A formation of B-24s soared overhead, and diagonal glints of steel fell away from their open bomb bays. A series of explosions walked across the heart of the island, and spikes of orange and yellow flame shot above the boiling smoke and dust.29 War correspondent Bob Sherrod, who had witnessed the landings on Tarawa, Kwajalein, and Saipan, called it “more terrifying than any other similar spectacle I had ever seen.”
