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	Tinian Landing Beaches, Ushi Point and North Fields, Tinian Islands -- Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms: A ...
		The capture of Tinian, one of the Marianas Islands, in the summer of 1944 from Imperial Japan by U.S Marines provided American forces with a valuable airstrip from which to mount raids on Japan; ultimately, the islands served as the base from which the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were staged.
		The U.S. Marines' assault on Tinian was considered to be Phase III of Operation FORAGER which began with the capture of Saipan (Phase I) and the battle for the liberation of Guam (Phase II) which was raging even as the Marines approached Tinian.
		Tinian is one of the four major islands in the Mariana chain, and is 45 minutes by airplane from Guam.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/aviation/tin.htm (892 words)

	Battle of Tinian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The battle of Tinian was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands from 24 July 1944 to 1 August 1944.
		The last holdout on Tinian, Murata Susumu, was not captured until 1953.
		The battle of Tinian saw the first use of napalm in the Pacific.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Tinian (402 words)

	Tinian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tinian is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (14°59’51”N, 145°37’39”E).
		Tinian was captured by the United States in July 1944 in the battle of Tinian.
		It was from Tinian that the bombers carrying the atomic bombs Little Boy and Fat Man were launched against Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tinian (506 words)

	Tinian
		Tinian’s greatest distinction would come during World War II, in the Pacific theater, when the atomic bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki were loaded onto airplanes that carried out one of humankind’s most terrible missions.
		Tinian is about the same size and shape as Manhattan, and when U.S. forces occupied it during the war, they laid out a system of roads with the same general plan and orientation as on Manhattan.
		Though not the smallest, Tinian is the least populated of the three main Mariana Islands that constitute the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas [Federated States of Micronesia].
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/tinian.htm (2817 words)

	Tinian-1976 by Maj. Gen. Earl L. Johnson (Retired)
		Tinian is famous for its large and exceptionally sweet watermelons, the chief cash crop for its many small farmers.
		Halfway between Tinian and the Philippines a submerged Japanese submarine was enroute to her homeland.
		Tinian was to play another tragic role a few days later--of even greater magnitude--when she was to witness the launch of the cargo from the sunken "Indianapolis"; destined for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
	home.att.net /~sallyann2/tinian76-3.html (574 words)

	USS Tinian (CVE-123)
		USS Tinian (CVE-123) was laid down on 20 March 1945 at Tacoma, Washington, by the Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc.; launched on 5 September 1945; sponsored by Miss Grace L. Woods; and accepted by the Navy on 30 July 1946.
		On 9 June 1958, Tinian arrived at San Diego, under tow, and was berthed at South Tee Pier.
		Tinian remained with the San Diego Group of the Reserve Fleet until 1 June 1970 when she was struck from the Navy list.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/u/us/uss_tinian__cve_123_.html (171 words)

	Interview With Saint John Naftel
		Tinian is best known as the launching place from which a B-29 named the 'Enola Gay' took off on August 6, 1945, loaded with the 'Little Boy' atomic bomb that it dropped over Hiroshima.
		Today, 59 years later, a cow pasture on the island is the focus of an historic archeological expedition searching for clues about the one of the biggest aviation mysteries of the last century: the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, on July 2, 1937.
		He then told them about Suicide Point...where many native Tinian islanders had thrown their babies and children off the cliff into the sea and then jumped to their deaths after them - so brainwashed were they by the Japanese that they actually believed the advancing Americans were going to cook and eat their babies.
	www.rense.com /general59/naf.htm (891 words)

	Tinian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Tinian is approximately 10.5 miles long by 5 miles at its widest point and has a total area of 39.2 square miles and a coastline 38 miles in length.
		Tinian is one of 14 islands in the Northern Marianas archipelago that make up the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
		Tinian is 5 miles south of Saipan, 63 miles north of Rota and 115 miles north of Guam.
	www.guam.net /pub/sshs/depart/science/mancuso/marianas/tinian/tinian.htm (210 words)

	INVASION OF TINIAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Tinian is twelve miles long, two-thirds the size of Saipan, and lies 3 miles off the southern tip of Saipan.
		Tinian's unusually flat, rolling terrain was favorable to a rapid advance by infantry and tanks, and the disorganized Japanese did not manage to solidify a defense line.
		In August of 1945, the B-29s of the 509th Composite Group that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were based at North Field on Tinian.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1944marianas_tinian.php (559 words)

