Aerial view of Peleliu in Oct 1946. Many facilities have been built and the jungle growth has returned to the coral island since the fierce fighting of 1944 stripped it bare. Even so, the contours of the Umurbrogol Mountains can easily be seen. [Colorized by WW2DB]

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Caption     Aerial view of Peleliu in Oct 1946. Many facilities have been built and the jungle growth has returned to the coral island since the fierce fighting of 1944 stripped it bare. Even so, the contours of the Umurbrogol Mountains can easily be seen. [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase
Colorization Note   This photograph was originally a black and white photograph; the colorized version presented here was a derivative work by WW2DB. The colors used in this version were speculative, and could be significantly different from the real colors.

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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
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Palau Islands and Ulithi Islands Campaigns   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Photo Size 543 x 674 pixels
Photos at Same Place Peleliu, Palau, Caroline Islands
Added By David Stubblebine
Colorized Date 24 Feb 2023
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. Anonymous says:
8 May 2015 09:34:54 AM

Its amazing that there were still some Japanese holdouts still on the island at the time this photo was taken.

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