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    Tinian (/ˈtɪniən, ˌtiːniˈɑːn/) is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Together with uninhabited...
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    Battle of Tinian was part of the Pacific campaign of World War II. It was fought between the United States and Japan on the island of Tinian in the Mariana...
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    Tinian Naval Advanced Base was a major United States Navy sea and air base on Tinian Island, part of the Northern Mariana Islands on the east side of the...
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    North Field is a World War II airfield on Tinian in the Mariana Islands. Abandoned after the war, today North Field is a tourist attraction. Along with...
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    Tinian International Airport (IATA: TIQ, ICAO: PGWT, FAA LID: TNI), also known as West Tinian Airport, is a public airport located on Tinian Island in...
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    airfield on Tinian in the Mariana Islands. Today, West Field is used as the civilian Tinian International Airport. West Field at Tinian Naval Base was...
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    The Tinian Channel is an eight kilometre-wide channel in the Northern Mariana Islands. It lies to the south of the island of Tinian(15°00'N., 145°38'E...
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  • Tinian Middle School and Tinian High School (TMSTHS), formerly Tinian Jr./Sr. High School (TJSHS), is a secondary school in San Jose Village on the island...
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    San Jose is the largest village on the island of Tinian, in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is located on the south coast of the island, close to the...
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    consider the Tinian monarch to belong to the genus Metabolus. Alternate names include Tinian flycatcher and Tinian Island monarch. The Tinian monarch was...
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    USS Tinian was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. The Commencement Bay class were built during World War II, and were an...
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    Marianas Philippine    Sea Philippines Luzon Leyte Formosa Anguar Peleliu Guam Tinian Saipan    The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, also known as Campaign...
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    CNMI at the time. The vast majority of the population resides on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. The other islands of the Northern Marianas are sparsely inhabited;...
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    specialized Silverplate version of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, and deployed to Tinian in the Mariana Islands. The Allies called for the unconditional surrender...
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    Guam, where it received a bomb-bay modification, and flew to North Field, Tinian, on 6 July. It was initially given the Victor (squadron-assigned identification)...
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    Project Alberta was attached to the 509th Composite Group at North Field, Tinian, where it prepared facilities, assembled and loaded the weapons, and participated...
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    Tinian Landing Beaches, Ushi Point Field, Tinian Island...
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    and died during the Battle of Tinian. Goichi Oie was the subordinate to Admiral Kakuji Kakuta, the commander of the Tinian garrison. He was responsible...
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    voyage in human history. They further reported findings which suggested that Tinian is likely to have been the first island in Oceania to have been settled...
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    0 mi) south-west of Tinian, from which it is separated by the Tinian Channel. Aguijan and neighboring Tinian Island together form Tinian Municipality, one...
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    ended on July 9, 1944. Naval Base Tinian construction started began on August 1, 1944, at the end of the Battle of Tinian. The Marianas Islands Fleet Post...
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    Guy Gabaldon (section Tinian)
    1,300 Japanese soldiers and civilians during the battles for Saipan and Tinian islands in 1944 during World War II. Called "Gabby" by his friends, he became...
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    0 59.75 Rota Municipality 2,477 32.97 Saipan Municipality 48,220 44.55 Tinian Municipality 3,136 39.00 Adams  Ohio 27,477 583.91 Allen 102,206 404.43...
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  • II. He committed seppuku after the Battle of Tinian. Kiyochi Ogata was the commanding officer of Tinian, one of the Pacific Islands. He commanded 4,500...
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    in World War II, distinguishing itself at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian, and Okinawa. The lineal forebear of the 2nd Marine Division is the 2nd...
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    nuclear weapons. The 509th Composite Group began deploying to North Field on Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, in May 1945. In addition to the two nuclear bombing...
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  • International Airport Saipan – Saipan International Airport (Hub) TinianTinian International Airport The Freedom Air fleet includes the following...
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    Star Marianas Air (category Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands)
    Marianas Air, Inc. is a U.S. commuter airline headquartered at Tinian International Airport in Tinian Municipality, Northern Mariana Islands. It operates scheduled...
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    tropical cyclone that caused catastrophic destruction on the islands of Tinian and Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, and later impacted the Philippines...
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    attacks from Isely (and the other Twentieth Air Force airfields on Guam and Tinian), General Curtis LeMay, Commander of Twentieth Air Force issued a new directive...
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