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U.S. Marine Corps of the 1st Tank Battalion fire flamethrowers at enemy on Peleliu Island, Palau during World War II.

1st Tank Battalion of the United States Marine Corps arrives at Peleliu Island, Palau during World War II. Marines rest on the Island. Group of Marines move forward in the jungle. Marine fires Bazooka rocket launcher. Tanks fire flamethrowers. Burning trees in the jungle.

Date: 1944, September 13
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063841
Aerial views of U.S. landing craft underway and on beach in Angaur Island, Palau during World War II.

Battle of Angaur in Palau Islands during World War 2. Views from an aircraft flying over the shore lines of Angaur Island. Many U.S. ships offshore. Japanese installations seen inland on Angaur. U.S. landing craft at beach and underway back out to the task force, after completing a landing operation.

Date: 1944, September 17
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074875
U.S. Marines advance carrying weapons and wade towards a beach in Peleliu, Palau Islands.

The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. U.S. Marines talk over a walkie-talkie. The marines sit around in a jungle. Rubble all around on the island. The marines dressed in full combat gear advance inland. An M-4 tank in the jungle. The marines carrying .30 caliber M2 machine guns advance. They descend a hill. The marines set up in a foxhole with weapons. A dead Japanese soldier in the foreground. 3rd Battalion 1st Marines disembark from a Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT). They wade towards a beach. A tractor tows an M114 155 mm howitzer inland.

Date: 1944, September 17
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067117
Battleships and Portland class heavy cruiser bombard Peleliu island in Palau, during World War II.

Pacific Theater during World War 2. U.S. Battleships and Portland class heavy cruiser bombard Peleliu island in Palau. Two Battleships underway at sea. Flash and smoke seen as battleship fires 14 inch guns.Fire and explosions on the island. Large smoke column rises over the beach.

Date: 1944, September 12
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024981
Explosions and clouds during a bomb mission over Palau (WW2)

Aerial view showing clouds and explosion from U.S. Army Air Force bombing mission over Palau during World War II. Strings of clouds are seen rising over various islands. Islands are partially covered by clouds.

Date: 1944, November 11
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080438
U.S. 1st Marine Division in the battle for Peleliu Island, Palau, during World War II.

Battle for Peleliu Island during World War 2. U.S. marines of the 1st Division, hunkered down among rocks, watch as aircraft from U.S. Navy carriers offshore, dive to attack Japanese positions near the beachhead on Peleliu Island, during World War 2. One aircraft flies close overhead. It appears to be a TBF Avenger. Smoke rises from shelling on the airfield proper, where M4A2 tanks of the !st Marine Tank Battalion are maneuvering in the far background. Closeup of dead Japanese soldier on the ground. A knocked-out Japanese tank. A dead marinee in a foxhole, shell cases nearby. More views of knocked-out Japanese tanks. Glimpse of U.S. marines moving forward carrying battle gear.

Date: 1944, September 16
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022905