Group of United States Navy sailors seated inside the Combat Information Center (CIC) aboard the USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7) during World War 2, during operations nears Peleliu, Palau in the Pacific. U.S. Navy sailors wearing headphones type dispatches on typewriters. They are lined up on either side of the Operations Room. Officers and sailors in the center of the room at a table process paperwork. Two sailors plot information on a radar plotting board.
U.S. plane falls in sea during bombardment of islands of Peleliu, Palau. Flames over burning island. Island under bombardment. Shells burst and smoke columns rise. Men in Landing Craft watch bombardment. Landing Craft Infantry underway to beach firing. Battleships bombard beach. LCVPs in water. Extremely concentrated fire on beach. (World War II period).
LVT (Landing vehicles Tracked) and LVT A (Landing Vehicles Tracked Armored) underway to beach during bombardment of Peleliu, Palau. Scenes of island and Landing Craft Infantry. 30 cal machine guns in bow Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP). Landing Crafts approach beach. One Landing Craft (LC) is hit. Men being removed from stranded craft. (World War II period).
Battle of Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Aerial views of Peleliu as seen from U.S. Navy aircraft in flight.
U.S. army officials aboard a ship underway during World War II invasion of Peleliu, Palau Islands. Interiors of U.S. AGC (Auxiliary General Communications) show NBC reporter Robert Ewing broadcasting to United States. Ewing meets Major General Roy S. Geiger, U.S. Marine Corps General Holland Smith, Admiral Theodore Wilkinson, and Admiral George Hudson Fort.
U.S. task force ships head for invasion of Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Navy signalmen on signal bridge hoist signal flags. DE (Destroyer Escort) approaches and transfers guards mail via breeches buoy. Convoy of APs (Transport Ships) in the background.