Shortly after midnight on July 30, 1945, toward the end of World War II, two Japanese torpedoes sunk the USS […] ...

Tinian, part of the U.S.-administered Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, is a small island located east ... responsible for delivering the atomic bombs. In August 1945, the Enola ...

On July 26, 1945, the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis landed on Tinian Island in the northern Pacific and delivered components for the atomic bomb that 11 days later would be dropped on Hiroshima.

The jungle has had almost 80 years to overgrow it. But now the US nuclear bomber base in Tinian has awoken from its slumber, as satellite photos show. The Americans have quietly made their ancient ...

After being told of plans for the bombs, in June 1944 he was shipped to the Pacific Island of Tinian, where his job was to test ignition switches for the atomic bomb “Fat Man”, which was later ...

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 ...