George A. Larson

A Seabee's Story: Tinian and Okinawa: B-29s and the Air War Against Japan George A. Larson

Merriam Press Military Monograph 139. First Edition (August 2012). This is the story of the author's father's service in WWII as a Seabee in the US Navy. And it is also the story of the war in the Pacific, in particular the invasion and capture of Tinian and, later, Okinawa. Also told is the story of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress and the men and women who built and flew the heavy bomber, from airfields in the Pacific, built by the Seabees. Contents: Tinian Island; Training of a USNCB; Boeing B-29 Superfortress; Naval Engagement with the Japanese Mobile Fleet; Tinian's Capture; Seabees Land on Tinian; Miracle of Construction; B-29 Operations; Okinawa; The War Ends; Peace in the Pacific; Notes; Sources. 320 photos, drawings, maps, documents.