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A Close Encounter: The Marine Landing On Tinian

A Close Encounter: The Marine Landing On Tinian

Richard Harwood

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LibriVox recording of A Close Encounter: The Marine Landing On Tinian by Richard Harwood. Read in English by Aaron Bennett.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

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  • 01 - Chapter 1 - A Close Encounter: The Marine Landing On Tinian; Sidebar - Selection of White Beach
  • 02 - Chapter 2 - The Landing Force: Who, Where, When; Sidebar - General Clifton B. Cates, USMC
  • 03 - Chapter 3 - Jig Day: Feint and Landing; Sidebar - Napalm: Something New in the Arsenal
  • 04 - Chapter 4 - The Landing; Sidebar - Aerial Reconnaissance and Photography
  • 05 - Chapter 5 - Tinian Defense Forces; Preparatory Strikes
  • 06 - Chapter 6 - Counterattack
  • 07 - Chapter 7 - The Drive South
  • 08 - Chapter 8 - Final Days
  • 09 - Chapter 9 - Aftermath; Sidebar - Medal of Honor Recipients
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