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.
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).
View of progress map by U.S. 1st Marine Division marine at Peleliu Island, Palau, in World War 2. Marking on map reads D+30 with '321st Infantry relieves 5th Marine from front lines and no change in line' written on it. D+31 - 7th Marine Division recalled to clear area of snipers. 81st Army Division becomes Garrison troops.
United States F4U Corsairs from Marine Aircraft Group 11 fly low over Japanese forces dug in on a ridge in Peleliu Island, Palau, during World War 2. They drop single napalm incendiary bombs, creating fire and heavy black smoke on the targets.
U.S. Marines of A Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Regiment (1st Marine Division) engaged in mopping up operations on Peleliu Island, during World War 2. A marine carefully aims and throws a grenade. Two marines carry a litter through broken trees and tangled underbrush. They place a bandaged marine (apparently unconscious) on it. A squad of marines patrols through a tangle of broken trees and underbrush accompanied by a Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) equipped with a flamethrower. View of the LVT flamethrower in operation against a Japanese position. A marine standing on remains of a Japanese concrete fortification. Many views of the LVT flamethrower in action.
Slate identifies 4th Battalion, U.S. 11th Marine Artillery Regiment, in action at Peleliu, during World War 2. They are seen loading and firing a 105mm howitzer point blank at Japanese positions dug into the hills. Another slate identifies "L" Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, operating against Japanese in caves on the island. They are seen using a flamethrower equipped Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) against hillsides. Marine seen firing at any Japanese defenders who try to escape.
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