| 1944: | Marines with support of naval bombardment and carrier aircraft secure Eniwetok atoll |
| 1945: | USS Bismark Sea (CVE-95) struck by a kamikaze off Iwo Jima and sunk in 90 minutes with loss of 318 men. USS Saratoga (CV-3) struck by 5 kamikazes but survived with loss of 123. Bismark Sea was last carrier lost in combat during World War II. |