A Close Encounter: The Marine Landing on Tinian
by Richard Harwood
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About this eBook
- Author
- Harwood, Richard
- Credits
- Produced by Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- D731: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War II (1939-1945)
- Subject
- Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands) -- History, Military
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 48969
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48969
- Release Date
- May 16, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Contents — A Close Encounter : The Marine Landing on Tinian
- 3.A Close Encounter: The Marine Landing on Tinian
- 4.The Landing Force: Who, Where, When
- 5.Selection of White Beach
- 6.General Clifton B. Cates, USMC
- 7.Jig Day: Feint and Landing
- 8.Napalm: Something New in the Arsenal
- 9.The Landing
- 10.Tinian Defense Forces
- 11.Counterattack
- 12.Preparatory Strikes
- 13.Aerial Reconnaissance and Photography
- 14.The Drive South
- 15.Final Days
- 16.Medal of Honor Recipients
- 17.Aftermath
- 18.Sources
- 19.About the Author
- 20.Errata
- 21.Untitled
- 22.Transcriber’s Notes
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