U.S. Navy Department (March 11, 1945)
CINCPOA Communiqué No. 295
The 3rd and 4th Marine Division drove through enemy lines to capture most of the east coast of Iwo Island on March 11 (East Longitude Date). The remainder of the enemy’s garrison was compressed to a small area at the northern end of the island by the troops of the 5th Marine Division. A small pocket of enemy resistance was bypassed by the 4th Marine Division and was still holding out at 1800 on March 11. At that time the 5th Division was gaining slowly in the north against heavy resistance. The attack was supported by heavy artillery and naval gunfire.
Army fighters bombed Chichi Jima in the Bonin Islands scoring hits on airfield and harbor installations. Targets were strafed on Haha Jima.
Liberators of the Strategic Air Force, Pacific Ocean Areas, bombed the airfield on Chichi Jima on March 10.
Large fires were started among enemy defenses in the Palaus by fighters and torpedo planes of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing on March 10. Marine aircraft on the same date struck targets on Yap in the Western Carolines.