1st Division marines fire 105mm and 155 mm Howitzers at Japanese positions on Prostitute Ridge in Peleliu Island, Palau. Marines load shelsl into Howitzers and fire. (World War II period).
U.S. First Division Marines, standing near a chainlink fence, display a large battle-scarred American flag, on Peleliu, during World War 2. Others display a large, captured (relatively unscathed) Japanese rising sun Naval ensign. Camera pans slowly over complete destruction left in wake of the combat on Peleliu.
Views of total harbor area destruction from battles between U.S. and Japanese forces in Palau Islands during World War 2. Skeleton framework of buildings and destroyed boats and installations. Several Marines walk toward a landing boat being overturned and moved from beachfront.
Burial of dead U.S. Marines, from battle of Peleliu, Palau Islands against Japan in World War 2. (Location is likely, island of Bliliou near Village of Teliu.) The covered bodies of fallen Marines are set out on litters. Later, Marines, wearing arm length black rubber gloves, lower the bodies into graves. A caterpillar tractor with bulldozer attachment smooths earth over the line of grave sites each dug in a row.
View of situation map showing various actions by U.S. forces during the battle for Peleliu Island, Palau, from September 15th to October 15th, 1944. Key events are marked on the map in terms of D+days. View of tents on ground.
Native men, women and children make their way through U.S. Marine bivouac area of tents, on Bliliou, Palau Islands, following the end of the battle of Peleliu. They walk on a wet dirt road.
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