1st Division Marine troops hide behind bushes and fire on Japanese enemy at Peleliu Island, Palau. Marine places shell on tip of gun barrel and fires. Marine fires machine gun. 1st Division Marines eat canned food. (World War II period).
1st Division Marine troops drive in a United States Army Jeep near a phosphate plant at Peleliu Island, Palau during World War II. Marines with Doberman dog walk behind the Jeep. Group of Marines eat canned food. A power shovel dumps coral into truck for airfield construction. Trucks dump the coral load.
1st Marine Division situation map of World War 2, shows Japanese pockets of resistance on Peleliu Island, Palau. D+20 to D+25 marked on it. Another chart with D+24 location indicates by an arrow and points at D+25. Markings of enemy strong point on a ridge.
U.S. 1st Marine Division, 5th Marine Regiment in operation against Japanese forces dug in at Peleliu Island, Palau, during World War 2. Battle scarred landscape with exploding white phosphorus shells on ridge in distance. Dead Japanese soldier next to field artillery piece. Debris and bodies inside destroyed Japanese fortification. Marine stands next to Japanese 200mm howitzer.More exploding shells on the ridge.Navy Mark I flamethrower mounted on Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT-4), fires stream of flaming napal as two tanks pause in background. Slate notes 5th Marine Regiment push up the valley. Marines firing 105mm howitzer point blank at Japanese positions dug into ridge.
Smoke rises from Peleliu Island, Palau during World War 2. View from hunkered down position in landing craft during assault on Japanese held Peleliu island. U.S. Marines move cautiously ashore through barbed wire and other obstacles. Landing craft is struck by enemy gunfire and is engulfed by flames and smoke. Marines lie low and advance under fire in the sand. U.S. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber seen flying over the beachhead. Marine handles belt of machine gun bullets.
United States Marine taking cover by beached landing craft in sand during amphibious assault on the Japanese held Peleliu Island, He speaks over wireless phone. Marine squads assemble and move forward. Marines aboard M-4 Sherman Tanks move across the wet sands. Aircraft flies overhead.