File:SBDs VMSB-231 Majuro 1944.jpg
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U.S. Marine Corps Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers of Marine scout-bombing squadron VMSB-231 taxi on the airstrip at Majouro, Marshall Islands, prior to launching on attack against Japanese installations on Mili Atoll (6°7'60N 171°55'0E). Mili was bombed for eighteen months by US aircraft. All supply lines were cut off, and of the originally 5,100 strong Japanese garrison only 2,500 survived, dying mainly from starvation. It was the first Pacific island to surrender on 22 August 1945. |
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| Source | U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.749 [1] |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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