[21] The Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee, Japanese Naval and Merchants Shipping Losses During World War II by all Causes (Washington, 1947), p. 77. [↑]
[22] Hist of V Fighter Command, Ch. 4, pp. 62–63, AAF Hist Archives. [↑]
[23] 77th Div FO 13, 4 Dec 44, Annexes 5 and 6. In each small landing craft there were thirty-six men—a platoon leader or sergeant, messenger, aid man, flame thrower and bazooka operators, a rifle squad, and a machine gun or mortar crew. The composition of the second wave was about the same. The third wave, consisting of LCI’s, included engineer and heavy weapons personnel, artillery units, and other troops and vehicles. The fourth wave consisted of LCI’s and the fifth wave of LSM’s. [↑]
[24] Opns Rpt, CTU 78.3.7 to COMINCH, no serial, 17 Dec 44, Off Nav Rcds and Library. [↑]
[25] Opns Rpt, CTU 78.3.5 to COMINCH, Ser 0016, Off Nav Rcds and Library. [↑]
[26] Sixth Army G-3 Jnl, 7 Dec 44. [↑]
[27] “By a coincidence, Commander W. W. Outerbridge, USN, the commanding officer of the O’Brien, which sank the Ward by gunfire, had been the commanding officer of the Ward at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, when that vessel fired the first shot of the war in sinking a Japanese submarine attempting to enter Pearl Harbor, just three years previously to the day.” CINCPAC-CINCPOA Opns in the Pacific Ocean Areas During the Month of December 1944, Ser 002910, 25 Jun 45, p. 41, Off Nav Rcds and Library. [↑]
[28] Opns Rpts, CTU 78.3.5, Ser 0016, 22 Dec 44; CTU 78.3.3, Ser 082, 22 Dec 44. Both in Off Nav Rcds and Library. [↑]