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United States 1st Marine Division troops bomb Peleliu Island, Palau.

U.S. 1st Marine Division operations on Peleliu, during World War 2. U.S. F4U Corsair aircraft, flying low and slow, with gear down, drop napalm bombs on Japanese troops dug in on a ridge. Huge explosions seen. A C-47 transport airplane taxis on airfield. F4U Corsairs are seen parked and tents are pitched nearby.Several C-47s are parked on a ramp. Three F4Us taxi past them headed to the runway. F4Us take off and one is seen bombing Japanese positions on the ridge. Slate notes 1st Marine Division and D+24. Major General William Henry Rupertus,kneels on one knee, in sand, as another officer (shirtless) briefs him. They briefly discuss tactics and then walk away. Marine rifleman firing into burning wreckage of a Japanese position. Marine firing grenade from his rifle. Two Marines stand on beach with LVT (landing vehicle tracked) on the sand, nearby. They point at large ship offshore. Views of the Peleliu beachhead, with numerous ships and landing craft beached, including the second USS Seaward (LST 278) that collided with LST-129 and suffered considerable damage, On October 2, 1944. (LST-129 may be the LST seen next to LST-278.)

Date: 1944, October 9
Duration: 3 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022856
United States Marines advance towards beach and attack Japanese enemy at Peleliu Island, Palau.

During U.S. Marines invasion of Peleliu. View of watch on Marine's wrist that reads 8:30AM. United States Marine corps aboard Landing Craft advance towards Peleliu Island, Palau. Marines head towards Japanese enemy. Heavy bombarding on the Island. Aircraft flies over the Island. Marine fires rifle. Dead Japanese on ground. M-4 Sherman tanks advance. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022964
U.S. amphibious assault on Peleliu, Palau Islands, during World War II

U.S. 1st Marine Division amphibious assault agaist Peleliu, Palau Islands, on September 15, 1944, in World War 2. Coordinated assault involving many landing craft, troop ships,supporting warships firing at Japanese positions and F4U Corsair fighter bombers attacking from overhead.The entire island is shrouded in smoke. A U.S. carrier-based TBF Avenger aircraft is seen clearly banking overhead. An F4U in flight overhead. Explosions and smoke from bombardment. Two Landing Craft infantry (large) race toward the beach. The Cruiser, USS Louisville (CA-28) in camouflage (Measure 32, pattern 6d). U.S. aircraft bombing near the beachhead. Numerous landing craft assembling offshore. U.S. warships and LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry) offshore. Sun breaking through clouds and smoke.

Date: 1944, September 15
Duration: 4 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022860
United States Army tanks support U.S. Marines, at Horseshoe Valley in Peleliu Island, Palau during World War 2

U.S. Army tanks of 1st. Platoon, A Company, 710th Tank Battalion operating in support of Marine Corps infantry at Horseshoe Valley in Peleliu Island, Palau on October 8th 1944. Tanks are receiving fire from hidden Japanese 37mm guns up on the hills. Damaged trees in the area. United States Marines with tanks patrol on the island. U.S. tanks equipped with flamethrowers fire at Japanese positions. Marines on alert positions watch from behind bushes.

Date: 1944, October 8
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063844
Aerial view of army vehicles and men advancing across Engesebus Island in Peleliu, Palau Islands.

The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Aerial view: The tanks and men advance across Engesebus Island. Landing boats go across a lagoon. Shell holes due to bombardment. M-4 tanks and amphibious tractors. Men get out of the amphibious tractors and run inland. Fire as a tank moves in the background.

Date: 1944, October 18
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067123
U.S. Navy task force attacks Japanese-held Peleliu, Palau Islands, during World War II

Scenes from U.S. Office of War Information film called, "Fury in the Pacific." Clouds silhouetted at sunset or sunrise, over Peleliu Island, as seen from a ship during World War 2. View of Japanese airfield at Peleliu, from U.S. reconnaissance airplane flying overhead. U.S. Navy ordnance crewman wheels a 500 lb bomb, on a dolley, across the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Other "red shirts" load a 500 pound bombs on an F6F aircraft. Marines loading machine gun belt ammunition into an airplane. Pilots scrambling across the flight deck to their aircraft. Engines starting on a large group of Navy F6F aircraft on the carrier deck. F6Fs taking off from carrier. SB2C Hellcat taking off. View back from tail of aircraft showing Essex-class carrier behind. Formations of SB2Cs and F6Fs in flight headed toward Peleliu. View from air of the Japanese airfield. Smoke rising from the ground. Formation of U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers of the Far Eastern Air Force, in flight overhead. Pilot and copilot in cockpit of a B-24. Navigator at his station. Aerial view of B-24 formation. Waist gunner manning gun in B-24. Bombardier in nose. Bombs falling away and striking all over the Japanese airfield. Anchors being weighed on warship. Sailors in control room of a U.S. warship. View of two New Mexico class battleships, one in camouflage. Three U.S. battleships in single file. the closest carries two Curtiss SOC Seagull scout planes. Sailors cleaning barrel of a war ship's gun. Glimpses of warships and transport ships of the invasion convoy.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022962