Endnotes for Chapter IX

1 Army interest in Alaska, from 1934 onward, can be followed most readily by reference to WPD 3512.

2 H. Doc. 65, 76th Cong., ist sess., Jan 3, 1939; Hepburn Report, Dec. 27, 1938, Memo, CNO for WPD, 2 Jun 39, WPD 3512-40; Navy Memo, Bur of Yards and Docks, 6 APE 40, copy in WPD 4156-2; Official History of the Alaskan Department, June 1940-June 11944 OCDIH, ch. I, p. 2; Morison, Rising Sun in the Pacific, pp. 32-34; Navy Dept, Building the Navy's Bares in World War 11, II, p. 163.

3 Although Alaska has now become one of the continental United States, this term is still commonly used to denote the 48 contiguous states.

4 Memo, WPD for G-4, 21 Mar 40, and subsequent papers, in WPD 3512-57; Bykofsky and Larson, Transportation Corps: Operations Overseas, p. 54.

5 Memo, Lt Col Guy W. Chipman for ACofS WPD, 23 Jan 35, and subsequent papers, in WPD 3512-8, 9, and 24; Memo, G-4 for CofS, 3 Sep 41, OCS 18263-54; Memo, G-3 for COB, 9 Oct 41, OCS 18263-57. See also Terrett, The Emergency, chs. III and XI.

6 Incl to Ltr, CG Fourth Army to COB, 22 Aug 39, WPD 3512-46; Memo, WPD for CofS, 10 May 40, WPD 4297; Memo, CG Fourth Army for WPD, 31 May 40, WPD 4297; JB 312, ser 650, 15 Aug 40; Ltr, Hq ADF to CG Ninth Corps Area, 3 Sep 40, AG 320.2 (9-3-40) ; Ltr, Brig Gen Simon B. Buckner, Jr., to CG Fourth Army, 9 Oct 40, WDC-ADC 381 Def of Alaska, Gen, vol. II.

7 Official Hist of the Alaskan Dept, ch. 1, pp. 5-6.

8 Craven and Cate, eds., Plans and Early Operations, p. 125; Memo, WPD for Budget and Planning Br., WDGS, 6 May 39, WPD 3807-31.

9 Tab Y3, Air Bd Rpt, 26 Jun 39, WPD 3748-17.

10 Tab C to Memo, WPD for COPS, 21 Dec 39, WPD 3807-41.

11 Memo, WPD for CofS, 15 May 39, WPD 3512-38.

12 Memos, WPD for G-4, 9 Feb 39, and WPD for G-3, 21 Mar 39. Both in WPD 3512-35. Incl to Ltr, CG Fourth Army to COB, 22 Aug 39, WPD 3512-46; Memo, WPD for CG Fourth Army, 10 Oct 39, WPD 3512-47.

13 Memo, WPD for CofS, 25 Aug 39, WPD 3512-38; Ltr, Hq ADF to CG Ninth Corps Area, 3 Sep 40, AG 320.2 (9-3-40) ; Official Hist of Alaskan Dept, ch. XXL

14 Memo, WPD for TAG, 20 Oct 39, WPD 3512-48; Memo, CofAC for TAG, 25 Oct 39, WPD 3512-49; Memo, WPD for CofS, 29 Feb 40, WPD 3512-53.

15 Memo, WPD for SGS, 6 Jun 39, WPD 3572-30.

16 Memo, CofS for G-3, 27 May 40, OCS 14943-21 ; Memo, SGS for G-3, G-4, and WPD 27 May 40, WPD 3512-62; Memo, WPD for all interested WD agencies, 29 May 40, WPD 3512-59; D/F, G-4 to TAG, 29 May 40, AG 600.12 (8-24-39).

17 Ltr, CG Fourth Army to COB, 28 Jun 40, OCS 14943-24.

18 Hist of WDC, vol. I, ch. 2, p. 4.

19 Memo, WPD for CofS, 17 Jun 40; Ltr, CG Fourth Army to Col Buckner, 9 Jul 40. Both in WPD 3512-62.

20 Telg, CNO to Commandant, Thirteenth Naval District, 1 Aug 40, WPD 4I56-4.

21 See ch. II.

22 Memo, WPD for TAG, 16 Apr 41, WPD 4480.

23 Ltr, Gen DeWitt to TAG, 16 May 41, AG 320.2 (4-16-41 ).

24 Memo, CofAS for WPD, 4 Aug 41, AG 320.2 (4-16-41).

25 Memo, DCofS GHQ for WPD, 11 Aug 41, WPD 4175-18, sec. 1.

26 See ch. XI.

27 Memo, WPD for COB, 20 Apr 40, WPD 3512-59.

28 Ist Ind, CG Fourth Army to WPD, 31 May 40, WPD 4297.

29 Ltr, CG Fourth Army to CofS, 28 Jun 40, OCS 14943-24.

30 JB 312, ser 650, 15 Aug 40.

31 Memo, G-4 for COB, 17 Sep 40, and subsequent papers in AG 600.12 (8-24-39) ; Memo, Col Stephen J. Chamberlin, Chief, Construction Br, for ACofS G-4, 18 Oct 41, WDC-ADC 686, Vol. 11.

