The end of July marked the 80th anniversary of the invasion of Tinian, completing the campaign to capture the Marianas Islands during Operation FORAGER. Seizure of the Marianas Islands enabled a ...

Among the most strategically vital objectives for the United States forces in the Pacific during World War II were three islands in the Marianas: Saipan, Guam and Tinian. Close enough to the Japanese ...

The day was August 6, 1945, the weather was calm and mild as an overloaded B-29 Superfortress named Enola Gay struggled to lift off from the huge airstrip located on the South Pacific island of Tinian ...

When the strongest storm to hit U.S. soil passed directly over Tinian in October, the island's only church lost its roof and walls, but not the Holy Cross by the altar of the statues of Catholic ...

Tinian is part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a US territory in the Pacific, some 6,000 kilometers (3,700 miles) west of Hawaii in the Pacific. Only about 3,000 people live on ...

Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit tie a line pier side as the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Washington arrives in Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to deliver donated food ...

The U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands announced the forfeiture of $2.5 million from the Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino. “This forfeiture is the culmination of a ...

Historian Don Farrell shared how Tinian's post-World War II camp had no CHamorus. They were all moved off the island, leaving only Japanese and Koreans. He presented his research, "Camp Chulu: From ...

Construction Mechanic Constructionman Gen Sun, 35, died April 18 after being swept out to sea while snorkeling at a local Tinian beach. (Navy) A 35-year-old sailor died after snorkeling at a local ...