These were a type of savings bonds used by the us government to fund the war effort; over the course of the war 85 million americans purchased bonds totalling approximately $185.7 billion.

b toward the volcano.landward. the landward side of something is the side nearest to the land or facing the land, rather than the sea.

japan is located on a chain of islands called an archipelago. it is made up of four main islands and thousands of smaller ones. the terrain is mountainous, which means there is not a lot of good land for farming. because of the geography, the japanese relied on the sea for many aspects of daily life.