Tinian
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Bombed shelled ruins of town on Tinian Invasion 1944
Captured Japanese Ushi Point Airfield on Tinian 1944
Destroyed Japanese Tank Tinian
Destroyed Japanese Tank Tinian 1944
Destroyer and LVT Amtrac Wrecks Landing Craft On Tinian Beach
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
Gen Merritt A. Edson Tinian 1944
Invasion fleet Battle of Tinian 1944 Mariana Islands
LVT Buffalos on Tinian Beachhead
LVT loaded with Marines approaches Tinian 1944
Marine and civilians Battle of Tinian 1944
Marine M4 Sherman Tanks Land Beach Tinian 1944
Marines Coax Japanese Soldier from Dugout on Tinian
Marines in bombed ruins of Town on Tinian 1944
Marines in LVT-2 48 Water Buffalo Head for Tinian Shore
Marines LVT AMTRACS Tinian Mariana Islands
Marines on Tinian Beachhead
Marines Take Japanese Prisoner POW On Tinian 1944
Tinian Airfield 1944 Mariana Islands
Tinian Town Battle of Tinian 1944
US Marines and POW Battle of Tinian 1944
US Marines Battle of Tinian 1944
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US Marines Battle of Tinian 1944 3
US Marines Battle of Tinian 1944 4
US Marines Battle of Tinian 1944 5
US Marines Battle of Tinian 1944 6
US Marines Battle of Tinian 1944 Mariana Islands campaign
US Marines in action Battle of Tinian 1944
US Marines Wade Ashore on Tinian from Landing Barges and LVT
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