091-10-1, vol. 1.

19. General Staff (Pacific Command) Report on GREENLIGHT Force, Period from Inception to Despatch to Adak, 24 Jul 43, H.Q.S. 9055-1, vol. 5.

20. Record of Discussions of Military Members, 7th June, 1943, H.Q.S. 9055, vol. 1.

21. Appendix "A" to G.O.C.-in-C. Pacific Command to C.G.S., 27 Jun 43, ibid.

22. Tel. CGS 633, Pearkes from Stuart, 5 Jun 43, H.Q.S. 9055, vol. 1. The Army Air Forces in World War II, IV, 387.

23. Documents on H.Q.S. 9055, vol. 1. C.A.R.Os. 3388 and 3873, 8 Jul and 4 Dec 43.

24. Tel. PCO 6002, Stuart from Pearkes, received 14 Jun 43, H.Q.S. 9055, vol. 1.

25. Pacific Command Training Directive No. 1 for GREENLIGHT Force, 5 Jun 43, Pacific Command file P.C.S. 502-1-10-2. W.Ds., Winnipeg Grenadiers and Rocky Mountain Rangers, June and July 1943.

26. Appendix "C" to G.S. report on GREENLIGHT Force, note 19 above.

27. Administrative Report on GREENLIGHT Force, 22 Jul 43, H.Q.S. 9055-1, vol. 5. Covering letter, Pearkes to C.G.S., 24 Jul 43, ibid.

28. C.G.S. to Minister, 26 May 43, H.Q.S. 9055, vol. 1.

29. P.C. 5011, 18 Jun 43.

30. Tel. GS 783, Pearkes from Murchie, 12 Jul 43, H.Q.S., 9055, vol. 3.

31. Pope to A. D. P. Heeney, 10 Jun 44, W.D., Maj.-Gen. Pope, June 1944. On Gen. Murchie's trip, see V.C.G.S. to Minister, 9 Jul 43, H.Q.S. 9055, vol. 3, and Log, Advanced Pacific Command Headquarters, Pacific Command file P.C.S. 5041-10-2, vol. 5.

32. Tel. PCO 7001, C.G.S. from Murchie, 10 Aug 43, Pacific Command file P.C.S. 504-1-10-2, F.D.1.

33. Tel. PCO 6110, Pearkes from Bostock, 12 Aug 43, ibid.

34. Tel. PCO 6081, DeWitt from Pearkes, 12 Jul 43, W. D. "GREENLIGHT", G.S., H.Q. Pacific Command, July 1943, Appendix 87. Macklin to Sec. D.N.D., 5 Aug 43, Pacific Command file P.C.S. 609-25-134 (30).

35. Macklin to Sec. D.N.D., 5 Aug 43, note 34 above.

36. Administrative Report, note 27 above.

37. Macklin to Sec. D.N.D., 5 Aug 43, note 34 above.

38. H.Q.S. 5618, F.D. 76, 18 Jun 43; on Pacific Command file P. C. M. S. 504-1-10-2-1.

39. 28 Jun 43, ibid.

40. P.C. 5012, 18 Jun 43. Documents on H.Q.S. 9055, vol. 2.

41. B.G.S. Pacific Command to Foster, 6 Jul 43, Pacific Command file P.C.M.S. 504-1-10-2-1.

42. The Aleutians Campaign, 100-101.

43. C.O.S. (43) 281(0), p. 33.

44. Documents on H.Q.S. 20-2-32.

45. W.D., 1st Special Service Bn., 11 and 25 Jul 43.

46. W.D., H.Q. 13th Inf. Bde., July 1943.

47. Ibid., August 1943. Holland M. Smith and Percy Finch, Coral and Brass (New York, 1949), 105.

48. Signal, Bostock from Pearkes, 8 Aug 43, Pacific Command file PCS 504-1-10-2, F.D.1.

49. The Aleutians Campaign, 101. Foster to Stacey, 12 Jun 52, H.Q.C. 1453-7, vol. 2.

50. The Aleutians Campaign, 100.

51. Morison, Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, 10.

52. Field Order No. 1, H.Q. Landing Force 16.8, 1 Aug 43, and 13th Inf. Bde. Operation Order No. 1, 9 Aug 43 (W.D., H.Q. 13th Inf. Bde., August 1943, Appendices 11 and IX).

53. Pearkes to Bostock from Adak, 17 Aug 43, Pacific Command file P.C.S. 504-1-10-2, F.D. 1.

54. Pacific Command file No. 25, "GREENLIGHT Casualties".

55. The Campaigns of the Pacific War, 82.

56. "Naval Operations in the Northern Area" (above, note 4). Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, 56-7. Cf. interrogation of Commander Mukai Nifumi, U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific), Naval Analysis Division, Interrogations of Japanese Officials (2 vols., Washington, 1946), 105.

57. Interrogations of Japanese Officials, 100, 113 (Commander Miura Kintaro and Commander Hashimoto Shigefuso).

58. "Naval Operations in the Northern Area".

59. Ibid. "The Aleutian Islands Campaign" (above, note 4.) Notebook of Ensign Nakamura (JICPOA Item No. 4986). Interrogations, etc., cited in notes 55-57, above; also those of Capt. Arichika and Lt.-Col. Fujii, Interrogations of Japanese Officials, 306-7, 368-9. The Campaigns of the Pacific War, 82. Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, 57-9.

60. Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, 59-61.

61. Analysis of daily evidence in The Enemy on Kiska (prepared by G-2, H.Q. Alaska Defence Command), 63-73. Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, 61-2. The Aleutians Campaign, 99.

62. Operations Record, No. 14 (F) Sqn., R.C.A.F., August 1943.

63. To Bostock, note 53 above.

64. The Aleutians Campaign, 104. The Army Air Forces in World War II, IV, 391-2.

65. Report by Mr. J. J. McCardle, Canadian Liaison Mission, Tokyo, on examination of Japanese narratives at G.H.Q., S.C.A.P., 25 Oct 49.

66. Interrogations of Japanese Officials, 307. Cf. Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, 62.

67. The Aleutians Campaign, 104. Cf. Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, 62.

68. Foster to Stacey, 26 Mar 53, H.Q.C. 1453-21-5, vol. 3.

69. Brigade and unit diaries. Documents on H.Q.S. 9055, vol. 2.

70. W.D., 1st Special Service Bn., 1 Sep 43.