	AllRefer.com - Tinian (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Tinian's once large phosphate deposits have been depleted.
		In World War II Tinian was taken (1944) by U.S. forces and made into an important military base for attacks on the Japanese mainland.
		The planes that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were flown from Tinian.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Tinian.html (193 words)

	Travel: Return to Tinian
		Tinian is the island from which the atomic bombs were flown, and we were traveling to see Tibbets speak at Tinian's North Field airstrip.
		Tinian, though, still has most of its original foliage, which is thicker than that on Saipan.
		Recognizing that Tinian is roughly the size and shape of the island of Manhattan, the Seabees who built Tinian's roads in 1944 laid them out to mirror some in Manhattan.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/12/12/news_pf/Travel/Return_to_Tinian.shtml (1507 words)

	February 22, 1999, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to Remove Tinian Monarch from Endangered Species Act ...
		The Tinian monarch is a small (6-inch or 16-centimeter) flycatcher with light rufous underparts, olive-brown upperparts, dark brown wings and tail, and white rump and undertail coverts.
		The Tinian monarch was originally listed as an endangered species in 1970.
		Although some development of the island of Tinian is expected in the future, most of the best monarch habitat native limestone forest is likely to remain because it occurs along cliff faces where development is not possible.
	www.fws.gov /r9extaff/Tinian.html (706 words)

	HyperWar: USMC Monograph--The Seizure of Tinian
		Evacuation from Tinian to Saipan was unique in that in spite of only a three mile channel separating the two islands, it became necessary to depend almost entirely upon air evacuation across the channel as the result of an unpredicted swell resulting from a nearby typhoon.
		Capture of Tinian was important for another reason: the island's vast plains, on which the Japanese had built or were building four airfields, offered space for construction of almost as many additional strips as desired.
		Tinian was one of the three essential parts of the Marianas strategic objective, an objective from which the U. could control sea areas farther west in the Pacific and, more important, strike telling blows at the home islands of the Japanese Empire.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Tinian/USMC-M-Tinian-5.html (10096 words)

	Tinian island, Northern Marianas - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Tinian, island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, western Pacific Ocean, formerly administered by the United States (1947-1986) under a United Nations trusteeship, and by Japan (1919-1944) under a mandate of the League of Nations.
		Tinian is a coral island 16 km (10 mi) long and 6 km (4 mi) wide.
		It is notable for its herds of wild cattle and its ancient ruins, consisting of two rows of truncated pyramids built of masonry.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /tinian_marianas.htm (211 words)

	Tinian Airfield
		The islands (and Tinian in particular) were used as bases for long-range B-29 bombers that flew 1500 miles to Japan and back on bombing raids.
		I went to Tinian to find whatever was left of the B-29 base, and possibly (I hoped) find the bomb pits where Enola Gay and Bock's Car were loaded.
		Tinian is about the same size and shape as Manhattan, and when U.S. forces occupied it during the war, they laid out a system of roads with the same general plan and orientation as on Manhattan.
	www.atomictourist.com /tinian.htm (841 words)

	A SUMMER SOLAR ECLIPSE — Paul Maley
		I decided to observe the eclipse from the island of Tinian (located in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands) since the only other possibility would be to fly to Mexico and observe the moon’s shadow make landfall near Puerto Vallarta at sunset.
		Tinian was a potentially idyllic spot, nestled just north of Guam in the western Pacific Ocean.
		Tinian is a relatively small island with World War II history.
	www.eclipsetours.com /June10.html (1847 words)

	Magnificent Micronesia - Section 1 - Tinian
		The beautiful island of Tinian enjoys unique distinctions in the histories of ancient Chamorro civilization, World War II and that of modern day Micronesia.
		The high chief of all ancient Chamorros, Chief Taga, is believed to have resided on Tinian when he ruled all of the Marianas.
		During the final year of WWII, the North Field complex on Tinian became the busiest airport in the world as the devastating bombings of Japan were carried out night and day.
	www.skin-diver.com /pata/tinian.html (217 words)

	Tinian
		Tinian twice, once in 2005 and again in 2006.
		Tinian is easily accessible from Saipan via either ferry or charter flight.
		Tinian's quiet, tropical geography might be changing significantly in the next five or ten years.
	www.airdaleamericanhistory.com /Tinian01.html (490 words)

	HyperWar: USMC Monograph--The Seizure of Tinian
		Seizure of Guam and Tinian in the Marianas and Peleliu in the Palaus
		Tinian (145° East Longitude, 15° North Latitude), located 1,250-odd nautical miles south by east of Tokyo, was the minor portion of the Saipan-Tinian defense area.
		Tinian's island commander would be Major General James L. Underhill, whose responsibilities included base development, civil affairs, and all of the multifarious administrative matters attendant to governing a captured island.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Tinian/USMC-M-Tinian-1.html (16291 words)

