Amphibious landings of U.S. Army on Angaur, Palau Islands during World War II. Non-commissioned officers of U.S. 322nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, A Company attend a briefing session with commander aboard ship underway in the Pacific Ocean. Tanks land on beach, landing crafts move toward shore. Wounded soldiers are carried on litters. LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) comes on beach and infantrymen disembark.
Animated map shows arrow pointing to Blue Beach on Angaur Island during World War II. United States soldiers, probably with the 321st regiment, 81st Infantry Division, hunker down on the beach. Burned trees and debris on the ground. A soldier tucks in his shirt. Soldiers advance slowly, with one of them using a flamethrower to burn a Japanese position. A fighter flies over an advancing amphibious tracked vehicle. Aerial view showing landing craft at Red Beach. Demolition teams carry satchel charges to Japanese foxholes. Explosion of satchel charge. Sign hanging reads “CIC” (Combat Intelligence Center). Soldiers waiting for Japanese soldiers to come out of hole. Soldiers shooting at Japanese positions with machine guns and flamethrowers at the same time. Smoke rises from the body of a dead Japanese soldier.
U.S. soldiers on Angaur, Palau Islands during World War II. Infantrymen fire rifles and explosives into mouth of cave on beach.
Battle of Angaur in Palau Islands during World War 2. Views from an aircraft flying over the shore lines of Angaur Island. Many U.S. ships offshore. Japanese installations seen inland on Angaur. U.S. landing craft at beach and underway back out to the task force, after completing a landing operation.
Battle of Angaur in Palau Islands during World War II. Aerial views show smoke rising from burning Japanese installations on Angaur. Shoreline of Angaur. Damaged Japanese buildings. U.S. landing crafts around beach. U.S. ships and landing crafts of task force off the coast of Angaur.
View of Angaur island at sunrise at start of Battle of Angaur in World War II. Aerial view of aircraft carrier. Conning tower on USS Essex. Crew member speaking on on radio headset. Pilot in cockpit of Grumman F6F Hellcat. Fighter planes gathered on deck of the USS Essex (CV-9) near the Palau Islands. Grumman F6F fighters on board start after signal from crew in conning tower. Fighters take off from flight deck. Another Grumman F6F fighter is raised to deck using aircraft lift and takes off. Fighters in formation in the air. Battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43) and four cruisers bombard Japanese positions in Angaur. Explosion on top of a hill. Trees destroyed on the coast as seen from a United States Navy ship. Naval artillery firing at Angaur. Landing craft being deployed from ships to land on Angaur.