The island of Iwo Jima was significant for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
a) It had been strategically important to Japan since the beginning of the war because of its location.
b) It served the Japanese as a base for fighters to harass American B-29s late in the war.
c) A battle there caused the U.S. Marines to suffer their worst casualties in the history of the corps.
d) It was one of the places where the Japanese used their kamikazes.
e) It was the rendezvous point for the three planes carrying the atomic bomb.
a
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