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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.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944, September 16
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022905
Marines aboard USS Honolulu fire at Peleliu Island, Palau.

Smoke rises from burning LVT ( Landing Vehicle Tracked) tanks on Peleiu Island, Palau. Shell splashes among approaching LVT's. Marines stack empty 5" powder cans on deck of USS Honolulu. Phosphorous shells burst on Island. Ships and Landing Crafts in water around Peleliu Island. View of barrel of gun blasting towards the Island. (World War II period).

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944, September 15
Duration: 4 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022940
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.)

Location: Peleliu Palau
Date: 1944, September 12
Duration: 3 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024982
U.S. task force underway for Peleliu (Palau) Invasion during World War II.

Opening slate reads LST 554, and date 8-13. Views of U.S. invasion task force vessels underway toward Peleliu Island (Palau), during World War 2. A 110 foot wooden Subchaser, number SC 633 is seen close, to starboard of camera boat (LST-554) and refueling lines are stretched between the LST and the Subchaser. Ensign Maynard K. Ross of Philadelphia, PA, directs the take-up of slack in the refueling lines while a Navy Commander on the LST bridge oversees the operation. (Note: SC 633 ended up running aground during the invasion.) Break in sequence and scene shifts to glimpse of slate reading August 20, 1944, and then view aft on LST 554. On the bridge, 21-year-old Ensign Charles Kahler, of Schenectady New York, uses a sextant to shoot sun lines. Another officer is seen taking relative bearings with a pelorus. Sailors are resting on deck. A series of splashes are created in the water by gunners testing their weapons. LST 557 is cruising to starboard. Puffs of black FLAK smoke appear overhead as antiaircraft weapons are tested.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944, August 20
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056741
The United States Marine Corp Caption Nick Molino unloads shells from cases and plays with a dog in Peleliu, Palau Islands

The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. The United States Marine Corp Captain Nick Molino unloads shells from cases for the M114 155 mm howitzer. A mascot dog stands on the stack of ammunition. The marine plays with the dog.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067109
The marines fire M1 rifle in underbrush and Herman Henry Hanneken talks to them in Peleliu, Palau Islands.

The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Two United States Marines stand in underbrush as he looks towards a distance. Marines walk through dense jungle. Some of the marines carry a wounded marine on a litter. The United States marine corps Brigadier General Herman Henry Hanneken talks to other marines in underbrush terrain. The marines wear dungarees with full combat gear and camouflaged helmets. Two marines in dense jungle as they fire M1 rifle towards a distance.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067110
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