CSPAN3 Reel America The Last Bomb - 1945 July 13, 2024
Miles back from bases in saipan, tinian, and guam. Here, 21st bomber clan concentrated its massive airpower and planned the ultimate crushing defeat of japan, down to the last bomb. Here was the beginning of the end of the road to tokyo. After six months of reoccupation, there were few signs of war along the quiet summer shores of guam. The liberated people were back in their native villages, american citizens again, smiling and friendly, unaware a miracle had happened around them. A miracle that moved mountains of material, equipment, and supplies across the pacific. That changed their dirt r...