During a January 1945 visit with Adm. Raymond A. Spruance aboard USS Indianapolis (CA-35), Maj. Gen. Curtis LeMay, (shown here as a General), commander of the XXI Bomber Commands B-29s in the Marianas, told Spruance: Without Iwo Jima, I couldnt bomb Ja
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