1.Tyynenmeren sodan loppuvaiheen sotaretki huhti-kesäkuussa 1945, jossa Yhdysvaltain joukot valtasivat saaren japanilaisilta
1.a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans