Marines of 7th Regiment, 1st Marine Division, advance uphill at Peleliu Island, Palau. Dead Maine on rock. Smoke rises from forest area. Slate notes that Marines made contact with elements of the U.S. Army 321st Regimental Combat Team and discontinued filming as they came under fire from Japanese forces. (World War II period).
U.S. Marines of 7th Regiment, 1st Marine Division aboard tanks of A Company, 710th Tank Battalion (Army) advance towards Japanese enemy at Peleliu Island, Palau. Flame-thrower tank shoots flames at Japanese cave entrance. Marines walk along road at edge of jungle. Tanks advance towards Japanese enemy.
7th Marine Regiment troops ride M4 Sherman tanks of the Army, 710th Tank Battalion, as they advance towards Japanese positions on Peleliu Island, Palau during World War 2, in Pacific. Tank advances towards Japanese enemy through jungle area. Marines walk in front of the tank.
U.S. Marines of 7th Marine Regiment hitch rides on U.S. Army tanks advancing towards Japanese positions on Peleliu Island, Palau, during World War 2. View of Japanese writing on a sign. Marines riding on M4 Sherman tank advance on road. View of machine gun with turret over M4 Sherman. Marines with M1 rifles walk along beside tanks.
Aircraft of the 11th Marine Aircraft Group drop bombs in Horseshoe Valley, on Peleliu Island, Palau, during World War 2. A U.S. Marine Vought F4U Corsair aircraft flies low, with landing gear extended as it attacks a Japanese position on Peleliu. Wounded marines lying on ground, are photographed from above. Other Marines lift and place one wounded on litter and run to remove him. They stumble and fall as they do. Other marines help wounded and rush to seek shelter, while under fire.
F4U Corsairs or U.S. Marine Aircraft Group 11, bombard Japanese positions on Prostitute Ridge, Peleliu, Palau, during World War 2. They fly a number of sorties, dropping general purpose bombs on fortified Japanese positions, very close to U.S. Marine positions. Marine pilots fly low and slow, with landing gear extended to assure accuracy in their bombing.