Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
1951
Chapter | Page | ||
1. | Plans and Preparations | 1 | |
Strategic Situation | 1 | ||
Historical Background | 2 | ||
Tinian | 3 | ||
Japanese Organization and Defense | 7 | ||
High-Level Planning | 16 | ||
Tactical Planning | 19 | ||
Personnel and Logistics | 26 | ||
The Preparatory Bombardment | 30 | ||
Naval Gunfire | 30 | ||
Air Support | 34 | ||
Artillery | 35 | ||
Embarkation and Movement to the Objective | 37 | ||
2. | Jig-Day--24 July 1944 | 41 | |
Pre-H-Hour Preparations | 41 | ||
WHITE 1 | 48 | ||
WHITE 2 | 49 | ||
Reserve Battalions Land | 52 | ||
Tanks and Half-Tracks | 53 | ||
Artillery | 54 | ||
23d Marines Land | 55 | ||
1st Battalion, 8th Marines, Lands | 57 | ||
Shore Party and Beach Development | 57 | ||
Darkness Jig-Day | 59 | ||
Enemy Operations | 61 | ||
The Counterattacks | 62 | ||
The Attack on the Left | 63 | ||
The Attack on the Center | 64 | ||
The Attack on the Right | 65 | ||
3. | Surge to the South | 69 | |
Jig-Plus 1--25 July 1944 | 69 | ||
Expansion of the Beachhead | 71 | ||
Artillery Activities | 75 | ||
Related Naval Activities | 77 | ||
Jig-Plus 2--26 July 1944 | 77 | ||
To the East Coast | 80 | ||
Engineers and Shore Party | 83 | ||
Jig-Plus 3 and 4--27 and 28 July 1944 | 85 | ||
The Longest Advance | 88 | ||
Re-groupment of the Artillery | 90 | ||
Bad Weather and Its Effects | 92 | ||
Jig-Plus 5 and 6--29 and 30 July 1944 | 94 | ||
To and Through Tinian Town | 94 | ||
The 2d Division's Push to O-7 | 98 | ||
4. | Up the Cliff | 102 | |
Jig-Plus 7--31 July 1944 | 102 | ||
The Struggle for a Toe Hold | 107 | ||
The Night on the Cliff | 109 | ||
Jig-Plus 8--1 August 1944 | 113 | ||
To the Cliffs of Marpo Point | 115 | ||
Tinian Mop-Up | 117 | ||
5. | Conclusions | 122 | |
U.S. Tactics | 122 | ||
U.S. Intelligence | 123 | ||
Japanese Tactics and Techniques | 124 | ||
Fire Support | 126 | ||
Naval Gunfire | 126 | ||
Air Support | 127 | ||
Artillery | 130 | ||
Tanks | 131 | ||
Logistics | 133 | ||
Signal Communications | 139 | ||
Treatment of Civilians | 140 | ||
The Assessment | 142 | ||
Appendices | |||
I. | Bibliography | 144 | |
II. | Chronology | 147 | |
III. | NTLF Casualties | 150 | |
IV. | Command and Staff List of Major Units | 151 | |
V. | Japanese Order of Battle--Tinian | 156 | |
VI. | Task Organization | 157 | |
VII. | Propaganda Texts | 159 | |
VIII. | Origin of the WHITE Beach Plan | 161 | |
IX. | Index | 163 |