32 Ltr, CG Fourth Army to CofS, 28 Jun 40, OCS 14943-24; Ltr, CG Fourth Army to TAG, 2 Jul 40; Rad, TAG to CG Fourth Army, 7 Sep 40; Memo, CNO for COB, 22 Oct 40; Last three in AG 600.12 (8-24-39) .

33 Memo of Conf, 19 Nov 40, WDC-ADC 381 Def of Alaska, vol. III; Ltr, CG WDC to TAG, 8 Sep 41, AG 600.12 (8-24-39) ; Memo, Col Chamberlin for ACofS G-4, 18 Oct 41, WDC-ADC 686, vol. II.

34 Ltr, Gen Buckner to Gen DeWitt, 9 Oct 40, WDC-ADC 381 Def of Alaska, vol. II; Ltr, COMALSEC Thirteenth Naval District to CNO, 29 Oct 40, WDC-ADC 381 Def of Alaska, vol. II; Memo of Conf, 119 Nov 40 WDC-ADC 381 Def of Alaska, vol. III; Ltr, Gen DeWitt to Gen Marshall, 4 Jun 41, WDC-ADC 381 Def of Alaska, vol. IV; Ltr, CG WDC to TAG, 8 Sep 41, AG 600.12 (8-24-39).

35 Ltr, Gen DeWitt to Gen Marshall, 4 Jun 41, WDC-ADC 381, Def of Alaska vol. IV; Memo, TAG for CofEngrs, 7 Jun 41, AG 600.12 (8-24-39) ; Memo, Col Chamberlin for ACofS G-4 18 Oct 41, WDC-ADC 686, vol. II.

36 Ltr, Gen Buckner to CG Fourth Army, 9 Oct 40, WDC-ADC 381 Def of Alaska, vol. II; Memo of Conf, 19 Nov 40, WDC-ADC 381 Def of Alaska, vol. III; Memo, Col Chamberlin, for ACofS G-4, 18 Oct 41, WDC-ADC 686, vol. II; Ltr, CG WDC to TAG, 8 Sep 41; Ltr, CG Fourth Army to DCofS, 3 Dec 40. Last two in AG 600. 12 (8-24-39) .

37 Memo, WPD for G-4, 27 Jun 41, WPD 3512-100.

38 See below, p. 244.

39Watson, Prewar Plans and Preparations, pp. 124-25.

40 Ltr, CG Fourth Army to TAG, 28 Feb 41, WDC-ADC 381/32, pt. 1; Memo, SGS for CofS, 11 Mar 41, OCS Conf, binder 11; Ltr, CG WDC to CG ADC, 22 Mar 41, WDC-ADC 381/32, pt. I; Memo, G-2 for WPD, 26 Jun 41, OPD Exec 8, bk. A; Rad, CG Fourth Army to Commandant, Thirteenth Naval District, 8 Jul 41, WDC-ADC 381 Def of Alaska, Gen, vol. IV; Ltr, TAG to CG's, 15 Jul 41, AG 320.2 (5-6-41).

41 Rpt of Senator Brewster to Senator Harry S. Truman, 5 Sep 41, copy in AG 600.12 (8-24-39).

42 Various papers, dated Sep and Oct 41, in AG 600.12 (8-24-39).

43 Ltr, TAG to CG's, 15 Jul 41, AG 320.2 (5-6-41) ; Memo, G-3 for SGS, 9 Sep 41, OCS 18251-63. The actual strength figures cited are those compiled by the Machine Records Branch, AGO, 30 Nov 45, in OPD file, Pearl Harbor Misc Corresp.

44 AAF Hist Study 4, Alaskan Air Defense and the Japanese Invasion of the Aleutians, copy in OCMH, p. 24.

45 Memo, WPD for TAG, 16 Jan 41, AG 320.2 (9-3-40).

46 Ltr, Hq ADF to CG Ninth Corps Area, 3 Sep 40, and 2d Ind, CG Fourth Army to TAG, 27 Sep 40, AG 320.2 (9-3-40).

47 Ibid.

48 Memo, CG ADF for CG Fourth Army, 9 Oct 40, WDC-ADC 381, Def of Alaska, Gen Vol. II.

49 Ltr, COMALSEC Thirteenth Naval District to CNO, 29 Oct 40, WDC-ADC 381 Def of Alaska, Gen, sec. II.

50 Memo, WPD for TAG, 8 Jan 41, WPD 4239-21.

51 5th Ind, OCofAC for TAG, 8 Apr 41, on Memo, WPD for TAG, 8 Jan 41, WPD 4239-21.

52 Ltr, Gen D~Witt to COB, 2 Jun 41, WDC 381 Dutch Harbor, Unalaska.

53 Ltr, Gen DeWitt to Gen Marshall, 4 Jun 41, WDC-ADC 381 Def of Alaska, Gen, vol. IV.

54 Exhibits B, C, and F, btp; Hq ADC to CG ADC, 5 Jul 41, WDC-ADC 686, vol. III; Rad, CG ADC to CG Fourth Army, 9 Jul 41, WDC-ADC 381 Def of Alaska, Gen, vol. IV.

