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Battle of Tinian, 24 July 1944 – 1 August 1944.
The Battle of Tinian was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War 2, fought on the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands from 24 July until 1 August 1944. The 9000 man Japanese garrison was eliminated, and the island joined Saipan and Guam as a base for the 20th Air Force.
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- Marine M4 Sherman Tanks Land Beach Tinian 1944
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- 2nd Marine 1944 Sea Bee Peir Moving Supplies Tinian
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- Bombed shelled ruins of town on Tinian Invasion 1944
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- Marines in LVT-2 48 Water Buffalo Head for Tinian Shore
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- Marines in bombed ruins of Town on Tinian 1944
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- Captured Japanese Ushi Point Airfield on Tinian 1944
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- Marines Coax Japanese Soldier from Dugout on Tinian
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- LVT Buffalos on Tinian Beachhead
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- US Marines Battle of Tinian 1944 3
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- US Marines in action Battle of Tinian 1944
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- Destroyer and LVT Amtrac Wrecks Landing Craft On Tinian Beach
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- US Marines Battle of Tinian 1944 4
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- Invasion fleet Battle of Tinian 1944 Mariana Islands
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- Marine and civilians Battle of Tinian 1944
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- Destroyed Japanese Tank Tinian 1944
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- US Marines Battle of Tinian 1944 6
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- Tinian Town Battle of Tinian 1944
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- LVT loaded with Marines approaches Tinian 1944
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- US Marines Battle of Tinian 1944 2
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- Marines on Tinian Beachhead
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- US Marines Battle of Tinian 1944 5
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- US Marines Battle of Tinian 1944 Mariana Islands campaign
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- US Marines and POW Battle of Tinian 1944
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- First assault waves of the 2nd Marine Division coming ashore in LCVP’s and LVT Buffalo amtracs at Tinian Island, Marianas, on July 24, 1944
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- Destroyed Japanese Tank Tinian
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- US Marines Battle of Tinian 1944
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- Gen Merritt A. Edson Tinian 1944
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- US Marines Wade Ashore on Tinian from Landing Barges and LVT
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- Marines Take Japanese Prisoner POW On Tinian 1944
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- Tinian Airfield 1944 Mariana Islands
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- Marines LVT AMTRACS Tinian Mariana Islands
Battle of Tinian, 24 July 1944 – 1 August 1944.
The Battle of Tinian was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War 2, fought on the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands from 24 July until 1 August 1944. The 9000 man Japanese garrison was eliminated, and the island joined Saipan and Guam as a base for the 20th Air Force.
Bibliography:
- The Battle for Tinian: Vital Stepping Stone in America’s War Against Japan – Nathan Prefer 2012
- Saipan & Tinian 1944: Piercing the Japanese Empire – Gordon L. Rottman; Osprey Campaign 137
- A close encounter: The marine landing on Tinian – Richard Harwood
- A Brief History of the 25th Marines, USMCR Regimental Histories Series Vol 1 – U.S. Marine Corps 1981
- Storm Landings: Epic Amphibious Battles in the Central Pacific – Col. Joseph H. Alexander USMC (Ret.) 2012
- US Marine Rifleman 1939-1945: Pacific Theater – Gordon L. Rottman; Osprey Warrior 112
- Alligator Marines, the United States Marine Corps’ 5th Amphibious Tractor Battalion in WW II (2nd edition) – Donal B. Marshall, Shelly Marshall
- US Marine Corps Pacific Theater of Operations 1943-44 – Gordon L. Rottman; Osprey Battle Orders 7
- Marine Tank Battles In The Pacific – Oscar E. Gilbert
- US Marine Corps Tank Crewman 1941-1945: Pacific – Kenneth Estes; Osprey Warrior 92
- Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific – R.V. Burgin, Bill Marvel
- U.S. Marine Corps World War II Order of Battle: Ground and Air Units in the Pacific War, 1939-1945 – Gordon Rottman
- Pacific Victory; Tarawa To Okinawa 1943-1945 – Derrick Wright
- US Marine Corps Pacific Theater of Operations (1): 1941-43 – Gordon L. Rottman; Osprey Battle Orders 1
- US Marine Corps Tanks of World War II – Steven J. Zaloga; Osprey New Vanguard 186
- US World War II Amphibious Tactics: Army & Marine Corps, Pacific Theater – Gordon L. Rottman; Osprey Elite 117
- Air War Pacific Chronology: America’s Air War Against Japan in East Asia and the Pacific, 1941-1945 – Eric Hammel