CINCPOA Communiqué No. 301
The Marines on Iwo are continuing to mop up remnants of the enemy garrison. The central Iwo airfield was placed in operation on March 16 (East Longitude Date).
Army aircraft of the VII Fighter Command bombed and strafed targets on Chichi Jima in the Bonins on the same date.
On March 15, Army Liberators of the 7th Air Force operating under the Strategic Air Force, Pacific Ocean Areas, bombed airfield installations on Chichi Jima.
Fighters and torpedo planes of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing destroyed bridges and damaged piers and other installations in the Palaus on March 15. On the following day barges were destroyed and fires were started on and around Babelthuap and Arakabesan in the same group.
Radio, airfield and harbor installations on Yap in the Western Carolines were bombed by Marine aircraft on March 15 and 16.
Neutralizing raids on enemy held bases in the Marshalls were carried out by planes of Fleet Air Wing Two and the 4th MarAirWing on March 15.