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  2. Central Field (Iwo Jima) - Wikipedia

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    Central Field or Iwo Jima Air Base (IATA: IWO, ICAO: RJAW) is a former World War II airfield on Iwo Jima in the Bonin Islands, located in the Central Pacific. The Bonin Islands are part of Japan. Today, the base is the only airfield on the island, operated by the Japan Self-Defense Forces.

  3. South Field (Iwo Jima) - Wikipedia

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    South Field was a World War II airfield on Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands, located in the Central Pacific. The Volcano Islands are part of Japan. The airfield was located on the southern corner of Iwo Jima located on the Motoyama plateau, to the north of Mount Suribachi. South Field was significant to the overall Battle of Iwo Jima.

  4. Battle of Iwo Jima - Wikipedia

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    The medals awarded for the battle accounted for 28% of the 82 awarded to Marines in World War II. [79] At the time of his death on 29 June 2022, Marine Hershel W. Williams was the last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War II. [80] He received his medal for actions in the Battle of Iwo Jima.

  5. Air raids on Japan - Wikipedia

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    Two successful large-scale precision bombing raids were flown against aircraft factories in Tokyo and Nagoya on 7 April; the raid on Tokyo was the first to be escorted by Iwo Jima-based P-51 Mustang very-long-range fighters from the VII Fighter Command, and the Americans claimed to have shot down 101 Japanese aircraft for the loss of two P-51s ...

  6. Japanese air attacks on the Mariana Islands - Wikipedia

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    The combination of heavy losses over Saipan and damage to the airfields on Iwo Jima caused the Japanese to break off their attacks against the Marianas on 2 January. [50] Few Japanese aircraft visited Iwo Jima starting in January, and due to their losses in the Philippines Campaign , the IJAAF and IJN lacked the long-ranged aircraft needed to ...

  7. United States Army Air Forces in the Central Pacific Area

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    During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces fought the Empire of Japan in the Central Pacific Area. As defined by the War Department, this consisted of most of the Pacific Ocean and its islands, excluding the Philippines, Australia, the Netherlands East Indies, the Territory of New Guinea (including the Bismarck Archipelago) the Solomon Islands and areas to the south and east of the ...

  8. As World War II was ending, a Jewish teen became the final ...

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    P-51s from the 78th Fighter Squadron P-51 on the flight line at Iwo Jima on April 16, 1945. ... the three hours back to their airfield on Iwo Jima – way too ... recounted how World War II’s ...

  9. Iwo Jima - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 January 2025. One of the Japanese Volcano Islands This article is about the island in the Volcano Archipelago. For other uses, see Battle of Iwo Jima and Iwo Jima (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Iejima. Iōtō (Iwo Jima) Native name: 硫黄島 Photo of Iwo Jima (Iōtō), c. 2016, with Mount ...