After the costly landings, U.S. Marines advanced into Peleliu’s rugged interior, a landscape of jagged coral ridges, hidden bunkers, and fortified caves. The terrain gave Japanese defenders every ...

The men of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment describe the ferocious battle for the Island of Peleliu, "an island on fire." In conditions that tested the sanity of each man, 9,000 Marines ...

There is a fairly good chance that you have never heard of the tiny Pacific Island of Peleliu. With its size of approximately 13 square kilometres, it is little more than a speck on the map.

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