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Japanese Prisoners of War at Peleliu Island, Palau, during World War II

Wounded Japanese prisoners of war on litters and ambulatory and uninjured POWs at a makeshift barbed wire enclosure on Paleliu, during World War II. (Some of these may have been Korean and Okinawan laborers.) Marines interrogate one of the prisoners. The ranking POW takes charge of the prisoners. He orders them into formation.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944, October 4
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022892
U.S. Marines of 1st Division attempt to get Japanese soldiers to surrender on Peleliu Island, Palau, in World War II.

U.S. 1st Division marines during final phases of initial mopping-up operations on Peleliu in World War 2. They have several Japanese prisoners of war and are trying to get others to surrender. A marine using a pair of binoculars to locate Japanese hideout. Other marines crawl through underbrush toward area where Japanese soldiers are holding out. One throws a hand grenade.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944, October 4
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022897
U.S. 1st Marine Division in battle of Peleliu Island, Palau, during World War II

Slate identifies location as Peleleiu (misspelled) and unit as 1st Tank Battalion. Battle of Peleliu in World War 2. After taking the airfield, Marines of the U.S. 1st Marine Division examine dead Japanese next to what appears to be a demolished Japanese light tank (turret is missing completely). Next scene shows destroyed Japanese light tank, Type 95 Ha-Go. View from U.S. tank moving towards the airfield, where several Marine 1st Battalion M4A2 Tanks are seen. The area is strewn with wreckage and destroyed buildings. A combat photographer squats in the sand next to two Marines and a tank, as he removes his movie camera from a bag, and examines it.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944, September 16
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022904
U.S. Marines of the 1st Marine Division make repairs during lull in combat on Peleliu Island in World War II

During a lull in fighting, on Peleliu, during World War 2, a U.S. marine, with two others in an improvised tent shelter, hands out mail to buddies. Their tent frame is made from broken tree limbs. Three mess kit cups hang on the top frame limb. Marines stand in a line with their mess cups to dip beverage from a large pot. Marines walk along the airfield while others ride on a landing vehicle tracked (LVT). Those on the LVT get down and walk with the rest. Partial remains of roofed structure protects some supplies and equipment. Others sit out on the ground. An M4A2 tank, of the 1st Marine Tank Battalion, sits in the background. Marines work on equipment, in the shade of the roofed shed. One uses a welding torch to make repairs. Outside the shed, marines work on M4 tanks and an LVT.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944, September 23
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022908
U.S. Marines of the 1st Marine Division fire 60 mm mortars on Peleliu Island, Palau, during World War II.

U.S. marines of the 1st Marine Division, are seen dug in along a dirt road during the battle of Peleliu, in World War 2. They fire 60mm mortar rounds. Several seem comfortable taking shelter behind an M4A2 tank of the 1st Marine Tank Battalion, parked on the road. Marines in a jeep drop off mortar rounds to the marines dug in along the road. Glimpse of dead Japanese soldier who apparently committed suicide with a knife.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944, September 18
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022909
U.S. Astronaut Alan Shepard arrives at Grand Turk Island to participate in Mercury-Atlas 7 debriefings

U.S. Air Force C-54 aircraft (Tail number 50-72649) arrives and parks on ramp at Grand Turk Auxiliary U.S. Air Force Base. Commander Shepard, who had just flown from Arguello, California, steps from the aircraft with his belongings. He is there to participate in the Mercury-Atlas 7 post-mission debriefings. He is met by Air force officers and Mercury project personnel.

Location: Grand Turk Island
Date: 1962, May 25
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024576
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