World War II History

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Pacific Basin Environmental Consultants 1985 Underwater Survey of Tanapag Lagoon for Historic Properties. Submitted to the Community and Cultural Affairs, Historic Preservation Office by Pacific Basin Environmental Consultants, Guam. Southeastern Archaeological Resources, Inc. 2008 Archaeological Survey of Tanapag Lagoon Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Submitted to the CNMI Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, Division of Historic Preservation. Southeastern Archaeological Research, Inc., FL. U.S. Air Force 1944 Military Intelligence Photographic Interpretation Report #68, 573. On file, National Archives and Records Administration II, College Park, MD. Record Group 341, Entry 217. Veronico, N. G., K and S. Thompson 2000 Military Aircraft Boneyards. MBI Publishing Company, Osceola, WI.

--Dr. Jennifer McKinnon (Masters 2002, PhD 2010) is a Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at Flinders University, South Australia, Australia where she has taught since January 2006. Prior to teaching at Flinders, McKinnon worked for two years as a Senior Underwater Archaeologist for the Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research in Tallahassee. McKinnon has archaeological interests above and below the water and has been conducting research in Saipan on the underwater remains of the Battle of Saipan as well as conducting a feasibility study on the archaeological potential for Spanish colonial archaeology. She recently helped develop a World War II Maritime Heritage Trail on the Battle of Saipan in conjunction with the Historic Preservation Office and Coastal Resources Management Office. The trail project was funded through a grant from the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program. McKinnon is continuing her work in Saipan and is currently developing a 3D underwater interpretive film of the heritage trail and writing a conservation management plan for the WWII wrecks.

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