From "The Pacific War: Day By Day" by John Davison.
JULY 2, 1944: AIR WAR, IWO JIMA
US carrier aircraft attack Japanese forces in Iwo Jima, shooting down 16 Japanese aircraft and destroying 29 on the ground.
JULY 4, 1944: AIR WAR, Bonin Islands/Iwo Jima.
US carrier-based aircraft have a good day hunting Japanese shipping around the Bonin Islannds and Iwo Jima. Backed by a bombardment from US cruisers and destroyers, they help sink four destroyers and several transport vessels.
Preliminary preparations for the attack on Iwo Jima were underway.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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