81st Army Division troops fire at Japanese enemy at Peleliu Island, Palau. Wounded Marines assisted and put on stretcher. Tanks advance on Bloody Nose Ridge. Marine throws hand grenade towards Japanese cave entrance. Japanese soldiers emerge from caves. Nude Japanese soldiers surrender. Dead Japanese soldiers on ground. U.S. aircraft taking off from the airstrip won in the battle. Various rapid scenes of U.S. forces fighting in the Pacific, firing mortars, and storming a beach. (World War II period).
Final stages in the Battle for Peleliu,Pacific Islands. U.S. Marines attack concealed Japanese gun positions with machine guns,hand grenades and explosives. U.S. Marines capture pillboxes and dugouts. U.S. Marines conquer Peleliu. U.S. Marines salute American flag. (World War II period).
Invasion and bombardment of Peleliu island, Palau. Fires burn and smoke columns rise from island. Three destroyers bombard island. Shells explode on beach. (World War II period).
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 Navy vessels and war boats underway towards Palau Islands for the Peleliu Invasion during World War II. U.S. Navy officials on the bridge of Landing Ship Tank (LST-554). Deck and bow of the LST. Colors and signal flags on the deck. Other ships and LSTs of the convoy sail in the sea. A heavy machine gun on the deck of the LST.