World War II
A Close Encounter: The Marine Landing on Tinian The Landing Force: Who, Where, When Sidebar: Selection of White Beach Sidebar: General Clifton B. Cates, USMC Jig Day: Feint and Landing Sidebar: Napalm: Something New in the Arsenal The Landing Sidebar: Tinian Defense Forces Cou...
A Close Encounter: The Marine Landing on Tinian The Landing Force: Who, Where, When Sidebar: Selection of White Beach Sidebar: General Clifton B. Cates, USMC Jig Day: Feint and...
2. Part 2To compensate for the failure of the UDT team, fire support ships lying off the White Beaches--the battleships _California_ and _Tennessee_, the heavy cruiser _Louisville_, and...
3. Part 3They had on the left or northern flank of the Marine lines 600 to 1,000 naval troops at the Ushi Point airfields. Near Mount Lasso, opposite the center of the Marine lines, were...
4. Part 4The 2d Division got the heavier work on the 27th. XXIV Corps Artillery, firing from southern Saipan, softened up suspected enemy positions early in the morning and the division...
5. Part 5Private First Class Robert Lee Wilson’s Medal of Honor citation reads as follows: “For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of...