Film begins showing captured Peleliu airfield, with smoke rising in far background. Scene shifts to Major General William H. Rupertus and other United States Marine Corp officers seated inside tent discussing enemy situation map. Closeup of map showing disposition of Japanese forces on the island. Glimpse of Seabees from the 33rd and 73rd Naval Construction Battalions operating bulldozers to repair the captured Peleliu airfield. U.S. marines carrying a wounded on a litter. They place it on the ground as a column of M4 Sherman tanks approaches.
United States Marine Corps speak over phone at Peleliu Island, Palau. Cranes unload LCV (Landing Craft Vehicles) from Freight cars. Number of drums on a freight car.
Covered bodies of dead Marines on litter at Peleliu Island, Palau. United States Marine Corps body disposal Unit, fingerprints and buries dead Marines.
View of Japanese Airfield at Peleliu Island, Palau. United States Marine Corps inside bunkers. Dead Japanese soldiers on ground.
United States Marine Corps construct Pontoon ramp in Peleliu Island, Palau. Board of 'Evacuation Station'. Marines stand in line to get chow.
Film opens showing an American Portland class heavy cruiser underway moving astern the camera ship off Peleliu Island, Palau,during World War 2. Other warships are seen low on the horizon. At TC:00:37-00:57, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) is seen. Glimpses of the camera ship show a triple gun turret astern and a Curtis SOC Seagull biwing floatplane carried aboard. (This is likely a Portland class heavy cruiser.) The USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) appears astern at TC:01:08. At TC:01:53, a closeup of the Battleship USS Maryland (BB-46) is seen briefly behind the camera ship. Suddenly, a Fletcher class destroyer cuts across the stern of the camera ship. After that, the USS Maryland is seen again close astern. Explosions in the water on the horizon. Scene shifts to camera ship gun firing to port while underway. View of gun turrets. A Fletcher class destroyer in camouflage paint passes nearby. Closeup of a flush deck destroyer escort close to the shoreline. View of another flush deck destroyer escort with exploding shells raising plumes of water around it. More shells exploding in the water including one astern her that raises a very high plume of water. More shells exploding around the destroyer escort. Smoke rising from ashore from U.S. naval bombardment. Heavy black smoke rising in one spot. Flush deck destroyer escort moving from right to left across the scene. Heavy smoke and fires burning ashore from bombardment.
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