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United States marines in amphibious assault on Peleliu Island, Palau, during WWII

Smoke rises from Peleliu Island, Palau during World War 2. View from hunkered down position in landing craft during assault on Japanese held Peleliu island. U.S. Marines move cautiously ashore through barbed wire and other obstacles. Landing craft is struck by enemy gunfire and is engulfed by flames and smoke. Marines lie low and advance under fire in the sand. U.S. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber seen flying over the beachhead. Marine handles belt of machine gun bullets.

Date: 1944, September 15
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022863
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
United States Navy ships in the Pacific, as seen from USS Mount McKinley near Peleliu Island, Palau.

United States Navy ships near Peleliu Island during World War 2. View from aboard USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7) of other ships in the area, near Peleliu Island, Palau.

Date: 1944, September 13
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022934
United States Chaplain conducts church services near front line at Peleliu Island, Palau.

United States Chaplain conducts church services near front line at Peleliu Island, Palau. Explosions in wooded areas. Bullets hit water. Aircraft dives and strafes over Peleliu Island.

Date: 1944, September 17
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022949
Aerial view of U.S. 5th Marines landing crafts headed toward beaches at Peleliu Island, Palau during World War 2

Ships sail around Peleliu Island, Palau. Landing Crafts underway to beach at Peleliu Island. Aerial view of landing crafts around the beach. Clouds in foreground.

Date: 1944, September 17
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022952
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