The formula for Central Pacific warfare was becoming standardized: i) Bomb the important installations on an atoll heavily while 2) neutralizing other Jap bases within 500 miles by knocking out their airfields, 3) bring up the heavy warships and pound the atoll for several days, 4) land troops with artillery on smaller islands adjoining the important installations, 5) throw naval gunfire, bombs, artillery shells on the installations until they are pulverized, 6) send in the foot soldiers to kill whatever Japs still wait for death in the ruins.
This pattern, arrived at on Tarawa, improved on Kwajalein, was last week perfected on...
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