In a collaborative effort, the U.S. Air Force's 356th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group (ECEG) is undertaking significant restoration work at the North Field Airbase, a site steeped in history from ...
For 80 years after the bombing of Hiroshima, the airfields of Tinian Island, from where the bombers took off, were mostly abandoned to the jungle. Now, amid a push to strengthen America's military ...
To counter China, the U.S. is racing to upgrade remote airstrips in the Pacific Ocean. WSJ’s Niharika Mandhana traveled to Tinian Island, where the U.S. is reviving a vast World War II-era airfield.
WINONA, Minn. — Retired business executive Glenn Sanders of Winona was in the Navy stationed on the Pacific island when the B-29 Superfortress airplanes Enola Gay and Bockscar left Tinian to drop ...
An overgrown airfield on a small island in the Pacific, once instrumental in America's role in ending World War II, is being reclaimed by the U.S. Air Force as it prepares for a possible future fight ...
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WWII Marine absorbed grenade blast to save his men on Tinian
Smaller and less dramatic than the other two battles of the Marianas Campaign, Tinian nevertheless produced its share of ...
The plane is on display at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The museum restored the plane's nose art and included a recreation of the Fat Man bomb. The National Museum of the ...
Winter 1945 -- Two cities -- Feuersturm -- President -- Atom -- The Manhattan Project -- Spring 1945 -- The Target Committee -- Japan defeated -- Unconditional ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This collection consists of eight ...
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