Japanese air attacks on the Mariana Islands 1945. While the attacks on Iwo Jima damaged the island's airfields, the Japanese managed to keep at least one of them operational at all times, and none were closed for more than a single day. The need to repair damage to the airfields forced the Japanese garrison on Iwo Jima to divert labor from building defensive positions, however. The combination of heavy losses over Saipan and damage to the airfields on Iwo Jima caused the Japanese to break off their attacks against the Marianas on 2 January. Few Japanese aircraft visited Iwo Jima starting in January, and due to their
Day of Remembrance (Japanese Americans) former site of the Pacific International Livestock Exposition, which, in 1942, had been the site of the Portland Assembly Center. In 2013, a ceremony was to be held in San Francisco's Japantown district. Los Angeles County has officially recognized the day. Day of Remembrance (Japanese Americans) The Day of Remembrance (DOR, ) is a day commemorating the Japanese American internment during World War II. Events in numerous U.S. states are held on or near February 19, the day in 1942 that Executive Order 9066 was signed, requiring internment of all Americans of Japanese ancestry. The first Day of Remembrance commemorating