Japanese air attacks on the Mariana Islands 27 in preparation for operations against Japan itself. The USAAF bases in the Mariana Islands were within range of a number of Japanese air bases in the Pacific. These included Wake Island to the east, Truk and the Gilbert and Marshall Islands to the southeast, Woleai to the south and Yap to the southwest. To the north the Japanese had air bases in the Nampo Shoto chain of islands and Bonin Islands, which included three airstrips on Iwo Jima. Several of the minor islands in the Mariana chain also remained in Japanese hands, and there were airfields on Rota and
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