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.

Saturday, July 5, 2014

The War Continued 70 Years Ago on July 4th, 1944

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





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