Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Preface
  • List of illustrations
  • List of charts
  • Abbreviations, ship symbols, aircraft designations, and operation code names
  • Ch. 1. The road to flag rank
  • Ch. 2. Com Ten and ComCaribSeaFron
  • Ch. 3. ComCruDiv Five
  • Ch. 4. The Battle of Midway
  • Ch. 5. Chief of staff, Pacific fleet
  • Ch. 6. Preparing for the Gilberts
  • Ch. 7. Planned support
  • Ch. 8. Movement to the objective
  • Ch. 9. The Gilberts secured
  • Ch. 10. The Marshall Islands operation
  • Ch. 11. The Mariana Islands operation opens
  • Ch. 12. The battle of the Philippine Sea
  • Ch. 13. The Mariana Islands secured
  • Ch. 14. The Iwo Jima operation
  • Ch. 15. The Okinawa operation
  • Ch. 16. The war ends
  • Ch. 17. Completion of a naval career
  • Ch. 18. Ambassador to the Philippine republic
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix I. Decorations, awards and honorary degrees awarded to Admiral Spruance
  • Appendix II. Battle of Midway, task organizations
  • Appendix III. Gilbert Islands operation, task organization (skeletonized)
  • Appendix IV. Marshall Islands operation, task organization (skeletonized)
  • Appendix V. Strike on Truk, task organization (skeletonized)
  • Appendix VI. Mariana Islands operation, task organization (skeletonized)
  • Appendix VII. Battle of the Philippine Sea, task organizations
  • Appendix VIII. Iwo Jima operation, task organization (skeletonized)
  • Appendix IX. Okinawa operation, task organization (skeletonized)
  • Index.