The first two excerpts below are continued from yesterday. The last one is continued from December 27.
Winston S. Churchill, Triumph and Tragedy
At IWO JIMA on the night of the 29th-30th 9 B-24’s attacked individually at 45 minute intervals with fragmentation bombs. ON the 30th 14 B-24’s dropeed 28 tons on the airfields with results being largely unobserved.
Nimitz Graybook
I have an interest in Iwo Jima, with my uncle from the 5th Marines injured there. First general purpose bombs from 50 b29’s, then delayed fuse and now fragmentation bombs. Is no damage being done or are the japs rebuilding the airfield?
