U.S. Marines operating in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Blackness of night interrupted by occasional flashes from United States Marine Corps gun battery firing M1A1 155mm long gun at Japanese positions in hills to the North.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. The part of a jungle which has been hit by shells. Broken trees. U.S. Marines dressed in full combat gear advance. A Japanese bunker on a hillside. The hillside completely ruined. The marines walk around hunting out snipers. Two marines fill their canteens with water. A marine fires an M-1 rifle at a Japanese position. An aircraft in flight. The marines advance along a road. Shoreline seen.
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.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. United States Marine Corps get out of amphibious tractors and run inland. A fire and smoke rises. A tank moves in the foreground. A dead Japanese soldier. A U.S. Marine rifleman waits for a signal to move ahead.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. A group of U.S. Marine pilots sit. Some pilots stand around and discuss air tactics. The pilots examine a situation map. An officer looks at the map. Bombs on dollies being towed towards aircraft. The marines examine the bombs on the dollies. The aircraft in the background.
The invasion of Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Wounded U.S. marines lying on stretchers on a beach are given first aid. Wounded men are shifted to a Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT). Men loaded on a crane. Bulldozers level a road. Men sit near a Bofors 40 mm gun, an anti-aircraft auto cannon. Men see the bombardment.
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