United States destroyers underway at sea near Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. A fleet of ships underway. United States Marine Corps aboard the ship. A marine gives flag signals.
United States destroyers underway at sea near Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Lieutenant Colonel Fields, Commander Woolson and Lieutenant Colonel Deakin look at operation maps.
United States destroyers underway at sea near Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. A catholic Mass ceremony aboard a ship. A priest speaks into a microphone while United States Marine Corps listen carefully to him. Marines without shirts relax and converse with each other aboard the destroyer. A Marine reads a book while smoking a cigarette.
United States destroyers underway at sea near Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. A U.S. Marine distributes ration to other Marines. Ammunition being distributed to the Marines. The Marines roll out a cloth piece on a ship deck.
United States destroyers underway at sea near Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. An officer briefs U.S. Marines on a ship deck with the help of a large map. He points at the map explaining. Faces of the Marines as they listen carefully to the officer.
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.