This island was captured from the Japanese after a five week battle in early 1945. The most iconic moment of this battle was the raising of the American Flag above Mount Suribachi, an extinct volcano that the Japanese had turned into a fortress. After the island and its airbases were captured, US fighter aircraft used the island as a base to escort bombers to their targets in the Japanese Home Islands. .1Guadalcanal

2.Saipan

3.Iwo Jima

4,Okinawa