FRI 14 JUL 1944
Pacific
PB4Ys (VB 109) bomb Iwo Jima in the first strike by land-based planes on that Japanese island base.
Supported by two destroyers and four infantry landing craft (gunboat), Underwater Demolition Team (UDT) 3, in high-speed transport Dickerson (APD-21), begins reconnoitering prospective landing beaches at Asan, Guam.
Destroyer escort William C. Miller (DE-259) sinks Japanese submarine RO-48 75 miles east of Saipan, 15°18'N, 144°26'E, and teams with high speed transport Gilmer (APD-11) to sink Japanese submarine I-6 70 miles west of Tinian, 15°18'N, 144°26'E.
Submarine Sand Lance (SS-381) attacks Japanese convoy in the Banda Sea, sinking gunboat Taik_ Maru east of Salajar, 05°56'S, 121°34'E.
Japanese Coast Defense Vessel No.12 is damaged by aircraft off Bonins.
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