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 | |