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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 1944US Marines landing on Tinian, Mariana Islands, 24 Jul 1944Wrecked 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 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 1944US Marines landing on Tinian, Mariana Islands, 24 Jul 1944Wrecked 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 1944A US Marine standing at the edge of a cliff on Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1944US Marine giving an interned child candy, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1944USS LST-1048 beached at Tinian, Mariana Islands, circa Sep 1944
A town on Tinian, Mariana Islands in ruins, 31 Jul 1944A US Marine standing at the edge of a cliff on Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1944US Marine giving an interned child candy, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1944USS LST-1048 beached at Tinian, Mariana Islands, circa Sep 1944
A Jeep being lowered into a DUKW on Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1945B-29 Superfortress bombers of the 462nd Bomb Group taxiing through West Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1945.Oblique aerial view of West Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 8 Jul 1945.
A Jeep being lowered into a DUKW on Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1945B-29 Superfortress bombers of the 462nd Bomb Group taxiing through West Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1945.Oblique aerial view of West Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 8 Jul 1945.'Fat Man' bomb arriving at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2
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'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'Little Boy' type bomb L-11 casing hooked up to testing devices, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Jul-Aug 1945Atomic bomb 'Fat Man' on a transport carriage, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945
Commander A. Francis Birch (painting L-11) and Norman Ramsey with Dr. Norman Ramsey signing Lowering Lowering
Commander A. Francis Birch (painting L-11) and Norman Ramsey with 'Little Boy', Tinian, Mariana Islands, Jul-Aug 1945Dr. 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 1945Lowering 'Fat Man' bomb into a bomb pit at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 1 of 5Lowering 'Fat Man' bomb into a bomb pit at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 2 of 5

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