The tiny Pacific island of Tinian was once used to cause the most devastating blast in human history. Now its 80-year-old ...

WASHINGTON – Charlie Pase considers himself “unusually lucky.” ...

At first, sharks - drawn by the sound of explosions, the scent of blood, and the frantic splashing - focused on the floating dead. But it wasn't long before they turned their attention to the living.

Franklin Bell, an amphibious assault transport tasked with getting fighting forces to key battle sites in the Pacific ... Young’s ship moved to D-Day battles at Tinian and Leyte, and finally ...

Tracy: That's correct. His first landing was in Tarawa, then he came to Saipan and then Tinian, and later went on to Okinawa. He was wounded in Okinawa right at the very end of the battle. He always ...