Pacific War History & Studies

Battle of Iwo Jima order of battle. February 19, 1945. known as Operation Detachment https://t.co/gnewZQrmbX

The B29 Superfortress bomber was the most advanced aircraft of its day. With pressurized crew compartments, remote control gun turrets, and carried a huge bomb load. It was able to reach the Japanese mainland with ease.

Once airfields became operational in the Mariana Islands in https://t.co/AV2A8EseUp

A flight of B29s heading for North Field on Guam after returning from firebombing attacks against the Japanese mainland. https://t.co/X8gqx6AJW5

Red Beach 2. Tarawa 1943 https://t.co/mLtHjH1fWE

During the Pacific War, Americans always retrieved their pilots from the water using planes like the PBY Catalina. The Japanese never did, which meant veterans never made it back to train new recruits. Eventually, Japan was starved of pilots. https://t.co/gEjcXKwLkD

Americans built 400 warplanes a day in WW2. For the Japanese it must have felt as if they were fighting an enemy with limitless resources. https://t.co/KDRbKEn3Xj

F4U Corsair https://t.co/m73ZfX3TXy

F6F Hellcat https://t.co/LFsON4vnAb

Map of the Gilbert Islands 1943 https://t.co/SjlMdBAOwi

Archives Branch: Campaign Collections
Official records documenting the Marine Corps' involvement in various campaigns.

Tarawa (Gilbert Islands)
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The men of the 'Nisei' units were second generation Japanese-Americans who volunteered for service in the US armed forces to prove their loyalty to their country after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor an proclamation No. 2525.

The thousands of volunteers, mostly from the https://t.co/nfvkdAFEYO