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US Reviving Airfield That Launched Atom Bombs

Airfield That Launched First
A-Bombs Called Back to Service

Dec 24, 2023 3:25 PM CST

Airfield That Launched First A-Bombs Called Back to Service

Amid China threat, US is reviving airfield on Tinian Island for first time since World War II

(Newser) - The US Air Force is reviving the island airfield that launched the atomic bombs on Japan in World War II as it looks to disperse its power in the Pacific and avoid becoming an easy target for China. North Field on the 39-square-mile Tinian Island—part of the Northern Mariana...

Navy Ship Sank in 12 Minutes. 72 Years Later, She's Found

Wreck of One of WWII's
'More Horrible' Tales Found

Aug 20, 2017 7:43 AM CDT

Wreck of One of WWII's 'More Horrible' Tales Found

Paul Allen's expedition finds the wreckage of the USS Indianapolis

(Newser) - On July 30, 1945, having just helped deal what would prove to be a death knell to World War II, the USS Indianapolis was fatally torpedoed by the Japanese. She sank fast—in 12 minutes, giving no time for a distress call—and only 316 of the 1,196 Americans...

US Wants to
Wage War on
This Island—
16 Weeks a Year

Jun 12, 2015 2:20 PM CDT

US Wants to Wage War on This Island— 16 Weeks a Year

US citizens of Tinian, Pagan want Obama to reconsider military plan

(Newser) - President Obama may have to choose between keeping a tropical paradise as pristine as ever and seeing it transformed into US military training grounds. The Pentagon is toying with the idea of turning Tinian and Pagan—small US territories in the Northern Mariana Islands—into a place to stage war...

Skulls, Bones
Found in Closet
at Japanese
Consulate

Sep 17, 2014 12:57 PM CDT

Skulls, Bones Found in Closet at Japanese Consulate

Letter found with box in Chicago says remains are of 2 Japanese war vets

(Newser) - Everyone has skeletons in their closet of some sort, but the Japanese Consulate in Chicago actually, literally does—or did, anyway. A worker told police that a box filled with two skulls and a bunch of bones was discovered by staffers yesterday in a closet that the consulate's previous...