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).
United States 4th Battalion, 11th Marines aboard a ship near Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Marines stand in a line without their shirts. An officer inspects their guns. The officer checks each rifle and hands it over to the Marine. A sunset view with a ship in the foreground.
United States 4th Battalion, 11th Marines aboard a ship near Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. United States Marine Corps Major General William Henry Rupertus with other officers on a ship deck. They look through binoculars. Other ships in the background. An officer points in a direction. An officer lights a cigarette for Major General Rupertus and himself.
United States 4th Battalion, 11th Marines aboard a ship near Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. A map shows landing beaches and phase lines for the Peleliu Operation. Locations of 'Beach White', 'Beach Orange', 'Beach Crimson' on the map.