Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. United States Marine gun crew push swab through the bore of their M1A1 155 mm gun to clean it. The marines,stripped to the waist, push the swab back and forth. View down a line of marines, cleaning the gun with swab on a pole. Hands of a marine as he cleans parts of the gun. Marine with the earphones on while reading a private letter. He jumps and starts waving his letter with joy after getting the news that his wife gave birth to a baby. Marines crowded around him as they pat and congratulate him. The marine with earphones on and letter in hand gives cigars to other marines. The marines laugh.
U.S. Marines operating in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Blackness of night interrupted by occasional flashes from United States Marine Corps gun battery firing M1A1 155mm long gun at Japanese positions in hills to the North.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. The United States Marine Corp Captain Nick Molino unloads shells from cases for the M114 155 mm howitzer. A mascot dog stands on the stack of ammunition. The marine plays with the dog.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Two United States Marines stand in underbrush as he looks towards a distance. Marines walk through dense jungle. Some of the marines carry a wounded marine on a litter. The United States marine corps Brigadier General Herman Henry Hanneken talks to other marines in underbrush terrain. The marines wear dungarees with full combat gear and camouflaged helmets. Two marines in dense jungle as they fire M1 rifle towards a distance.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. An M114 155 mm howitzer set up in a jungle. United States 7th Marines clean the gun barrel of the howitzer. The marines prepare to fire from the howitzer. A line of howitzers on a field. Firing from M114 155 mm howitzers. A marine opens a breech of a gun and ejects an empty shell. The marine runs with another shell and inserts it into the breech. The breech is closed. The M114 155 mm howitzers fire. The barrel of an M114 155 mm howitzer as it fires. Gun crewmen stand near the howitzer. The marines pull an ammunition cart. They carry 155mm shells on the shoulders and walk towards the the 155mm howitzer.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. A Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) loaded with United States 7th Marines advances towards a beachhead. They unload from the landing craft. The marines on the ground. M-4 tanks parked in the background. One of the tank burns in the background. A radio operator talks over a radio. One of the radio men operates a generator which powers the radio. Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVTs) advance on the beachhead and marines disembark from the vehicles. The marines dressed in full combat gear with weapons advance inland. A marine lying on a stretcher covered with a camouflaged poncho in the foreground.
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