Explore the harrowing battle of Peleliu in 1944, where U.S. Marines faced unimaginable conditions in their fight for survival ...
On September 15th, 1944, the U.S. 1st Marine Division landed on the island of Peleliu, expecting a short, brutal assault to capture an airfield. Instead, they encountered a landscape of coral, heat, ...
The remote island of Peleliu is the most well-preserved World War II battlefield anywhere. The remote island of Peleliu is the most well-preserved World War II battlefield anywhere.
Unbound pages from an album documenting Silas William Thompson's participation in the United States Navy during World War II, with particular focus on the Battles of Peleliu and Angaur and his time at ...