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    Tinian Naval Advanced Base was a major United States Navy sea and air base on Tinian Island, part of the Northern Mariana Islands on the east side of the...
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    Tinian (/ˈtɪniən, ˌtiːniˈɑːn/) is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Together with uninhabited...
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    on Tinian in the Mariana Islands. Today, West Field is used as the civilian Tinian International Airport. West Field at Tinian Naval Base was a base for...
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    Naval Base Saipan or Naval Advance Base Saipan or Naval Air Base Saipan was a United States Navy Naval base built during World War II to support Pacific...
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    also about 4,000 Imperial Japanese Navy personnel on Tinian, the main force being the 56th Naval Guard Force, under the command of Captain Goichi Oie...
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  • during World War II: Naval Base Guam Naval Station Guam (disambiguation) Naval Advance Base Saipan Tinian Naval Base Mariana and Palau Islands campaign...
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    USS Indianapolis (CA-35) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    for "Little Boy", the first nuclear weapon used in combat, to the Tinian Naval Base, and subsequently departed for the Philippines on training duty. At...
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    of Guam became a Naval Station. Naval Advance Base Saipan was built after the Battle of Saipan ended on July 9, 1944. Naval Base Tinian construction started...
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    Base Naval Base Brisbane, Australia Tinian Naval Base, on Tinian including North Field, West Field, closed in 1947 (Battle of Tinian) Naval Air Station...
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    Naval Base Iwo Jima was a naval base built by United States Navy on the Japanese Volcano Island of Iwo Jima during and after the Battle of Iwo Jima, that...
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    During World War II the US Navy Seabees built, as part of the Tinian Naval Base, Tinian Harbor, also called San Jose Harbor, which is still in use today...
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    Island Atlas of the Northern Mariana Islands Battle of Saipan Battle of Tinian Birds of the Northern Mariana Islands Capital of the Northern Mariana Islands...
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    bombers lost while operating from Tinian Naval Base. Ironically, no bombers were lost during operations from Tinian, but five of these six were lost in...
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    is liberated by French troops. 24: The first B-29 originating from Tinian Naval Base, in the Marianas, raids Tokyo. 25: Japanese take Nanning in south...
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    reported, while Naftan Rock is home to several thousand seabirds. Tinian Naval Base Russell E. Brainard et al.: Coral reef ecosystem monitoring report...
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    in the unconventional naval units formed during World War II, WARCOM was established on 16 April 1987 at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in San Diego,...
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    combatants for the 75th Anniversaries of the Battle of Saipan and Battle of Tinian during the Asia–Pacific War. In July 2019, the museum was a sponsor of the...
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    War II Naval Construction Battalion Logos CBs sponsored many B-29s on Tinian tagging the aircraft with Seabee unit insignia as nose art. Naval Support...
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    employ ground and sea-based fires, to include cannon artillery, rocket artillery, precision guided munitions (such as GMLRS), and naval gunfire support. Because...
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    USS Tinian was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. The Commencement Bay class were built during World War II, and were an...
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    Other components falling under Naval Base Guam include: Naval Base Guam Barrigada Ordnance Annex, formerly known as Naval Magazine, in the south central...
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    was responsible for base development, and was Farrell's alternate. Purnell, Farrell and Parsons became informally known as the "Tinian Joint Chiefs". They...
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    North Field is a World War II airfield on Tinian in the Mariana Islands which was abandoned after the war. A tourist attraction today, some refurbishments...
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    Marianas Philippine    Sea Philippines Luzon Leyte Formosa Angaur Peleliu Guam Tinian Saipan     The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, also known as Campaign...
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    of History and Culture Sugar King Park Sugar Dock (Saipan) Garapan Heritage Trail Battle of Saipan Battle of Tinian Naval Base Saipan Tinian Naval Base...
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    Hunters Point for transfer to Tinian. After World War II and until 1969, the Hunters Point shipyard was the site of the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory...
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    in World War II, distinguishing itself at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian, and Okinawa. The lineal forebear of the 2nd Marine Division is the 2nd...
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    Alamos, New Mexico, and the Naval Auxiliary Air Station Salton Sea, where bombing tables for the mission would be prepared. The base was given the code name...
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    Japanese markings were found on Kiska, Kolombangara, Saipan, Tarawa, and Tinian. Japanese Artillery Weapons CINPAC-CINPOA Bulletin 152-45 calls the guns...
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    William R. Purnell (category United States Naval Academy alumni)
    Ashworth selected a base site for the Manhattan Project's operations. He inspected facilities on Guam and Tinian, and chose the latter. Tinian's harbor suffered...
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