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F4Us of Marine Aircraft group 11 use skip-bombing against Japanese dug in on Peleliu Island, Palau, during World War II.

F4U Corsairs of U.S. Marine Aircraft Group 11, use skip bombing to strike Japanese in fortified caves on Peleliu, during World War 2. They are seen striking targets on Prostitute Ridge. Meanwhile, Marines in Horseshoe Valley hurry as they carry a wounded Marine on a stretcher past some U.S. Army M4 Sherman tanks. Another view of Corsair making low slow bomb run. Scene shifts to a Corsair landing on the Peleliu airfield, while construction vehicles are still working to repair it. Scenes of the airfield, with mixture of tents, some still-standing buildings, and men working on the sand runways.

Date: 1944, October 8
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022879
Curtiss R5C Commando aircraft evacuates wounded soldiers of 1st Marine Division at Peleliu Island in World War II

Curtiss R5C Commando evacuates wounded soldiers of 1st Marine Division during World War 2. Curtiss R5C Commando aircraft taxis and takes off from airstrip at Peleliu Island Palau, with Douglas R4D transports in background. Lockheed PV-1 Ventura takes off. Vought F4U Corsair takes off.

Date: 1944, October 8
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022880
1st Marine Division gunners fire 105mm and 155 mm Howitzers towards Prostitute Ridge on Peleliu Island, Palau.

1st Division marines fire 105mm and 155 mm Howitzers at Japanese positions on Prostitute Ridge in Peleliu Island, Palau. Marines load shelsl into Howitzers and fire. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, October 7
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022881
Aftermath of combat on Peleliu Island, Palau, during World War II.

U.S. First Division Marines, standing near a chainlink fence, display a large battle-scarred American flag, on Peleliu, during World War 2. Others display a large, captured (relatively unscathed) Japanese rising sun Naval ensign. Camera pans slowly over complete destruction left in wake of the combat on Peleliu.

Date: 1944, October 7
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022882
Harbor and beachfront destruction from battles in Palau Islands during World War II.

Views of total harbor area destruction from battles between U.S. and Japanese forces in Palau Islands during World War 2. Skeleton framework of buildings and destroyed boats and installations. Several Marines walk toward a landing boat being overturned and moved from beachfront.

Date: 1944, October 7
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022883
1st Marine Division bury fallen Marines from battle of Peleliu, Palau Islands, in World War II

Burial of dead U.S. Marines, from battle of Peleliu, Palau Islands against Japan in World War 2. (Location is likely, island of Bliliou near Village of Teliu.) The covered bodies of fallen Marines are set out on litters. Later, Marines, wearing arm length black rubber gloves, lower the bodies into graves. A caterpillar tractor with bulldozer attachment smooths earth over the line of grave sites each dug in a row.

Date: 1944, October 7
Duration: 3 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022884