Photos from the Battle of Peleliu: September - October 1944
South of Airstrip - salt marshes
Coral pit and steam shovel
Round Japanese pillboxes
Small blockhouse at foot of hills, responsible for many Marine casualties
Dark spots - cave entrances
Looking up one of the valleys between the hills. 500 Marines died there
Japanese prisoners used as work crews
South of airstrip - salt marshes
Coral beach at Peleliu
LST unloading at pontoon runway
Japanese pillboxes
Pre-invasion raids knocked out Japanese planes
View of blasted cliffs. Dark spots are cave entrances
Bloody Nose Ridge - 500 Marine casualties
Blockhouses and pillboxes
Snipers run towards east end of island