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Having been hit by multiple bombs and torpedoes, the Japanese Battleship Yamato rolls and then explodes. An estimated 3,055 of her 3,332 crew were lost, including Vice-Admiral Seiichi Ito.

The Twentieth Air Force flew 1,529 sorties and laid 12,135 mines in 26 locations. The aerial mining operation was designed to disrupt enemy shipping and it was extremely effective. They were responsible for the destruction of 670 Japanese ships.

Of 24 "Frances" twin-engine bombers, which were sent on a long-range Kamikaze mission directed at the main Allied naval fleet anchorage at Ulithi atol, only two arrived to damage the USS Randolph.

Following a series of disastrous assaults, General Erskine orders the 9th Marine Regiment to attack at night, without preliminary artillery bombardment. The tactics are more effective and eventually the mutually supporting positions are overwhelmed.

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is a historic photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal. It depicts five United States Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman raising the flag of the United States atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima.