Pacific War Fifth and Thirteenth Air Forces to attack targets throughout the Philippines and the South China Sea. The Battle of Iwo Jima ("Operation Detachment") in February 1945 was one of the bloodiest battles fought by the Americans in the Pacific War. Iwo Jima is an 8 sq mile (21 km) island situated halfway between Tokyo and the Mariana Islands. Holland Smith, the commander of the invasion force, aimed to capture the island and prevent its use as an early-warning station against air raids on the Japanese Home Islands, and to use it as an emergency landing field. Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi,
In Control (The Americans) an incredibly convincing false history around actual events (like Alexander Haig coming into possession of the nuclear football), then uses it to illuminate the marriage of Phillip and Elizabeth." In Control (The Americans) "In Control" is the fourth episode of the first season of the period drama television series "The Americans". It originally aired on FX in the United States on February 20, 2013. Ronald Reagan is shot. Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) find out by watching it broadcast on television after spending the afternoon in a hotel room together. Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich) and Chris Amador