In the war in the Pacific, the battle of Tinian lies relatively forgotten alongside the likes of Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Guadalcanal. The reason might, frankly, be that the invasion of Tinian went too well.
The “Murder at the Regatta” was a story of jealousy, passion, and some say even madness that shocked and fascinated the nation, and changed the very nature of how murder was seen and prosecuted in the United States.