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Tinian's Historic WWII Airfield Undergoing Major Reconstruction
Originally built as a key airbase for B-29 bomber missions against Japan-including the atomic ... Tinian International Airport. Today, remnants of Tinian's military history-including bomb pits ...
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WW2: Was it right to bomb Hiroshima?
In the small hours of a warm summer day, the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay flew from a US base on Tinian over the Japanese ... before the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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USAF restores WWII airbase that launched nuclear bombs on Japan to counter China
Airmen from the 513th Expeditionary Red Horse Squadron use sweepers to clear debris from a road at historic WWII North Field, Tinian ... Enola Gay carrying the atomic bomb “Little Boy ...