Close Encounter: The Marine Landing On Tinian
by Richard Harwood
About this book
Three weeks into the battle for Saipan, there was no doubt about the outcome and V Amphibious Corps (VAC) commanders began turning their attention to the next objective - the island of Tinian, clearly visible three miles off Saipan's southwest coast. Its garrison of 9,000 Japanese army and navy combatants, many of them veterans of the campaigns in Manchuria, had been bombarded for seven weeks by U.S. air and sea armadas, joined in late June by massed Marine Corps and Army artillery battalions on Saipan's southern coast. The 2d and 4th Marine Divisions, both still in the thick of the Saipan fight, had been selected for the assault mission. - Summary by Richard Harwood
Chapters (9)
1Chapter 1 - A Close Encounter: The Marine Landing On Tinian; Sidebar - Selection of White Beach
2Chapter 2 - The Landing Force: Who, Where, When; Sidebar - General Clifton B. Cates, USMC
3Chapter 3 - Jig Day: Feint and Landing; Sidebar - Napalm: Something New in the Arsenal
4Chapter 4 - The Landing; Sidebar - Aerial Reconnaissance and Photography
5Chapter 5 - Tinian Defense Forces; Preparatory Strikes
6Chapter 6 - Counterattack
7Chapter 7 - The Drive South
8Chapter 8 - Final Days
9Chapter 9 - Aftermath; Sidebar - Medal of Honor Recipients
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