Extensive cratering of the Japanese airstrip on Mille Island is clearly evident in this strike photograph.  As the second largest atoll in the Marshall Islands, Mille Island was heavily defended.  VMB-613 began daily night harassing missions against Mille during June 1945.  Following the war, the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS) discovered that 22 of Mille Island's 122 anti-aircraft guns were still operational.  Less than half of Mille's 5,100 man garrison survived.

Photograph: Marine Bombing Squadron Six-Thirteen (via William A. Kehr)