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Wrecked Japanese aircraft and Type 95 Ha-Go light tank, Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944Marine Col Chesty Puller greets a Navy Admiral at the 1st Marines command post on Peleliu, Sep 18 1944.US Marines in a chow line, Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944Knocked-out Type 94 Te-Ke tankette, Peleliu, Palau Islands, late Sep 1944
Wrecked Japanese aircraft and Type 95 Ha-Go light tank, Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944Marine Col Chesty Puller greets a Navy Admiral at the 1st Marines command post on Peleliu, Sep 18 1944.US Marines in a chow line, Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944Knocked-out Type 94 Te-Ke tankette, Peleliu, Palau Islands, late Sep 1944
US Marine M1919 Browning machine gun crew, Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944US Marines fighting on Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944US Marines fighting on Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944US Marines wading through water, Peleliu, Palau, Sep 1944
US Marine M1919 Browning machine gun crew, Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944US Marines fighting on Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944US Marines fighting on Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944US Marines wading through water, Peleliu, Palau, Sep 1944
The first formal raising the American flag over Peleliu, Palau Islands, 27 Sep 1944; note Japanese observation towerUS Marines on Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944Enlisted men of the USMC Assistant Division Commander at Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944; note three African-American messmenSkull and danger sign in combat area, Pelelu, Palau Islands, Oct 1944
The first formal raising the American flag over Peleliu, Palau Islands, 27 Sep 1944; note Japanese observation towerUS Marines on Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944Enlisted men of the USMC Assistant Division Commander at Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944; note three African-American messmenSkull and danger sign in combat area, Pelelu, Palau Islands, Oct 1944
US Marine John Day on Peleliu, Palau Islands, Oct 1944US Marines embarking on LCTs, Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944US Marines evacuating wounded comrade, Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944US Marines walking past dead Japanese as they moved on the peninsula on Peleliu, Palau Islands, Oct 1944
US Marine John Day on Peleliu, Palau Islands, Oct 1944US Marines embarking on LCTs, Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944US Marines evacuating wounded comrade, Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944US Marines walking past dead Japanese as they moved on the peninsula on Peleliu, Palau Islands, Oct 1944
Damaged aircraft on the hangar deck of the USS Independence, 6 Oct 1944 following heavy seas 3 days earlier. Note the hand-tied rope lashings to secure the aircraft. Note also the AIA radar antenna in the damaged radomeCanberra and Houston being towed by USS Munsee and USS Pawnee toward Ulithi, Caroline Islands, Oct 1944USS Langley, USS Hornet, and other warships at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, 30 Oct 1944F4U-1 Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-114 set for take-off from Peleliu, late 1944. Note C-46 Commando.
Damaged aircraft on the hangar deck of the USS Independence, 6 Oct 1944 following heavy seas 3 days earlier. Note the hand-tied rope lashings to secure the aircraft. Note also the AIA radar antenna in the damaged radomeCanberra and Houston being towed by USS Munsee and USS Pawnee toward Ulithi, Caroline Islands, Oct 1944USS Langley, USS Hornet, and other warships at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, 30 Oct 1944F4U-1 Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-114 set for take-off from Peleliu, late 1944. Note C-46 Commando.

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