Transcriber’s note: Table of Contents added by Transcriberand placed into the Public Domain.
Contents
- 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
- Counterattack
- Sidebar: Preparatory Strikes
- Sidebar: Aerial Reconnaissance and Photography
- The Drive South
- Final Days
- Sidebar: Medal of Honor Recipients
- Aftermath
- Sources
- About the Author
- Errata
- About the Series
- Transcriber’s Notes
A Close
Encounter:
The Marine
Landing
on Tinian
Marines in
World War II
Commemorative Series
By Richard Harwood
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Amphibian tractors and Higginsboats (LCVPs, landing craft, vehicle andpersonnel) leave wakes as they land Marineson White Beach 2 and return to assaultshipping off shore to load moretroops and supplies. Department ofDefense Photo (USMC) 87085
A Close Encounter:
The Marine Landing on Tinian
by Richard Harwood
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