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5th Marine Division troops with tanks advance uphill at Peleliu Island, Palalu (WW2)

5th Marine Division troops advance uphill at Peleliu Island, Palau during World War II. M-4 Sherman tank moves forward. Knocked out Japanese tank with dead Japanese alongside. Smoke rises from building in background.

Date: 1944, September 17
Duration: 3 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022959
United States Navy planes bombing Peleliu Island, Palau.

Smoke rises from Peleliu Island, Palau. Navy planes bomb the Island. 5th Marine Division troops fire guns aboard ship. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, September 17
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022960
United States Marines advance towards beach and attack Japanese enemy at Peleliu Island, Palau.

During U.S. Marines invasion of Peleliu. View of watch on Marine's wrist that reads 8:30AM. United States Marine corps aboard Landing Craft advance towards Peleliu Island, Palau. Marines head towards Japanese enemy. Heavy bombarding on the Island. Aircraft flies over the Island. Marine fires rifle. Dead Japanese soldiers on ground. M-4 Sherman tanks advance. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022964
U.S. Marines of 1st Division suffer casualties during battle for Peleliu Island in World War 2

U.S. Marines of the First Division, engage fortified Japanese defenders on on Peleliu Island,in World War II. U.S. Marine using a flame thrower to flush Japanese defenders out of underground bunker. Riflemen stand ready and fire, hitting one trying to escape. A marine firing a Pack Howitzer. Marines running across the beach, when one is hit by Japanese gunfire and falls. Another Marine bending over him. Explosion with white smoke next to two Marines. Three Marines carrying one wounded on a litter. Many dead marines lie covered on a beach and others fingerprint them. Marines running with a wounded comrade on a stretcher. Two help another walk and one carries a wonded buddy over his shoulder. Marines carry wounded on stretchers to landing craft for evacuation to the hospital ship, USS Samaritan (AH-10) offshore. View of Higgins boats from the USS Leedstown (APA-56) lined up alongside the ship bringing casualties from shore. View on deck of the Samaritan as litters are hoisted up and received by the staff. Surgeons at work in the hospital ship operating theater.

Date: 1944, September
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022965
81st Army Division Marines attack Japanese sniper hidden in boat at Peleliu Island, Palau.

Soldiers of 81st Army Division in Landing Crafts en route to Peleliu Island, Palau. Japanese sniper in sunken boats offshore is shelled. Aircraft strafes and bombs over the Island. Marine fire at Japanese enemy with rifles, flame throwers, rocket launchers, hand grenades,tanks. Wounded and dead Marines are evacuated under enemy fire. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022967
81st Army Division Marines advance at Bloody Nose Ridge on Peleliu Island, Palau.

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).

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022968