SCUTTLED JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER in Tokyo Bay (top); submarines tied up at Maizuru Naval Base (bottom). The submarine nearest the dock is a German U-boat which had been given to the Japanese for training purposes.

HAWAII

V-J DAY PARADE IN HONOLULU. The total of U.S. Army casualties in the global war was nearly 950,000, including almost 330,000 killed in battle. Of the total, the war against Japan accounted for approximately 175,000 casualties including about 52,000 killed. In the South and Southwest Pacific Areas 72 combat landing operations were carried out in less than three years.

Appendix A
List of Abbreviations

BARBrowning automatic rifle
GHQgeneral headquarters
HBheavy barrel
LCIlanding craft, infantry
LCI (L)landing craft, infantry (large)
LCMlanding craft, mechanized
LCM (3)landing craft, mechanized (Mark III)
LCP (L)landing craft, personnel (large)
LCP (R)landing craft, personnel (ramp)
LCRlanding craft, rubber
LCT (6)landing craft, tank (Mark VI)
LCVlanding craft, vehicle
LCVPlanding craft, vehicle and personnel
LSTlanding ship, tank
LVTlanding vehicle, tracked
LVT (1)landing vehicle, tracked, unarmored (Mark I) (“Alligator”)
LVT (4)landing vehicle, tracked, unarmored (Mark IV)
LVT (A) (1)landing vehicle, tracked (armored) (Mark I)
(“Water Buffalo,” turret type)
LVT (A) (2)landing vehicle, tracked (armored) (Mark II)
(“Water Buffalo,” canopy type)
LVT (A) (4)landing vehicle, tracked (armored) (Mark IV)
PTpatrol vessel, motor torpedo boat
SCRSignal Corps radio

Appendix B
List of Pictorial Sources

The following list gives the origin of all photographs that appear in this book. The photographs were selected from those in the files of the Army Signal Corps (111-SC or MC), the Air Force (342-FH or 18AO), the Navy (80-G), the Marine Corps (127-N), the Coast Guard (26-G), YANK Magazine (YANK), and individual collections as noted.

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