A Close Encounter: The Marine Landing on Tinian
The Landing Force: Who, Where, When
Sidebar: Selection of White Beach
Sidebar: General Clifton B. Cates, USMC
Jig Day: Feint and Landing
Sidebar: Napalm: Something New in the Arsenal
The Landing
Sidebar: Tinian Defense Forces
Counterattack
Sidebar: Preparatory Strikes
Sidebar: Aerial Reconnaissance and Photography
The Drive South
Final Days
Sidebar: Medal of Honor Recipients
Aftermath
Sources
About the Author
Errata
About the Series
Transcriber’s Notes
A CLOSE
ENCOUNTER:
THE MARINE
LANDING
ON TINIAN
MARINES IN
WORLD WAR II
COMMEMORATIVE SERIES