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United States Marines aboard USS Honolulu bombard Peleliu Island, Palau.

United States Marine signals blinkers aboard USS Honolulu around Peleliu Island, Palau. Various ships bombard the Island. Incendiary bombs explode on Peleliu Island. Many Landing Crafts in the background. F6F Hellcat dives and strafes over the Island. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, September 15
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022942
Aerial view of boats going across a lagoon and ships firing at the shoreline in Peleliu, Palau Islands.

The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Aerial view: Boats go across a lagoon towards the island of Engesebus. The boats advance from a lagoon to a beachhead. Aircraft in flight over the island. Ships fire at the shoreline and other ships in the background. Aerial view of the island shows bomb hits all around.

Date: 1944, October 18
Duration: 3 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067124
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and USS Tennessee (BB-43) bombard Peleliu, Palau Islands.

The invasion of Peleliu, Palau Islands during the Peleliu operation of World War II. The island under bombardment. Shells explode on the island and smoke columns rise. USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and USS Tennessee (BB-43) bombard the island. A wave of the Landing Craft Infantry fires.

Date: 1944, September 16
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067127
A Memorial chapel made of wood,straw and woven mats,and a graveyard in Palau island.

The amphibious landing of the U.S. troops in Palau island during World War II. A Navy chapel in Palau. The Navy chapel made of wood, straw and woven mats. A man enters into the chapel. "Memorial Chapel" sign shows time of services. A truck moves on the road in front of the chapel. The chapel with a graveyard in the foreground.

Date: 1944
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071178
Naval guns fire at Peleliu island, Palau, Pacific Ocean, during World War II.

U.S. Battleships (BBs) and cruisers bombard Peleliu island in Palau, Pacific ocean during World War 2. 5-inch guns bombard the island. Views of guns mounted on ship. Island in background. USS Mississippi and USS Idaho underway. Smoke column rises from the island. (The ship shown at the 1:04 to 1:32 second mark is the heavy cruiser USS Louisville (CA 28 ). View of port side 5 inch 25 caliber dual purpose guns and a 40 mm quad mount. The Louisville's starboard side guns are shown from the 2:30 - 2:51 second mark.)

Date: 1944, September 12
Duration: 3 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024982
1st Marine Division officer talks to Japanese prisoners at Peleliu Island, Palau.

Native Japanese men, women and children of Palau Group in Internment Camp at Peleliu Island, Palau. 1st Marine Division officer talks to Japanese prisoners in stockade. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, October 13
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022839