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Kinkaid, Thomas Cassin, 57, 92,110, 120,154,174,178,220,237, 249,251,260,262 background of, 55-56 credit due to, 296 errors made by, 292-93 Halsey's communications gap with, 159-62,170-71,295 Halsey's postwar relationship with, 289-92,293 as Seventh Fleet commander, 56, 58, 59,61,114,175,180,215-16 as Task Force 77 commander, 58 Kishinami, 101,102 Kitkun Bay, USS, 227, 259, 272 Kiyoshima, 152 Knox, W. Franklin, 6n Kongo,233,241,256 Kovar, Isadore M., 181 Koyanagi, Tomiji, 89,146,222, 256 Kublai Khan, 265 Kumano,230-31,241,257 Kurita, Takeo, 47, 49, 65, 93, 117, 158,172,184,186,187,219, 266-67 career of, 72 Ozawa's command relinquished to, 71-72 in Palawan Passage fighting, 100, 101,102,104,105,108-10,277 pursuit of Taffy 3 broken off by, 259, 261--64,286-87 in Sibuyan Sea Battle, 149-53 Kurita's force (Center Force), 95, 113, 115,135,160,170,172 in Palawan Passage, 96-110, 97, 121,277 pincer attack by, 91 in San Bernardino Strait, 160, 163, 186,209,211,215,219 Seventh Fleet attacked by, 219-34, 220,223,236-37,238-48, 252-59,261--64,289
in Sibuyan Sea Battle, 145-53, 163, 277 Kusaka, Ryunosuke, 70 Lamar, Hal, 25, 36 Landing Crafts, Infantry (LCIs), 11 Landing Ships, Tank (LSTs), 54, 77 Langley, USS, 127, 155, 156 Lanikai, 53-54 LCIs (Landing Crafts, Infantry), 11 Leahy, William D., 6n, 7, 18, 21n, 26, 42,291 at Pacific command meeting, 29, 31, 32-33 Lee, Fitzhugh, 181 Lee, Willis A., 211-12, 213, 238, 294, 295 Leeson, R. A., 180, 188 Lewis, Dan, 189 Lexington, USS, 126, 144,235 Leyte Gulf, Battle of: analysis of, xv-xvi, 283-97 choice of site of, 23 component battles of, see Cape Engaiio, Battle of; Samar, Battle of; Sibuyan Sea, Battle of; Surigao Strait, Battle of exhaustion as factor in, 115, 212, 215,258,261,286-87 first ships hit in, 99, 108 first shots fired in, 76, 108 as Greek tragedy, xvii Japanese losses in, 144,205,260, 285 Japanese Navy's starting points and routes in, 63,90,95, 113-14 mistaken identifications in, 84, 88 notable displays of courage in, 32, 122-28,149,196-97,231-32, 238,243,244,245,296-97 number of men and ships involved in, Xlll
official beginning of, 121 planning of, 54-55