55 Memo, Gen DeWitt for DCofS WDC, 18 Jul 41, WDC-ADC 686, vol. III.

56 Memo, G-2 for WPD, 26 Jun 41, OPD Exec 8, bk. A.

57 Gerow Diary, entry of 3 Jul 41, OPD Exec 10, item 1; Rad, TAG to Fourth Army, 3 Jul 41, and Rad, CG Fourth Army to CG ADC, 4 Jul 41, both in AG 580.81 (7-30-41). For the Panama alert, see ch. XIII below.

58 Rad CG ADC to CG WDC, it Jul 41, and Rad, CG WDC to CG ADC, 14 Jul 41, both in WDC-ADC 381 Gen, vol. IV.

59 Memo CNO for COPS, 21 Aug 41, and other papers, in AG 580.81 (7-30-41).

60 2d Ind, CG WDC to TAG, 11 Sep 41, on Ltr, TAG to CG Fourth Army, 4 Sep 41, AG 580.81 (7-3-41).

61 Memo, TAG to CG Fourth Army, 18 Jul 41, AG 600.12 (8-24-39) ; Memo, WPD for CofAAF, 19 Jul 41, WPD 4297-3; Official Hist of the Alaskan Dept, ch. XXI.

62 Ltr, CG WDC to TAG, 27 Oct 41, WPD 4414-7.

63 Ltr, CG ADC to CG WDC, 1 Oct 41, WDC 381/32 ADC, pt. 1.

64 Memo, ACofS WPD for Exec Officer WPD, 21 Nov 41, and Ltr, JPC to JB, 24 Nov 41. Both in WPD 4503. Min, JB Mtg, 26 Nov 41 (in re JB 312, ser 718), Pearl Harbor Attack, pt. 15, p. 1641; Rad, TAG to CG WDC, 11 Dec 41, WDC file, Construction of Umnak Airfield.

65 1st Ind, CofEngrs for G-4, 20 Jun 41, AG 600.12 (8-24-39).

66 Memo Lt Col W. F. Tompkins, for G-4, 28 Jun 41, AG 600.12 (8-24-39).

67 2d Ind, OCSigO for WPD, 31 Jul 40, on Memo, WPD for CofEngrs and CSigO, 18 Jul 40, WDC-ADC 660.2.

68 Memo, WPD for COB, 31 Jul 40, AG 660.2 AA.

69 Note for Rcd on Memo, WPD for TAG, 28 Jan 41, WPD 3640-6.

70 Memo, WPD for TAG, 28 Jan 41, WPD 3640-6.

71 Ltr, TAG to CG WDC, 7 Jan 42, and other papers, in WDC-ADC 660.2 AWS-46.

72 Memo, Col Chamberlin, for ACofS G-4, 18 Oct 4 1, WDC-ADC 686, vol. II.

73 Ltr, Gen Buckner to Gen Marshall, 28 Nov 41, AG 600.12 (11-28-41).

74 Ltr, Gen Marshall to Gen Buckner, 29 Dec 41, AG 600.12 (11-28-41).

75 Memo, Lt Col Orlando Ward, SGS for WPD, 5 Sep 40, OCS 20834-36.

76 Min, Conf in Office of DCofS, 6 Sep 40, OCS Misc Conf, binder 3.

77 See Conn and Fairchild, Framework of Hemisphere Defense, p. 95.

78 Stimson Diary, entry of 27 Feb 41.

79 Craven and Cate, eds., Plans and Early Operations, p. 166.

80 Memo, CofAS for WPD, 20 Aug 41, WPD 4464-7.

81 Ltr, Gen Buckner to Gen Marshall, 24 Jul 41, AG 452.1 (7-24-41).

82 Ltr, Gen Marshall to Gen Buckner, 23 Sep 41, OCS I4943-60.

83 Memo, CG WDC for TAG, 27 Oct 41, WPD 4414-7.

84 1st Ind, Hq ADC to COMALSEC, Seventeenth Naval District, 14 Nov 41, on Memo, COMALSEC, Thirteenth Naval District, for CG ADC, 14 Nov 41, ADC 452.2.

85 Memo, DCofS for Air for WPD, 1 Dec 41, WPD 4464-7.

86 Rad, CG WDC to COB, 28 Nov 41, Pearl Harbor Attack, pt. 14, p. 1330.

87 See Conn and Fairchild, Framework of Hemisphere Defense, ch. XIV.

88 Craven and Cate, eds., Plans and Operations, pp. 170, 276.

89 Hist of WDC vol. III, ch. 10, Ind. 8, pp. 1-2.

90 Memo, Col Tully for Gen Gerow, WPD, 4 Dec 41, WPD 3512-148; Memo, Lt Col Nelson M. Walker for ACofS G-3, 5 Dec 41, AG 381 (12-5-41).


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