U.S. 5th Marine Regiment in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Marines advance. A Marine with a machine gun. Dead Japanese soldiers on field. A Marine with rifle advances.
Invasion of Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Cub plane takes off from flight deck of USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) off the coast of Peleliu. Cub plane in flight. U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat fighters take off from flight deck of Kitkun Bay.
Burial of dead U.S. Marines, from battle of Peleliu, Palau Islands against Japan in World War 2. (Location is likely, island of Bliliou near Village of Teliu.) The covered bodies of fallen Marines are set out on litters. Later, Marines, wearing arm length black rubber gloves, lower the bodies into graves. A caterpillar tractor with bulldozer attachment smooths earth over the line of grave sites each dug in a row.
Fletcher class destroyer. Three battleships underway during battle of Peleliu, Palau in Pacific. (The U.S. battleships: USS Pennsylvania, USS Tennessee, USS Maryland, USS Mississippi, and USS Idaho, were known to have participated.) Scene of aircraft carriers and destroyers through port hole. (World War II period).
U.S. Navy sailor, Bugler , blows call over PA (Public Address) system. This film, taken from the heavy cruiser USS Louisville, CA-28, shows a battle line of U.S. cruisers and battleships underway in the battle of Peleliu, Palau, in World War 2. The first ship is the heavy cruiser USS Portland, CA-33; the second ship is the battleship USS Idaho, BB-42; at time 01:06 the third ship in line is the battleship USS Mississippi, BB-41. The Portland and the Mississippi display camouflage paint.
Ships and aircraft of U.S. Navy Task Force practicing maneuvers while en route for the invasion of Peleliu, Palau Islands in World War 2. Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft flying overhead in formation. The TBF pilots are flying with canopies open and no back-seaters. Their aircraft numbers are enclosed in diamonds outlined on their tails.