United States Marine taking cover by beached landing craft in sand during amphibious assault on the Japanese held Peleliu Island, He speaks over wireless phone. Marine squads assemble and move forward. Marines aboard M-4 Sherman Tanks move across the wet sands. Aircraft flies overhead.
Tanks of the 1st Platoon, A Company of the 710th Tank Battalion (Army) support 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment on Peleliu Island, Palau, during World War 2 in the Pacific. (Slate at TC: 00:20, identifies 3rd Bn, 5th Marines. who occupy positions along a ridge.) One steadies his rifle on a broken tree limb as he fires it. A Sherman tank firing its gun at nearby Japanese bunkers in hillside. A marine fires a Browning automatic rifle from atop the tank, while partially protected by its turret and open hatch. A tank with the name "Honey Suckle Rose" painted on its side moves among Marine infantry. (Note: A Company of the U.S. Army 710th Tank Battalion, along with the 321st Regimental Combat Team, 81st Infantry Division, came from nearby Angaur on September 23rd, landing on Orange Beach, to reinforce the Marines.)
United States 2nd Battalion 11th Marines armed with machine guns at Peleliu Island, Palau. LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked ) Tanks underway with shell explosions on the beach. Officer speaks over phone. Marines take cover and fire rifles at Japanese enemy. Anti-tank gun crew operates gun. (World War II period).
Large explosions on Peleliu Island, Palau. United States Marine Corp fires rocket launcher Bazooka. Projectile explodes on beach position. Marines fire rifles, trigger mortar and bazooka. Troops advance carrying equipment. Soldier speaks over walkie-talkie. Marines carry wounded soldier on stretcher. (World War II period).
During U.S. Marines invasion of Peleliu and Angaur. Soldiers of 81st Army Division in Landing Crafts en route to Angaur Island, Palau. Marines head towards the beach. Japanese snipers in sunken boats offshore at Peleliu are shelled. U.S. Marines shot down by sniper. Sign board reads CIC (Combat Information Center). Marines fire machine guns at Japanese enemy. Dead Japanese soldiers on ground. Wounded Marines placed on litter and assisted to walk. (World War II period).
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).
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