42 items in this album on 3 pages.
 |  |
| A TBF-1C Avenger over Tinian, Mariana Islands, Jul 1944 during an attack on the Japanese Ushi Point Airfield, later to become North Field. | LVT-2 Water Buffalo carrying US Marines, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 24 Jul 1944 |
 |  |
| US Marines landing on Tinian, Mariana Islands, 24 Jul 1944 | Wrecked C6N-1 aircraft of Japanese Navy 121st Kokutai in a hangar, Ushi Point Airfield, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 30 Jul 1944. Note the Marine Corps Curtiss R5C-1 Commando in the background. |
 |  |
| A town on Tinian, Mariana Islands in ruins, 31 Jul 1944 | A US Marine standing at the edge of a cliff on Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1944 |
 |  |
| US Marine giving an interned child candy, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1944 | USS LST-1048 beached at Tinian, Mariana Islands, circa Sep 1944 |
 |  |
| A Jeep being lowered into a DUKW on Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1945 | B-29 Superfortress bombers of the 462nd Bomb Group taxiing through West Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1945. |
 |  |
| 'Fat Man' bomb arriving at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2 | 'Fat Man' bomb arriving at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2 |
 |  |
| 'Fat Man' implosion device being assembled, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945 | Atomic bomb 'Fat Man' on a transport carriage, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945 |
 |  |
| Dr. Norman Ramsey signing 'Fat Man' bomb while an electrian's mate applied plastic paint, in front of Assembly Building Number 2, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945 | Lowering 'Fat Man' bomb into a bomb pit at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 1 of 5 |
 |  |
| Lowering 'Fat Man' bomb into a bomb pit at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 2 of 5 | Lowering 'Fat Man' bomb into a bomb pit at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 3 of 5 |
 |  |
| Lowering 'Fat Man' bomb into a bomb pit at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 4 of 5 | Lowering 'Fat Man' bomb into a bomb pit at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 5 of 5 |
42 items in this album on 3 pages.
Change View
Desktop ViewSearch WW2DB
News
- » US State Lawmaker John Winter Caught Using Racial Slur "Jap" and Apologized (11 Jun 2025)
- » Köln/Cologne Evacuated After Discovery of WW2 Bombs (4 Jun 2025)
- » US Women's Army Corps "Six Triple Eight" Awarded with Congressional Gold Medal (30 Apr 2025)
- » Race, Holocaust, and African-American WW2 Histories Removed from the US Naval Academy Library (7 Apr 2025)
- » US Government Plans to Purge WW2 Information (17 Mar 2025)
- » See all news
Random Photograph
Current Site Statistics
- » 1,175 biographies
- » 337 events
- » 44,927 timeline entries
- » 1,245 ships
- » 350 aircraft models
- » 207 vehicle models
- » 376 weapon models
- » 123 historical documents
- » 261 facilities
- » 470 book reviews
- » 28,475 photos
- » 365 maps
Famous WW2 Quote
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."Winston Churchill
