McCarthy, Charles J., 77, 185-186, 229 McCarthy, Joseph F., 161, 164, 175, 229, 243 McCone, John A., 290 McCook Field, 23, 33-34, 42 McCracken, Bill, 104 MacIntyre, Marvin, 65, 71 MacMahon, Brian, 285 _Macon_, dirigible, 181 Magnesium, 167 Magnetos, 39-40 Mahan, 149, 287 on sea power, 129-130, 288 Mail planes, 76, 154, 169 Maile, Lt. Frank, 23 Maintenance crews, 132 Manly, Charles M., 74, 93 Manly engine, 74 Marcus, Charles, 40-41 Mare Island Navy Yard, 114, 121, 151 Marines, 67, 121, 257 Marks, Charles, 55 Martin, Glenn L., 47, 79-80, 97, 104, 195, 200, 214-216 Martin Company, 183, 200 Thunderbolt, 195 torpedo bombers, SC’s, 77-79 torpedo bomber scouts, T4M’s, 104-106, 134, 140 Mason, Mr., 241 _Mayflower_, yacht, 78-79 Mayo, William, 96 Mead, George J., 30-32, 37, 42, 55-56, 74, 93, 140, 185, 232-233, 238, 241 Mellon, Andrew, 95 “Memoranda for file,” 39 _Memphis_, cruiser, 103, 106-108 Menasco Company, 154 Merchant Marine Act of 1936, 306 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 156, 160 Mines Field, 133 _Mississippi_, battleship, 5-6 Mitchell, Billy, 9-10, 25-27, 46, 56-59, 109, 213, 278-279 court-martial of, 70 and independent air force, 60-69, 291 Mitchell, Hugh B., 284 Mitchell, Gen. J. B., 148 Mitchell, Bill, 285 Mitscher, Pete, 98-99, 115, 146 Mobilization, 216, 235 for drill purposes, 214-215 Moffett, Rear Adm. William Adger, 1, 4-6, 8-11, 17, 19-20, 24-27, 45-46, 52-53, 55-57, 60, 62-68, 70-71, 80-81, 89, 93-95, 98, 101, 104, 109, 111, 119, 123, 128, 137, 142, 149, 151, 181, 278, 291-292 _Mongolia_, liner, 112 Monoplanes, 96, 169-170, 190, 204 metal, 154 Monopoly, 164, 207, 303 Montgomery, Monty, 115 Morale, 259 Morgan, John E. P., 286 Morgenthau, Henry, 218, 223-228, 230 Morrow, Dwight, 61 Morrow Board, 61-71, 95, 186, 188, 276-277, 285 Moulton, Bobby, 115-117 Mullinix, Henry, 38, 48, 96 Murphy, Francis S., 242 Murray, James E., 271, 273-274, 277-278 Murray, Roger F., 302 Mussolini, 209 Mustin, Capt. Henry C., 21, 68 Mustin plan for naval aviation, 68, 71 N Nash-Kelvinator Company, 232, 241, 252 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 232-233 National Air Races, Los Angeles, 133-134 Philadelphia, 96 National Aircraft War Council, 269 National Association of Manufacturers, 242 “National Aviation Policy,” 294 National City Bank, New York, _Bulletin_, 274-275 National Defense Advisory Committee, 216 National Independent Carriers, 303 National Planning Association, 279, 282 National Rifle Association of America, 7, 24 National rifle matches, 1909, 2 NATS (_see_ Naval Air Transport Service) Naval Air Stations (_see_ names of stations, as Pensacola) Naval Air Transport Service (NATS), 255