	Tinian - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The island was transformed into the busiest airfield of the war, with six 8,000 foot (2400 m) runways.
		There is a memorial at the old airfield, at the bombbay, which have been filled in for safety.
		You can find it there under the keyword Tinian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinian)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tinianandaction=history).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Tinian (251 words)

	Tinian - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Tinian, island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, western Pacific Ocean, formerly administered by the United States (1947-1986) as part...
		The final phase of the war in the Pacific was under way by 1944, when Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers began to attack targets in Japan from bases...
		The Americans had possession of Saipan, Tinian, and Guam by August 10, giving them the key to a strategy for...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Tinian.html (108 words)

	Powell's Books - Campaign #137: Saipan & Tinian 1944: Piercing the Japanese Empire by Gordon L. Rottman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This work details the 24-day Saipan and 8-day Tinian operations, fom the difficulties the Marines faced establishing themselves ashore, through the largest tank battle in the Pacific, and the horrors of Japanese civilians committing suicide to avoid capture.
		Saipan and Tinian had been under Japanese control since 1914 and, heavily colonized, they were considered virtually part of the Empire.
		The struggle for Saipan and Tinian was characterized by the same bitter fighting that typified the entire Central Pacific campaign.
	www.powells.com /biblio?isbn=1841768049 (687 words)

	Tinian-1976 by Maj. Gen. Earl L. Johnson (Retired)
		I was waiting for a chance to get his views on the lack of growth on Tinian in relation to the obvious progress Saipan was showing.
		Built in 1945, as quarters for the Tinian Island Commander, it is the only American structure still standing and has endured countless typhoons.
		Having arrived on Tinian after the war in 1948, he was carrying on a rumor he had picked up.
	home.att.net /~sallyann2/tinian76-5.html (1318 words)

	Earhart On Tinian?
		Tinian is an island in the Northern Marianas, not far from Saipan, the capital of what is now the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).
		Naftel’s travel to Tinian to point out the site where he had been told the graves were to be found.
		In my judgment, there is no reason to view the Tinian story as anything more than one more thus-far unsubstantiated anecdotal account, though one that does have the potential for being proved true or false through independent research.
	www.tighar.org /Projects/Earhart/Bulletins/45_TinianGrave/tiniangrave.html (1106 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Draft Post-Delisting Monitoring Plan for the Tinian Monarch (Monarcha takatsukasae)
		We propose to monitor the status of the Tinian monarch over a 5-year period from 2005 to 2010 through regular field surveys of the distribution and abundance of the Tinian monarch, regular field surveys for brown treesnakes (Boiga irregularis) on Tinian, and tracking of land use and development on Tinian.
		The Tinian monarch was listed as endangered on June 2, 1970 (35 FR 8491), because its population was reported to be critically low due to the destruction of native forests by pre-World War II (WW II) agricultural practices, and by military activities during WW II.
		Based on comments received, we instead downlisted the Tinian monarch, and a final rule reclassifying it from endangered to threatened was published on April 6, 1987 (52 FR 10890).
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-SPECIES/2004/December/Day-13/e27022.htm (995 words)

	Tinian
		A 20-square mile island of the southern Marianas assigned by the League of Nations to Japan as a mandate after World War I. It was captured by United States marines after fierce fighting from 24 July to 1 August 1944.
		Tinian (CVE-123) was laid down on 20 March 1945 at Tacoma, Wash., by the Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc.; launched on 5 September 1945; sponsored by Miss Grace L. Woods; and accepted by the Navy on 30 July 1946.
		Never commissioned, the escort aircraft carrier was assigned to the Pacific Reserve Fleet, 19th Fleet, at Tacoma, Wash. On 12 June 1955, the ship was reclassi-fied as an escort helicopter aircraft carrier and re-designated CVHE-123.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/t6/tinian.htm (203 words)

	Tinian \| Photographs \| Media Gallery \| atomicarchive.com
		On June 10, 1945, the 509th Bomb Group and their new B-29 bombers arrived on Tinian, located 1,500 miles southeast of Japan.
		The components of the bombs had been sent by cruiser to Tinian in May and the fissionable material was flown out in mid-July.
		The two atomic bombs were assembled on Tinian, with final assembly to be done in flight.
	www.atomicarchive.com /Photos/Tinian/index.shtml (213 words)

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