I N D E X
Kurusu, Saburo, 194
Kuter, Brig. Gen. L.S., 50, 146
Kweilin, 440
L
Labor supply, 424, 483, 508-9, 632, 650
Labrador, 1 5 5 , 342-437 345-47, 641
Ladd Field, 167, 169, 465
Lae, 184, 372, 408, 417. 425, 471-72, 4741
La Fleur, Chaplain J.F., 2 1 2
Lagos, 3 2 0 , 3 2 z 1 324, 354
La Guardia, Fiorello, 2 1 , 279
Lakunai, 480
Lampert Comm., 27-29
Lanai, 171
Lanao, Lake, 407
Lancashire, 636, 648
Landis, J.M., 298
Landon, Maj. T.H., 200
Landry, Lt. L.D., 386
Lane, Capt. William, Jr., 385-87
Langford Lodge, 634-39, 650
Langley Field: antisuh. patrols, 5 2 3 , 550;
ASTS, 45, 50; VIII Bomber Comd.,
activation, 613; GHQAF Hq., 3 1 ;
Memorial Aeronautical Lab., 55
Langoa, 380
Larson, Brig. Gen. W.T., 528, 553
Lashio, 485, 506
Lassiter Board, 26, 28, 45
Latin America. See Central America;
Lawson, Lt. T.W., 442
LB-30: characteristics, 400-401; supply
for Britain, 317, 328, 332, 359
Leahy, Adm. W.D.: appointment to
JCS, 255; personal C/S to Pres. Roose-
velc, 254; TORCH, comments on, 573,
575
477-79, 481
Landey, 396989 484
South America.
Leary, Vice Adm. H.F., 419-20
Lee, Maj. Gen. J.C.H., 649
Leeward Is., 193
Legaspi, 219
Legislation: before World War I, 23;
between wars, 18, 54, 57, I O I , 104-5,
1 1 5 ; neutrality, 128-29, 272; World
W a r I, 6, 9. See also Lend-lease aid.
Leland, Maj. Gordon, 505-6
LeMay, Maj. C.E., 326
Lembang, 368
Lend-lease aid, 1 2 6 3 5 , 259, 317, 328, 337,
3439 351; Britain, 1 0 3 7 127-30, 133-34,
236, 245, 314, 318-19, 337-38; British
in Middle East, 3 1 2 , 318-20, 327-29,
337, 3 7 1 ; China, 244,. 3 1 2 , 328-29, 337-
38; France, 129; Indla, 328; passage of
act, 130, 314, 342; Southwest Pacific,
328; U.S.S.R., 132-35, 3 1 2 , 3 2 5 , 3293
337-397 3 5 1
Leopoldville, 324, 355
Letter contracts, 106
Levin, Sgt. M.S., 2 1 7
Lexington, 417, 447,449
Leyte, 406
Lhoknga, 379
Liberator. See B-24.
Liberia, 3 2 1 , 324, 329
Light bomber, first designation, 58-59
Lima, Declaration of, 1 2 0
Lincoln, hlaj. Gen. R.B., 421-22
Lingayen Gulf, 191, 207, 209, 2 1 5 , 2 2 3 - 2 4
Lipa, 2 2 5
Lishui, 40,444
Little, Adm. Sir Charles, 253
Little Staughton, 63 I
Liverpool, 630, 635-38, 640
Lockheed aircraft plant, 280, 3 2 1
Lockheed Overseas Corp., 635-37, 650
Loiwing, 490, 498, 501
Lombok, Strait of, 394
London conference (Sept. 1941), 1 3 2 .
London Naval Treaty, 77
Longfellow, Col. Newton, 644, 646
Long Kesh, 648
Long-range bomber, evolution of, 53-7 I
Los Angeles, 279; “battle of,” 283-86
Losses: Aleutians, 469; Darwin, 393-94;
Java, 393-99, 400-442; Luzon, 212-13;
New Guinea, 477, 481-83; Pearl Har-
bor, 197-201; submarine, 515-18, 530,
See also Special Observer Gp.
534-36
Louisiade Archipelago, 448, 450
Lovett, R.A., 1 1 5 , 146
Low-altitude flying, 48 I ; Eighth AF,
Lower California, 298
Lowery, Capt. H.F., 479
Lunga Plain, 471
Luzon, 1 2 5 , 186, 188, 191. 195, 2 3 2 , 234,
236, 242, 368, 405-18; U.S. defeat,
201-27
Lyon, Brig. Gen. A.J., 604, 620, 628, 636
657-58; World War I, 14
M
MacArthur, Gen. Douglas: CG South-
west Pacific Area, 419, 424, 426, 450.
777