Tinian and the Bomb: Project Alberta and Operation Centerboard CNMI a yo'åmte who passed her

a yo'åmte who passed her knowledge on to Mama Lou to keep the tradition alive

and myriads of disquieting circumstances

Set in 1950s Guam

Aguon weaves together stories from his childhood in the villages of Guam with searing political commentary about everything from nuclear weapons to climate change

Tinian and the Bomb: Project Alberta and Operation Centerboard CNMI a yo'åmte who passed herTinian and the Bomb chronicles the important and often overlooked role Tinian in the Mariana Islands played in the atomic bombing of Japan at the end of World War II. As part of the Manhattan Project, Project Alberta and Operation Centerboard, Tinian was integral in the plan to drop atomic bombs on Japan. The book captures this history as gathered from documents and images held in the National Archives, Record Group 77. The book documents how the Army