OPERATION FORAGER III
First Battalion, 24th Marines on Tinian
July – August 1944
The Battle of Tinian was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands from 24 July until 1 August 1944. The 8,000-man Japanesegarrison was eliminated, and the island joined Saipan and Guam as a base for the Twentieth Air Force.
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