BATTLESHIP TEXAS BB35 ACTION REPORT - INVASION OF IWO JIMA: Feb - Mar 1945

The clarity of the report was only fair (scanned from a carbon copy)

1 Sep 2002; Using better graphic software, greatly improved the image clarity

Cover letter

Part III - Chronological order of events

February

12 - 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 - 28

pg 1 pg 1, 2, 3 pg 3, 4, 5 pg 5, 6, 7 pg 7, 8 pg 9 pg 9,10 pg 11

March

1- 6 7

pg 11, 12 pg 12

Part IV Ordnance - pg 12, 13, 14, 15

Part V Brief Resume of Battle Damage - pg 15

Part VI Comments - pg 15, 16, 17

Part VII Personnel performance and casualties - pg 17

 

Enclosure A - Report on Casualties

Enclosure B- Battle feeding of the crew

- approach: pg 1, 2

- Bill of Fare for the General Mess, pg 3

Enclosure C - Shell Fires (February)

- 16th: pg 1, 2

- 17th: pg 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

- 18th:  pg 8, 9

- 19th: pg 10

- 20th: pg 11

- 21st: pg 12 (last day of BB35 firing on Iwo Jima)

Enclosure D - Sunrise-Sunset

Enclosure E Japanese Radar Interceptions, pg 1, 2