Following its seizure, the U.S. Navy's Seabees transformed Tinian into the largest airbase of the war, with six long runways, hardstands for hundreds of B-29 bombers, and a layout modeled after ...

[Credit: U.S. Air Force] Tinian, which is part of the U.S. Commonwealth ... "As soon as the island was seized, the Seabees, the Navy’s construction battalions, began work on the largest airbase ...

When flying into Tinian, it is hard to imagine the scale of the U.S. mobilization eight decades ago. America sent thousands ...

When he reported, he was selected to serve in the famous Seabees battalions — the ... his first duty station in 1944 was the Island of Tinian, where Clarence helped build Quonset huts and ...