U.S. Navy Department (March 15, 1945)
CINCPOA Communiqué No. 299
The 5th Marine Division on March 15 (East Longitude Date) continued to reduce further the area held by the enemy at the northern tip of Iwo Island. Our forces encountered intense small arms and mortar fire in that sector throughout the day. Mopping-up operations were continued in the 3rd and 4th Marine Division zones of action. Planes of the VII Army Fighter Command bombed airfields and other installations on Chichi Jima in the Bonins on the same date.
On March 14, Liberators of the 7th Army Air Force, operating under the Strategic Air Force, bombed Chichi Jima airfield.
Navy search Privateers of Fleet Air Wing Two bombed Wake Island through meager anti-aircraft fire on March 14.
On the same date, Corsair fighters of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing continued neutralizing attacks on enemy-held bases in the Marshalls.