Napalm incendiary bombs explode on ridge at Peleliu Island, Palau. View of damaged trees. Black smoke rises from bombed area in the background. Two Marines at embankment prepare to fire. Marines attend wounded man. Marine gives plasma to the wounded soldier on litter, while another marine appears to be applying some kind of gel or rub on his stomach. Marines throw hand grenade into cave entrance and explosion follows. Marine guides tracked landing vehicle (LVT) into position and fires flame thrower from it toward positions occupied by Japanese soldiers. (World War II period).
1st Marine Division troops climb tree and fire shells at Peleliu Island, Palau. Ammunition crate lies on ground. Marine fires machine gun. Marine places shell on gun and fires. They attend to wounded man. (World War II period).
1st Division Marine troops walk through bushy area at Peleliu Island, Palau. Dead Japanese lie on ground. Marines hold wounded soldier. Group of 1st Division Marines fire at Japanese enemy. (World War II period).
1st Division Marine troops hide behind bushes and fire on Japanese enemy at Peleliu Island, Palau. Marine places shell on tip of gun barrel and fires. Marine fires machine gun. 1st Division Marines eat canned food. (World War II period).
1st Division Marine troops drive in a United States Army Jeep near a phosphate plant at Peleliu Island, Palau during World War II. Marines with Doberman dog walk behind the Jeep. Group of Marines eat canned food. A power shovel dumps coral into truck for airfield construction. Trucks dump the coral load.
U.S.LST-129 and the second USS Seaward (LST-278) next to each other, in rough surf at rock strewn Orange Beach III, Peleliu, in the Palau Island group, during World War 2. These two LSTs collided and suffered damage on October 2, 1944. View of airfield with U.S. F4U Corsair aircraft parked. An F4U landing on the runway. Another aircraft takes off. Construction equipment and tents seen on airfield. A PBY Catalina aircraft takes off. Change of sequence shows battlefield with bare trees. F4U aircraft flying low and slow, with landing gear extended, drop bombs, raising heavy smoke clouds, at Japanese positions just beyond a nearby ridge.
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