The USS Indianapolis had just delivered components of the atomic bomb that would soon flatten Hiroshima, racing from San Francisco to the tiny island of Tinian ... for an invasion of Japan.
The airfield at North Field Air Base on the isle of Tinian is being improved as an alternate location for flight operations at nearby Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, should the primary airfield ...
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.
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